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Davies T, Kim HX, Romano Spica N, Lesea-Pringle BJ, Dumont J, Shirasu-Hiza M, Canman JC. Cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms promote cell-type-specific cytokinetic diversity. eLife 2018; 7:36204. [PMID: 30028292 PMCID: PMC6054530 DOI: 10.7554/elife.36204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Cytokinesis, the physical division of one cell into two, is powered by constriction of an actomyosin contractile ring. It has long been assumed that all animal cells divide by a similar molecular mechanism, but growing evidence suggests that cytokinetic regulation in individual cell types has more variation than previously realized. In the four-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, each blastomere has a distinct cell fate, specified by conserved pathways. Using fast-acting temperature-sensitive mutants and acute drug treatment, we identified cell-type-specific variation in the cytokinetic requirement for a robust forminCYK-1-dependent filamentous-actin (F-actin) cytoskeleton. In one cell (P2), this cytokinetic variation is cell-intrinsically regulated, whereas in another cell (EMS) this variation is cell-extrinsically regulated, dependent on both SrcSRC-1 signaling and direct contact with its neighbor cell, P2. Thus, both cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms control cytokinetic variation in individual cell types and can protect against division failure when the contractile ring is weakened. The successful division of one cell into two is essential for all organisms to live, grow and reproduce. For an animal cell, the nucleus – the compartment containing the genetic material – must divide before the surrounding material. The rest of the cell, called the cytoplasm, physically separates later in a process known as cytokinesis. Cytokinesis in animal cells is driven by the formation of a ring in the middle of the dividing cell. The ring is composed of myosin motor proteins and filaments made of a protein called actin. The movements of the motor proteins along the filaments cause the ring to contract and tighten. This pulls the cell membrane inward and physically pinches the cell into two. For a long time, the mechanism of cytokinesis was assumed to be same across different types of animal cell, but later evidence suggested otherwise. For example, in liver, heat and bone cells, cytokinesis naturally fails during development to create cells with two or more nuclei. If a similar ‘failure’ happened in other cell types, it could lead to diseases such as cancers or blood disorders. This raised the question: what are the molecular mechanisms that allow cytokinesis to happen differently in different cell types? Davies et al. investigated this question using embryos of the worm Caenorhabditis elegans at a stage in their development when they consist of just four cells. The proteins forming the contractile ring in this worm are the same as those in humans. However, in the worm, the contractile ring can easily be damaged using chemical inhibitors or by mutating the genes that encode its proteins. Davies et al. show that when the contractile ring was damaged, two of the four cells in the worm embryo still divided successfully. This result indicates the existence of new mechanisms to divide the cytoplasm that allow division even with a weak contractile ring. In a further experiment, the embryos were dissected to isolate each of the four cells. Davies et al. saw that one of the two dividing cells could still divide on its own, while the other cell could not. This shows that this new method of cytokinesis is regulated both by factors inherent to the dividing cell and by external signals from other cells. Moreover, one of these extrinsic signals was found to be a signaling protein that had previously been implicated in human cancers. Future work will determine if these variations in cytokinesis between the different cell types found in the worm apply to humans too; and, more importantly from a therapeutic standpoint, if these new mechanisms exist in human cancers.
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- Tim Davies
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States.,Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR 7592, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
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McKinley KL, Stuurman N, Royer LA, Schartner C, Castillo-Azofeifa D, Delling M, Klein OD, Vale RD. Cellular aspect ratio and cell division mechanics underlie the patterning of cell progeny in diverse mammalian epithelia. eLife 2018; 7:36739. [PMID: 29897330 PMCID: PMC6023609 DOI: 10.7554/elife.36739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cell division is essential to expand, shape, and replenish epithelia. In the adult small intestine, cells from a common progenitor intermix with other lineages, whereas cell progeny in many other epithelia form contiguous patches. The mechanisms that generate these distinct patterns of progeny are poorly understood. Using light sheet and confocal imaging of intestinal organoids, we show that lineages intersperse during cytokinesis, when elongated interphase cells insert between apically displaced daughters. Reducing the cellular aspect ratio to minimize the height difference between interphase and mitotic cells disrupts interspersion, producing contiguous patches. Cellular aspect ratio is similarly a key parameter for division-coupled interspersion in the early mouse embryo, suggesting that this physical mechanism for patterning progeny may pertain to many mammalian epithelia. Our results reveal that the process of cytokinesis in elongated mammalian epithelia allows lineages to intermix and that cellular aspect ratio is a critical modulator of the progeny pattern.
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- Kara L McKinley
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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Daniel E, Daudé M, Kolotuev I, Charish K, Auld V, Le Borgne R. Coordination of Septate Junctions Assembly and Completion of Cytokinesis in Proliferative Epithelial Tissues. Curr Biol 2018; 28:1380-1391.e4. [PMID: 29706514 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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How permeability barrier function is maintained when epithelial cells divide is largely unknown. Here, we have investigated how the bicellular septate junctions (BSJs) and tricellular septate junctions (TSJs) are remodeled throughout completion of cytokinesis in Drosophila epithelia. We report that, following cytokinetic ring constriction, the midbody assembles, matures within SJs, and is displaced basally in two phases. In a first slow phase, the neighboring cells remain connected to the dividing cells by means of SJ-containing membrane protrusions pointing to the maturing midbody. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments revealed that SJs within the membrane protrusions correspond to the old SJs that were present prior to cytokinesis. In contrast, new SJs are assembled below the adherens junctions and spread basally to build a new belt of SJs in a manner analogous to a conveyor belt. Loss of function of a core BSJ component, the Na+/K+-ATPase pump Nervana 2 subunit, revealed that the apical-to-basal spread of BSJs drives the basal displacement of the midbody. In contrast, loss of the TSJ protein Bark beetle indicated that remodeling of TSJs is rate limiting and slowed down midbody migration. In the second phase, once the belt of SJs is assembled, the basal displacement of the midbody is accelerated and ultimately leads to abscission. This last step is temporally uncoupled from the remodeling of SJs. We propose that cytokinesis in epithelia involves the coordinated polarized assembly and remodeling of SJs both in the dividing cell and its neighbors to ensure the maintenance of permeability barrier integrity in proliferative epithelia.
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- Emeline Daniel
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Zoology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, 35000 Rennes, France; Équipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer.
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Dix CL, Matthews HK, Uroz M, McLaren S, Wolf L, Heatley N, Win Z, Almada P, Henriques R, Boutros M, Trepat X, Baum B. The Role of Mitotic Cell-Substrate Adhesion Re-modeling in Animal Cell Division. Dev Cell 2018; 45:132-145.e3. [PMID: 29634933 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Animal cells undergo a dramatic series of shape changes as they divide, which depend on re-modeling of cell-substrate adhesions. Here, we show that while focal adhesion complexes are disassembled during mitotic rounding, integrins remain in place. These integrin-rich contacts connect mitotic cells to the underlying substrate throughout mitosis, guide polarized cell migration following mitotic exit, and are functionally important, since adherent cells undergo division failure when removed from the substrate. Further, the ability of cells to re-spread along pre-existing adhesive contacts is essential for division in cells compromised in their ability to construct a RhoGEF-dependent (Ect2) actomyosin ring. As a result, following Ect2 depletion, cells fail to divide on small adhesive islands but successfully divide on larger patterns, as the connection between daughter cells narrows and severs as they migrate away from one another. In this way, regulated re-modeling of cell-substrate adhesions during mitotic rounding aids division in animal cells.
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- Christina L Dix
- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and Department for Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and Department for Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona 08028, Spain; Unitat de Biofisica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona 08010, Spain; Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- MRC - Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Institute for the Physics of Living Systems, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Broders-Bondon F, Nguyen Ho-Bouldoires TH, Fernandez-Sanchez ME, Farge E. Mechanotransduction in tumor progression: The dark side of the force. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:1571-1587. [PMID: 29467174 PMCID: PMC5940296 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201701039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Broders-Bondon et al. review the pathological mechanical properties of tumor tissues and how abnormal mechanical signals result in oncogenic biochemical signals during tumor progression. Cancer has been characterized as a genetic disease, associated with mutations that cause pathological alterations of the cell cycle, adhesion, or invasive motility. Recently, the importance of the anomalous mechanical properties of tumor tissues, which activate tumorigenic biochemical pathways, has become apparent. This mechanical induction in tumors appears to consist of the destabilization of adult tissue homeostasis as a result of the reactivation of embryonic developmental mechanosensitive pathways in response to pathological mechanical strains. These strains occur in many forms, for example, hypervascularization in late tumors leads to high static hydrodynamic pressure that can promote malignant progression through hypoxia or anomalous interstitial liquid and blood flow. The high stiffness of tumors directly induces the mechanical activation of biochemical pathways enhancing the cell cycle, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and cell motility. Furthermore, increases in solid-stress pressure associated with cell hyperproliferation activate tumorigenic pathways in the healthy epithelial cells compressed by the neighboring tumor. The underlying molecular mechanisms of the translation of a mechanical signal into a tumor inducing biochemical signal are based on mechanically induced protein conformational changes that activate classical tumorigenic signaling pathways. Understanding these mechanisms will be important for the development of innovative treatments to target such mechanical anomalies in cancer.
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- Florence Broders-Bondon
- Mechanics and Genetics of Embryonic and Tumor Development Group, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR168, Inserm, Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France
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- Mechanics and Genetics of Embryonic and Tumor Development Group, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR168, Inserm, Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France
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- Mechanics and Genetics of Embryonic and Tumor Development Group, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR168, Inserm, Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France
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- Mechanics and Genetics of Embryonic and Tumor Development Group, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR168, Inserm, Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France
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Mechanosensitive adhesion complexes in epithelial architecture and cancer onset. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2018; 50:42-49. [PMID: 29454273 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mechanical signals from the extracellular space are paramount to coordinate tissue morphogenesis and homeostasis. Although there is a wide variety of cellular mechanisms involved in transducing extracellular forces, recent literature emphasizes the central role of two main adhesion complexes in epithelial mechanosensitive processes: focal adhesions and adherens junctions. These biomechanical sensors can decode physical signals such as matrix stiffness or intercellular tension into a wide range of coordinated cellular responses, which can impact cell differentiation, migration, and proliferation. Communication between cells and their microenvironment plays a pivotal role both in physiological and pathological conditions. Here we summarize the most recent findings on the biology of these mechanotransduction pathways in epithelial cells, highlighting the extensive amount of biological processes coordinated by cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion complexes.
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Menon VV, Soumya SS, Agarwal A, Naganathan SR, Inamdar MM, Sain A. Asymmetric Flows in the Intercellular Membrane during Cytokinesis. Biophys J 2018; 113:2787-2795. [PMID: 29262371 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells undergo shape changes during their division and growth. This involves flow of material both in the cell membrane and in the cytoskeletal layer beneath the membrane. Such flows result in redistribution of phospholipid at the cell surface and actomyosin in the cortex. Here we focus on the growth of the intercellular surface during cell division in a Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. The growth of this surface leads to the formation of a double-layer of separating membranes between the two daughter cells. The division plane typically has a circular periphery and the growth starts from the periphery as a membrane invagination, which grows radially inward like the shutter of a camera. The growth is typically not concentric, in the sense that the closing internal ring is located off-center. Cytoskeletal proteins anillin and septin have been found to be responsible for initiating and maintaining the asymmetry of ring closure but the role of possible asymmetry in the material flow into the growing membrane has not been investigated yet. Motivated by experimental evidence of such flow asymmetry, here we explore the patterns of internal ring closure in the growing membrane in response to asymmetric boundary fluxes. We highlight the importance of the flow asymmetry by showing that many of the asymmetric growth patterns observed experimentally can be reproduced by our model, which incorporates the viscous nature of the membrane and contractility of the associated cortex.
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- Vidya V Menon
- Center for Research in Nanotechnology and Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Wang Z, Bosveld F, Bellaïche Y. Tricellular junction proteins promote disentanglement of daughter and neighbour cells during epithelial cytokinesis. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.215764. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.215764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In epithelial tissue, new cell-cell junctions are formed upon cytokinesis. To understand junction formation during cytokinesis, we explored in Drosophila epithelium, de novo formation of tricellular septate junctions (TCJs). We found that upon midbody formation, the membranes of the two daughter cells and of the neighbouring cells located below the adherens junction (AJ) remain entangled in a 4-cell structure apposed to the midbody. The septate junction protein Discs-Large and components of the TCJ, Gliotactin and Anakonda accumulate in this 4-cell structure. Subsequently, a basal movement of the midbody parallels the detachment of the neighbouring cell membranes from the midbody, the disengagement of the daughter cells from their neighbours and the reorganisation of TCJs between the two daughter cells and their neighbouring cells. While the movement of midbody is independent of the Alix and Shrub abscission regulators, the loss of Gliotactin or Anakonda function impedes both the resolution of the connection between the daughter-neighbour cells and midbody movement. TCJ proteins therefore control an additional step of cytokinesis necessary for the disentanglement of the daughter cells and their neighbours during cytokinesis.
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- Zhimin Wang
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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Couturier L, Mazouni K, Bernard F, Besson C, Reynaud E, Schweisguth F. Regulation of cortical stability by RhoGEF3 in mitotic Sensory Organ Precursor cells in Drosophila. Biol Open 2017; 6:1851-1860. [PMID: 29101098 PMCID: PMC5769646 DOI: 10.1242/bio.026641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In epithelia, mitotic cells round up and push against their neighbors to divide. Mitotic rounding results from increased assembly of F-actin and cortical recruitment of Myosin II, leading to increased cortical stability. Whether this process is developmentally regulated is not well known. Here, we examined the regulation of cortical stability in Sensory Organ Precursor cells (SOPs) in the Drosophila pupal notum. SOPs differed in apical shape and actomyosin dynamics from their epidermal neighbors prior to division, and appeared to have a more rigid cortex at mitosis. We identified RhoGEF3 as an actin regulator expressed at higher levels in SOPs, and showed that RhoGEF3 had in vitro GTPase Exchange Factor (GEF) activity for Cdc42. Additionally, RhoGEF3 genetically interacted with both Cdc42 and Rac1 when overexpressed in the fly eye. Using a null RhoGEF3 mutation generated by CRISPR-mediated homologous recombination, we showed using live imaging that the RhoGEF3 gene, despite being dispensable for normal development, contributed to cortical stability in dividing SOPs. We therefore suggest that cortical stability is developmentally regulated in dividing SOPs of the fly notum. Summary: RhoGEF3 is a developmentally regulated Cdc42 GEF that contributes to cortical stability during asymmetric divisions of Sensory Organ Precursor cells in Drosophila.
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- Lydie Couturier
- Institut Pasteur, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, F-75015 Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR3738, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, F-75015 Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR3738, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, F-75015 Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR3738, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, F-75015 Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR3738, F-75015 Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Cellule Pasteur UPMC, rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, F-75015 Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR3738, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, F-75015 Paris, France .,CNRS, UMR3738, F-75015 Paris, France
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Adhesion forces and cortical tension couple cell proliferation and differentiation to drive epidermal stratification. Nat Cell Biol 2017; 20:69-80. [PMID: 29230016 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-017-0005-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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To establish and maintain organ structure and function, tissues need to balance stem cell proliferation and differentiation rates and coordinate cell fate with position. By quantifying and modelling tissue stress and deformation in the mammalian epidermis, we find that this balance is coordinated through local mechanical forces generated by cell division and delamination. Proliferation within the basal stem/progenitor layer, which displays features of a jammed, solid-like state, leads to crowding, thereby locally distorting cell shape and stress distribution. The resulting decrease in cortical tension and increased cell-cell adhesion trigger differentiation and subsequent delamination, reinstating basal cell layer density. After delamination, cells establish a high-tension state as they increase myosin II activity and convert to E-cadherin-dominated adhesion, thereby reinforcing the boundary between basal and suprabasal layers. Our results uncover how biomechanical signalling integrates single-cell behaviours to couple proliferation, cell fate and positioning to generate a multilayered tissue.
