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Circulating factors cause proteinuria in parabiotic zebrafish

Authors: 
Müller-Deile J, Schenk H, Schroder P, Schulze K, Bolaños-Palmieri P, Siegerist F, Endlich N, Haller H, Schiffer M
Citation: 
Kidney Int. 2019 Mar 8. pii: S0085-2538(19)30232-7. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.02.013. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract: 
Proteinuria can be induced by impairment of any component of the glomerular filtration barrier. To determine the role of circulating permeability factors on glomerular damage, we developed a parabiosis-based zebrafish model to generate a common circulation between zebrafish larvae. A morpholino-mediated knockdown of a podocyte specific gene (nephronectin) was induced in one zebrafish larva which was then fused to an un-manipulated fish. Notably, proteinuria and glomerular damage were present in the manipulated fish and in the parabiotically-fused partner. Thus, circulating permeability factors may be induced by proteinuria even when an induced podocyte gene dysregulation is the initiating cause.
Epub: 
Yes
Organism or Cell Type: 
zebrafish
Delivery Method: 
microinjection