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Du Pasquier D, Salinier B, Coady KK, Jones A, Körner O, LaRocca J, Lemkine G, Robin-Duchesne B, Weltje L, Wheeler JR, Lagadic L. How the Xenopus eleutheroembryonic thyroid assay compares to the amphibian metamorphosis assay for detecting thyroid active chemicals. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2024; 149:105619. [PMID: 38614220 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2024.105619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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The Xenopus Eleutheroembryonic Thyroid Assay (XETA) was recently published as an OECD Test Guideline for detecting chemicals acting on the thyroid axis. However, the OECD validation did not cover all mechanisms that can potentially be detected by the XETA. This study was therefore initiated to investigate and consolidate the applicability domain of the XETA regarding the following mechanisms: thyroid hormone receptor (THR) agonism, sodium-iodide symporter (NIS) inhibition, thyroperoxidase (TPO) inhibition, deiodinase (DIO) inhibition, glucocorticoid receptor (GR) agonism, and uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT) induction. In total, 22 chemicals identified as thyroid-active or -inactive in Amphibian Metamorphosis Assays (AMAs) were tested using the XETA OECD Test Guideline. The comparison showed that both assays are highly concordant in identifying chemicals with mechanisms of action related to THR agonism, DIO inhibition, and GR agonism. They also consistently identified the UDPGT inducers as thyroid inactive. NIS inhibition, investigated using sodium perchlorate, was not detected in the XETA. TPO inhibition requires further mechanistic investigations as the reference chemicals tested resulted in opposing response directions in the XETA and AMA. This study contributes refining the applicability domain of the XETA, thereby helping to clarify the conditions where it can be used as an ethical alternative to the AMA.
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- David Du Pasquier
- Laboratoire WatchFrog, 1 Rue Pierre Fontaine, 91000, Évry-Courcouronnes, France
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- Laboratoire WatchFrog, 1 Rue Pierre Fontaine, 91000, Évry-Courcouronnes, France
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- Bayer Crop Science, Environmental Safety, 700 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO, USA
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- ADAMA US, Environmental Safety, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Raleigh, NC, 27604, USA
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- ADAMA, Environmental Safety, Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse 6, 51149, Cologne, Germany
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- Corteva Agriscience, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, USA
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- Laboratoire WatchFrog, 1 Rue Pierre Fontaine, 91000, Évry-Courcouronnes, France
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- BASF SE, Agricultural Solutions - Ecotoxicology, Speyerer Strasse 2, 67117, Limburgerhof, Germany
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- Corteva Agriscience, Zuid-Oostsingel 24D, 4611 BB, Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands
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- Bayer AG R&D Crop Science, Alfred-Nobel-Strasse 50, 40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany.
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Morishita Y, Lee SW, Suzuki T, Yokoyama H, Kamei Y, Tamura K, Kawasumi-Kita A. An archetype and scaling of developmental tissue dynamics across species. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8199. [PMID: 38081837 PMCID: PMC10713982 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43902-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Morphometric studies have revealed the existence of simple geometric relationships among various animal shapes. However, we have little knowledge of the mathematical principles behind the morphogenetic dynamics that form the organ/body shapes of different species. Here, we address this issue by focusing on limb morphogenesis in Gallus gallus domesticus (chicken) and Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog). To compare the deformation dynamics between tissues with different sizes/shapes as well as their developmental rates, we introduce a species-specific rescaled spatial coordinate and a common clock necessary for cross-species synchronization of developmental times. We find that tissue dynamics are well conserved across species under this spacetime coordinate system, at least from the early stages of development through the phase when basic digit patterning is established. For this developmental period, we also reveal that the tissue dynamics of both species are mapped with each other through a time-variant linear transformation in real physical space, from which hypotheses on a species-independent archetype of tissue dynamics and morphogenetic scaling are proposed.
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- Yoshihiro Morishita
- Laboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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- Laboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Aomori, 036-8561, Japan
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- Optics and Bioimaging Facility, Trans-Scale Biology Center, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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Nguyen JKB, Gómez-Picos P, Liu Y, Ovens K, Eames BF. Common features of cartilage maturation are not conserved in an amphibian model. Dev Dyn 2023; 252:1375-1390. [PMID: 37083105 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Mouse, chick, and zebrafish undergo a highly conserved program of cartilage maturation during endochondral ossification (bone formation via a cartilage template). Standard histological and molecular features of cartilage maturation are chondrocyte hypertrophy, downregulation of the chondrogenic markers Sox9 and Col2a1, and upregulation of Col10a1. We tested whether cartilage maturation is conserved in an amphibian, the western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis, using in situ hybridization for standard markers and a novel laser-capture microdissection RNAseq data set. We also functionally tested whether thyroid hormone drives cartilage maturation in X tropicalis, as it does in other vertebrates. RESULTS The developing frog humerus mostly followed the standard progression of cartilage maturation. Chondrocytes gradually became hypertrophic as col2a1 and sox9 were eventually down-regulated, but col10a1 was not up-regulated. However, the expression levels of several genes associated with the early formation of cartilage, such as acan, sox5, and col9a2, remained highly expressed even as humeral chondrocytes matured. Greater deviances were observed in head cartilages, including the ceratohyal, which underwent hypertrophy within hours of becoming cartilaginous, maintained relatively high levels of col2a1 and sox9, and lacked col10a1 expression. Interestingly, treating frog larvae with thyroid hormone antagonists did not specifically reduce head cartilage hypertrophy, resulting rather in a global developmental delay. CONCLUSION These data reveal that basic cartilage maturation features in the head, and to a lesser extent in the limb, are not conserved in X tropicalis. Future work revealing how frogs deviate from the standard cartilage maturation program might shed light on both evolutionary and health studies.
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- Jason K B Nguyen
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Ishii R, Yoshida M, Suzuki N, Ogino H, Suzuki M. X-ray micro-computed tomography of Xenopus tadpole reveals changes in brain ventricular morphology during telencephalon regeneration. Dev Growth Differ 2023; 65:300-310. [PMID: 37477433 DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Xenopus tadpoles serve as an exceptional model organism for studying post-embryonic development in vertebrates. During post-embryonic development, large-scale changes in tissue morphology, including organ regeneration and metamorphosis, occur at the organ level. However, understanding these processes in a three-dimensional manner remains challenging. In this study, the use of X-ray micro-computed tomography (microCT) for the three-dimensional observation of the soft tissues of Xenopus tadpoles was explored. The findings revealed that major organs, such as the brain, heart, and kidneys, could be visualized with high contrast by phosphotungstic acid staining following fixation with Bouin's solution. Then, the changes in brain shape during telencephalon regeneration were analyzed as the first example of utilizing microCT to study organ regeneration in Xenopus tadpoles, and it was found that the size of the amputated telencephalon recovered to >80% of its original length within approximately 1 week. It was also observed that the ventricles tended to shrink after amputation and maintained this state for at least 3 days. This shrinkage was transient, as the ventricles expanded to exceed their original size within the following week. Temporary shrinkage and expansion of the ventricles, which were also observed in transgenic or fluorescent dye-injected tadpoles with telencephalon amputation, may be significant in tissue homeostasis in response to massive brain injury and subsequent repair and regeneration. This established method will improve experimental analyses in developmental biology and medical science using Xenopus tadpoles.
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- Riona Ishii
- Amphibian Research Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Amphibian Research Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Amphibian Research Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Amphibian Research Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Amphibian Research Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Wang S, Shibata Y, Tanizaki Y, Zhang H, Yan W, Fu L, Shi YB. Comparative Analysis of Transcriptome Profiles Reveals Distinct and Organ-Dependent Genomic and Nongenomic Actions of Thyroid Hormone in Xenopus tropicalis Tadpoles. Thyroid 2023; 33:511-522. [PMID: 36503276 PMCID: PMC10122239 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2022.0469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background: Thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine [T3]) is essential for development and organ metabolism in all vertebrates. T3 has both genomic and nongenomic effects on target cells. While much has been learnt on its genomic effects via T3 receptors (TRs) in vertebrate development, mostly through TR-knockout and TR-knockin studies, little is known about the effects of T3 on gene expression in animals in the absence of TR. We have been studying Xenopus metamorphosis as a model for mammalian postembryonic development, a period around birth when plasma T3 level peaks and many organs/tissues mature into their adult forms. We have recently generated TR double knockout (TRDKO) Xenopus tropicalis animals. This offers an opportunity to compare the effects of T3 on global gene expression in tadpole tissues in the presence or absence of TR. Methods: We analyzed the effects of T3 on gene expression in tadpole tail and intestine by using RNA-seq analysis on wild-type and TRDKO tadpoles with or without T3 treatment. Results: We observed that removing TRs reduced the number of genes regulated by T3 in both organs. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses revealed that T3 affected distinct biological processes and pathways in wild-type and TRDKO tadpoles. Many GO terms and KEGG pathways that were enriched among genes regulated in wild-type tissues are likely involved in mediating the effects of T3 on metamorphosis, for example, those related to development, stem cells, apoptosis, and cell cycle/cell proliferation. However, such GO terms and pathways were not enriched among T3-regulated genes in TRDKO tadpoles. Instead, in TRDKO tadpoles, GO terms and pathways related to "metabolism" and "immune response" were highly enriched among T3-regulated genes. We further observed strong divergence in the TR-independent nongenomic effects of T3 in the intestine and tail. Conclusions: Our data suggest that T3 has distinct and organ-dependent effects on gene expression in developing tadpoles. The TR-mediated effects are consistent with the metamorphic changes, in agreement with the fact that TR is necessary and sufficient to mediate the effects of T3 on metamorphosis. T3 appears to have a major effect on metabolism and immune response via TR-independent nongenomic processes.
