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ArticleToxins2016

Zebrafish Sensitivity to Botulinum Neurotoxins.

Kamalakar Chatla, Patricia S Gaunt, Lora Petrie-Hanson, Lorelei Ford, Larry A Hanson

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Article in Toxins, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Botulism in fish: a review.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2024
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  3. Frontiers in microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kamalakar ChatlaDepartment of Basic Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA. chatla.kamalakar@gmail.com.
Patricia S GauntThad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38756, USA. gaunt@cvm.msstate.edu.
Lora Petrie-HansonDepartment of Basic Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA. lora@cvm.msstate.edu.
Lorelei FordDepartment of Basic Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA. ford@cvm.msstate.edu.
Larry A HansonDepartment of Basic Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA. hanson@cvm.msstate.edu.
Mississippi State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) are the most potent known toxins. The mouse LD50 assay is the gold standard for testing BoNT potency, but is not sensitive enough to detect the extremely low levels of neurotoxin that may be present in the serum of sensitive animal species that are showing the effects of BoNT toxicity, such as channel catfish affected by visceral toxicosis of catfish. Since zebrafish are an important animal model for diverse biomedical and basic research, they are readily available and have defined genetic lines that facilitate reproducibility. This makes them attractive for use as an alternative bioassay organism. The utility of zebrafish as a bioassay model organism for BoNT was investigated. The 96 h median immobilizing doses of BoNT/A, BoNT/C, BoNT/E, and BoNT/F for adult male Tübingen strain zebrafish (0.32 g mean weight) at 25 °C were 16.31, 124.6, 4.7, and 0.61 picograms (pg)/fish, respectively. These findings support the use of the zebrafish-based bioassays for evaluating the presence of BoNT/A, BoNT/E, and BoNT/F. Evaluating the basis of the relatively high resistance of zebrafish to BoNT/C and the extreme sensitivity to BoNT/F may reveal unique functional patterns to the action of these neurotoxins.

Indexed as

ZebrafishAnimalsBiological AssayBotulinum ToxinsMaleToxicity TestsBotulinum Toxinsbotulinum neurotoxinslethal dose 50zebrafish

Identifiers

PMID27153088
PMCPMC4885047
OpenAlexW2345874625

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