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Epithelial cells form highly organized polarized sheets with characteristic cell morphologies and tissue architecture. Cell–cell adhesion and intercellular communication are prerequisites of such cohesive sheets of cells, and cell connectivity is mediated through several junctional assemblies, namely desmosomes, adherens, tight and gap junctions. These cell–cell junctions form signalling hubs that not only mediate cell–cell adhesion but impact on multiple aspects of cell behaviour, helping to coordinate epithelial cell shape, polarity and function. This review will focus on the tight and adherens junctions, constituents of the apical junctional complex, and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the complex signalling that underlies junction assembly, integrity and plasticity.
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- Alexandra D Rusu
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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Caipo L, González-Ramírez MC, Guzmán-Palma P, Contreras EG, Palominos T, Fuenzalida-Uribe N, Hassan BA, Campusano JM, Sierralta J, Oliva C. Slit neuronal secretion coordinates optic lobe morphogenesis in Drosophila. Dev Biol 2020; 458:32-42. [PMID: 31606342 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2019.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The complexity of the nervous system requires the coordination of multiple cellular processes during development. Among them, we find boundary formation, axon guidance, cell migration and cell segregation. Understanding how different cell populations such as glial cells, developing neurons and neural stem cells contribute to the formation of boundaries and morphogenesis in the nervous system is a critical question in neurobiology. Slit is an evolutionary conserved protein essential for the development of the nervous system. For signaling, Slit has to bind to its cognate receptor Robo, a single-pass transmembrane protein. Although the Slit/Robo signaling pathway is well known for its involvement in axon guidance, it has also been associated to boundary formation in the Drosophila visual system. In the optic lobe, Slit is expressed in glial cells, positioned at the boundaries between developing neuropils, and in neurons of the medulla ganglia. Although it has been assumed that glial cells provide Slit to the system, the contribution of the neuronal expression has not been tested. Here, we show that, contrary to what was previously thought, Slit protein provided by medulla neurons is also required for boundary formation and morphogenesis of the optic lobe. Furthermore, tissue specific rescue using modified versions of Slit demonstrates that this protein acts at long range and does not require processing by extracellular proteases. Our data shed new light on our understanding of the cellular mechanisms involved in Slit function in the fly visual system morphogenesis.
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- Lorena Caipo
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile; Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (ICM) - Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Inserm, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile.
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Convergent extension is a conserved mechanism for elongating tissues. In the Drosophila embryo, convergent extension is driven by planar polarized cell intercalation and is a paradigm for understanding the cellular, molecular, and biophysical mechanisms that establish tissue structure. Studies of convergent extension in Drosophila have provided key insights into the force-generating molecules that promote convergent extension in epithelial tissues, as well as the global systems of spatial information that systematically organize these cell behaviors. A general framework has emerged in which asymmetrically localized proteins involved in cytoskeletal tension and cell adhesion direct oriented cell movements, and spatial signals provided by the Toll, Tartan, and Teneurin receptor families break planar symmetry to establish and coordinate planar cell polarity throughout the tissue. In this chapter, we describe the cellular, molecular, and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell intercalation in the Drosophila embryo, and discuss how research in this system has revealed conserved biological principles that control the organization of multicellular tissues and animal body plans.
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- Adam C Paré
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, United States.
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Dos-Santos Carvalho S, Moreau MM, Hien YE, Garcia M, Aubailly N, Henderson DJ, Studer V, Sans N, Thoumine O, Montcouquiol M. Vangl2 acts at the interface between actin and N-cadherin to modulate mammalian neuronal outgrowth. eLife 2020; 9:51822. [PMID: 31909712 PMCID: PMC6946565 DOI: 10.7554/elife.51822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Dynamic mechanical interactions between adhesion complexes and the cytoskeleton are essential for axon outgrowth and guidance. Whether planar cell polarity (PCP) proteins, which regulate cytoskeleton dynamics and appear necessary for some axon guidance, also mediate interactions with membrane adhesion is still unclear. Here we show that Vangl2 controls growth cone velocity by regulating the internal retrograde actin flow in an N-cadherin-dependent fashion. Single molecule tracking experiments show that the loss of Vangl2 decreased fast-diffusing N-cadherin membrane molecules and increased confined N-cadherin trajectories. Using optically manipulated N-cadherin-coated microspheres, we correlated this behavior to a stronger mechanical coupling of N-cadherin with the actin cytoskeleton. Lastly, we show that the spatial distribution of Vangl2 within the growth cone is selectively affected by an N-cadherin-coated substrate. Altogether, our data show that Vangl2 acts as a negative regulator of axonal outgrowth by regulating the strength of the molecular clutch between N-cadherin and the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Steve Dos-Santos Carvalho
- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- CNRS, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, Bordeaux, France
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Cravo J, van den Heuvel S. Tissue polarity and PCP protein function: C. elegans as an emerging model. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2019; 62:159-167. [PMID: 31884395 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Polarity is the basis for the generation of cell diversity, as well as the organization, morphogenesis, and functioning of tissues. Studies in Caenorhabditis elegans have provided much insight into PAR-protein mediated polarity; however, the molecules and mechanisms critical for cell polarization within the plane of epithelia have been identified in other systems. Tissue polarity in C. elegans is organized by Wnt-signaling with some resemblance to the Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway, but lacking core PCP protein functions. Nonetheless, recent studies revealed that conserved PCP proteins regulate directed cell migratory events in C. elegans, such as convergent extension movements and neurite formation and guidance. Here, we discuss the latest insights and use of C. elegans as a PCP model.
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- Janine Cravo
- Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Fujita I, Shitamukai A, Kusumoto F, Mase S, Suetsugu T, Omori A, Kato K, Abe T, Shioi G, Konno D, Matsuzaki F. Endfoot regeneration restricts radial glial state and prevents translocation into the outer subventricular zone in early mammalian brain development. Nat Cell Biol 2019; 22:26-37. [PMID: 31871317 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-019-0436-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Neural stem cells, called radial glia, maintain epithelial structure during the early neocortical development. The prevailing view claims that when radial glia first proliferate, their symmetric divisions require strict spindle orientation; its perturbation causes precocious neurogenesis and apoptosis. Here, we show that despite this conventional view, radial glia at the proliferative stage undergo normal symmetric divisions by regenerating an apical endfoot even if it is lost by oblique divisions. We found that the Notch-R-Ras-integrin β1 pathway promotes the regeneration of endfeet, whose leading edge bears ectopic adherens junctions and the Par-polarity complex. However, this regeneration ability gradually declines during the subsequent neurogenic stage and hence oblique divisions induce basal translocation of radial glia to form the outer subventricular zone, a hallmark of the development of the convoluted brain. Our study reveals that endfoot regeneration is a temporally changing cryptic property, which controls the radial glial state and its shift is essential for mammalian brain size expansion.
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- Ikumi Fujita
- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Development, Department of Animal Development and Physiology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Development, Department of Animal Development and Physiology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Animal Resource Development, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.,Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.,Division of Pathophysiology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan. .,Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Development, Department of Animal Development and Physiology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Hirashima T, Adachi T. Polarized cellular mechano-response system for maintaining radial size in developing epithelial tubes. Development 2019; 146:dev.181206. [PMID: 31619390 PMCID: PMC6918744 DOI: 10.1242/dev.181206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Size control in biological tissues involves multicellular communication via mechanical forces during development. Although fundamental cellular behaviours in response to mechanical stimuli underlie size maintenance during morphogenetic processes, the mechanisms underpinning the cellular mechano-response system that maintains size along an axis of a polarized tissue remain elusive. Here, we show how the diameter of an epithelial tube is maintained during murine epididymal development by combining quantitative imaging, mechanical perturbation and mathematical modelling. We found that epithelial cells counteract compressive forces caused by cell division exclusively along the circumferential axis of the tube to produce polarized contractile forces, eventually leading to an oriented cell rearrangement. Moreover, a mathematical model that includes the polarized mechano-responsive regime explains how the diameter of proliferating tubes is maintained. Our findings pave the way for an improved understanding of the cellular response to mechanical forces that involves collective multicellular behaviours for organizing diverse tissue morphologies. Summary: Polarized cellular constriction responding to mechanical stress controls the diameter of a developing epithelial tube during murine epididymal development.
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- Tsuyoshi Hirashima
- Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 6068501, Kyoto, Japan .,Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 6068501, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 6068501, Kyoto, Japan
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Monemian Esfahani A, Rosenbohm J, Reddy K, Jin X, Bouzid T, Riehl B, Kim E, Lim JY, Yang R. Tissue Regeneration from Mechanical Stretching of Cell-Cell Adhesion. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2019; 25:631-640. [PMID: 31407627 PMCID: PMC6859692 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2019.0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Cell-cell adhesion complexes are macromolecular adhesive organelles that integrate cells into tissues. This mechanochemical coupling in cell-cell adhesion is required for a large number of cell behaviors, and perturbations of the cell-cell adhesion structure or related mechanotransduction pathways can lead to critical pathological conditions such as skin and heart diseases, arthritis, and cancer. Mechanical stretching has been a widely used method to stimulate the mechanotransduction process originating from the cell-cell adhesion and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) complexes. These studies aimed to reveal the biophysical processes governing cell proliferation, wound healing, gene expression regulation, and cell differentiation in various tissues, including cardiac, muscle, vascular, and bone. This review explores techniques in mechanical stretching in two-dimensional settings with different stretching regimens on different cell types. The mechanotransduction responses from these different cell types will be discussed with an emphasis on their biophysical transformations during mechanical stretching and the cross talk between the cell-cell and cell-ECM adhesion complexes. Therapeutic aspects of mechanical stretching are reviewed considering these cellular responses after the application of mechanical forces, with a focus on wound healing and tissue regeneration. Impact Statement Mechanical stretching has been proposed as a therapeutic option for tissue regeneration and wound healing. It has been accepted that mechanotransduction processes elicited by mechanical stretching govern cellular response and behavior, and these studies have predominantly focused on the cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) sites. This review serves the mechanobiology community by shifting the focus of mechanical stretching effects from cell-ECM adhesions to the less examined cell-cell adhesions, which we believe play an equally important role in orchestrating the response pathways.
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- Amir Monemian Esfahani
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
- Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Cell-Size Pleomorphism Drives Aberrant Clone Dispersal in Proliferating Epithelia. Dev Cell 2019; 51:49-61.e4. [PMID: 31495693 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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As epithelial tissues develop, groups of cells related by descent tend to associate in clonal populations rather than dispersing within the cell layer. While this is frequently assumed to be a result of differential adhesion, precise mechanisms controlling clonal cohesiveness remain unknown. Here we employ computational simulations to modulate epithelial cell size in silico and show that junctions between small cells frequently collapse, resulting in clone-cell dispersal among larger neighbors. Consistent with similar dynamics in vivo, we further demonstrate that mosaic disruption of Drosophila Tor generates small cells and results in aberrant clone dispersal in developing wing disc epithelia. We propose a geometric basis for this phenomenon, supported in part by the observation that soap-foam cells exhibit similar size-dependent junctional rearrangements. Combined, these results establish a link between cell-size pleomorphism and the control of epithelial cell packing, with potential implications for understanding tumor cell dispersal in human disease.
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Mazurkiewicz-Kania M, Simiczyjew B, Jędrzejowska I. Differentiation of follicular epithelium in polytrophic ovaries of Pieris napi (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)-how far to Drosophila model. PROTOPLASMA 2019; 256:1433-1447. [PMID: 31134405 PMCID: PMC6713685 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01391-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Lepidoptera together with its sister group Trichoptera belongs to the superorder Amphiesmenoptera, which is closely related to the Antliophora, comprising Diptera, Siphonaptera, and Mecoptera. In the lepidopteran Pieris napi, a representative of the family Pieridae, the ovaries typical of butterflies are polytrophic and consist of structural ovarian units termed ovarioles. Each ovariole is composed of a terminal filament, germarium, vitellarium, and ovariole stalk. The germarium houses developing germ cell clusters and somatic prefollicular and follicular cells. The significantly elongated vitellarium contains linearly arranged ovarian follicles in successive stages of oogenesis (previtellogenesis, vitellogenesis, and choriogenesis). Each follicle consists of an oocyte and seven nurse cells surrounded by follicular epithelium. During oogenesis, follicular cells diversify into five morphologically and functionally distinct subpopulations: (1) main body follicular cells (mbFC), (2) stretched cells (stFC), (3) posterior terminal cells (pFC), (4) centripetal cells (cpFC), and (5) interfollicular stalk cells (IFS). Centripetal cells are migratorily active and finally form the micropyle. Interfollicular stalk cells derive from mbFC as a result of mbFC intercalation. Differentiation and diversification of follicular cells in Pieris significantly differ from those described in Drosophila in the number of subpopulations and their origin and function during oogenesis.