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Higashi T, Miller AL. Tricellular junctions: how to build junctions at the TRICkiest points of epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:2023-2034. [PMID: 28705832 PMCID: PMC5509417 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-10-0697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Tricellular contacts are the places where three cells meet. In vertebrate epithelial cells, specialized structures called tricellular tight junctions (tTJs) and tricellular adherens junctions (tAJs) have been identified. tTJs are important for the maintenance of barrier function, and disruption of tTJ proteins contributes to familial deafness. tAJs have recently been attracting the attention of mechanobiologists because these sites are hot spots of epithelial tension. Although the molecular components, regulation, and function of tTJs and tAJs, as well as of invertebrate tricellular junctions, are beginning to be characterized, many questions remain. Here we broadly cover what is known about tricellular junctions, propose a new model for tension transmission at tAJs, and discuss key open questions.
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- Tomohito Higashi
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Chanet S, Sharan R, Khan Z, Martin AC. Myosin 2-Induced Mitotic Rounding Enables Columnar Epithelial Cells to Interpret Cortical Spindle Positioning Cues. Curr Biol 2017; 27:3350-3358.e3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Guirao B, Bellaïche Y. Biomechanics of cell rearrangements in Drosophila. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2017; 48:113-124. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2017.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bosveld F, Ainslie A, Bellaïche Y. Sequential activities of Dynein, Mud and Asp in centrosome-spindle coupling maintain centrosome number upon mitosis. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:3557-3567. [PMID: 28864767 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Centrosomes nucleate microtubules and are tightly coupled to the bipolar spindle to ensure genome integrity, cell division orientation and centrosome segregation. While the mechanisms of centrosome-dependent microtubule nucleation and bipolar spindle assembly have been the focus of numerous works, less is known about the mechanisms ensuring the centrosome-spindle coupling. The conserved NuMA protein (Mud in Drosophila) is best known for its role in spindle orientation. Here, we analyzed the role of Mud and two of its interactors, Asp and Dynein, in the regulation of centrosome numbers in Drosophila epithelial cells. We found that Dynein and Mud mainly initiate centrosome-spindle coupling prior to nuclear envelope breakdown (NEB) by promoting correct centrosome positioning or separation, while Asp acts largely independently of Dynein and Mud to maintain centrosome-spindle coupling. Failure in the centrosome-spindle coupling leads to mis-segregation of the two centrosomes into one daughter cell, resulting in cells with supernumerary centrosomes during subsequent divisions. Altogether, we propose that Dynein, Mud and Asp operate sequentially during the cell cycle to ensure efficient centrosome-spindle coupling in mitosis, thereby preventing centrosome mis-segregation to maintain centrosome number.
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- Floris Bosveld
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75248 Paris, France .,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75248 Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75248 Paris, France .,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75005 Paris, France
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Harris TJC. Sculpting epithelia with planar polarized actomyosin networks: Principles from Drosophila. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017; 81:54-61. [PMID: 28760393 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Drosophila research has revealed how planar polarized actomyosin networks affect various types of tissue morphogenesis. The networks are positioned by both tissue-wide patterning factors (including Even-skipped, Runt, Engrailed, Invected, Hedgehog, Notch, Wingless, Epidermal Growth Factor, Jun N-terminal kinase, Sex combs reduced and Fork head) and local receptor complexes (including Echinoid, Crumbs and Toll receptors). Networks with differing super-structure and contractile output have been discovered. Their contractility can affect individual cells or can be coordinated across groups of cells, and such contractility can drive or resist physical change. For what seem to be simple tissue changes, multiple types of actomyosin networks can contribute, acting together as contractile elements or braces within the developing structure. This review discusses the positioning and effects of planar polarized actomyosin networks for a number of developmental events in Drosophila, including germband extension, dorsal closure, head involution, tracheal pit formation, salivary gland development, imaginal disc boundary formation, and tissue rotation of the male genitalia and the egg chamber.
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- Tony J C Harris
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Zhu X, Huang S, Zeng L, Ma J, Sun S, Zeng F, Kong F, Cheng X. HMOX-1 inhibits TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. Int J Mol Med 2017. [PMID: 28627599 PMCID: PMC5505025 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.3027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key mechanism underlying metastatic breast cancer. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in EMT. Heme oxygenase‑1 (HMOX‑1) can reduce oxidative stress. However, the effect of HMOX‑1 on the EMT process in breast cancer cells is unknown. We treated the MCF‑7 breast cancer cell line with the HMOX‑1 inducer hemin and observed that hemin induced HMOX‑1 expression and inhibited migration, invasion and ROS generation in transforming growth factor‑β (TGF‑β)‑treated MCF‑7 cells using quantitative RT‑qPCR, western blotting, wound‑healing and cell invasion assays as well as fluorescent probe DCFDA. Hemin inhibited TGF‑β‑induced EMT in the MCF‑7 cells, whereas HMOX‑1 siRNA attenuated the suppressive effect of hemin as determined by the expression and cellular distribution of selected EMT markers. In summary, our results revealed that hemin treatment increased HMOX‑1 expression and inhibited TGF‑β‑induced EMT in MCF‑7 cells.
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- Xiaofeng Zhu
- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou 563003, P.R. China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou 563003, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510000, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou 563003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou 563003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou 563003, P.R. China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou 563003, P.R. China
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Chan EH, Chavadimane Shivakumar P, Clément R, Laugier E, Lenne PF. Patterned cortical tension mediated by N-cadherin controls cell geometric order in the Drosophila eye. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28537220 PMCID: PMC5443664 DOI: 10.7554/elife.22796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Adhesion molecules hold cells together but also couple cell membranes to a contractile actomyosin network, which limits the expansion of cell contacts. Despite their fundamental role in tissue morphogenesis and tissue homeostasis, how adhesion molecules control cell shapes and cell patterns in tissues remains unclear. Here we address this question in vivo using the Drosophila eye. We show that cone cell shapes depend little on adhesion bonds and mostly on contractile forces. However, N-cadherin has an indirect control on cell shape. At homotypic contacts, junctional N-cadherin bonds downregulate Myosin-II contractility. At heterotypic contacts with E-cadherin, unbound N-cadherin induces an asymmetric accumulation of Myosin-II, which leads to a highly contractile cell interface. Such differential regulation of contractility is essential for morphogenesis as loss of N-cadherin disrupts cell rearrangements. Our results establish a quantitative link between adhesion and contractility and reveal an unprecedented role of N-cadherin on cell shapes and cell arrangements. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22796.001
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Actomyosin-generated tension on cadherin is similar between dividing and non-dividing epithelial cells in early Xenopus laevis embryos. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45058. [PMID: 28327558 PMCID: PMC5361196 DOI: 10.1038/srep45058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Epithelia represent a unique situation where polarized cells must maintain sufficiently strong cell-cell contacts to guarantee the epithelial integrity indispensable for barrier functions. Nevertheless, epithelia must also keep sufficient plasticity which is crucial during development and morphogenesis. Adherens junctions and mechanical forces produced by the actomyosin cytoskeleton are major players for epithelial integrity maintenance and plasticity regulations. To understand how the epithelium is able to meet such a challenge, it is indispensable to determine how cellular junctions and mechanical forces acting at adherens junctions are regulated. Here, we investigate the tensile forces acting on adherens junctions via cadherin during cell division in the Xenopus embryos epithelium. Using the recently developed E-cadherin FRET tension sensor and a fastFLIM prototype microscope, we were able to measure mechanical forces applied on cadherin at cell-cell junctions. We have shown that the Xenopus epithelium is under tension, approximately 3 pN which remains stable, indicating that tensile forces acting on cadherin at the adherens junction are at equilibrium. Unexpectedly, mechanical tension across cadherin was similar between dividing and non-dividing epithelial cells.
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Pinheiro D, Hannezo E, Herszterg S, Bosveld F, Gaugue I, Balakireva M, Wang Z, Cristo I, Rigaud SU, Markova O, Bellaïche Y. Transmission of cytokinesis forces via E-cadherin dilution and actomyosin flows. Nature 2017; 545:103-107. [PMID: 28296858 DOI: 10.1038/nature22041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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During epithelial cytokinesis, the remodelling of adhesive cell-cell contacts between the dividing cell and its neighbours has profound implications for the integrity, arrangement and morphogenesis of proliferative tissues. In both vertebrates and invertebrates, this remodelling requires the activity of non-muscle myosin II (MyoII) in the interphasic cells neighbouring the dividing cell. However, the mechanisms that coordinate cytokinesis and MyoII activity in the neighbours are unknown. Here we show that in the Drosophila notum epithelium, each cell division is associated with a mechanosensing and transmission event that controls MyoII dynamics in neighbouring cells. We find that the ring pulling forces promote local junction elongation, which results in local E-cadherin dilution at the ingressing adherens junction. In turn, the reduction in E-cadherin concentration and the contractility of the neighbouring cells promote self-organized actomyosin flows, ultimately leading to accumulation of MyoII at the base of the ingressing junction. Although force transduction has been extensively studied in the context of adherens junction reinforcement to stabilize adhesive cell-cell contacts, we propose an alternative mechanosensing mechanism that coordinates actomyosin dynamics between epithelial cells and sustains the remodelling of the adherens junction in response to mechanical forces.
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- Diana Pinheiro
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France.,Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology, Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, J. J. Thomson Avenue, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.,The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Rd, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75248 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, F-75005, France
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Thieleke-Matos C, Osório DS, Carvalho AX, Morais-de-Sá E. Emerging Mechanisms and Roles for Asymmetric Cytokinesis. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 332:297-345. [PMID: 28526136 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cytokinesis completes cell division by physically separating the contents of the mother cell between the two daughter cells. This event requires the highly coordinated reorganization of the cytoskeleton within a precise window of time to ensure faithful genomic segregation. In addition, recent progress in the field highlighted the importance of cytokinesis in providing particularly important cues in the context of multicellular tissues. The organization of the cytokinetic machinery and the asymmetric localization or inheritance of the midbody remnants is critical to define the spatial distribution of mechanical and biochemical signals. After a brief overview of the conserved steps of animal cytokinesis, we review the mechanisms controlling polarized cytokinesis focusing on the challenges of epithelial cytokinesis. Finally, we discuss the significance of these asymmetries in defining embryonic body axes, determining cell fate, and ensuring the correct propagation of epithelial organization during proliferation.
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- C Thieleke-Matos
- i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Cell Division and Genomic stability, IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, and i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Cytoskeletal Dynamics, IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, and i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Cytoskeletal Dynamics, IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, and i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Cell Division and Genomic stability, IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, and i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Non-junctional E-Cadherin Clusters Regulate the Actomyosin Cortex in the C. elegans Zygote. Curr Biol 2017; 27:103-112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2016] [Revised: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Tassan JP, Wühr M, Hatte G, Kubiak J. Asymmetries in Cell Division, Cell Size, and Furrowing in the Xenopus laevis Embryo. Results Probl Cell Differ 2017; 61:243-260. [PMID: 28409308 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-53150-2_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Asymmetric cell divisions produce two daughter cells with distinct fate. During embryogenesis, this mechanism is fundamental to build tissues and organs because it generates cell diversity. In adults, it remains crucial to maintain stem cells. The enthusiasm for asymmetric cell division is not only motivated by the beauty of the mechanism and the fundamental questions it raises, but has also very pragmatic reasons. Indeed, misregulation of asymmetric cell divisions is believed to have dramatic consequences potentially leading to pathogenesis such as cancers. In diverse model organisms, asymmetric cell divisions result in two daughter cells, which differ not only by their fate but also in size. This is the case for the early Xenopus laevis embryo, in which the two first embryonic divisions are perpendicular to each other and generate two pairs of blastomeres, which usually differ in size: one pair of blastomeres is smaller than the other. Small blastomeres will produce embryonic dorsal structures, whereas the larger pair will evolve into ventral structures. Here, we present a speculative model on the origin of the asymmetry of this cell division in the Xenopus embryo. We also discuss the apparently coincident asymmetric distribution of cell fate determinants and cell-size asymmetry of the 4-cell stage embryo. Finally, we discuss the asymmetric furrowing during epithelial cell cytokinesis occurring later during Xenopus laevis embryo development.
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- Jean-Pierre Tassan
- , CNRS UMR 6290, Rennes, France. .,Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- , CNRS UMR 6290, Rennes, France.,Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France
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- , CNRS UMR 6290, Rennes, France.,Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France
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Hatte G, Prigent C, Tassan JP. Tight junctions negatively regulate mechanical forces applied to adherens junctions in vertebrate epithelial tissue. J Cell Sci 2017; 131:jcs.208736. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.208736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Epithelia are layers of polarised cells tightly bound to each other by adhesive contacts. Epithelia act as barriers between an organism and its external environment. Understanding how epithelia maintain their essential integrity while remaining sufficiently plastic to allow events such as cytokinesis to take place is a key biological problem. In vertebrates, the remodelling and reinforcement of adherens junctions maintains epithelial integrity during cytokinesis. The involvement of tight junctions in cell division, however, has remained unexplored. Here, we examine the role of tight junctions during cytokinesis in the epithelium of the Xenopus laevis embryo. Depletion of tight junction-associated proteins ZO-1 and GEF-H1 leads to altered cytokinesis duration and contractile ring geometry. Using a tension biosensor, we show that cytokinesis defects originate from misregulation of tensile forces applied to adherens junctions. Our results reveal that tight junctions regulate mechanical tension applied to adherens junctions, which in turn impacts cytokinesis.
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- Guillaume Hatte
- CNRS UMR 6290, Rennes, France
- Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France
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- CNRS UMR 6290, Rennes, France
- Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France
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- CNRS UMR 6290, Rennes, France
- Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France
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The midbody is a protein-dense assembly that forms during cytokinesis when the actomyosin ring constricts around bundling central spindle microtubules. After its initial description by Walther Flemming in the late nineteenth century and its rediscovery through electron microscopy in the 1960s and 1970s, its ultrastructural organization and the sequential recruitment of its molecular constituents has only been elucidated in the past decade. Recently, it has become clear that the midbody can serve as a polarity cue during asymmetric cell division, cell polarization, and spindle orientation by coordinating cytoskeletal organization, vesicular transport, and localized cortical cues. In this chapter, these newly emerging functions will be discussed as well as asymmetries during midbody formation and their consequences for cellular organization in tissues.
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- Christian Pohl
- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical School, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15, 60438, Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
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Silva AM, Osório DS, Pereira AJ, Maiato H, Pinto IM, Rubinstein B, Gassmann R, Telley IA, Carvalho AX. Robust gap repair in the contractile ring ensures timely completion of cytokinesis. J Cell Biol 2016; 215:789-799. [PMID: 27974482 PMCID: PMC5166501 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201605080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Using laser microsurgery, Silva et al. show that gaps in the contractile ring can be repaired at any stage of constriction, allowing for successful and timely cytokinesis. Their results support a contractile unit model for constriction of the cytokinetic ring. Cytokinesis in animal cells requires the constriction of an actomyosin contractile ring, whose architecture and mechanism remain poorly understood. We use laser microsurgery to explore the biophysical properties of constricting rings in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Laser cutting causes rings to snap open. However, instead of disintegrating, ring topology recovers and constriction proceeds. In response to severing, a finite gap forms and is repaired by recruitment of new material in an actin polymerization–dependent manner. An open ring is able to constrict, and rings repair from successive cuts. After gap repair, an increase in constriction velocity allows cytokinesis to complete at the same time as controls. Our analysis demonstrates that tension in the ring increases while net cortical tension at the site of ingression decreases throughout constriction and suggests that cytokinesis is accomplished by contractile modules that assemble and contract autonomously, enabling local repair of the actomyosin network. Consequently, cytokinesis is a highly robust process impervious to discontinuities in contractile ring structure.
