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Quantifying spatiotemporal gradient formation in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos with lightsheet microscopy

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Benelli, Rebecca ; Struntz, Philipp ; Hofmann, Dirk ; Weiss, Matthias:
Quantifying spatiotemporal gradient formation in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos with lightsheet microscopy.
In: Journal of Physics D. Bd. 53 (2020) Heft 29 . - 295401.
ISSN 1361-6463
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab8597

Abstract

Major steps in embryonic development, e.g. body axes formation or asymmetric cell divisions, rely on symmetry-breaking events and gradient formation. Using three-dimensional time-resolved lightsheet microscopy, we have studied a prototypical example for self-organized gradient formation in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. In particular, we have monitored in detail the formation of a concentration and mobility gradient of PIE-1 proteins as well as the partitioning behavior of vital organelles prior to the first, asymmetric cell division. Our data confirm the emergence of a concentration gradient of PIE-1 along the embryo’s anterior–posterior (AP) axis but they also reveal a previously unseen depletion zone near to the cell cortex that is not present for MEX-5 proteins. Time-resolved spatial diffusion maps, acquired with SPIM-FCS, highlight the successive emergence of a mobility gradient of PIE-1 along the AP axis and suggest an almost linear decrease of fast diffusing PIE-1 proteins along the AP axis. Quantifying the subordinated dissemination of vital organelles prior to the first cell division, i.e. gradient formation on larger length scales, we find a significant asymmetry in the partitioning of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria to the anterior and posterior part of the cell, respectively. Altogether, our spatiotemporally resolved data indicate that current one-dimensional model descriptions for gradient formation during C. elegans embryogenesis, i.e. a mere projection to the AP axis, might need an extension to a full three-dimensional description. Our data also advocate the use of lightsheet microscopy techniques to capture the actual three-dimensional nature of embryonic self-organization events.

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Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik > Physikalisches Institut
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik > Physikalisches Institut > Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik I - Physik lebender Materie
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik > Physikalisches Institut > Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik I - Physik lebender Materie > Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik I - Physik lebender Materie - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Weiss
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields > Molekulare Biowissenschaften
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields > Nichtlineare Dynamik
Profilfelder
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Eingestellt am: 23 Feb 2021 12:37
Letzte Änderung: 24 Jan 2023 06:59
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/63346