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The zebrafish goosepimples/myosin Vb mutant exhibits cellular attributes of human microvillus inclusion disease

Jaydeep Sidhaye·Clyde Pinto·Shweta Dharap·Tressa Jacob·Shobha Bhargava·Mahendra Sonawane
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BackgroundMicrovillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a life threatening enteropathy characterised by perpetual diarrhoea. Recent analysis has revealed that enterocytes in MVID patients exhibit reduction of microvilli, presence of microvillus inclusion bodies and intestinal villus atrophy. Genetic linkage analysis has identified mutations in myosin Vb gene as the main cause of MVID. An animal model that develops ex-utero and is tractable genetically as well as by microscopy would be highly useful to study the cellular basis of the formation of inclusion bodies.\n\nResultsHere we report that the intestine of the zebrafish goosepimples (gsp)/myosin Vb (myoVb) mutant show severe reduction in the intestinal folds-structures similar to mammalian villi. The loss of folds is further correlated with changes in the shape of enterocytes. In a striking similarity with MVID patients, zebrafish gsp/myoVb mutant larvae exhibit microvillus atrophy, microvillus inclusions and accumulation of secretory material in enterocytes.\n\nConclusionWe propose that the zebrafish gsp/myoVb mutant is a valuable model to study the pathophysiology of MVID. Owing to the advantages of zebrafish in screening libraries of small molecules, the gsp mutant will be an appropriate tool to identify compounds that would alleviate the formation of microvillus inclusions and have therapeutic value.

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Jaydeep Sidhaye, Clyde Pinto, Shweta Dharap, Tressa Jacob, Shobha Bhargava, Mahendra Sonawane. 2015-11-03. The zebrafish goosepimples/myosin Vb mutant exhibits cellular attributes of human microvillus inclusion disease. https://doi.org/10.1101/030536

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