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- Shouhong Wang
- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis; National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis; National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis; National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis; National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis; National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Sterner ZR, Jabrah A, Shaidani NI, Horb ME, Dockery R, Paul B, Buchholz DR. Development and metamorphosis in frogs deficient in the thyroid hormone transporter MCT8. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2023; 331:114179. [PMID: 36427548 PMCID: PMC9771991 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Precisely regulated thyroid hormone (TH) signaling within tissues during frog metamorphosis gives rise to the organism-wide coordination of developmental events among organs required for survival. This TH signaling is controlled by multiple cellular mechanisms, including TH transport across the plasma membrane. A highly specific TH transporter has been identified, namely monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), which facilitates uptake and efflux of TH and is differentially and dynamically expressed among tissues during metamorphosis. We hypothesized that loss of MCT8 would alter tissue sensitivity to TH and affect the timing of tissue transformation. To address this, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to introduce frameshift mutations inslc16a2, the gene encoding MCT8, inXenopus laevis. We produced homozygous mutant tadpoles with a 29-bp mutation in the l-chromosome and a 20-bp mutation in the S-chromosome. We found that MCT8 mutants survive metamorphosis with normal growth and development of external morphology throughout the larval period. Consistent with this result, the expression of the pituitary hormone regulating TH plasma levels (tshb) was similar among genotypes as was TH response gene expression in brain at metamorphic climax. Further, delayed initiation of limb outgrowth during natural metamorphosis and reduced hindlimb and tail TH sensitivity were not observed in MCT8 mutants. In sum, we did not observe an effect on TH-dependent development in MCT8 mutants, suggesting compensatory TH transport occurs in tadpole tissues, as seen in most tissues in all model organisms examined.
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- Zachary R Sterner
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering and National Xenopus Resource, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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- Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering and National Xenopus Resource, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
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Köhrle J, Frädrich C. Deiodinases control local cellular and systemic thyroid hormone availability. Free Radic Biol Med 2022; 193:59-79. [PMID: 36206932 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Iodothyronine deiodinases (DIO) are a family of selenoproteins controlling systemic and local availability of the major thyroid hormone l-thyroxine (T4), a prohormone secreted by the thyroid gland. T4 is activated to the active 3,3'-5-triiodothyronine (T3) by two 5'-deiodinases, DIO1 and DIO2. DIO3, a 5-deiodinase selenoenzyme inactivates both the prohormone T4 and its active form T3. DIOs show species-specific different patterns of temporo-spatial expression, regulation and function and exhibit different mechanisms of reaction and inhibitor sensitivities. The main regulators of DIO expression and function are the thyroid hormone status, several growth factors, cytokines and altered pathophysiological conditions. Selenium (Se) status has a modest impact on DIO expression and translation. DIOs rank high in the priority of selenium supply to various selenoproteins; thus, their function is impaired only during severe selenium deficiency. DIO variants, polymorphisms, SNPs and rare mutations have been identified. Development of DIO isozyme selective drugs is ongoing. A first X-ray structure has been reported for DIO3. This review focusses on the biochemical characteristics and reaction mechanisms, the relationships between DIO selenoproteins and their importance for local and systemic provision of the active hormone T3. Nutritional, pharmacological, and environmental factors and inhibitors, such as endocrine disruptors, impact DIO functions.
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- Josef Köhrle
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Max Rubner Center (MRC) für Kardiovaskuläre-metabolische-renale Forschung in Berlin, Institut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, 10115, Berlin, Germany.
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Max Rubner Center (MRC) für Kardiovaskuläre-metabolische-renale Forschung in Berlin, Institut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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Thyroid Hormone Signaling and Function: News from Classical and Emerging Models. Cells 2022; 11:cells11030453. [PMID: 35159263 PMCID: PMC8834430 DOI: 10.3390/cells11030453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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According to Brown and Cai, Thyroid hormones (THs) have been considered “the first developmental morphogen ever discovered” [...]
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Tanizaki Y, Shibata Y, Zhang H, Shi YB. Thyroid Hormone Receptor α Controls the Hind Limb Metamorphosis by Regulating Cell Proliferation and Wnt Signaling Pathways in Xenopus tropicalis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031223. [PMID: 35163147 PMCID: PMC8835992 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Thyroid hormone (T3) receptors (TRs) mediate T3 effects on vertebrate development. We have studied Xenopus tropicalis metamorphosis as a model for postembryonic human development and demonstrated that TRα knockout induces precocious hind limb development. To reveal the molecular pathways regulated by TRα during limb development, we performed chromatin immunoprecipitation- and RNA-sequencing on the hind limb of premetamorphic wild type and TRα knockout tadpoles, and identified over 700 TR-bound genes upregulated by T3 treatment in wild type but not TRα knockout tadpoles. Interestingly, most of these genes were expressed at higher levels in the hind limb of premetamorphic TRα knockout tadpoles than stage-matched wild-type tadpoles, suggesting their derepression upon TRα knockout. Bioinformatic analyses revealed that these genes were highly enriched with cell cycle and Wingless/Integrated (Wnt) signaling-related genes. Furthermore, cell cycle and Wnt signaling pathways were also highly enriched among genes bound by TR in wild type but not TRα knockout hind limb. These findings suggest that direct binding of TRα to target genes related to cell cycle and Wnt pathways is important for limb development: first preventing precocious hind limb formation by repressing these pathways as unliganded TR before metamorphosis and later promoting hind limb development during metamorphosis by mediating T3 activation of these pathways.
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- Yuta Tanizaki
- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Cell Regulation and Development Affinity Group, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (Y.T.); (Y.S.)
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Cell Regulation and Development Affinity Group, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (Y.T.); (Y.S.)
- Center for the Development of New Model Organisms, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Aichi, Japan
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- Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA;
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Cell Regulation and Development Affinity Group, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (Y.T.); (Y.S.)
- Correspondence:
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Sterner ZR, Buchholz DR. Glucocorticoid receptor mediates corticosterone-thyroid hormone synergy essential for metamorphosis in Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2022; 315:113942. [PMID: 34767802 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
In all vertebrates, thyroid hormone (TH) is critical for normal growth and development. In amphibians, corticosterone (CORT) has no action to advance development by itself but can accelerate development induced by TH. CORT accomplishes this acceleration by increasing tissue sensitivity and responsivity to TH. However, the receptor through which CORT acts to affect TH signaling is not known. To examine the role of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), GR knockout tadpoles and wild-type tadpoles treated with the GR antagonist, RU486, were exposed to exogenous TH and/or CORT then assayed for gene expression and morphology. We found that levels of the response genes klf9 and thrb induced by TH and associated changes in morphology were decreased in GR knockout tadpoles compared to wild-type tadpoles, suggesting that GR signaling contributes to tissue responsivity to TH. To directly examine the role of GR in TH signaling, we co-treated tadpoles with TH and CORT and found that the TH response gene, thrb, was induced significantly beyond the level induced by TH alone in wild-type tadpoles but not in GR knockout tadpoles or wild-type tadpoles treated with RU486. Similarly, tail and gill resorption was greater in tadpoles treated with CORT plus TH compared to TH alone in wild-type tadpoles but not in tadpoles with impaired GR signaling. Surprisingly, even though GR knockout tadpoles die at metamorphosis, treatment with TH alone enabled their survival. These results demonstrate that signaling through GR is responsible for enhancing TH signaling and is essential for the completion of metamorphosis.
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- Zachary R Sterner
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States.
