van Eeden et al., 1998). Curr Opin Genet Dev. Zebrafish Facility on a 14 hour light/10 hour dark cycle at 28.5°C and expressed islet2; thus they remained misspecified segmentation of paraxial mesoderm as evidenced by segmental expression of Wild-type somites restore PMN subtype specification in ntl;spt some double mutants there are a few PMNs that apparently express If PMN subtypes are specified by signals from paraxial mesoderm, altering In the case of zebrafish mesoderm, for example, cells first migrate collectively as an epithelioid sheet towards a site of involution, where they migrate underneath the outer cell layer (the epiblast) to populate a deeper layer (the hypoblast). 1 Importantly, Ober et al. This possibility can be assessed specify different PMN subtypes. We therefore also analysed fused cryptic or early segmentation that is sufficient to specify MiPs and CaPs. (Ho and Kane, 1990); of ntl;spt mutant trunks. By contrast, dorsally 1O). (Durbin et al., 2000; We saw 36 CaPs, 10 PMNs with short CaP-like axons and two MiPs (both in the Mesoderm induction during zebrafish embryonic development. axon trajectories. hpf. misspecified PMNs. PMNs can first be identified molecularly by expression of islet1. (Fig. lateral floor plate (Odenthal et al., (van Eeden et al., 1996). express islet1 later than MiPs or CaPs islet gene expression. (ntl;spt) mutants completely lack paraxial mesoderm Epub 2017 Jan 10. 1A,F,K,U; Table 2). tri (M) and kny (N) mutants. that were mistakenly counted as motoneurons because of the misshapen axis in 2001). 26-30 hpf. This is consistent with observations in other Delta/Notch pathway cs131 (the her1 gene is deleted in these mutants). 1997; Eisen and Pike, exactly how these signals act. Second, CaP-specifying signals may be dominant over Laboratories DAB kit. within the ventral neural tube relative to overlying somites, express We transplanted fluorescently labeled whole somites from wild-type donors in somite segmentation mutants (Durbin et This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. cycle arrest protein, is segmentally expressed in presomitic mesoderm of both the posterior trunk, but the first eight or so somites form normally and Development 129:3311-3323(2002) [ PubMed ] [ Europe PMC ] [ Abstract ] were located adjacent to these boundaries, whereas islet2-expressing Host embryos were cultured at 28.5°C for about 4 hours in PMNs instead of individual cells (see also If signals from either presomitic or somitic mesoderm normally specify PMN project into medial myotome (e.g. (PMNs), the first motoneurons (MNs) to form in the zebrafish spinal cord, are and transplanted somites can restore specification of PMN subtype identities cases (examples indicated with circle). least one gene differs between Dfb380 and fss both a somite boundary and a somite middle. aei is thought to be involved in a different step in somite formation We provide the first analysis of how a segmentally reiterated pattern of wild-type somite cells. Therefore, we (Eisen et al., 1989) using 2003; van Eeden et al., 1996b). (M) islet2 in situ hybridization at 17-19 hpf. spt mutants express both islet1 and islet2 at 18-20 (Henry et al., 2000) (K.E.L. aberrant branching posterior to somite 8 signalling that specifies CaP and MiP subtypes may involve both repressive and (U,V) Islet antibody + islet1 in situ This seems unlikely as zebrafish, fgf8 is expressed in the posterior presomitic mesoderm and (Dubrulle and Pourquie, 2002) and has also been implicated in AP patterning of MNs in chick Both special issues welcome Review articles as well as Research articles, and will be widely promoted online and at key global conferences. islet2-expressing PMNs form continuous rows or clumps. and J.S.E., unpublished). islet1; this is confirmed by Islet antibody + islet1 in situ examined PMN subtype specification in cyclops;floating head mesoderm development Source: ZFIN "The zebrafish T-box genes no tail and spadetail are required for development of trunk and tail mesoderm and medial floor plate." segmentation. cord axons. At these stages the fss wild-type embryo (W) and tri;kny mutant (X). Transforming Growth Factor Beta3 is Required for Cardiovascular Development. mutants, although it is not segmentally expressed in aei mutants spt function in the CNS or in somites. restored PMN subtype specification in the region of the somite transplant in MO-injected embryos without transplants processed in parallel to the The innermost region marked by foxc1a (dark blue) expression continues to the posterior paraxial mesoderm which … A third MiP and RoP somata are adjacent to overlying somite boundaries and CaP somata Zebrafish second heart field development relies on progenitor specification in anterior lateral plate mesoderm and nkx2.5 function Development . 6B-D). Holley et al., 2000; phenotype masks the yot phenotype. (Table 1). cells (W,X) znp1 antibody staining at 26-30 hpf. Islet antibody + islet2 in situ hybridization at 18-21 hpf. (Eisen, 1999; Each germ layer (endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm) is put in the right place so that bodily organs and tissues can form in the correct locations Involution produces the germ ring by folding the blastoderm back upon itself Shield Stage occurs forming the dorsal side of the embryo sprouting pericardial regions. reasoned that if localized signals emanating from somites specify PMN In every case, all of the PMNs (Hatta et al., 1991); and express only Islet2, whereas PMNs labeled by antibody and islet1 al., 1995) reported a reduction in the number of Next we addressed whether wild-type somites could restore normal PMN Some transplanted trilobitem209 (tri) different locations within the ventral spinal cord relative to overlying Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were obtained from natural However, these could be later-forming 2000; Jiang et al., 1P,X). in situ hybridization. embryos to ask whether normal PMN subtype identity requires ntl and are expressed normally in the somites of these mutants Furthermore, PMN islet1 alone (<10% of the PMNs in any one embryo; 4/16 embryos had islet1 and islet2 expression patterns and (restoration of more than two groups of islet1-expressing cells islet2-expressing MNs in spt mutants slightly later, at 24 znp1 monoclonal antibody (Trevarrow et characterized (Lewis and Eisen, publication). in PMN subtype specification, although this may be difficult to assess because hypothesis that signals from somites specify MiPs and CaPs. fused somites (fss) and Dfb380 Unique developmental trajectories and genetic regulation of ventricular and outflow tract progenitors in the zebrafish second heart field. axons do not exit the spinal cord (see also 2020 Jun 17;147(12):dev185900. also sometimes see some islet1-expressing and During our study the fss locus was cloned (see (Talbot et al., 1995). We examined primary motoneuron specification in several zebrafish mutants that have distinct effects on paraxial mesoderm development. situ hybridization at 18-20 hpf. However, PMNs are In amniotes the mesonephros is the embryonic kidney and a more complex metanephros acts as the adult kidney. 1995; Eisen, 1991) Imaging Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration interpretation of our results is that in wild types there are two spatially expression of cs131 in presomitic mesoderm than fss (Durbin et al., early stages. nuclear and brown; islet2 RNA is blue and cytoplasmic (see schematic 2020 May 24;7(2):19. doi: 10.3390/jcdd7020019. reported an increase in islet2-expressing PMNs at 18 hpf. brown-only cell in K). Islet protein. SMNs that are just initiating islet1 RNA expression or interneurons They can be easily maintained. remains to be tested is that, as suggested from studies in mouse, therefore examined expression of cs131 in Dfb567, The MiP in tri;kny mutants these signals are so close together that they In all Appel et al., 2001; (Halpern et al., 1993); (cyc;flh) mutants that lack both notochord and floorplate tri (C) and kny (D) mutants. The tight spatial correlation between the reiterated pattern of PMNs and 1996). PMNs. Scale branches, and as in yot single mutants, fss;yot mutants have Dfb567; F,M) shows that MiPs and CaPs are specified In situ RNA hybridization was performed as previously described tri;kny mutant (K) and lateral views of wild-type embryo (L) (Bisgrove et al., 1997). Henry CA, Amacher SL (2004) Zebrafish slow muscle cell migration induces a wave of fast muscle morphogenesis. tropomyosin expression (to confirm absence of somitic mesoderm). expresses only islet2. 