Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks

In this paper we propose a model to describe the mechanisms by which undifferentiated cells attain gene configurations underlying cell fate determination during morphogenesis. Despite the complicated mechanisms that surely intervene in this process, it is clear that the fundamental fact is that cell...

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Autores: Barrio, Rafael Ángel, Hernández Machado, Aurora, Varea, C., Romero-Arias, José Roberto, Alvarez-Buylla, Elena
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2010
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palavra-chave:Morfogènesi
Desenvolupament de les plantes
Flors
Diferenciació cel·lular
Arabidopsis thaliana
Morphogenesis
Plant development
Flowers
Cell diferentiation
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spelling Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networksBarrio, Rafael ÁngelHernández Machado, AuroraVarea, C.Romero-Arias, José RobertoAlvarez-Buylla, ElenaMorfogènesiDesenvolupament de les plantesFlorsDiferenciació cel·lularArabidopsis thalianaMorphogenesisPlant developmentFlowersCell diferentiationArabidopsis thalianaIn this paper we propose a model to describe the mechanisms by which undifferentiated cells attain gene configurations underlying cell fate determination during morphogenesis. Despite the complicated mechanisms that surely intervene in this process, it is clear that the fundamental fact is that cells obtain spatial and temporal information that bias their destiny. Our main hypothesis assumes that there is at least one macroscopic field that breaks the symmetry of space at a given time. This field provides the information required for the process of cell differentiation to occur by being dynamically coupled to a signal transduction mechanism that, in turn, acts directly upon the gene regulatory network (GRN) underlying cell-fate decisions within cells. We illustrate and test our proposal with a GRN model grounded on experimental data for cell fate specification during organ formation in early Arabidopsis thaliana flower development. We show that our model is able to recover the multigene configurations characteristic of sepal, petal, stamen and carpel primordial cells arranged in concentric rings, in a similar pattern to that observed during actual floral organ determination. Such pattern is robust to alterations of the model parameters and simulated failures predict altered spatio-temporal patterns that mimic those described for several mutants. Furthermore, simulated alterations in the physical fields predict a pattern equivalent to that found in Lacandonia schismatica, the only flowering species with central stamens surrounded by carpels.Public Library of Science (PLoS)2010info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/69634Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013523PLoS One, 2010, vol. 5, num. 10, p. e13523-e13523http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013523cc-by (c) Barrio, Rafael Ángel et al., 2010http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/696342026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
title Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
spellingShingle Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
Barrio, Rafael Ángel
Morfogènesi
Desenvolupament de les plantes
Flors
Diferenciació cel·lular
Arabidopsis thaliana
Morphogenesis
Plant development
Flowers
Cell diferentiation
Arabidopsis thaliana
title_short Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
title_full Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
title_fullStr Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
title_full_unstemmed Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
title_sort Flower development as an interplay between dynamical physical field and genetic networks
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Barrio, Rafael Ángel
Hernández Machado, Aurora
Varea, C.
Romero-Arias, José Roberto
Alvarez-Buylla, Elena
author Barrio, Rafael Ángel
author_facet Barrio, Rafael Ángel
Hernández Machado, Aurora
Varea, C.
Romero-Arias, José Roberto
Alvarez-Buylla, Elena
author_role author
author2 Hernández Machado, Aurora
Varea, C.
Romero-Arias, José Roberto
Alvarez-Buylla, Elena
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Morfogènesi
Desenvolupament de les plantes
Flors
Diferenciació cel·lular
Arabidopsis thaliana
Morphogenesis
Plant development
Flowers
Cell diferentiation
Arabidopsis thaliana
topic Morfogènesi
Desenvolupament de les plantes
Flors
Diferenciació cel·lular
Arabidopsis thaliana
Morphogenesis
Plant development
Flowers
Cell diferentiation
Arabidopsis thaliana
description In this paper we propose a model to describe the mechanisms by which undifferentiated cells attain gene configurations underlying cell fate determination during morphogenesis. Despite the complicated mechanisms that surely intervene in this process, it is clear that the fundamental fact is that cells obtain spatial and temporal information that bias their destiny. Our main hypothesis assumes that there is at least one macroscopic field that breaks the symmetry of space at a given time. This field provides the information required for the process of cell differentiation to occur by being dynamically coupled to a signal transduction mechanism that, in turn, acts directly upon the gene regulatory network (GRN) underlying cell-fate decisions within cells. We illustrate and test our proposal with a GRN model grounded on experimental data for cell fate specification during organ formation in early Arabidopsis thaliana flower development. We show that our model is able to recover the multigene configurations characteristic of sepal, petal, stamen and carpel primordial cells arranged in concentric rings, in a similar pattern to that observed during actual floral organ determination. Such pattern is robust to alterations of the model parameters and simulated failures predict altered spatio-temporal patterns that mimic those described for several mutants. Furthermore, simulated alterations in the physical fields predict a pattern equivalent to that found in Lacandonia schismatica, the only flowering species with central stamens surrounded by carpels.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013523
PLoS One, 2010, vol. 5, num. 10, p. e13523-e13523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013523
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