Loading…

Altered developmental programs and oriented cell divisions lead to bulky bones during salamander limb regeneration

There are major differences in duration and scale at which limb development and regeneration proceed, raising the question to what extent regeneration is a recapitulation of development. We address this by analyzing skeletal elements using a combination of micro-CT imaging, molecular profiling and c...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature communications 2022-11, Vol.13 (1), p.6949-17, Article 6949
Main Authors: Kaucka, Marketa, Joven Araus, Alberto, Tesarova, Marketa, Currie, Joshua D., Boström, Johan, Kavkova, Michaela, Petersen, Julian, Yao, Zeyu, Bouchnita, Anass, Hellander, Andreas, Zikmund, Tomas, Elewa, Ahmed, Newton, Phillip T., Fei, Ji-Feng, Chagin, Andrei S., Fried, Kaj, Tanaka, Elly M., Kaiser, Jozef, Simon, András, Adameyko, Igor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:There are major differences in duration and scale at which limb development and regeneration proceed, raising the question to what extent regeneration is a recapitulation of development. We address this by analyzing skeletal elements using a combination of micro-CT imaging, molecular profiling and clonal cell tracing. We find that, in contrast to development, regenerative skeletal growth is accomplished based entirely on cartilage expansion prior to ossification, not limiting the transversal cartilage expansion and resulting in bulkier skeletal parts. The oriented extension of salamander cartilage and bone appear similar to the development of basicranial synchondroses in mammals, as we found no evidence for cartilage stem cell niches or growth plate-like structures during neither development nor regeneration. Both regenerative and developmental ossification in salamanders start from the cortical bone and proceeds inwards, showing the diversity of schemes for the synchrony of cortical and endochondral ossification among vertebrates. Normal limb development relies on synchronized formation of cartilage and bone. Here, the authors show that in salamander limb regeneration these processes are decoupled: ossification occurs after the final size of regenerating cartilage is reached, allowing fast regeneration and leading to bulky bones.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-34266-w