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Vassilieva AB, Smirnov SV. Increasing Hormonal Control of Skeletal Development: An Evolutionary Trend in Amphibians. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.733947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The biphasic life history of amphibians includes metamorphosis, a complex developmental event that involves drastic changes in the morphology, physiology and biochemistry accompanying the transition from the larval to adult stage of development. Thyroid hormones (THs) are widely known to orchestrate this remodeling and, in particular, to mediate the development of the bony skeleton, which is a model system in evolutionary morphological studies of amphibians. Detailed experimental studies of the role of THs in the craniogenesis of diverse urodelan amphibians revealed that (i) these hormones affect both the timing and sequence of bone formation, (ii) TH involvement increases in parallel with the increase in divergence between larval and adult skull morphology, and (iii) among urodelans, TH-involvement in skull development changes from a minimum in basal salamanders (Hynobiidae) to the most pronounced in derived ones (Salamandridae and Plethodontidae). Given the increasing regulatory function of THs in urodelan evolution, we hypothesized a stronger involvement of THs in the control of skeletogenesis in anurans with their most complex and dramatic metamorphosis among all amphibians. Our experimental study of skeletal development in the hypo- and hyperthyroid yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata: Bombinatoridae) supports the greater involvement of THs in the mediation of all stages of anuran cranial and postcranial bones formation. Similar to urodelans, B. variegata displays enhancing TH involvement in the development of cranial bones that arise during larval ontogeny: while the hormonal impact on early larval ossifications is minimal, the skull bones forming during metamorphosis are strictly TH-inducible. However, in contrast to urodelans, all cranial bones, including the earliest to form, are TH-dependent in B. variegata; moreover, the development of all elements of the axial and limb skeleton is affected by THs. The more accentuated hormonal control of skeletogenesis in B. variegata demonstrates the advanced regulatory and inductive function of THs in the orchestration of anuran metamorphosis. Based on these findings, we discuss (i) changes in THs function in amphibian evolution and (ii) the role of THs in the evolution of life histories in amphibians.
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Wynen H, Heyland A. Hormonal Regulation of Programmed Cell Death in Sea Urchin Metamorphosis. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.733787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Programmed cell death (PCD) has been identified as a key process in the metamorphic transition of indirectly developing organisms such as frogs and insects. Many marine invertebrate species with indirect development and biphasic life cycles face the challenge of completing the metamorphic transition of the larval body into a juvenile when they settle into the benthic habitat. Some key characteristics stand out during this transition in comparison to frogs and insects: (1) the transition is often remarkably fast and (2) the larval body is largely abandoned and few structures transition into the juvenile stage. In sea urchins, a group with a drastic and fast metamorphosis, development and destruction of the larval body is regulated by endocrine signals. Here we provide a brief review of the basic regulatory mechanisms of PCD in animals. We then narrow our discussion to metamorphosis with a specific emphasis on sea urchins with indirect life histories and discuss the function of thyroid hormones and histamine in larval development, metamorphosis and settlement of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. We were able to annotate the large majority of PCD related genes in the sea urchin S. purpuratus and ongoing studies on sea urchin metamorphosis will shed light on the regulatory architecture underlying this dramatic life history transition. While we find overwhelming evidence for hormonal regulation of PCD in animals, especially in the context of metamorphosis, the mechanisms in many marine invertebrate groups with indirect life histories requires more work. Hence, we propose that studies of PCD in animals requires functional studies in whole organisms rather than isolated cells. We predict that future work, targeting a broader array of organisms will not only help to reveal important new functions of PCD but provide a fundamentally new perspective on its use in a diversity of taxonomic, developmental, and ecological contexts.
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Dratman MB, Martin JV. The many faces of thyroxine. AIMS Neurosci 2020; 7:17-29. [PMID: 32455163 PMCID: PMC7242060 DOI: 10.3934/neuroscience.2020002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Hönes et al. have recently shown that in vivo interference with the apparatus of the nuclear receptor-mediated, gene-driven mechanism of triiodothyronine (T3) actions fails to eliminate all actions of T3. However, the investigators conducting that study provided little information regarding the mechanisms that might be responsible for conferring those implied gene-independent effects. Dratman has long ago suggested a system wherein such gene-free mechanisms might operate. Therefore, since news of that discovery was originally published in 1974, it seems appropriate to describe the progress made since then. We propose that thyroxine and triiodothyronine have many different structural properties that may confer a series of different capabilities on their functions. These conform with our proposal that a series of catecholamine analogs and their conversion to iodothyronamines, allows them to perform many of the functions that previously were attributed to nuclear receptors regulating gene expression. The actions of deiodinases and the differential distribution of iodine substituents are among the critical factors that allow catecholamine analogs to change their effects into ones that either activate their targets or block them. They do this by using two different deiodinases to vary the position of an iodide ion on the diphenylether backbones of thyroxine metabolites. A panoply of these structural features imparts major unique functional properties on the behavior of vertebrates in general and possibly on Homo sapiens in particular.
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- Mary B Dratman
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Biology Department, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, 315 Penn St., Camden, NJ 08102, USA
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Sterner ZR, Rankin SA, Wlizla M, Choi JA, Luedeke DM, Zorn AM, Buchholz DR. Novel vectors for functional interrogation of
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ORFeome coding sequences. Genesis 2019; 57:e23329. [DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Zachary R. Sterner
- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
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- Division of Developmental BiologyCincinnati Children's Research Foundation Cincinnati Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, College of MedicineUniversity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
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- Division of Developmental BiologyCincinnati Children's Research Foundation Cincinnati Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, College of MedicineUniversity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
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- Division of Developmental BiologyCincinnati Children's Research Foundation Cincinnati Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, College of MedicineUniversity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
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- Division of Developmental BiologyCincinnati Children's Research Foundation Cincinnati Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, College of MedicineUniversity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio
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Wang N, Wang R, Wang R, Chen S. RNA-seq and microRNA-seq analysis of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) larvae treated by thyroid hormones. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2019; 45:1233-1244. [PMID: 31115741 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-019-00654-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Flatfish pigmentation is a complex process, affected by environmental factors including light, nutrients, and hormones. Of those, the thyroid hormone has been reported to increase the albinism rate of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In the present study, triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine, and thiourea were introduced into P. olivaceus larvae from 16 to 57 days after hatching (DAH). By comparison of albinism rate, T3 treatment and control larvae of 42 DAH were chosen for mRNA and miRNA high-throughput sequencing analyses. A total of 337 miRNAs were identified via miRNA-seq, and 12 miRNAs exhibited significantly differential expression patterns in D42_T3 versus D42_Con (TPM > 10, fold change ≥ 1.5 or ≤ 0.67 and q ≤ 0.05). These differentially expressed miRNAs targeted 3658 putative genes, which further enriched to 10 GO terms (q < 0.05). RNA-seq identified 146 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in D42_T3 versus D42_Con (|log2 fold change| > 1 and q < 0.005), including pigmentation-related genes such as the receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-3, pro-opiomelanocortin A, and melanotransferrin, and the growth-related gene somatotropin. These DEGs were significantly enriched to 15 GO terms and 8 KEGG pathways (q < 0.05), which included several sugar metabolic pathways (glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and the pentose phosphate pathway). Integrated analysis revealed that 26 overlapping genes between DEGs and mRNAs were targeted by miRNAs. Furthermore, seven mRNA-miRNA pairs exhibited reversed regulation patterns. This provides important clues to understand the role of thyroid hormones in flatfish pigmentation.
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- Na Wang
- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 106 Nanjing Road, Qingdao, 266071, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266235, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 106 Nanjing Road, Qingdao, 266071, China
- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 106 Nanjing Road, Qingdao, 266071, China
- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 106 Nanjing Road, Qingdao, 266071, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266235, China.
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Sachs LM, Buchholz DR. Insufficiency of Thyroid Hormone in Frog Metamorphosis and the Role of Glucocorticoids. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:287. [PMID: 31143159 PMCID: PMC6521741 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone (TH) is the most important hormone in frog metamorphosis, a developmental process which will not occur in the absence of TH but can be induced precociously by exogenous TH. However, such treatments including in-vitro TH treatments often do not replicate the events of natural metamorphosis in many organs, including lung, brain, blood, intestine, pancreas, tail, and skin. A potential explanation for the discrepancy between natural and TH-induced metamorphosis is the involvement of glucocorticoids (GCs). GCs are not able to advance development by themselves but can modulate the rate of developmental progress induced by TH via increased tissue sensitivity to TH. Global gene expression analyses and endocrine experiments suggest that GCs may also have direct actions required for completion of metamorphosis independent of their effects on TH signaling. Here, we provide a new review and analysis of the requirement and necessity of TH signaling in light of recent insights from gene knockout frogs. We also examine the independent and interactive roles GCs play in regulating morphological and molecular metamorphic events dependent upon TH.
