Positional memory in vertebrate regeneration: a century's insights from the salamander limb

L Otsuki, EM Tanaka - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives …, 2022 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Salamanders, such as axolotls and newts, can regenerate complex tissues including entire
limbs. But what mechanisms ensure that an amputated limb regenerates a limb, and not a …

Making a new limb out of old cells: exploring endogenous cell reprogramming and its role during limb regeneration

MJ Raymond Jr, CD McCusker - American Journal of …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Cellular reprogramming is characterized by the induced dedifferentiation of mature cells into
a more plastic and potent state. This process can occur through artificial reprogramming …

Senescent cells enhance newt limb regeneration by promoting muscle dedifferentiation

HE Walters, KE Troyanovskiy, AM Graf, MH Yun - Aging Cell, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Salamanders are able to regenerate their entire limbs throughout lifespan, through a
process that involves significant modulation of cellular plasticity. Limb regeneration is …

Cellular senescence promotes progenitor cell expansion during axolotl limb regeneration

Q Yu, HE Walters, G Pasquini, SP Singh, M Lachnit… - Developmental cell, 2023 - cell.com
Axolotl limb regeneration is accompanied by the transient induction of cellular senescence
within the blastema, the structure that nucleates regeneration. The precise role of this …

Sequencing and chromosome-scale assembly of the giant Pleurodeles waltl genome

T Brown, A Elewa, S Iarovenko, E Subramanian… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl) constitutes a central model for probing
the basis of regeneration. Here, we present the sequencing and chromosome-scale …

The use of transgenics in the laboratory axolotl

L Tilley, SC Papadopoulos, M Pende… - Developmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to generate transgenic animals sparked a wave of research committed to
implementing such technology in a wide variety of model organisms. Building a solid base of …

Chromatin states at homeoprotein loci distinguish axolotl limb segments prior to regeneration

A Kawaguchi, J Wang, D Knapp, P Murawala… - Biorxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The salamander limb regenerates only the missing portion. Each limb segment can only
form segments equivalent to-or more distal to their own identity, relying on a property termed …

Molecular basis for positional memory and its reprogrammability in limb regeneration

L Otsuki, SA Plattner, Y Taniguchi-Sugiura, EM Tanaka - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Upon limb amputation in salamanders, anterior and posterior connective tissue cells form
distinct signalling centres that together fuel successful regeneration. The molecular …

Mechanisms and Translational Applications of Regeneration in Limbs: From Renewable Animals to Humans

L Huang, C Ho, X Ye, Y Gao, W Guo, J Chen… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The regenerative capacity of organisms declines throughout evolution, and
mammals lack the ability to regenerate limbs after injury. Past approaches to achieving …

Retinoic acid receptors and the control of positional information in the regenerating axolotl limb

T Polvadore, M Maden - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
We know little about the control of positional information (PI) during axolotl limb
regeneration, which ensures that the limb regenerates exactly what was amputated, and the …