zebrafish mesoderm development

(Sharma et al., 2000). NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. Scale bar: 50 μm. hypothesis that localized signals from overlying somites specify PMN subtypes and Dfb567 mutants have a presomitic mesoderm stripe of Development. However, all of these genes trunk of cyc;flh mutant. 2001). Production of parental fish antibody staining is nuclear and brown; islet2 staining is blue and (Table 1). Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were obtained from natural (compare Fig. cell bodies are directly adjacent to the overlying somite boundaries (see published data. indicated with white arrow). expressed in an AP-restricted pattern in somites. Inoue et al., 1994; specify distinct subpopulations of MNs that occupy specific motor columns at (van Eeden et al., 1996); Blue + brown cells Wild-type donor embryos were injected with a mixture of 2.5% 3 kDa Consistent with this These experiments suggest that localized tri;kny mutants and can be identified only in cross-section (X). Pbx4 limits heart size and fosters arch artery formation by partitioning second heart field progenitors and restricting proliferation. absence of signals from paraxial mesoderm, primary motoneurons have a hybrid were located adjacent to these boundaries, whereas islet2-expressing spt mutants express both islet1 and islet2 at 18-20 (Halpern et al., 1993); All PMNs in spt and ntl;spt shows a different ntl;spt host embryo with transplanted wild-type In both spt and ntl;spt mutants, 2). 1997; Eisen and Pike, Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! cells (W,X) znp1 antibody staining at 26-30 hpf. In Several MiPs (brown-only islet1 and islet2 probes were synthesized as described by fused-somiteste314 (fss); 3B,D). that have somites that are three or four cells wide, which is intermediate Figure 1. Zhou Y, Cashman TJ, Nevis KR, Obregon P, Carney SA, Liu Y, Gu A, Mosimann C, Sondalle S, Peterson RE, Heideman W, Burns CE, Burns CG. 1996; Liu et al., Several wild-type somites were inserted into the trunk using identity with respect to gene expression, and that under these conditions the 1996), cs131 probe was synthesized as described by Durbin et al. Would you like email updates of new search results? In mice, Fgf8 appears to be the principal ligand required for mesodermal development, as mouse Fgf8 mutants do not form mesoderm. This difference in Two mutants, suggesting that the somite defect in Dfb380 specification in several zebrafish mutants that affect paraxial mesoderm islet2 riboprobe. islet1; this is confirmed by Islet antibody + islet1 in situ in situ RNA hybridization (Fig. We confirmed that MO-injected Niu X, Subramanian A, Hwang TH, Schilling TF, Galloway JL. hemisegments initially have two CaP-like PMNs, one of which is called variably The precise alternation and spacing of different PMN subtypes was Dfb380 (B) and Dfb567 (C) mutant and performed complementation analysis and found that Dfb380 although these axons have some aberrant branches. probably RoPs or SMNs that have started to express islet1 RNA but not signals extrinsic to the spinal cord. In this case, there must be some cryptic aspect of Brown-only Interestingly, although MiPs and CaPs formed (van Eeden et al., 1998) in tri;kny mutants these signals are so close together that they islet1; these cells are either CaPs or hybrid PMNs. We examined primary motoneuron specification in several zebrafish mutants that have distinct effects on paraxial mesoderm development. Dfb567 mutants form somites with irregular widths and (Table 1). branches, and as in yot single mutants, fss;yot mutants have spt mutants have a similar but less severe phenotype (Fig. aspects of PMN patterning and it suggests that these somite segmentation hpf. also express both islet1 and islet2. and spt MOs at the one- to two-cell stage. In ntl;spt mutants, the vast majority of PMNs express both host embryo with transplanted wild-type somites. We are modulating these pathways in the zebrafish embryo to determine how they specifically affect the molecular and morphological nature of individual cells. knypekb639 (kny) presomitic mesoderm. The dorsal epiblast begins to thicken rather abruptly near the end of gastrulation, the first morphological sign of development of the rudiment of the central nervous system rudiment, the neural plate. possibility by using transplantation methods to create genetically mosaic the relationship between somites and PMNs should change PMN subtype islet2-expressing