PUBLICATION
Orphan cytochrome P450 20a1 CRISPR/Cas9 mutants and neurobehavioral phenotypes in zebrafish
- Authors
- Brun, N.R., Salanga, M.C., Mora-Zamorano, F.X., Lamb, D.C., Goldstone, J.V., Stegeman, J.J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-211216-7
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- Scientific Reports 11: 23892 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Salanga, Matthew, Stegeman, John J.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Anxiety/genetics*
- CRISPR-Cas Systems
- Homozygote
- Loss of Function Mutation
- Movement*
- Visual Perception*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 34903767 Full text @ Sci. Rep.
Citation
Brun, N.R., Salanga, M.C., Mora-Zamorano, F.X., Lamb, D.C., Goldstone, J.V., Stegeman, J.J. (2021) Orphan cytochrome P450 20a1 CRISPR/Cas9 mutants and neurobehavioral phenotypes in zebrafish. Scientific Reports. 11:23892.
Abstract
Orphan cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes are those for which biological substrates and function(s) are unknown. Cytochrome P450 20A1 (CYP20A1) is the last human orphan P450 enzyme, and orthologs occur as single genes in every vertebrate genome sequenced to date. The occurrence of high levels of CYP20A1 transcripts in human substantia nigra and hippocampus and abundant maternal transcripts in zebrafish eggs strongly suggest roles both in the brain and during early embryonic development. Patients with chromosome 2 microdeletions including CYP20A1 show hyperactivity and bouts of anxiety, among other conditions. Here, we created zebrafish cyp20a1 mutants using CRISPR/Cas9, providing vertebrate models with which to study the role of CYP20A1 in behavior and other neurodevelopmental functions. The homozygous cyp20a1 null mutants exhibited significant behavioral differences from wild-type zebrafish, both in larval and adult animals. Larval cyp20a1-/- mutants exhibited a strong increase in light-simulated movement (i.e., light-dark assay), which was interpreted as hyperactivity. Further, the larvae exhibited mild hypoactivity during the adaptation period of the optomotor assays. Adult cyp20a1 null fish showed a pronounced delay in adapting to new environments, which is consistent with an anxiety paradigm. Taken together with our earlier morpholino cyp20a1 knockdown results, the results described herein suggest that the orphan CYP20A1 has a neurophysiological role.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping