Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29979149›Full record

ArticleeLife2018

An automated high-resolution in vivo screen in zebrafish to identify chemical regulators of myelination.

Jason J Early, Katy Lh Cole, Jill M Williamson, Matthew Swire, Hari Kamadurai, Marc Muskavitch, David A Lyons

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. c-Kit Receptor Maintains Sensory Axon Innervation of the Skin through Src Family Kinases.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jason J Early *Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4313-6445
Katy Lh Cole *Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6275-5941
Jill M WilliamsonCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Matthew SwireCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Hari KamaduraiBiogen, Cambridge, United States.
Marc MuskavitchBiogen, Cambridge, United States.
David A LyonsCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1166-4454

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilWellcome TrustWellcome Trust 102836/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelinating oligodendrocytes are essential for central nervous system (CNS) formation and function. Their disruption is implicated in numerous neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. However, recent studies have indicated that oligodendrocytes may be tractable for treatment of disease. In recent years, zebrafish have become well established for the study of myelinating oligodendrocyte biology and drug discovery in vivo. Here, by automating the delivery of zebrafish larvae to a spinning disk confocal microscope, we were able to automate high-resolution imaging of myelinating oligodendrocytes in vivo. From there, we developed an image analysis pipeline that facilitated a screen of compounds with epigenetic and post-translational targets for their effects on regulating myelinating oligodendrocyte number. This screen identified novel compounds that strongly promote myelinating oligodendrocyte formation in vivo. Our imaging platform and analysis pipeline is flexible and can be employed for high-resolution imaging-based screens of broad interest using zebrafish.

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Genetic TestingAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAutomationCell CountFluorescenceHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLarvaMyelin SheathNaphthalenesOligodendrogliaPyronesReproducibility of ResultsSpinal CordTime-Lapse ImagingNaphthalenesPyronessplitomicinautomated chemical screeningmyelinationneuroscienceoligodendrocyteVASTzebrafish

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PMID29979149
PMCPMC6056238

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