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- Marta Mazurkiewicz-Kania
- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335, Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335, Wrocław, Poland
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Extracellular matrix stiffness cues junctional remodeling for 3D tissue elongation. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3339. [PMID: 31350387 PMCID: PMC6659696 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10874-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Organs are sculpted by extracellular as well as cell-intrinsic forces, but how collective cell dynamics are orchestrated in response to environmental cues is poorly understood. Here we apply advanced image analysis to reveal extracellular matrix-responsive cell behaviors that drive elongation of the Drosophila follicle, a model system in which basement membrane stiffness instructs three-dimensional tissue morphogenesis. Through in toto morphometric analyses of wild type and round egg mutants, we find that neither changes in average cell shape nor oriented cell division are required for appropriate organ shape. Instead, a major element is the reorientation of elongated cells at the follicle anterior. Polarized reorientation is regulated by mechanical cues from the basement membrane, which are transduced by the Src tyrosine kinase to alter junctional E-cadherin trafficking. This mechanosensitive cellular behavior represents a conserved mechanism that can elongate edgeless tubular epithelia in a process distinct from those that elongate bounded, planar epithelia. The extracellular matrix can shape developing organs, but how external forces direct intercellular morphogenesis is unclear. Here, the authors use 3D imaging to show that elongation of the Drosophila egg chamber involves polarized cell reorientation signalled by changes in stiffness of the surrounding extracellular matrix.
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Uechi H, Kuranaga E. The Tricellular Junction Protein Sidekick Regulates Vertex Dynamics to Promote Bicellular Junction Extension. Dev Cell 2019; 50:327-338.e5. [PMID: 31353316 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Remodeling of cell-cell junctions drives cell intercalation that causes tissue movement during morphogenesis through the shortening and growth of bicellular junctions. The growth of new junctions is essential for continuing and then completing cellular dynamics and tissue shape sculpting; however, the mechanism underlying junction growth remains obscure. We investigated Drosophila genitalia rotation where continuous cell intercalation occurs to show that myosin II accumulating at the vertices of a new junction is required for the junction growth. This myosin II accumulation requires the adhesive transmembrane protein Sidekick (Sdk), which localizes to the adherens junctions (AJs) of tricellular contacts (tAJs). Sdk also localizes to and blocks the accumulation of E-Cadherin at newly formed growing junctions, which maintains the growth rate. We propose that Sdk facilitates tAJ movement by mediating myosin II-driven contraction and altering the adhesive properties at the tAJs, leading to cell-cell junction extension during persistent junction remodeling.
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- Hiroyuki Uechi
- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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Bharathan NK, Dickinson AJG. Desmoplakin is required for epidermal integrity and morphogenesis in the Xenopus laevis embryo. Dev Biol 2019; 450:115-131. [PMID: 30935896 PMCID: PMC6659752 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2019.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Desmoplakin (Dsp) is a unique and critical desmosomal protein, that is integral to epidermal development. However, it is unclear whether this protein is required specifically for epidermal morphogenesis. Using morpholinos or Crispr/Cas9 mutagenesis we decreased the function of Dsp in frog embryos to better understand its role during epidermal development. Dsp morphant and mutant embryos had developmental defects such as epidermal fragility that mimicked what has been reported in mammals. Most importantly, we also uncovered a novel function for Dsp in the morphogenesis of the epidermis in X. laevis. In particular, Dsp is required during the process of radial intercalation where basally located cells move into the outer epidermal layer. Once inserted these newly intercalated cells expand their apical surface and then they differentiate into specific epidermal cell types. Decreased levels of Dsp resulted in the failure of the radially intercalating cells to expand their apical surface, thereby reducing the number of differentiated multiciliated and secretory cells. Such defects correlate with changes in E-cadherin levels and actin and microtubule localization which could explain the defects in apical expansion. A mutated form of Dsp that maintains cell-cell adhesion but eliminates the connections to the cytoskeleton results in the same epidermal morphogenesis defect. These results suggest a specific role for Dsp in the apical expansion of cells during radial intercalation. We have developed a novel system, in the frog, to demonstrate for the first time that desmosomes not only protect against mechanical stress but are also critical for epidermal morphogenesis.
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- Navaneetha Krishnan Bharathan
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1101 East Marshall St., Richmond, VA 23219, United States; Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 West Cary St., Richmond, VA 23284, United States.
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Hardin J, Weliky M. Cell rearrangement induced by filopodial tension accounts for the late phase of convergent extension in the sea urchin archenteron. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:1911-1919. [PMID: 31116648 PMCID: PMC6727778 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-03-0143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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George Oster was a pioneer in using mechanical models to interrogate morphogenesis in animal embryos. Convergent extension is a particularly important morphogenetic process to which George Oster gave significant attention. Late elongation of the sea urchin archenteron is a classic example of convergent extension in a monolayered tube, which has been proposed to be driven by extrinsic axial tension due to the activity of secondary mesenchyme cells. Using a vertex-based mechanical model, we show that key features of archenteron elongation can be accounted for by passive cell rearrangement due to applied tension. The model mimics the cell elongation and the Poisson effect (necking) that occur in actual archenterons. We also show that, as predicted by the model, ablation of secondary mesenchyme cells late in archenteron elongation does not result in extensive elastic recoil. Moreover, blocking the addition of cells to the base of the archenteron late in archenteron elongation leads to excessive cell rearrangement consistent with tension-induced rearrangement of a smaller cohort of cells. Our mechanical simulation suggests that responsive rearrangement can account for key features of archenteron elongation and provides a useful starting point for designing future experiments to examine the mechanical properties of the archenteron.
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- Jeff Hardin
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627
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Toyoshima KE, Ogawa M, Tsuji T. Regeneration of a bioengineered 3D integumentary organ system from iPS cells. Nat Protoc 2019; 14:1323-1338. [PMID: 30962607 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-019-0124-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Organ systems play essential roles in the physiological functions required for homeostasis. A 3D integumentary organ system (3D-IOS) comprises the skin and skin appendages such as hair follicles and sebaceous glands. This protocol describes how to induce the differentiation of murine induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into a 3D-IOS. First, iPS cells are grown for 7 d under conditions that encourage the formation of embryoid bodies (EBs). The iPS cell-derived EBs are stimulated by Wnt10b one day before transplantation of multiple EBs in vivo (a method we describe as the clustering-dependent embryoid body (CDB) transplantation method). After a further 30 d, the transplanted EBs will have differentiated into a 3D-IOS containing mature hair follicles and sebaceous glands. These can be removed and transplanted into wounds in the skin of other mice. After transplantation of a 3D-IOS, the organ system shows full physiological function in vivo starting 14 d following transplant. Thus, this protocol enables a whole functional organ system to be generated from pluripotent stem cells.
