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Development and growth of organs in living whole embryo and larval grafts in zebrafish

Authors
Kawasaki, T., Maeno, A., Shiroishi, T., Sakai, N.
ID
ZDB-PUB-171204-21
Date
2017
Source
Scientific Reports   7: 16508 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Sakai, Noriyoshi
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Embryo Transfer
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian*
  • Embryonic Development*/genetics
  • Female
  • Germ Cells/cytology
  • Germ Cells/metabolism
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Larva
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Organogenesis*/genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/genetics
PubMed
29184141 Full text @ Sci. Rep.
Abstract
Age-related systemic environments influence neurogenesis and organ regeneration of heterochronic parabiotic partners; however, the difficulty of manipulating small embryos prevents the effects of aged systemic environments on primitive organs at the developmental stage from being analysed. Here, we describe a novel transplantation system to support whole living embryos/larvae as grafts in immunodeficient zebrafish by the intrusion of host blood vessels into the grafts, allowing bodies similar to those of heterochronic parabiosis to be generated by subcutaneous grafting. Although grafted embryos/larvae formed most organs, not all organogenesis was supported equally; although the brain, eyes and the intestine usually developed, the liver, testes and heart developed insufficiently or even occasionally disappeared. Removal of host germ cells stimulated testis development in grafted embryos. These results indicate that primitive testes are susceptible to the systemic environments that originated from the germ cells of aged hosts and imply that the primitive liver and heart are similar. Upon applying this method to embryonic lethal mutants, various types of organs, including testes that developed in germ-cell-removed recipients, and viable offspring were obtained from the mutants. This unique transplantation system will lead to new insights into the age-related systemic environments that are crucial for organogenesis in vertebrates.
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