神经的规范发生在胃化过程中,需要Pax7
Martín L Basch1, Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Martín I García-Castro
1Division of Biology 139-74, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Nature
|May 12, 2006
概括
神经细胞,对面发育至关重要,在胃流动过程中被指定. 转录因子Pax7对于胚胎早期神经峰形成至关重要.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 干细胞生物学 干细胞生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 神经是脊椎动物发育必不可少的短暂胚胎群体.
- 神经细胞产生多种细胞类型,包括外围神经元,质细胞,面软骨和骨.
- 神经顶部发育的障碍与人类的先天性缺陷,如口腔裂有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究神经引入的精确时间 in vivo.
- 识别早期分子事件和参与神经峰规范的因素.
- 确定转录因子Pax7在神经早期发育中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在非诱导条件下早期小表皮质细胞 (3-4阶段) 的膨胀.
- 对基因表达的分析,包括转录因子Pax7.
- 使用翻译阻断进行体内功能研究,以评估Pax7对神经形成的要求.
主要成果:
- 神经的规范开始在胃化过程中,在神经板形成之前.
- 在第3至4阶段的小表皮质的一个特定区域有能力产生神经细胞.
- Pax7在特定的神经前体中通过4+阶段表达,对于胚胎中关键的神经标记物 (Slug,Sox9,Sox10,HNK-1) 的表达至关重要.
结论:
- 神经的特异化比以前想象的更早地开始,并且独立于中皮和神经组织.
- 在神经峰发育的早期阶段,Pax7起着至关重要的作用.
- 这些发现重新定义了对神经引诱时间和机制的理解.
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