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- Koh-Ei Toyoshima
- Laboratory for Organ Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.,Organ Technologies Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Organ Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.,Organ Technologies Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Organ Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan. .,Organ Technologies Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
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Pinheiro D, Bellaïche Y. Mechanical Force-Driven Adherens Junction Remodeling and Epithelial Dynamics. Dev Cell 2019; 47:3-19. [PMID: 30300588 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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During epithelial tissue development, repair, and homeostasis, adherens junctions (AJs) ensure intercellular adhesion and tissue integrity while allowing for cell and tissue dynamics. Mechanical forces play critical roles in AJs' composition and dynamics. Recent findings highlight that beyond a well-established role in reinforcing cell-cell adhesion, AJ mechanosensitivity promotes junctional remodeling and polarization, thereby regulating critical processes such as cell intercalation, division, and collective migration. Here, we provide an integrated view of mechanosensing mechanisms that regulate cell-cell contact composition, geometry, and integrity under tension and highlight pivotal roles for mechanosensitive AJ remodeling in preserving epithelial integrity and sustaining tissue dynamics.
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- Diana Pinheiro
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 75005 Paris, France.
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Shindo A, Inoue Y, Kinoshita M, Wallingford JB. PCP-dependent transcellular regulation of actomyosin oscillation facilitates convergent extension of vertebrate tissue. Dev Biol 2018; 446:159-167. [PMID: 30579764 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Oscillatory flows of actomyosin play a key role in the migration of single cells in culture and in collective cell movements in Drosophila embryos. In vertebrate embryos undergoing convergent extension (CE), the Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) pathway drives the elongation of the body axis and shapes the central nervous system, and mutations of the PCP genes predispose humans to various malformations including neural tube defects. However, the spatiotemporal patterns of oscillatory actomyosin contractions during vertebrate CE and how they are controlled by the PCP signaling remain unknown. Here, we address these outstanding issues using a combination of in vivo imaging and mathematical modeling. We find that effective execution of CE requires alternative oscillations of cortical actomyosin across cell membranes of neighboring cells within an optimal frequency range. Intriguingly, temporal and spatial clustering of the core PCP protein Prickle 2 (Pk2) is correlated to submembranous accumulations of F-actin, and depletion of Pk2 perturbs the oscillation of actomyosin contractions. These findings shed light on the significance of temporal regulation of actomyosin contraction by the PCP pathway during CE, in addition to its well-studied spatial aspects.
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- Asako Shindo
- Division of Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan; Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA.
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- Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
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Cell differentiation processes as spatial networks: Identifying four-dimensional structure in embryogenesis. Biosystems 2018; 173:235-246. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2018.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 09/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sun Z, Toyama Y. Three-dimensional forces beyond actomyosin contraction: lessons from fly epithelial deformation. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2018; 51:96-102. [PMID: 30216753 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Epithelium undergoes complex deformations during morphogenesis. Many of these deformations rely on the remodelling of apical cell junctions by actomyosin-based contractile force and this has been a major research interest for many years. Recent studies have shown that cells can use additional mechanisms that are not directly driven by actomyosin contractility to alter cell shape and movement, in three-dimensional (3D) space and time. In this review, we focus on a number of these mechanisms, including basolateral cellular protrusion, lateral shift of cell polarity, cytoplasmic flow, regulation of cell volume, and force transmission between cell-cell adhesion and cell-extracellular matrix adhesion, and describe how they underlie Drosophila epithelia deformations.
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- Zijun Sun
- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, T-Lab, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, T-Lab, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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Kulkarni SS, Griffin JN, Date PP, Liem KF, Khokha MK. WDR5 Stabilizes Actin Architecture to Promote Multiciliated Cell Formation. Dev Cell 2018; 46:595-610.e3. [PMID: 30205038 PMCID: PMC6177229 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The actin cytoskeleton is critical to shape cells and pattern intracellular organelles, which collectively drives tissue morphogenesis. In multiciliated cells (MCCs), apical actin drives expansion of the cell surface necessary to host hundreds of cilia. The apical actin also forms a lattice to uniformly distribute basal bodies. This apical actin network is dynamically remodeled, but the molecules that regulate its architecture remain poorly understood. We identify the chromatin modifier, WDR5, as a regulator of apical F-actin in MCCs. Unexpectedly in MCCs, WDR5 has a function independent of chromatin modification. We discover a scaffolding role for WDR5 between the basal body and F-actin. Specifically, WDR5 binds to basal bodies and migrates apically, where F-actin organizes around WDR5. Using a monomer trap for G-actin, we show that WDR5 stabilizes F-actin to maintain lattice architecture. In summary, we identify a non-chromatin role for WDR5 in stabilizing F-actin in MCCs.
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- Saurabh S Kulkarni
- Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Huebner RJ, Wallingford JB. Coming to Consensus: A Unifying Model Emerges for Convergent Extension. Dev Cell 2018; 46:389-396. [PMID: 30130529 PMCID: PMC6140352 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cell motility is a widespread biological property that is best understood in the context of individual cell migration. Indeed, studies of migration in culture have provided tremendous insight into the signals and mechanics involved and have laid the foundation for our understanding of similar migrations by larger cellular collectives. By contrast, our understanding of another flavor of movement, cell intercalation during convergent extension, is only now emerging. Here, we integrate divergent findings related to intercalation in different settings into a unifying model, paying attention to how this model does and does not resemble current models for directed cell migration.
