TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling of segmentation clock mechanism in presomitic mesoderm
AU - Kazama, A.
AU - Karashima, A.
AU - Katayama, N.
AU - Nakao, M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Somite is sequentially generated in a head-to-tail order by segmentation of the mesenchymal tissue called presomitic mesoderm (PSM). The segmentation occurs periodically at the anterior end of the PSM, and this periodic segmentation has been suggested to be regulated by a molecular clock. In mouse PSM, the segmentation-related genes change their expression every 120 minutes, and this cyclic expression is essential for regular somite segmentation. In this study, a molecular mechanism of segmentation clock involving Wnt and Delta-Notch signaling pathways is modeled, and reality of the model structure is investigated through simulating biological findings. One dimensional array of the cellular clock models is constructed to simulate spatio-temporal dynamics of the gene-expressions in the PSM. The simulation result suggests that the Wnt gradient across the PSM is involved in the dynamics under concern.
AB - Somite is sequentially generated in a head-to-tail order by segmentation of the mesenchymal tissue called presomitic mesoderm (PSM). The segmentation occurs periodically at the anterior end of the PSM, and this periodic segmentation has been suggested to be regulated by a molecular clock. In mouse PSM, the segmentation-related genes change their expression every 120 minutes, and this cyclic expression is essential for regular somite segmentation. In this study, a molecular mechanism of segmentation clock involving Wnt and Delta-Notch signaling pathways is modeled, and reality of the model structure is investigated through simulating biological findings. One dimensional array of the cellular clock models is constructed to simulate spatio-temporal dynamics of the gene-expressions in the PSM. The simulation result suggests that the Wnt gradient across the PSM is involved in the dynamics under concern.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333510
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333510
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19964066
AN - SCOPUS:77950974807
SN - 9781424432967
T3 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
SP - 3267
EP - 3270
BT - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Y2 - 2 September 2009 through 6 September 2009
ER -