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Characterization of zebrafish coagulation cofactors Fviii and Fv mutants and modeling hemophilia A and factor V deficiency

Authors
Dhinoja, S., De Maria, A., Qaryoute, A.A., Jagadeeswaran, P.
ID
ZDB-PUB-240615-6
Date
2024
Source
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis   35(5): 238-247 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Blood Coagulation
  • Disease Models, Animal*
  • Factor V/genetics
  • Factor V Deficiency*/genetics
  • Factor VIII*/genetics
  • Factor VIII*/metabolism
  • Female
  • Hemophilia A*/blood
  • Hemophilia A*/genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Zebrafish*
PubMed
38874909 Full text @ Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis
Abstract
The aim of this study is to characterize zebrafish coagulation cofactors fviii and fv mutant fish and assess if they phenocopy classical hemophilia A and factor V deficiency in humans. The embryos from fviii and fv zebrafish heterozygote mutants generated by ENU mutagenesis were purchased from the ZIRC repository. They were reared to adulthood and genotyped. The heterozygote male and female were crossed to get homozygote, heterozygote, and wild-type fish. Functional kinetic coagulation assays and bleeding assays were performed on normal and mutant adult fish, and venous laser injury assays were performed on the larvae. The DNA from fviii and fv mutants were sequenced to confirm if they have a premature stop codon in exon 19, and in exon 2, respectively, and in both mutants, the amino acid glutamine is replaced with a stop codon. Homozygous and heterozygous 5 days post fertilization (dpf) larvae for fviii and fv deficient mutants exhibited prolonged time to occlusion after venous laser injury compared to wild-type controls. The homozygous and heterozygous fviii adult mutants showed modest bleeding and delayed fibrin formation in the kinetic partial thromboplastin time (kPTT) assay with their plasma. fv homozygous larvae had poor survival beyond 12 dpf. However, heterozygous fv mutants exhibited heavy bleeding and prolonged fibrin formation in the kPTT and kPT assay compared with wild-type siblings. Our characterization showed fviii and fv mutants from ZIRC phenocopied to a considerable extent classical hemophilia A and factor V deficiency in humans, respectively. These models should be useful in studying and developing novel drugs that reverse the phenotype and in generating suppressor mutations to identify novel factors that compensate for these deficiencies.
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