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Arjona et al., 2014 - CNNM2 Mutations Cause Impaired Brain Development and Seizures in Patients with Hypomagnesemia
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Fig. 5

Knockdown of cnnm2b results in Mg wasting and brain malformations in zebrafish larvae (5 dpf).

(A) mRNA expression of cnnm2b in developing zebrafish. Expression patterns were analysed by RT-qPCR (n = 6 per time point). (B) Survival curve at 5 dpf (n = 3 per experimental condition). The dose of zero represents injection with control-MO. (C) Morphological phenotypes in zebrafish larvae (5 dpf) in cnnm2b knockdown experiments. (D) Distribution of morphological phenotypes in zebrafish larvae (5 dpf) untreated (wild-type) or injected with different doses of cnnm2b-MO or control-MO. Brain malformations (widened cerebrospinal fluid spaces, class IV phenotype) are prominent in morphants injected with 4–8 ng MO/embryo. Numbers on top of the bars indicate the number of animals in each experimental condition. (E) Distribution of morphological phenotypes in zebrafish larvae at 5 dpf in rescue experiments. The wild-type phenotype (class I) was restored in morphants by co-injection of cnnm2b-MO (8 ng MO/embryo) with wild-type (WT) CNNM2 cRNA (50 pg cRNA/embryo), but not with mutant (MT, p.Glu357Lys) CNNM2 cRNA (50 pg cRNA/embryo). (F) Magnesium content in zebrafish injected with different doses of cnnm2b-MO. The dose of zero represents injection with control-MO (n = 10 per experimental condition). (G) Rescue of Mg wasting in morphant zebrafish by co-injection of cnnm2b-MO (8 ng MO/embryo) with cRNA encoding for wild-type (WT) CNNM2 (50 pg cRNA/embryo). Co-injection with cRNA encoding for mutant (MT, p.Glu357Lys) CNNM2 (50 pg cRNA/embryo) did not restore Mg levels (n = 10 per experimental condition). Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Different letters indicate significant differences between mean values in experimental groups (P<0.05).

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Stage Range: Shield to Day 5

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Phenotype Data
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Stage: Day 5

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