Establishment of a Bernard-Soulier syndrome model in zebrafish
Qing Lin,
Riyang Zhou,
Panpan Meng,
Liangliang Wu,
Lian Yang,
Wenyu Liu,
Jiaye Wu,
Yuhuan Cheng,
Linjuan Shi,
Yiyue Zhang
Affiliations
Qing Lin
Key Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Developmental Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Riyang Zhou
Key Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Developmental Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Panpan Meng
Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Liangliang Wu
Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Lian Yang
Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Wenyu Liu
Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Jiaye Wu
Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Yuhuan Cheng
Key Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Developmental Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515
Linjuan Shi
Key Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Developmental Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515
Yiyue Zhang
Key Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Developmental Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Division of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
Platelets play an essential role in thrombosis and hemostasis. Abnormal hemostasis can cause spontaneous or severe post-traumatic bleeding. Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is a rare inherited bleeding disorder caused by a complete quantitative deficiency in the GPIb-IX-V complex. Multiple mutations in GP9 lead to the clinical manifestations of BSS. Understanding the roles and underlying mechanisms of GP9 in thrombopoiesis and establishing a proper animal model of BSS would be valuable to understand the disease pathogenesis and to improve its medical management. Here, by using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, we created a zebrafish gp9SMU15 mutant to model human BSS. Disruption of zebrafish gp9 led to thrombocytopenia and a pronounced bleeding tendency, as well as an abnormal expansion of progenitor cells. The gp9SMU15 zebrafish can be used as a BSS animal model as the roles of GP9 in thrombocytopoiesis are highly conserved from zebrafish to mammals. Utilizing the BSS model, we verified the clinical GP9 mutations by in vivo functional assay and tested clinical drugs for their ability to increase platelets. Thus, the inherited BSS zebrafish model could be of benefit for in vivo verification of patient-derived GP9 variants of uncertain significance and for the development of potential therapeutic strategies for BSS.
