ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-190531-1
Vijayan Lab
PI/Director: Vijayan, Mathilakath
Contact Person: Vijayan, Mathilakath
Email: matt.vijayan@ucalgary.ca
URL: http://contacts.ucalgary.ca/info/bio/profiles/124-32886
Address: University of Calgary Biological Sciences, 210 2500 University Dr. NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Country: Canada
Phone: 1-403-220-3094
Fax: 1 (403) 289-9311
Line Designation: ca


GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB
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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Vijayan Lab studies the impact of stress on the physiology and behaviour of fish. Specifically, we use zebrafish to study the impact of cortisol and corticosteroid receptor activation in regulating metabolism, behaviour, and early-life developmental programming. We have cloned and characterized both the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in zebrafish and have recently created knockouts for both receptors using CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis to study the functional significance of these receptor activation.


LAB MEMBERS
Faught, Erin Graduate Student


ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS
Thompson, W.A., Rajeswari, J.J., Holloway, A.C., Vijayan, M.M. (2023) Excess feeding increases adipogenesis but lowers leptin transcript abundance in zebrafish larvae. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP. 276:109816
Antomagesh, F., Jayakumar Rajeswari, J., Vijayan, M.M. (2023) Chronic cortisol elevation restricts glucose uptake but not insulin responsiveness in zebrafish skeletal muscle. General and comparative endocrinology. 336:114231
Nipu, N., Antomagesh, F., Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2022) Glucocorticoid receptor activation reduces food intake independent of hyperglycemia in zebrafish. Scientific Reports. 12:15677
Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2022) The mineralocorticoid receptor functions as a key glucose regulator in the skeletal muscle of zebrafish. Endocrinology. 163(11):
Thompson, W.A., Shvartsburd, Z., Vijayan, M.M. (2022) Sex-Specific and Long-Term Impacts of Early-Life Venlafaxine Exposure in Zebrafish. Biology. 11(2):
Thompson, W.A., Shvartsburd, Z., Vijayan, M.M. (2021) The antidepressant venlafaxine perturbs cardiac development and function in larval zebrafish. Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 242:106041
Thompson, W.A., Vijayan, M.M. (2021) Venlafaxine deposition in the zygote disrupts the endocrine control of growth in juvenile zebrafish. Environmental research. 202:111665
Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2021) Coordinated action of CRH and cortisol shapes acute stress-induced behavioural response in zebrafish. Neuroendocrinology. 112(1):74-87
Thompson, W.A., Vijayan, M.M. (2021) Zygotic exposure to venlafaxine disrupts cortisol stress axis activity in multiple generations of zebrafish. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 274:116535
Faught, E., Santos, H.B., Vijayan, M.M. (2020) Loss of the glucocorticoid receptor causes accelerated ovarian ageing in zebrafish. Proceedings. Biological sciences. 287:20202190
Thompson, W.A., Vijayan, M.M. (2020) Zygotic Venlafaxine Exposure Impacts Behavioral Programming by Disrupting Brain Serotonin in Zebrafish. Environmental science & technology. 54:14578-14588
Das, C., Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2020) Cortisol rapidly stimulates calcium waves in the developing trunk muscle of zebrafish. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 520:111067
Gauthier, P.T., Holloway, A.C., Vijayan, M.M. (2020) Vape flavourants dull sensory perception and cause hyperactivity in developing zebrafish embryos. Biology letters. 16:20200361
Gauthier, P.T., Vijayan, M.M. (2019) Municipal wastewater effluent exposure disrupts early development, larval behavior, and stress response in zebrafish. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 259:113757
Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2019) Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor activation modulates postnatal growth. The Journal of endocrinology. 244(2):261-271
Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2019) Postnatal triglyceride accumulation is regulated by the mineralocorticoid receptor under basal and stress conditions. The Journal of physiology. 597(19):4927-4941
Gauthier, P.T., Vijayan, M.M. (2019) A rapid zebrafish embryo behavioral biosensor that is capable of detecting environmental β-blockers. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 250:493-502
Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2019) Loss of the glucocorticoid receptor in zebrafish improves muscle glucose availability and increases growth. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism. 316(6):E1093-E1104
Sandhu, N., Liang, L., McGeer, J., Dores, R.M., Vijayan, M.M. (2019) Cadmium disrupts melanocortin 2 receptor signaling in rainbow trout. Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 209:26-33
Faught, E., Vijayan, M.M. (2018) The mineralocorticoid receptor is essential for stress axis regulation in zebrafish larvae. Scientific Reports. 8:18081
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