Optimization and Pharmacological Validation of a Leukocyte Migration Assay in Zebrafish Larvae for the Rapid In Vivo Bioactivity Analysis of Anti-Inflammatory Secondary Metabolites
| Autor: | Alexander D. Crawford, Liliana Vicet-Muro, Camila V. Esguerra, Dany Siverio-Mota, Maria Lorena Cordero-Maldonado, Peter de Witte, Isabel María Wilches-Arizábala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Lipopolysaccharides
Leukocyte migration animal structures medicine.drug_class Science Anti-Inflammatory Agents Danio Inflammation Pharmacology Anti-inflammatory Cell Migration Assays Leukocyte In vivo medicine Animals Zebrafish Multidisciplinary biology fungi Cell migration biology.organism_classification Larva Myeloperoxidase biology.protein Medicine medicine.symptom Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE Repositorio Universidad de Cuenca Universidad de Cuenca instacron:UCUENCA PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 10, p e75404 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0075404 |
| Popis: | Over the past decade, zebrafish (Danio rerio) have emerged as an attractive model for in vivo drug discovery. In this study, we explore the suitability of zebrafish larvae to rapidly evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of natural products (NPs) and medicinal plants used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. First, we optimized a zebrafish assay for leukocyte migration. Inflammation was induced in four days post-fertilization (dpf) zebrafish larvae by tail transection and co-incubation with bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS), resulting in a robust recruitment of leukocytes to the zone of injury. Migrating zebrafish leukocytes were detected in situ by myeloperoxidase (MPO) staining, and anti-inflammatory activity was semi-quantitatively scored using a standardized scale of relative leukocyte migration (RLM). Pharmacological validation of this optimized assay was performed with a panel of anti-inflammatory drugs, demonstrating a concentration-responsive inhibition of leukocyte migration for both steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (SAIDs and NSAIDs). Subsequently, we evaluated the bioactivity of structurally diverse NPs with well-documented anti-inflammatory properties. Finally, we further used this zebrafish-based assay to quantify the anti-inflammatory activity in the aqueous and methanolic extracts of several medicinal plants. Our results indicate the suitability of this LPS-enhanced leukocyte migration assay in zebrafish larvae as a front-line screening platform in NP discovery, including for the bioassay-guided isolation of anti-inflammatory secondary metabolites from complex NP extracts. © 2013 Cordero-Maldonado et al. |
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