Abstract

Clytia hemisphaerica jellyfish, with their tetraradial symmetry, offer a novel paradigm for addressing patterning mechanisms during regeneration. Here we show that an interplay between mechanical forces, cell migration and proliferation allows jellyfish fragments to regain shape and functionality rapidly, notably by efficient restoration of the central feeding organ (manubrium). Fragmentation first triggers actomyosin-powered remodeling that restores body umbrella shape, causing radial smooth muscle fibers to converge around 'hubs' which serve as positional landmarks. Stabilization of these hubs, and associated expression of Wnt6, depends on the configuration of the adjoining muscle fiber 'spokes'. Stabilized hubs presage the site of the manubrium blastema, whose growth is Wnt/β-catenin dependent and fueled by both cell proliferation and long-range cell recruitment. Manubrium morphogenesis is modulated by its connections with the gastrovascular canal system. We conclude that body patterning in regenerating jellyfish emerges mainly from local interactions, triggered and directed by the remodeling process.

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  1. Chiara Sinigaglia

    Institut de Genomique Fonctionelle de Lyon, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France
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  2. Sophie Peron

    Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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  3. Jeanne Eichelbrenner

    Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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  4. Sandra Chevalier

    Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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  5. Julia Steger

    Molecular Evolution and Development, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  6. Carine Barreau

    Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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  7. Evelyn Houliston

    Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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  8. Lucas Leclère

    Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-13-PDOC-0016)

  • Lucas Leclère

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-19-CE13-0003)

  • Lucas Leclère

Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FDT201805005536)

  • Sophie Peron

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2020, Sinigaglia et al.

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  1. Chiara Sinigaglia
  2. Sophie Peron
  3. Jeanne Eichelbrenner
  4. Sandra Chevalier
  5. Julia Steger
  6. Carine Barreau
  7. Evelyn Houliston
  8. Lucas Leclère
(2020)
Pattern regulation in a regenerating jellyfish
eLife 9:e54868.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54868

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