Abstract
AbstractMotivationUnderstanding the mechanisms by which the zebrafish pectoral fin develops is expected to produce insights on how vertebrate limbs grow from a 2D cell layer to a 3D structure. Two mechanisms have been proposed to drive limb morphogenesis in tetrapods: a growth-based morphogenesis with a higher proliferation rate at the distal tip of the limb bud than at the proximal side, and directed cell behaviors that include elongation, division and migration in a nonrandom manner. Based on quantitative experimental biological data at the level of individual cells in the whole developing organ, we test the conditions for the dynamics of pectoral fin early morphogenesis.ResultsWe found that during the development of the zebrafish pectoral fin, cells have a preferential elongation axis that gradually aligns along the proximodistal axis (PD) of the organ. Based on these quantitative observations, we build a center-based cell model enhanced with a polarity term and cell proliferation to simulate fin growth. Our simulations resulted in 3D fins similar in shape to the observed ones, suggesting that the existence of a preferential axis of cell polarization is essential to drive fin morphogenesis in zebrafish, as observed in the development of limbs in the mouse, but distal tip-based expansion is not.AvailabilityUpon publication, biological data will be available at http://bioemergences.eu/modelingFin, and code source at https://github.com/guijoe/MaSoFin.Contactjoel.dokmegang-kassap@stu.mmu.ac.uk, nadine.peyrieras@cnrs.fr or rene.doursat@iscpif.frSupplementary informationSupplementary data are included in this manuscript.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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