Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Altered developmental programs and oriented cell divisions lead to bulky bones during salamander limb regeneration

  • Marketa Kaucka,
  • Alberto Joven Araus,
  • Marketa Tesarova,
  • Joshua D. Currie,
  • Johan Boström,
  • Michaela Kavkova,
  • Julian Petersen,
  • Zeyu Yao,
  • Anass Bouchnita,
  • Andreas Hellander,
  • Tomas Zikmund,
  • Ahmed Elewa,
  • Phillip T. Newton,
  • Ji-Feng Fei,
  • Andrei S. Chagin,
  • Kaj Fried,
  • Elly M. Tanaka,
  • Jozef Kaiser,
  • András Simon,
  • Igor Adameyko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34266-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Normal limb development relies on synchronized formation of cartilage and bone. Here, the authors show that in salamander limb regeneration these processes are decoupled: ossification occurs after the final size of regenerating cartilage is reached, allowing fast regeneration and leading to bulky bones.