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Effect of chilling and cryopreservation on expression of Pax genes in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos and blastomeres

Authors
Lin, C., Spikings, E., Zhang, T., and Rawson, D.M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-090429-12
Date
2009
Source
Cryobiology   59(1): 42-47 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Rawson, David M., Zhang, Tiantian
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Blastomeres/physiology*
  • Cold Temperature
  • Cryopreservation/methods*
  • Cryoprotective Agents/pharmacology
  • Embryo Culture Techniques
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
  • Female
  • Freezing
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • Male
  • Paired Box Transcription Factors/metabolism*
  • Temperature
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
19397904 Full text @ Cryobiology
Abstract
Cryopreservation is now common practice in the fields of aquaculture, conservation and biomedicine. However, there is a lack of information on the effect of chilling and cryopreservation at the molecular level. In the present study, we used real-time RT-PCR analysis to determine the effect of chilling and cryopreservation on expression of Pax2a, Pax2b, Pax5 and Pax8 which constitute one subgroup of the Pax gene family. As intact embryos of zebrafish have not yet been successfully cryopreserved, we have used two alternatives: chilling of intact embryos and cryopreservation of isolated blastomeres. Cryopreservation was found to affect the normal pattern of gene expression in zebrafish embryonic blastomeres. The trends, profile changes, in expression of Pax2a and Pax5 occurred to a lesser extent in frozen-thawed blastomeres than in fresh blastomeres whilst the opposite was true for Pax8. The trends in expression of Pax2b were delayed in frozen-thawed blastomeres compared to fresh blastomeres. Cryopreservation can therefore disrupt normal gene expression patterns in zebrafish embryonic blastomeres which could have a detrimental effect on embryo development.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping