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Table 1 Morphological phenotypes of zebrafish embryos derived from fertilized eggs injected with different materials

From: Glycogen synthase kinase 3α and 3β have distinct functions during cardiogenesis of zebrafish embryo

Injected materials

Concentration

Number of embryos surviving among number of injected eggs

Wild-type phenotype

Abnormal Heart Development

gsk3α -MO

0.5 ng

146/155 (94.2%)

85 (58.2%)

61 (41.8%)

gsk3α -MO

1 ng

176/191 (92.1%)

61 (34.6%)

115 (65.4%)

gsk3α -MO

2 ng

212/273 (77.7%)

25 (11.8%)

187 (88.2%)

gsk3β -MO

2 ng

126/129 (97.7%)

88 (69.8%)

38 (30.2%)

gsk3β -MO

4 ng

137/144 (95.1%)

69 (50.4%)

68 (49.6%)

gsk3β -MO

6 ng

288/314 (91.7%)

36 (12.5%)

252 (87.5%)

axin1-MO

6 ng

151/164 (92.1%)

27 (17.9%)

124 (82.1%)

dsRed mRNA

100 pg

68/68 (98.8%)

83 (100%)

0 (0%)

Control MO

2 ng

105/108 (97.2%)

101 (96.2%)

4 (3.8%)

Control MO

6 ng

112/125 (89.6%)

103 (93.6%)

7 (6.4%)

gsk3α -mRNA_gsk3α -MO

50 pg + 2 ng

59/69 (85.5%)

18 (30.5%)

41 (69.5%)

gsk3α -mRNA_gsk3α -MO

100 pg + 2 ng

93/118 (78.8%)

51 (54.8%)

42 (45.2%)

gsk3β -mRNA_gsk3α -MO

50 pg + 2 ng

72/90 (80.0%)

9 (12.5%)

63 (87.5%)

gsk3β -mRNA_gsk3α -MO

100 pg + 2 ng

91/134 (67.2%)

5 (5.5%)

86 (94.5%)

gsk3β -mRNA_gsk3β -MO

50 pg + 6 ng

73/77 (94.8%)

45 (61.6%)

28 (38.4%)

gsk3β -mRNA_gsk3β -MO

100 pg + 6 ng

128/144 (89.0%)

96 (75.0%)

32 (25%)

gsk3α -mRNA_gsk3β -MO

50 pg + 6 ng

83/109 (76.1%)

15 (18.1%)

68 (81.9%)

gsk3α -mRNA_gsk3β -MO

100 pg + 6 ng

92/127 (72.4%)

8 (8.7%)

84 (91.3%)

dsRed-mRNA_gsk3α -MO

100 pg + 2 ng

83/96 (86.5%)

7 (8.4%)

76 (91.6%)

dsRed-mRNA_gsk3β -MO

100 pg + 6 ng

75/82 (91.4%)

13 (17.3%)

62 (82.7%)

  1. Fertilized eggs were injected at the 1-cell stage, and then gsk3α morphants were observed at 36 to 48 hpf; gsk3β morphants were observed the heart positioning at 24 to 36 hpf. Results are from three independent experiments. dsRed mRNA: served as a negative control.