DNA synthesis during lens regeneration in larval Xenopus laevis. 1975

P R Waggoner, and R W Reyer

Larvae of Xenopus laevis at stages 50-53 were lentectomized and then injected with tritiated thymidine at various times after lentectomy. In series I, the animals were injected 1,2,3,4,6,8,10,12,15, or 17 days after lens removal and fixed three hours after injection. Autoradiograpns of serial cross sections through the eyes were prepared. Increased incorporation of thymidine in the cells of the regenerating lens was first observed two days (stage 2) after lentectomy. All of the cells of the lens vesicle incorporated H3 thymidine until stage 4 at which time the cells in the inner wall of the vesicle began to differentiate into lens fibers. Labelling then became restricted to the peripheral cells (prospective lens epithelium and prospective lens fibers). At stage 5 of regeneration, only cells of the lens epithelium incorporated H3 thymidine. In Series II, animals injected three or four days after lentectomy were fixed daily from one to seven days after injection. Many stage 3 and stage 4 regenerates were recovered with label throughout and stage 5 regenerates were found, seven days after injection, with label over the lens fibers as well as over the lens epithelium.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007814 Larva Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals. Maggots,Tadpoles,Larvae,Maggot,Tadpole
D007908 Lens, Crystalline A transparent, biconvex structure of the EYE, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the IRIS and in front of the vitreous humor (VITREOUS BODY). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the CILIARY BODY is crucial for OCULAR ACCOMMODATION. Eye Lens,Lens, Eye,Crystalline Lens
D012038 Regeneration The physiological renewal, repair, or replacement of tissue. Endogenous Regeneration,Regeneration, Endogenous,Regenerations
D002454 Cell Differentiation Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013936 Thymidine A nucleoside in which THYMINE is linked to DEOXYRIBOSE. 2'-Deoxythymidine,Deoxythymidine,2' Deoxythymidine
D014316 Tritium The radioactive isotope of hydrogen also known as hydrogen-3. It contains two NEUTRONS and one PROTON in its nucleus and decays to produce low energy BETA PARTICLES. Hydrogen-3,Hydrogen 3
D014981 Xenopus An aquatic genus of the family, Pipidae, occurring in Africa and distinguished by having black horny claws on three inner hind toes.

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