Novel technique for visualizing primordial germ cells in sturgeons (Acipenser ruthenus, A. gueldenstaedtii, A. baerii, and Huso huso)
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
26134864
DOI
10.1095/biolreprod.115.128314
PII: biolreprod.115.128314
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- developmental biology, early development, fish reproduction, gonad development, primordial germ cells, sturgeon,
- MeSH
- Sperm Tail ultrastructure MeSH
- Dextrans MeSH
- Embryo, Nonmammalian ultrastructure MeSH
- Embryonic Development physiology MeSH
- Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate analogs & derivatives MeSH
- Fluorescent Dyes MeSH
- Microinjections MeSH
- Molecular Weight MeSH
- Cell Movement MeSH
- Fishes physiology MeSH
- Germ Cells ultrastructure MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Dextrans MeSH
- fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran MeSH Browser
- Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate MeSH
- Fluorescent Dyes MeSH
Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the origin of all germ cells in developing embryos. In the sturgeon embryo, PGCs develop from the vegetal hemisphere, which mainly acts as an extraembryonic source of nutrition. Current methods for studying sturgeon PGCs require either killing the fish or using costly and time-consuming histological procedures. Here, we demonstrate that visualization of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus>) PGCs in vivo is feasible by simply labeling the vegetal hemisphere with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran. We injected FITC-dextrans, with molecular weights varying between 10 000 and 2 000 000, into the vegetal pole of 1- to 4-cell stage embryos. At the neurula to tail-bud developmental stages, FITC-positive PGC-like cells appeared ventrally around the developing tail bud in the experimental group that received a high-molecular-weight FITC-dextran. The highest average number of FITC-positive PGC-like cells was observed in embryos injected with FITC-dextran having a molecular weight of 500 000 (FD-500). The pattern of migration of the labeled cells was identical to that of PGCs, clearly indicating that the FITC-positive PGC-like cells were PGCs. Labeled vegetal cells, except for the PGCs, were digested and excreted before the embryos starting feeding. FITC-labeled PGCs were observed in the developing gonads of fish for at least 3 mo after injection. We also found that FD-500 could be used to visualize PGCs in other sturgeon species. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first to demonstrate in any animal species that PGCs can be visualized in vivo for a long period by the injection of a simple reagent.
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