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- Laurent M. Sachs
- Département Adaptation du Vivant, UMR 7221 CNRS, Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Horb M, Wlizla M, Abu-Daya A, McNamara S, Gajdasik D, Igawa T, Suzuki A, Ogino H, Noble A, Robert J, James-Zorn C, Guille M. Xenopus Resources: Transgenic, Inbred and Mutant Animals, Training Opportunities, and Web-Based Support. Front Physiol 2019; 10:387. [PMID: 31073289 PMCID: PMC6497014 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Two species of the clawed frog family, Xenopus laevis and X. tropicalis, are widely used as tools to investigate both normal and disease-state biochemistry, genetics, cell biology, and developmental biology. To support both frog specialist and non-specialist scientists needing access to these models for their research, a number of centralized resources exist around the world. These include centers that hold live and frozen stocks of transgenic, inbred and mutant animals and centers that hold molecular resources. This infrastructure is supported by a model organism database. Here, we describe much of this infrastructure and encourage the community to make the best use of it and to guide the resource centers in developing new lines and libraries.
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- Marko Horb
- National Xenopus Resource, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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- National Xenopus Resource, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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- European Xenopus Resource Centre, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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- National Xenopus Resource, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, King Henry Building, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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- Amphibian Research Center, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- Amphibian Research Center, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- Amphibian Research Center, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- European Xenopus Resource Centre, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Xenbase, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- European Xenopus Resource Centre, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.,School of Biological Sciences, King Henry Building, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Pawlowski S, Dammann M, Weltje L, Champ S, Mathis M, Fort DJ. Is normalized hindlimb length measurement in assessment of thyroid disruption in the amphibian metamorphosis assay relevant? J Appl Toxicol 2019; 39:1164-1172. [PMID: 30957914 DOI: 10.1002/jat.3801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The amphibian metamorphosis assay represents an OECD Level 3 and EDSP Tier 1 ecotoxicity test assessing thyroid activity of chemicals in African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis). To evaluate the effectiveness of snout-vent length (SVL) normalization of hindlimb length (HLL), correlation between the HLL and SVL or body weight was evaluated in the control groups of 10 individual studies from three laboratories. Two studies required separate analysis of the Nieuwkoop-Faber (NF) stage ≤60 and >60 animals creating a total of 12 data sets. On study day 7, significant positive correlation between HLL and SVL or body weight was observed in eight and seven of the 10 data sets, respectively (r = 0.608-0.843 and 0.583-0.876). On study day 21, significant positive correlation between HLL and SVL or body weight was found in three and four of the 12 data sets, respectively (r = 0.452, 0.480 and 0.553 and r = 0.621, 0.546, 0.564 and 0.378). Significant positive correlation between HLL and SVL was found in three of five studies, including ≤NF stage 60 data (r = 0.564, 0.546 and 0.621). In one of eight studies, including >NF stage 60 data, the positive correlation between HLL and body weight was determined (r = 0.378). Negative or no correlation between HLL and SVL or body weight was found in the other late stage data sets. Therefore, use of SVL-normalized HLL to assess thyroid-mediated effects in X. laevis tadpoles is not warranted. HL stage relative to body stage should be considered.
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Rose CS, Cahill JW. How thyroid hormones and their inhibitors affect cartilage growth and shape in the frog Xenopus laevis. J Anat 2019; 234:89-105. [PMID: 30456781 PMCID: PMC6284441 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Understanding how skeleton changes shape in ontogeny is fundamental to understanding how its shape diversifies in phylogeny. Amphibians pose a special case because their jaw and throat skeleton consists of cartilages that are dramatically reshaped midway through life to support new feeding and breathing styles. Although amphibian metamorphosis is commonly studied by immersing larvae in thyroid hormones (TH), how individual cartilages respond to TH is poorly understood. This study documents the effects of larval stage and TH type (T4 vs. T3), dose and deprivation on the size, shape and morphogenesis of the lower jaw and ceratohyal cartilages in the frog Xenopus laevis. It uses thyroid inhibitors to isolate the effects of each hormone at specific concentrations. It also deconstructs the TH responses into the effects on individual dimensions, and uses measures of percent change to eliminate the effects of body size and growth rate variation. As stage increases, T4 and T3 responses become increasingly similar to each other and to natural remodeling; the differences at low and intermediate stages result largely from abnormal responses to T3. Most notably, the beak-like lower jaw commonly observed at the lowest stage in other studies results largely from arrested growth of cartilage. TH responses are superimposed upon the growth typical for each stage so that cartilages can attain postmetamorphic shapes through dimensional changes that exceed those of natural metamorphosis. Using thyroid inhibitors alters the outcome of TH-induced remodeling, and T4 has almost the same capacity to induce metamorphic shape changes as T3. The results have implications for understanding how the starting shapes of larval elements affect morphogenesis, how chondrocytes behave to change cartilage shape, and how intracellular processing of TH might contribute to interspecific differences in shape change. Also, the data on animal mortality and which stages and doses most closely replicate natural remodeling have practical value for researchers who treat Xenopus tadpoles with TH.
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Laslo M, Denver RJ, Hanken J. Evolutionary Conservation of Thyroid Hormone Receptor and Deiodinase Expression Dynamics in ovo in a Direct-Developing Frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:307. [PMID: 31178826 PMCID: PMC6542950 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Direct development is a reproductive mode in amphibians that has evolved independently from the ancestral biphasic life history in at least a dozen anuran lineages. Most direct-developing frogs, including the Puerto Rican coquí, Eleutherodactylus coqui, lack a free-living aquatic larva and instead hatch from terrestrial eggs as miniature adults. Their embryonic development includes the transient formation of many larval-specific features and the formation of adult-specific features that typically form postembryonically-during metamorphosis-in indirect-developing frogs. We found that pre-hatching developmental patterns of thyroid hormone receptors alpha (thra) and beta (thrb) and deiodinases type II (dio2) and type III (dio3) mRNAs in E. coqui limb and tail are conserved relative to those seen during metamorphosis in indirect-developing frogs. Additionally, thra, thrb, and dio2 mRNAs are expressed in the limb before formation of the embryonic thyroid gland. Liquid-chromatography mass-spectrometry revealed that maternally derived thyroid hormone is present throughout early embryogenesis, including stages of digit formation that occur prior to the increase in embryonically produced thyroid hormone. Eleutherodactylus coqui embryos take up much less 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) from the environment compared with X. tropicalis tadpoles. However, E. coqui tissue explants mount robust and direct gene expression responses to exogenous T3 similar to those seen in metamorphosing species. The presence of key components of the thyroid axis in the limb and the ability of limb tissue to respond to T3 suggest that thyroid hormone-mediated limb development may begin prior to thyroid gland formation. Thyroid hormone-dependent limb development and tail resorption characteristic of metamorphosis in indirect-developing anurans are evolutionarily conserved, but they occur instead in ovo in E. coqui.
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- Mara Laslo
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
- *Correspondence: Mara Laslo
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- Departments of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
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Lambert FM, Cardoit L, Courty E, Bougerol M, Thoby-Brisson M, Simmers J, Tostivint H, Le Ray D. Functional limb muscle innervation prior to cholinergic transmitter specification during early metamorphosis in Xenopus. eLife 2018; 7:30693. [PMID: 29845935 PMCID: PMC5997451 DOI: 10.7554/elife.30693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In vertebrates, functional motoneurons are defined as differentiated neurons that are connected to a central premotor network and activate peripheral muscle using acetylcholine. Generally, motoneurons and muscles develop simultaneously during embryogenesis. However, during Xenopus metamorphosis, developing limb motoneurons must reach their target muscles through the already established larval cholinergic axial neuromuscular system. Here, we demonstrate that at metamorphosis onset, spinal neurons retrogradely labeled from the emerging hindlimbs initially express neither choline acetyltransferase nor vesicular acetylcholine transporter. Nevertheless, they are positive for the motoneuronal transcription factor Islet1/2 and exhibit intrinsic and axial locomotor-driven electrophysiological activity. Moreover, the early appendicular motoneurons activate developing limb muscles via nicotinic antagonist-resistant, glutamate antagonist-sensitive, neuromuscular synapses. Coincidently, the hindlimb muscles transiently express glutamate, but not nicotinic receptors. Subsequently, both pre- and postsynaptic neuromuscular partners switch definitively to typical cholinergic transmitter signaling. Thus, our results demonstrate a novel context-dependent re-specification of neurotransmitter phenotype during neuromuscular system development.
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- Francois M Lambert
- Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Holzer G, Roux N, Laudet V. Evolution of ligands, receptors and metabolizing enzymes of thyroid signaling. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 459:5-13. [PMID: 28342854 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2017.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Thyroid hormones (THs) play important roles in vertebrates such as the control of the metabolism, development and seasonality. Given the pleiotropic effects of thyroid disorders (developmental delay, mood disorder, tachycardia, etc), THs signaling is highly investigated, specially using mammalian models. In addition, the critical role of TH in controlling frog metamorphosis has led to the use of Xenopus as another prominent model to study THs action. Nevertheless, animals regarded as non-model species can also improve our understanding of THs signaling. For instance, studies in amphioxus highlighted the role of Triac as a bona fide thyroid hormone receptor (TR) ligand. In this review, we discuss our current understanding of the THs signaling in the different taxa forming the metazoans (multicellular animals) group. We mainly focus on three actors of the THs signaling: the ligand, the receptor and the deiodinases, enzymes playing a critical role in THs metabolism. By doing so, we also pinpoint many key questions that remain unanswered. How can THs accelerate metamorphosis in tunicates and echinoderms while their TRs have not been yet demonstrated as functional THs receptors in these species? Do THs have a biological effect in insects and cnidarians even though they do not have any TR? What is the basic function of THs in invertebrate protostomia? These questions can appear disconnected from pharmacological issues and human applications, but the investigation of THs signaling at the metazoans scale can greatly improve our understanding of this major endocrinological pathway.
