PUBLICATION

Adult sox10+ Cardiomyocytes Contribute to Myocardial Regeneration in the Zebrafish

Authors
Sande-Melón, M., Marques, I.J., Galardi-Castilla, M., Langa, X., Pérez-López, M., Botos, M.A., Sánchez-Iranzo, H., Guzmán-Martínez, G., Ferreira Francisco, D.M., Pavlinic, D., Benes, V., Bruggmann, R., Mercader, N.
ID
ZDB-PUB-191024-7
Date
2019
Source
Cell Reports   29: 1041-1054.e5 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Marques, Ines, Mercader Huber, Nadia
Keywords
cardiomyocyte proliferation, heart regeneration, sox10, zebrafish
Datasets
GEO:GSE133571
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Heart/physiology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism*
  • Myocytes, Cardiac/physiology
  • Regeneration*
  • SOXE Transcription Factors/genetics
  • SOXE Transcription Factors/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
PubMed
31644901 Full text @ Cell Rep.
Abstract
During heart regeneration in the zebrafish, fibrotic tissue is replaced by newly formed cardiomyocytes derived from preexisting ones. It is unclear whether the heart is composed of several cardiomyocyte populations bearing different capacity to replace lost myocardium. Here, using sox10 genetic fate mapping, we identify a subset of preexistent cardiomyocytes in the adult zebrafish heart with a distinct gene expression profile that expanded after cryoinjury. Genetic ablation of sox10+ cardiomyocytes impairs cardiac regeneration, revealing that these cells play a role in heart regeneration.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping