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The involvement of TGF β1 in early avian development: gastrulation and chondrogenesis

Anatomy and Embryology, ISSN: 0340-2061, Vol: 187, Issue: 6, Page: 573-581
1993
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We examined the effects of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF β1) and a neutralizing monoclonal antibody on two phases of early chick embryo development: gastrulation and chondrogenesis. We carried out experiments in vivo and in vitro on mesoderm cells from the gastrulating embryo at day 1, and on sclerotome cells from day 3 embryos, having previously shown that this factor is present among these cells at these stages of development. Addition of the antibody to cultures of these cells produced a dose-dependent decrease in cell outgrowth and spreading and concomitantly reduced fibronectin deposition. In vivo studies of the effects of TGF β1 on mesoderm during gastrulation were carried out by grafting beads carrying this agent into gastrulating embryos. We used beads of ion-exchange resin as well as hydrolysed polyacrylamide, and found that the grafts produced an accumulation of mesoderm cells around the implant and, at later stages, the formation of enlarged somites. There was no effect on embryonic axis formation. Studies of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation indicated that the mesoderm accumulation was due, at least in part, to an increase in cell proliferation. However, examination of the effect of TGF β1 on BrdU incorporation by mesoderm during gastrulation and sclerotome cells in vitro indicated in inhibition of cell proliferation, an inconsistency explained in terms of the variation between the in vivo and in vitro conditions. We conclude that TGF β1 is both appropriately located, and is able, to influence cell proliferation among the mesodermal cell populations during early development, and that this effect contributes to the overall control of mesodermal morphogenesis. Chondrogenesis was studied in vitro using micromass cocultures of sclerotome cells with notochordon a permeable substratum. Under these conditions, the addition of TGF β1 caused an increase in the deposition of Alcian blue-stainable material, indicating a stimulation of chondrogenesis. We suggest that this result, coupled with the previous demonstration that TGF β1 is present among the sclerotome cells in the embryo at this time, supports the contention that this factor exerts a regulatory effect on sclerotome cell differentiation. © 1993 Springer-Verlag.

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