Arias, CF;
Herrero, MA;
Stern, CD;
Bertocchini, F;
(2017)
A molecular mechanism of symmetry breaking in the early chick embryo.
Scientific Reports
, 7
, Article 15776. 10.1038/s41598-017-15883-8.
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Abstract
The first obvious sign of bilateral symmetry in mammalian and avian embryos is the appearance of the primitive streak in the future posterior region of a radially symmetric disc. The primitive streak marks the midline of the future embryo. The mechanisms responsible for positioning the primitive streak remain largely unknown. Here we combine experimental embryology and mathematical modelling to analyse the role of the TGFβ-related molecules BMP4 and Vg1/GDF1 in positioning the primitive streak. Bmp4 and Vg1 are first expressed throughout the embryo, and then become localised to the future anterior and posterior regions of the embryo, where they will, respectively, inhibit or induce formation of the primitive streak. We propose a model based on paracrine signalling to account for the separation of the two domains starting from a homogeneous array of cells, and thus for the topological transformation of a radially symmetric disc to a bilaterally symmetric embryo.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | A molecular mechanism of symmetry breaking in the early chick embryo |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-017-15883-8 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15883-8 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, PRIMITIVE STREAK FORMATION, BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN-4, DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION, TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, AVIAN EMBRYOS, MOUSE EMBRYO, STEM-CELLS, GENE, VG1, INDUCTION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10038216 |
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