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Structure, Development and Evolution of the Digestive System Cell and Tissue Research (2019) 377:289–292 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-019-03102-x EDITORIAL Structure, development and evolution of the digestive system V. Hartenstein1 & P. Martinez2,3 Published online: 2 September 2019 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 Summary single cells (e.g., bacteria, microalgae, protists) that are taken up phagocytotically and degraded subsequently by Living cells depend on a constant supply of energy-rich intracellular digestion (Lunger 1963; Afzelius and Rosén organic molecules from the environment. Small molecules 1965; Weissenfels 1976;Imsiecke1993). Historically, the pass into the interior of the cell via simple diffusion or widespread occurrence of phagocytosis and intracellular active transport carried out by membrane bound trans- digestion among invertebrates was clearly recognized by porters; macromolecules, or entire cells, are taken up by pioneers of cell biology, such as Metschnikoff (1884). endocytosis/phagocytosis, and are degraded intracellularly More recently, the push to analyze physiological process- in specialized membrane bound compartments (lyso- es, like digestion, at a cellular and molecular level has somes). Whereas all cells are capable of transporting mol- restricted our focus towards a few experimentally tracta- ecules through the membrane, the efficient procurement, ble model systems, which include vertebrates, as well as digestion and uptake of nutrients have become the func- a few invertebrates (the insect Drosophila melanogaster tion of specialized cell types and organs, forming the di- or the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, where food as- gestive system in multicellular animals. In mammals, for similation also occurs mainly by extracellular digestion example, the digestive system is comprised of glandular (see Holtof et al. 2019; Dimov and Maduro 2019,this organs with classes of cells specialized in the secretion of issue). As a result, the pervasive role of phagocytosis and enzymes for the extracellular digestion of food particles intracellular digestion in animal digestion has remained (e.g., exocrine cells of the salivary gland, pancreas), as less investigated, and this includes both the cellular orga- well as other organs with absorptive function (e.g., small nization and the essential molecular players. For most intestine). Numerous other cell types, such as smooth phyla the mechanisms controlling digestion are scarcely muscle cells, neurons and enteroendocrine cells, are asso- known, leaving us with a very fragmentary view of the ciated with glandular cells and intestinal cells to promote evolution of digestive systems. With new technologies the digestive process. having been made available in recent years, and phylo- The complex mammalian digestive system is a highly genetic relationships between different taxa becoming derived character among animals. It is well known that clearer, it is now possible to address cellular and molec- animals belonging to more early diversified clades, such ular details of food digestion and uptake in the context of as Porifera or Cnidaria, ingest food mainly in the form of evolution. For the first time we are able to follow the evolution of cell types, specification genes and digestive system’s architectures in many animal groups. OMIC ap- * V. Hartenstein proaches, including singe cell molecular profiles are tell- [email protected] ing us some of the evolutionary paths that digestion and * P. Martinez its constitutive components have followed over evolu- [email protected] tionary time. The present special issue of Cell and 1 Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Tissue Research presents a series of reviews that look at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, the current state of knowledge in this area, addressing USA some of the relevant issues concerning (1) regionalization 2 Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Universitat de and development of the gut; (2) the role of extracellular Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain digestion and phagocytosis in food assimilation; (3) 3 ICREA (Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avancats), Passeig Lluís structure, development and evolution of the gut endocrine Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain 290 Cell Tissue Res (2019) 377:289–292 system; (4) functional and evolutionary relationship be- assimilation (Holtof et al. 2019, this issue). However, in most tween the digestive and immune system. clades, including protochordates, which are the closest rela- tives of vertebrates, phagocytosis combined with intracellular digestion is the predominant method of operation of the diges- Conserved genetic mechanism specify