@article{ZinkSeewaldRohrbachetal.2022,
  author    = {Zink, Miriam and Seewald, Anne and Rohrbach, Mareike and Brodehl, Andreas and Liedtke, Daniel and Williams, Tatjana and Childs, Sarah J. and Gerull, Brenda},
  title     = {Altered expression of TMEM43 causes abnormal cardiac structure and function in zebrafish},
  series = {International Journal of Molecular Sciences},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {International Journal of Molecular Sciences},
  number    = {17},
  issn      = {1422-0067},
  doi       = {10.3390/ijms23179530},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-286025},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited heart muscle disease caused by heterozygous missense mutations within the gene encoding for the nuclear envelope protein transmembrane protein 43 (TMEM43). The disease is characterized by myocyte loss and fibro-fatty replacement, leading to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. However, the role of TMEM43 in the pathogenesis of ACM remains poorly understood. In this study, we generated cardiomyocyte-restricted transgenic zebrafish lines that overexpress eGFP-linked full-length human wild-type (WT) TMEM43 and two genetic variants (c.1073C>T, p.S358L; c.332C>T, p.P111L) using the Tol2-system. Overexpression of WT and p.P111L-mutant TMEM43 was associated with transcriptional activation of the mTOR pathway and ribosome biogenesis, and resulted in enlarged hearts with cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Intriguingly, mutant p.S358L TMEM43 was found to be unstable and partially redistributed into the cytoplasm in embryonic and adult hearts. Moreover, both TMEM43 variants displayed cardiac morphological defects at juvenile stages and ultrastructural changes within the myocardium, accompanied by dysregulated gene expression profiles in adulthood. Finally, CRISPR/Cas9 mutants demonstrated an age-dependent cardiac phenotype characterized by heart enlargement in adulthood. In conclusion, our findings suggest ultrastructural remodeling and transcriptomic alterations underlying the development of structural and functional cardiac defects in TMEM43-associated cardiomyopathy.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Riekert2022,
  author    = {Riekert, Elisa},
  title     = {Der Einfluss von Tnap auf die Zahnentwicklung im Zebrafisch (Danio rerio)},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-28740},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-287406},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Aufgrund mangelnder Aktivit{\"a}t der Gewebe-unspezifischen Phosphatase (tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase, TNAP) kommt es zum Krankheitsbild der Hypophosphatasie (HPP). Neben skelettalen und neuronalen Symptomen leiden Patienten mit HPP h{\"a}ufig an einem vorzeitigen Verlust der Milchz{\"a}hne und weiteren dentalen Manifestationen, wie Zahnhartsubstanzdefekten, Eruptionsst{\"o}rungen, erweiterte Pulpenkammern oder einer verringerten alveol{\"a}ren Knochenh{\"o}he. Ziel der Arbeit war es, den Einfluss der TNAP auf die Zahnentwicklung von Zebrafischlarven zu untersuchen, um ein neues in-vivo Modell f{\"u}r die dentalen Auswirkungen bei Hypophosphatasie etablieren zu k{\"o}nnen. Um die sehr kleinen Z{\"a}hne der Zebrafischlarven auch in fr{\"u}hen Entwicklungsstadien darzustellen, wurden mittels verschiedener histologischer F{\"a}rbungen die Zahnstrukturen angef{\"a}rbt und die Larven danach in JB4®, einen polymeren Kunststoff, eingebettet. Im Anschluss wurden histologische Schnitte angefertigt und am Fluoreszenzmikroskop ausgewertet. Einerseits konnte durch In-situ-Hybridisierung die Expression verschiedener Gene, wie z.B. alpl (welches f{\"u}r die Tnap im Zebrafisch kodiert), im Bereich von dentalen Strukturen in verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien nachgewiesen werden. Außerdem zeigte die Analyse der dentalen Strukturen nach Inhibition der Tnap mittels Levamisol bei f{\"u}nf Tage alten Zebrafischlarven eine Ver{\"a}nderung von Form, Gr{\"o}ße und Struktur der ersten Z{\"a}hne. Die TNAP-Inhibition f{\"u}hrte auch zur quantitativ nachweisbaren Steigerung des Fluoreszenzsignals von ß-Catenin, welches eine zentrale Funktion im Wnt/ß-Catenin-Signalweg besitzt und essenziell in verschiedenen zellul{\"a}ren Prozessen w{\"a}hrend der Embryogenese ist. Zusammenfassend zeigen die Ergebnisse der Arbeit, dass der Zebrafisch großes Potenzial als in-vivo Modell f{\"u}r die dentalen Symptome bei HPP bietet. Außerdem er{\"o}ffnen sich neue interessante Fragen in Bezug auf den Einfluss von ß-Catenin bei den fr{\"u}hen pathophysiologischen Prozessen der Erkrankung.},
