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DNA synthesis during larval development and compensatory growth in the mesonephros of Xenopus laevis.
Authors:G Goldin  B Fabian
Institution:Department of Zoology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract:Autoradiography following tritiated thymidine administration to Xenopus laevis tadpoles of stages 45–48 of larval development has revealed that, as the cells of the mesonephric kidney differentiate during organogenesis, there is a marked decrease in the percentage of cells synthesizing DNA (from 100% at stage 45 to less than 9% at stage 48). In the adult this figure is of the order of 0.1%. This reduced DNA synthetic activity was found to take place in the cells of both the proximal and distal tubules of the nephrons. Special mucous cells which serve as markers of distal tubules were not observed to synthesize DNA after the onset of their differentiation at stage 48 of larval development.Through the partial extirpation of tissue in one kidney of adult Xenopus laevis males, DNA synthesis was reactivated in differentiated cells. The increased DNA synthetic activity following partial unilateral nephrectomy was found to be maximal after 6 days of recovery when 19% of cells synthesize DNA. This increased DNA synthetic activity was found to occur only in the cells of the distal tubules, both mucous and nonmucous cells, while the cells of the proximal tubules did not respond to this reactivation.The apparent inability of proximal tubule cells to synthesize DNA following partial unilateral nephrectomy is discussed.
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