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Automated measurement of the spontaneous tail coiling of zebrafish embryos as a sensitive behavior endpoint using a workflow in KNIME

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Neuroactive substances are the largest group of chemicals detected in European surface waters. Mixtures of neuroactive substances occurring at low concentrations can induce adverse neurological effects in humans and organisms in the environment. Therefore, there is a need to develop new screening tools to detect these chemicals. Measurement of behavior or motor effects in rodents and fish are usually performed to assess potential neurotoxicity for risk assessment. However, due to pain and stress inflicted on these animals, the scientific community is advocating for new alternative methods based on the 3R principle (reduce, replace and refine). As a result, the behavior measurement of early stages of zebrafish embryos such as locomotor response, photomotor response and spontaneous tail coiling are considered as a valid alternative to adult animal testing. In this study, we developed a workflow to investigate the spontaneous tail coiling (STC) of zebrafish embryos and to accurately measure the STC effect in the KNIME software. We validated the STC protocol with 3 substances (abamectin, chlorpyrifos-oxon and pyracostrobin) which have different mechanisms of action. The KNIME workflow combined with easy and cost-effective method of video acquisition makes this STC protocol a valuable method for neurotoxicity testing.

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Neurotoxicologia, Hiperactivitat, Inhibidors enzimàtics

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Neurotoxicology, Hyperactivity, Enzyme inhibitors

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OGUNGBEMI, Afolarin O., et al. Automated measurement of the spontaneous tail coiling of zebrafish embryos as a sensitive behavior endpoint using a workflow in KNIME. MethodsX. 2021. Vol. 8. ISSN 2215-0161. [consulted: 19 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/192795

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