合作的短距离和远距离交互可以实现强大的对称性破坏和轴形成
Guoye Guan1,2, Suxuan Wang1,2, T Glenn Shields3,4
1Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|November 19, 2025
概括
科学家们使用胃类动物建模了哺乳动物的发育,发现结合的短距离和长距离细胞相互作用对于建立前后 (A-P) 轴至关重要,使强大的对称性破坏成为可能.
科学领域:
- 发育生物学 发展生物学
- 系统生物学 系统生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- 前后 (A-P) 轴在哺乳动物发育中设置了身体的平面.
- 来自胚胎干细胞的胃体模仿早期发育和轴形成.
- 了解轴形成的物理和遗传机制是关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究控制胃类动物中AP轴建立的物理原理.
- 模拟细胞间相互作用和基因调控在对称性破坏中的相互作用.
- 开发一个用于模拟发育过程的计算框架.
主要方法:
- 构建了一个基于放射分化的细胞 (外部/外围和内部/核心) 的粗粒剂模型.
- 模拟的相互作用包括短距离的粘附/表面张力和长距离的化学作用力.
- 实施了基因调节网络来控制细胞状态和相互作用门.
主要成果:
- 仅靠粘附性就不足以形成坚固的AP轴,往往导致不稳定.
- 外围细胞之间的长距离吸引力显著改善了对称性破坏和形态不对称性.
- 一个基因调节网络成功地将内外偏差转化为稳定的AP轴.
- 开发了DevSim,这是一个模拟结合基因机械规则的平台.
结论:
- 合作的短距离和长距离细胞相互作用对于胃类动物中可靠的AP轴形成至关重要.
- 这些发现为剖析和设计自我组织的发育系统提供了一个框架.
- 计算建模是理解复杂的生物模式形成的强大工具.
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