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Immunomodulatory Function of Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles in Vibrio-Stimulated Sea Urchin Immune Cells. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11102646. [PMID: 34685085 PMCID: PMC8539316 DOI: 10.3390/nano11102646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We investigated the role of the gold nanoparticles functionalized with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP–AuNPs) on the innate immune response against an acute infection caused by Vibrio anguillarum in an in vitro immunological nonmammalian next-generation model, the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. To profile the immunomodulatory function of PVP–AuNPs (0.1 μg mL−1) in sea urchin immune cells stimulated by Vibrio (10 μg mL−1) for 3 h, we focused on the baseline immunological state of the donor, and we analysed the topography, cellular metabolism, and expression of human cell surface antigens of the exposed cells, as well as the signalling leading the interaction between PVP–AuNPs and the Vibrio-stimulated cells. PVP–AuNPs are not able to silence the inflammatory signalling (TLR4/p38MAPK/NF-κB signalling) that involves the whole population of P. lividus immune cells exposed to Vibrio. However, our findings emphasise the ability of PVP–AuNPs to stimulate a subset of rare cells (defined here as Group 3) that express CD45 and CD14 antigens on their surface, which are known to be involved in immune cell maturation and macrophage activation in humans. Our evidence on how PVP–AuNPs may stimulate sea urchin immune cells represents an important starting point for planning new research work on the topic.
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Alijagic A, Barbero F, Gaglio D, Napodano E, Benada O, Kofroňová O, Puntes VF, Bastús NG, Pinsino A. Gold nanoparticles coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone and sea urchin extracellular molecules induce transient immune activation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 402:123793. [PMID: 33254802 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report that the immunogenicity of colloidal gold nanoparticles coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP-AuNPs) in a model organism, the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus, can function as a proxy for humans for in vitro immunological studies. To profile the immune recognition and interaction from exposure to PVP-AuNPs (1 and 10 μg mL-1), we applied an extensive nano-scale approach, including particle physicochemical characterisation involving immunology, cellular biology, and metabolomics. The interaction between PVP-AuNPs and soluble proteins of the sea urchin physiological coelomic fluid (blood equivalent) results in the formation of a protein "corona" surrounding the NPs from three major proteins that influence the hydrodynamic size and colloidal stability of the particle. At the lower concentration of PVP-AuNPs, the P. lividus phagocytes show a broad metabolic plasticity based on the biosynthesis of metabolites mediating inflammation and phagocytosis. At the higher concentration of PVP-AuNPs, phagocytes activate an immunological response involving Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signalling pathway at 24 hours of exposure. These results emphasise that exposure to PVP-AuNPs drives inflammatory signalling by the phagocytes and the resolution at both the low and high concentrations of the PVP-AuNPs and provides more details regarding the immunogenicity of these NPs.
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- Andi Alijagic
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Palermo, Italy
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare (IBFM), Segrate, MI, Italy; SYSBIO.IT, Centre of Systems Biology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- SYSBIO.IT, Centre of Systems Biology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain; Vall d Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Palermo, Italy.
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Alijagic A, Benada O, Kofroňová O, Cigna D, Pinsino A. Sea Urchin Extracellular Proteins Design a Complex Protein Corona on Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Surface Influencing Immune Cell Behavior. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2261. [PMID: 31616433 PMCID: PMC6763604 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Extensive exploitation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) augments rapid release into the marine environment. When in contact with the body fluids of marine invertebrates, TiO2NPs undergo a transformation and adhere various organic molecules that shape a complex protein corona prior to contacting cells and tissues. To elucidate the potential extracellular signals that may be involved in the particle recognition by immune cells of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus, we investigated the behavior of TiO2NPs in contact with extracellular proteins in vitro. Our findings indicate that TiO2NPs are able to interact with sea urchin proteins in both cell-free and cell-conditioned media. The two-dimensional proteome analysis of the protein corona bound to TiO2NP revealed that negatively charged proteins bound preferentially to the particles. The main constituents shaping the sea urchin cell-conditioned TiO2NP protein corona were proteins involved in cellular adhesion (Pl-toposome, Pl-galectin-8, Pl-nectin) and cytoskeletal organization (actin and tubulin). Immune cells (phagocytes) aggregated TiO2NPs on the outer cell surface and within well-organized vesicles without eliciting harmful effects on the biological activities of the cells. Cells showed an active metabolism, no oxidative stress or caspase activation. These results provide a new level of understanding of the extracellular proteins involved in the immune-TiO2NP recognition and interaction in vitro, confirming that primary immune cell cultures from P. lividus can be an optional model for swift and efficient immune-toxicological investigations.