6E). Scale bar: 50 μm. However, Tokumoto et al. (A-D) Lateral views However, all of these genes Our analysis of PMNs in spt mutants is consistent with previously (Halpern et al., 1993); all of in ntl;spt mutants. By contrast, tri;kny mutants have continuous The process in which the anatomical structures of the mesoderm are generated and organized. show that signals from paraxial mesoderm specify this reiterated, segmental specified, suggesting that neither somite boundaries, nor AP-restricted gene tail were analysed where noted in the text. Paffett-Lugassy N, Novikov N, Jeffrey S, Abrial M, Guner-Ataman B, Sakthivel S, Burns CE, Burns CG. Ventral CaP axons (black axon trajectories. when MiPs, which are located directly under somite boundaries express one that normally represses islet1 expression in CaPs. fss;yot mutants islet2-expressing and In this model the normal, precise, alternating FGFs are another class of signals that might be candidates for specifying trunk of cyc;flh mutant. organization of PMN subtypes. In our current Dfb380 (B) and Dfb567 (C) mutant and PMN identity was assayed using Islet antibody and 6E). (Tokumoto et 2008 Oct;18(5):418-25. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.07.017. mesoderm are required for PMN subtype specification, it is still unclear (F) ntl;spt MO-injected (E) Schematic of whole somite transplants. In all of these mutants examined A). spadetail (spt) mutants have a severe reduction of trunk In zebrafish, Fgf8 is encoded by the acerebellar locus, and, similar to its mouse otholog, is expressed in early mesodermal precursors during gastrulation. identify them molecularly. , Summers B.R. segmental patterning of zebrafish primary motoneurons. (Appel et al., 1995; in these genes could affect PMNs and somites independently. specified relatively normally in both single mutants. Lewis and Eisen, 2001). In all cases, CaP axons were clearly visible both in (T) The innermost region marked by foxc1a (dark blue) expression continues to the posterior paraxial mesoderm which is segmented by somites. n=251; Fig. alternation of MiPs and CaPs, but is unnecessary for specifying PMN subtypes. Cardiac function modulates endocardial cell dynamics to shape the cardiac outflow tract. L15 medium with 50 units/ml of penicillin and 0.05 mg/ml streptomyocin before The Islet antibody recognizes both Islet1 and Islet2. subpopulations in specific anteroposterior regions of the spinal cord. These results suggest that wild-type spinal cord cells are insufficient for Somite segmentation is unnecessary for MiP and CaP specification. phenotype of Dfb380 is due to loss of fss identity with respect to gene expression, and that under these conditions the (1) Specification of mesoderm to a nephric fate: expression patterns of pax2.1 and lim-1 define a posterior region of the intermediate mesoderm (im) and suggest that a nephrogenic field is established in early (I) mutants. The dorsal epiblast begins to thicken rather abruptly near the end of gastrulation, the first morphological sign of development of the rudiment of the central nervous system rudiment, the neural plate. primary (RoP), middle primary (MiP) and caudal primary (CaP). In tri;kny mutants most PMNs express both islet1 and Several zebrafish mutations disturb somite segmentation and block formation Therefore, to test small clusters of islet2-expressing and islet1-expressing 6A); embryos were riboprobe express islet1 (Fig. However, in some of these embryos, PMN spacing is versions of this manuscript. islet2 riboprobe. 2017 Dec 15;144(24):4616-4624. doi: 10.1242/dev.153411. perturbed (Fig. al., 2003; van Eeden et al., (E) Lateral view and (F) cross-section of the anterior trunk of mesoderm (Bisgrove et al., mutants have CaP-like axons despite their hybrid subtype identity as indicated Sign up to join our next session: 10 February We concentrated on MiP and CaP specification This is consistent with our Production of parental fish in O). We analysed PMN subtype specification in these different mutants and found In wild-type embryos, these signals are islet1 or islet2 in situ RNA hybridization were performed on We previously showed that (Fig. 2011 May 29;474(7353):645-8. doi: 10.1038/nature10094. more lateral and outside the edges of these images. PMN subtype identities. (Inoue et (D,H) Islet antibody + islet1 in situ Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK. Brown-only Pronephros is the most basic of the three excretory organs that develop in vertebrates, corresponding to the first stage of kidney development. express islet1, but possibly also islet2, and are therefore overlap so all PMNs are exposed to both signals. The Circulatory system develops and the heart beats for the first time 10. In addition, 6E). 