MECHANISMS OF CELL DEATH II: THE THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CELL DEATH SOCIETY
Copyright © 2000 by the New York Academy of Sciences
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 926:180-191 (2000)
© 2000 New York Academy of Sciences
Role of ECM Remodeling in Thyroid Hormone-Dependent Apoptosis during Anuran Metamorphosis
SASHKO DAMJANOVSKIa,
TOSIKAZU AMANOa,
QING LIa,
SHUICHI UEDAb,
YUN-BO SHIa,c AND
ATSUKO ISHIZUYA-OKAb,c
aLaboratory of Molecular Embryology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-5431, USA
bDepartment of Histology and Neurobiology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi 321-02, Japan
cAddress for correspondence: Dr. Yun-Bo Shi, Building 18T, Rm. 106, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892. Voice: 301-402-1004; fax: 301-402-1323.
Shi{at}helix.nih.gov; or
Atsuko Ishizuya-Oka, Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Dokyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi 321-02, Japan. Voice: 81-282-87-2124; fax: +81-282-86-1463.
i-oka{at}dokkyomed.ac.jp
Programmed cell death or apoptosis is an important aspect in organogenesis and tissue remodeling. It is precisely controlled both temporally and spatially during development. Amphibian metamorphosis is an excellent model to study developmental control of apoptosis in vertebrates. This process involves the transformation of essentially every organ/tissue as tadpoles change to frogs, yet is controlled by a single hormone, thyroid hormone (TH). Although different organs and tissues undergo vastly different developmental changes, including de novo development and total resorption, most require apoptotic elimination of at least some cell types. Such properties and the dependence on TH make frog metamorphosis a unique model to isolate and functionally characterize genes participating in the regulation of tissue specific cell death during organ development in vertebrates. Indeed, molecular studies of the TH-dependent gene regulation cascade have led to the discovery of a group of genes encoding matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) participating in metamorphosis. In vivo and in vitro studies have provided strong evidence to support a role of MMP-mediated remodeling of the extracellular matrix in regulating apoptotic tissue remodeling during metamorphosis.
Key Words: Thyroid hormone • Amphibian metamorphosis • Matrix metalloproteinases • Apoptosis
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