The Development of the Larval Pigment Patterns in Triturus alpestris and Ambystoma mexicanum

Epperlein, Hans‐Henning; Löfberg, Jan

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-75056-4

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“…A wide variety of mechanisms could be involved, including direct contacts between melanophores, xanthophores, or their precursors, as well as indirect mechanisms involving secreted signaling molecules, trophic factors, or even intermediary cell types. Interactions within and among pigment cell classes were also inferred long ago from studies of developing and regenerating danio fins (Goodrich and Nichols, 1931;Goodrich et al, 1954;Goodrich and Greene, 1959), and more recently, from studies of stripe and bar development in salamander larvae (Epperlein and Lofberg, 1990;Parichy, 1996;Parichy, 2001), suggesting that such mechanisms may be relatively widespread.…”

Section: Pattern-forming Mechanisms and Their Phenotypic Outcomes: Comentioning

confidence: 89%

Evolution of danio pigment pattern development

2006

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Pigment patterns of danio fishes are emerging as a useful system for studying the evolution of developmental mechanisms underlying adult form. Different closely related species within the genera Danio and Devario exhibit a range of pigment patterns including horizontal stripes, vertical bars, and others. In this review, I summarize recent work identifying the genetic and cellular bases for adult pigment pattern formation in the zebrafish Danio rerio, as well as studies of how these mechanisms have evolved in other danios. Together, these analyses highlight the importance of latent precursors at post-embrynoic stages, as well as interactions within and among pigment cell classes, for both pigment pattern development and evolution.

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Section: Pattern-forming Mechanisms and Their Phenotypic Outcomes: Comentioning

confidence: 89%

Evolution of danio pigment pattern development

2006

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“…On the body, late xanthophore regulation yielded stripes that resembled wild-type stripes, suggesting either that the same cues are present as at earlier stages, or that other cues are able to serve the same function late in development. A distinction between stripe generation and pattern directionality is also evident in larval salamanders, in which the positions of vertical bars depend on an apparently stochastic positioning of xanthophore aggregates along the neural tube (Epperlein and Löfberg, 1990;Parichy, 1996a). Similarly, horizontal stripes in most salamander larvae that have been examined depend on an initial interaction between melanophores and the lateral line sensory system that sets the directionality of the stripes, and these stripes are then enhanced by interactions between melanophores and xanthophores (Parichy, 1996a;Parichy, 1996b).…”

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“…For example, direct interactions between melanophores and xanthophores or their precursors could generate stripes via contact inhibition of movement and contact stimulated migration (Tucker and Erickson, 1986b;Thomas and Yamada, 1992). Such interactions have been implicated in the formation of vertical bars and horizontal stripes in salamander larvae (Epperlein and Löfberg, 1990;Parichy, 1996a,b), and it is conceivable that homologous interactions are present during zebrafish adult stripe development. Differential adhesive properties could also contribute to a sorting out of these cell types (Steinberg, 1970); indeed xanthophores, but not melanophores, in the teleost Oryzias latipes express N-CAM and N-cadherin (Fukuzawa and Obika, 1995).…”

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Temporal and cellular requirements for Fms signaling during zebrafish adult pigment pattern development

2003

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Ectothermic vertebrates exhibit a diverse array of adult pigment patterns. A common element of these patterns is alternating dark and light stripes each comprising different classes of neural crest-derived pigment cells. In the zebrafish, Danio rerio, alternating horizontal stripes of black melanophores and yellow xanthophores are a prominent feature of the adult pigment pattern. In fms mutant zebrafish, however, xanthophores fail to develop and melanophore stripes are severely disrupted. fmsencodes a type III receptor tyrosine kinase expressed by xanthophores and their precursors and is the closest known homologue of kit, which has long been studied for roles in pigment pattern development in amniotes. In this study we assess the cellular and temporal requirements for Fms activity in promoting adult pigment pattern development. By transplanting cells betweenfms mutants and either wild-type or nacre mutant zebrafish,we show that fms acts autonomously to the xanthophore lineage in promoting the striped arrangement of adult melanophores. To identify critical periods for fms activity, we isolated temperature sensitive alleles of fms and performed reciprocal temperature shift experiments at a range of stages from embryo to adult. These analyses demonstrate that Fms is essential for maintaining cells of the xanthophore lineage as well as maintaining the organization of melanophore stripes throughout development. Finally, we show that restoring Fms activity even at late larval stages allows essentially complete recovery of xanthophores and the development of a normal melanophore stripe pattern. Our findings suggest that fms is not required for establishing a population of precursor cells during embryogenesis but is required for recruiting pigment cell precursors to xanthophore fates,with concomitant effects on melanophore organization.

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“…That is from the margin of the flank toward the center of trunk and fin tip. Conceivably, after these extensive migrations, minor adjustive adult-type pigment cell migrations may occur like zebrafish and tailed amphibian stripe formation (Epperlein and Löfberg, 1990;Parichy, 1996a,b, Parichy et al, 2000b. It is known that, after metamorphosis, xanthophores increase on the ocular (left) side, although xanthophores disappear on the blind (right) side (Matsumoto and Seikai, 1992).…”

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Origin of adult‐type pigment cells forming the asymmetric pigment pattern, in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

Yamada

Okauchi

Araki

2010

Developmental Dynamics

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The flatfish-specific asymmetric pigment pattern depends on the asymmetric appearance of adult-type pigment cells after the late metamorphic stages. To understand the mechanism enabling the formation of this asymmetric pattern, we investigated the behavior of pigment cell latent precursors in postembryonic Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, by analysis of the expression patterns of pigment lineage markers (colony stimulating factor 1 receptor, dopachrome tautomerase, kit) and the DiI (DiO) labeling test for latent precursors. We found that, throughout the larval stages, pigment cell latent precursors were predominantly localized along the dorsal and ventral margins of the flank symmetrically and migrated continuously from these regions to the lateral sides symmetrically, and after late metamorphic stages these precursors differentiated into adult-type pigment cells on the lateral side asymmetrically. We conclude that adult-type pigment cells that form the asymmetric pigment pattern are continuously derived from the dorsal and ventral margins of the flank during larval development. Developmental Dynamics 239:3147-3162,

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The Development of the Larval Pigment Patterns in Triturus alpestris and Ambystoma mexicanum

Cited by 31 publications

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Evolution of danio pigment pattern development

Evolution of danio pigment pattern development

Temporal and cellular requirements for Fms signaling during zebrafish adult pigment pattern development

Origin of adult‐type pigment cells forming the asymmetric pigment pattern, in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

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