PUBLICATION
A tissue-scale gradient of hydrogen peroxide mediates rapid wound detection in zebrafish
- Authors
- Niethammer, P., Grabher, C., Look, A.T., and Mitchison, T.J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090616-23
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Nature 459(7249): 996-999 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Grabher, Clemens, Look, A. Thomas
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Diffusion
- Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism*
- Larva/metabolism
- Leukocytes/cytology
- Leukocytes/physiology
- NADPH Oxidases/metabolism
- Wound Healing/physiology
- Wounds and Injuries/enzymology
- Wounds and Injuries/metabolism*
- Wounds and Injuries/pathology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 19494811 Full text @ Nature
Citation
Niethammer, P., Grabher, C., Look, A.T., and Mitchison, T.J. (2009) A tissue-scale gradient of hydrogen peroxide mediates rapid wound detection in zebrafish. Nature. 459(7249):996-999.
Abstract
Barrier structures (for example, epithelia around tissues and plasma membranes around cells) are required for internal homeostasis and protection from pathogens. Wound detection and healing represent a dormant morphogenetic program that can be rapidly executed to restore barrier integrity and tissue homeostasis. In animals, initial steps include recruitment of leukocytes to the site of injury across distances of hundreds of micrometres within minutes of wounding. The spatial signals that direct this immediate tissue response are unknown. Owing to their fast diffusion and versatile biological activities, reactive oxygen species, including hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), are interesting candidates for wound-to-leukocyte signalling. Here we probe the role of H(2)O(2) during the early events of wound responses in zebrafish larvae expressing a genetically encoded H(2)O(2) sensor. This reporter revealed a sustained rise in H(2)O(2) concentration at the wound margin, starting approximately 3 min after wounding and peaking at approximately 20 min, which extended approximately 100-200 mum into the tail-fin epithelium as a decreasing concentration gradient. Using pharmacological and genetic inhibition, we show that this gradient is created by dual oxidase (Duox), and that it is required for rapid recruitment of leukocytes to the wound. This is the first observation, to our knowledge, of a tissue-scale H(2)O(2) pattern, and the first evidence that H(2)O(2) signals to leukocytes in tissues, in addition to its known antiseptic role.
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