Inferring muscular ground patterns in Bivalvia: My... - BV FAPESP
Advanced search
Start date
Betweenand
(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Inferring muscular ground patterns in Bivalvia: Myogenesis in the scallop Nodipecten nodosus

Full text
Author(s):
Audino, Jorge A. [1] ; Marian, Jose Eduardo A. R. [1] ; Kristof, Alen [2] ; Wanninger, Andreas [2]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Zool, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Vienna, Dept Integrat Zool, A-1090 Vienna - Austria
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Frontiers in Zoology; v. 12, DEC 2 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 4
Abstract

Background: Myogenesis is currently investigated in a number of invertebrate taxa using combined techniques, including fluorescence labeling, confocal microscopy, and 3D imaging, in order to understand anatomical and functional issues and to contribute to evolutionary questions. Although developmental studies on the gross morphology of bivalves have been extensively pursued, organogenesis including muscle development has been scarcely investigated so far. Results: The present study describes in detail myogenesis in the scallop Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) during larval and postmetamorphic stages by means of light, electron, and confocal microscopy. The veliger muscle system consists of an anterior adductor muscle, as well as four branched pairs of striated velum retractors and two pairs of striated ventral larval retractors. The pediveliger stage exhibits a considerably elaborated musculature comprising the velum retractors, the future adult foot retractor, mantle (pallial) muscles, and the anterior and posterior adductors, both composed of smooth and striated portions. During metamorphosis, all larval retractors together with the anterior adductor degenerate, resulting in the adult monomyarian condition, whereby the posterior adductor retains both myofiber types. Three muscle groups, i.e., the posterior adductor, foot retractor, and pallial muscles, have their origin prior to metamorphosis and are subsequently remodeled. Conclusions: Our data suggest a dimyarian condition (i.e., the presence of an anterior and a posterior adductor in the adult) as the basal condition for pectinids. Comparative analysis of myogenesis across Bivalvia strongly argues for ontogenetic and evolutionary independence of larval retractors from the adult musculature, as well as a complex set of larval retractor muscles in the last common bivalve ancestor. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/11708-1 - Anatomy and morphogenesis of the mantle edge of the scallop Nodipecten nodosus (L. 1758)(Bivalvia: Pectinidae)
Grantee:Jorge Alves Audino
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
FAPESP's process: 13/17685-6 - Application of confocal microscopy and 3D reconstruction in anatomical investigations on Pectinidae (Bivalvia): new perspectives for understanding bivalve mantle margin development
Grantee:Jorge Alves Audino
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree