期刊
DEVELOPMENT
卷 145, 期 18, 页码 -出版社
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.166025
关键词
Embryonic; Heterogeneity; Micropatterning; Self-organisation; Stem cells; Mouse
资金
- Wellcome Trust [WT103789AIA]
- Sir Henry Wellcome post-doctoral fellowship [WT100133]
- Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) [14-CE11-0012-01/STAR]
- MRC [MR/K017047/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Diffusible signals are known to orchestrate patterning during embryogenesis, yet diffusion is sensitive to noise. The fact that embryogenesis is remarkably robust suggests that additional layers of regulation reinforce patterning. Here, we demonstrate that geometrical confinement orchestrates the spatial organisation of initially randomly positioned subpopulations of spontaneously differentiating mouse embryonic stem cells. We use micropatteming in combination with pharmacological manipulations and quantitative imaging to dissociate the multiple effects of geometry. We show that the positioning of a pre-streak-like population marked by brachyury (T) is decoupled from the size of its population, and that breaking radial symmetry of patterns imposes polarised patterning. We provide evidence for a model in which the overall level of diffusible signals together with the history of the cell culture define the number of T cells, whereas geometrical constraints guide patterning in a multistep process involving a differential response of the cells to multicellular spatial organisation. Our work provides a framework for investigating robustness of patterning and provides insights into how to guide symmetry-breaking events in aggregates of pluripotent cells.
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