Today Development Development differentiating cells to become an
Today: Development
Development: differentiating cells to become an organism
Cells function differently because they express different genes.
The proper control of gene expression is critical for proper development.
Inverse relationship between smoking and weight: more smoking : less weight
Effect of smoking on fetal development and how that can affect adults
Adults exposed to smoke as fetuses have higher risk of obesity and heart disease
What is the connection?
Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Some Cancers all may have some origins during fetal development.
Adults metabolism may react to poor nutrition as fetuses… Adaptation of Thriftiness or Catch Up Growth.
Adults metabolism may react to poor nutrition as fetuses…Adaptation of Thriftiness or Catch Up Growth. Study of babies born during Dutch famine of 1944 -45…
Adults metabolism may react to poor nutrition as fetuses…Adaptation of Thriftiness or Catch Up Growth. Study of babies born during Dutch famine of 1944 -45… 20 years later found that these babies had higher rates of obesity.
Adults metabolism may react to poor nutrition as fetuses…Adaptation of Thriftiness or Catch Up Growth. Study of babies born during Dutch famine of 1944 -45… 20 years later found that these babies had higher rates of obesity. Precise mechanism is not known
What about smoking? 17, 000 births studied and checked at age 16 and 33. Fetuses exposed to smoking had increased rate of obesity.
What about smoking? 17, 000 births studied and checked at age 16 and 33. Fetuses exposed to smoking had increased rate of obesity and more smoking meant more obesity.
What about smoking? 17, 000 births studied and checked at age 16 and 33. Fetuses exposed to smoking had increased rate of obesity and more smoking meant more obesity. For Mom’s who abstained during pregnancy, no effect on fetus or as adult.
What about smoking? 17, 000 births studied and checked at age 16 and 33. Fetuses exposed to smoking had increased rate of obesity and more smoking meant more obesity. Smoking during first trimester had same effect as during whole pregnancy.
What about smoking? For diabetes more than 10 cigarettes per day gave a 4 times greater risk of diabetes.
What about smoking? Risk of high blood pressure also increases with increased exposure to fetus of smoking during pregnancy
Why?
Why? Nicotine can inhibit hunger and increase energy expenditure. This can lead to poor fetal nutrition.
Why? Nicotine causes constriction of blood vessels, and may limit blood flow to the fetus.
Mammalian circulation AAL 38. 8
Nicotine causes blood vessels to constrict
Why? CO in blood decreases delivery of O 2 to fetus.
Why? These are all indirect affects leading to “adaptation to thriftiness”… Nicotine can inhibit hunger and increase energy expenditure. Nicotine causes constriction of blood vessels, and may limit blood flow to the fetus. CO in blood decreases delivery of O 2 to fetus.
Why? Nicotine and other toxins in smoke may directly affect hormones that direct fetal development.
Hormones are molecules produced in one cell and signal another.
Why? Nicotine and other toxins in smoke may directly affect hormones that direct fetal development. Including hormones that direct brain development.
So, Smoking during pregnancy may have indirect and/or direct affects on fetal development, and these affects may manifest themselves in adults.
Correlation of weight and relatedness Correlation of weight (BMI) Identical twins reared together Identical twins reared apart Fraternal twins reared together Biological siblings Parents and children living together Adopted children and parents Unrelated children living together % 80 72 43 34 26 4 1 The nature of environmental influences on weight and obesity: A behavior genetic analysis. Grilo, Carlos M. ; Pogue-Geile, Michael F. ; Psychological Bulletin, Vol 110(3), Nov 1991. pp. 520 -537. And two books by Matt Ridley: Nature via Nurture (2003) and Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (1999)
Nature and Nurture: Are traits coded for by genes fixed while traits coded for by the environment are under our control?
What happened during development?
Fig 23. 3 Developmental mutants of Drosophila melanogaster
Fig 23. 1 Increases in cell number play a role…
Fig 23. 1 …so does cell death.
Development of a mouse paw: yellow areas show dying cells CB 21. 19
Development in animals is one way. Why?
Vertebrate Development: from zygote to adult
Early embryo development Fig 19. 13
Totipotent: ability to differentiate into any cell-type
Totipotency is limited to early stages of animal development
Why do cells lose totipotency?
Why do cells lose totipotency?
Mature, differentiated plant cells are totipotent
Why do cells lose totipotency?
• Gene expression can be controlled at many points between DNA and making the final proteins. • Changes in the various steps of gene expression control when and how much of a product are produced.
Why change gene expression? • Different cells need different components • Responding to the environment • Replacement of damaged/worn-out parts
Fig 10. 21 DNA packaging fluctuates… genes being expressed are unpackaged, genes not needed are tightly packaged.
Normally DNA is loosely packaged During mitosis DNA is tightly packaged as chromosomes and individually visible Fig 3. 8
Fig 10. 21 DNA packaging fluctuates… Some of the tight packaging of DNA is irreversible.
Irreversible packaging of DNA partially explains the loss of totipotency. Often in the form of DNA methylation
Stem cells still have totipotency Fig 19. 13
Embryonic Stem Cells are totipotent Adult Stem Cells are pluripotent (only form some cell types) Fig 19. 14
What genetic mechanisms regulate/allow development?
All humans are female for the first nine weeks of development
Fig 23. 27
All humans are female for the first nine weeks of development
Fig 23. 23 Flower parts: Complexity from a few simple genes 4 whorls of a flower
Each whorl expresses a specific combination of three genes Fig 23. 24
Fig 23. 23
Changing expression of A, B, or C genes changes organ identity Fig 23. 24
Fig 23. 23 Flower parts: Complexity from a few simple genes 4 whorls of a flower
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