diverse tive system (He et al. 2018;Nakayamaetal.2019,thisissue; guts Satake et al. 2019, this issue). Cellular and molecular details of these processes are not known in detail. Studies that do exist In all animals excepting the basal clade of Placozoa, digestion mainly include descriptions of the ultrastructure of cells in- is the function of epithelial cells lining an inner lumen (gut volved in digestion, and these are reviewed in this special cavity). The general pattern of the gut and the way to region- issue for several specific clades by Smith and Mayorova alize it seem to depend on many shared genes, which points to (2019; Placozoa), Godefroy et al. (2019; Porifera), Gavilán the fact that the general organization of the gut is, most prob- et al. (2019; Xenacoelomorpha), Lobo-da-Cunha (2019; ably, evolutionarily ancient, dating back to the cnidarian- Mollusca), Štrus et al. (2019; Crustacea) and Caccia et al. bilaterian (the “old” Planulozoa) ancestor. Molecular-genet- (2019; Hexapoda) and for prebilaterian and bilaterian clades ic studies have revealed important themes in gut development, in more general, by Steinmetz (2019) and Hartenstein and and several reviews of the special issue summarize the current Martinez (2019), respectively. knowledge in this area [Annunziata et al. 2019, for echino- derms; Nakayama et al. 2019, for protochordates; Dimov and Maduro 2019 for nematodes; Steinmetz 2019 for cnidarians]. The gut endocrine system Contrasting with a strongly conserved repertoire of genetic mechanisms acting in gut development is the evident diversity An interesting issue raised by some recent studies is the con- of the architectures and cellular compositions of the digestive trol of digestive functions by different neuropeptides. The systems, which results from the need to adapt to the different recent flurry of papers dealing with the sequencing of animal types of food that animals consume. Examples of gut diversity genomes has provided us with detailed catalogues of putative surveyed in detail in this special issue include the sponges neuropeptides in many clades, some of which might be in- (Godefroy et al. 2019), acoels (Gavilán et al. 2019) and mol- volved in the control of intestinal functions. This is the case luscs (Lobo-da-Cunha 2019). of some echinoderms (García-Arrarás et al. 2019,thisissue) that express neuropeptides in the enteroendocrine cells. Whether these cells contact/respond to the nervous system is Cellular mechanisms of extracellular a matter of current investigation. In other chordate systems, and intracellular digestion such as the lancelet Branchiostoma floridae, neuropeptides seem to be also expressed in the alimentary canal When considering the evolutionary origins of the digestive (Nakayama et al. 2019, this issue). Moreover in the urochor- system, the ventral epithelial cells of Placozoa that phagocy- date model Ciona intestinalis (described by Satake et al. 2019) tose microorganisms trapped in the cleft between the animal many peptides/receptors have been detected in the alimentary and the substrate, may present an anatomical scenario from canal (including some clade-specific peptides). Annunziata which more complex digestive systems evolved (Smith and et al. (2019, this issue) report the presence of insulin-like pro- Mayorova 2019, this issue). In all other animals phagocytotic ducing cells located in a particular domain of the gut in what cells carrying out the digestive process are associated with they assume to be endocrine cells. internal chambers. In sponges, these cells are represented by Other authors that mention the presence of specific neuro- choanocytes, which, together with mesenchymal peptides in the gut, without going into details, are Štrus archaeocytes, are responsible for the uptake, intracellular di- et al. 2019;Holtofetal.2019 and Caccia et al. 2019; all three gestion, and distribution of nutrients (Imsiecke 1993; dealing with the Arthropoda and, for the old placozoan line- Godefroy et al. 2019, this issue). In ctenophores, cnidarians age, which shares neuropeptides with other bilaterian clades, and bilaterians, phagocytes form a gastrodermal (or intestinal) Smith and Mayorova (2019). Poriferans do not seem to have epithelium, which also contains other cell types, notably se- secretory peptides in their genomes and the ctenophores use a cretory (glandular) cells and endocrine cells (Chapman 1978; completely different set of peptides unrelated to those of any Van-Praët 1985;Steinmetz2019, this issue; Hartenstein and other metazoan phyla (Moroz et al. 2014). Though the capac- Martinez 2019, this issue). Enzymes produced by secretory ity to generate peptides seems to be a premetazoan invention, cells break down nutrients, and in some clades (e.g., verte- the use for regulation of digestive roles seems to be associated
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