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. 2022 Oct 13;15:940484. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.940484

TABLE 8.

Zebrafish models of C9orf72 pathology.

Study Method Axonopathy MN loss Motor deficits Other phenotypes
Ciura et al., 2013 AMO knockdown Yes – Reduced motor neuron axon length and aberrant branching Not reported Yes – Deficient touch-evoked escape response (TEER); reduced swim distance, average velocity and maximum velocity
Lee et al., 2013 8×, 38×, and 72× GGGGCC repeats Not reported Not reported Not reported Increased apoptotic cell death in 38× and 72× embryos
Ohki et al., 2017 2× or 80× GGGGCC repeats (with or with ATG codon) No Not reported Not reported Display of toxicity and pericardial edema in 80× embryos
Shaw et al., 2018 89× GGGGCC repeats Not reported Yes Yes – Impaired ability to transition into fast movement.
Displayed center avoidance behavior.
Muscle atrophy.
Reduced weight gain.
Increased mortality.
Swinnen et al., 2018 3×, 4×, 10×, ∼35×, ∼70×, and ∼90× GGGGCC repeats Yes – Only from ∼35× repeats Not reported Not reported