Origin and organization of the zebrafish fate map

Development ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.B. Kimmel ◽  
R.M. Warga ◽  
T.F. Schilling

We have analyzed lineages of cells labeled by intracellular injection of tracer dye during early zebrafish development to learn when cells become allocated to particular fates during development, and how the fate map is organized. The earliest lineage restriction was described previously, and segregates the yolk cell from the blastoderm in the midblastula. After one or two more cell divisions, the lineages of epithelial enveloping layer (EVL) cells become restricted to generate exclusively periderm. Following an additional division in the late blastula, deep layer (DEL) cells generate clones that are restricted to single deep embryonic tissues. The appearance of both the EVL and DEL restrictions could be causally linked to blastoderm morphogenesis during epiboly. A fate map emerges as the DEL cell lineages become restricted in the late blastula. It is similar in organization to that of an amphibian embryo. DEL cells located near the animal pole of the early gastrula give rise to ectodermal fates (including the definitive epidermis). Cells located near the blastoderm margin give rise to mesodermal and endodermal fates. Dorsal cells in the gastrula form dorsal and anterior structures in the embryo, and ventral cells in the gastrula form dorsal, ventral and posterior structures. The exact locations of progenitors of single cell types and of local regions of the embryo cannot be mapped at the stages we examined, because of variable cell rearrangements during gastrulation.

Development ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-269
Author(s):  
J. Herman Cleine ◽  
Jonathan M. W. Slack

A fate map was constructed for four regions of the early gastrula of Ambystoma mexicanum using orthotopic grafts from donors labelled with FLDx (fluoresceinated-lysinated-dextran). The region around the animal pole gave rise to epidermis only and did not include prospective neural plate. The dorsal marginal zone contributed to cephalic endoderm and to the whole length of the axial mesoderm (notochord and somites), the lateral marginal zone to lateroventral and somitic mesoderm, and the ventral marginal zone to lateroventral mesoderm. It was found that the dorsal marginal zone contributed relatively more to the anterior regions of the mesodermal mantle and the ventral marginal zone more to its posterior parts. The same regions of the gastrula and also vegetal yolky tissue were cultured as explants and labelled with tritiated mannose. Their glycoprotein synthesis pattern was compared to those of the neurula tissues to which they contribute in vivo. Animal pole explants synthesized large amounts of the epidermis-specific marker epimucin. Dorsal marginal zone explants did not synthesize epimucin but did make amounts of S2 and S6 indicative of mesoderm, as well as the notochord-specific markers S2·2 and S3·2. Lateral marginal zone explants showed the same pattern as the dorsal marginal zone including the two notochord-specific markers, although they do not contribute to notochord in vivo. Ventral marginal zone explants were more variable in their behaviour. Yolky tissue from the vegetal hemisphere of the gastrula or the archenteron floor of the neurula synthesized mainly polydisperse material of high molecular weight rather than discrete glycoproteins. The results indicate that at the early gastrula stage states of specification exist which correspond to the three germ layers, ecto-, meso- and endoderm. The ectodermal specification of animal pole explants is quite robust and cannot easily be changed by variation of the culture conditions. However treatment with a concentrated pellet of vegetalizing factor does induce a change to mesodermal specification, which is clearly detectable in the pattern of glycoprotein synthesis. Similar inductive interactions between different regions of the early embryo are thought to occur during normal development.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
João P. Cotovio ◽  
Tiago G. Fernandes

Liver disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, leading to the death of approximately 2 million people per year. Current therapies include orthotopic liver transplantation, however, donor organ shortage remains a great challenge. In addition, the development of novel therapeutics has been limited due to the lack of in vitro models that mimic in vivo liver physiology. Accordingly, hepatic cell lineages derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) represent a promising cell source for liver cell therapy, disease modelling, and drug discovery. Moreover, the development of new culture systems bringing together the multiple liver-specific hepatic cell types triggered the development of hPSC-derived liver organoids. Therefore, these human liver-based platforms hold great potential for clinical applications. In this review, the production of the different hepatic cell lineages from hPSCs, including hepatocytes, as well as the emerging strategies to generate hPSC-derived liver organoids will be assessed, while current biomedical applications will be highlighted.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Codispoti ◽  
Massimo Marrelli ◽  
Francesco Paduano ◽  
Marco Tatullo

