Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36611938›Full record

ArticleCells2022

α-1,6-Fucosyltransferase Is Essential for Myogenesis in Zebrafish.

Nozomi Hayashiji, Genri Kawahara, Xing Xu, Tomohiko Fukuda, Aurelien Kerever, Jianguo Gu, Yukiko K Hayashi, Eri Arikawa-Hirasawa

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Knockout of theZoological research · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nozomi HayashijiCenter for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Genri KawaharaDepartment of Pathophysiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan.
Xing XuDivision of Regulatory Glycobiology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Miyagi 981-8558, Japan.
Tomohiko FukudaDivision of Regulatory Glycobiology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Miyagi 981-8558, Japan.
Aurelien KereverResearch Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0980-9896
Jianguo GuDivision of Regulatory Glycobiology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Miyagi 981-8558, Japan.
Yukiko K HayashiDepartment of Pathophysiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan.
Eri Arikawa-HirasawaResearch Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4959-4113
Juntendo University · JPTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JPTokyo Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosylation is an important mechanism regulating various biological processes, including intercellular signaling and adhesion. α-1,6-fucosyltransferase (Fut8) belongs to a family of enzymes that determine the terminal structure of glycans. Fut8 is widely conserved from Caenorhabditis elegans to humans, and its mutants have been reported in humans, mice, and zebrafish. Although mutants show various symptoms, such as spinal deformity and growth retardation, its effects on skeletal muscles are unknown. We aimed to elucidate the function of Fut8 in skeletal muscle using zebrafish and C2C12 cells for evaluation. We observed that most fut8a morphants died at 2 days post-fertilization (dpf) or in earlier developmental stages even at low concentrations of morpholino oligonucleotides (MOs). Mutant juveniles also had small body sizes, and abnormal myocepta and sarcomere structures, suggesting that Fut8a plays important roles in myogenesis. Moreover, treatment of C2C12 cells with 2-fluorofucose (2FF), a fucosylation inhibitor, during cell differentiation dramatically reduced the expression of myogenic genes, such as

Indexed as

FucosyltransferasesZebrafishAnimalsGlycosylationHumansMiceMuscle DevelopmentMuscle Fibers, SkeletalFucosyltransferasesmuscle developmentzebrafishα-1,6-fucosyltransferase

Identifiers

PMID36611938
PMCPMC9818595
OpenAlexW4313409828

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.