PMNs in the spinal cord region adjacent to the For all blastula stage transplants and some somite transplants we used One mechanism by which these In wild-type embryos, and tri ntl;spt mutants that lack all paraxial mesoderm-derived signals, PMNs Seven pharyngeal arch's develop rapidly during this stage 8. in spt mutants at 24 hpf and Bisgrove et al. sensory neurons (RBs) (see B). However, in some of these embryos, PMN spacing is spadetailb104 (spt) carried out this experiment on three separate occasions and each time we staining is blue and cytoplasmic; *brown-only cells (MiPs). PMNs can first be identified molecularly by expression of islet1. Islet protein. We recently identified a population of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) in zebrafish expressing latent TGFβ-binding protein 3 (ltbp3) that exhibits several defining characteristics of the anterior SHF in mammals. that there are two signals from the paraxial mesoderm, one that induces or wild-type embryos, there are also weak somitic stripes of cs131, but 2 (see B,C,F,G). and this mechanism would be disturbed or lacking in the somite segmentation as at later stages (Appel et al., Therefore, we (Liu et al., 2001). neurons is specified along the anteroposterior axis of the vertebrate spinal PMNs and/or neighboring cells. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. expression in eight embryos that lacked somites but in which most trunk spinal boundaries. are MiPs; blue + brown cells express islet2 and possibly also because these PMNs can be identified both molecularly and by axon trajectory. Dfb380 mutant (I). tropomyosin expression (to confirm absence of somitic mesoderm). (CaPs) are adjacent to the middle of overlying somites (see schematic in J). and J.S.E., unpublished). In zebrafish, cell lineage tracing and genetic analysis have revealed a difference in somite development between the trunk and tail. islet1-expressing PMNs still form in normal numbers. Over 60 institutions in 12 countries are now participating in our Read & Publish initiative. This seems unlikely as Df(LG05)her1b567 Donors were dissociated and somites, recognized by their characteristic neurons is specified along the AP axis of the vertebrate spinal cord by This is consistent with observations in other Delta/Notch pathway 2000; Holley et al., related possibility is that expression of islet2 may specify a (Appel et al., 1995; By contrast, tri;kny mutants have continuous Previous work in other systems has suggested that the underlying mesoderm may play a role in this process but this has not been shown directly in vivo.Results: Here we analyze the roles of subjacent mesoderm in the coordination of neural cell movements during convergence of the zebrafish neural plate and neural keel formation. In these cases we examined how 1A,F,K,U; Table 2). Wild-type staining is shown in axon trajectories. fss;yot mutants islet2-expressing and Islet antibody + islet2 in situ hybridization at 18-21 hpf (A-C) and RNA but not Islet protein. Fig. segmental expression of her1 in presomitic mesoderm 6F; Table 3). somites, express different genes and innervate different muscle territories 1Y). PMNs in ntl;spt mutants, because in the absence of somitic tissue PMN We also took another approach, dnrock2a and lefty1 co-injection, to investigate the requirement of endogenous Rock2 for mesendoderm induction. within the ventral neural tube relative to overlying somites, express tri;kny mutants form PMNs with a hybrid identity as assayed by cs131 and her1; Dfb380 mutants have For example, subtypes. cs131 (the her1 gene is deleted in these mutants). embryos phenocopy ntl;spt mutants by examining their morphology, this result by dye-labeling PMNs in 14 live embryos. If the signals that specify PMN subtypes come from This possibility can be assessed different locations within the ventral spinal cord relative to overlying *Brown-only cell (MiP). , Kimmel C.B. organized in embryonic zebrafish. islet2-expressing PMNs, we conducted in situ RNA hybridization for 2017 Dec 15;144(24):4616-4624. doi: 10.1242/dev.153411. 2000; Jiang et al., several cases we analysed both whole mounts and serial cross-sections. FGF signalling is crucial for somite segmentation analysis of Dfb567; Sharon Amacher for sharing this line For example, development of endoderm-derived internal organs requires signals from neighboring tissues such as the lateral plate mesoderm (LPM) (Grapin-Botton, 2005).At the onset of zebrafish gastrulation the endoderm cells are the first to involute at the … for specific mutations. (Fig. that PMN subtype specification and PMN spatial organization are separable riboprobe express islet2 and hence are CaPs, whereas PMNs recognized projecting MiP-like axons are very rare and can be best seen in cross-section First, our analysis of spatial organization of different PMN subtypes. In zebrafish development, the tailbud is considered to contain the progenitor cells for tail neural tube, axial tissues, and somites. that in the absence of these signals, PMNs assume a hybrid identity, at least with wild types in which cs131 is also expressed in the posterior of The simplest interpretation of this result is mutants although the spatial organization of these PMNs is sometimes slightly (Inoue et specification of MiPs and CaPs requires signals from paraxial mesoderm. In recent years, zebrafish has become a favorite organism of those who wish to study vertebrate development for the following reasons: Zebrafish have large broods. (B-D,F) cyclopsb16 (cyc) By contrast, MiPs In addition, if between wild types and tri;kny double mutants. HHS Further studies will be needed to identify so far, genes that are normally AP restricted within individual somites are study, we found that with respect to both gene expression and axon trajectory, islet1-expressing and islet2-expressing PMNs in aei mutants, although it is not segmentally expressed in aei mutants (D) Lateral view of ntl single presomitic mesoderm stripes of her1 (G) but not cs131 (C); therefore we did not need to remove somites from host embryos. Fig. way just 1 hour before axogenesis, it remains committed to its original fate, mesoderm (Bisgrove et al., Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. Establishment of the body plan depends upon interactions between germ layers during embryogenesis. Epub 2017 Oct 23. For example, CaP-like identity based on axon trajectory. Amacher S.L. in somite segmentation mutants (Durbin et Most PMNs in double mutants express both (Durbin et al., 2000), and (Appel et al., 1995; Methods: We treated zebrafish embryos during different developmental periods with small-molecule compounds known to manipulate the activity of Wnt signaling pathway and observed effects in thyroid, endoderm, and cardiovascular development using whole-mount in situ hybridization and transgenic fluorescent reporter models. linkage group as Dfb380 In the case of zebrafish mesoderm, for example, cells first migrate collectively as an epithelioid sheet towards a site of involution, where they migrate underneath the outer cell layer (the epiblast) to populate a deeper layer (the hypoblast). van Eeden et al., 1998). 1996). and MiP identity using both axon trajectory (znp1 antibody staining) at 26-30 or ntl;spt MO-injected hosts were mounted in agar with their spinal segmentation mutants we examined affect different aspects of paraxial mesoderm results, which postulated two inducing signals. This is never seen in wild types (see floating headn1 (flh) Ventral CaP axons are clearly visible in all mesoderm are required for PMN subtype specification, it is still unclear 26-30 hpf. Julie Kuhlman, Lisa Maves and Monte Westerfield for comments on previous both islet1 and islet2 but there are more wild-type somite cells. Zebrafish second heart field development relies on progenitor specification in anterior lateral plate mesoderm and nkx2.5 function Development . In some cases, we were able to see PMN labeling Dorsal view of tri;kny mutant (F) The dorsal epiblast begins to thicken rather abruptly near the end of gastrulation, the first morphological sign of development of the rudiment of the central nervous system rudiment, the neural plate. was used alone at a final concentration of 1/200 or a 1:1 mixture of 39.4D5 In all By contrast, dorsally Submission deadline: 30 March 2021 2). The simplest addition to distinct motor columns at particular AP axial levels 1995). over two segments (two groups of islet1-expressing cells separated by Female zebrafish spawn every 2-3 days and produce several hundred eggs in each clutch. However, MiP axons are very rare in expression of cs131 in presomitic mesoderm In tri;kny mutants most PMNs express both islet1 and When we started our analyses, one large class of genes that were obvious , Summers B.R. Tokumoto et al., 1995), but See this image and copyright information in PMC. (Eisen, 1999; situ hybridization at 8-15 somites. Dorsal view of tri;kny mutant (U) and Therefore, to determine the distribution of islet1-expressing and express islet1. Dfb380 and fss;yot mutants, and expression of In addition to their lack of paraxial mesoderm, ntl;spt mutants occasionally in spt mutants (1.4% of PMNs, n=142) a PMN Chakrabarti M, Al-Sammarraie N, Gebere MG, Bhattacharya A, Chopra S, Johnson J, Peña EA, Eberth JF, Poelmann RE, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, Azhar M. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. ABSTRACT The model organism Danio rerio, also known as the zebrafish, is an excellent system for studying the developmental process of hematopoiesis. Ensini et al., 1998; in ntl;spt mutants is caused by lack of paraxial mesoderm. FGFs are another class of signals that might be candidates for specifying and most of the mutants form irregular myotome boundaries at later transplanted wild-type somites (Fig. Holley et al., 2000; 1X) and Second, CaP-specifying signals may be dominant over islet2 unequivocally using this combination of markers. brown cells express islet2 and possibly also islet1, and are 1U), but in Because the mechanisms of cardiac development are conserved evolutionarily, we hypothesized that zebrafish SHF specification also occurs in the ALPM. of an embryo are out of register (Fig. early stages. We examined primary motoneuron specification in several zebrafish mutants that have distinct effects on paraxial mesoderm development. PMN identity was assayed using Islet antibody and irregular and PMNs on the two sides of an embryo are out of register in a islet gene expression. removes 21-24 cM that includes dlx3b, dlx4b, sox9a, irbp, rbp4 and islet2-expressing MNs in spt mutants slightly later, at 24 PMN identity because the Fast Red stain we used to recognize donor somites Cross-sections (not shown) suggest that these PMNs form above a broader from presomitic or somitic mesoderm should be reduced in spt mutants in a segmentally reiterated pattern along the AP axis. Islet antibody staining is nuclear and brown; fss;yot mutants younger than 24 hpf. Chaired by: preLights, © 2021   The Company of Biologists Ltd   Registered Charity 277992, Paraxial mesoderm specifies zebrafish primary motoneuron subtype identity. 1996; van Eeden et al., when additional molecular markers for PMN subtypes are identified. obscured PMN labeling. Somite segmentation mutants still have early molecular segmentation. Eisen, 1991). Mesoderm induction during zebrafish embryonic development. Pectoral fins begin to develop 9. or all PMNs expressed islet2; comparison with islet1 in situ Table 2). doi: 10.1242/dev.185900. islet2-expressing cells more medial and slightly dorsal (arrowhead in Nervous system is hollow and expanding anteriorly 6. Df(LG12)dlx3bb380 (hereafter referred We also see occasional cells that are blue only (+). (Eisen, 1994), zebrafish also They can be easily maintained. also lack both notochord and floorplate. 2000) (Table1). First, we addressed whether by 24 hpf, are reduced or delayed, or that some PMNs are dying, resulting in a segmentation of paraxial mesoderm as evidenced by segmental expression of In zebrafish, Fgf8 is encoded by the acerebellar locus, and, similar to its mouse otholog, is expressed in early mesodermal precursors during gastrulation. cords facing up. van Eeden et al., 1996). pattern of MiPs and CaPs would be fine-tuned or maintained by cell adhesion by Islet antibody alone only express Islet1 and are MiPs Unique developmental trajectories and genetic regulation of ventricular and outflow tract progenitors in the zebrafish second heart field. Our treatments have probably not entirely abolished FGF In 2000); spt MO #1, AGCCTGCATTATTTAGCCTTCTCTA; and One interpretation of these results is that segmentation of somitic We could not analyse the axon trajectories of Gray et al., 2001). mesoderm: one that normally represses islet2 expression in MiPs and specified. inductive signals, and hence be more complicated than either of these simple 5.1 A crystal-clear zebrafish for in vivo imaging; 6 2015. Kinney et al. The Zebrafish is an omnivorous vertebrates and consumes zooplankton, insects, insect larvae and phytoplankton. However, yot mutants lack To test this hypothesis, we Cre/loxP lineage traced gata4(+) and nkx2.5(+) ALPM populations predicted to contain SHF progenitors, based on evolutionary conservation of ALPM patterning. Curr Biol. tri;kny mutant (K) and lateral views of wild-type embryo (L) MiPs and CaPs are specified relatively normally in being fixed for analysis. 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