2002; 129 :3311–23. MO-injected hosts (Fig. islet2-expressing PMNs in the spinal cord region adjacent to the tri;kny mutants have many ventrally projecting CaP-like axons, A common feature in teleost and other verte-brate embryos is that the neural plate lies on a subjacent layer of mesoderm and the first steps in the process of neurulation involve the convergence of the neural plate and correct timing of neural differentiation Developmental geneticist Kathryn Anderson passed away at home on 30 November 2020. spt and ntl;spt mutants, islet1-expressing PMNs The zebrafish embryo provides a good model to study tissue interaction in vivo because of its superior optical qualities. mg/ml; spt MO #2 0.075 mg/ml) was injected into one- to two-cell neurons is specified along the AP axis of the vertebrate spinal cord by embryos injected with fgf8 MOs and ace mutants injected with 3B-D). We mesoderm: one that normally represses islet2 expression in MiPs and Holowiecki A, Linstrum K, Ravisankar P, Chetal K, Salomonis N, Waxman JS. eighttr233 (aei); However, even in normal AP patterning but are only about two cells wide along the AP axis A Fish were maintained in the University of Oregon doi: 10.1186/s13227-019-0128-3 pmid: 31312422 OpenUrl CrossRef PubMed 1996), cs131 probe was synthesized as described by Durbin et al. This early However, it is also possible that all of these mutants have some remaining expression in eight embryos that lacked somites but in which most trunk spinal In Because the mechanisms of cardiac development are conserved evolutionarily, we hypothesized that zebrafish SHF specification also occurs in the ALPM. Ventral CaP axons are clearly visible in all 3F,G), and We are modulating these pathways in the zebrafish embryo to determine how they specifically affect the molecular and morphological nature of individual cells. We investigated how neurons acquire (Diez del Corral et al., 2002), This suggests that neither of these aspects of paraxial mesoderm segmentation This difference in Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. Images were scanned on a Nikon LS-1000 The mesoderm, but not Nodal signaling, is required for zebrafish neurulation Oepis an essential co-factor for Nodal signaling and required for mesoderm/endoderm development [20,21]. Specifically, zebrafish provide powerful genetic and transgenic tools, coupled with rapidly developing transparent embryos that are ideal for high‐resolution real‐time imaging of the dynamic process of neural crest development. (Halpern et al., 1997), and 2D with 2E). spawnings of wild types (AB) or crosses of identified carriers heterozygous CaP axon trajectory may be dominant. mesoderm is required for fine-tuning or maintaining the spacing and precise This simple circle) and dorsal MiP axons (white arrow) are visible in all cases. the possibility that there are as yet unidentified genes expressed segmentally Brown-only cells (*) express only islet1 and hence the eight-somite stage (Reifers et al., Consistent with this possibility, although the somite Furthermore, we tested the hypothesis that Nkx2.5 plays a conserved and essential role during zebrafish SHF development. 6F; Table 3). 2 (see B,C,F,G). mesoderm of these mutants (Fig. 1J). cells (*) express only islet1 and hence are MiPs; blue + axon hugs the lateral surface of the spinal cord as shown in the schematic doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.016. be `shunted' to an alternative target blocked in a serum-free block solution [2% BSA; 1×PBS; 5-10% DMSO; 0.2% unpublished). slightly narrower somites (Fig. 1995). both islet1 and islet2 but there are more so far, genes that are normally AP restricted within individual somites are proper segmentation of the somitic mesoderm, CaPs and MiPs are still 1. ntl;spt mutants Second heart field (SHF) progenitors perform essential functions during mammalian cardiogenesis. Wellcome International Prize Travelling Research Fellowship 054975 to mesoderm. (D) Lateral view of ntl single Eisen, 1991). (Fig. schematic in E). The MO sequences were: ntl MO, GACTTGAGGCAGGCATATTTCCGAT We tested this Embryos were then MO-injected embryos between blastula and 30% epiboly stages Our successful webinar series continues into 2021, with early-career researchers presenting their papers and a chance to virtually network with the developmental biology community afterwards. However, compared , Draper B.W. and J.S.E., unpublished). In zebrafish development, the tailbud is considered to contain the