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- Guillaume Holzer
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins UMR 7232, CNRS et Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Avenue Pierre Fabre, 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins UMR 7232, CNRS et Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Avenue Pierre Fabre, 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.
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Buchholz DR. Xenopus metamorphosis as a model to study thyroid hormone receptor function during vertebrate developmental transitions. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 459:64-70. [PMID: 28363743 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2017.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A hormone-dependent developmental transition from aquatic to terrestrial existence occurs in all tetrapod vertebrates, such as birth, hatching, and metamorphosis. Thyroid hormones (TH) and their receptors (TRs) are key players in the tissue transformations comprising vertebrate developmental transitions. The African clawed frog, Xenopus, is a premier model for the role of TRs in developmental transitions because of the numerous and dramatic TH-dependent tissue transformations during metamorphosis and because of the endocrine, molecular, and genomic resources available. TRs are nuclear receptors that repress TH-response genes when plasma TH is minimal and that activate those same genes to induce tissue-specific gene regulation cascades when TH plasma levels increase. Tissue-specific TR expression levels help determine tissue sensitivity and responsivity to TH thereby regulating the initiation and rate of developmental change in TH-sensitive tissues which govern the tissue developmental asynchrony observed during metamorphosis. This review highlighting Xenopus presents the key experimental findings underpinning the roles TRs play in control of vertebrate developmental transitions.
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- Daniel R Buchholz
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 312 Clifton Ct., Cincinnati, OH, 45221 USA.
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Sachs LM, Buchholz DR. Frogs model man: In vivo thyroid hormone signaling during development. Genesis 2017; 55. [PMID: 28109053 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Thyroid hormone (TH) signaling comprises TH transport across cell membranes, metabolism by deiodinases, and molecular mechanisms of gene regulation. Proper TH signaling is essential for normal perinatal development, most notably for neurogenesis and fetal growth. Knowledge of perinatal TH endocrinology needs improvement to provide better treatments for premature infants and endocrine diseases during gestation and to counteract effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Studies in amphibians have provided major insights to understand in vivo mechanisms of TH signaling. The frog model boasts dramatic TH-dependent changes directly observable in free-living tadpoles with precise and easy experimental control of the TH response at developmental stages comparable to fetal stages in mammals. The hormones, their receptors, molecular mechanisms, and developmental roles of TH signaling are conserved to a high degree in humans and amphibians, such that with respect to developmental TH signaling "frogs are just little people that hop." The frog model is exceptionally illustrative of fundamental molecular mechanisms of in vivo TH action involving TH receptors, transcriptional cofactors, and chromatin remodeling. This review highlights the current need, recent successes, and future prospects using amphibians as a model to elucidate molecular mechanisms and functional roles of TH signaling during post-embryonic development.
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- Laurent M Sachs
- UMR 7221 CNRS, Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, 75005, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45221
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Alves RN, Gomes AS, Stueber K, Tine M, Thorne MAS, Smáradóttir H, Reinhard R, Clark MS, Rønnestad I, Power DM. The transcriptome of metamorphosing flatfish. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:413. [PMID: 27233904 PMCID: PMC4884423 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2699-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Flatfish metamorphosis denotes the extraordinary transformation of a symmetric pelagic larva into an asymmetric benthic juvenile. Metamorphosis in vertebrates is driven by thyroid hormones (THs), but how they orchestrate the cellular, morphological and functional modifications associated with maturation to juvenile/adult states in flatfish is an enigma. Since THs act via thyroid receptors that are ligand activated transcription factors, we hypothesized that the maturation of tissues during metamorphosis should be preceded by significant modifications in the transcriptome. Targeting the unique metamorphosis of flatfish and taking advantage of the large size of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) larvae, we determined the molecular basis of TH action using RNA sequencing. RESULTS De novo assembly of sequences for larval head, skin and gastrointestinal tract (GI-tract) yielded 90,676, 65,530 and 38,426 contigs, respectively. More than 57 % of the assembled sequences were successfully annotated using a multi-step Blast approach. A unique set of biological processes and candidate genes were identified specifically associated with changes in morphology and function of the head, skin and GI-tract. Transcriptome dynamics during metamorphosis were mapped with SOLiD sequencing of whole larvae and revealed greater than 8,000 differentially expressed (DE) genes significantly (p < 0.05) up- or down-regulated in comparison with the juvenile stage. Candidate transcripts quantified by SOLiD and qPCR analysis were significantly (r = 0.843; p < 0.05) correlated. The majority (98 %) of DE genes during metamorphosis were not TH-responsive. TH-responsive transcripts clustered into 6 groups based on their expression pattern during metamorphosis and the majority of the 145 DE TH-responsive genes were down-regulated. CONCLUSIONS A transcriptome resource has been generated for metamorphosing Atlantic halibut and over 8,000 DE transcripts per stage were identified. Unique sets of biological processes and candidate genes were associated with changes in the head, skin and GI-tract during metamorphosis. A small proportion of DE transcripts were TH-responsive, suggesting that they trigger gene networks, signalling cascades and transcription factors, leading to the overt changes in tissue occurring during metamorphosis.
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- Ricardo N Alves
- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology Group, Centro de Ciências do Mar - CCMAR, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Max Planck-Genome Centre, Max Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany
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- Max Planck-Genome Centre, Max Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany.,Current address: Molecular Zoology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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- Max Planck-Genome Centre, Max Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology Group, Centro de Ciências do Mar - CCMAR, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal.
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Choi J, Moskalik CL, Ng A, Matter SF, Buchholz DR. Regulation of thyroid hormone-induced development in vivo by thyroid hormone transporters and cytosolic binding proteins. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2015; 222:69-80. [PMID: 26188717 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Revised: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Differential tissue sensitivity/responsivity to hormones can explain developmental asynchrony among hormone-dependent events despite equivalent exposure of each tissue to circulating hormone levels. A dramatic vertebrate example is during frog metamorphosis, where transformation of the hind limb, brain, intestine, liver, and tail are completely dependent on thyroid hormone (TH) but occurs asynchronously during development. TH transporters (THTs) and cytosolic TH binding proteins (CTHBPs) have been proposed to affect the timing of tissue transformation based on expression profiles and in vitro studies, but they have not been previously tested in vivo. We used a combination of expression pattern, relative expression level, and in vivo functional analysis to evaluate the potential for THTs (LAT1, OATP1c1, and MCT8) and CTHBPs (PKM2, CRYM, and ALDH1) to control the timing of TH-dependent development. Quantitative PCR analysis revealed complex expression profiles of THTs and CTHBPs with respect to developmental stage, tissue, and TH receptor β (TRβ) expression. For some tissues, the timing of tissue transformation was associated with a peak in the expression of some THTs or CTHBPs. An in vivo overexpression assay by tail muscle injection showed LAT1, PKM2, and CRYM increased TH-dependent tail muscle cell disappearance. Co-overexpression of MCT8 and CRYM had a synergistic effect on cell disappearance. Our data show that each tissue examined has a unique developmental expression profile of THTs and CTHBPs and provide direct in vivo evidence that the ones tested are capable of affecting the timing of developmental responses to TH.
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- Jinyoung Choi
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006, USA.
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Hutchins ED, Markov GJ, Eckalbar WL, George RM, King JM, Tokuyama MA, Geiger LA, Emmert N, Ammar MJ, Allen AN, Siniard AL, Corneveaux JJ, Fisher RE, Wade J, DeNardo DF, Rawls JA, Huentelman MJ, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Transcriptomic analysis of tail regeneration in the lizard Anolis carolinensis reveals activation of conserved vertebrate developmental and repair mechanisms. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105004. [PMID: 25140675 PMCID: PMC4139331 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Lizards, which are amniote vertebrates like humans, are able to lose and regenerate a functional tail. Understanding the molecular basis of this process would advance regenerative approaches in amniotes, including humans. We have carried out the first transcriptomic analysis of tail regeneration in a lizard, the green anole Anolis carolinensis, which revealed 326 differentially expressed genes activating multiple developmental and repair mechanisms. Specifically, genes involved in wound response, hormonal regulation, musculoskeletal development, and the Wnt and MAPK/FGF pathways were differentially expressed along the regenerating tail axis. Furthermore, we identified 2 microRNA precursor families, 22 unclassified non-coding RNAs, and 3 novel protein-coding genes significantly enriched in the regenerating tail. However, high levels of progenitor/stem cell markers were not observed in any region of the regenerating tail. Furthermore, we observed multiple tissue-type specific clusters of proliferating cells along the regenerating tail, not localized to the tail tip. These findings predict a different mechanism of regeneration in the lizard than the blastema model described in the salamander and the zebrafish, which are anamniote vertebrates. Thus, lizard tail regrowth involves the activation of conserved developmental and wound response pathways, which are potential targets for regenerative medical therapies.
