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Localization of hematopoietic cells in the bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

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Amphibians represent the first phylogenetic group to possess hematopoietic bone marrow. However, adult amphibian hematopoiesis has only been described in a few species and with conflicting data. Bone marrow, kidney, spleen, liver, gut, stomach, lung, tegument, and heart were therefore collected from adult Lithobates catesbeianus and investigated by light microscopy and immunohistochemical methods under confocal laser microscopy. Our study demonstrated active hematopoiesis in the bone marrow of vertebrae, femur, and fingers and in the kidney, but no hematopoietic activity inside other organs including the spleen and liver. Blood cells were identified as a heterogeneous cell population constituted by heterophils, basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, erythrocytic cells, lymphocytes, and their precursors. Cellular islets of the thrombocytic lineage occurred near sinusoids of the bone marrow. Antibodies against CD34, CD117, stem cell antigen, erythropoietin receptor, and the receptor for granulocyte colony-stimulating factor identified some cell populations, and some circulating immature cells were seen in the bloodstream. Thus, on the basis of these phylogenetic features, we propose that L. catesbeianus can be used as an important model for hematopoietic studies, since this anuran exhibits hematopoiesis characteristics both of lower vertebrates (renal hematopoiesis) and of higher vertebrates (bone marrow hematopoiesis).

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    Pedro Paulo de Abreu Manso, Lycia de Brito-Gitirana & Marcelo Pelajo-Machado

  2. Glycobiology Program, Laboratory Animal and Comparative Histology, ICB, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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de Abreu Manso, P.P., de Brito-Gitirana, L. & Pelajo-Machado, M. Localization of hematopoietic cells in the bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). Cell Tissue Res 337, 301–312 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-009-0803-0

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