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are well known for their great potential in clinical applications. In fact, MSCs can differentiate into several cell lineages and show paracrine behavior by releasing endogenous factors that stimulate tissue repair and modulate local immune response. Each MSC type is affected by specific biobanking issues—technical issues as well as regulatory and ethical concerns—thus making it quite tricky to safely and commonly use MSC banking for swift regenerative applications. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) include a group of 150–1000 nm vesicles that are released by budding from the plasma membrane into biological fluids and/or in the culture medium from varied and heterogenic cell types. EVs consist of various vesicle types that are defined with different nomenclature such as exosomes, shedding vesicles, nanoparticles, microvesicles and apoptotic bodies. Ectosomes, micro- and nanoparticles generally refer to the direct release of single vesicles from the plasma membrane. While many studies describe exosomes as deriving from multivesicular bodies, solid evidence about the origin of EVs is often lacking. Extracellular vesicles represent an important portion of the cell secretome. Their numerous properties can be used for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic uses, so EVs are considered to be innovative and smart theranostic tools. The aim of this review is to investigate the usefulness of exosomes as carriers of the whole information panel characterizing the use of MSCs in regenerative medicine. Our purpose is to make a step forward in the development of the NANOmetric BIO-banked MSC-derived Exosome (NANOBIOME).


2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
O S Gubar ◽  
A I Rodnichenko ◽  
R G Vasylie ◽  
A V Zlatska ◽  
D O Zubov

Aim: We aimed to isolate and characterize the cell types which could be obtained from postnatal extra-embryonic tissues. Materials and Methods: Fresh tissues (no more than 12 h after delivery) were used for enzymatic or explants methods of cell isolation. Obtained cultures were further maintained at 5% oxygen. At P3 cell phenotype was assessed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting, population doubling time was calculated and the multilineage differentiation assay was performed. Results: We have isolated multiple cell types from postnatal tissues. Namely, placental mesenchymal stromal cells from placenta chorionic disc, chorionic membrane mesenchymal stromal cells (ChM-MSC) from free chorionic membrane, umbilical cord MSC (UC-MSC) from whole umbilical cord, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) from umbilical vein, amniotic epithelial cells (AEC) and amniotic MSC (AMSC) from amniotic membrane. All isolated cell types displayed high proliferation rate together with the typical MSC phenotype: CD73+CD90+CD105+CD146+CD166+CD34-CD45-HLA-DR-. HUVEC constitutively expressed key markers CD31 and CD309. Most MSC and AEC were capable of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation. Conclusion: We have shown that a wide variety of cell types can be easily isolated from extra-embryonic tissues and expanded ex vivo for regenerative medicine applications. These cells possess typical MSC properties and can be considered an alternative for adult MSC obtained from bone marrow or fat, especially for allogeneic use.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Probst ◽  
Sagar ◽  
Jelena Tosic ◽  
Carsten Schwan ◽  
Dominic Grün ◽  
...  

AbstractAnterior mesoderm (AM) and definitive endoderm (DE) progenitors represent the earliest embryonic cell types that are specified during germ layer formation at the primitive streak (PS) of the mouse embryo. Genetic experiments indicate that both lineages segregate from Eomes expressing progenitors in response to different NODAL signaling levels. However, the precise spatiotemporal pattern of the emergence of these cell types and molecular details of lineage segregation remain unexplored. We combined genetic fate labeling and imaging approaches with scRNA-seq to follow the transcriptional identities and define lineage trajectories of Eomes dependent cell types. All cells moving through the PS during the first day of gastrulation express Eomes. AM and DE specification occurs before cells leave the PS from discrete progenitor populations that are generated in distinct spatiotemporal patterns. Importantly, we don’t find evidence for the existence of progenitors that co-express markers of both cell lineages suggesting an immediate and complete separation of AM and DE lineages.Summary statementCells lineages are specified in the mouse embryo already within the primitive streak where Mesp1+ mesoderm and Foxa2+ endoderm are generated in a spatial and temporal sequence from unbiased progenitors.


Development ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 1325-1333 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Mann ◽  
C.L. Stewart

Diploid androgenetic eggs contain two sperm-derived genomes, and only rarely develop to the early somite stage. Also, previous studies have indicated that androgenetic eggs cannot be rescued in aggregation chimeras beyond embryonic stages. Paradoxically, in blastocyst injection chimeras made with androgenetic embryonic stem (ES) cells of the 129/Sv strain, we previously obtained considerable improvement in developmental potential. Although considerable death occurred in utero, overtly normal chimeric fetuses and occasional postnatal chimeras that developed skeletal abnormalities were observed. Consequently, we have re-evaluated the developmental potential of androgenetic aggregation chimeras utilizing androgenetic eggs of the 129/Sv strain, and of the BALB/c and CD-1 strains for comparison. Regardless of strain, androgenetic aggregation chimeras were generally more inviable than previously observed with androgenetic ES cell chimeras, and often the embryoproper was abnormal even when an androgenetic contribution was detected only in the extra-embryonic membranes. This is at least a partial explanation of the greater viability of androgenetic ES cell chimeras, as ES cells do not colonize significantly certain extra-embryonic tissues. Nevertheless, in the 129/Sv strain, occasional development of chimeras to term was obtained, and one chimera that survived postnatally developed identical skeletal abnormalities to those observed previously in androgenetic ES cell chimeras. This result demonstrates that at least one example of paternal imprinting is faithfully conserved in androgenetic ES cells. Also, the postnatal chimerism shows that androgenetic eggs can give rise to terminally differentiated cell types, and are therefore pluripotent. In contrast, only possibly one BALB/c and no CD-1 androgenetic aggregation chimeras developed to term. Therefore, the developmental potential of androgenetic aggregation chimeras is to some extent dependent on mouse strain.


Development ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 991-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.K. Gont ◽  
H. Steinbeisser ◽  
B. Blumberg ◽  
E.M. de Robertis

Three lines of evidence suggest that tail formation in Xenopus is a direct continuation of events initiated during gastrulation. First, the expression of two gene markers, Xbra and Xnot2, can be followed from the blastopore lip into distinct cell populations of the developing tailbud. Second, the tip of the tail retains Spemann's tail organizer activity until late stages of development. Third, lineage studies with the tracer DiI indicate that the cells of the late blastopore are fated to form specific tissues of the tailbud, and that intercalation of dorsal cells continues during tail elongation. In particular, the fate map shows that the tip of the tail is a direct descendant of the late dorsal blastopore lip. Thus, the tailbud is not an undifferentiated blastema as previously thought, but rather consists of distinct cell populations which arise during gastrulation.


Development ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 116 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K. Ho

The early lineages of the zebrafish are indeterminate and a single cell labeled before the late blastula period will contribute progeny to a variety of tissues. Therefore, early cell lineages in the zebrafish do not establish future cell fates and early blastomeres must necessarily remain pluripotent. Eventually, after a period of random cell mixing, individual cells do become tissue restricted according to their later position within the blastoderm. The elucidation of a fate map for the zebrafish gastrula (Kimmel et al., 1990), has made it possible to study the processes by which cellular identity is conferred and maintained in the zebrafish. In this chapter, I describe single cell transplantation experiments designed to test for the irreversible restriction or ‘commitment’ of embryonic blastomeres in the zebrafish embryo. These experiments support the hypothesis that cell fate in the vertebrate embryo is determined by cell position. Work on the spadetail mutation will also be reviewed; this mutation causes a subset of mesodermal precursors to mismigrate during gastrulation thereby leading to a change in their eventual cell identity.


Development ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-237
Author(s):  
C. Tickle ◽  
M. Goodman ◽  
L. Wolpert

The interaction of cells from embryonic liver, neural retina and mesonephros with cells from limb-bud mesenchyme has been investigated in vivo by grafting these tissues into the developing chick wing-bud. The implanted cells were in all cases from quail tissue which can be recognized histologically. As embryonic liver and neural tube are tissues that sort externally to limb-bud mesenchyme in mixed aggregates, it would be expected, from a differential adhesiveness hypothesis, that heterotypic adhesions along the borders of graft and host would be favoured over cell-cell adhesions in the graft. No morphological signs of this were evident: rather the grafted cells maximized like-like contacts. The cells of the grafts, including those from control mesenchyme, did not invade into the wing. The results were the same irrespective of whether the graft was a fragment of tissue or a pellet of reaggregated cells. This supports the idea that cells within tissues are not actively moving around and also provides controls for assaying the invasiveness of other cell types, such as malignant cells into the wing.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Q. He ◽  
Eric S. Sussman ◽  
Gary K. Steinberg

Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability, significantly reducing mobility in almost half of the affected patients aged 65 years and older. There are currently no proven neurorestorative treatments for chronic stroke. To address the complex problem of restoring function in ischemic brain tissue, stem cell transplantation-based therapies have emerged as potential restorative therapies. Aligning with the major cell types found within the ischemic brain, stem-cell-based clinical trials for ischemic stroke have fallen under three broad cell lineages: hematopoietic, mesenchymal, and neural. In this review article, we will discuss the scientific rationale for transplanting cells from each of these lineages and provide an overview of published and ongoing trials using this framework.


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