Article Dans Une Revue Developmental Biology Année : 2012

Phagocyte dynamics in a highly regenerative urochordate: Insights into development and host defense

Robert J Lauzon
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Christina Brown
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Louie Kerr
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Phagocytosis is a cellular process by which particles and foreign bodies are engulfed and degraded by specialized cells. It is functionally involved in nutrient acquisition and represents a fundamental mechanism used to remove pathogens and cellular debris. In the marine invertebrate chordate Botryllus schlosseri, cell corpse engulfment by phagocytic cells is the recurrent mechanism of programmed cell clearance and a critical process for the successful execution of asexual regeneration and colony homeostasis. In the present study, we have utilized a naturally occurring process of vascular parabiosis coupled with intravascular microinjection of fluorescent bioparticles and liposomes as tools to investigate the dynamics of phagocyte behavior in real-time during cyclical body regeneration. Our findings indicate that B. schlosseri harbors two major populations of post-mitotic phagocytes, which display distinct phagocytic specificity and homing patterns: a static population that lines the circulatory system epithelia, and a mobile population that continuously recirculates throughout the colony and exhibits a characteristic homing pattern within mesenchymal niches called ventral islands (VI). We observed that a significant proportion of ventral island phagocytes (VIP) die and are engulfed by other VIP following takeover. Selective impairment of VIP activity curtailed zooid resorption and asexual development. Together, these findings strongly suggest that ventral islands are sites of phagocyte homing and turnover. As botryllid ascidians represent invertebrate chordates capable of whole body regeneration in a non-embryonic scenario, we discuss the pivotal role that phagocytosis plays in homeostasis, tissue renewal and host defense.

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hal-02982667 , version 1 (17-12-2020)

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Robert J Lauzon, Christina Brown, Louie Kerr, Stefano Tiozzo. Phagocyte dynamics in a highly regenerative urochordate: Insights into development and host defense. Developmental Biology, 2012, ⟨10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.11.006⟩. ⟨hal-02982667⟩
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