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- Ana M Silva
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal .,Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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Coopman P, Djiane A. Adherens Junction and E-Cadherin complex regulation by epithelial polarity. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73:3535-53. [PMID: 27151512 PMCID: PMC11108514 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2260-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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E-Cadherin-based Adherens Junctions (AJs) are a defining feature of all epithelial sheets. Through the homophilic association of E-Cadherin molecules expressed on neighboring cells, they ensure intercellular adhesion amongst epithelial cells, and regulate many key aspects of epithelial biology. While their adhesive role requires these structures to remain stable, AJs are also extremely plastic. This plasticity allows for the adaptation of the cell to its changing environment: changes in neighbors after cell division, cell death, or cell movement, and changes in cell shape during differentiation. In this review we focus on the recent advances highlighting the critical role of the apico-basal polarity machinery, and in particular of the Par3/Bazooka scaffold, in the regulation and remodeling of AJs. We propose that by regulating key phosphorylation events on the core E-Cadherin complex components, Par3 and epithelial polarity promote meta-stable protein complexes governing the correct formation, localization, and functioning of AJ.
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- Peter Coopman
- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France
- IRCM, INSERM U1194, Montpellier, F-34298, France
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34090, France
- Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France
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- IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.
- IRCM, INSERM U1194, Montpellier, F-34298, France.
- Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34090, France.
- Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34298, France.
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Jungas T, Perchey RT, Fawal M, Callot C, Froment C, Burlet-Schiltz O, Besson A, Davy A. Eph-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of citron kinase controls abscission. J Cell Biol 2016; 214:555-69. [PMID: 27551053 PMCID: PMC5004443 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201602057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Abscission is the last step of cytokinesis, allowing the physical separation of daughter cells at the end of cell division. It has been considered a cell autonomous process, yet Jungas et al. report that Ephrin/Eph signaling controls the completion of abscission. Cytokinesis is the last step of cell division, culminating in the physical separation of daughter cells at the end of mitosis. Cytokinesis is a tightly regulated process that until recently was mostly viewed as a cell-autonomous event. Here, we investigated the role of Ephrin/Eph signaling, a well-known local cell-to-cell communication pathway, in cell division. We show that activation of Eph signaling in vitro leads to multinucleation and polyploidy, and we demonstrate that this is caused by alteration of the ultimate step of cytokinesis, abscission. Control of abscission requires Eph kinase activity, and Src and citron kinase (CitK) are downstream effectors in the Eph-induced signal transduction cascade. CitK is phosphorylated on tyrosines in neural progenitors in vivo, and Src kinase directly phosphorylates CitK. We have identified the specific tyrosine residues of CitK that are phosphorylated and show that tyrosine phosphorylation of CitK impairs cytokinesis. Finally, we show that, similar to CitK, Ephrin/Eph signaling controls neuronal ploidy in the developing neocortex. Our study indicates that CitK integrates intracellular and extracellular signals provided by the local environment to coordinate completion of cytokinesis.
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- Thomas Jungas
- Centre de Biologie du Développement, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, 31037 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ERL 5294, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31037 Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Biologie du Développement, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, 31037 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ERL 5294, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31037 Toulouse, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, 31037 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ERL 5294, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31037 Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Biologie du Développement, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Firmino J, Rocancourt D, Saadaoui M, Moreau C, Gros J. Cell Division Drives Epithelial Cell Rearrangements during Gastrulation in Chick. Dev Cell 2016; 36:249-61. [PMID: 26859350 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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During early embryonic development, cells are organized as cohesive epithelial sheets that are continuously growing and remodeled without losing their integrity, giving rise to a wide array of tissue shapes. Here, using live imaging in chick embryo, we investigate how epithelial cells rearrange during gastrulation. We find that cell division is a major rearrangement driver that powers dramatic epithelial cell intercalation events. We show that these cell division-mediated intercalations, which represent the majority of epithelial rearrangements within the early embryo, are absolutely necessary for the spatial patterning of gastrulation movements. Furthermore, we demonstrate that these intercalation events result from overall low cortical actomyosin accumulation within the epithelial cells of the embryo, which enables dividing cells to remodel junctions in their vicinity. These findings uncover a role for cell division as coordinator of epithelial growth and remodeling that might underlie various developmental, homeostatic, or pathological processes in amniotes.
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- Joao Firmino
- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; CNRS URA2578, rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; CNRS URA2578, rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; CNRS URA2578, rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; CNRS URA2578, rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France; University Pierre et Marie Curie, Cellule Pasteur UPMC, rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; CNRS URA2578, rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
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Moreira S, Morais-de-Sá E. Spatiotemporal phosphoregulation of Lgl: Finding meaning in multiple on/off buttons. BIOARCHITECTURE 2016; 6:29-38. [PMID: 26919260 DOI: 10.1080/19490992.2016.1149290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Intracellular asymmetries, often termed cell polarity, determine how cells organize and divide to ultimately control cell fate and shape animal tissues. The tumor suppressor Lethal giant larvae (Lgl) functions at the core of the evolutionarily conserved cell polarity machinery that controls apico-basal polarization. This function relies on its restricted basolateral localization via phosphorylation by aPKC. Here, we summarize the spatial and temporal control of Lgl during the cell cycle, highlighting two ideas that emerged from our recent findings: 1) Aurora A directly phosphorylates Lgl during symmetric division to couple reorganization of epithelial polarity with the cell cycle; 2) Phosphorylation of Lgl within three conserved serines controls its localization and function in a site-specific manner. Considering the importance of phosphorylation to regulate the concentration of Lgl at the plasma membrane, we will further discuss how it may work as an on-off switch for the interaction with cortical binding partners, with implications on epithelial polarization and spindle orientation.
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- Sofia Moreira
- a IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal.,b I3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- a IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal.,b I3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal
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Animal cells undergo dramatic changes in shape, mechanics and polarity as they progress through the different stages of cell division. These changes begin at mitotic entry, with cell-substrate adhesion remodelling, assembly of a cortical actomyosin network and osmotic swelling, which together enable cells to adopt a near spherical form even when growing in a crowded tissue environment. These shape changes, which probably aid spindle assembly and positioning, are then reversed at mitotic exit to restore the interphase cell morphology. Here, we discuss the dynamics, regulation and function of these processes, and how cell shape changes and sister chromatid segregation are coupled to ensure that the daughter cells generated through division receive their fair inheritance.
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Maintenance of the Epithelial Barrier and Remodeling of Cell-Cell Junctions during Cytokinesis. Curr Biol 2016; 26:1829-42. [PMID: 27345163 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Epithelial integrity and barrier function must be maintained during the complex cell shape changes that occur during cytokinesis in vertebrate epithelial tissue. Here, we investigate how adherens junctions and bicellular and tricellular tight junctions are maintained and remodeled during cell division in the Xenopus laevis embryo. We find that epithelial barrier function is not disrupted during cytokinesis and is mediated by sustained tight junctions. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), we demonstrate that adherens junction proteins are stabilized at the cleavage furrow by increased tension. We find that Vinculin is recruited to the adherens junction at the cleavage furrow, and that inhibiting recruitment of Vinculin by expressing a dominant-negative mutant increases the rate of furrow ingression. Furthermore, we show that cells neighboring the cleavage plane are pulled between the daughter cells, making a new interface between neighbors, and two new tricellular tight junctions flank the midbody following cytokinesis. Our data provide new insight into how epithelial integrity and barrier function are maintained throughout cytokinesis in vertebrate epithelial tissue.
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Epithelial tissue cohesiveness is ensured through cell-cell junctions that maintain both adhesion and mechanical coupling between neighboring cells. During development, epithelial tissues undergo intensive cell proliferation. Cell division, and particularly cytokinesis, is coupled to the formation of new adhesive contacts, thereby preserving tissue integrity and propagating cell polarity. Remarkably, the geometry of the new interfaces is determined by the combined action of the dividing cell and its neighbors. To further understand the interplay between the dividing cell and its neighbors, as well as the role of cell division for tissue morphogenesis, it is important to analyze cytokinesis in vivo. Here we present methods to perform live imaging of cell division in Drosophila epithelial tissues and discuss some aspects of image processing and analysis.
