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ArticleCell proliferation2023

Mesentery AjFGF4-AjFGFR2-ERK pathway modulates intestinal regeneration via targeting cell cycle in echinoderms.

Chuili Zeng, Ming Guo, Yangxi Xiang, Mingshan Song, Ke Xiao, Chenghua Li

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Article in Cell proliferation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chuili ZengState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Ming GuoState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Yangxi XiangState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Mingshan SongState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Ke XiaoState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Chenghua LiState Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2978-8762
Ningbo University · CN

Funding

K.C.Wong Magna FundNational Natural Science Foundation of China 32073003Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LZ19C190001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe purpose of the study aims to understand the regeneration process and its cytology mechanism in economic echinoderms. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe intestine regeneration process of Apostichopus japonicus was investigated by immunohistochemistry and the cell proliferation was detected by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry. Fibroblast growth factor 4 of A. japonicus (AjFGF4) was screened by RNA-seq analysis and validated to regulate cell proliferation by siAjFGF4 and recombinant-AjFGF4 treatment. The binding and co-localization of AjFGF4 and AjFGFR2 were verified by Co-IP, GST-pull down, and immunofluorescence. Then, the AjFGF4-AjFGFR2-ERK-cell cycle axis was examined by western blot, immunofluorescence, and flow cytometry techniques.

resultsThe mesentery was served as the epicenter of intestinal regeneration via activating cell proliferation and other cellular events. Mechanically, AjFGF4-mediated cell proliferation was dependent on the binding to its receptor AjFGFR2, and then triggered the conserved ERK-MAPK pathway but not JNK and p38 pathway. The activated ERK-MAPK subsequently mediated the expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins of CDK2, Cyclin A, and Cyclin B to promote cell proliferation.

conclusionsWe provide the first functional evidence that AjFGF4-AjFGFR2-ERK-cell cycle axis mediated cell proliferation was the engine for mesentery-derived intestine regeneration in echinoderms.

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IntestinesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemCell CycleCell DivisionCell ProliferationMesentery

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PMID36263902
PMCPMC9890533
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