Time-keeping mechanisms of embryonic cell cycles

胚胎细胞周期的计时机制

基本信息

批准号：
9287251
负责人：
Stefano Di Talia
金额：
$ 32.53万
依托单位：
DUKE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-06-01 至 2022-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9287251
关键词：
Address Biochemical Biochemical Process Biosensor Body part Cell Cycle Cell Cycle Regulation Cell Proliferation Cell Proliferation Regulation Cell division Cells Characteristics Chemicals Chromosome abnormality Computing Methodologies Data Development Developmental Biology Disease Drosophila genus Embryo Embryology Embryonic Development Ensure Enzymes Feedback Gene Expression Genetic Genetic Transcription Genome Genomic Instability Goals Growth Image In Vitro Lead Malignant Neoplasms Measures Messenger RNA Methodology Mitosis Modeling Molecular Molecular Biology Molecular Genetics Morphogenesis Noise Organism Outcome Pathway interactions Phosphotransferases Physics Process Production Regulation Role Signal Transduction Signaling Protein System Testing Time Tissues Transcription Coactivator Transcriptional Regulation Work blastomere structure event cycle experimental study gastrulation genetic approach genetic manipulation in vivo in vivo imaging insight interdisciplinary approach mathematical model novel photo switch protein degradation spatiotemporal theories

项目摘要

During embryonic development each body part is programmed to contain an accurate number and arrangement of cells. This accuracy is achieved through precise regulation of cell proliferation in the face of the molecular noise characteristic of the biochemical processes regulating the cell cycle. The molecular mechanisms by which embryos suppress noise remain poorly understood. Uncovering these mechanisms is a central goal of Developmental Biology and requires the development of novel methodologies to measure quantitatively cellular dynamics in living embryos. The overarching goal of this proposal is to reveal the molecular mechanisms that ensure accurate control of the cell cycle during Drosophila embryonic development. We will study the molecular mechanisms ensuring precise temporal regulation of cell division through control of gene expression, signaling and protein degradation. We have developed live imaging and computational approaches to quantify the dynamics of the major enzymes regulating the cell cycle during embryonic development. In Aim 1, we will use biosensors for the activities of of Cdk1 and Chk1 to identify how chemical waves act to synchronize mitosis in the syncytial embryo. In Aim 2, we will use live imaging to dissect the molecular mechanisms that ensure the cell cycle remodeling at the maternal-to-zygotic transition. In Aim 3, we will elucidate how transcriptional regulation of cdc25string ensures precise regulation of the timing of mitosis during gastrulation. These experiments will define a novel quantitative framework for uncovering how the cell cycle is regulated accurately during embryonic development.

在胚胎开发过程中，每个身体部位都被编程为包含一个准确的数字，并且细胞排列。通过精确调节细胞增殖生化过程调节细胞周期的分子噪声特征。分子胚胎抑制噪声的机制仍然很少理解。发现这些机制是发育生物学的中心目标，需要开发新方法来衡量活细胞中的定量细胞动力学。该提议的总体目标是揭示确保果蝇胚胎中细胞周期准确控制细胞周期的分子机制发展。我们将研究分子机制，以确保细胞分裂的精确时间调节通过控制基因表达，信号传导和蛋白质降解。我们已经开发了现场成像，计算方法来量化调节细胞周期的主要酶的动力学胚胎发展。在AIM 1中，我们将使用生物传感器进行CDK1和CHK1的活动来确定如何化学波作用是同步合胞胚胚中的有丝分裂。在AIM 2中，我们将使用实时成像进行剖析确保在母体到杂种过渡时细胞周期重塑的分子机制。目标 3，我们将阐明CDC25STRING的转录调节如何确保精确调控胃肠道有丝分裂。这些实验将定义一个新颖的定量框架，用于发现在胚胎发育过程中准确调节细胞周期。