PUBLICATION
Differential contribution of direct-developing and stem cell-derived melanocytes to the zebrafish larval pigment pattern
- Authors
- Hultman, K.A., and Johnson, S.L.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-091204-16
- Date
- 2010
- Source
- Developmental Biology 337(2): 425-431 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hultman, Keith, Johnson, Stephen L.
- Keywords
- Zebrafish, Adult stem cell, Melanocyte, Morphogenesis
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Larva/cytology
- Larva/drug effects
- Melanins/biosynthesis
- Melanocytes/cytology*
- Melanocytes/drug effects
- Melanocytes/enzymology
- Mutation/genetics
- Phenylthiourea/pharmacology
- Pigmentation/physiology*
- Quinazolines
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Regeneration/drug effects
- Stem Cells/cytology*
- Stem Cells/drug effects
- Stem Cells/metabolism
- Time Factors
- Tyrphostins/pharmacology
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 19931238 Full text @ Dev. Biol.
Citation
Hultman, K.A., and Johnson, S.L. (2010) Differential contribution of direct-developing and stem cell-derived melanocytes to the zebrafish larval pigment pattern. Developmental Biology. 337(2):425-431.
Abstract
The extent of adult stem cell involvement in embryonic growth is often unclear, as reliable markers or assays for whether a cell is derived from an adult stem cell, such as the melanocyte stem cell (MSC), are typically not available. We have previously shown that two lineages of melanocytes can contribute to the larval zebrafish pigment pattern. The embryo first develops an ontogenetic pattern that is largely composed of ErbB-independent, direct-developing melanocytes. This population can be replaced during regeneration by an ErbB-dependent MSC-derived population following melanocyte ablation. In this study, we developed a melanocyte differentiation assay used together with drugs that ablate the MSC to investigate whether MSC-derived melanocytes contribute to the ontogenetic pattern. We found that essentially all melanocytes that develop before 3 dpf arise from the ErbB-independent, direct-developing population. Similarly, late-developing (after 3 dpf) melanocytes of the head are also ErbB independent. In contrast, the melanocytes that develop after 3 days postfertilization in the lateral and dorsal stripe are sensitive to ErbB inhibitor, indicating that they are derived from the MSC. We show that melanocyte regeneration mutants kit(j1e99) and skiv2l2(j24e1) that are grossly normal for the overall ontogenetic pattern also lack the MSC-derived contribution to the lateral stripe. This result suggests that the underlying regeneration defect of these mutations is a defect in MSC regulation. We suggest that the regulative functions of the MSC may serve quality control roles during larval development, in addition to its established roles in larval regeneration and growth and homeostasis in the adult.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping