PUBLICATION
A Zebrafish Model for VHL and Hypoxia Signaling
- Authors
- van Rooijen, E., Santhakumar, K., Logister, I., Voest, E., Schulte-Merker, S., Giles, R., and van Eeden, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-111012-11
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- Methods in cell biology 105: 163-190 (Chapter)
- Registered Authors
- Logister, Ive, Santhakumar, Kiran, Schulte-Merker, Stefan, van Rooijen, Ellen
- Keywords
- angiogenesis, biomarker, hypoxia, polycythemia, signaling, suppressor
- MeSH Terms
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- Hypoxia/genetics*
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Genetic Association Studies
- Zebrafish Proteins*/deficiency
- Zebrafish Proteins*/genetics
- High-Throughput Screening Assays*
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins*/deficiency
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins*/genetics
- Biomarkers/metabolism
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Polycythemia/genetics*
- Polycythemia/pathology
- Sequence Alignment
- Mutation
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1/genetics
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1/metabolism*
- Animals
- Humans
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Genetic Complementation Test/methods*
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease/genetics*
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease/pathology
- PubMed
- 21951530 Full text @ Meth. Cell. Biol.
Citation
van Rooijen, E., Santhakumar, K., Logister, I., Voest, E., Schulte-Merker, S., Giles, R., and van Eeden, F. (2011) A Zebrafish Model for VHL and Hypoxia Signaling. Methods in cell biology. 105:163-190.
Abstract
The von Hippel?Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene encodes an adaptor protein that regulates an array of transcription-dependent and -independent cellular and physiological processes. Mutations in this gene cause VHL disease, congenital polycythemia, and several sporadic tumor types. The last 15 years of fundamental and clinical research have helped define the phenotypic spectrum of VHL-associated diseases and have introduced new cellular functions for pVHL. Here, we review the current knowledge of VHL function, and the different animal models for VHL disease, with a particular focus on the zebrafish. Zebrafish vhl mutants develop key aspects of the human disease condition, including activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) signaling pathway, polycythemia, excessive neovascularization, macular edema, and pronephric abnormalities. The zebrafish vhl model offers a platform for the identification of genetic pathways, modifiers, and interactors involved in the development of VHL-associated neoplasms. Vhl mutants represent a unique and clinically relevant in vivo model for studying genotype?phenotype correlations and the identification of prognostic biomarkers. The amenability of zebrafish for chemical genetic screens will not only be helpful to identify novel therapeutic agents but may also reveal novel processes that require regulation by VHL.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping