Generation and phenotype analysis of zebrafish mutations of obesity-related genes lepr and mc4r.
- Author:
Fei FEI
1
,
2
;
Shao-Yang SUN
1
;
Yu-Xiao YAO
1
;
Xu WANG
1
;
Author Information
1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences
2. Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
CRISPR-Cas Systems;
Gene Knockout Techniques;
Insulin;
metabolism;
Leptin;
Mutation;
Obesity;
genetics;
Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4;
genetics;
Receptors, Leptin;
genetics;
Signal Transduction;
Zebrafish;
Zebrafish Proteins;
genetics
- From:
Acta Physiologica Sinica
2017;69(1):61-69
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Obesity has become a severe public health problem across the world, and seriously affects the health and life quality of human beings. Here we generated lepr and mc4r mutant zebrafish via the CRISPR/Cas9 technique, and performed morphological and functional characterizations of those mutants. We observed that there was no significant phenotypic difference between homozygous mutants and wild-type controls before 2.5 months post-fertilization (mpf). However, the adult leprand mc4rindividuals displayed increased food intake, heavier weight, and higher body fat percentage, the characteristics of obesity phenotypes. Blood glucose test showed that overfeeding induced significantly impaired glucose tolerance in adult leprand mc4rzebrafish. Furthermore, we analyzed 76 energy metabolism-related transcripts in leprand mc4rzebrafish livers by using real-time RT-PCR, and compared the results with the published microarray data of Lepmouse livers, and found that the changes in the expression of insulin/IGF signaling (IIS) pathway genes in leprzebrafish and Lepmouse were positively correlated, suggesting that the IIS pathway maintains functional conservation between zebrafish and mammals during the evolution of the obesity-regulating molecule network.
