Diversity of fate outcomes in cell pairs under lateral inhibition

Guisoni, Nara, Martinez-Corral, Rosa, Garcia-Ojalvo, Jordi and De Navascues Melero, Joaquin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5414-4056 2017. Diversity of fate outcomes in cell pairs under lateral inhibition. Development 10.1242/dev.137950

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Abstract

Cell fate determination by lateral inhibition via Notch/Delta signalling has been extensively studied. Most formalised models consider Notch/Delta interactions in fields of cells, with parameters that typically lead to symmetry breaking of signalling states between neighbouring cells, commonly resulting in salt-and-pepper fate patterns. Here we consider the case of signalling between isolated cell pairs, and find that the bifurcation properties of a standard mathematical model of lateral inhibition can lead to stable symmetric signalling states. We apply this model to the adult intestinal stem cell (ISC) of Drosophila, whose fate is stochastic but dependent on the Notch/Delta pathway. We observe a correlation between signalling state in cell pairs and their contact area. We interpret this behaviour in terms of the properties of our model in the presence of population variability in contact areas, which affects the effective signalling threshold of individual cells. Our results suggest that the dynamics of Notch/Delta signalling can contribute to explain stochasticity in stem cell fate decisions, and that the standard model for lateral inhibition can account for a wider range of developmental outcomes than previously considered.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
ISSN:	1477-9129
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 February 2017
Date of Acceptance:	28 January 2017
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 05:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98164

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