J Biomed Transl Res.  2019 Sep;20(3):53-57. 10.12729/jbtr.2019.20.3.053.

Induction of cell deathin early developmental phase of zebrafish treated with diethylnitrosamine

• Kang JS

• KMID: 2463591
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12729/jbtr.2019.20.3.053

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced liver damage in zebrafish. Zebrafish larvae were divided into five groups after seventy-two hours fertilization: group 1 (G1) as control, group 2 (G2) as probe control, groups 3, 4, and 5 (G3, G4, and G5) as DEN treated at doses of 25, 50, and 100 µg/mL, respectively. At twenty-two hours after DEN treatment, groups 2, 3, 4, and 5 were treated with ApoFlamma H 675 at a dose of 100 µM/zebrafish. They were examined by fluorescence stereomicroscope at twenty-four hours after DEN treatment. After fixation, the zebrafish were processed, embedded, sectioned and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and terminal deoxynucleotide transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining. Fluorescence intensity of the livers of G3, G4, and G5 was significantly increased compared with those of G1 (p<0.01). Furthermore, fluorescence intensity of the livers of G3 and G5 was significantly increased compared with those of G2 (p<0.05 and p<0.01). HE staining showed cell deaths in the livers of DEN-treated zebrafish and TUNEL staining confirmed cell death in the same location. Taken together, in vivo fluorescence bioimaging detected cell death in the liver of DEN-treated zebrafish. This outcome was confirmed with histopathological examination. The results of this study provide confidence for using zebrafish as a liver carcinogenesis model.

Keyword

zebrafish; diethylnitrosamine (DEN); cell death; fluorescence bioimaging; histopathology

MeSH Terms

Carcinogenesis
Cell Death
Diethylnitrosamine*
Eosine Yellowish-(YS)
Fertilization
Fluorescence
Hematoxylin
In Situ Nick-End Labeling
Larva
Liver
Transferases
Zebrafish*
Diethylnitrosamine
Eosine Yellowish-(YS)
Hematoxylin
Transferases