词条 | French flag model |
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The French flag model is a conceptual definition of a morphogen, described by Lewis Wolpert in the 1960s.[2][3] A morphogen is defined as a signaling molecule that acts directly on cells (not through serial induction) to produce specific cellular responses dependent on morphogen concentration. During early development, morphogen gradients generate different cell types in distinct spatial order. In the French flag model, the French flag is used to represent the effect of a morphogen on cell differentiation: a morphogen affects cell states based on concentration, these states are represented by the different colors of the French flag: high concentrations activate a "blue" gene, lower concentrations activate a "white" gene, with "red" serving as the default state in cells below the necessary concentration threshold. The French Flag model was championed by the leading Drosophila biologist, Peter Lawrence. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard identified the first morphogen, Bicoid, one of the transcription factors present in a gradient in the Drosophila syncytial embryo. Two labs, that of Gary Struhl and that of Stephen Cohen, then demonstrated that a secreted signaling protein, Decapentaplegic (the Drosophila homologue of transforming growth factor beta), acted as a morphogen during later stages of Drosophila development. The substance governs the pattern of tissue development and, in particular, the positions of the various specialized cell types within a tissue. It spreads from a localized source and forms a concentration gradient across a developing tissue. Well-known morphogens include: decapentaplegic/transforming growth factor beta, Hedgehog/Sonic hedgehog, Wingless/Wnt, epidermal growth factor, and fibroblast growth factor. Some of the earliest and best-studied morphogens are transcription factors that diffuse within early Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) embryos. However, most morphogens are secreted proteins that signal between cells. Morphogens are defined conceptually, not chemically, so simple chemicals such as retinoic acid may also act as morphogens. Difficulties with the French Flag ModelThe basis of the French Flag model is the idea that a morphogen autonomously forms a gradient with individual cells reading the concentration of the gradient. Cells then respond to a specific level of gradient with a specific differentiation to match the position the gradient indicates they are in. While widely accepted as an important model for understanding morphogenesis, it is not universally accepted by all developmental biologists. The difficulties with all gradient based models of morphogenesis were extensively reviewed by Richard Gordon and include seven[4] specific points:
References1. ^{{cite conference |author=Knabe J.F |title=Evolution and Morphogenesis of Differentiated Multicellular Organisms: Autonomously Generated Diffusion Gradients for Positional Information |conference=Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems |date=2008 |url=http://panmental.de/ALifeXIflag |display-authors=etal}} 2. ^{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0022-5193(69)80016-0 |author=Wolpert L |title=Positional information and the spatial pattern of cellular differentiation |journal=J. Theor. Biol. |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=1–47 |date=October 1969 |pmid=4390734 }} 3. ^{{cite book |author=Wolpert, Lewis |title=Principles of development |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford [Oxfordshire] |year=2007 |isbn=0-19-927536-X |edition=3rd |display-authors=etal}} 4. ^Gordon, NK,Gordon,R. The organelle of differentiation in embryos: the cell state splitter Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, 13(11) 2016 External links
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