The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In humans, myocardial infarction is characterized by irreversible loss of heart tissue, which becomes replaced with a fibrous scar. By contrast, teleost fish and urodele amphibians are capable of heart regeneration after a partial am...
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doaj-90b5b45ecdf44ad38122898c02ba72ce2020-11-24T23:39:17ZengBMCBMC Developmental Biology1471-213X2011-04-011112110.1186/1471-213X-11-21The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarctionRainer GregorVeit JuliaChablais FabianJaźwińska Anna<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In humans, myocardial infarction is characterized by irreversible loss of heart tissue, which becomes replaced with a fibrous scar. By contrast, teleost fish and urodele amphibians are capable of heart regeneration after a partial amputation. However, due to the lack of a suitable infarct model, it is not known how these animals respond to myocardial infarction.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Here, we have established a heart infarct model in zebrafish using cryoinjury. In contrast to the common method of partial resection, cryoinjury results in massive cell death within 20% of the ventricular wall, similar to that observed in mammalian infarcts. As in mammals, the initial stages of the injury response include thrombosis, accumulation of fibroblasts and collagen deposition. However, at later stages, cardiac cells can enter the cell cycle and invade the infarct area in zebrafish. In the subsequent two months, fibrotic scar tissue is progressively eliminated by cell apoptosis and becomes replaced with a new myocardium, resulting in scarless regeneration. We show that tissue remodeling at the myocardial-infarct border zone is associated with accumulation of Vimentin-positive fibroblasts and with expression of an extracellular matrix protein Tenascin-C. Electrocardiogram analysis demonstrated that the reconstitution of the cardiac muscle leads to the restoration of the heart function.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>We developed a new cryoinjury model to induce myocardial infarction in zebrafish. Although the initial stages following cryoinjury resemble typical healing in mammals, the zebrafish heart is capable of structural and functional regeneration. Understanding the key healing processes after myocardial infarction in zebrafish may result in identification of the barriers to efficient cardiac regeneration in mammals.</p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/11/21 |
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Rainer Gregor Veit Julia Chablais Fabian Jaźwińska Anna The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction BMC Developmental Biology |
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The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction |
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The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction |
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The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction |
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The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction |
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The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction |
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zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In humans, myocardial infarction is characterized by irreversible loss of heart tissue, which becomes replaced with a fibrous scar. By contrast, teleost fish and urodele amphibians are capable of heart regeneration after a partial amputation. However, due to the lack of a suitable infarct model, it is not known how these animals respond to myocardial infarction.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Here, we have established a heart infarct model in zebrafish using cryoinjury. In contrast to the common method of partial resection, cryoinjury results in massive cell death within 20% of the ventricular wall, similar to that observed in mammalian infarcts. As in mammals, the initial stages of the injury response include thrombosis, accumulation of fibroblasts and collagen deposition. However, at later stages, cardiac cells can enter the cell cycle and invade the infarct area in zebrafish. In the subsequent two months, fibrotic scar tissue is progressively eliminated by cell apoptosis and becomes replaced with a new myocardium, resulting in scarless regeneration. We show that tissue remodeling at the myocardial-infarct border zone is associated with accumulation of Vimentin-positive fibroblasts and with expression of an extracellular matrix protein Tenascin-C. Electrocardiogram analysis demonstrated that the reconstitution of the cardiac muscle leads to the restoration of the heart function.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>We developed a new cryoinjury model to induce myocardial infarction in zebrafish. Although the initial stages following cryoinjury resemble typical healing in mammals, the zebrafish heart is capable of structural and functional regeneration. Understanding the key healing processes after myocardial infarction in zebrafish may result in identification of the barriers to efficient cardiac regeneration in mammals.</p> |
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