PUBLICATION
Interrenal organogenesis in the zebrafish model
- Authors
- Liu, Y.W.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-110811-39
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- Organogenesis 3(1): 44-48 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Liu, Yi-wen
- Keywords
- interrenal, adrenal, pronephros, endothelium, chromaffin, organogenesis, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 19279699 Full text @ Organogenesis
Citation
Liu, Y.W. (2007) Interrenal organogenesis in the zebrafish model. Organogenesis. 3(1):44-48.
Abstract
In recent years, many genes that participate in the specification, differentiation and steroidogenesis of the interrenal organ, the teleostean homologue of the adrenal cortex, have been identified and characterized in zebrafish. In-depth studies of these genes have helped to delineate the morphogenetic steps of interrenal organ formation, as well as some of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that govern these processes. The co-development of interrenal tissue with the embryonic kidney (pronephros), surrounding endothelium and invading chromaffin cells has been analyzed, by virtue of the amenability of zebrafish embryos to a variety of genetic, developmental and histological approaches. Moreover, zebrafish embryos can be subject to molecular as well as biochemical assays for the unraveling of the transcriptional regulation program underlying interrenal development. To this end, the key mechanisms that control organogenesis and steroidogenesis of the zebrafish interrenal gland have been shown to resemble those in mammals, justifying the future utilization of zebrafish model for discovering novel genes associated with adrenal development and disease.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping