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Retinoic acid receptors and the control of positional information in the regenerating axolotl limb


ABSTRACT: We know little about the control of positional information (PI) during axolotl limb regeneration which ensures that the limb regenerates exactly what was amputated and the work reported here investigates this phenomenon. Retinoic acid administration changes the PI in a proximal direction so that a complete limb can be regenerated from a hand. Rather that identifying all the genes altered by RA treatment of the limb, we have eliminated many off-target effects by using retinoic acid receptor selective agonists. We firstly identify the receptor involved in this respecification process as RARα and secondly identify the genes involved by RNA sequencing of the RARα-treated blastemal mesenchyme. We find 1177 up-regulated genes and 1403 down-regulated genes which could be identified using the axolotl genome. These include several genes known to be involved in retinoic acid metabolism and in patterning. Since positional in-formation is thought to be a property of the cell surface of blastemal cells when we examine our dataset with an emphasis on this aspect, we find the top canonical pathway is integrin signaling. In the extracellular matrix compartment, we find an MMP and several collagens are up-regulated and several cell membrane genes and secretory factors are also up-regulated. This provides data for future testing of the function of these candidates in the control of PI during limb regeneration.

ORGANISM(S): Ambystoma mexicanum

PROVIDER: GSE182296 | GEO | 2021/08/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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