PUBLICATION
Species-specific roles of the Notch ligands, receptors, and targets orchestrating the signaling landscape of the segmentation clock
- Authors
- Ramesh, P.S., Chu, L.F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-240213-9
- Date
- 2024
- Source
- Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 11: 13272271327227 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Notch signailing pathway, gene oscillation, presomitic mesoderm (PSM), segmentation clock, somite, somitogenesis
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 38348091 Full text @ Front Cell Dev Biol
Citation
Ramesh, P.S., Chu, L.F. (2024) Species-specific roles of the Notch ligands, receptors, and targets orchestrating the signaling landscape of the segmentation clock. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology. 11:13272271327227.
Abstract
Somitogenesis is a hallmark feature of all vertebrates and some invertebrate species that involves the periodic formation of block-like structures called somites. Somites are transient embryonic segments that eventually establish the entire vertebral column. A highly conserved molecular oscillator called the segmentation clock underlies this periodic event and the pace of this clock regulates the pace of somite formation. Although conserved signaling pathways govern the clock in most vertebrates, the mechanisms underlying the species-specific divergence in various clock characteristics remain elusive. For example, the segmentation clock in classical model species such as zebrafish, chick, and mouse embryos tick with a periodicity of ∼30, ∼90, and ∼120 min respectively. This enables them to form the species-specific number of vertebrae during their overall timespan of somitogenesis. Here, we perform a systematic review of the species-specific features of the segmentation clock with a keen focus on mouse embryos. We perform this review using three different perspectives: Notch-responsive clock genes, ligand-receptor dynamics, and synchronization between neighboring oscillators. We further review reports that use non-classical model organisms and in vitro model systems that complement our current understanding of the segmentation clock. Our review highlights the importance of comparative developmental biology to further our understanding of this essential developmental process.
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