Kimelman David, Martin Benjamin L
Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2012 Mar-Apr;1(2):253-66. doi: 10.1002/wdev.25. Epub 2011 Dec 27.
The anterior-posterior (AP) axis is the most ancient of the embryonic axes and exists in most metazoans. Different animals use a wide variety of mechanisms to create this axis in the early embryo. In this study, we focus on three animals, including two insects (Drosophila and Tribolium) and a vertebrate (zebrafish) to examine different strategies used to form the AP axis. While Drosophila forms the entire axis within a syncytial blastoderm using transcription factors as morphogens, zebrafish uses signaling factors in a cellularized embryo, progressively forming the AP axis over the course of a day. Tribolium uses an intermediate strategy that has commonalities with both Drosophila and zebrafish. We discuss the specific molecular mechanisms used to create the AP axis and identify conserved features.
前后轴是胚胎轴中最古老的,存在于大多数后生动物中。不同的动物在早期胚胎中使用各种各样的机制来形成这个轴。在本研究中,我们聚焦于三种动物,包括两种昆虫(果蝇和赤拟谷盗)和一种脊椎动物(斑马鱼),以研究用于形成前后轴的不同策略。果蝇在合胞体胚盘中利用转录因子作为形态发生素来形成整个轴,而斑马鱼在细胞化胚胎中利用信号因子,在一天的时间里逐渐形成前后轴。赤拟谷盗采用一种与果蝇和斑马鱼都有共同之处的中间策略。我们讨论了用于创建前后轴的具体分子机制,并确定了保守特征。