Gene expression profile of the regeneration epithelium during axolotl limb regeneration.

ABSTRACT: Urodele amphibians are unique among adult vertebrates in their ability to regenerate missing limbs. The process of limb regeneration requires several key tissues including a regeneration-competent wound epidermis called the regeneration epithelium (RE). We used microarray analysis to profile gene expression of the RE in the axolotl, a Mexican salamander. A list of 125 genes and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) showed a ≥1.5-fold expression in the RE than in a wound epidermis covering a lateral cuff wound. A subset of the RE ESTs and genes were further characterized for expression level changes over the time-course of regeneration. This study provides the first large scale identification of specific gene expression in the RE.

SUBMITTER: Campbell LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3297817 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature