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Zhang T, Jia L, Li X, Niu Z, Zhang S, Dong W, Peng L, Ma M, Wang H, Tang X, Chen Q. Integrative proteome and metabolome analyses reveal molecular basis of the tail resorption during the metamorphic climax of Nanorana pleskei. Front Cell Dev Biol 2024; 12:1431173. [PMID: 39224435 PMCID: PMC11366584 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1431173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
Abstract
During the metamorphosis of anuran amphibians, the tail resorption process is a necessary and crucial change. One subject that has received relatively little or no attention is the expression patterns of proteins and metabolites in the different tail portions during metamorphosis, especially in highland amphibians. The mechanisms of tail resorption in three portions (the tip, middle and root) of the tail were investigated in N. pleskei G43 tadpole based on two omics (proteomic and metabolomic). Integrin αVβ3 was found to be high expressed in the distal portion of the tail, which could improve the sensitiveness to thyroid hormones in the distal portion of the tail. Muscle regression displayed a spatial pattern with stronger regression in distal and weaker one in proximal portion. Probably, this stronger regression was mainly performed by the proteases of proteasome from the active translation by ribosomes. The suicide model and murder model coexisted in the tail resorption. Meanwhile, fatty acids, amino acids, pyrimidine, and purine which derived from the breakdown of tissues can be used as building blocks or energy source for successful metamorphosis. Our data improved a better comprehension of the tail resorption mechanisms underlying the metamorphism of N. pleskei tadpole through identifying important participating proteins and metabolites.
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- Tao Zhang
- Department of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Key Laboratory of Gene Editing for Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Miller AJ, Gass J, Jo MC, Bishop L, Petereit J, Woodhams DC, Voyles J. Towards the generation of gnotobiotic larvae as a tool to investigate the influence of the microbiome on the development of the amphibian immune system. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20220125. [PMID: 37305911 PMCID: PMC10258664 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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The immune equilibrium model suggests that exposure to microbes during early life primes immune responses for pathogen exposure later in life. While recent studies using a range of gnotobiotic (germ-free) model organisms offer support for this theory, we currently lack a tractable model system for investigating the influence of the microbiome on immune system development. Here, we used an amphibian species (Xenopus laevis) to investigate the importance of the microbiome in larval development and susceptibility to infectious disease later in life. We found that experimental reductions of the microbiome during embryonic and larval stages effectively reduced microbial richness, diversity and altered community composition in tadpoles prior to metamorphosis. In addition, our antimicrobial treatments resulted in few negative effects on larval development, body condition, or survival to metamorphosis. However, contrary to our predictions, our antimicrobial treatments did not alter susceptibility to the lethal fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in the adult life stage. While our treatments to reduce the microbiome during early development did not play a critical role in determining susceptibility to disease caused by Bd in X. laevis, they nevertheless indicate that developing a gnotobiotic amphibian model system may be highly useful for future immunological investigations. This article is part of the theme issue 'Amphibian immunity: stress, disease and ecoimmunology'.
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Environmental Health and Safety, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Nevada Bioinformatics Center, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Nevada Bioinformatics Center, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Liu L, Liu Q, Zou X, Chen Q, Wang X, Gao Z, Jiang J. Identification of thyroid hormone response genes in the remodeling of dorsal muscle during Microhyla fissipes metamorphosis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1099130. [PMID: 36817577 PMCID: PMC9937655 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1099130] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Introduction Extensive morphological, biochemical, and cellular changes occur during anuran metamorphosis, which is triggered by a single hormone, thyroid hormone (TH). The function of TH is mainly mediated through thyroid receptor (TR) by binding to the specific thyroid response elements (TREs) of direct response genes, in turn regulating the downstream genes in the cascade. The remodeling of dorsal skeletal muscle during anuran metamorphosis provides the perfect model to identify the immediate early and direct response genes that are important during apoptosis, proliferation, and differentiation of the muscle. Methods In our current study, we performed Illumina sequencing combined with single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing in the dorsal muscle of Microhyla fissipes after TH, cycloheximide (CHX), and TH_CHX treatment. Results and Discussion We first identified 1,245 differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) after TH exposure, many of which were involved in DNA replication, protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum, cell cycle, apoptosis, p53 signaling pathway, and protein digestion and absorption. In the comparison of the TH group vs. control group and TH_CHX group vs. CHX group overlapping gene, 39 upregulated and 6 downregulated genes were identified as the TH directly induced genes. Further analysis indicated that AGGTCAnnTnAGGTCA is the optimal target sequence of target genes for TR/RXR heterodimers in M. fissipes. Future investigations on the function and regulation of these genes and pathways should help to reveal the mechanisms governing amphibian dorsal muscle remodeling. These full-length and high-quality transcriptomes in this study also provide an important foundation for future studies in M. fissipes metamorphosis.
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- Lusha Liu
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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Secretory pore-forming proteins (PFPs) have been identified in organisms from all kingdoms of life. Our studies with the toad species Bombina maxima found an interaction network among aerolysin family PFPs (af-PFPs) and trefoil factors (TFFs). As a toad af-PFP, BmALP1 can be reversibly regulated between active and inactive forms, with its paralog BmALP3 acting as a negative regulator. BmALP1 interacts with BmTFF3 to form a cellular active complex called βγ-CAT. This PFP complex is characterized by acting on endocytic pathways and forming pores on endolysosomes, including stimulating cell macropinocytosis. In addition, cell exocytosis can be induced and/or modulated in the presence of βγ-CAT. Depending on cell contexts and surroundings, these effects can facilitate the toad in material uptake and vesicular transport, while maintaining mucosal barrier function as well as immune defense. Based on experimental evidence, we hereby propose a secretory endolysosome channel (SELC) pathway conducted by a secreted PFP in cell endocytic and exocytic systems, with βγ-CAT being the first example of a SELC protein. With essential roles in cell interactions and environmental adaptations, the proposed SELC protein pathway should be conserved in other living organisms.
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- Yun Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.,Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China. E-mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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Lieggi C, Kalueff AV, Lawrence C, Collymore C. The Influence of Behavioral, Social, and Environmental Factors on Reproducibility and Replicability in Aquatic Animal Models. ILAR J 2020; 60:270-288. [PMID: 32400880 PMCID: PMC7743897 DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilz019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The publication of reproducible, replicable, and translatable data in studies utilizing animal models is a scientific, practical, and ethical necessity. This requires careful planning and execution of experiments and accurate reporting of results. Recognition that numerous developmental, environmental, and test-related factors can affect experimental outcomes is essential for a quality study design. Factors commonly considered when designing studies utilizing aquatic animal species include strain, sex, or age of the animal; water quality; temperature; and acoustic and light conditions. However, in the aquatic environment, it is equally important to consider normal species behavior, group dynamics, stocking density, and environmental complexity, including tank design and structural enrichment. Here, we will outline normal species and social behavior of 2 commonly used aquatic species: zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Xenopus (X. laevis and X. tropicalis). We also provide examples as to how these behaviors and the complexity of the tank environment can influence research results and provide general recommendations to assist with improvement of reproducibility and replicability, particularly as it pertains to behavior and environmental complexity, when utilizing these popular aquatic models.
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- Christine Lieggi
- Center of Comparative Medicine and Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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- School of Pharmacy, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, and Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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Wang S, Liu L, Liu J, Zhu W, Tanizaki Y, Fu L, Bao L, Shi YB, Jiang J. Gene Expression Program Underlying Tail Resorption During Thyroid Hormone-Dependent Metamorphosis of the Ornamented Pygmy Frog Microhyla fissipes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:11. [PMID: 30740088 PMCID: PMC6357680 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone (T3) is essential for vertebrate development, especially during the so-called postembryonic development, a period around birth in mammals when plasma T3 level peaks and many organs mature into their adult form. Compared to embryogenesis, postembryonic development is poorly studied in mammals largely because of the difficulty to manipulate the uterus-enclosed embryos and neonates. Amphibian metamorphosis is independent of maternal influence and can be easily manipulated for molecular and genetic studies, making it a valuable model to study postembryonic development in vertebrates. Studies on amphibian metamorphosis have been largely focused on the two highly related species Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. However, adult X. laevis and X. tropicalis animals remain aquatic. This makes important to study metamorphosis in a species in which postmetamorphic frogs live on land. In this regard, the anuran Microhyla fissipes represents an alternative model for developmental and genetic studies. Here we have made use of the advances in sequencing technologies to investigate the gene expression profiles underlying the tail resorption program during metamorphosis in M. fissipes. We first used single molecule real-time sequencing to obtain 67, 939 expressed transcripts in M. fissipes. We next identified 4,555 differentially expressed transcripts during tail resorption by using Illumina sequencing on RNA samples from tails at different metamorphic stages. Bioinformatics analyses revealed that 11 up-regulated KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) pathways and 88 Gene Ontology (GO) terms as well as 21 down-regulated KEGG pathways and 499 GO terms were associated with tail resorption. Our findings suggest that tail resorption in M. fissipes and X. laevis shares many programs. Future investigations on function and regulation of these genes and pathways should help to reveal the mechanisms governing amphibian tail resorption and adaptive evolution from aquatic to terrestrial life. Furthermore, analysis of the M. fissipes model, especially, on the changes in other organs associated with the transition from aquatic to terrestrial living, should help to reveal important mechanistic insights governing mammalian postembryonic developments.