  subject      = {Zebrab{\"a}rbling},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{RodriguezMariWilsonTitusetal.2011,
  author    = {Rodr{\´i}guez-Mari, Adriana and Wilson, Catherine and Titus, Tom A. and Canestro, Cristian and BreMiller, Ruth A. and Yan, Yi-Lin and Nanda, Indrajit and Johnston, Adam and Kanki, John P. and Gray, Erin M. and He, Xinjun and Spitsbergen, Jan and Schindler, Detlev and Postlethwait, John H.},
  title     = {Roles of brca2 (fancd1) in Oocyte Nuclear Architecture, Gametogenesis, Gonad Tumors, and Genome Stability in Zebrafish},
  series = {PLoS Genetics},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {PLoS Genetics},
  number    = {3},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0026377},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-142285},
  pages     = {e1001357},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an established optical neuroimaging method for measuring functional hemodynamic responses to infer neural activation. However, the impact of individual anatomy on the sensitivity of fNIRS measuring hemodynamics within cortical gray matter is still unknown. By means of Monte Carlo simulations and structural MRI of 23 healthy subjects (mean age: (25.0 +/- 2.8) years), we characterized the individual distribution of tissue-specific NIR-light absorption underneath 24 prefrontal fNIRS channels. We, thereby, investigated the impact of scalp-cortex distance (SCD), frontal sinus volume as well as sulcal morphology on gray matter volumes (V(gray)) traversed by NIR-light, i.e. anatomy-dependent fNIRS sensitivity. The NIR-light absorption between optodes was distributed describing a rotational ellipsoid with a mean penetration depth of (23.6 +/- 0.7) mm considering the deepest 5\% of light. Of the detected photon packages scalp and bone absorbed (96.4 +/- 9: 7)\% and V(gray) absorbed (3.1 +/- 1.8)\% of the energy. The mean V(gray) volume (1.1 +/- 0.4)cm(3) was negatively correlated (r = - .76) with the SCD and frontal sinus volume (r = - .57) and was reduced by 41.5\% in subjects with relatively large compared to small frontal sinus. Head circumference was significantly positively correlated with the mean SCD (r = .46) and the traversed frontal sinus volume (r = .43). Sulcal morphology had no significant impact on V(gray). Our findings suggest to consider individual SCD and frontal sinus volume as anatomical factors impacting fNIRS sensitivity. Head circumference may represent a practical measure to partly control for these sources of error variance.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LiedtkeHofmannJakobetal.2020,
  author    = {Liedtke, Daniel and Hofmann, Christine and Jakob, Franz and Klopocki, Eva and Graser, Stephanie},
  title     = {Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase—A Gatekeeper of Physiological Conditions in Health and a Modulator of Biological Environments in Disease},
  series = {Biomolecules},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Biomolecules},
  number    = {12},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  issn      = {2218-273X},
  doi       = {10.3390/biom10121648},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-220096},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) is a ubiquitously expressed enzyme that is best known for its role during mineralization processes in bones and skeleton. The enzyme metabolizes phosphate compounds like inorganic pyrophosphate and pyridoxal-5′-phosphate to provide, among others, inorganic phosphate for the mineralization and transportable vitamin B6 molecules. Patients with inherited loss of function mutations in the ALPL gene and consequently altered TNAP activity are suffering from the rare metabolic disease hypophosphatasia (HPP). This systemic disease is mainly characterized by impaired bone and dental mineralization but may also be accompanied by neurological symptoms, like anxiety disorders, seizures, and depression. HPP characteristically affects all ages and shows a wide range of clinical symptoms and disease severity, which results in the classification into different clinical subtypes. This review describes the molecular function of TNAP during the mineralization of bones and teeth, further discusses the current knowledge on the enzyme's role in the nervous system and in sensory perception. An additional focus is set on the molecular role of TNAP in health and on functional observations reported in common laboratory vertebrate disease models, like rodents and zebrafish.},
  language  = {en}
}