Neuroepithelial organoid patterning is mediated by a neighborhood watch mechanism

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During epithelial tissue patterning, morphogens operate across multiple length scales to instruct cell identities. However, how cell fate changes are coordinated over these scales to establish spatial organization remains poorly understood. Here, we use human neural tube organoids as models of epithelial patterning and develop an in silico approach to define conditions permissive to patterning. By systematically varying morphogen position, diffusivity, and fate-inducing concentration levels, we show that cells follow a "neighborhood watch" (NW) mechanism that is deterministically dictated by initial morphogen source positions, reflecting scale-invariant in vitro phenotypes. We define how the frequency and local bias of morphogen sources stabilize pattern orientation. The model predicts enhanced patterning through floor plate inhibition, and receptor-ligand interaction analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data identifies wingless-related integration site (WNT) and bone morphogenic protein (BMP) as inhibition modulators, which we validate in vitro. These results suggest that developing neuroepithelia employ NW-based mechanisms to organize morphogen sources, define cellular identity, and establish patterns.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 42(2023), 11 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 113334

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abdel Fattah, Abdel Rahman [VerfasserIn]
Grebenyuk, Sergei [VerfasserIn]
de Rooij, Laura P M H [VerfasserIn]
Salmon, Idris [VerfasserIn]
Ranga, Adrian [VerfasserIn]

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CP: Developmental biology
Epithelia
In-silico modeling
Journal Article
Neural tube
Organoid
Patterning
Receptor-ligand interaction

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Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113334

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370015746