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- Shouhong Wang
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
- Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Lusha Liu
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
- Yun-Bo Shi
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Jianping Jiang
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Liu L, Zhu W, Liu J, Wang S, Jiang J. Identification and differential regulation of microRNAs during thyroid hormone-dependent metamorphosis in Microhyla fissipes. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:507. [PMID: 29954327 PMCID: PMC6025837 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4848-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Anuran metamorphosis, which is obligatorily initiated and sustained by thyroid hormone (TH), is a dramatic example of extensive morphological, biochemical and cellular changes occurring during post-embryonic development. Thus, it provides an ideal model to understand the actions of the hormone and molecular mechanisms underlying these developmental and apoptotic processes. In addition to transcriptional factors, microRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in diverse biological processes via post-transcriptional repression of mRNAs. However, the possible role of miRNAs in anuran metamorphosis is not well understood. Screening and identification of TH-responding miRNAs are required to reveal the integrated regulatory mechanisms of TH during metamorphosis. Given the specific role of TRs during M. fissipes metamorphosis and the characteristics of M. fissipes as an ideal model, Illumina sequencing technology was employed to get a full scope of miRNA in M. fissipes metamorphosis treated by T3. RESULTS Morphological and histological analysis revealed that 24 h T3 treatment M. fissipes tadpoles resembled that at the climax of natural metamorphosis. Thus, small RNA libraries were constructed from control and 24 h T3 treatment groups. A total of 164 conserved miRNAs and 36 predicted novel miRNAs were characterized. Furthermore, 5' first and ninth nucleotides of miRNAs were significantly enriched in U in our study. In all, 21 miRNAs were differentially expressed between the T3 and control groups (p < 0.01). A total of 10,206 unigenes were identified as target genes of these differentially expressed miRNAs. KEGG pathway analysis indicated that the most overrepresented miRNA target genes were enriched in the "PI3k-Akt signaling pathway". In addition, a network associated with the TH signaling pathway provides an opportunity to further understand the complex biological processes that occur in metamorphosis. CONCLUSIONS We identified a large number of miRNAs during M. fissipes metamorphosis, and 21 of them were differentially expressed in the two groups that represented two different metamorphic stages. These miRNAs may play important roles during metamorphosis. The study gives us clues for further studies of the mechanisms of anuran metamorphosis and provides a model to study the mechanism of TH-affected biological processes in humans.
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- Lusha Liu
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041 China
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Liu L, Wang S, Zhao L, Jiang J. De novo transcriptome assembly for the lung of the ornamented pygmy frog ( Microhyla fissipes). GENOMICS DATA 2017; 13:44-45. [PMID: 28725556 PMCID: PMC5503836 DOI: 10.1016/j.gdata.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Microhyla fissipes, belonging to Neobatrachia, is a new model organism to study developmental biology, adaptive mechanisms from aquatic to terrestrial life, environmental toxicology, and human disease. M. fissipes use of lungs soon after hatching makes it extremely valuable for the study of lung function and development mechanisms. However, our knowledge of genes and pathways associated with lung development in M. fissipes is very limited. In this study, we conducted de novo transcriptome assembly for the lung of M. fissipes using the Illumina HiSeq4000 platform. We obtained approximately 9.0 GB clean data from the lung of the stage 28 tadpole with lung inflation (NCBI accession numbers: SRP107055). De novo transcriptome assembly identified 209,358 transcripts and 93,813 unigenes. In addition, BLASTX against NR, NT, KO, SwissProt, PFAM, GO and KOG databases were used to annotate all the 93,813 unigenes. This study provides the transcriptome and functional annotation of genes in M. fissipes lung development, which will be useful for comparative transcriptome analyses and promote research into mechanism of lung development in anuran.
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- Lusha Liu
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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Marshall L, Vivien C, Girardot F, Péricard L, Demeneix BA, Coen L, Chai N. Persistent fibrosis, hypertrophy and sarcomere disorganisation after endoscopy-guided heart resection in adult Xenopus. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173418. [PMID: 28278282 PMCID: PMC5344503 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Models of cardiac repair are needed to understand mechanisms underlying failure to regenerate in human cardiac tissue. Such studies are currently dominated by the use of zebrafish and mice. Remarkably, it is between these two evolutionary separated species that the adult cardiac regenerative capacity is thought to be lost, but causes of this difference remain largely unknown. Amphibians, evolutionary positioned between these two models, are of particular interest to help fill this lack of knowledge. We thus developed an endoscopy-based resection method to explore the consequences of cardiac injury in adult Xenopus laevis. This method allowed in situ live heart observation, standardised tissue amputation size and reproducibility. During the first week following amputation, gene expression of cell proliferation markers remained unchanged, whereas those relating to sarcomere organisation decreased and markers of inflammation, fibrosis and hypertrophy increased. One-month post-amputation, fibrosis and hypertrophy were evident at the injury site, persisting through 11 months. Moreover, cardiomyocyte sarcomere organisation deteriorated early following amputation, and was not completely recovered as far as 11 months later. We conclude that the adult Xenopus heart is unable to regenerate, displaying cellular and molecular marks of scarring. Our work suggests that, contrary to urodeles and teleosts, with the exception of medaka, adult anurans share a cardiac injury outcome similar to adult mammals. This observation is at odds with current hypotheses that link loss of cardiac regenerative capacity with acquisition of homeothermy.
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- Lindsey Marshall
- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Département Régulations, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Département Régulations, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Département Régulations, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Département Régulations, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Département Régulations, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Département Régulations, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 7221, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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