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pdzrn3 is required for pronephros morphogenesis in Xenopus laevis. pdzrn3是非洲爪蟾原肾形态发生所必需的。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.150381ld

S. Marracci, A. Vangelisti, V. Raffa, M. Andreazzoli, L. Dente

{"title":"pdzrn3 is required for pronephros morphogenesis in Xenopus laevis.","authors":"S. Marracci, A. Vangelisti, V. Raffa, M. Andreazzoli, L. Dente","doi":"10.1387/ijdb.150381ld","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.150381ld","url":null,"abstract":"Pdzrn3, a multidomain protein with E3-ubiquitin ligase activity, has been reported to play a role in myoblast and osteoblast differentiation and, more recently, in neuronal and endothelial cell development. The expression of the pdzrn3 gene is developmentally regulated in various vertebrate tissues, including muscular, neural and vascular system. Little is known about its expression during kidney development, although genetic polymorphisms and alterations around the human pdzrn3 chromosomal region have been found to be associated with renal cell carcinomas and other kidney diseases. We investigated the pdzrn3 spatio-temporal expression pattern in Xenopus laevis embryos by in situ hybridization. We focused our study on the development of the pronephros, which is the embryonic amphibian kidney, functionally similar to the most primitive nephric structures of human kidney. To explore the role of pdzrn3 during renal morphogenesis, we performed loss-of-function experiments, through antisense morpholino injections and analysed the morphants using specific pronephric markers. Dynamic pdzrn3 expression was observed in embryonic tissues, such as somites, brain, eye, blood islands, heart, liver and pronephros. Loss of function experiments resulted in specific alterations of pronephros development. In particular, at early stages, pdzrn3 depletion was associated with a reduction of the pronephros anlagen and later, with perturbations of the tubulogenesis, including deformation of the proximal tubules. Rescue experiments, in which mRNA of the zebrafish pdzrn3 orthologue was injected together with the morpholino, allowed recovery of the kidney phenotypes. These results underline the importance of pdzrn3 expression for correct nephrogenesis.","PeriodicalId":94228,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of developmental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80322190","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}

引用次数: 4

Pluripotent human stem cells: Standing on the shoulders of giants. 人类多能干细胞:站在巨人的肩膀上。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.160437id

I. Damjanov, P. Andrews

{"title":"Pluripotent human stem cells: Standing on the shoulders of giants.","authors":"I. Damjanov, P. Andrews","doi":"10.1387/ijdb.160437id","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.160437id","url":null,"abstract":"The advent of human pluripotent stem cells, with the first derivation of human embryonic stem cells in 1998, and of human induced pluripotent stem cells in 2007, has ushered in an era of considerable excitement about the prospects of using these cells to develop new opportunities for healthcare, from their potential for regenerative medicine to their use as tools for studying the cellular basis of many diseases and the discovery of new drugs. But as with the flowering of many new areas in science, the biology of human pluripotent stem cells has its roots in a long history of, sometimes, less fêted research. In a period when research funding is frequently driven by a desire to meet specific clinical or economic goals, it is salutary to remember that the opportunities offered by human pluripotent stem cells have their origins in curiosity driven research without any of those goals in mind. In this case, that research focused on the relatively rare gonadal cancers known as teratomas, tumors that have fascinated people since antiquity because their sometime grotesque manifestations with haphazard collections of tissues and sometimes recognizable body parts. Although well known to clinical pathologists it was the pioneering work of Leroy Stevens, who first discovered that teratomas occur at a significant rate in the 129 strain of the laboratory mouse and could be produced experimentally, that laid the foundations for our understanding of the biology of these tumors and the central role of the embryonal carcinoma cell, one of the archetypal tumor stem cells.","PeriodicalId":94228,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of developmental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73381909","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}

引用次数: 0

Honoring the work and life of Leroy C. Stevens. A symposium as part of the International Stem Cell Initiative Workshop. 纪念Leroy C. Stevens的工作和一生。国际干细胞倡议研讨会的一部分。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.160420bk

