PUBLICATION

Robust regeneration of adult zebrafish lateral line hair cells reflects continued precursor pool maintenance

Authors
Cruz, I.A., Kappedal, R., Mackenzie, S.M., Hailey, D.W., Hoffman, T.L., Schilling, T.F., Raible, D.W.
ID
ZDB-PUB-150415-6
Date
2015
Source
Developmental Biology   402(2): 229-38 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Raible, David, Schilling, Tom
Keywords
Adult zebrafish, hair cells, lateral line, neuromasts, regeneration
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Bromodeoxyuridine
  • Fluorescence
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lateral Line System/cytology*
  • Lateral Line System/physiology*
  • Mechanoreceptors/physiology*
  • Neomycin
  • Regeneration/physiology*
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
PubMed
25869855 Full text @ Dev. Biol.
Abstract
We have examined lateral line hair cell and support cell maintenance in adult zebrafish when growth is largely complete. We demonstrate that adult zebrafish not only replenish hair cells after a single instance of hair cell damage, but also maintain hair cells and support cells after multiple rounds of damage and regeneration. We find that hair cells undergo continuous turnover in adult zebrafish in the absence of damage. We identify mitotically-distinct support cell populations and show that hair cells regenerate from underlying support cells in a region-specific manner. Our results demonstrate that there are two distinct support cell populations in the lateral line, which may help explain why zebrafish hair cell regeneration is extremely robust, retained throughout life, and potentially unlimited in regenerative capacity.
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