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Loss of dusp27 in zebrafish mutants results in severe disorganization of the contractile apparatus in muscle fibers and near complete paralysis at embryonic and larval stages.
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The pseudophosphatase dusp27 is essential for myofibril assembly and muscle fiber maturation in zebrafish, providing a new animal model for congenital myopathies.
An essential step in muscle fiber maturation is the assembly of highly ordered myofibrils that are required for contraction. Much remains unknown about the molecular mechanisms governing the formation of the contractile apparatus. We identified an early embryonic motility mutant in zebrafish caused by integration of a transgene into the pseudophosphatase dual specificity phosphatase 27 (dusp27) gene. dusp27 mutants exhibit near complete paralysis at embryonic and larval stages, producing extremely low levels of spontaneous coiling movements and a greatly diminished touch response. Loss of dusp27 does not prevent somitogenesis but results in severe disorganization of the contractile apparatus in muscle fibers. Sarcomeric structures in mutants are almost entirely absent and only rare triads are observed. These findings are the first to implicate a functional role of dusp27 as a gene required for myofiber maturation and provide an animal model for analyzing the mechanisms governing myofibril assembly.
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Fero et al. (2013) studied Congenital myopathy (animal model). dusp27 mutation (y241) vs. Wild-type siblings was evaluated on Embryonic motility and myofibril structure. Loss of dusp27 in zebrafish mutants results in severe disorganization of the contractile apparatus in muscle fibers and near complete paralysis at embryonic and larval stages.
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