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- Elizabeth D. Hutchins
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Departments of Psychology and Zoology, Program in Neuroscience, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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Smirnov SV, Vassilieva AB. Thyroid hormones in the skeletogenesis and accessory sources of endogenous hormones in Xenopus laevis (Amphibia; Anura) ontogeny: Experimental evidence. DOKLADY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES : PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SECTIONS 2014; 455:136-8. [PMID: 24795191 DOI: 10.1134/s0012496614020185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Skeletal development was studied in normal and goitrogen-treated Xenopus laevis tadpoles reared under thyroid hormone (TH) deficiency. Early stages of skeletal development proceed similarly in both groups. Later stages are retarded or completely arrested in goitrogen-treated tadpoles. After goitrogen-treated tadpoles were transferred into pure water or into a medium containing both goitrogen and exogenous TH, tadpoles resumed development. Consequently, late stages of skeletogenesis are TH-dependent and TH-induced. Athyroid X. laevis "giant tadpoles" described in literature differ from goitrogen-arrested tadpoles in that they have features which require TH to appear. The appearance of TH-depended features in giant tadpoles indicates the occurrence of the additional sources of TH other than thyroid gland.
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- S V Smirnov
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia,
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Devi NN, Gupta A. Toxicity of endosulfan to tadpoles of Fejervarya spp. (Anura: Dicroglossidae): mortality and morphological deformities. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2013; 22:1395-1402. [PMID: 24068650 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-013-1125-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The acute toxicity of endosulfan to the tadpoles of three coexisting species of the anuran genus Fejervarya revealed 96 h LC50 values of 46.715, 6.596, and 3.015 μg l(-1) for Fejervarya sp.1, F. teraiensis and Fejervarya sp.2, respectively. Toxicity of endosulfan was also tested at the sublethal concentrations of 5 and 0.5, and 0.3 and 0.03 μg l(-1) (c 10 and 1% of their respective 96 h LC50 values) in Fejervarya sp.1 and Fejervarya sp.2, and 0.35 and 0.18 μg l(-1) (c 5 and 2.5% of 96 h LC50) in F. teraiensis. Endosulfan was observed to cause mortality at concentrations as low as c 1, 2.5 and 10% of their respective 96 h LC50 values in Fejervarya sp.2, F. teraiensis, and Fejervarya sp.1. Such vulnerabilities are likely to have implications for the survival of natural populations of these co-existing species as well as other anurans present in the study area where pesticide use is relatively high in the tea plantations. Morphological deformities caused by endosulfan comprised failure to develop one or both forelimb in Fejervarya sp.1 and F. teraiensis, stunted hindlimb growth in Fejervarya sp.1, and axial malformation in Fejervarya sp.1 and Fejervarya sp.2. Fore- and hind-limb deformities were likely to have occurred due to the impairment of thyroid metabolism by endosulfan. These effects illustrate the threat that continued endosulfan use poses to natural populations of anuran amphibians.
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- Ngangom Nganbi Devi
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, Assam, India
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Dentice M, Antonini D, Salvatore D. Type 3 deiodinase and solid tumors: an intriguing pair. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2013; 17:1369-79. [DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2013.833189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The evolutionary removal of the tadpole from the frog life history is a very successful strategy, particularly in the tropics. These direct developers form limbs and a frog-like head early in embryogenesis, and they have reduced or lost tadpole-specific structures, like gills, a long, coiled intestine, and tadpole teeth and jaws. Despite the apparently continuous development to the frog morphology, the direct developer, Eleutherodactylus coqui, undergoes a cryptic metamorphosis requiring thyroid hormone. As in Xenopus laevis, there is a stimulation by corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and an upregulation of thyroid hormone receptor β (thrb). In addition to changes in skin and muscle, thyroid hormone stimulates yolk utilization for froglet growth from a novel tissue, the nutritional endoderm. The activities of CRF and corticosterone (CORT) in metamorphosis may provide the basis for the multiple evolutionary origins of direct development in anuran amphibians. Potential roles for maternally supplied thyroid hormone and its receptor and for deiodinases in regulating tissue sensitivity to thyroid hormone should be the subjects of future investigations.
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- Richard P Elinson
- Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Nath K, Fisher C, Elinson RP. Expression of cyclin D1, cyclin D2, and N-myc in embryos of the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui, with a focus on limbs. Gene Expr Patterns 2013; 13:142-9. [PMID: 23473789 PMCID: PMC3657300 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2013.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Species of frogs that develop directly have removed the tadpole from their ontogeny and form adult structures precociously. To see whether cell cycle regulators could be involved in this altered embryogenesis, we examined the expression of ccnd1, ccnd2, and mycn in embryos of the direct developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Notable differences compared to embryos of Xenopus laevis, a species with a tadpole, included prominent expression of ccnd2 in the midbrain and ccnd1 in the mandibular neural crest. The former may contribute to the precocious appearance of the adult-type visual system and the latter to the adult-type jaw. Large domains of ccnd2 and mycn presage the early appearance of limb buds, and ccnd1 and mycn are implicated in digit development.
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- Kimberly Nath
- Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, U.S.A
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Furuya F, Shimura H, Asami K, Ichijo S, Takahashi K, Kaneshige M, Oikawa Y, Aida K, Endo T, Kobayashi T. Ligand-bound thyroid hormone receptor contributes to reprogramming of pancreatic acinar cells into insulin-producing cells. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:16155-66. [PMID: 23595988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.438192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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One goal of diabetic regenerative medicine is to instructively convert mature pancreatic exocrine cells into insulin-producing cells. We recently reported that ligand-bound thyroid hormone receptor α (TRα) plays a critical role in expansion of the β-cell mass during postnatal development. Here, we used an adenovirus vector that expresses TRα driven by the amylase 2 promoter (AdAmy2TRα) to induce the reprogramming of pancreatic acinar cells into insulin-producing cells. Treatment with l-3,5,3-triiodothyronine increases the association of TRα with the p85α subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), leading to the phosphorylation and activation of Akt and the expression of Pdx1, Ngn3, and MafA in purified acinar cells. Analyses performed with the lectin-associated cell lineage tracing system and the Cre/loxP-based direct cell lineage tracing system indicate that newly synthesized insulin-producing cells originate from elastase-expressing pancreatic acinar cells. Insulin-containing secretory granules were identified in these cells by electron microscopy. The inhibition of p85α expression by siRNA or the inhibition of PI3K by LY294002 prevents the expression of Pdx1, Ngn3, and MafA and the reprogramming to insulin-producing cells. In immunodeficient mice with streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia, treatment with AdAmy2TRα leads to the reprogramming of pancreatic acinar cells to insulin-producing cells in vivo. Our findings suggest that ligand-bound TRα plays a critical role in β-cell regeneration during postnatal development via activation of PI3K signaling.
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- Fumihiko Furuya
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-shi, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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Kulkarni SS, Buchholz DR. Beyond synergy: corticosterone and thyroid hormone have numerous interaction effects on gene regulation in Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles. Endocrinology 2012; 153:5309-24. [PMID: 22968645 DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hormones play critical roles in vertebrate development, and frog metamorphosis has been an excellent model system to study the developmental roles of thyroid hormone (TH) and glucocorticoids. Whereas TH regulates the initiation and rate of metamorphosis, the actions of corticosterone (CORT; the main glucocorticoid in frogs) are more complex. In the absence of TH during premetamorphosis, CORT inhibits development, but in the presence of TH during metamorphosis, CORT synergizes with TH to accelerate development. Synergy at the level of gene expression is known for three genes in frogs, but the nature and extent of TH and CORT cross talk is otherwise unknown. Therefore, to examine TH and CORT interactions, we performed microarray analysis on tails from Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles treated with CORT, TH, CORT+TH, or vehicle for 18 h. The expression of 5432 genes was significantly altered in response to either or both hormones. Using Venn diagrams and cluster analysis, we identified 16 main patterns of gene regulation due to up- or down-regulation by TH and/or CORT. Many genes were affected by only one of the hormones, and a large proportion of regulated genes (22%) required both hormones. We also identified patterns of additive or synergistic, inhibitory, subtractive, and annihilatory regulation. A total of 928 genes (17%) were regulated by novel interactions between the two hormones. These data expand our understanding of the hormonal cross talk underlying the gene regulation cascade directing tail resorption and suggest the possibility that CORT affects not only the timing but also the nature of TH-dependent tissue transformation.
