PUBLICATION
Hydrogen peroxide promotes injury-induced peripheral sensory axon regeneration in the zebrafish skin
- Authors
- Rieger, S., and Sagasti, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-110609-44
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- PLoS Biology 9(5): e1000621 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Rieger, Sandra, Sagasti, Alvaro
- Keywords
- Axons, Larvae, Axotomy, Keratinocytes, Zebrafish, Tail regeneration, Regeneration, Embryos
- MeSH Terms
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- Amputation, Surgical
- Animal Fins/injuries
- Animal Fins/innervation*
- Animal Fins/metabolism
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Axons/physiology*
- Axotomy
- Escape Reaction
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism*
- Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology
- Keratinocytes/metabolism
- Keratinocytes/pathology
- Mechanoreceptors/physiology*
- NADPH Oxidases/genetics
- NADPH Oxidases/metabolism
- Nerve Regeneration*
- Skin/injuries
- Skin/innervation*
- Skin/metabolism
- Transplantation Chimera
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 21629674 Full text @ PLoS Biol.
Citation
Rieger, S., and Sagasti, A. (2011) Hydrogen peroxide promotes injury-induced peripheral sensory axon regeneration in the zebrafish skin. PLoS Biology. 9(5):e1000621.
Abstract
Functional recovery from cutaneous injury requires not only the healing and regeneration of skin cells but also reinnervation of the skin by somatosensory peripheral axon endings. To investigate how sensory axon regeneration and wound healing are coordinated, we amputated the caudal fins of zebrafish larvae and imaged somatosensory axon behavior. Fin amputation strongly promoted the regeneration of nearby sensory axons, an effect that could be mimicked by ablating a few keratinocytes anywhere in the body. Since injury produces the reactive oxygen species hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) near wounds, we tested whether H2O2 influences cutaneous axon regeneration. Exposure of zebrafish larvae to sublethal levels of exogenous H2O2 promoted growth of severed axons in the absence of keratinocyte injury, and inhibiting H2O2 production blocked the axon growth-promoting effects of fin amputation and keratinocyte ablation. Thus, H2O2 signaling helps coordinate wound healing with peripheral sensory axon reinnervation of the skin.
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