Differential cell affinity and sorting of anterior and posterior cells during outgrowth of recombinant avian limb buds

Minoru Omi, Rosalie Anderson, Ken Muneoka

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12 被引用数 (Scopus)

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To examine the role of position-specific differences in cell-cell affinity, recombinant limb buds composed of dissociated and reaggregated cells derived from anterior (A) and posterior (P) limb bud fragments were analyzed. Dissociated anterior and/or posterior cells were differentially labeled, and their behavior was analyzed during recombinant limb bud outgrowth. We find that anterior and posterior cells sort out from one another to form alternating anterior and posterior stripes of cells that extend distally along the proximal-distal axis. These alternating stripes are prominent across the A/P axis in whole-mount preparations of recombinant limb buds after 48 h of outgrowth when the presumptive autopod is dorsal-ventrally flattened and digit rudiments are not evident. After 96 h, when digital and interdigital regions are clearly defined, we find evidence that A/P stripes do not follow obvious anatomical boundaries. The formation of A/P stripes is not inhibited by grafts of ZPA tissue, suggesting that polarizing activity does not influence cell-cell affinity early in limb outgrowth. In vitro studies provide evidence that cell sorting is not dependent on the limb bud ectoderm or the AER; however, cells sort out without organizing into stripes. Gene expression studies using anterior-specific (Alx-4) and posterior-specific (Shh, Bmp-2, and Hoxd-13) marker genes failed to reveal expression domains that corresponded to stripe formation. Control recombinant limb buds composed of anterior, central, or posterior mesenchyme formed digits in a position-specific manner. A/P recombinant limb buds that develop to later stages form digits that are characteristic of central recombinant limbs. These data provide the first definitive evidence of A/P cell sorting during limb outgrowth in vivo and suggest that differential cell affinities play a role in modulating cell behavior during distal outgrowth.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)292-304
ページ数13
ジャーナルDevelopmental Biology
250
2
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2002
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 分子生物学
  • 発生生物学
  • 細胞生物学

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