Second Exam Flashcards
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For what does cell fate impact
a particular cell and all its descendents
When are cell fates developed
known before the organism has fully developed
What can be made due to the fact that cell fates are known before organism is fully developed
cell fate map
When can cell fate maps be made
particular stages of development
How are fate maps made. What are the two methods
dye injection
time-lapse motion pictures
How does dye injection help develop a fate map
inject dye into a cell and see where the dye is after the organism develops
What are the limitations to these cell fate map methods
they work until the organism is too complicated
Why don’t the cell maps work when the organism is too complicated
there are too many variables, the number and position of cells move around a lot more
Drawing fate maps is complicate by what
variable numbers and positions of primordial cells,
cell migration within the embryo
What is cell potency/potential
how fixed is a cell’s fate
Is fate a complete yes or no
no, cells can have a potential that is in between and cells thus have various fixations
What is the potential of a cell
the total of all the structures a cell or it descendants could form if placed in the proper environment
What is an example of cells having inbetween potential
hematocytoblast vs erythroblast
What potential does a hematocytoblast have
produces a wide variety of cells, wide potential
What potential does a erythroblast have
produces only RBC, narrowed potential
How do we figure out cell potency
Isolation
hetertrophic transplantaion
gene expression pattern
What do we do in isolation to figure out cell potency
isolate the cell, put it in a dish and see how many different cell types you get
What are limitations to isolating cells
They are isolated within a petri, culture dish which is not a normal environment for the cells so their potential observed could be altered
What do we do in heterotopic transplantation to figure out cell fate
take a cell, keep it in a natural environment but move it around within the environment. This enables one to see if the cell produces the same thing or if the fate changes
What do we do in gene expression pattern to figure out cell fate
Take an epithelial cell and transform it into a pluripotentent stem cell
What kind of fate does an epithelial cell have
fixed fate
What kind of fate does a PSC have
not fixed fate, broad potential
How does one transform an epithelial cell to a PSC
give the cell or cause the cell to express transcription factors
What do these transcription factors cause
these are stemness genes, genes that correlate with broad potential