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Zebrafish as a new model for phenotype-based screening of positive inotropic agents

Authors
Tang, C., Xie, D., Feng, B.
ID
ZDB-PUB-140706-16
Date
2015
Source
Chemical Biology & Drug Design   85(3): 253-8 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
heart failure, phenotype-based, positive inotropic agent, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Blood Pressure/drug effects
  • Cardiotonic Agents/chemistry
  • Cardiotonic Agents/pharmacology
  • Cardiotonic Agents/therapeutic use*
  • Digoxin/chemistry
  • Digoxin/pharmacology
  • Digoxin/therapeutic use*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/physiology
  • Heart/drug effects
  • Heart/physiology
  • Heart Failure/chemically induced
  • Heart Failure/drug therapy*
  • Heart Rate/drug effects
  • Male
  • Myocardium/pathology
  • Phenotype
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Terfenadine/toxicity
  • Zebrafish/growth & development
PubMed
24990095 Full text @ Chem. Biol. Drug Des.
Abstract
The zebrafish-based assay is a widely used animal model system for cardiovascular research. In this study, we investigated the cardiac defects caused by terfenadine and tested the pharmacological response of digoxin to zebrafish with cardiac defects. The study suggested that zebrafish could be a suitable model for phenotype-based screening and evaluation of positive inotropic agents. This phenotype-based, heart failure zebrafish model system was then utilized in in-house library screen. Some positive inotropic compound was discovered, which could attenuate the cardiac defects by increasing the flow velocity of caudal artery blood. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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