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Epigenetic Regulation of Cardiac Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells and Tissues
Published on: June 3, 2016
心臓内流体の力は,胚性心臓形成の重要な表遺伝因子である
Jay R Hove1, Reinhard W Köster, Arian S Forouhar
1Options of Bioengineering and Aeronautics, Division of Engineering & Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. jhove@caltech.edu
Nature
|January 10, 2003
まとめ
血液の流れパターンは,心臓の発達に不可欠です. 斑馬魚の胚における高い切断力は異常な心臓形成を引き起こし,血液動力学を強調した.
科学分野:
- 発達生物学 発達生物学とは
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- バイオフィジックス 生物物理学
背景:
- 血液の流れパターンは,心臓の形態変異に影響を及ぼすと仮定されています.
- インビトロ内皮細胞は,細胞骨格の構造と遺伝子発現を変化させ,流れ力に反応する.
研究 の 目的:
- 発育中のゼブラフィッシュの胚におけるイントラカルディアック・フロー・フォースをin vivoで定量的に分析する.
- 流動誘発の細胞反応に関する in vitro の発見を,無傷で発達中の心臓と結びつけるため.
- 胚性心臓形成における心臓内血動力学の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 斑馬魚の胚における心臓内血流の定量的インビボイメージング.
- 観測された流れパターンに基づく流れ誘発力の予測.
- 心臓の流入路や流出路がin vivoで遮断され,正常な血流が妨げられる.
主要な成果:
- 斑馬魚の心臓発達の重要な段階で,高切り,渦巻きの流れが確認されました.
- 予測される心内流動力は,マイクロスケールシステムで予想されるよりも大幅に高くなっています.
- 流れの閉塞は,異常な第3室,障害のあるループ,および欠陥のある弁の形成を含む心臓の欠陥につながった.
結論:
- 高い剪定力によって特徴づけられる心臓内血動力学は,正常な胎児の心臓発育に不可欠である.
- 血流の正常なパターンの混乱は,先天的な心臓のような欠陥を引き起こす.
- ヘモダイナミック力は,心臓形成に影響を与える重要な表遺伝的要因として作用します.
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