Fgf10 mutant newts can regenerate normal limbs despite severe developmental hindlimb defects
Suzuki, M.; Okumrura, A.; Shibata, Y.; Endo, T.; Teramoto, M.; Chihara, A.; Agata, K.; Bronner, M. E.; Suzuki, K.-i. T.
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In the amniote limb, FGF10 is essential for limb bud initiation and outgrowth. However, whether this function is broadly conserved in tetrapods and/or involved in adult limb regeneration remains unknown. To tackle this question, we established an Fgf10 null mutant line in the newt Pleurodeles waltl which have amazing regenerative ability. While Fgf10 mutant forelimbs develop normally, the hindlimbs exhibit severe digit reduction, fail to ossify the zeugopod, and downregulate FGF target genes like Sall1, Runx1 and Hoxa11/d11. Despite these developmental defects, Fgf10 mutants were able to regenerate near-normal hindlimbs. Together, our results suggest an important role for Fgf10 in hindlimb digit formation and zeugopod ossification during development, but little or no function in regeneration, suggesting that different mechanisms operate during limb regeneration versus development.
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