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Assaying the Ability of Diffusible Signaling Molecules to Reorient Embryonic Spinal Commissural Axons
Published on: March 8, 2010
Las señales difusibles, no los mecanismos autónomos, determinan la subdivisión principal de la extremidad
Alberto Roselló-Díez1, María A Ros, Miguel Torres
1Departamento de Desarrollo y Reparación Cardiovascular, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, c/ Melchor Fernández Almagro, 3, E-28029 Madrid, Spain.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 28, 2011
Resumen
El desarrollo de las extremidades implica un patrón de proximal a distal. Las señales del tronco embrionario y el brote de las extremidades equilibran el ácido retinoico y los factores de crecimiento de los fibroblastos para especificar los segmentos de las extremidades.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
- La medicina regenerativa es una medicina regenerativa.
- La señalización molecular.
Sus antecedentes:
- El desarrollo de las extremidades de los vertebrados establece tres segmentos proximodistal (PD) secuencialmente.
- Todavía no están claros los mecanismos precisos, autónomos o no autónomos, que rigen la especificación de PD.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar los mecanismos de señalización subyacentes al patrón proximodistal en el desarrollo de las extremidades de los vertebrados.
- Para determinar el papel de las señales embrionarias en el establecimiento del eje completo de PD.
Principales métodos:
- Trasplante heterotópico de cogollos de extremidades de pollo intactos y recombinantes.
- Análisis de moléculas de señalización, incluyendo ácido retinoico y factores de crecimiento de fibroblastos.
Principales resultados:
- Las señales del tronco embrionario pueden proximalizar las células bud del miembro distal, generando un eje PD completo en los trasplantes.
- El ácido retinoico promueve la proximalización, mientras que los factores de crecimiento de los fibroblastos distales contrarrestan este efecto.
- La regionalización de PD de extremidades surge de un equilibrio entre la señalización proximal y distal.
Conclusiones:
- La identidad de las células progenitoras de los miembros es plástica y responde a señales difusibles.
- Se propone un modelo unificador para el patrón de PD en el desarrollo y la regeneración de las extremidades de los vertebrados basado en el equilibrio de señales.
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