Common features of cartilage maturation are not conserved in an amphibian model.
RNA-seq
Xenopus tropicalis
cartilage maturation
Journal
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists
ISSN: 1097-0177
Titre abrégé: Dev Dyn
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9201927
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2023
11 2023
Historique:
revised:
04
03
2023
received:
04
11
2022
accepted:
09
04
2023
medline:
2
11
2023
pubmed:
21
4
2023
entrez:
21
04
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mouse, chick, and zebrafish undergo a highly conserved program of cartilage maturation during endochondral ossification (bone formation via a cartilage template). Standard histological and molecular features of cartilage maturation are chondrocyte hypertrophy, downregulation of the chondrogenic markers Sox9 and Col2a1, and upregulation of Col10a1. We tested whether cartilage maturation is conserved in an amphibian, the western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis, using in situ hybridization for standard markers and a novel laser-capture microdissection RNAseq data set. We also functionally tested whether thyroid hormone drives cartilage maturation in X tropicalis, as it does in other vertebrates. The developing frog humerus mostly followed the standard progression of cartilage maturation. Chondrocytes gradually became hypertrophic as col2a1 and sox9 were eventually down-regulated, but col10a1 was not up-regulated. However, the expression levels of several genes associated with the early formation of cartilage, such as acan, sox5, and col9a2, remained highly expressed even as humeral chondrocytes matured. Greater deviances were observed in head cartilages, including the ceratohyal, which underwent hypertrophy within hours of becoming cartilaginous, maintained relatively high levels of col2a1 and sox9, and lacked col10a1 expression. Interestingly, treating frog larvae with thyroid hormone antagonists did not specifically reduce head cartilage hypertrophy, resulting rather in a global developmental delay. These data reveal that basic cartilage maturation features in the head, and to a lesser extent in the limb, are not conserved in X tropicalis. Future work revealing how frogs deviate from the standard cartilage maturation program might shed light on both evolutionary and health studies.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Mouse, chick, and zebrafish undergo a highly conserved program of cartilage maturation during endochondral ossification (bone formation via a cartilage template). Standard histological and molecular features of cartilage maturation are chondrocyte hypertrophy, downregulation of the chondrogenic markers Sox9 and Col2a1, and upregulation of Col10a1. We tested whether cartilage maturation is conserved in an amphibian, the western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis, using in situ hybridization for standard markers and a novel laser-capture microdissection RNAseq data set. We also functionally tested whether thyroid hormone drives cartilage maturation in X tropicalis, as it does in other vertebrates.
RESULTS
The developing frog humerus mostly followed the standard progression of cartilage maturation. Chondrocytes gradually became hypertrophic as col2a1 and sox9 were eventually down-regulated, but col10a1 was not up-regulated. However, the expression levels of several genes associated with the early formation of cartilage, such as acan, sox5, and col9a2, remained highly expressed even as humeral chondrocytes matured. Greater deviances were observed in head cartilages, including the ceratohyal, which underwent hypertrophy within hours of becoming cartilaginous, maintained relatively high levels of col2a1 and sox9, and lacked col10a1 expression. Interestingly, treating frog larvae with thyroid hormone antagonists did not specifically reduce head cartilage hypertrophy, resulting rather in a global developmental delay.
CONCLUSION
These data reveal that basic cartilage maturation features in the head, and to a lesser extent in the limb, are not conserved in X tropicalis. Future work revealing how frogs deviate from the standard cartilage maturation program might shed light on both evolutionary and health studies.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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