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Gene expression patterns specific to the regenerating limb of the Mexican axolotl
James R. Monaghan, Antony Athippozhy, Ashley W. Seifert, Sri Putta, Arnold J. Stromberg, Malcolm Maden, David M. Gardiner, S. Randal Voss
Biology Open 2012 1: 937-948; doi: 10.1242/bio.20121594
James R. Monaghan
1Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Antony Athippozhy
2Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
3Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center and, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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Ashley W. Seifert
1Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Sri Putta
2Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
3Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center and, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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Arnold J. Stromberg
4Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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Malcolm Maden
1Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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David M. Gardiner
5Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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S. Randal Voss
2Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
3Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center and, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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    Fig. 1. Experimental design of the microarray analysis.

    (A) Cartoon showing where the limb was amputated in denervated limbs. Denervated nerve tracks are represented by a dashed red line. The bottom cartoon shows the regressing limb around the bone. (B) Cartoon showing an innervated limb with a solid line representing the nerves. The bottom cartoon shows the innervation of the amputation stump, thickening of the WE, and the beginning of cell accumulation underneath the WE. (C) Cartoon showing where the flank wound was administered on the flank of the animal. The bottom cartoon shows how deep the flank wound enters into the axolotl flank. (D) Schematic showing the 16 contrasts made in the analysis of the microarray. Notice that comparisons were performed over time and between treatments.

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    Fig. 2. Histology of NL, DL, and FW.

    Masson's trichrome staining of sections of NL, DL, and FW at 1 dpi (A–F) and 7 dpi (G–L). Area of magnified images on right are boxed in images on left. (A,B) Denervated limb at 1 dpi showing injury closure by the WE and the hemostatic response under the WE. (C,D) Innervated limb 1 dpi showing high similarity to the denervated limb. Normal epidermis and dermis can be seen outside the wound margins (WM). (E,F) FW at 1 dpi showing that the WE has closed the wound directly over the muscle and that a small hemostatic response is taking place. (G–L) Injuries at 7 dpi showing the thickening of the WE in DL (G,H), NL (I,J), and FW (K,L). Scale bar in A,C,E,G,I,K  =  200 µm. Scale bar in B,D,F,H,J,L  =  100 µm.

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    Fig. 3. BrdU staining of sections of injured limbs.

    (A–C) BrdU staining of NL at 7 dpi. (A,D) Cell proliferation is present in the epidermis near the wound edge in both NL and DL. (B,E) Little DNA synthesis is present in the WE in NL and DL. (C,F) Some DNA synthesis is present in the limb mesenchyme of both NL and DL at 7 dpi. Scale bar in A–F  =  100 µm.

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    Fig. 4. Summary of differentially regulated genes during limb regeneration.

    (A,B) Venn diagram showing the number of probe sets that measured significantly higher (A) and lower (B) transcript abundances in injured tissues at either 1 dpi versus baseline, 3 dpi versus 1 dpi, or 7 dpi versus 3 dpi. The total number of differentially regulated genes is represented for each injury type. (C) A schematic representing the progression from the total number of probe sets with higher transcript abundance in injured NL tissues compared with baseline (red circle in A) to the identification of limb-specific and nerve-dependent genes during the first 7 dpi. Numbers outside parentheses represent the total number of probe sets identified and the numbers within parentheses represent unique probe sets that have presumptive human orthologs.

  • Table 1. List of up-regulated, limb-enriched genes that cause limb defects in humans or mice when mutated.

    Each of the 377 up-regulated, limb-enriched genes was queried against OMIM and Pubmed to identify published examples demonstrating that gene mutations cause congenital limb defects. Fold change differences between NL and FW are shown on the right.

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  • Table 2. List of up-regulated, limb-enriched, and nerve-dependent genes (n = 41) that play a role in epithelial function (n = 14) or peripheral nerve development or myelination (n = 9).

    Only one of four significant probe sets that represent EPPK1 is shown.

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    Fig. 5. In situ hybridization (ISH) of limb-enriched genes in NL 7 dpi limbs.

    (A,B) ISH staining of methyltransferase-like (axo23458-r) showing specific staining in the WE. Close-up of boxed area can be seen in B. (C) Transcriptional profile of methyltransferase-like showing strong up regulation in all injury types, but sustained expression in limbs. Y axis is the raw microarray value with error bars indicating ± SEM. Grey diamond indicates FW. Black circle indicates DL. White triangle indicates NL. (D,E) ISH of krt5 (axo06032-f) showing expression in the WE and underlying mesenchyme. (F) Transcriptional profile of krt5 showing expression only in innervated limbs. (G,H) ISH of aldh1a3 (axo07976-r) showing specific staining in cells surrounding and within peripheral nerve bundles. (I) Transcriptional profile of aldh1a3 showing that mRNA expression is only in limbs. (J,K) ISH of crabp1 (axo10015-r) showing strong staining in mesenchymal cells throughout the early blastema. (L) Transcriptional profile of crabp1 showing that mRNA expression is only expressed in innervated limbs. Scale bar in A,D,G,J  =  200 µm. Scale bar in B,E,H,K  =  50 µm.

  • Table 3. List of statistically over-represented biological process terms identified from genes with higher transcript abundance in NL versus DL.

    The numbers reference the observed number of genes in each process.

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Gene expression patterns specific to the regenerating limb of the Mexican axolotl
James R. Monaghan, Antony Athippozhy, Ashley W. Seifert, Sri Putta, Arnold J. Stromberg, Malcolm Maden, David M. Gardiner, S. Randal Voss
Biology Open 2012 1: 937-948; doi: 10.1242/bio.20121594
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Gene expression patterns specific to the regenerating limb of the Mexican axolotl
James R. Monaghan, Antony Athippozhy, Ashley W. Seifert, Sri Putta, Arnold J. Stromberg, Malcolm Maden, David M. Gardiner, S. Randal Voss
Biology Open 2012 1: 937-948; doi: 10.1242/bio.20121594

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