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- Andi Alijagic
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Microbiology of The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Microbiology of The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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Zito F, Burke RD, Matranga V. Pl-nectin, a discoidin family member, is a ligand for betaC integrins in the sea urchin embryo. Matrix Biol 2010; 29:341-5. [PMID: 20159038 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2010.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pl-nectin is a component of the extracellular matrix that surrounds embryos of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Pl-nectin mediates adhesion of dissociated embryonic cells to substrates and interfering with ectodermic cells contacting Pl-nectin results in defects in skeleton growth and morphogenesis. Recently, we reported that Pl-nectin is a new member of the discoidin family, in agreement with the notion that many discoidin-containing proteins are involved in cell adhesion processes as integrin ligands. To better understand the molecular basis for the interaction of Pl-nectin with ectoderm, we investigated the hypothesis that Pl-nectin is an integrin ligand in sea urchin embryos. We show that in P. lividus embryos, betaC-containing integrins localize to the apical surface of ectodermic cells, which are in contact with Pl-nectin. Immunoprecipitation experiments indicate that the two proteins are part of a complex in vivo and affinity chromatography indicates that betaC-containing integrin receptors bind purified Pl-nectin. These data support a model in which ectodermic integrins binding to Pl-nectin mediate cellular adhesion to the hyaline layer. Regulated adhesion of cells to the hyaline layer is a critical component of several morphogenetic processes and the identification of the receptors and ligands involved provides new opportunities to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms of ECM adhesion and morphogenesis.
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- Francesca Zito
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare Alberto Monroy, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo, Italy.
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Phylogenetic analysis and homology modelling of Paracentrotus lividus nectin. Mol Divers 2009; 14:653-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s11030-009-9203-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Kiyomoto M, Zito F, Costa C, Poma V, Sciarrino S, Matranga V. Skeletogenesis by transfated secondary mesenchyme cells is dependent on extracellular matrix-ectoderm interactions in Paracentrotus lividus sea urchin embryos. Dev Growth Differ 2007; 49:731-41. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2007.00967.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Duloquin L, Lhomond G, Gache C. Localized VEGF signaling from ectoderm to mesenchyme cells controls morphogenesis of the sea urchin embryo skeleton. Development 2007; 134:2293-302. [PMID: 17507391 DOI: 10.1242/dev.005108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During development, cell migration plays an important role in morphogenetic processes. The construction of the skeleton of the sea urchin embryo by a small number of cells, the primary mesenchyme cells (PMCs), offers a remarkable model to study cell migration and its involvement in morphogenesis. During gastrulation, PMCs migrate and become positioned along the ectodermal wall following a stereotypical pattern that determines skeleton morphology. Previous studies have shown that interactions between ectoderm and PMCs regulate several aspects of skeletal morphogenesis, but little is known at the molecular level. Here we show that VEGF signaling between ectoderm and PMCs is crucial in this process. The VEGF receptor (VEGFR) is expressed exclusively in PMCs, whereas VEGF expression is restricted to two small areas of the ectoderm, in front of the positions where the ventrolateral PMC clusters that initiate skeletogenesis will form. Overexpression of VEGF leads to skeletal abnormalities, whereas inhibition of VEGF/VEGFR signaling results in incorrect positioning of the PMCs, downregulation of PMC-specific genes and loss of skeleton. We present evidence that localized VEGF acts as both a guidance cue and a differentiation signal, providing a crucial link between the positioning and differentiation of the migrating PMCs and leading to morphogenesis of the embryonic skeleton.
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- Louise Duloquin
- Developmental Biology Unit, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6 and CNRS, Observatoire Océanologique, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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Angerer L, Hussain S, Wei Z, Livingston BT. Sea urchin metalloproteases: a genomic survey of the BMP-1/tolloid-like, MMP and ADAM families. Dev Biol 2006; 300:267-81. [PMID: 17059814 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Revised: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Analysis of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus genome has revealed approximately 240 metalloprotease genes, and they represent all 23 families expressed in vertebrates. EST/cDNA sequencing and microarray analysis show that nearly 70% are represented in embryo RNA. Among them are many metalloproteases with demonstrated developmental roles in other systems-BMP-1/TLD (tolloid) (astacins), MMPs (matrix metalloproteases) and the ADAMs (disintegrin/metalloproteases). The developmental functions of these kinds of metalloproteases include modifying the extracellular matrix, regulating signaling pathways or modulating cellular adhesive properties. The unexpectedly large number of BMP-1/TLD-like protease genes (23) results primarily from expansion of a set encoding an unusual domain conserved in structure and primary sequence only in nematode astacins. Such proteases may have interesting developmental functions because the expression patterns of several are highly regulated along the primary axis at times when cell differentiation and morphogenesis begin. The size of the sea urchin MMP family and the clustered arrangement of many of its members are similar to vertebrates, but phylogenetic analyses suggest that different ancestral genes were independently amplified in sea urchins and vertebrates. One expansion appears to be genes encoding MMPs that have putative transmembrane domains and may be membrane-tethered (MT). Interestingly, the genes encoding TIMPs, inhibitors of MMPs, have also been amplified and the 10 genes are tandemly arranged in a single cluster. In contrast, there are fewer ADAM and ADAMTS genes in sea urchins, but they represent all but one of the chordate-specific groups. The genome sequence now opens the door to experimental manipulations designed to understand how modulation of the extracellular environment affects development.
