Berry DL et al. (1998), The expression pattern of thyroid hormone respo...

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Dev Biol 1998 Nov 01;2031:24-35. doi: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8975.

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The expression pattern of thyroid hormone response genes in remodeling tadpole tissues defines distinct growth and resorption gene expression programs.

Berry DL , Rose CS , Remo BF , Brown DD .

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Thyroid hormone (TH) induces dramatic skeletal and tissue remodeling of the anuran head and body at metamorphosis. The expression pattern of TH up-regulated genes has been correlated with tissues that either grow or resorb at metamorphosis. Whereas the expression of the thyroid hormone receptors in Xenopus laevis tadpoles is ubiquitous, the locations where many of the TH up-regulated genes are activated fall into distinct classes. Genes in the early response class are expressed predominantly in cartilage and brain regions undergoing cell proliferation and at a higher level in the remodeling and growing body than in the resorbing tail. In contrast, expression of genes in the delayed response class is highest in resorbing tissues and higher in the tail than in the body within the subepidermal fibroblast layer, further indicating that this single cell layer is involved in tissue resorption. The expression boundary of delayed response class genes in the subepidermal fibroblasts in the body correlates with epidermal lamella invasion and subsequent adult skin differentiation. Differences in the expression patterns of stromelysin-3 and the delayed response proteinases in the head delineate separate programs of tissue resorption, one for the loss of epithelial structures, and one for the loss of cartilages. Expression of the type III deiodinase is up-regulated in growing tissues nearing completion of their metamorphic changes, suggesting a role for the deiodinase in modulating the influence of TH on these tissues.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: dio3 dpepe fap fn1 fosl2 itga11 klf9 mamdc2 mmp11 mmp13l rxra rxrb tbx2 thibz thra thrb tra

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	FIG. 1. Metamorphic changes in the anuran skeleton. (A–E) Whole mount animals stained with alizarin red and Alcian blue. (A) Stage 56, (B) stage 61, (C) stage 62, (D) stage 63, (E) stage 66. (F) Planar section of stage 61 tadpole head stained with Hall–Brunt connective tissue stain. In all images, cartilage is stained blue, while bone is stained red. Arrows point to Meckel’s cartilage, filled triangles point to the branchial arches, and unfilled triangles point to the ceratohyals. Scale bars, 1 mm.
	FIG. 2. Ubiquitous expression of the TRs in Meckel’s cartilage and in the branchial arches. In situ hybridization of TRa (A, C) and TRb (B, D) digoxigenin-labeled antisense riboprobes in stage 61 planar head sections. (A, B) Arrows point to Meckel’s cartilage. (C, D) Branchial arches. Scale bar, 100 mm.
	FIG. 3. Localization of proliferation and expression of early and delayed response genes in cartilages. (A–C) BrdU labeling of proliferative cells. In situ hybridization of antisense probes of (D–F) gene 12 and (G–I) collagenase-3 at stage 61. (A, D, G) Meckel’s cartilage planar section. (B, E, H) Larynx cross section. (C, F, I) Branchial arches planar section. Scale bars, 100 mm. Images were taken with Nomarski optics. Arrows point to Meckel’s cartilage.
	FIG. 4. Localization of proliferation and expression of early and delayed response genes within the brain. Stage 61 brain cross sections double labeled with BrdU and by in situ hybridization with the following antisense probes: (A) TH/bZip, (B, E) gene 12, (C, F) deiodinase, and (D) collagenase-3. (A–C) Ventricular layer in the mesencephalon. (D–F) Pituitary and underlying anterior floor of brain case. Scale bar, 100 mm and images were taken with Nomarski optics.
	FIG. 5. Planar sections over the junction of body and tail at stage 61/62. In situ hybridization of antisense probes of (A) TH/bZip, (B, C) gene 12, (D, E) xBTEB, and (F–I) FAP. (A) Composite of multiple low-magnification images showing entire planar section from the body into the tail. Scale bar, 500 mm. Boxes in A indicate the region from which the higher-magnification images in B–I were taken. (B–G) Epidermis (Ep), epidermal collagen lamella (ECL), subepidermal fibroblasts (SEF), and muscle (M). (H, I) Notochord (NC) and notochord sheath (NcS). Images on the left (B, D, F, H) are body tissue while tissues on the right (C, E, G, I) are tail tissues. All images are oriented with anterior to the left and posterior to the right. Scale bar in B–I, 100 mm.
	FIG. 6. Distinct expression patterns of collagenase-3 (A–C) and stromelysin-3 (D–F) in the pharyngo-branchial tract . In situ hybridization of antisense probes in stage 61 head cross sections. (A, D) Pharyngobranchial tract (PBT) and branchial arches (BA). (B, E) Branchial arches. (C, F) Anterior floor of the braincase (BC) and the pharyngobranchial tract. Scale bars, 100 mm.
	FIG. 7. Increasing deiodinase mRNA expression in Meckel’s cartilage during metamorphosis. In situ hybridization of planar head sections hybridized with deiodinase antisense probes. (A) Stage 59, (B) stage 61, (C) stage 62, (D) stage 63. Scale bar, 100 mm.
	FIG. 8. Expression of genes within and surrounding the metamorphosing ceratohyals. In situ hybridization of stage 61 planar sections with the following antisense probes: (A) Collagenase-3, scale bar, 1 mm; and (B) deiodinase, scale bar,100 mm. (A) Low-power image of entire cross section: letter and box indicate the location from which image in B was taken.
	FIG. 9. Proposed function of many of the genes that have been identified to date in metamorphosis. The in situ hybridization results in this and the accompanying paper (Berry et al., 1998) and the abundance and kinetics of mRNA appearance (Wang and Brown, 1993) suggest a broad functional grouping for some of the TH up-regulated genes. This in situ analysis has delineated many of the TH-responsive genes into programs of cell growth versus cell death and further has defined multiple distinct tissues resorption programs. The type III deiodinase, TR, and TH levels together modulate the orderly events of spontaneous metamorphosis.