{"title":"aproctous, a locus that is necessary for the development of the proctodeum in Drosophila embryos, encodes a homolog of the vertebrate Brachyury gene.","authors":"Ryutaro Murakami, Ayako Shigenaga, Morikazu Kawakita, Koichi Takimoto, Ikuo Yamaoka, Koji Akasaka, Hiraku Shimada","doi":"10.1007/BF00188847","DOIUrl":"10.1007/BF00188847","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The proctodeum of the Drosophila embryo originates from the posterior end of the blastoderm and forms the hindgut. By enhancer-trap mutagenesis, using a P-element-lacZ vector, we identified a mutation that caused degeneration of the proctodeum during shortening of the germ band and named it aproctous (apro). Expression of the lacZ reporter gene, which was assumed to represent expression of the apro gene, began at the cellular blastoderm stage in a ring that encompassed about 10-15% of the egg's length (EL) and included the future proctodeum, anal pads, and posterior-most part of the visceral mesoderm. In later stages, strong expression of lacZ was detected in the developing hindgut and anal pads. Expression continued in the anal pads and epithelium of the hindgut of larvae; the epithelium of the hindgut of the adult fly also expressed lacZ. The spatial patterns of the expression of lacZ in various mutants suggested that the embryonic expression of apro was regulated predominantly by two gap genes, tailless (tll) and huckebein (hkb): tll is necessary for the activation of apro, while hkb suppressed the expression of apro in the region posterior to 10% EL. Cloning and sequencing of the apro cDNA revealed that apro was identical to the T-related gene (Trg) that is a Drosophila homolog of the vertebrate Brachyury gene. apro appears to play a key role in the development of tissues derived from the proctodeum.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"205 1-2","pages":"89-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34823079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression of a cell surface protein during morphogenesis of the reproductive system in Manduca sexta embryos : Both moths and mammals have an indifferent stage of genital differentiation.","authors":"James B Nardi, Emily G Cattani","doi":"10.1007/BF00188840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New antibody markers have allowed more refined examinations of embryogenesis. Features are being found that were overlooked in whole and sectioned embryos stained with traditional histochemical labels. Two monoclonal antibodies that recognize two different cell surface proteins in Manduca sexta label cells of the developing reproductive system. These specific immunolabels reveal that during a brief period of Manduca embryogenesis, rudiments of both male and female genital ducts are present in a single embryo. This transient phase of genital differentiation parallels the transient indifferent stage known to occur during development of reproductive systems in many vertebrate embryos. At the end of this indifferent stage, one of the two pairs of genital ducts retracts and degenerates. The dynamic expression of the two surface proteins on cells involved in morphogenesis of both the female and male reproductive systems also suggests that these proteins are important in orchestrating the specific cellular interactions that occur between mesodermal cells of the genital ducts and the nearby ventral ectoderm.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"205 1-2","pages":"21-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00188840","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34823172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chymotrypsin mRNA expression in digestive gland amoebocytes: cell specification occurs prior to metamorphosis and gut morphogenesis in the gastropod, Haliotis rufescens.","authors":"Bernard M Degnan, Jay C Groppe, Daniel E Morse","doi":"10.1007/BF00188848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the non-feeding larva of the marine gastropod, Haliotis rufescens, gut morphogenesis is initiated at metamorphosis. Intestine-specific chymotrypsin gene expression begins in amoebocytes located in the dorsoposterior region of the undifferentiated digestive gland prior to metamorphosis, 5 d post-fertilization. Transcript accumulates steadily in these cells over the next 6 d while the amoebocytes migrate slowly dorsally. Induction of metamorphosis dramatically accelerates the rates of chymotrypsin mRNA accumulation and amoebocyte migration, and is required for homing of the amoebocytes to the hindgut region. Induction of chymotrypsin gene expression occurs only in larvae that had developed competence to recognize an exogenous morphogenetic cue and initiate metamorphosis, with a more pronounced increase in chymotrypsin mRNA accumulation in occurring older larvae. Chymotrypsin mRNA accumulation patterns suggest that hindgut cell specification occurs prior to metamorphosis, but that completion of the morphogenetic program requires signaling events associated with metamorphosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"205 1-2","pages":"97-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00188848","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34823080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression pattern of chick achaete-scute homologue (CASH) associated with mid-embryogenesis (stages 23 to 28).","authors":"Su Wang, Margaret L Kirby","doi":"10.1007/BF00188838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using the conserved basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain of AS-C and MASH, we amplified by polymerase chain reaction, the HLH region of a chick AS-C/MASH homologue from cDNA prepared from poly (A+) RNA isolated from a region rich in cardiac neural crest cells. A full-length cDNA clone was obtained from a stage 23 chick head cDNA library using this conserved sequence as a probe. Comparison of this clone with MASH1 revealed strong homologies in the bHLH domain and carboxyl terminal region of the conceptually translated protein. The clone was named chick achaete-scute homologue (CASH). This transcript has a single open reading frame that codes for a protein of 218 residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of CASH is 100% identical to MASH1 in the bHLH region and 83.9% identical over the entire protein. The bHLH domain of CASH is highly conserved within the AS-C family. Northern analysis indicates that CASH is expressed transiently in a defined spatial pattern. The highest expression is in the head between stages 23 and 26. Whole mount in situ hybridization suggests that CASH is expressed at stage 23 in the dorsal ventricular zone and central sensory pathways and later in the ventral ventricular zone and ventral horn. By stage 28, it is expressed ubiquitously in the peripheral nervous system including all of the neurons derived from the the neural crest and epipharyngeal placodes, as well as neural crest-derived chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla. Amplification by polymerase chain reaction indicates that CASH is expressed in the cardiac neural fold and continues to be expressed in cultured cardiac neural crest cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"205 1-2","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00188838","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34823170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
George S Boyan, J Leslie D Williams, Heinrich Reichert
{"title":"Organization of a midline proliferative cluster in the embryonic brain of the grasshopper.","authors":"George S Boyan, J Leslie D Williams, Heinrich Reichert","doi":"10.1007/BF00188842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188842","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have studied a group of midline cells in the embryonic brain of the grasshopper by using immunocytochemical and intracellular dye injection techniques. This cluster of midline cells differentiates between the pars intercerebralis lobes of the protocerebrum during early embryogenesis, and is composed of putative midline progenitors as well as neuronal and glial cells. Annulin immunoreactive glial processes surround the borders of the midline cell cluster and also form a network of processes extending from there to the borders of proliferative clusters in the brain hemispheres. Among the cells that derive from the midline cluster are two bilaterally symmetrical pairs of identified primary commissure pioneer neurons. By navigating along the glial bound borders of the midline proliferative cluster, the axons of these pioneers establish an initial axonal bridge across the brain midline. This analysis identifies a glial-bound midline proliferative cluster in the brain and shows that neuronal and glial cells of this cluster are closely associated with neurons pioneering the primary brain commissure. Comparable features of midline cells in the ventral ganglia and similarities to other proliferative clusters in the brain hemispheres are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"205 1-2","pages":"45-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00188842","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34823174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hormonally-regulated differential expression of the two duplicated insecticyanin genes, ins-a and ins-b, during development of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.","authors":"Wan-Cheng Li, Kiyoshi Hiruma, Lynn M Riddiford","doi":"10.1007/BF00188846","DOIUrl":"10.1007/BF00188846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of juvenile hormone (JH) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) on the developmental expression of the two insecticyanin genes, ins-a and ins-b, were investigated with two gene-specific probes. Removal of the corpora allata (-CA, source of JH) clearly delayed and down-regulated the epidermal expression of these genes but enhanced their expression in the fat body during the early development of the fifth instar. Application of JH I to the -CA larvae at the time of head capsule slippage completely restored the normal epidermal expression pattern of the two genes in the early fifth instar, then INS-a mRNA declined prematurely whereas INS-b mRNA remained similar to that in the intact larvae. By contrast, in the fat body of -CA larvae, the exogenous JH had little effect on the levels of INS-a mRNA, but enhanced expression of INS-b mRNA relative to intact larvae. Culture of epidermis from day 1 fifth instar larvae with 40 ng/ml 20E for up to 24 h accelerated the loss of INS-a mRNA without affecting the levels of INS-b mRNA. Both mRNAs declined in isolated larval abdomens over a 24 h period, and this decline was slowed by 1 μg methoprene (a JH analog). Together these results indicate that JH controls the levels of the two mRNAs in both the epidermis and fat body, with additional factors involved in regulating these genes in the fat body during the molt and in the epidermis during the growth phase.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"205 1-2","pages":"81-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34823078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biochemical and immunological relationships among fibronectin-like proteins from different sea urchin species.","authors":"V Matranga, F Zito, V Tesoro, Y Yokota, E Nakano","doi":"10.1007/BF00360848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fibronectin-like proteins were purified from ovaries of the sea urchin species, Paracentrotus lividus (PI), Sphaerechinus granularis (Sg), Arbacia lixula (Al), Pseudocentrotus depressus (Pd), and Anthocidaris crassispina (Ac), by gelatin-Sepharose affinity chromatography. The major component had a molecular mass of 180 kDa and was eluted by 1 M NaCl or 8 M urea, depending on the species used. By substrate adhesion assay, we tested the biological activity of the 180 kDa protein purified from Paracentrotus lividus (P1-180K) and showed that it promotes the adhesion of homologous embryonic cells to the substrate. An antiserum, developed against Temnopleurus hardwickii fibronectin-like protein (Th-180K), was used in Western blots of the proteins purified from the five species. The antibody cross-reacted with Pl-180K, Pd-180K and Ac-180K. A peptide map of P1-180K, obtained by V8 protease partial digestion, was compared with those obtained from the other four proteins and showed an homology between 40 and 56%. This report confirms that fibronectin-like proteins can be purified from sea urchins on the basis of their binding to gelatin-Sepharose; the proteins differ for their binding affinity to gelatin and share different epitopes, suggesting that they are members of a sea urchin fibronectin super family.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"204 7-8","pages":"413-417"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00360848","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34822832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Boilly, H Hondermarck, M Oudghir, E Deudon, Y Boilly-Marer
{"title":"Nerve dependent sulphated glycosaminoglycan synthesis in limb regeneration of the newt Pleurodeles waltl.","authors":"B Boilly, H Hondermarck, M Oudghir, E Deudon, Y Boilly-Marer","doi":"10.1007/BF00360859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Denervation of the amputated limb of newts stops the regeneration process by decreasing blastema cell proliferation. We investigated the effect of the denervation on each of the two compartments (epidermal cap, mesenchyme) in mid-bud blastemas on the level of sulphated glycosaminoglycans (GAGS). Denervation resulted in an increase of about threefold in the incorporation of [<sup>35</sup>S] sulphate into mesenchyme GAGs but had no effect on the epidermal cap. The increase of GAG synthesis in the mesenchymal part of the blastema involved both heparan sulphates and chondroitin-dermatan sulphates. Gel filtration showed no change in GAGs size after denervation. These results confirm that the mesenchymal part of the mid-bud blastema is the main target of nerves and, as heparan sulphates are known to store acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF), a polypeptide found in the blastema (Boilly et al.. 1991), this suggest that the nerves' effect on glycosaminoglycans turnover could be implicated in the control of bioavailability of this growth factor in the blastema.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"204 7-8","pages":"509-512"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF00360859","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34822682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Programmed cell death at the periphery of the pupal wing of the butterfly, Pieris rapae.","authors":"R Kodama, A Yohida, T Mitsui","doi":"10.1007/BF00360849","DOIUrl":"10.1007/BF00360849","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The outline of the adult wing of lepidopteran insects (butterflies and moths) emerges as a result of disappearance of a group of cells at the periphery of the pupal wing. Histological observation of the pupal wing of Pieris rapae showed that, just after apolysis of the wing epithelium from the pupal cuticle, there occurs a rapid and localized decrease of the number of cells at the periphery of the wing. This decrease occurs through cell death, which lasts 1-1.5 days at 20°C. Dying cells lose contact with the neighbouring cells and show condensation of chromatin and cytoplasm. They then appear to be phagocytosed by neighbouring epithelial cells or discharged through the basal surface of the epithelium into the lumen within the wing and taken up by phagocytes. Fragmentation of DNA in the nuclei was detected in the dead cells or their debris. These results indicate that programmed cell death in the lepidopteran wing proceeds through a mechanism closely similar to that of apoptosis in the vertebrate.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"204 7-8","pages":"418-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34822784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Head and trunk-tail organizing effects of the gastrula ectoderm of Cynops pyrrhogaster after treatment with activin A.","authors":"T Ariizumi, M Asashima","doi":"10.1007/BF00360850","DOIUrl":"10.1007/BF00360850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Differentiation tendency and the inducing ability of the presumptive ectoderm of newt early gastrulae were examined after treatment with activin A at a high concentration (100 ng/ml). The activin-treated ectoderm differentiated preferentially into yolk-rich endodermal cells. Combination explants consisting of three pieces of activin-treated ectoderm formed neural tissues and axial mesoderm along with endodermal cells. However, the neural tissue was poorly organized and never showed any central nervous system characteristics. When the activin-treated ectoderm was sandwiched between two sheets of untreated ectoderm, the sandwich explants differentiated into trunk-tail or head structures depending on the duration of preculture of activin-treated ectoderm in Holtfreter's solution. Short-term (0-5 h) precultured ectoderm induced trunk-tail structures accompanied by axial organs, alimentary canal and beating heart. The arrangement of the explant tissues and organs was similar to that of normal embryos. However, archencephalic structures, such as forebrain and eye, were lacking or deficient. On the other hand, long-term (10-25 h) precultured ectoderm induced archencephalic structures in addition to axial organs. Lineage analysis of the sandwich explants using fluorescent dyes revealed that the activin-treated ectoderm mainly differentiated into endodermal cells and induced axial mesoderm and central nervous system in the untreated ectoderm. These results suggest that activin A is one of the substances involved in triggering endodermal differentiation and that the presumptive ectoderm induced to form endoderm displays \"trunk-tail organizer\" or \"head organizer\" effects, depending on the duration of preculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":91963,"journal":{"name":"Roux's archives of developmental biology : the official organ of the EDBO","volume":"204 7-8","pages":"427-435"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34822785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}