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ArticleNature communications2024

hoxc12/c13 as key regulators for rebooting the developmental program in Xenopus limb regeneration.

Aiko Kawasumi-Kita, Sang-Woo Lee, Daisuke Ohtsuka, Kaori Niimi, Yoshifumi Asakura, Keiichi Kitajima, Yuto Sakane, Koji Tamura, Haruki Ochi, Ken-Ichi T Suzuki and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Aiko Kawasumi-Kita *Laboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Sang-Woo Lee *Laboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Daisuke OhtsukaLaboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Kaori NiimiLaboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Yoshifumi AsakuraLaboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Keiichi KitajimaLaboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Yuto SakaneGraduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan.
Koji TamuraDepartment of Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan.
Haruki OchiInstitute for Promotion of Medical Science Research, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan.
Ken-Ichi T SuzukiGraduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4502-831X
Yoshihiro Morishita *Laboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan. yoshihiro.morishita@riken.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-5949
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research · JPHiroshima University · JPTohoku University · JPYamagata University · JP

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 20K06664MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR2025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During organ regeneration, after the initial responses to injury, gene expression patterns similar to those in normal development are reestablished during subsequent morphogenesis phases. This supports the idea that regeneration recapitulates development and predicts the existence of genes that reboot the developmental program after the initial responses. However, such rebooting mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, we explore core rebooting factors that operate during Xenopus limb regeneration. Transcriptomic analysis of larval limb blastema reveals that hoxc12/c13 show the highest regeneration specificity in expression. Knocking out each of them through genome editing inhibits cell proliferation and expression of a group of genes that are essential for development, resulting in autopod regeneration failure, while limb development and initial blastema formation are not affected. Furthermore, the induction of hoxc12/c13 expression partially restores froglet regenerative capacity which is normally very limited compared to larval regeneration. Thus, we demonstrate the existence of genes that have a profound impact alone on rebooting of the developmental program in a regeneration-specific manner.

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ExtremitiesGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHomeodomain ProteinsRegenerationXenopus laevisXenopus ProteinsAnimalsCell ProliferationFemaleGene EditingGene Expression ProfilingLarvaMaleHomeodomain ProteinsXenopus Proteins

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PMID38649703
PMCPMC11035627
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