C. Graham, D. Solter, J. Gearhart, J. Nadeau, B. Knowles

{"title":"Honoring the work and life of Leroy C. Stevens. A symposium as part of the International Stem Cell Initiative Workshop.","authors":"C. Graham, D. Solter, J. Gearhart, J. Nadeau, B. Knowles","doi":"10.1387/ijdb.160420bk","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.160420bk","url":null,"abstract":"In 2016, a symposium was convened in Leroy C. Stevens' honor, in association with a meeting of the International Stem Cell Initiative (ISCI). ISCI, funded internationally, is composed of a group of ~100 scientists from many countries, under the leadership of Peter Andrews, who have worked together to characterize a significant number of human pluripotent stem cell lines, to monitor their genetic stability and their differentiation into mature cell types and tissues in vitro and in vivo. Those at the ISCI meeting puzzled through one of the thorniest problems in the therapeutic use of the differentiated derivatives of pluripotent stem cells for human therapy; namely, pluripotent stem cells can differentiate into any cell type in the adult organism, but they also have the capacity for unlimited self-renewal, hence if mutated they may have tumorigenic potential. The meeting considered how these cells might become genetically or epigenetically abnormal and how the safety of these cells for human therapeutic uses could be assessed and assured. The symposium was an opportunity to pay tribute to Leroy Stevens and to the basic science origins of this newest aspect of regenerative medicine. It was a time to reflect on the past and on how it can influence the future of our field.","PeriodicalId":94228,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of developmental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76517765","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}

引用次数: 0

Coordinate involvement of Nodal-dependent inhibition and Wnt-dependent activation in the maintenance of organizer-specific bmp2b in zebrafish. 斑马鱼组织特异性bmp2b维持中节点依赖性抑制和wnt依赖性激活的协调参与。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.150193yx

Yu Xue, Cencan Xing, Wenjuan Zhang, Can-bin Chen, Jingjin Xu, A. Meng, Yutian Pan

{"title":"Coordinate involvement of Nodal-dependent inhibition and Wnt-dependent activation in the maintenance of organizer-specific bmp2b in zebrafish.","authors":"Yu Xue, Cencan Xing, Wenjuan Zhang, Can-bin Chen, Jingjin Xu, A. Meng, Yutian Pan","doi":"10.1387/ijdb.150193yx","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.150193yx","url":null,"abstract":"A vertebrate signaling center, known in zebrafish as the organizer, is essential for axis patterning and formation and is regulated by multiple cell signaling pathways, including Wnt, Nodal, and Bmp. Organizer-specific Bmp2b plays important roles in the maintenance of the Bmp activity gradient and dorsal-ventral patterning. However, it is unknown how transcription of bmp2b in the organizer is regulated. In this study, we generated a bmp2b transgenic line Tsg(-2.272bmp2b:gfp) that reproduced organizer-specific bmp2b expression. Dissection analysis revealed that a 0.273-kb minimal promoter was indispensable for bmp2b expression in the dorsal organizer. Reporter assays showed that organizer-specific bmp2b is negatively regulated by the Nodal signal and positively regulated by the Wnt signal in both embryos and cell lines. Promoter analysis and chromatin-immunoprecipitation (ChIP) indicated that one consensus Smad-binding element (SBE) (CAGAC) and one Lef/Tcf-binding element (LBE) (AGATAA) were present in the 0.273-kb promoter, and could be directly bound by Smad2 and β-catenin proteins. Together, these results suggest that maintenance of organizer-specific bmp2b expression involves opposite and concerted regulation by Nodal and Wnt signaling.","PeriodicalId":94228,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of developmental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87657693","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}

引用次数: 2

Nucleolar protein 4-like has a complex expression pattern in zebrafish embryos. 核仁蛋白4样在斑马鱼胚胎中具有复杂的表达模式。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.150307rs

S. Borah, Praveen Barrodia, R. Swain

引用次数: 9

Teratomas produced from human pluripotent stem cells xenografted into immunodeficient mice - a histopathology atlas. 将人多能干细胞异种移植到免疫缺陷小鼠体内产生的畸胎瘤--组织病理学图谱。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.160274id

Ivan Damjanov, Peter W Andrews

引用次数: 0

Use of Xenopus cell-free extracts to study size regulation of subcellular structures. 利用爪蟾无细胞提取物研究亚细胞结构的大小调节。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1387/IJDB.160158DL

P. Jevtić, A. Milunović-Jevtić, Matthew R. Dilsaver, J. Gatlin, D. Levy

{"title":"Use of Xenopus cell-free extracts to study size regulation of subcellular structures.","authors":"P. Jevtić, A. Milunović-Jevtić, Matthew R. Dilsaver, J. Gatlin, D. Levy","doi":"10.1387/IJDB.160158DL","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1387/IJDB.160158DL","url":null,"abstract":"Striking size variations are prominent throughout biology, at the organismal, cellular, and subcellular levels. Important fundamental questions concern organelle size regulation and how organelle size is regulated relative to cell size, also known as scaling. Uncovering mechanisms of organelle size regulation will inform the functional significance of size as well as the implications of misregulated size, for instance in the case of nuclear enlargement in cancer. Xenopus egg and embryo extracts are powerful cell-free systems that have been utilized extensively for mechanistic and functional studies of various organelles and subcellular structures. The open biochemical nature of the extract permits facile manipulation of its composition, and in recent years extract approaches have illuminated mechanisms of organelle size regulation. This review largely focuses on in vitro Xenopus studies that have identified regulators of nuclear and spindle size. We also discuss potential relationships between size scaling of the nucleus and spindle, size regulation of other subcellular structures, and extract experiments that have clarified developmental timing mechanisms. We conclude by offering some future prospects, notably the integration of Xenopus extract with microfluidic technology.","PeriodicalId":94228,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of developmental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78643666","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}

