PUBLICATION

Comparative expression profiling reveals an essential role for Raldh2 in epimorphic regeneration

Authors
Mathew, L.K., Sengupta, S., Franzosa, J., Perry, J., La Du, J., Andreasen, E.A., and Tanguay, R.L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-091023-20
Date
2009
Source
The Journal of biological chemistry   284(48): 33642-33653 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Andreasen, Eric A., La Du, Jane K., Mathew, Lijoy K., Tanguay, Robyn L.
Keywords
CELL/Cell-Cell Interaction, CELL/Differentiation, DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTIATION, DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTIATION/Tissue, DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTIATION/ Organ, GENE/Regulation, SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
Datasets
GEO:GSE10188
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Butadienes/pharmacology
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/injuries
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
  • Extremities/embryology
  • Extremities/growth & development
  • Extremities/physiology
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Larva/genetics
  • Larva/growth & development
  • Male
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism
  • Nitriles/pharmacology
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Pyrroles/pharmacology
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/metabolism
  • Regeneration/drug effects
  • Regeneration/genetics
  • Retinal Dehydrogenase/genetics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Signal Transduction/drug effects
  • Wnt Proteins/metabolism
  • Wound Healing/drug effects
  • Wound Healing/genetics
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish/growth & development
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
PubMed
19801676 Full text @ J. Biol. Chem.
Abstract
Zebrafish have the remarkable ability to regenerate body parts including the heart and fins by a process referred to as epimorphic regeneration. Recent studies have illustrated that similar to adult zebrafish, early life stage-larvae also possess the ability to regenerate the caudal fin. A comparative microarray analysis was used to determine the degree of conservation in gene expression among the regenerating adult caudal fin, adult heart and larval fin. Results indicate that these tissues respond to amputation/injury with strikingly similar genomic responses. Comparative analysis revealed raldh2, a rate-limiting enzyme for the synthesis of Retinoic acid (RA), as one of the most highly induced genes across the three regeneration platforms. In situ localization and functional studies indicate that raldh2 expression is critical for the formation of wound epithelium and blastema. Patterning during regenerative outgrowth was considered to be the primary function of RA signaling; however our results suggest that it is also required for early stages of tissue regeneration. Expression of raldh2 is regulated by Wnt and Fgf/ERK signaling.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping