Distinct inflammatory and wound healing responses to complex caudal fin injuries of larval zebrafish

  1. Veronika Miskolci
  2. Jayne Squirrell
  3. Julie Rindy
  4. William Vincent
  5. John Demian Sauer
  6. Angela Gibson
  7. Kevin W Eliceiri
  8. Anna Huttenlocher  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
  2. Northern Arizona University, United States
4 figures, 1 table and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Caudal fin recovers from thermal injury, while wound healing is impaired in the presence of infection.

(A) Experimental schematic and analyses. (B) Single-plane brightfield images of caudal fin area of individual wild-type larvae over time in response to simple transection or thermal injury, and in (D

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
L. monocytogenes infection during tail wound infection is associated with minimal dissemination and negligible effect on host survival.

(A) Wild-type larvae were wounded (B) or unwounded in presence of mCherry-expressing L. monocytogenes and fixed at indicated time points. 200-micron size z series at 5-micron steps was acquired …

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Figure 2 with 3 supplements
Caudal fin injuries trigger distinct inflammatory responses.

(A) Sum-projections of z-stacks acquired by laser scanning confocal microscope using triple transgenic larvae (Tg(tnf:GFP) x Tg(lysC:BFP/mpeg1:mCherry-CAAX)) over time in response to simple …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Leukocyte recruitment in response to thermal injury.

Single channels associated with merged images in Figure 2A showing (A) transection and (B) burn image sets. Neutrophils, macrophages and TNFα were labeled with BFP, mCherry and GFP respectively. …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Leukocyte recruitment in the caudal fin tissue is minimal in unwounded larvae.

Additional p values associated with Figure 2B and C are provided for (A) neutrophils and (B) macrophages to reflect changes over time within each injury. Leukocyte recruitment in unwounded larvae or …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 3
Leukocyte recruitment in response to transection in the presence of infection.

Single channels associated with merged images in Figure 2D showing (A) uninfected and (B) L. monocytogenes (Lm)- infected image sets. Neutrophils, macrophages and TNFα were labeled with BFP, mCherry …

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Figure 3 with 2 supplements
Multiphoton microscopy of collagen and vimentin-expressing cells identify differences in tissue remodeling over time amongst the injuries.

(A) Z-projections of caudal fins imaged at different times after transection, thermal injury (burn) or infected transection showing the tissue wound edge in the bright field and corresponding SHG …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
VimGFP-positive cells at the wound recover over time at the Lm-infected tail wound.

(A) an example of an image with vimentin expression showing a 50 × 100 micron box placed strategically to count vimGFP-positive cells is shown (see Materials and methods). (B) Merge of z-projections …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Tail wound infection in the presence of hly mutant of L. monocytogenes causes no delay in vimGFP-positive cells and is associated with limited inflammation.

(A) representative images of sum projections of z series acquired by spinning disk confocal microscope using Tg(vim:GFP) larvae following tail transection in the presence of mCherry-expressing …

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Figure 4 with 2 supplements
Wound healing and wound-associated vimentin-expressing cells are regulated by Stat3 and TGFβ signaling.

(A) Single-plane brightfield images of wild-type, heterozygous and stat3 mutant larvae showing tissue regrowth of caudal fins at 72 hr post tail transection (hptt) and (B) corresponding …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Stat3 or TGFβ signaling does not affect the presence of vimGFP-positive cells associated with development.

(A) Sum-projections of z-stacks acquired by spinning disk confocal microscope using Tg(vim:GFP) larvae in stat3 mutant background, showing tail fin of age-matched unwounded larvae at 6 dpf. Scale …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Table summarizing the characteristics of the three wound models.
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Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type
(species)
or resource
DesignationSource or
reference
IdentifiersAdditional
information
Strain, strain background (10403S)Listeria monocytogenes (strain 10403S)Vincent et al., 2016was be obtained from JD Sauer Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)WT (AB)ZIRCZL1https://zebrafish.org/home/guide.php
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(tnf:GFP)Marjoram et al., 2015was obtain from M Bagnat Lab, Duke University
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(vim:GFP)LeBert et al., 2018can be obtained from A Huttenlocher Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(lysC:mCherry-histone2b)Lam et al., 2014can be obtained from A Huttenlocher Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(mpeg1:mCherry-histone2b)Vincent et al., 2016can be obtained from A Huttenlocher Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(mpeg1:GFP-histone2b)this papercan be obtained from A Huttenlocher Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(lysC:BFP)Rosowski et al., 2018can be obtained from A Huttenlocher Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(mpeg1:mCherry-CAAX)Bojarczuk et al., 2016was obtained from LI Zon Lab, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)Tg(lysC:BFP/mpeg1:mCherry-CAAX)de Oliveira et al., 2019can be obtained from A Huttenlocher Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)casperWhite et al., 2008ZL1714https://zebrafish.org/home/guide.php
Strain, strain background (D. Rerio)stat3stl27/+Liu et al., 2017bwas obtained from L Solnica-Krezel Lab, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Recombinant DNA reagent (D. Rerio)tol2-mpeg1:GFP-histone2bthis papercan be obtained from A Huttenlocher Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Chemical compound, drugALK5 inhibitor (ALK5i)Selleckchemitem no. SB431542; RRID:SCR_00382325 µM in DMSO; no pretreatment, start treatment upon wounding, refresh daily
Software, algorithmGraphPad PrismRRID:SCR_002798https://www.graphpad.com/scientific-software/prism/
Software, algorithmSASRRID:SCR_008567https://www.sas.com/en_us/home.html
Software, algorithmFiji, ImageJSchindelin et al., 2012RRID:SCR_002285https://fiji.sc/
Software, algorithmCurveAlignLiu et al., 2017ahttps://loci.wisc.edu/software/curvealign
OtherHigh temperature cautery pen, fine tipBovieAA01http://www.boviemedical.com/hightempcauteries/

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