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- D Pinheiro
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France; Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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Eikenes ÅH, Malerød L, Lie-Jensen A, Sem Wegner C, Brech A, Liestøl K, Stenmark H, Haglund K. Src64 controls a novel actin network required for proper ring canal formation in the Drosophila male germline. Development 2016; 142:4107-18. [PMID: 26628094 DOI: 10.1242/dev.124370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In many organisms, germ cells develop as cysts in which cells are interconnected via ring canals (RCs) as a result of incomplete cytokinesis. However, the molecular mechanisms of incomplete cytokinesis remain poorly understood. Here, we address the role of tyrosine phosphorylation of RCs in the Drosophila male germline. We uncover a hierarchy of tyrosine phosphorylation within germline cysts that positively correlates with RC age. The kinase Src64 is responsible for mediating RC tyrosine phosphorylation, and loss of Src64 causes a reduction in RC diameter within germline cysts. Mechanistically, we show that Src64 controls an actin network around the RCs that depends on Abl and the Rac/SCAR/Arp2/3 pathway. The actin network around RCs is required for correct RC diameter in cysts of developing germ cells. We also identify that Src64 is required for proper germ cell differentiation in the Drosophila male germline independent of its role in RC regulation. In summary, we report that Src64 controls actin dynamics to mediate proper RC formation during incomplete cytokinesis during germline cyst development in vivo.
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- Åsmund Husabø Eikenes
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway
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- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo N-0316, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Montebello, Oslo N-0379, Norway
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Dorn JF, Zhang L, Phi TT, Lacroix B, Maddox PS, Liu J, Maddox AS. A theoretical model of cytokinesis implicates feedback between membrane curvature and cytoskeletal organization in asymmetric cytokinetic furrowing. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:1286-99. [PMID: 26912796 PMCID: PMC4831882 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-06-0374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Furrow ingression is asymmetric in cytokinesis in the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote. A combination of quantitative high-resolution live-cell microscopy and theoretical modeling revealed a mechanistic basis for asymmetry: feedback among membrane curvature, cytoskeletal alignment, and contractility. The model also suggests that asymmetry promotes energy efficiency. During cytokinesis, the cell undergoes a dramatic shape change as it divides into two daughter cells. Cell shape changes in cytokinesis are driven by a cortical ring rich in actin filaments and nonmuscle myosin II. The ring closes via actomyosin contraction coupled with actin depolymerization. Of interest, ring closure and hence the furrow ingression are nonconcentric (asymmetric) within the division plane across Metazoa. This nonconcentricity can occur and persist even without preexisting asymmetric cues, such as spindle placement or cellular adhesions. Cell-autonomous asymmetry is not explained by current models. We combined quantitative high-resolution live-cell microscopy with theoretical modeling to explore the mechanistic basis for asymmetric cytokinesis in the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote, with the goal of uncovering basic principles of ring closure. Our theoretical model suggests that feedback among membrane curvature, cytoskeletal alignment, and contractility is responsible for asymmetric cytokinetic furrowing. It also accurately predicts experimental perturbations of conserved ring proteins. The model further suggests that curvature-mediated filament alignment speeds up furrow closure while promoting energy efficiency. Collectively our work underscores the importance of membrane–cytoskeletal anchoring and suggests conserved molecular mechanisms for this activity.
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- Jonas F Dorn
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Kannan N, Tang VW. Synaptopodin couples epithelial contractility to α-actinin-4-dependent junction maturation. J Cell Biol 2016; 211:407-34. [PMID: 26504173 PMCID: PMC4621826 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201412003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A novel tension-sensitive junctional protein, synaptopodin, can relay biophysical input from cellular actomyosin contractility to induce biochemical changes at cell–cell contacts, resulting in structural reorganization of the junctional complex and epithelial barrier maturation. The epithelial junction experiences mechanical force exerted by endogenous actomyosin activities and from interactions with neighboring cells. We hypothesize that tension generated at cell–cell adhesive contacts contributes to the maturation and assembly of the junctional complex. To test our hypothesis, we used a hydraulic apparatus that can apply mechanical force to intercellular junction in a confluent monolayer of cells. We found that mechanical force induces α-actinin-4 and actin accumulation at the cell junction in a time- and tension-dependent manner during junction development. Intercellular tension also induces α-actinin-4–dependent recruitment of vinculin to the cell junction. In addition, we have identified a tension-sensitive upstream regulator of α-actinin-4 as synaptopodin. Synaptopodin forms a complex containing α-actinin-4 and β-catenin and interacts with myosin II, indicating that it can physically link adhesion molecules to the cellular contractile apparatus. Synaptopodin depletion prevents junctional accumulation of α-actinin-4, vinculin, and actin. Knockdown of synaptopodin and α-actinin-4 decreases the strength of cell–cell adhesion, reduces the monolayer permeability barrier, and compromises cellular contractility. Our findings underscore the complexity of junction development and implicate a control process via tension-induced sequential incorporation of junctional components.
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- Nivetha Kannan
- Program in Global Public Health, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61801
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61801
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Epithelial tricellular junctions act as interphase cell shape sensors to orient mitosis. Nature 2016; 530:495-8. [PMID: 26886796 PMCID: PMC5450930 DOI: 10.1038/nature16970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The orientation of cell division along the interphase cell long-axis, the century old Hertwig’s rule, has profound roles in tissue proliferation, morphogenesis, architecture and mechanics1,2. In epithelial tissues, the shape of the interphase cell is influenced by cell adhesion, mechanical stress, neighbour topology, and planar polarity pathways3–12. At mitosis, epithelial cells usually round up to ensure faithful chromosome segregation and to promote morphogenesis1. The mechanisms underlying interphase cell shape sensing in tissues are therefore unknown. We found that in Drosophila epithelia, tricellular junctions (TCJ) localize microtubule force generators, orienting cell division via the Dynein associated protein Mud independently of the classical Pins/Gαi pathway. Moreover, as cells round up during mitosis, TCJs serve as spatial landmarks, encoding information about interphase cell shape anisotropy to orient division in the rounded mitotic cell. Finally, experimental and simulation data show that shape and mechanical strain sensing by the TCJ emerge from a general geometric property of TCJ distributions in epithelial tissues. Thus, in addition to their function as epithelial barrier structures, TCJs serve as polarity cues promoting geometry and mechanical sensing in epithelial tissues.
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Dhanyasi N, Segal D, Shimoni E, Shinder V, Shilo BZ, VijayRaghavan K, Schejter ED. Surface apposition and multiple cell contacts promote myoblast fusion in Drosophila flight muscles. J Cell Biol 2016; 211:191-203. [PMID: 26459604 PMCID: PMC4602036 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201503005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transmission EM methods reveal that cell–cell fusion of individual myoblasts with growing Drosophila flight muscles is a stepwise process in which the cell adhesion and branched actin machineries mediate tight apposition and formation of multiple contacts and pores between the surfaces of the fusing cells. Fusion of individual myoblasts to form multinucleated myofibers constitutes a widely conserved program for growth of the somatic musculature. We have used electron microscopy methods to study this key form of cell–cell fusion during development of the indirect flight muscles (IFMs) of Drosophila melanogaster. We find that IFM myoblast–myotube fusion proceeds in a stepwise fashion and is governed by apparent cross talk between transmembrane and cytoskeletal elements. Our analysis suggests that cell adhesion is necessary for bringing myoblasts to within a minimal distance from the myotubes. The branched actin polymerization machinery acts subsequently to promote tight apposition between the surfaces of the two cell types and formation of multiple sites of cell–cell contact, giving rise to nascent fusion pores whose expansion establishes full cytoplasmic continuity. Given the conserved features of IFM myogenesis, this sequence of cell interactions and membrane events and the mechanistic significance of cell adhesion elements and the actin-based cytoskeleton are likely to represent general principles of the myoblast fusion process.
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- Nagaraju Dhanyasi
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, Karnataka 560065, India Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 576104, India
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, Karnataka 560065, India
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Shahbazi MN, Perez-Moreno M. Connections between cadherin-catenin proteins, spindle misorientation, and cancer. Tissue Barriers 2015; 3:e1045684. [PMID: 26451345 DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2015.1045684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Revised: 04/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Cadherin-catenin mediated adhesion is an important determinant of tissue architecture in multicellular organisms. Cancer progression and maintenance is frequently associated with loss of their expression or functional activity, which not only leads to decreased cell-cell adhesion, but also to enhanced tumor cell proliferation and loss of differentiated characteristics. This review is focused on the emerging implications of cadherin-catenin proteins in the regulation of polarized divisions through their connections with the centrosomes, cytoskeleton, tissue tension and signaling pathways; and illustrates how alterations in cadherin-catenin levels or functional activity may render cells susceptible to transformation through the loss of their proliferation-differentiation balance.
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- Marta N Shahbazi
- Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience; University of Cambridge ; Cambridge, UK
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- Epithelial Cell Biology Group; Cancer Cell Biology Program; Spanish National Cancer Research Centre ; Madrid, Spain
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Collinet C, Rauzi M, Lenne PF, Lecuit T. Local and tissue-scale forces drive oriented junction growth during tissue extension. Nat Cell Biol 2015; 17:1247-58. [PMID: 26389664 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Convergence-extension is a widespread morphogenetic process driven by polarized cell intercalation. In the Drosophila germ band, epithelial intercalation comprises loss of junctions between anterior-posterior neighbours followed by growth of new junctions between dorsal-ventral neighbours. Much is known about how active stresses drive polarized junction shrinkage. However, it is unclear how tissue convergence-extension emerges from local junction remodelling and what the specific role, if any, of junction growth is. Here we report that tissue convergence and extension correlate mostly with new junction growth. Simulations and in vivo mechanical perturbations reveal that junction growth is due to local polarized stresses driven by medial actomyosin contractions. Moreover, we find that tissue-scale pulling forces at the boundary with the invaginating posterior midgut actively participate in tissue extension by orienting junction growth. Thus, tissue extension is akin to a polarized fluid flow that requires parallel and concerted local and tissue-scale forces to drive junction growth and cell-cell displacement.
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- Claudio Collinet
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR7288 13009 Marseille, France
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- EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR7288 13009 Marseille, France
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Bergstralh DT, Lovegrove HE, St Johnston D. Lateral adhesion drives reintegration of misplaced cells into epithelial monolayers. Nat Cell Biol 2015; 17:1497-1503. [PMID: 26414404 PMCID: PMC4878657 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cells in simple epithelia orient their mitotic spindles in the plane of the epithelium so that both daughter cells are born within the epithelial sheet. This is assumed to be important to maintain epithelial integrity and prevent hyperplasia, because misaligned divisions give rise to cells outside the epithelium. Here we test this assumption in three types of Drosophila epithelium; the cuboidal follicle epithelium, the columnar early embryonic ectoderm, and the pseudostratified neuroepithelium. Ectopic expression of Inscuteable in these tissues reorients mitotic spindles, resulting in one daughter cell being born outside the epithelial layer. Live imaging reveals that these misplaced cells reintegrate into the tissue. Reducing the levels of the lateral homophilic adhesion molecules Neuroglian or Fasciclin 2 disrupts reintegration, giving rise to extra-epithelial cells, whereas disruption of adherens junctions has no effect. Thus, the reinsertion of misplaced cells seems to be driven by lateral adhesion, which pulls cells born outside the epithelial layer back into it. Our findings reveal a robust mechanism that protects epithelia against the consequences of misoriented divisions.
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- Dan T Bergstralh
- The Gurdon Institute and the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- The Gurdon Institute and the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- The Gurdon Institute and the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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Aydogan V, Lenard A, Denes AS, Sauteur L, Belting HG, Affolter M. Endothelial cell division in angiogenic sprouts of differing cellular architecture. Biol Open 2015; 4:1259-69. [PMID: 26369932 PMCID: PMC4610218 DOI: 10.1242/bio.012740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The vasculature of the zebrafish trunk is composed of tubes with different cellular architectures. Unicellular tubes form their lumen through membrane invagination and transcellular cell hollowing, whereas multicellular vessels become lumenized through a chord hollowing process. Endothelial cell proliferation is essential for the subsequent growth and maturation of the blood vessels. However, how cell division, lumen formation and cell rearrangement are coordinated during angiogenic sprouting has so far not been investigated at detailed cellular level. Reasoning that different tubular architectures may impose discrete mechanistic constraints on endothelial cell division, we analyzed and compared the sequential steps of cell division, namely mitotic rounding, cytokinesis, actin re-distribution and adherence junction formation, in different blood vessels. In particular, we characterized the interplay between cell rearrangement, mitosis and lumen dynamics within unicellular and multicellular tubes. The lumen of unicellular tubes becomes constricted and is ultimately displaced from the plane of cell division, where a de novo junction forms through the recruitment of junctional proteins at the site of abscission. By contrast, the new junctions separating the daughter cells within multicellular tubes form through the alteration of pre-existing junctions, and the lumen is retained throughout mitosis. We also describe variations in the progression of cytokinesis: while membrane furrowing between daughter cells is symmetric in unicellular tubes, we found that it is asymmetric in those multicellular tubes that contained a taut intercellular junction close to the plane of division. Our findings illustrate that during the course of normal development, the cell division machinery can accommodate multiple tube architectures, thereby avoiding disruptions to the vascular network.
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- Vahap Aydogan
- Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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Lan H, Wang Q, Fernandez-Gonzalez R, Feng JJ. A biomechanical model for cell polarization and intercalation duringDrosophilagermband extension. Phys Biol 2015; 12:056011. [DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/12/5/056011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Imaging and quantitative analysis of cytokinesis in developing brains of Kinesin-6 mutant mice. Methods Cell Biol 2015; 131:233-52. [PMID: 26794517 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cytokinesis in neural progenitors occurs with specialized constraints due to their highly polarized structure and the need for both symmetric and asymmetric divisions. They must produce proper numbers of progenitors, neurons, and glia in a precise order. Yet very few functional studies of cytokinesis have been done in the developing brain. To elucidate mechanisms of cytokinesis during brain development, we designed a novel method to study cytokinesis in whole mount "slabs" of embryonic mouse cerebral cortex. It takes advantage of cytokinesis occurring on the ventricular surface of the cortex and allows examination of cytokinesis across many cells in the context of an intact brain tissue. The cortical slabs can be fixed for immunohistochemistry or used in live imaging experiments. In particular, we investigated mutants of the Kinesin-6, Kif20b, which show defects in cytokinetic abscission and have small brains. Here, we describe how to dissect neocortex from embryonic cerebral hemispheres, immunostain the cortical slabs for cytokinetic midbodies and other structures, and image the apical surface. We show how to quantitatively analyze apical structures including midbody numbers, organization, and morphology. New images and analyses of Kif20b(magoo) loss of function mutants are shown. Applying and adapting these types of analyses to other cytoskeletal proteins and mouse mutants will help advance our understanding on how the embryonic neuroepithelium generates neurons and builds the brain.
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Denes AS, Kanca O, Affolter M. A cellular process that includes asymmetric cytokinesis remodels the dorsal tracheal branches in Drosophila larvae. Development 2015; 142:1794-805. [PMID: 25968315 DOI: 10.1242/dev.118372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tubular networks are central to the structure and function of many organs, such as the vertebrate lungs or the Drosophila tracheal system. Their component epithelial cells are able to proliferate and to undergo complex morphogenetic movements, while maintaining their barrier function. Little is known about the details of the mitotic process in tubular epithelia. Our study presents a comprehensive model of cellular remodeling and proliferation in the dorsal branches of third-instar Drosophila larvae. Through a combination of immunostaining and novel live imaging techniques, we identify the key steps in the transition from a unicellular to a multicellular tube. Junctional remodeling precedes mitosis and, as the cells divide, new junctions are formed through several variations of what we refer to as 'asymmetric cytokinesis'. Depending on the spacing of cells along the dorsal branch, mitosis can occur either before or after the transition to a multicellular tube. In both instances, cell separation is accomplished through asymmetric cytokinesis, a process that is initiated by the ingression of the cytokinetic ring. Unequal cell compartments are a possible but rare outcome of completing mitosis through this mechanism. We also found that the Dpp signaling pathway is required but not sufficient for cell division in the dorsal branches.
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, Basel CH 4056, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, Basel CH 4056, Switzerland
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E-cadherin junctions as active mechanical integrators in tissue dynamics. Nat Cell Biol 2015; 17:533-9. [PMID: 25925582 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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During epithelial morphogenesis, E-cadherin adhesive junctions play an important part in mechanically coupling the contractile cortices of cells together, thereby distributing the stresses that drive cell rearrangements at both local and tissue levels. Here we discuss the concept that cellular contractility and E-cadherin-based adhesion are functionally integrated by biomechanical feedback pathways that operate on molecular, cellular and tissue scales.
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Rodal AA, Del Signore SJ, Martin AC. Drosophila comes of age as a model system for understanding the function of cytoskeletal proteins in cells, tissues, and organisms. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2015; 72:207-24. [PMID: 26074334 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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For the last 100 years, Drosophila melanogaster has been a powerhouse genetic system for understanding mechanisms of inheritance, development, and behavior in animals. In recent years, advances in imaging and genetic tools have led to Drosophila becoming one of the most effective systems for unlocking the subcellular functions of proteins (and particularly cytoskeletal proteins) in complex developmental settings. In this review, written for non-Drosophila experts, we will discuss critical technical advances that have enabled these cell biological insights, highlighting three examples of cytoskeletal discoveries that have arisen as a result: (1) regulation of Arp2/3 complex in myoblast fusion, (2) cooperation of the actin filament nucleators Spire and Cappuccino in establishment of oocyte polarity, and (3) coordination of supracellular myosin cables. These specific examples illustrate the unique power of Drosophila both to uncover new cytoskeletal structures and functions, and to place these discoveries in a broader in vivo context, providing insights that would have been impossible in a cell culture model or in vitro. Many of the cellular structures identified in Drosophila have clear counterparts in mammalian cells and tissues, and therefore elucidating cytoskeletal functions in Drosophila will be broadly applicable to other organisms.
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- Avital A Rodal
- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Dionne LK, Wang XJ, Prekeris R. Midbody: from cellular junk to regulator of cell polarity and cell fate. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2015; 35:51-8. [PMID: 25950842 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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At late mitosis, the mother cell divides by the formation of a cleavage furrow, leaving two daughter cells connected by a thin intercellular bridge. During ingression of the cleavage furrow, the central spindle microtubules are compacted to form the structure known as the midbody (MB). The MB is situated within the intercellular bridge, with the abscission site sometimes occurring on one side of the MB. As a result of this one-sided (asymmetric) abscission, only one daughter cell can inherit the post-mitotic MB. Interestingly, recent studies have identified post-mitotic MBs as novel signaling platforms regulating stem cell fate and proliferation. Additionally, MBs were proposed to serve a role of polarity cues during the neurite outgrowth and apical lumen formation. Thus, abscission and MB inheritance is clearly a highly regulated cellular event that can affect development and various other cellular functions. In this review we discuss the latest findings regarding post-mitotic MB functions, as well as the machinery regulating MB inheritance and accumulation.
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- Lai Kuan Dionne
- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Breznau EB, Semack AC, Higashi T, Miller AL. MgcRacGAP restricts active RhoA at the cytokinetic furrow and both RhoA and Rac1 at cell-cell junctions in epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2439-55. [PMID: 25947135 PMCID: PMC4571299 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-11-1553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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MgcRacGAP's role in regulating the spatiotemporal dynamics of active RhoA and Rac1 in epithelial cells is investigated. MgcRacGAP's GAP activity down-regulates RhoA at the furrow and both RhoA and Rac1 at cell–cell junctions in dividing epithelial cells and is required for successful cytokinesis and cell–cell junction structure. MgcRacGAP's ability to regulate adherens junctions is dependent on GAP activity and signaling via the RhoA pathway. Localized activation of Rho GTPases is essential for multiple cellular functions, including cytokinesis and formation and maintenance of cell–cell junctions. Although MgcRacGAP (Mgc) is required for spatially confined RhoA-GTP at the equatorial cortex of dividing cells, both the target specificity of Mgc's GAP activity and the involvement of phosphorylation of Mgc at Ser-386 are controversial. In addition, Mgc's function at cell–cell junctions remains unclear. Here, using gastrula-stage Xenopus laevis embryos as a model system, we examine Mgc's role in regulating localized RhoA-GTP and Rac1-GTP in the intact vertebrate epithelium. We show that Mgc's GAP activity spatially restricts accumulation of both RhoA-GTP and Rac1-GTP in epithelial cells—RhoA at the cleavage furrow and RhoA and Rac1 at cell–cell junctions. Phosphorylation at Ser-386 does not switch the specificity of Mgc's GAP activity and is not required for successful cytokinesis. Furthermore, Mgc regulates adherens junction but not tight junction structure, and the ability to regulate adherens junctions is dependent on GAP activity and signaling via the RhoA pathway. Together these results indicate that Mgc's GAP activity down-regulates the active populations of RhoA and Rac1 at localized regions of epithelial cells and is necessary for successful cytokinesis and cell–cell junction structure.
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- Elaina B Breznau
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Gueron G, Giudice J, Valacco P, Paez A, Elguero B, Toscani M, Jaworski F, Leskow FC, Cotignola J, Marti M, Binaghi M, Navone N, Vazquez E. Heme-oxygenase-1 implications in cell morphology and the adhesive behavior of prostate cancer cells. Oncotarget 2015; 5:4087-102. [PMID: 24961479 PMCID: PMC4147308 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Although previous studies in PCa have focused on cell adherens junctions (AJs), key players in metastasis, they have left the molecular mechanisms unexplored. Inflammation and the involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critical in the regulation of cell adhesion and the integrity of the epithelium. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) counteracts oxidative and inflammatory damage. Here, we investigated whether HO-1 is implicated in the adhesive and morphological properties of tumor cells. Genes differentially regulated by HO-1 were enriched for cell motility and adhesion biological processes. HO-1 induction, increased E-cadherin and β-catenin levels. Immunofluorescence analyses showed a striking remodeling of E-cadherin/β-catenin based AJs under HO-1 modulation. Interestingly, the enhanced levels of E-cadherin and β-catenin coincided with a markedly change in cell morphology. To further our analysis we sought to identify HO-1 binding proteins that might participate in the regulation of cell morphology. A proteomics approach identified Muskelin, as a novel HO-1 partner, strongly implicated in cell morphology regulation. These results define a novel role for HO-1 in modulating the architecture of cell-cell interactions, favoring a less aggressive phenotype and further supporting its anti-tumoral function in PCa.
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Rosa A, Vlassaks E, Pichaud F, Baum B. Ect2/Pbl acts via Rho and polarity proteins to direct the assembly of an isotropic actomyosin cortex upon mitotic entry. Dev Cell 2015; 32:604-16. [PMID: 25703349 PMCID: PMC4359025 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Entry into mitosis is accompanied by profound changes in cortical actomyosin organization. Here, we delineate a pathway downstream of the RhoGEF Pbl/Ect2 that directs this process in a model epithelium. Our data suggest that the release of Pbl/Ect2 from the nucleus at mitotic entry drives Rho-dependent activation of Myosin-II and, in parallel, induces a switch from Arp2/3 to Diaphanous-mediated cortical actin nucleation that depends on Cdc42, aPKC, and Par6. At the same time, the mitotic relocalization of these apical protein complexes to more lateral cell surfaces enables Cdc42/aPKC/Par6 to take on a mitosis-specific function—aiding the assembly of a relatively isotropic metaphase cortex. Together, these data reveal how the repolarization and remodeling of the actomyosin cortex are coordinated upon entry into mitosis to provide cells with the isotropic and rigid form they need to undergo faithful chromosome segregation and division in a crowded tissue environment. Pbl/Ect2 drives a shift in epithelial polarity upon entry into mitosis Lateral spreading of Cdc42/aPKC/Par6 aids assembly of an isotropic metaphase cortex Mitosis triggers a switch from Arp2/3 to Dia-mediated cortical actin nucleation
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- André Rosa
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA), University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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