PUBLICATION
A zebrafish model for pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency: Rescue of neurological dysfunction and embryonic lethality using a ketogenic diet
- Authors
- Taylor, M.R., Hurley, J.B., Van Epps, H.A., and Brockerhoff, S.E.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-040319-7
- Date
- 2004
- Source
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101(13): 4584-4589 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Brockerhoff, Susan, Hurley, James B., Taylor, Michael, Van Epps, Heather
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Pyruvates/metabolism
- Diet*
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nervous System/embryology*
- Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Nervous System Diseases/genetics
- Nervous System Diseases/prevention & control
- Ketones/administration & dosage*
- Ketones/therapeutic use
- Lactates/metabolism
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex/genetics*
- Animals
- Fetal Death
- Vision Disorders/genetics
- Vision Disorders/prevention & control
- Chromosome Mapping
- Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Base Sequence
- Humans
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology*
- PubMed
- 15070761 Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Citation
Taylor, M.R., Hurley, J.B., Van Epps, H.A., and Brockerhoff, S.E. (2004) A zebrafish model for pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency: Rescue of neurological dysfunction and embryonic lethality using a ketogenic diet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101(13):4584-4589.
Abstract
Defects in the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex result in severe neurological dysfunction, congenital lactic acidosis, growth retardation, and early death. Current treatments for PDH deficiency are administered postnatally and are generally unsuccessful. Because many patients with this disease are born with irreversible defects, a model system for the development of effective pre- and postnatal therapies would be of great value. In a behavioral genetic screen aimed to identify zebrafish with visual function defects, we previously isolated two alleles of the recessive lethal mutant no optokinetic response a (noa). Here we report that noa is deficient for dihydrolipoamide S-acetyltransferase (Dlat), the PDH E2 subunit, and exhibits phenotypes similar to human patients with PDH deficiency. To rescue the deficiency, we added ketogenic substrates to the water in which the embryos develop. This treatment successfully restored vision, promoted feeding behavior, reduced lactic acidosis, and increased survival. Our study demonstrates an approach for establishing effective therapies for PDH deficiency and other congenital diseases that affect early embryonic development.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping