Development of the morpholino gene knockdown technique in Fundulus heteroclitus : a tool for studying molecular mechanisms in an established environmental model
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2008-02-13Author
Matson, Cole W.
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Clark, Bryan W.
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Jenny, Matthew J.
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Fleming, Carrie R.
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Hahn, Mark E.
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Di Giulio, Richard T.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2271As published
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.02.010Keyword
Fundulus heteroclitus; Antisense morpholino oligonucleotide; CYP1A; Atlantic killifish; Genetic toxicology; Development; TeratogenesisAbstract
A significant challenge in environmental toxicology is that many genetic and genomic tools available in laboratory models are not developed for commonly used environmental models. The Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) is one of the most studied teleost environmental models, yet few genetic or genomic tools have been developed for use in this species. The advancement of genetic and evolutionary toxicology will require that many of the tools developed in laboratory models be transferred into species more applicable to environmental toxicology. Antisense morpholino oligonucleotide (MO) gene knockdown technology has been widely utilized to study development in zebrafish and has been proven to be a powerful tool in toxicological investigations through direct manipulation of molecular pathways. To expand the utility of killifish as an environmental model, MO gene knockdown technology was adapted for use in Fundulus. Morpholino microinjection methods were altered to overcome the significant differences between these two species. Morpholino efficacy and functional duration were evaluated with molecular and phenotypic methods. A cytochrome P450-1A (CYP1A) MO was used to confirm effectiveness of the methodology. For CYP1A MO-injected embryos, a 70% reduction in CYP1A activity, a 86% reduction in total CYP1A protein, a significant increase in β-naphthoflavone-induced teratogenicity, and estimates of functional duration (50% reduction in activity 10 dpf, and 86% reduction in total protein 12 dpf) conclusively demonstrated that MO technologies can be used effectively in killifish and will likely be just as informative as they have been in zebrafish.
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Author Posting. © Elsevier B.V., 2008. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Aquatic Toxicology 87 (2008): 289-295, doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.02.010.
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Preprint: Matson, Cole W., Clark, Bryan W., Jenny, Matthew J., Fleming, Carrie R., Hahn, Mark E., Di Giulio, Richard T., "Development of the morpholino gene knockdown technique in Fundulus heteroclitus : a tool for studying molecular mechanisms in an established environmental model", 2008-02-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.02.010, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2271Related items
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