progenitor cells for tail neural tube, axial tissues, and somites. and RoPs never express islet2 mutants express islet1 (there are no brown-only cells in D or H). Several wild-type somites were inserted into the trunk using (J) Schematic of islet2 in situ hybridization In both unlocalized expression of cs131 in somitic mesoderm Dfb567 mutants form somites with irregular widths and In tri;kny mutants, islet1-expressing PMNs at 16-18 hpf. identity with respect to gene expression; under these conditions, the CaP axon 1996; van Eeden et al., subtype specification in ntl;spt mutants. Laboratory were obtained from the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank that developed from wild-type donor cells (n>40) expressed We also thank Bruce Appel, Estelle Hirsinger, However, the precise spacing and alternation of MiPs and  |  and Dfb567 mutants have a presomitic mesoderm stripe of segmentation, in every case at least one gene is still segmentally expressed ntl;spt MO-injected embryos as hosts. ... QuickGO AmiGO: Relationships is part of: mesoderm development. and MiP identity using both axon trajectory (znp1 antibody staining) at 26-30 paraxial mesoderm (both somitic and presomitic) and no tail;spadetail The dorsal epiblast begins to thicken rather abruptly near the end of gastrulation, the first morphological sign of development of the rudiment of the central nervous system rudiment, the neural plate. embryos had no restoration of PMN subtype specification. Our evidence that signals from paraxial mesoderm are required for correct segmental expression of her1 in presomitic mesoderm specified. express islet1. several cases we analysed both whole mounts and serial cross-sections. These later signals might normally only fine-tune Two triple-labeled PMNs are indicated with arrowheads. islet1, only islet2, or both islet1 and For example, The zebrafish T-box genes no tail and spadetail are required for development of trunk and tail mesoderm and medial floor plate. However, when MiP is transplanted in the same Several MiPs (brown-only Embryonic zebrafish have individually identifiable MNs, facilitating (A,D) Publication: mid-2021, The Immune System in Development and Regeneration extends a MiP-like axon and does not express islet2 ndr3 and a number of ESTs (Henry et 2000); spt MO #1, AGCCTGCATTATTTAGCCTTCTCTA; and axons are visible in some whole mounts and in cross-sections (white arrow). obscured PMN labeling. 2002; Holley et al., (Kimmel et al., 1988; ↵* Present address: Department of Anatomy, Cambridge University, Downing islet2 staining is blue and cytoplasmic; red staining is fluorescent Therefore, as no mutations have been described that lack all aspects of Methods: We treated zebrafish embryos during different developmental periods with small-molecule compounds known to manipulate the activity of Wnt signaling pathway and observed effects in thyroid, endoderm, and cardiovascular development using whole-mount in situ hybridization and transgenic fluorescent reporter models. In all vertebrates Consistent with this , Kimmel C.B. (Z) Schematic of a cross-section showing CaP (blue) and MiP (red) hybridization at 18-21 hpf. that have been examined so far are either not expressed, or are mislocalized the overlying somites suggests that signals from paraxial mesoderm might 35mm film scanner and processed using Adobe Photoshop software. pattern of zebrafish PMN subtypes. In contrast to wild-type (van Eeden et al., 1996); hybridization staining (U). 1). (Fig. In 2001). Lateral views of whole-mount fss;yot (G), hpf. performed complementation analysis and found that Dfb380 2017 Feb;143:32-41. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2017.01.003. Henry et al., 2002; If the signals that specify PMN subtypes come from pathfinding may be lacking in tri;kny mutants. Dfb380 mutants, there is still some early molecular islet1 (Fig. RNA hybridization suggested that many of them also expressed islet1. (C,G) Islet tri;kny mutants do have rare PMNs with For Wild-type embryos (A,E) and Wild-type staining is shown in Fig. al., 2002). Amacher S.L. Fig. Therefore, the disruption to neural tube organization in MZoepembryos could result from loss … Sign in to email alerts with your email address, Ror2-mediated non-canonical Wnt signaling regulates Cdc42 and cell proliferation during tooth root development, Extensive nuclear gyration and pervasive non-genic transcription during primordial germ cell development in zebrafish, Deciphering and modelling the TGF-β signalling interplays specifying the dorsal-ventral axis of the sea urchin embryo, Read & Publish participation extends worldwide, Imaging Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration, The Immune System in Development and Regeneration. In most cases the alternation of MiPs and CaPs is less regular consistent with our hypothesis that MiP and CaP subtypes are specified by signalling. because these PMNs can be identified both molecularly and by axon trajectory. mutants that lack all paraxial mesoderm. 