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  1. Article ; Online: The stem cell zoo for comparative studies of developmental tempo.

    Lázaro, Jorge / Sochacki, Jaroslaw / Ebisuya, Miki

    Current opinion in genetics & development

    2024  Volume 84, Page(s) 102149

    Abstract: The rate of development is highly variable across animal species. However, the mechanisms regulating developmental tempo have remained elusive due to difficulties in performing direct interspecies comparisons. Here, we discuss how pluripotent stem cell- ... ...

    Abstract The rate of development is highly variable across animal species. However, the mechanisms regulating developmental tempo have remained elusive due to difficulties in performing direct interspecies comparisons. Here, we discuss how pluripotent stem cell-based models of development can be used to investigate cell- and tissue-autonomous temporal processes. These systems enable quantitative comparisons of different animal species under similar experimental conditions. Moreover, the constantly growing stem cell zoo collection allows the extension of developmental studies to a great number of unconventional species. We argue that the stem cell zoo constitutes a powerful platform to perform comparative studies of developmental tempo, as well as to study other forms of biological time control such as species-specific lifespan, heart rate, and circadian clocks.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Circadian Clocks ; Pluripotent Stem Cells ; Species Specificity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1077312-5
    ISSN 1879-0380 ; 0959-437X
    ISSN (online) 1879-0380
    ISSN 0959-437X
    DOI 10.1016/j.gde.2023.102149
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  2. Article ; Online: Tension hones body segmentation around the clock.

    Ebisuya, Miki / Trepat, Xavier

    Nature

    2022  Volume 605, Issue 7910, Page(s) 432–433

    MeSH term(s) Body Patterning ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Somites
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type News ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/d41586-022-00840-x
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  3. Article: Self-organization of vascularized skeletal muscle from bovine embryonic stem cells.

    Sanaki-Matsumiya, Marina / Villava, Casandra / Rappez, Luca / Haase, Kristina / Wu, Jun / Ebisuya, Miki

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2024  

    Abstract: Cultured beef holds promising potential as an alternative to traditional meat options. While adult stem cells are commonly used as the cell source for cultured beef, their proliferation and differentiation capacities are limited. To produce cultured beef ...

    Abstract Cultured beef holds promising potential as an alternative to traditional meat options. While adult stem cells are commonly used as the cell source for cultured beef, their proliferation and differentiation capacities are limited. To produce cultured beef steaks, current manufacturing plans often require the separate preparation of multiple cell types and intricate engineering for assembling them into structured tissues. In this study, we propose and report the co-induction of skeletal muscle, neuronal, and endothelial cells from bovine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and the self-organization of tissue structures in 2- and 3-dimensional cultures. Bovine myocytes were induced in a stepwise manner through the induction of presomitic mesoderm (PSM) from bovine ESCs. Muscle fibers with sarcomeres appeared within 15 days, displaying calcium oscillations responsive to inputs from co-induced bovine spinal neurons. Bovine endothelial cells were also co-induced via PSM, forming uniform vessel networks inside tissues. Our serum-free, rapid co-induction protocols represent a milestone toward self-organizing beef steaks with integrated vasculature and innervation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2024.03.22.586252
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  4. Article ; Online: Scaling up complexity in synthetic developmental biology.

    Martínez-Ara, Guillermo / Stapornwongkul, Kristina S / Ebisuya, Miki

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2022  Volume 378, Issue 6622, Page(s) 864–868

    Abstract: The application of synthetic biology approaches to study development opens the possibility to build and manipulate developmental processes to understand them better. Researchers have reconstituted fundamental developmental processes, such as cell ... ...

    Abstract The application of synthetic biology approaches to study development opens the possibility to build and manipulate developmental processes to understand them better. Researchers have reconstituted fundamental developmental processes, such as cell patterning and sorting, by engineering gene circuits in vitro. Moreover, new tools have been created that allow for the control of developmental processes in more complex organoids and embryos. Synthetic approaches allow testing of which components are sufficient to reproduce a developmental process and under which conditions as well as what effect perturbations have on other processes. We envision that the future of synthetic developmental biology requires an increase in the diversity of available tools and further efforts to combine multiple developmental processes into one system.
    MeSH term(s) Developmental Biology/methods ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; Organoids ; Synthetic Biology/methods ; Cell Culture Techniques
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.add9666
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  5. Article ; Online: Synthetic developmental biology: build and control multicellular systems.

    Ebrahimkhani, Mo R / Ebisuya, Miki

    Current opinion in chemical biology

    2019  Volume 52, Page(s) 9–15

    Abstract: Synthetic biology offers a bottom-up engineering approach that intends to understand complex systems via design-build-test cycles. Embryonic development comprises complex processes that originate at the level of gene regulatory networks in a cell and ... ...

    Abstract Synthetic biology offers a bottom-up engineering approach that intends to understand complex systems via design-build-test cycles. Embryonic development comprises complex processes that originate at the level of gene regulatory networks in a cell and emerge into collective cellular behaviors with multicellular forms and functions. Here, we review synthetic biology approaches to development that involve building de novo developmental trajectories or engineering control in stem cell-derived multicellular systems. The field of synthetic developmental biology is rapidly growing with the help of recent advances in artificial gene circuits, self-organizing organoids, and controllable tissue microenvironments. The outcome will be a blueprint to decode principles of morphogenesis and to create programmable organoids with novel designs or improved functions.
    MeSH term(s) Cell Communication ; Developmental Biology ; Embryonic Development ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; Morphogenesis ; Organoids ; Stem Cells/cytology ; Synthetic Biology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-05-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1439176-4
    ISSN 1879-0402 ; 1367-5931
    ISSN (online) 1879-0402
    ISSN 1367-5931
    DOI 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.04.006
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  6. Article ; Online: What does time mean in development?

    Ebisuya, Miki / Briscoe, James

    Development (Cambridge, England)

    2018  Volume 145, Issue 12

    Abstract: Biology is dynamic. Timescales range from frenetic sub-second ion fluxes and enzymatic reactions to the glacial millions of years of evolutionary change. Falling somewhere in the middle of this range are the processes we usually study in development: ... ...

    Abstract Biology is dynamic. Timescales range from frenetic sub-second ion fluxes and enzymatic reactions to the glacial millions of years of evolutionary change. Falling somewhere in the middle of this range are the processes we usually study in development: cell division and differentiation, gene expression, cell-cell signalling, and morphogenesis. But what sets the tempo and manages the order of developmental events? Are the order and tempo different between species? How is the sequence of multiple events coordinated? Here, we discuss the importance of time for developing embryos, highlighting the necessity for global as well as cell-autonomous control. New reagents and tools in imaging and genomic engineering, combined with
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Embryonic Development ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Models, Biological ; Species Specificity ; Time Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 90607-4
    ISSN 1477-9129 ; 0950-1991
    ISSN (online) 1477-9129
    ISSN 0950-1991
    DOI 10.1242/dev.164368
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  7. Article ; Online: Arrested coalescence of multicellular aggregates.

    Oriola, David / Marin-Riera, Miquel / Anlaş, Kerim / Gritti, Nicola / Sanaki-Matsumiya, Marina / Aalderink, Germaine / Ebisuya, Miki / Sharpe, James / Trivedi, Vikas

    Soft matter

    2022  Volume 18, Issue 19, Page(s) 3771–3780

    Abstract: Multicellular aggregates are known to exhibit liquid-like properties. The fusion process of two cell aggregates is commonly studied as the coalescence of two viscous drops. However, tissues are complex materials and can exhibit viscoelastic behaviour. It ...

    Abstract Multicellular aggregates are known to exhibit liquid-like properties. The fusion process of two cell aggregates is commonly studied as the coalescence of two viscous drops. However, tissues are complex materials and can exhibit viscoelastic behaviour. It is known that elastic effects can prevent the complete fusion of two drops, a phenomenon known as arrested coalescence. Here we study this phenomenon in stem cell aggregates and provide a theoretical framework which agrees with the experiments. In addition, agent-based simulations show that active cell fluctuations can control a solid-to-fluid phase transition, revealing that arrested coalescence can be found in the vicinity of an unjamming transition. By analysing the dynamics of the fusion process and combining it with nanoindentation measurements, we obtain the effective viscosity, shear modulus and surface tension of the aggregates. More generally, our work provides a simple, fast and inexpensive method to characterize the mechanical properties of viscoelastic materials.
    MeSH term(s) Surface Tension ; Viscosity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2191476-X
    ISSN 1744-6848 ; 1744-683X
    ISSN (online) 1744-6848
    ISSN 1744-683X
    DOI 10.1039/d2sm00063f
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  8. Article ; Online: Periodic formation of epithelial somites from human pluripotent stem cells.

    Sanaki-Matsumiya, Marina / Matsuda, Mitsuhiro / Gritti, Nicola / Nakaki, Fumio / Sharpe, James / Trivedi, Vikas / Ebisuya, Miki

    Nature communications

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 2325

    Abstract: During embryonic development, epithelial cell blocks called somites are periodically formed according to the segmentation clock, becoming the foundation for the segmental pattern of the vertebral column. The process of somitogenesis has recently been ... ...

    Abstract During embryonic development, epithelial cell blocks called somites are periodically formed according to the segmentation clock, becoming the foundation for the segmental pattern of the vertebral column. The process of somitogenesis has recently been recapitulated with murine and human pluripotent stem cells. However, an in vitro model for human somitogenesis coupled with the segmentation clock and epithelialization is still missing. Here, we report the generation of human somitoids, organoids that periodically form pairs of epithelial somite-like structures. Somitoids display clear oscillations of the segmentation clock that coincide with the segmentation of the presomitic mesoderm. The resulting somites show anterior-posterior and apical-basal polarities. Matrigel is essential for epithelialization but dispensable for the differentiation into somite cells. The size of somites is rather constant, irrespective of the initial cell number. The amount of WNT signaling instructs the proportion of mesodermal lineages in somitoids. Somitoids provide a novel platform to study human somitogenesis.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Embryonic Development ; Humans ; Mesoderm ; Mice ; Pluripotent Stem Cells ; Receptors, Notch ; Somites
    Chemical Substances Receptors, Notch
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-28
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-29967-1
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  9. Article ; Online: Synthetic mammalian pattern formation driven by differential diffusivity of Nodal and Lefty.

    Sekine, Ryoji / Shibata, Tatsuo / Ebisuya, Miki

    Nature communications

    2018  Volume 9, Issue 1, Page(s) 5456

    Abstract: A synthetic mammalian reaction-diffusion pattern has yet to be created, and Nodal-Lefty signaling has been proposed to meet conditions for pattern formation: Nodal is a short-range activator whereas Lefty is a long-range inhibitor. However, this pattern ... ...

    Abstract A synthetic mammalian reaction-diffusion pattern has yet to be created, and Nodal-Lefty signaling has been proposed to meet conditions for pattern formation: Nodal is a short-range activator whereas Lefty is a long-range inhibitor. However, this pattern forming possibility has never been directly tested, and the underlying mechanisms of differential diffusivity of Nodal and Lefty remain unclear. Here, through a combination of synthetic and theoretical approaches, we show that a reconstituted Nodal-Lefty network in mammalian cells spontaneously gives rise to a pattern. Surprisingly, extracellular Nodal is confined underneath the cells, resulting in a narrow distribution compared with Lefty. The short-range distribution requires the finger 1 domain of Nodal, and transplantation of the finger 1 domain into Lefty shortens the distribution of Lefty, successfully preventing pattern formation. These results indicate that the differences in localization and domain structures between Nodal and Lefty, combined with the activator-inhibitor topology, are sufficient for reaction-diffusion patterning.
    MeSH term(s) Body Patterning ; Cell Culture Techniques ; Diffusion ; HEK293 Cells ; Humans ; Left-Right Determination Factors/physiology ; Models, Biological ; Nodal Protein/physiology ; Synthetic Biology
    Chemical Substances Left-Right Determination Factors ; NODAL protein, human ; Nodal Protein
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-12-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-07847-x
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  10. Article ; Online: Periodic formation of epithelial somites from human pluripotent stem cells

    Marina Sanaki-Matsumiya / Mitsuhiro Matsuda / Nicola Gritti / Fumio Nakaki / James Sharpe / Vikas Trivedi / Miki Ebisuya

    Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2022  Volume 14

    Abstract: Somitogenesis has been well characterized in model organisms, resulting in detailed description of the somite segmentation clock. Here they generate somitogenic organoids from human pluripotent stem cells that recapitulate somitogenesis, periodic ... ...

    Abstract Somitogenesis has been well characterized in model organisms, resulting in detailed description of the somite segmentation clock. Here they generate somitogenic organoids from human pluripotent stem cells that recapitulate somitogenesis, periodic segmentation, and proper polarity.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
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