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Mátyás Paczkó^1,2, Dániel Vörös^1,2, Péter Szabó¹

¹Institute of Evolution, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29-33, 1121, Budapest, Hungary.

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This study introduces an associative gene regulatory network (aGRN) model that uses gene expression profiles as memory to explain cell differentiation. This model offers a flexible framework for understanding cell fate decisions.

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Area of Science:

Developmental Biology
Systems Biology
Computational Biology

Background:

Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are crucial for maintaining cell differentiation stability and guiding development.
Modeling intermediate differentiation stages and their divergent paths presents a significant challenge in developmental biology.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an empirical data-based associative GRN model (AGRN) that explains how regulatory networks store gene expression profiles.
To demonstrate how AGRNs can dynamically drive cell differentiation towards different attractors in response to instructive signals.

Main Methods:

Developed an associative GRN model (AGRN) based on empirical data.
Modeled gene regulatory networks storing multilineage stage-specific gene expression profiles as associative memory patterns.
Simulated responses to multiple instructive signals with varying timing and identity.

Main Results:

The AGRN model successfully stores gene expression profiles as associative memory.
The model demonstrates dynamic differentiation of multipotent cells towards distinct cell state attractors based on signal input.
AGRN dynamics generate diverse lineage-committed cell populations robustly and flexibly.

Conclusions:

The AGRN model provides an attractor-based explanation for signal-driven cell fate decisions in differentiation.
This modeling approach offers a generalizable tool for studying various cell specification systems.
The model addresses the challenge of explaining the stability and divergence of intermediate differentiation stages.