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- Lynne Angerer
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20815, USA.
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Zito F, Costa C, Sciarrino S, Cavalcante C, Poma V, Matranga V. Cell adhesion and communication: a lesson from echinoderm embryos for the exploitation of new therapeutic tools. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 39:7-44. [PMID: 17152692 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27683-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In this chapter, we summarise fundamental findings concerning echinoderms as well as research interests on this phylum for biomedical and evolutionary studies. We discuss how current knowledge of echinoderm biology, in particular of the sea urchin system, can shed light on the understanding of important biological phenomena and in dissecting them at the molecular level. The general principles of sea urchin embryo development are summarised, mainly focusing on cell communication and interactions, with particular attention to the cell-extracellular matrix and cell-cell adhesion molecules and related proteins. Our purpose is not to review all the work done over the years in the field of cellular interaction in echinoderms. On the contrary, we will rather focus on a few arguments in an effort to re-examine some ideas and concepts, with the aim of promoting discussion in this rapidly growing field and opening new routes for research on innovative therapeutic tools.
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- F Zito
- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare (IBIM) Alberto Monroy, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
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Kato KH, Abe T, Nakashima S, Matranga V, Zito F, Yokota Y. 'Nectosome': a novel cytoplasmic vesicle containing nectin in the egg of the sea urchin, Temnopleurus hardwickii. Dev Growth Differ 2004; 46:239-47. [PMID: 15206955 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2004.00741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Localization of an extracellular matrix protein, Th-nectin, in the eggs and embryos of the sea urchin Temnopleurus hardwickii was examined by both immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy. The protein is associated with a tubular structure packaged in rod-shaped vesicles that were designated as 'nectosomes'. In unfertilized eggs, nectosomes are distributed uniformly throughout the cytoplasm, but after fertilization, they gradually translocate to the cortical zone where they are arranged perpendicular to the plasma membrane. The migration of the nectosomes was strongly inhibited by cytochalasin B, which suggested that microfilaments play an important role in this process. Immunocytochemical and immunoblotting analyses both ascertained that nectin is secreted into the hyaline layer. Some nectosomes remain in the apical cytoplasm of dermal cells until the gastrula stage. Ultrastructural examination revealed that the accumulation of nectosomes in the oocyte cytoplasm begins quite early in oogenesis, concomitant with the accumulation of cortical vesicles.
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- Koichi H Kato
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan.
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Kiyomoto M, Zito F, Sciarrino S, Matranga V. Commitment and response to inductive signals of primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo. Dev Growth Differ 2004; 46:107-14. [PMID: 15008859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2004.00730.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In the sea urchin embryo, primary mesenchyme cells (PMC) are committed to produce the larval skeleton, although their behavior and skeleton production are influenced by signals from the embryonic environment. Results from our recent studies showed that perturbation of skeleton development, by interfering with ectoderm-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions, is linked to a reduction in the gene expression of a transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta growth factor, Pl-univin, suggesting a reduction in the blastocoelic amounts of the protein and its putative involvement in signaling events. In the present study, we examined PMC competence to respond to environmental signals in a validated skeleton perturbation model in Paracentrotus lividus. We found that injection of blastocoelic fluid (BcF), obtained from normal embryos, into the blastocoelic cavity of skeleton-defective embryos rescues skeleton development. In addition, PMC from skeleton-defective embryos transplanted into normal or PMC-less blastula embryos are able to position in correct regions of the blastocoel and to engage spicule elongation and patterning. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PMC commitment to direct skeletogenesis is maintained in skeleton perturbed embryos and confirm the role played by inductive signals in regulating skeleton growth and shape.
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- Masato Kiyomoto
- Tateyama Marine Laboratory, Ochanomizu University, Kou-yatsu 11, Tateyama, Chiba 294-0301, Japan.