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- Saurabh S Kulkarni
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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Wu T, Shi X, Zhou Z, Wang L, Wang M, Wang L, Huang M, Yang C, Song L. An iodothyronine deiodinase from Chlamys farreri and its induced mRNA expression after LPS stimulation. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 33:286-93. [PMID: 22609768 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Revised: 03/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Iodothyronine deiodinase is responsible for the deiodination of thyroxine T4 to T3, and involved in the complex neuroendocrine-immune regulatory network to optimize the immune response in vertebrate. In this study, the full-length cDNA of an iodothyronine deiodinase (designated as CfDx) was cloned from scallop Chlamys farreri. The complete cDNA sequence of CfDx was of 1404 bp and contained an open reading frame of 900 bp encoding a polypeptide of 299 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of CfDx contained an in-frame TGA stop codon probably encoding an essential selenocysteine (SeC), and there was a conserved region of about 15 amino acids surrounding the SeC residue. The CfDx mRNA transcripts were detected in all the tested tissues, including haemocytes, hepatopancreas, kidney, adductor muscle, gonad, gill and mantle, with the higher expression level in hepatopancreas and kidney. After LPS stimulation, the CfDx mRNA expression level in haemocytes increased significantly at 12 h (25.35-fold, P < 0.05) and 24 h (7.62-fold, P < 0.05), and the concentration of T3 in haemolymph increased significantly at 12 h (3.62 ng dL(-1), P < 0.05) even the concentration of T4 did not change significantly. After scallop received an injection of 50 μg CfDx dsRNA, the expression level of CfDx mRNA in haemocytes began to decrease significantly at 36 h and maintained the relative low level (about 0.3-fold of the PBS control group) from 36 to72 h, but the ratio of T4/T3 in haemolymph began to increase at 36 h (2.31-fold, P < 0.05) and kept increasing from 36 to 72 h comparing with that in the PBS control group. These results indicated that CfDx was a homologue of iodothyronine deiodinase in scallop C. farreri, and it might be involved in the immunomodulation via regulating the concentration of thyroid hormones T3 and T4 in the haemolymph of scallop.
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- Tiantian Wu
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Shimizu-Nishikawa K, Nishimatsu SI, Nishikawa A. Strategies to detect interdigital cell death in the frog, Xenopus laevis: T3 accerelation, BMP application, and mesenchymal cell cultivation. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2012; 48:313-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s11626-012-9508-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Abdala V, Ponssa ML. Life in the Slow Lane: The Effect of Reduced Mobility on Tadpole Limb Development. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2011; 295:5-17. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.21469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2010] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Abu-Daya A, Nishimoto S, Fairclough L, Mohun TJ, Logan MPO, Zimmerman LB. The secreted integrin ligand nephronectin is necessary for forelimb formation in Xenopus tropicalis. Dev Biol 2010; 349:204-12. [PMID: 20977901 PMCID: PMC3021715 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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While limb regeneration has been extensively studied in amphibians, little is known about the initial events in limb formation in metamorphosing anurans. The small secreted integrin ligand nephronectin (npnt) is necessary for development of the metanephros in mouse. Although expressed in many tissues, its role in other developmental processes is not well-studied. Here we show that a transgene insertion that disrupts this gene ablates forelimb formation in Xenopus tropicalis. Our results suggest a novel role for integrin signalling in limb development, and represent the first insertional phenotype to be cloned in amphibians.
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- Anita Abu-Daya
- Division of Developmental Biology, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK
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Connors KA, Korte JJ, Anderson GW, Degitz SJ. Characterization of thyroid hormone transporter expression during tissue-specific metamorphic events in Xenopus tropicalis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 168:149-59. [PMID: 20417208 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Revised: 03/22/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Thyroid hormone (TH) induces the dramatic morphological and physiological changes that together comprise amphibian metamorphosis. TH-responsive tissues vary widely with developmental timing of TH-induced changes. How larval tadpole tissues are able to employ distinct metamorphic programs in a developmental stage- and TH-dependent manner is still unknown. Recently, several proteins capable of transporting TH have been identified. TH action and metabolism occurs primarily intracellularly, highlighting the importance of TH transporters. We examined the hypothesis that TH transporter expression and tissue distribution play an important role in mediating TH-induced metamorphic events. Xenopus tropicalis homologs for known TH transporting OATP, MCT and LAT family proteins were identified and gene specific qRT-PCR primers were developed. Total RNA was extracted from tissues representing three unique developmental fates including: growth/differentiation (hind limb), death/resorption (gill, tail) and remodeling (brain, liver, kidney). For growing and resorbing tissues, results showed the general trend of low initial expression levels of MCT8 and MCT10 transporters, followed by a several-fold increase of expression as the tissue undergoes TH-dependent metamorphic changes. The expression pattern in remodeling tissues was less uniform: a general decrease in transporter expression was observed in the liver, while the kidney and brain exhibited a range of expression patterns for several TH transporters. Collectively, these developmental expression patterns are consistent with TH transporting proteins playing a role in the effects of TH in peripheral tissues.
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- Kristin A Connors
- US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Heath and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Mid-Continent Ecology, Duluth, MN, USA
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Kerney R, Wassersug R, Hall BK. Skeletal advance and arrest in giant non-metamorphosing African clawed frog tadpoles (Xenopus laevis: Daudin). J Anat 2010; 216:132-43. [PMID: 20402828 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01176.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This study examines the skeletons of giant non-metamorphosing (GNM) Xenopus laevis tadpoles, which arrest their development indefinitely before metamorphosis, and grow to excessively large sizes in the absence of detectable thyroid glands. Cartilage growth is isometric; however, chondrocyte size is smaller in GNM tadpoles than in controls. Most cartilages stain weakly with alcian blue, and several cartilages are calcified (unlike controls). However, cartilages subjacent to periosteum-derived bone retain strong affinities for alcian blue, indicating a role for periosteum-derived bone in the retention of glycosaminoglycans during protracted larval growth. Bone formation in the head, limb, and axial skeletons is advanced in comparison with stage-matched controls, but arrests at various mid-metamorphic states. Both dermal and periosteum-derived bones grow to disproportionately large sizes in comparison to controls. Additionally, mature monocuspid teeth form in several GNM tadpoles. Advances in skeletal development are attributable to the old ages and large sizes of these tadpoles, and reveal unexpected developmental potentials of the pre-metamorphic skeleton.
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- Ryan Kerney
- Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
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Schreiber AM, Mukhi S, Brown DD. Cell-cell interactions during remodeling of the intestine at metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis. Dev Biol 2009; 331:89-98. [PMID: 19409886 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2009] [Revised: 04/09/2009] [Accepted: 04/25/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Amphibian metamorphosis is accompanied by extensive intestinal remodeling. This process, mediated by thyroid hormone (TH) and its nuclear receptors, affects every cell type. Gut remodeling in Xenopus laevis involves epithelial and mesenchymal proliferation, smooth muscle thickening, neuronal aggregation, formation of intestinal folds, and shortening of its length by 75%. Transgenic tadpoles expressing a dominant negative TH receptor (TRDN) controlled by epithelial-, fibroblast-, and muscle-specific gene promoters were studied. TRDN expression in the epithelium caused abnormal development of virtually all cell types, with froglet guts displaying reduced intestinal folds, thin muscle and mesenchyme, absence of neurons, and reduced cell proliferation. TRDN expression in fibroblasts caused abnormal epithelia and mesenchyme development, and expression in muscle produced fewer enteric neurons and a reduced inter-muscular space. Gut shortening was inhibited only when TRDN was expressed in fibroblasts. Gut remodeling results from both cell-autonomous and cell-cell interactions.
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Fernández-Mongil M, Venza CJ, Rivera A, Lasalde-Dominicci JA, Burggren W, Rojas LV. Triiodothyronine (T3) action on aquatic locomotor behavior during metamorphosis of the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2009; 53:101-8. [PMID: 19123131 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072307mf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Thyroid hormones--particularly triiodothyronine, T3--play a critical role in the morphological transformations comprising metamorphosis in larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). Traditional staging criteria for anuran larvae incompletely distinguish physiological and behavioral changes during growth. We therefore first developed a new parameter to describe larval growth, the developmental index (DI), which is simply the ratio between the tail length of the larva and its head diameter. Using the DI we were able to identify two distinct populations classifying the larvae during growth along a continuous linear scale with a cutoff value of DI at 2.8. Classification based on the DI, used in this study, proved an effective complement to existing classifications based on developmental staging into pre- or pro-metamorphic stages. Exposure to T3 in the water induced a rapid (beginning within 5 min) and significant decrease (approximately 20-40%) in locomotor activity, measured as total distance traversed and velocity. The largest decrease occurred in more developed larvae (DI<2.8). To determine correlated changes in the neuromuscular junctions during metamorphosis and apoptotic tail loss, miniature endplate currents from tail muscle were recorded during acute exposure to a hypertonic solution, which simulates an apoptotic volume decrease. Our results support a role for T3 in regulating larval locomotor activity during development, and suggest an enhanced response to volume depletion at the neuromuscular junction of older larvae (DI<2.8) compared to younger animals (DI> or =2.8). We discuss the significance of the possible role of an apoptotic volume decrease at the level of the neuromuscular junction.
