Lecture 2 Flashcards
Gastrulation
cell movement from ball into 3 layered structure known as gastrula
invagination
sheet of cells moving inward by apical constriction of actin fibers
ingression
individual cells leave an epithelial state/sheet and become freely moving (mesenchymal)
mesenchymal
freely moving cells
epiboly
sheet of cells thinning out to become longer
intercalation
rows of cells moving in between each other to become longer
ingression is similar to
this process is similar to that used by carcinoma cells to extravasate and metastasize
three layers of cells
ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm
cadherins are
cell adhesion molecules
some things in ECM (extracellular matrix) are
collagen, proteoglycans, glycoproteins
Xenopus leavis
frog
What ,in frogs, triggers the opening of a pore that allows cells on outside of embryo to move inside?
Spemann’s organizer
what is the hole formed by Spemann’s organizer?
blastopore- in frogs only
Where does blastpore form?
dorsal lip of blastocyst
Transcription factor expressed in the dorsal marginal region that is involved in starting gastrulation in frogs
goosecoid
explain basic steps of activation of gastrulation
receptors attach to cells and get activated by ligand
starts signal transduction cascade in cytoplasm
leads to activation of transcription factors in the nulceus and gene expression
examples of glycoproteins in extracellular matrix
fibronectin, chondronectin, tenascin
outer ectoderm cells move by what to move into cell in frogs
epiboly (sheet movement by thinning out)
first thing to form from mesoderm
notochord from chorda mesoderm
types of mesoderm
notochord,
PARAXIAL MESODERM (somites) INTERMEDIATE MESODERM (kidneys and gonads) LATERAL MESODERM (splanchnic (internal organs, blood endothelium) and somatic (limb skeleton, ventral skin dermis and connective tissue of body cavity)