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Venuti JM, Pepicelli C, Flowers VL. Analysis of Sea Urchin Embryo Gene Expression by Immunocytochemistry. Methods Cell Biol 2004; 74:333-69. [PMID: 15575614 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(04)74015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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- Judith M Venuti
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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Zito F, Costa C, Sciarrino S, Poma V, Russo R, Angerer LM, Matranga V. Expression of univin, a TGF-β growth factor, requires ectoderm–ECM interaction and promotes skeletal growth in the sea urchin embryo. Dev Biol 2003; 264:217-27. [PMID: 14623243 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pl-nectin is an ECM protein located on the apical surface of ectoderm cells of Paracentrotus lividus sea urchin embryo. Inhibition of ECM-ectoderm cell interaction by the addition of McAb to Pl-nectin to the culture causes a dramatic impairment of skeletogenesis, offering a good model for the study of factor(s) involved in skeleton elongation and patterning. We showed that skeleton deficiency was not due to a reduction in the number of PMCs ingressing the blastocoel, but it was correlated with a reduction in the number of Pl-SM30-expressing PMCs. Here, we provide evidence on the involvement of growth factor(s) in skeleton morphogenesis. Skeleton-defective embryos showed a strong reduction in the levels of expression of Pl-univin, a growth factor of the TGF-beta superfamily, which was correlated with an equivalent strong reduction in the levels of Pl-SM30. In contrast, expression levels of Pl-BMP5-7 remained low and constant in both skeleton-defective and normal embryos. Microinjection of horse serum in the blastocoelic cavity of embryos cultured in the presence of the antibody rescued skeleton development. Finally, we found that misexpression of univin is also sufficient to rescue defects in skeleton elongation and SM30 expression caused by McAb to Pl-nectin, suggesting a key role for univin or closely related factor in sea urchin skeleton morphogenesis.
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- Francesca Zito
- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Sezione Biologia dello Sviluppo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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Angerer LM, Angerer RC. Patterning the sea urchin embryo: gene regulatory networks, signaling pathways, and cellular interactions. Curr Top Dev Biol 2003; 53:159-98. [PMID: 12509127 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(03)53005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We discuss steps in the specification of major tissue territories of the sea urchin embryo that occur between fertilization and hatching blastula stage and the cellular interactions required to coordinate morphogenetic processes that begin after hatching. We review evidence that has led to new ideas about how this embryo is initially patterned: (1) Specification of most of the tissue territories is not direct, but proceeds gradually by progressive subdivision of broad, maternally specified domains that depend on opposing gradients in the ratios of animalizing transcription factors (ATFs) and vegetalizing (beta-catenin) transcription factors; (2) the range of maternal nuclear beta-catenin extends further than previously proposed, that is, into the animal hemisphere, where it programs many cells to adopt early aboral ectoderm characteristics; (3) cells at the extreme animal pole constitute a unique ectoderm region, lacking nuclear beta-catenin; (4) the pluripotential mesendoderm is created by the combined outputs of ATFs and nuclear beta-catenin, which initially overlap in the macromeres, and by an undefined early micromere signal; (5) later micromere signals, which activate Notch and Wnt pathways, subdivide mesendoderm into secondary mesenchyme and endoderm; and (6) oral ectoderm specification requires reprogramming early aboral ectoderm at about the hatching blastula stage. Morphogenetic processes that follow initial fate specification depend critically on continued interactions among cells in different territories. As illustrations, we discuss the regulation of (1) the ectoderm/endoderm boundary, (2) mesenchyme positioning and skeletal growth, (3) ciliated band formation, and (4) several suppressive interactions operating late in embryogenesis to limit the fates of multipotent cells.
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- Lynne M Angerer
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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Tomita K, Yamasu K, Suyemitsu T. Role of syndecan in the elongation of postoral arms in sea urchin larvae. Dev Growth Differ 2002; 44:45-53. [PMID: 11869291 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.2002.00617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ac-SYN is the core protein of a cell surface proteoglycan of the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina. To examine the functions of Ac-SYN, embryos were cultured in the presence of affinity-purified antibody against Ac-SYN. At the late pluteus stage, severe inhibition of elongation of the postoral arms was seen in treated embryos compared with control embryos. Blastocoeleic microinjection of the antibody did not affect morphogenesis. The relationship between the number of cells in the postoral arms and the length of the postoral rods was investigated in normal embryos. This showed that postoral arm elongation has two phases: the first phase accompanies the increase in cell numbers while the second does not. The syndecan antibody inhibited the increase in cell numbers in the postoral arms. Furthermore, in the treated embryos, cell numbers continued to increase normally until 31 h post fertilization (hpf), while cell division stopped after 31 hpf. These results suggest that Ac-SYN participates in postoral arm formation via cell division in sea urchin embryos.
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- Kazuo Tomita
- Department of Regulation Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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