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Mawaribuchi S, Tamura K, Okano S, Takayama S, Yaoita Y, Shiba T, Takamatsu N, Ito M. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha attenuates thyroid hormone-induced apoptosis in vascular endothelial cell line XLgoo established from Xenopus tadpole tails. Endocrinology 2008; 149:3379-89. [PMID: 18403482 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Amphibian metamorphosis induced by T(3) involves programmed cell death and the differentiation of various types of cells in degenerated and reconstructed tissues. However, the signaling pathway that directs the T(3)-dependent cell-fate determinations remains unclear. TNF-alpha is a pleiotropic cytokine that affects diverse cellular responses. Engagement of TNF-alpha with its receptor (TNFR1) causes intracellular apoptotic and/or survival signaling. To investigate TNF signaling functions during anuran metamorphosis, we first identified Xenopus laevis orthologs of TNF (xTNF)-alpha and its receptor. We found that xTNF-alpha activated nuclear factor-kappaB in X. laevis A6 cells through the Fas-associated death domain and receptor-interacting protein 1. Interestingly, xTNF-alpha mRNA in blood cells showed prominent expression at prometamorphosis during metamorphosis. Next, to elucidate the apoptotic and/or survival signaling induced by xTNF-alpha in an in vitro model of metamorphosis, we established a vascular endothelial cell line, XLgoo, from X. laevis tadpole tail. XLgoo cells formed actin stress fibers and elongated in response to xTNF-alpha. T(3) induced apoptosis in these cells, but the addition of xTNF-alpha blocked the T(3)-induced apoptosis. In addition, treatment of the cells with T(3) for 2 d induced the expression of thyroid hormone receptor-beta and caspase-3, and this thyroid hormone receptor-beta induction was drastically repressed by xTNF-alpha. Furthermore, in organ culture of the tail, xTNF-alpha significantly attenuated the tail degeneration induced by T(3). These findings suggested that xTNF-alpha could protect vascular endothelial cells from apoptotic cell death induced by T(3) during metamorphosis and thereby participate in the regulation of cell fate.
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- Shuuji Mawaribuchi
- Department of Biosciences, School of Science, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Japan
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Remodeling the exocrine pancreas at metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:8962-7. [PMID: 18574144 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803569105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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At metamorphosis the Xenopus laevis tadpole exocrine pancreas remodels in two stages. At the climax of metamorphosis thyroid hormone (TH) induces dedifferentiation of the entire exocrine pancreas to a progenitor state. The organ shrinks to 20% of its size, and approximately 40% of its cells die. The acinar cells lose their zymogen granules and approximately 75% of their RNA. The mRNAs that encode exocrine-specific proteins (including the transcription factor Ptf1a) undergo almost complete extinction at climax, whereas PDX-1, Notch-1, and Hes-1, genes implicated in differentiation of the progenitor cells, are activated. At the end of spontaneous metamorphosis when the endogenous TH has reached a low level, the pancreas begins to redifferentiate. Exogenous TH induces the dedifferentiation phase but not the redifferentation phase. The tadpole pancreas lacks the mature ductal system that is found in adult vertebrate pancreases, including the frog. Exocrine pancreases of transgenic tadpoles expressing a dominant negative form of the TH receptor controlled by the elastase promoter are resistant to TH. They do not shrink when subjected to TH. Their acinar cells do not dedifferentiate at climax, nor do they down-regulate exocrine-specific genes or activate Notch-1 and Hes-1. Even 2 months after metamorphosis these frogs have not developed a mature ductal system and the acinar cells are abnormally arranged. The TH-dependent dedifferentiation of the tadpole acinar cells at climax is a necessary step in the formation of a mature frog pancreas.
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Knowledge of muscle development in a vertebrate reflects strengths of the particular model system. For example, the origin of mesoderm is very well characterized in Xenopus laevis, where development of somites is less well understood. The major problem in muscle development, presented by frogs, is the complete replacement of larval muscles by adult muscles at thyroid hormone-dependent metamorphosis. All tail muscles die, all leg muscles form de novo, and muscles in the jaw and trunk show both processes. The nature of adult muscle progenitors remains unclear. Comparison of X. laevis development with divergent amphibian patterns, such as direct developers, which lack the larval tadpole, should highlight important steps in adult muscle formation.
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- Richard P Elinson
- Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA.
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Smith SJ, Fairclough L, Latinkic BV, Sparrow DB, Mohun TJ. Xenopus laevis transgenesis by sperm nuclear injection. Nat Protoc 2007; 1:2195-203. [PMID: 17406457 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The stable integration of transgenes into embryos of the frog Xenopus laevis is achieved using the procedure described here. Linear DNA containing the transgene is incorporated randomly into sperm nuclei that have had their membranes disrupted with detergent treatment. Microinjection of these nuclei into unfertilized eggs produces viable embryos that can be screened for activity of the transgene. The proportion of embryos that harbor the transgene varies from 10 to 40% of the total number of surviving embryos. Multiple copies of the transgene can integrate as a concatemer into the sperm genome, and more than one site of DNA integration might occur within resulting animals. Germ cell transmission of the transgene is routine and the procedure is well suited to the production of transgenic reporter frog lines. One day should be allocated for the preparation of the sperm nuclei, which are stored as aliquots for future use. The transgenesis reaction and egg injection take one morning.
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- Stuart J Smith
- Division of Developmental Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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Amphibian metamorphosis. Dev Biol 2007; 306:20-33. [PMID: 17449026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2007] [Revised: 03/09/2007] [Accepted: 03/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Cai L, Das B, Brown DD. Changing a limb muscle growth program into a resorption program. Dev Biol 2006; 304:260-71. [PMID: 17234173 PMCID: PMC1868508 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2006] [Revised: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 12/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Transgenic Xenopus laevis tadpoles that express a dominant negative form of the thyroid hormone receptor (TRDN) controlled by the cardiac actin muscle promoter (pCar) develop with very little limb muscle. Under the control of the tetracycline system the transgene can be induced at will by adding doxycycline to the rearing water. Pre-existing limb muscle fibers begins to disintegrate within 2 days after up-regulation of the TRDN transgene. The muscle cells do not die even after weeks of transgene exposure when the myofibrils have degenerated completely and the tadpole is nearing death. A microarray analysis after 2 weeks of exposure to the transgene identified 24 muscle genes whose expression was altered in such a way that they might cause the muscle phenotype. These candidate genes are normally activated in growing limb muscle but they are repressed by the TRDN transgene. Several of these genes have been implicated in mammalian myopathies. However, the expression of only one of these genes, calsequestrin, is down-regulated in 1 day and therefore might initiate the degeneration. Calsequestrin is one of several affected genes that encode proteins involved in calcium sequestration, transport and utilization in muscle suggesting that uncontrolled calcium influx into the growing limb muscle fibers causes rhabdomyolysis. Many of the same genes that are down-regulated in the tail at the peak of metamorphic climax just before it is resorbed are suppressed in the transgenic limb muscle in effect turning the limb growth program into a tail resorption program.
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- Liquan Cai
- Carnegie Institution, 3520 San Martin Dr. Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Furlow JD, Neff ES. A developmental switch induced by thyroid hormone: Xenopus laevis metamorphosis. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2006; 17:40-7. [PMID: 16464605 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2006.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2005] [Revised: 11/17/2005] [Accepted: 01/19/2006] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Thyroid hormone induces the complete metamorphosis of anuran tadpoles into juvenile frogs. Arguably, anuran metamorphosis is the most dramatic effect of a hormone in any vertebrate. Recent advances in pharmacology and molecular biology have made the study of this remarkable process in the frog Xenopus laevis attractive to developmental biologists and endocrinologists alike. In particular, the availability of a straightforward transgenesis assay and the near completion of the Xenopus tropicalis genome are enabling significant advances to be made in our understanding of the major remaining problems of metamorphosis: the extraordinary tissue specificity of responses, the precise timing of morphological changes, the degree of cell autonomy of hormone responses and developmental competence. We argue that X. laevis metamorphosis presents an exciting opportunity for understanding the role of thyroid hormone in vertebrate development.
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- J David Furlow
- Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8519, USA.
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