PUBLICATION
Pivotal Advance: Pharmacological manipulation of inflammation resolution during spontaneously resolving tissue neutrophilia in the zebrafish
- Authors
- Loynes, C.A., Martin, J.S., Robertson, A., Trushell, D.M., Ingham, P.W., Whyte, M.K., and Renshaw, S.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-091101-5
- Date
- 2010
- Source
- Journal of Leukocyte Biology 87(2): 203-212 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ingham, Philip, Loynes, Catherine, Renshaw, Steve A.
- Keywords
- apoptosis, granulocytes, neutrophils, compound screen
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology*
- Apoptosis/drug effects*
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
- Humans
- Inflammation/drug therapy*
- Inflammation/metabolism
- Inflammation/pathology
- Neutrophils/metabolism*
- Neutrophils/pathology
- Purines/pharmacology*
- Pyocyanine/pharmacology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 19850882 Full text @ J. Leukoc. Biol.
Citation
Loynes, C.A., Martin, J.S., Robertson, A., Trushell, D.M., Ingham, P.W., Whyte, M.K., and Renshaw, S.A. (2010) Pivotal Advance: Pharmacological manipulation of inflammation resolution during spontaneously resolving tissue neutrophilia in the zebrafish. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 87(2):203-212.
Abstract
Zebrafish are a unique model for pharmacological manipulation of physiological processes such as inflammation; they are small and permeable to many small molecular compounds, and being transparent, they permit the visualization and quantitation of the inflammatory response by observation of transgenically labeled inflammatory cell populations. Using a transgenic line specifically labeling neutrophils in vivo (mpx:GFP), we studied the effects of a range of pharmacological agents on the resolution of inflammation in vivo. These agents were selected for their ability to modulate neutrophil function and lifespan in human neutrophils in vitro. Agents delaying neutrophil apoptosis (LPS, dbcAMP, and several caspase inhibitors) all lead to a delay in resolution of neutrophilic inflammation. Reciprocally, pyocyanin and roscovitine (inducers of neutrophil apoptosis) lead to reduced neutrophil numbers. The occurrence of apoptosis was observed by time-lapse analysis and confirmed by dual staining for neutrophil-specific mpx activity (TSA staining) and an apoptotic marker (TUNEL). During inflammation, macrophages follow neutrophils into the inflamed site, and TUNEL/TSA dual-positive material can be demonstrated within macrophages, consistent with their uptake of apoptotic neutrophils. This model has several advantages over mammalian models and lends itself to the study of pharmaceutical agents modulating inflammation.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping