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Advances in Zebrafish Cardiac Disease Models

A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cells of the Cardiovascular System".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 3718

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Dr. Nicla Romano

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Dipartimento di Scienze Ecologiche e Biologiche, Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: cardiac regeneration; extracellular matrix role; cardiac hypertrophy disease
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Dear Colleagues,

Heart diseases such as hypertrophy and heart attack represent the most frequent causes of death in humans. Several research groups worldwide are currently studying the cellular, genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the onset of cardiovascular diseases to find effective and targeted therapies for individual patients. In this context, studies in alternative animal models, IPSC and organoids can be conducted to investigate repair strategies for human heart tissues. Furthermore, such studies can teach us which repair mechanisms or drugs are potentially effective. Even stochastic mechanisms that underlie the phenotypic differentiation/regeneration of cardiomyocytes could be approached by spatially resolved gene expression profiling and lineage analysis. An elective model used in the last 20 years for studying cell biology and cardiac development/repair and disease is the zebrafish (Brachidanio rerio). This Special Issue aims to expose new and emergent research in the field of cardiac regeneration and the control of pathologies by using alternative models such as the zebrafish.

Dr. Nicla Romano
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • zebrafish
  • heart
  • cardiomyocytes
  • heart disease
  • cardiac hypertrophy
  • regenerative medicine
  • cardiac regeneration
  • translational models

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Cfdp1 Is Essential for Cardiac Development and Function
by Panagiota Giardoglou, Panos Deloukas, George Dedoussis and Dimitris Beis
Cells 2023, 12(15), 1994; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12151994 - 3 Aug 2023
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the prevalent cause of mortality worldwide. A combination of environmental and genetic effectors modulates the risk of developing them. Thus, it is vital to identify candidate genes and elucidate their role in the manifestation of the disease. Large-scale human [...] Read more.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the prevalent cause of mortality worldwide. A combination of environmental and genetic effectors modulates the risk of developing them. Thus, it is vital to identify candidate genes and elucidate their role in the manifestation of the disease. Large-scale human studies have revealed the implication of Craniofacial Development Protein 1 (CFDP1) in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). CFDP1 belongs to the evolutionary conserved Bucentaur (BCNT) family, and to date, its function and mechanism of action in Cardiovascular Development are still unclear. We utilized zebrafish to investigate the role of cfdp1 in the developing heart due to the high genomic homology, similarity in heart physiology, and ease of experimental manipulations. We showed that cfdp1 was expressed during development, and we tested two morpholinos and generated a cfdp1 mutant line. The cfdp1−/− embryos developed arrhythmic hearts and exhibited defective cardiac performance, which led to a lethal phenotype. Findings from both knockdown and knockout experiments showed that abrogation of cfdp1 leads to downregulation of Wnt signaling in embryonic hearts during valve development but without affecting Notch activation in this process. The cfdp1 zebrafish mutant line provides a valuable tool for unveiling the novel mechanism of regulating cardiac physiology and function. cfdp1 is essential for cardiac development, a previously unreported phenotype most likely due to early lethality in mice. The detected phenotype of bradycardia and arrhythmias is an observation with potential clinical relevance for humans carrying heterozygous CFDP1 mutations and their risk of developing CAD. Full article
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Characterization of the Zebrafish Elastin a (elnasa12235) Mutant: A New Model of Elastinopathy Leading to Heart Valve Defects
by Marie Hoareau, Naïma El Kholti, Romain Debret and Elise Lambert
Cells 2023, 12(10), 1436; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12101436 - 21 May 2023
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Elastic fibers are extracellular macromolecules that provide resilience and elastic recoil to elastic tissues and organs in vertebrates. They are composed of an elastin core surrounded by a mantle of fibrillin-rich microfibrils and are essentially produced during a relatively short period around birth [...] Read more.
Elastic fibers are extracellular macromolecules that provide resilience and elastic recoil to elastic tissues and organs in vertebrates. They are composed of an elastin core surrounded by a mantle of fibrillin-rich microfibrils and are essentially produced during a relatively short period around birth in mammals. Thus, elastic fibers have to resist many physical, chemical, and enzymatic constraints occurring throughout their lives, and their high stability can be attributed to the elastin protein. Various pathologies, called elastinopathies, are linked to an elastin deficiency, such as non-syndromic supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS), Williams–Beuren syndrome (WBS), and autosomal dominant cutis laxa (ADCL). To understand these diseases, as well as the aging process related to elastic fiber degradation, and to test potential therapeutic molecules in order to compensate for elastin impairments, different animal models have been proposed. Considering the many advantages of using zebrafish, we here characterize a zebrafish mutant for the elastin a paralog (elnasa12235) with a specific focus on the cardiovascular system and highlight premature heart valve defects at the adult stage. Full article
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