Publication Date:
2014-08-02
Description:
During limb development, digits emerge from the undifferentiated mesenchymal tissue that constitutes the limb bud. It has been proposed that this process is controlled by a self-organizing Turing mechanism, whereby diffusible molecules interact to produce a periodic pattern of digital and interdigital fates. However, the identities of the molecules remain unknown. By combining experiments and modeling, we reveal evidence that a Turing network implemented by Bmp, Sox9, and Wnt drives digit specification. We develop a realistic two-dimensional simulation of digit patterning and show that this network, when modulated by morphogen gradients, recapitulates the expression patterns of Sox9 in the wild type and in perturbation experiments. Our systems biology approach reveals how a combination of growth, morphogen gradients, and a self-organizing Turing network can achieve robust and reproducible pattern formation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Raspopovic, J -- Marcon, L -- Russo, L -- Sharpe, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2014 Aug 1;345(6196):566-70. doi: 10.1126/science.1252960.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. ; Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA), Passeig Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain. james.sharpe@crg.eu.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25082703" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Body Patterning/*genetics
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/*metabolism
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Computer Simulation
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Extremities/*embryology
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Female
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*Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
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Gene Knockdown Techniques
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Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Limb Buds/*embryology
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred Strains
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Models, Biological
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Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
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SOX9 Transcription Factor/genetics/*metabolism
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Wnt Proteins/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
