Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-6-2018
Publication Title
eLife
Volume
7
Pages
1-26
Abstract
Regenerative therapy for degenerative spine disorders requires the identification of cells that can slow down and possibly reverse degenerative processes. Here, we identify an unanticipated wound-specific notochord sheath cell subpopulation that expresses Wilms Tumor (WT) 1b following injury in zebrafish. We show that localized damage leads to Wt1b expression in sheath cells, and that wt1b+cells migrate into the wound to form a stopper-like structure, likely to maintain structural integrity. Wt1b+sheath cells are distinct in expressing cartilage and vacuolar genes, and in repressing a Wt1b-p53 transcriptional programme. At the wound, wt1b+and entpd5+ cells constitute separate, tightly-associated subpopulations. Surprisingly, wt1b expression at the site of injury is maintained even into adult stages in developing vertebrae, which form in an untypical manner via a cartilage intermediate. Given that notochord cells are retained in adult intervertebral discs, the identification of novel subpopulations may have important implications for regenerative spine disorder treatments.
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Lopez-Baez, Juan Carlos; Simpson, Daniel J.; Forero, Laura LLeras; Zeng, Zhiqiang; Brunsdon, Hannah; Salzano, Angela; Brombin, Alessandro; Wyatt, Cameron; Rybski, Witold; Huitema, Leonie F A; Dale, Rodney M.; Kawakami, Koichi; Englert, Christoph; Chandra, Tamir; Schulte-Merker, Stefan; Hastie, Nicholas D.; and Patton, E Elizabeth. Wilms Tumor 1b Defines a Wound-Specific Sheath Cell Subpopulation Associated with Notochord Repair. eLife, 7, : 1-26, 2018. Retrieved from Loyola eCommons, Biology: Faculty Publications and Other Works, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.30657.001
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Author Posting. © The Authors 2018. This article is posted here by permission of Rodney M. Dale for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in eLife, vol. 7, 2018, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.30657.001