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- Robert J Huebner
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Butler MT, Wallingford JB. Spatial and temporal analysis of PCP protein dynamics during neural tube closure. eLife 2018; 7:36456. [PMID: 30080139 PMCID: PMC6115189 DOI: 10.7554/elife.36456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Planar cell polarity (PCP) controls convergent extension and axis elongation in all vertebrates. Although asymmetric localization of PCP proteins is central to their function, we understand little about PCP protein localization during convergent extension. Here, we use quantitative live imaging to simultaneously monitor cell intercalation behaviors and PCP protein dynamics in the Xenopus laevis neural plate epithelium. We observed asymmetric enrichment of PCP proteins, but more interestingly, we observed tight correlation of PCP protein enrichment with actomyosin-driven contractile behavior of cell-cell junctions. Moreover, we found that the turnover rates of junctional PCP proteins also correlated with the contractile behavior of individual junctions. All these dynamic relationships were disrupted when PCP signaling was manipulated. Together, these results provide a dynamic and quantitative view of PCP protein localization during convergent extension and suggest a complex and intimate link between the dynamic localization of core PCP proteins, actomyosin assembly, and polarized junction shrinking during cell intercalation in the closing vertebrate neural tube.
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- Mitchell T Butler
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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Uechi H, Kuranaga E. Mechanisms of unusual collective cell movement lacking a free front edge in Drosophila. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2018; 51:46-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Kishimoto K, Tamura M, Nishita M, Minami Y, Yamaoka A, Abe T, Shigeta M, Morimoto M. Synchronized mesenchymal cell polarization and differentiation shape the formation of the murine trachea and esophagus. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2816. [PMID: 30026494 PMCID: PMC6053463 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05189-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Tube morphogenesis is essential for internal-organ development, yet the mechanisms regulating tube shape remain unknown. Here, we show that different mechanisms regulate the length and diameter of the murine trachea. First, we found that trachea development progresses via sequential elongation and expansion processes. This starts with a synchronized radial polarization of smooth muscle (SM) progenitor cells with inward Golgi-apparatus displacement regulates tube elongation, controlled by mesenchymal Wnt5a-Ror2 signaling. This radial polarization directs SM progenitor cell migration toward the epithelium, and the resulting subepithelial morphogenesis supports tube elongation to the anteroposterior axis. This radial polarization also regulates esophageal elongation. Subsequently, cartilage development helps expand the tube diameter, which drives epithelial-cell reshaping to determine the optimal lumen shape for efficient respiration. These findings suggest a strategy in which straight-organ tubulogenesis is driven by subepithelial cell polarization and ring cartilage development.
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- Keishi Kishimoto
- Laboratory for Lung Development, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074, Japan
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- Division of Cell Physiology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Division of Cell Physiology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Laboratory for Lung Development, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
- Laboratory for Animal Resource Development, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies and Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
- Laboratory for Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies and Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
- Laboratory for Animal Resource Development, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies and Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Lung Development, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
- Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
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Siregar P, Julen N, Hufnagl P, Mutter G. A general framework dedicated to computational morphogenesis Part I - Constitutive equations. Biosystems 2018; 173:298-313. [PMID: 30005999 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In order to understand living organisms, considerable experimental efforts and resources have been devoted to correlate genes and their expressions with cell, tissue, organ and whole organisms' phenotypes. This data driven approach to knowledge discovery has led to many breakthrough in our understanding of healthy and diseased states, and is paving the way to improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Complementary to this data-driven approach, computational models of biological systems based on first principles have been developed in order to deepen our understanding of the multi-scale dynamics that drives normal and pathological biological functions. In this paper we describe the biological, physical and mathematical concepts that led to the design of a Computational Morphogenesis (CM) platform baptized Generic Modeling and Simulating Platform (GMSP). Its role is to generate realistic 3D multi-scale biological tissues from virtual stem cells and the intended target applications include in virtuo studies of normal and abnormal tissue (re)generation as well as the development of complex diseases such as carcinogenesis. At all space-scales of interest, biological agents interact with each other via biochemical, bioelectrical, and mechanical fields that operate in concert during embryogenesis, growth and adult life. The spatio-temporal dependencies of these fields can be modeled by physics-based constitutive equations that we propose to examine in relation to the landmark biological events that occur during embryogenesis.
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- Department of Digital Pathology and IT, Institute of Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Neumann NM, Perrone MC, Veldhuis JH, Huebner RJ, Zhan H, Devreotes PN, Brodland GW, Ewald AJ. Coordination of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling and Interfacial Tension Dynamics Drives Radial Intercalation and Tube Elongation. Dev Cell 2018; 45:67-82.e6. [PMID: 29634937 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We sought to understand how cells collectively elongate epithelial tubes. We first used 3D culture and biosensor imaging to demonstrate that epithelial cells enrich Ras activity, phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP3), and F-actin to their leading edges during migration within tissues. PIP3 enrichment coincided with, and could enrich despite inhibition of, F-actin dynamics, revealing a conserved migratory logic compared with single cells. We discovered that migratory cells can intercalate into the basal tissue surface and contribute to tube elongation. We then connected molecular activities to subcellular mechanics using force inference analysis. Migration and transient intercalation required specific and similar anterior-posterior ratios of interfacial tension. Permanent intercalations were distinguished by their capture at the boundary through time-varying tension dynamics. Finally, we integrated our experimental and computational data to generate a finite element model of tube elongation. Our model revealed that intercalation, interfacial tension dynamics, and high basal stress are together sufficient for mammary morphogenesis.
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- Neil M Neumann
- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 855 North Wolfe Street, Rangos 452, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 855 North Wolfe Street, Rangos 452, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 855 North Wolfe Street, Rangos 452, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 855 North Wolfe Street, Rangos 452, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 855 North Wolfe Street, Rangos 452, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Xu B, Santos SAA, Hinton BT. Protein tyrosine kinase 7 regulates extracellular matrix integrity and mesenchymal intracellular RAC1 and myosin II activities during Wolffian duct morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2018; 438:33-43. [PMID: 29580943 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Wolffian duct morphogenesis must be highly coordinated with its specialized function of providing an optimal microenvironment for sperm maturation. Without normal Wolffian duct morphogenesis, male infertility will result. Our previous study showed that mediolateral and radial intercalation of epithelial and mesenchymal cells respectively, were major drivers of ductal elongation and were regulated by protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7), a member of the planar cell polarity (PCP) non-canonical Wnt pathway. To understand the mechanism by which PTK7 regulates cell rearrangement/intercalation, we investigated the integrity of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and the activity of intracellular cytoskeleton mediators following loss of Ptk7. Abnormal assembly of nephronectin, laminin, and collagen IV at the basement membrane and fibrosis-like deposition of fibrilla collagen in the interstitium were observed in Ptk7 knockout Wolffian ducts. Further, the activity levels of RAC1 and myosin II, two cytoskeleton mediators, decreased in the Ptk7 knockout mesenchyme compared to controls. In addition, in-vitro experiments suggested that alterations of ECM and cytoskeleton mediators resulted in changes in Wolffian duct morphogenesis. When in-vitro-cultured Wolffian ducts were treated with collagenase IV, the degree of cross-linked fibrilla collagen was reduced, Wolffian duct elongation and coiling were significantly reduced, and an expanded cyst-like duct was observed. When Wolffian ducts were treated with RAC1 inhibitor NSC23766, mesenchymal fibrilla collagen was disassembled, and Wolffian duct elongation was significantly reduced. Our findings provide evidence that PTK7 regulates ECM integrity and the activity levels of RAC1 and myosin II, which in turn regulates Wolffian duct morphogenesis and therefore, epididymal function.
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- Bingfang Xu
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800732, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800732, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Flanagan DJ, Austin CR, Vincan E, Phesse TJ. Wnt Signalling in Gastrointestinal Epithelial Stem Cells. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9040178. [PMID: 29570681 PMCID: PMC5924520 DOI: 10.3390/genes9040178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Wnt signalling regulates several cellular functions including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and migration, and is critical for embryonic development. Stem cells are defined by their ability for self-renewal and the ability to be able to give rise to differentiated progeny. Consequently, they are essential for the homeostasis of many organs including the gastrointestinal tract. This review will describe the huge advances in our understanding of how stem cell functions in the gastrointestinal tract are regulated by Wnt signalling, including how deregulated Wnt signalling can hijack these functions to transform cells and lead to cancer.
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- Dustin J Flanagan
- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory and the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
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- Cancer and Cell Signalling Laboratory, European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, Wales, UK.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory and the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia.
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- Cancer and Cell Signalling Laboratory, European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, Wales, UK.
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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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Komiya Y, Bai Z, Cai N, Lou L, Al-Saadi N, Mezzacappa C, Habas R, Runnels LW. A Nonredundant Role for the TRPM6 Channel in Neural Tube Closure. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15623. [PMID: 29142255 PMCID: PMC5688082 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15855-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In humans, germline mutations in Trpm6 cause autosomal dominant hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia disorder. Loss of Trpm6 in mice also perturbs cellular magnesium homeostasis but additionally results in early embryonic lethality and neural tube closure defects. To define the mechanisms by which TRPM6 influences neural tube closure, we functionally characterized the role of TRPM6 during early embryogenesis in Xenopus laevis. The expression of Xenopus TRPM6 (XTRPM6) is elevated at the onset of gastrulation and is concentrated in the lateral mesoderm and ectoderm at the neurula stage. Loss of XTRPM6 produced gastrulation and neural tube closure defects. Unlike XTRPM6's close homologue XTRPM7, whose loss interferes with mediolateral intercalation, depletion of XTRPM6 but not XTRPM7 disrupted radial intercalation cell movements. A zinc-influx assay demonstrated that TRPM6 has the potential to constitute functional channels in the absence of TRPM7. The results of our study indicate that XTRPM6 regulates radial intercalation with little or no contribution from XTRPM7 in the region lateral to the neural plate, whereas XTRPM7 is mainly involved in regulating mediolateral intercalation in the medial region of the neural plate. We conclude that both TRPM6 and TRPM7 channels function cooperatively but have distinct and essential roles during neural tube closure.
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- Yuko Komiya
- Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Deptartment of Pharmacology, Piscataway, 08854, USA.
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- Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Deptartment of Pharmacology, Piscataway, 08854, USA
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- Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Deptartment of Pharmacology, Piscataway, 08854, USA
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- Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Deptartment of Pharmacology, Piscataway, 08854, USA
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- Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Deptartment of Pharmacology, Piscataway, 08854, USA
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- Temple University, Deptartment of Biology, Philadelphia, 19122, USA.
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- Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Deptartment of Pharmacology, Piscataway, 08854, USA.
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Reeves WM, Wu Y, Harder MJ, Veeman MT. Functional and evolutionary insights from the Ciona notochord transcriptome. Development 2017; 144:3375-3387. [PMID: 28928284 DOI: 10.1242/dev.156174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The notochord of the ascidian Ciona consists of only 40 cells, and is a longstanding model for studying organogenesis in a small, simple embryo. Here, we perform RNAseq on flow-sorted notochord cells from multiple stages to define a comprehensive Ciona notochord transcriptome. We identify 1364 genes with enriched expression and extensively validate the results by in situ hybridization. These genes are highly enriched for Gene Ontology terms related to the extracellular matrix, cell adhesion and cytoskeleton. Orthologs of 112 of the Ciona notochord genes have known notochord expression in vertebrates, more than twice as many as predicted by chance alone. This set of putative effector genes with notochord expression conserved from tunicates to vertebrates will be invaluable for testing hypotheses about notochord evolution. The full set of Ciona notochord genes provides a foundation for systems-level studies of notochord gene regulation and morphogenesis. We find only modest overlap between this set of notochord-enriched transcripts and the genes upregulated by ectopic expression of the key notochord transcription factor Brachyury, indicating that Brachyury is not a notochord master regulator gene as strictly defined.
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- Wendy M Reeves
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Li Y, Li A, Junge J, Bronner M. Planar cell polarity signaling coordinates oriented cell division and cell rearrangement in clonally expanding growth plate cartilage. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28994649 PMCID: PMC5634781 DOI: 10.7554/elife.23279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Both oriented cell divisions and cell rearrangements are critical for proper embryogenesis and organogenesis. However, little is known about how these two cellular events are integrated. Here we examine the linkage between these processes in chick limb cartilage. By combining retroviral-based multicolor clonal analysis with live imaging, the results show that single chondrocyte precursors can generate both single-column and multi-column clones through oriented division followed by cell rearrangements. Focusing on single column formation, we show that this stereotypical tissue architecture is established by a pivot-like process between sister cells. After mediolateral cell division, N-cadherin is enriched in the post-cleavage furrow; then one cell pivots around the other, resulting in stacking into a column. Perturbation analyses demonstrate that planar cell polarity signaling enables cells to pivot in the direction of limb elongation via this N-cadherin-mediated coupling. Our work provides new insights into the mechanisms generating appropriate tissue architecture of limb skeleton.
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- Yuwei Li
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, United States
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- Translational Imaging Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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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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The planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway is best known for its role in polarizing epithelial cells within the plane of a tissue but it also plays a role in a range of cell migration events during development. The mechanism by which the PCP pathway polarizes stationary epithelial cells is well characterized, but how PCP signaling functions to regulate more dynamic cell behaviors during directed cell migration is much less understood. Here, we review recent discoveries regarding the localization of PCP proteins in migrating cells and their impact on the cell biology of collective and individual cell migratory behaviors.
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- Crystal F Davey
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, B2-159, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, B2-159, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Perception of the environment in vertebrates relies on a variety of neurosensory mini-organs. These organs develop via a multi-step process that includes placode induction, cell differentiation, patterning and innervation. Ultimately, cells derived from one or more different tissues assemble to form a specific mini-organ that exhibits a particular structure and function. The initial building blocks of these organs are epithelial cells that undergo rearrangements and interact with neighbouring tissues, such as neural crest-derived mesenchymal cells and sensory neurons, to construct a functional sensory organ. In recent years, advances in in vivo imaging methods have allowed direct observation of these epithelial cells, showing that they can be displaced within the epithelium itself via several modes. This Review focuses on the diversity of epithelial cell behaviours that are involved in the formation of small neurosensory organs, using the examples of dental placodes, hair follicles, taste buds, lung neuroendocrine cells and zebrafish lateral line neuromasts to highlight both well-established and newly described modes of epithelial cell motility.
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- Marika Kapsimali
- Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, IBENS, Paris 75005, France .,INSERM U1024, Paris 75005, France.,CNRS UMR 8197, Paris 75005, France
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Parent SE, Barua D, Winklbauer R. Mechanics of Fluid-Filled Interstitial Gaps. I. Modeling Gaps in a Compact Tissue. Biophys J 2017; 113:913-922. [PMID: 28834727 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Fluid-filled interstitial gaps are a common feature of compact tissues held together by cell-cell adhesion. Although such gaps can in principle be the result of weak, incomplete cell attachment, adhesion is usually too strong for this to occur. Using a mechanical model of tissue cohesion, we show that, instead, a combination of local prevention of cell adhesion at three-cell junctions by fluidlike extracellular material and a reduction of cortical tension at the gap surface are sufficient to generate stable gaps. The size and shape of these interstitial gaps depends on the mechanical tensions between cells and at gap surfaces, and on the difference between intracellular and interstitial pressures that is related to the volume of the interstitial fluid. As a consequence of the dependence on tension/tension ratios, the presence of gaps does not depend on the absolute strength of cell adhesion, and similar gaps are predicted to occur in tissues of widely differing cohesion. Tissue mechanical parameters can also vary within and between cells of a given tissue, generating asymmetrical gaps. Within limits, these can be approximated by symmetrical gaps.
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- Serge E Parent
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Jayadev R, Sherwood DR. Morphogenesis: Shaping Tissues through Extracellular Force Gradients. Curr Biol 2017; 27:R850-R852. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Comparative transcriptomes of adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas reveal molecular similarities that span classical anatomic boundaries. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006938. [PMID: 28787442 PMCID: PMC5560753 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Advances in genomics in recent years have provided key insights into defining cancer subtypes “within-a-tissue”—that is, respecting traditional anatomically driven divisions of medicine. However, there remains a dearth of data regarding molecular profiles that are shared across tissues, an understanding of which could lead to the development of highly versatile, broadly applicable therapies. Using data acquired from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), we performed a transcriptomics-centered analysis on 1494 patient samples, comparing the two major histological subtypes of solid tumors (adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas) across organs, with a focus on tissues in which both subtypes arise: esophagus, lung, and uterine cervix. Via principal component and hierarchical clustering analysis, we discovered that histology-driven differences accounted for a greater degree of inherent molecular variation in the tumors than did tissue of origin. We then analyzed differential gene expression, DNA methylation, and non-coding RNA expression between adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas and found 1733 genes, 346 CpG sites, and 42 microRNAs in common between organ sites, indicating specific adenocarcinoma-associated and squamous cell carcinoma-associated molecular patterns that were conserved across tissues. We then identified specific pathways that may be critical to the development of adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, including Liver X receptor activation, which was upregulated in adenocarcinomas but downregulated in squamous cell carcinomas, possibly indicating important differences in cancer cell metabolism between these two histological subtypes of cancer. In addition, we highlighted genes that may be common drivers of adenocarcinomas specifically, such as IGF2BP1, which suggests a possible link between embryonic development and tumor subtype. Altogether, we demonstrate the need to consider biological similarities that transcend anatomical boundaries to inform the development of novel therapeutic strategies. All data sets from our analysis are available as a resource for further investigation. In clinical practice, the organ in which a cancer arises typically classifies it. However, developments in our understanding of cancer have revealed that this method overlooks key aspects of cancer biology relevant to both disease prevention and treatment. In fact, work characterizing the genetic make-up of cancers arising in a single organ has revealed that a shared organ of origin does not necessarily imply biological similarity (i.e. not all lung cancers share similar biological and molecular properties). While this approach, known as “within-a-tissue subtyping,” identifies key differences between cancers that arise in a single organ, a broader perspective may highlight important biological similarities between cancers across organs. Here we utilize this second approach, or “across-tissue subtyping,” to gain insight into similarities between cancers (of different organs) that share the same histology—or appear similarly under a microscope. Using publicly available data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), we compare gene expression of two major classes of solid tumors—adenocarcinomas (which arise from cells that form glands) and squamous cell carcinomas (which arise from flattened cells that form physical barriers). We identify several genes and biological pathways that may be common to adenocarcinomas and serve as targets for highly versatile therapies.
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Uechi H, Kuranaga E. Mechanisms of collective cell movement lacking a leading or free front edge in vivo. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:2709-2722. [PMID: 28243700 PMCID: PMC11107506 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2489-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Collective cell movement is one of the strategies for achieving the complex shapes of tissues and organs. In this process, multiple cells within a group held together by cell-cell adhesion acquire mobility and move together in the same direction. In some well-studied models of collective cell movement, the mobility depends strongly on traction generated at the leading edge by cells located at the front. However, recent advances in live-imaging techniques have led to the discovery of other types of collective cell movement lacking a leading edge or even a free edge at the front, in a diverse array of morphological events, including tubule elongation, epithelial sheet extension, and tissue rotation. We herein review some of the developmental events that are organized by collective cell movement and attempt to elucidate the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms, which include membrane protrusions, guidance cues, cell intercalation, and planer cell polarity, or chirality pathways.
