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- Title
Expression of Piwi Genes during the Regeneration of Lineus sanguineus (Nemertea, Pilidiophora, Heteronemertea).
- Authors
Xu, Cong-Mei; Sun, Shi-Chun
- Abstract
The transposon silencer piwi genes play important roles in germline determination and maintenance, gametogenesis, and stem-cell self-renewal, and the expression of certain piwi genes is indispensable for regeneration. Knowledge about piwi genes is needed for phylum Nemertea, which contains members (e.g., Lineus sanguineus) with formidable regeneration capacity. By searching the L. sanguineus genome, we identified six Argonaute genes including three ago (Ls-Ago2, Ls-Ago2a, and Ls-Ago2b) and three piwi (Ls-piwi1, Ls-piwi2, and Ls-piwi3) genes. In situ hybridization revealed that, in intact females, Ls-piwi2 and Ls-piwi3 were not expressed, while Ls-piwi1 was expressed in ovaries. During regeneration, Ls-piwi1 and Ls-pcna (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) had strong and similar expressions. The expression of Ls-piwi1 became indetectable while Ls-pcna continued to be expressed when the differentiation of new organs was finished. During anterior regeneration, expression signals of Ls-piwi2 and Ls-piwi3 were weak and only detected in the blastema stage. During posterior regeneration, no expression was observed for Ls-piwi2. To date, no direct evidence has been found for the existence of congenital stem cells in adult L. sanguineus. The "pluripotent cells" in regenerating tissues are likely to be dedifferentiated from other type(s) of cells.
- Subjects
PIWI genes; PROLIFERATING cell nuclear antigen; NEMERTEA; IN situ hybridization
- Publication
Genes, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 12, p1484
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes11121484