引用次数: 3

Live imaging reveals spatial separation of parental chromatin until the four-cell stage in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. 在秀丽隐杆线虫胚胎的四细胞阶段，实时成像显示亲本染色质的空间分离。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.150222cl

Jitka Bolková, C. Lanctôt

{"title":"Live imaging reveals spatial separation of parental chromatin until the four-cell stage in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos.","authors":"Jitka Bolková, C. Lanctôt","doi":"10.1387/ijdb.150222cl","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.150222cl","url":null,"abstract":"The parental genomes are initially spatially separated in each pronucleus after fertilization. Here we have used green-to-red photoconversion of Dendra2-H2B-labeled pronuclei to distinguish maternal and paternal chromatin domains and to track their spatial distribution in living Caenorhabditis elegans embryos starting shortly after fertilization. Intermingling of the parental chromatin did not occur until after the division of the AB and P1 blastomeres, at the 4-cell stage. Unexpectedly, we observed that the intermingling of chromatin did not take place during mitosis or during chromatin decondensation, but rather ∼ 3-5 minutes into the cell cycle. Furthermore, unlike what has been observed in mammalian cells, the relative spatial positioning of chromatin domains remained largely unchanged during prometaphase in the early C. elegans embryo. Live imaging of photoconverted chromatin also allowed us to detect a reproducible 180° rotation of the nuclei during cytokinesis of the one-cell embryo. Imaging of fluorescently-labeled P granules and polar bodies showed that the entire embryo rotates during the first cell division. To our knowledge, we report here the first live observation of the initial separation and subsequent mixing of parental chromatin domains during embryogenesis.","PeriodicalId":94228,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of developmental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84125744","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}

引用次数: 9

Calcium signaling and cell fate: how can Ca2+ signals contribute to wrong decisions for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemic B lymphocyte outcome? 钙信号和细胞命运:Ca2+信号如何促成慢性淋巴细胞白血病B淋巴细胞结局的错误决定?

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2015-11-19 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.150204om

M. Debant, P. Hémon, C. Brigaudeau, Yves Renaudineau, O. Mignen

{"title":"Calcium signaling and cell fate: how can Ca2+ signals contribute to wrong decisions for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemic B lymphocyte outcome?","authors":"M. Debant, P. Hémon, C. Brigaudeau, Yves Renaudineau, O. Mignen","doi":"10.1387/ijdb.150204om","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.150204om","url":null,"abstract":"Ca(2+) signaling is a key regulator of B lymphocyte cell fate and defects in this signaling pathway have been reported in numerous diseases such as Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). CLL is a B cell clonal disorder characterized by the accumulation of mature monoclonal CD5(+) B cells. Although CLL could be considered to be a proliferative disease, most circulating CLL B cells are arrested in the G0 phase of the cell cycle and present both defects in calcium (Ca(2+)) homeostasis and signaling. The Ca(2+) response to antigen ligation is heterogeneous and related, in part, to defects arising from the incapacity to respond to B cell receptor (BCR) engagement (anergy), to the expression of T cell kinases (e.g. Zap70), and to the presence of negative feedback regulation by phosphatases (e.g. SHP-1). Anergic CD5(+) CLL B cells are characterized by an elevated basal Ca(2+) level, IgM/CD79 downregulation, a constitutive activation of BCR pathway kinases, and an activation of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NF-AT). Based on the Ca(2+) response, patients are classified into three groups: unresponders, responders with apoptosis, and responders with entry in the cell cycle. Moreover, internal and direct interaction between leukemic BCR-HCDR3 epitopes at the plasma membrane and interaction between Bcl-2 and the IP3-receptor at the endoplasmic reticulum are also suspected to interfere with the intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis in CLL-B cells. As a whole, the Ca(2+) pathway is emerging to play a key role in malignant CLL-B survival, disease progression, and last but not least, in the therapeutic response.","PeriodicalId":94228,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of developmental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80443761","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}

引用次数: 18

Calcium signals and oocyte maturation in marine invertebrates. 海洋无脊椎动物的钙信号与卵母细胞成熟。

The International journal of developmental biology Pub Date : 2015-11-19 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.150239ss

R. Deguchi, N. Takeda, S. A. Stricker

引用次数: 21