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Induction and Analysis of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Published on: August 27, 2013
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穿越上皮质-介质细胞过渡景观的过渡路径是由网络逻辑决定的
1Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
概括
网络逻辑选择显著影响细胞状态过渡,如上皮层-介质细胞过渡 (EMT). 了解组合逻辑对于建模基因调节网络和预测发育和癌症期间细胞命运决策至关重要.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 系统生物学 系统生物学
- 发育生物学是发展生物学.
背景情况:
- 皮质和介质细胞状态之间的细胞过渡 (皮质-介质细胞过渡;EMT) 在发育和癌症中是至关重要的.
- 基因调节网络 (GRNs) 控制这些细胞命运决定,但这些网络的组合逻辑仍然不太清楚.
- 一个涉及转录因子ZEB的三节点GRN模型已被提议用于描述三节点EMT.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究不同的组合网络逻辑 (乘法AND和加法OR) 如何影响表皮细胞-介质细胞转换 (EMT) 现型.
- 确定网络逻辑对控制EMT过渡路径的预测因素的影响.
- 探索网络逻辑在胚胎发生过程中细胞命运决定中的作用.
主要方法:
- 基因调节网络的计算建模具有不同的逻辑 (AND vs. OR).
- 网络动态的随机模拟和扰动分析.
- 分析单细胞实验数据以推断网络逻辑.
- 网络逻辑分析应用于与胚胎发生相关的细胞命运决策.
主要成果:
- 在AND和OR逻辑之间的选择显著改变了EMT表型,并导致EMT过渡驱动器对立的预测.
- 强大的miR-200抑制在AND逻辑下启动EMT,与实验观测保持一致.
- 网络逻辑在EMT和胚胎生成上下文中对干扰的细胞命运景观产生深远的影响.
结论:
- 组合网络逻辑是细胞命运决定和过渡动态的关键决定因素.
- 了解网络逻辑对于准确建模生物调节网络至关重要.
- 这些发现为设计实验提供了一个框架,以推断活细胞中的GRN逻辑,并为癌症和发育障碍的治疗策略提供信息.
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