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Migration of mesenchymal cell fated to blastema is necessary for fish fin regeneration
Author(s) -
Nakatani Yuki,
Nishidate Masanobu,
Fujita Misato,
Kawakami Atsushi,
Kudo Akira
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2007.00977.x
Subject(s) - blastema , regeneration (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , mesenchymal stem cell , biology , cell cycle , cell migration , epidermis (zoology) , cell , zebrafish , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , signal transduction , anatomy , gene , biochemistry
Urodeles and fish have higher regeneration ability in a variety of tissues and organs than do other vertebrate species including mammals. Though many studies have aimed at identifying the cellular and molecular basis for regeneration, relatively little is known about the detailed cellular behaviors and involved molecular basis. In the present study, a small molecule inhibitor was used to analyzed the role of phosphoinositide 3‐kinase (PI3K) signaling during regeneration. We showed that the inhibitor disrupted the formation of blastema including the expression of characteristic genes. The failure of blastema formation was due to the impaired migration of mesenchymal cells to the distal prospective blastema region, although it had a little affect on cell cycle activation in mesenchymal cells. Moreover, we found that the epidermal remodeling including cell proliferation, distal cell migration and Akt phosphorylation was also affected by the inhibitor, implying a possible involvement of epidermis for proper formation of blastema. From these data, we propose a model in which distinct signals that direct the cell cycle activation, mesenchymal cell migration and epidermal remodeling coordinate together to accomplish the correct blastema formation and regeneration.