bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 3, 2024
Abstract
Tissue
regeneration
requires
the
directed
activity
of
numerous
genes,
which
are
often
reused
from
development.
Although
identities
many
key
factors
have
been
established,
how
their
expression
is
activated
and
subsequently
coordinated
over
regenerative
time
remains
unclear.
One
highly
conserved
signal
central
to
diverse
examples
stress
MAP
kinase
JNK.
In
Drosophila
,
damage-induced
JNK
signaling
promotes
multiple
genes
that
direct
proliferation,
growth
changes
in
cellular
identity.
However,
these
targets
selectively
upregulated
context
injury,
expressed
specific
patterns
responsible
for
repair
unknown.
Our
work
previously
characterized
Damage-Responsive,
Maturity-Silenced
(DRMS)
enhancers;
regulatory
elements
directly
by
promote
gene
expression.
Here
we
investigated
damage-responsive
(DR)
module
enhancers
engaged,
finding
cell
death
entirely
dispensable
activation.
We
identify
JAK/STAT
as
an
additional
input
into
DR
downstream
JNK,
acts
broaden
enhancer
wound
periphery
where
levels
insufficient
alone.
Finally,
demonstrate
a
distinct
threshold
level
exists
must
be
achieved
activate
via
enhancers,
which,
alongside
JAK/STAT,
results
temporally
spatially
appropriate
necessary
regeneration.
Author
Summary
Wound
healing
require
activation
whose
carefully
division,
identity
organ
development
restoration
tissue
integrity
patterning.
The
imaginal
disc
well-established
model
used
better
understand
spatiotemporal
control
reparative
response
damage
discs
primarily
mediated
thorough
pathway,
but
leads
diversity
occurs
around
not
well
understood.
discrete
genomic
regions
called
Damage-Responsive
respond
program.
show
behavior
depends
on
they
integrate
both
its
immediate
target
establish
proper
regionality
expression,
promoting
spread
wound.
These
findings
improve
our
understanding
patterning
established
damage.
iScience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27(9), P. 110737 - 110737
Published: Aug. 23, 2024
Highlights•Amputation
position
changes
tissue-wide
proliferation
response•Regeneration
deploys
transient
regeneration-activated
cell
states•Sqstm1
slows
down
regenerative
outgrowth
in
distal
injuries•Prediction:
positional
information
is
transduced
by
ECM
during
regenerationSummaryInjury
common
the
life
of
organisms.
Because
extent
damage
cannot
be
predicted,
injured
organisms
must
determine
how
much
tissue
needs
to
restored.
Although
it
known
that
amputation
affects
regeneration
speed
appendages,
mechanisms
conveying
remain
unclear.
We
investigated
dynamics
regenerating
caudal
fins
African
killifish
(Nothobranchius
furzeri)
and
found
position-specific,
differential
spatial
distribution
modulation,
persistence,
magnitude
proliferation.
Single-cell
RNA
sequencing
revealed
a
state
(TRACS)
basal
epidermis
amplified
match
given
expresses
components
modifiers
extracellular
matrix
(ECM).
Notably,
CRISPR-Cas9-mediated
deletion
modifier
sequestosome
1
(sqstm1)
increased
capacity
injuries,
suggesting
growth
rate
can
uncoupled
from
position.
propose
TRACS
transduce
blastema
remodeling
ECM.Graphical
abstract
Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 25, 2024
Abstract
The
common
pathogenic
mechanisms
and
molecular
pathways
of
fibrosis
tumors
remain
unclear.
We
aimed
to
conduct
in-depth
analysis
feature
genes
role
from
a
pan-cancer
perspective
identify
potential
therapeutic
targets
for
idiopathic
pulmonary
cancers.
downloaded
mRNA
expression,
copy
number
alterations,
DNA
methylation
data
33
cancers
Cancer
Genome
Atlas
(TCGA).
Clinical
mutation
were
obtained
the
UCSC
Xena
database.
frequencies
fibrosis-feature-related
(FRGs)
in
TCGA
database
examined.
Protein
expression
levels
analysed
using
Proteomics
Tumor
Analysis
Consortium.
Gene
Set
Variation
Enrichment
algorithms
used.
Most
FRGs
differentially
expressed
owing
somatic
cell
alterations
methylation.
established
index
(FPI),
most
cancers,
FPI
was
lower
than
that
normal
tissues
correlated
with
subtypes
clinical
features.
negatively
multiple
metabolic
immune
function
but
positively
several
important
tumor
features
or
pathways.
prognosis
different
tumors,
despite
finding
heterogeneity.
Fibrotic
have
excellent
diagnostic
prognostic
capabilities
various
This
may
help
predict
responses
immunotherapy.
Tissue
necrosis
is
a
devastating
complication
for
many
human
diseases
and
injuries.
Unfortunately,
our
understanding
of
how
it
impacts
surrounding
healthy
tissue
–
an
essential
consideration
when
developing
methods
to
treat
such
injuries
has
been
limited
by
lack
robust
genetically
tractable
models.
Our
lab
previously
established
method
study
necrosis-induced
regeneration
in
the
Drosophila
wing
imaginal
disc,
which
revealed
unique
phenomenon
whereby
cells
at
distance
from
injury
upregulate
caspase
activity
process
called
Necrosis-induced
Apoptosis
(NiA)
that
vital
regeneration.
Here
we
have
further
investigated
this
phenomenon,
showing
NiA
predominantly
associated
with
highly
regenerative
pouch
region
shaped
genetic
factors
present
presumptive
hinge.
Furthermore,
find
proportion
fail
undergo
apoptosis,
instead
surviving
effector
activation
persist
within
stimulate
reparative
proliferation
late
This
relies
on
initiator
Dronc,
occurs
independent
JNK,
ROS
or
mitogens
characterized
Apoptosis-induced
Proliferation
(AiP)
mechanism.
These
data
reveal
new
means
non-apoptotic
Dronc
signaling
promotes
response
necrotic
damage.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 3, 2024
Abstract
Tissue
regeneration
requires
the
directed
activity
of
numerous
genes,
which
are
often
reused
from
development.
Although
identities
many
key
factors
have
been
established,
how
their
expression
is
activated
and
subsequently
coordinated
over
regenerative
time
remains
unclear.
One
highly
conserved
signal
central
to
diverse
examples
stress
MAP
kinase
JNK.
In
Drosophila
,
damage-induced
JNK
signaling
promotes
multiple
genes
that
direct
proliferation,
growth
changes
in
cellular
identity.
However,
these
targets
selectively
upregulated
context
injury,
expressed
specific
patterns
responsible
for
repair
unknown.
Our
work
previously
characterized
Damage-Responsive,
Maturity-Silenced
(DRMS)
enhancers;
regulatory
elements
directly
by
promote
gene
expression.
Here
we
investigated
damage-responsive
(DR)
module
enhancers
engaged,
finding
cell
death
entirely
dispensable
activation.
We
identify
JAK/STAT
as
an
additional
input
into
DR
downstream
JNK,
acts
broaden
enhancer
wound
periphery
where
levels
insufficient
alone.
Finally,
demonstrate
a
distinct
threshold
level
exists
must
be
achieved
activate
via
enhancers,
which,
alongside
JAK/STAT,
results
temporally
spatially
appropriate
necessary
regeneration.
Author
Summary
Wound
healing
require
activation
whose
carefully
division,
identity
organ
development
restoration
tissue
integrity
patterning.
The
imaginal
disc
well-established
model
used
better
understand
spatiotemporal
control
reparative
response
damage
discs
primarily
mediated
thorough
pathway,
but
leads
diversity
occurs
around
not
well
understood.
discrete
genomic
regions
called
Damage-Responsive
respond
program.
show
behavior
depends
on
they
integrate
both
its
immediate
target
establish
proper
regionality
expression,
promoting
spread
wound.
These
findings
improve
our
understanding
patterning
established
damage.