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ArticleScientific reports2016

Zebrafish as a Model to Investigate Dynamin 2-Related Diseases.

Cinzia Bragato, Germano Gaudenzi, Flavia Blasevich, Giulio Pavesi, Lorenzo Maggi, Michele Giunta, Franco Cotelli, Marina Mora

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cinzia BragatoNeuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology Unit, IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milano, Italy.
Germano GaudenziDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 26, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Flavia BlasevichNeuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology Unit, IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milano, Italy.
Giulio PavesiDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 26, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Lorenzo MaggiNeuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology Unit, IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milano, Italy.
Michele GiuntaNeuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology Unit, IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milano, Italy.
Franco CotelliDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 26, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Marina MoraNeuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology Unit, IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milano, Italy.
Institute of Neurological Sciences · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in the dynamin-2 gene (DNM2) cause autosomal dominant centronuclear myopathy (CNM) and dominant intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy type B (CMTDIB). As the relation between these DNM2-related diseases is poorly understood, we used zebrafish to investigate the effects of two different DNM2 mutations. First we identified a new alternatively spliced zebrafish dynamin-2a mRNA (dnm2a-v2) with greater similarity to human DNM2 than the deposited sequence. Then we knocked-down the zebrafish dnm2a, producing defects in muscle morphology. Finally, we expressed two mutated DNM2 mRNA by injecting zebrafish embryos with human mRNAs carrying the R522H mutation, causing CNM, or the G537C mutation, causing CMT. Defects arose especially in secondary motor neuron formation, with incorrect branching in embryos injected with CNM-mutated mRNA, and total absence of branching in those injected with CMT-mutated mRNA. Muscle morphology in embryos injected with CMT-mutated mRNA appeared less regularly organized than in those injected with CNM-mutated mRNA. Our results showing, a continuum between CNM and CMTDIB phenotypes in zebrafish, similarly to the human conditions, confirm this animal model to be a powerful tool to investigate mutations of DNM2 in vivo.

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Disease Models, AnimalAlternative SplicingAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCharcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseDynamin IIDynaminsGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMuscle CellsMutationMyopathies, Structural, CongenitalSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsDNM2 protein, humanDynamin IIDynaminsZebrafish Proteins

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PMID26842864
PMCPMC4740890
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