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Chemically Induced Intestinal Damage Models in Zebrafish Larvae

Authors
Oehlers, S.H., Flores, M.V., Hall, C.J., Okuda, K.S., Sison, J.O., Crosier, K.E., and Crosier, P.S.
ID
ZDB-PUB-130312-33
Date
2013
Source
Zebrafish   10(2): 184-93 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Crosier, Kathy, Crosier, Phil, Flores, Maria, Hall, Chris, Oehlers, Stefan, Okuda, Kazuhide Shaun
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage
  • Nitric Oxide/metabolism
  • Microinjections
  • Morpholinos/administration & dosage
  • Alcian Blue/metabolism
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage
  • Neutrophils/immunology
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Optical Imaging
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Dextran Sulfate/pharmacology*
  • Interleukin-23/genetics
  • Interleukin-23/immunology
  • Interleukin-23/metabolism
  • Zebrafish*
  • Immersion
  • Neutral Red/metabolism
  • Enterocolitis/chemically induced*
  • Enterocolitis/drug therapy
  • Enterocolitis/immunology
  • Enterocolitis/microbiology
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid/pharmacology*
  • Inflammation/chemically induced*
  • Inflammation/drug therapy
  • Inflammation/immunology
  • Inflammation/microbiology
  • Larva
  • Drug Discovery
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/chemically induced*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/drug therapy
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/immunology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/microbiology
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/immunology
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
  • Disease Models, Animal*
  • Intestines/microbiology
  • Intestines/pathology
PubMed
23448252 Full text @ Zebrafish
Abstract

Several intestinal damage models have been developed using zebrafish, with the aim of recapitulating aspects of human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These experimentally induced inflammation models have utilized immersion exposure to an array of colitogenic agents (including live bacteria, bacterial products, and chemicals) to induce varying severity of inflammation. This technical report describes methods used to generate two chemically induced intestinal damage models using either dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) or trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). Methods to monitor intestinal damage and inflammatory processes, and chemical-genetic methods to manipulate the host response to injury are also described.

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