Avagyan Serine, Zon Leonard I
1 Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , Boston, Massachusetts.
2 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute , Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hum Gene Ther. 2016 Apr;27(4):287-94. doi: 10.1089/hum.2016.024.
Since its introduction in early 1980s, the zebrafish (Danio rerio) has become an invaluable vertebrate animal model system to study many human disorders in almost all systems, from hepatic and brain pathology, to autoimmune and psychiatric disorders. Hematopoiesis between zebrafish and mammals is highly conserved, making the zebrafish an attractive model to study hematopoietic development and blood disorders. Unique attributes of the zebrafish include the ability to perform large-scale genetic and chemical screens in vivo, study development at the cellular level, and use transgenic fish to dissect mechanisms of disease or drug effects. This review summarizes major discoveries that helped define molecular control of hematopoiesis in vertebrates and specific contributions from studies in zebrafish.
自20世纪80年代初被引入以来,斑马鱼(Danio rerio)已成为一种极其宝贵的脊椎动物模型系统,可用于研究几乎所有系统中的许多人类疾病,从肝脏和脑部病理学,到自身免疫性和精神疾病。斑马鱼与哺乳动物之间的造血过程高度保守,这使得斑马鱼成为研究造血发育和血液疾病的有吸引力的模型。斑马鱼的独特特性包括能够在体内进行大规模遗传和化学筛选、在细胞水平研究发育,以及使用转基因鱼剖析疾病机制或药物作用。本综述总结了有助于确定脊椎动物造血分子控制的主要发现以及斑马鱼研究的具体贡献。