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ArticleDisease models & mechanisms2024

Standardization of zebrafish drug testing parameters for muscle diseases.

Muthukumar Karuppasamy, Katherine G English, Clarissa A Henry, M Chiara Manzini, John M Parant, Melissa A Wright, Avnika A Ruparelia, Peter D Currie, Vandana A Gupta, James J Dowling and 2 more

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Article in Disease models & mechanisms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.

Muthukumar KaruppasamyDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0034-9950
Katherine G EnglishDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2757-5157
Clarissa A HenryGraduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7204-9231
M Chiara ManziniChild Health Institute of New Jersey and Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7175-1096
John M ParantDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9084-5098
Melissa A WrightDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Child Neurology, University of Colorado at Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Avnika A RupareliaDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1012-0079
Peter D CurrieCentre for Muscle Research, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8874-8862
Vandana A GuptaDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4057-8451
James J DowlingDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3984-4169
Lisa MavesCenter for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9798-790X
Matthew S AlexanderDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7406-5171
Children's of Alabama · USThe University of Melbourne · AUBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCivitan International · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USSeattle Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Maine · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

UAB Pilot Center for Precision Animal Modeling (C-PAM) - Resource and Service SectionU54OD030167 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Elizabeth A Worthey · 2020 to 2026
$15.3M
Three-model platform for understanding DMD epigenetic mechanisms and advancing small molecule therapiesR01AR076978 · NIAMS · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MACK, DAVID LEE, MAVES, LISA · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Pathophysiology and Treatment of Recessive RYR1 Related MyopathyR01AR078000 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI JAMES J DOWLING, Robert T Dirksen · 2020 to 2026
$2.7M
Deciphering How Esco2 Loss Acts as a Penetrance ModifierR01CA216108 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PARANT, JOHN M · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Identification of Genetic and Molecular Pathways in Congenital Rare Disorders Affecting the Brain and MuscleR01NS109149 · NINDS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MANZINI, M. CHIARA · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
A MIR-486/DOCK3 SIGNALING AXIS MODULATES DYSTROPHIN-DEFICIENT PATHOLOGYR01HD095897 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ALEXANDER, MATTHEW SCOTT · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
Mechanisms of NAD+ action during muscle development and homeostasis in a zebrafish dystroglycanopathy modelR01AR075836 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORONO · PI HENRY, CLARISSA A · 2019 to 2023
$1.6M
Kelch proteins in skeletal muscle development and diseasesR56AR077017 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GUPTA, VANDANA · 2021 to 2021
$391k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscular diseases predominantly affect skeletal and cardiac muscle, resulting in muscle weakness, impaired respiratory function and decreased lifespan. These harmful outcomes lead to poor health-related quality of life and carry a high healthcare economic burden. The absence of promising treatments and new therapies for muscular disorders requires new methods for candidate drug identification and advancement in animal models. Consequently, the rapid screening of drug compounds in an animal model that mimics features of human muscle disease is warranted. Zebrafish are a versatile model in preclinical studies that support developmental biology and drug discovery programs for novel chemical entities and repurposing of established drugs. Due to several advantages, there is an increasing number of applications of the zebrafish model for high-throughput drug screening for human disorders and developmental studies. Consequently, standardization of key drug screening parameters, such as animal husbandry protocols, drug compound administration and outcome measures, is paramount for the continued advancement of the model and field. Here, we seek to summarize and explore critical drug treatment and drug screening parameters in the zebrafish-based modeling of human muscle diseases. Through improved standardization and harmonization of drug screening parameters and protocols, we aim to promote more effective drug discovery programs.

Indexed as

Muscular DiseasesZebrafishAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansMusclesQuality of LifeDrug discoveryDrug libraryDrug screening parametersStandardizationZebrafish

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PMID38235578
PMCPMC10820820
OpenAlexW4390977088

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