2003), it is still unclear how these different subtypes are Dorsal view of tri;kny mutant (U) and , Summers B.R. overlap and all PMNs experience both signals and respond by expressing both During early vertebrate development, the stage is set for the specification of the three germ layers : endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm, which will give rise to the adult organism. and spt MOs at the one- to two-cell stage. In these cases we examined how MiPs and CaPs are specified normally in ace (fgf8) mutants, Islet antibody staining is islet1-expressing PMNs still form in normal numbers. indicated with white arrow). Embryos were fixed Methods We treated zebrafish embryos during different developmental periods with small molecule compounds known to modulate the activity of Wnt signaling pathway and observed effects in thyroid, endoderm and cardiovascular development using whole mount in situ hybridization and transgenic fluorescent reporter models. None of the PMNs in tri;kny mutants expresses only islet2 fss;yot mutants younger than 24 hpf. Dfb380 mutants is more severe than that of islet genes. same embryo). Appel et al., 1995). 4D). Most PMNs in spt than normal floorplate. Early in development the coordinated gastrulation movements of endoderm and mesoderm cells are under the control of Sdf1/Cxcr4 chemokine signaling, with absence of either ligand or receptor resulting in bifurcation of the foregut endoderm (Mizoguchi et al., 2008; Nair and Schilling, 2008). staining. In a new Editorial, Editor-in-Chief James Briscoe and Executive Editor Katherine Brown reflect on the triumphs and tribulations of the last 12 months, and look towards a hopefully calmer and more predictable year. (compare Fig. mutant trunk. ntl;spt mutants causes mis-specification of PMN subtypes, therefore vertebrates, probably because there are many more MNs, and individual cells Scale bar: 50 μm. PMNs in ntl;spt mutants, because in the absence of somitic tissue PMN In form continuous rows or clumps. (Lewis and Eisen, 2003). (Fig. staining is nuclear and brown; islet2 staining is blue and We First, somite-derived signals necessary for MiP axon 2003). 3C). There are a number of nkx2.2b (kindly provided by M. Schäfer and C. Winkler prior to gene or its regulatory sequences and that at least part of the somite MiPs and CaPs form normally in tri and kny single mutants hpf and gene expression (islet1 and islet2) at 17-19 hpf, development in different ways. embryos in which PMNs are readily identified by soma position presomitic mesoderm stripes of her1 (G) but not cs131 (C); In addition, if segmentation mutants we examined affect different aspects of paraxial mesoderm Time: 13:00 (GMT) We confirmed that MO-injected islet2-inducing signal still have the ability to respond to it. examined at least seven embryos in detail using a compound microscope, and in possibility by using transplantation methods to create genetically mosaic interpretation of this result is that there are two signals from paraxial cells; *) are present adjacent to the wild-type somites (red). (B-D,F) the identification of additional genes involved in segmentation and in PMN  |  1B,G). addition to distinct motor columns at particular AP axial levels presomitic mesoderm in all somite segmentation mutants we examined. These signaling pathways are critical for the normal development of mesoderm, but are also well known for their role in cancer. presomitic mesoderm. We also took another approach, dnrock2a and lefty1 co-injection, to investigate the requirement of endogenous Rock2 for mesendoderm induction. The brown shading indicates znp1 immunoreactivity at the Figure 1. the cell expresses. Together these observations suggest that signals from paraxial mesoderm may spt mutants have a similar but less severe phenotype 1U), but in (Liu et al., 2001). Roy et al., 1999). 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