Epimorphic vs. tissue regeneration in Xenopus forelimbs
| Autor: | Richard J. Goss, Roger Holt |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
animal structures
biology Cartilage Regeneration (biology) Epimorphosis Xenopus Connective tissue General Medicine Anatomy biology.organism_classification body regions Xenopus laevis medicine.anatomical_structure Forelimb medicine Animals Regeneration Animal Science and Zoology Wound healing Blastema |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of experimental zoology. 261(4) |
| ISSN: | 0022-104X |
| Popis: | Postmetamorphic froglets of Xenopus laevis regenerate hypomorphic unbranched spikes from amputated arm stumps. These are composed primarily of cartilage, produced from blastemalike structures sparsely populated with cells and rich in connective tissue. Some consider these outgrowths to be an example of epimorphic regeneration produced from blastemas, albeit deficient ones. Others interpret them as a case of tissue regeneration derived from fibroblastemas augmented by chondrocytes and periosteal and perichondrial fibroblasts. To resolve these alternatives, forelimbs were amputated proximal to the wrist, skinned, and inserted through the body wall into the abdominal cavity. In the absence of skin, epidermal wound healing failed to occur and blastemas could not develop. After 2 months, by which time controls had regenerated spikes averaging 3.38 mm long, the denuded stumps had not given rise to outgrowths. They typically developed cartilaginous caps on the severed ends of the radius-ulna, and in rare cases formed amorphous growths of cartilage. If blastema formation is considered diagnostic of epimorphic regeneration and tissue regeneration can proceed in the absence of epidermal wound healing and blastema formation, these findings lead to the conclusion that Xenopus limb regeneration is epimorphic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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