Suramin and heparin: aspecific inhibitors of mesoderm induction in the Xenopus laevis embryo.

Abstract:

:Xenopus embryos in solutions containing suramin show a dose-dependent decrease in the formation of dorsoanterior structures. Continuous treatment with 1 mM suramin produces embryos without mesodermal derivatives but with mesenchymal cells. Brief immersions of 20 min were used to determine the most sensitive stages and to establish dose-effect curves: a 20 min treatment with 3 mM suramin at stages 7-8.5 produces blastula-like embryos, never classified before, with atypical epidermis, cells full of yolk and mesenchyme in between. The lack of dorsal mesoderm was confirmed by an RNase protection assay with alpha-cardiac actin probe. Heparin also causes a reduction in dorsal structures, but its action is weaker and and there are also strong toxic effects such as superficial cell dissociation. The effect of heparin is dose-dependent and brief immersions show a very sensitive period around stage 6.5. The lowest DAI obtained is 1.5, an extremely microcephalic embryo with forked tail codes, a stocky notochord, and abnormally shaped, abundant neural tissue. Immunofluorescence shows that the distribution of fibronectin-containing fibrils is normal in heparin-treated embryos, whereas there are no such fibrils in suramin-treated embryos at control stage 12.

journal_name

Mech Dev

authors

Cardellini P,Polo C,Coral S

doi

10.1016/0925-4773(94)90054-x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-01-01 00:00:00

pages

73-87

issue

1

eissn

0925-4773

issn

1872-6356

pii

0925-4773(94)90054-X

journal_volume

45

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