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Background  The formation and/or maturation of adult organs in vertebrates often takes place during postembryonic development, a period around birth in mammals when thyroid hormone (T3) levels are high. The T3-dependent anuran metamorphosis serves as a model to study postembryonic development. Studies on the remodeling of the intestine during  Xenopus (X.) laevis  metamorphosis have shown that the development of the adult intestine involves de novo formation of adult stem cells in a process controlled by T3. On the other hand,  X. tropicalis,  highly related to  X. laevis,  offers a number of advantages for studying developmental mechanisms, especially at genome-wide level, over  X. laevis,  largely due to its shorter life cycle and sequenced genome. To establish  X. tropicalis  intestinal metamorphosis as a model for adult organogenesis, we analyzed the morphological and cytological changes in  X. tropicalis  intestine during metamorphosis.    Methodology/Principal Findings  We observed that in  X. tropicalis,  the premetamorphic intestine was made of mainly a monolayer of larval epithelial cells surrounded by little connective tissue except in the single epithelial fold, the typhlosole. During metamorphosis, the larval epithelium degenerates and adult epithelium develops to form a multi-folded structure with elaborate connective tissue and muscles. Interestingly, typhlosole, which is likely critical for adult epithelial development, is present along the entire length of the small intestine in premetamorphic tadpoles, in contrast to  X. laevis,  where it is present only in the anterior 1/3. T3-treatment induces intestinal remodeling, including the shortening of the intestine and the typhlosole, just like in  X. laevis.Conclusions/Significance  Our observations indicate that the intestine undergoes similar metamorphic changes in  X. laevis  and  X. tropicalis , making it possible to use the large amount of information available on  X. laevis  intestinal metamorphosis and the genome sequence information and genetic advantages of  X. tropicalis  to dissect the pathways governing adult intestinal development.

Cytological and Morphological Analyses Reveal Distinct Features of Intestinal Development during Xenopus tropicalis Metamorphosis