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- Hiroyuki Uechi
- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
- Laboratory of Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan.
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hmmr mediates anterior neural tube closure and morphogenesis in the frog Xenopus. Dev Biol 2017; 430:188-201. [PMID: 28778799 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Development of the central nervous system requires orchestration of morphogenetic processes which drive elevation and apposition of the neural folds and their fusion into a neural tube. The newly formed tube gives rise to the brain in anterior regions and continues to develop into the spinal cord posteriorly. Conspicuous differences between the anterior and posterior neural tube become visible already during neural tube closure (NTC). Planar cell polarity (PCP)-mediated convergent extension (CE) movements are restricted to the posterior neural plate, i.e. hindbrain and spinal cord, where they propagate neural fold apposition. The lack of CE in the anterior neural plate correlates with a much slower mode of neural fold apposition anteriorly. The morphogenetic processes driving anterior NTC have not been addressed in detail. Here, we report a novel role for the breast cancer susceptibility gene and microtubule (MT) binding protein Hmmr (Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor, RHAMM) in anterior neurulation and forebrain development in Xenopus laevis. Loss of hmmr function resulted in a lack of telencephalic hemisphere separation, arising from defective roof plate formation, which in turn was caused by impaired neural tissue narrowing. hmmr regulated polarization of neural cells, a function which was dependent on the MT binding domains. hmmr cooperated with the core PCP component vangl2 in regulating cell polarity and neural morphogenesis. Disrupted cell polarization and elongation in hmmr and vangl2 morphants prevented radial intercalation (RI), a cell behavior essential for neural morphogenesis. Our results pinpoint a novel role of hmmr in anterior neural development and support the notion that RI is a major driving force for anterior neurulation and forebrain morphogenesis.
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Co-Expression Network and Pathway Analyses Reveal Important Modules of miRNAs Regulating Milk Yield and Component Traits. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18071560. [PMID: 28718798 PMCID: PMC5536048 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Co-expression network analyses provide insights into the molecular interactions underlying complex traits and diseases. In this study, co-expression network analysis was performed to detect expression patterns (modules or clusters) of microRNAs (miRNAs) during lactation, and to identify miRNA regulatory mechanisms for milk yield and component traits (fat, protein, somatic cell count (SCC), lactose, and milk urea nitrogen (MUN)) via miRNA target gene enrichment analysis. miRNA expression (713 miRNAs), and milk yield and components (Fat%, Protein%, lactose, SCC, MUN) data of nine cows at each of six different time points (day 30 (D30), D70, D130, D170, D230 and D290) of an entire lactation curve were used. Four modules or clusters (GREEN, BLUE, RED and TURQUOISE) of miRNAs were identified as important for milk yield and component traits. The GREEN and BLUE modules were significantly correlated (|r| > 0.5) with milk yield and lactose, respectively. The RED and TURQUOISE modules were significantly correlated (|r| > 0.5) with both SCC and lactose. In the GREEN module, three abundantly expressed miRNAs (miR-148a, miR-186 and miR-200a) were most significantly correlated to milk yield, and are probably the most important miRNAs for this trait. DDR1 and DDHX1 are hub genes for miRNA regulatory networks controlling milk yield, while HHEX is an important transcription regulator for these networks. miR-18a, miR-221/222 cluster, and transcription factors HOXA7, and NOTCH 3 and 4, are important for the regulation of lactose. miR-142, miR-146a, and miR-EIA17-14144 (a novel miRNA), and transcription factors in the SMAD family and MYB, are important for the regulation of SCC. Important signaling pathways enriched for target genes of miRNAs of significant modules, included protein kinase A and PTEN signaling for milk yield, eNOS and Noth signaling for lactose, and TGF β, HIPPO, Wnt/β-catenin and cell cycle signaling for SCC. Relevant enriched gene ontology (GO)-terms related to milk and mammary gland traits included cell differentiation, G-protein coupled receptor activity, and intracellular signaling transduction. Overall, this study uncovered regulatory networks in which miRNAs interacted with each other to regulate lactation traits.
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Crest J, Diz-Muñoz A, Chen DY, Fletcher DA, Bilder D. Organ sculpting by patterned extracellular matrix stiffness. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28653906 PMCID: PMC5503509 DOI: 10.7554/elife.24958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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How organ-shaping mechanical imbalances are generated is a central question of morphogenesis, with existing paradigms focusing on asymmetric force generation within cells. We show here that organs can be sculpted instead by patterning anisotropic resistance within their extracellular matrix (ECM). Using direct biophysical measurements of elongating Drosophila egg chambers, we document robust mechanical anisotropy in the ECM-based basement membrane (BM) but not in the underlying epithelium. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) on wild-type BM in vivo reveals an anterior–posterior (A–P) symmetric stiffness gradient, which fails to develop in elongation-defective mutants. Genetic manipulation shows that the BM is instructive for tissue elongation and the determinant is relative rather than absolute stiffness, creating differential resistance to isotropic tissue expansion. The stiffness gradient requires morphogen-like signaling to regulate BM incorporation, as well as planar-polarized organization to homogenize it circumferentially. Our results demonstrate how fine mechanical patterning in the ECM can guide cells to shape an organ. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24958.001 All organs have specific shapes and architectures that are necessary for them to work properly. Many different factors are responsible for arranging the right cells into the correct positions to make an organ. These include physical forces that act within and around cells to pull them into the right shape and location. A structure called the extracellular matrix surrounds cells and provides them with support; it can also guide cell movements. It is not clear whether the extracellular matrix plays only a passive role or a more active, instructive role in shaping organs, in part, because it is difficult to measure the physical forces within densely packed cells. The ovaries of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster provide a simple system in which to study how organs take their shape. Crest et al. developed a method to measure forces in the fly ovary as it changes from being an initially spherical group of cells to its final elongated tube shape. The results revealed that, during this process, the extracellular matrix becomes gradually stiffer from one end of the ovary to the other. This change is the main factor responsible for the cell rearrangements that shape the developing organ. This work reveals that, along with providing structural support to cells, the mechanical properties of the matrix also actively guide how organs form. In the future, these findings may aid efforts to grow organs in a laboratory and to regenerate organs in human patients. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24958.002
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- Justin Crest
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biophysics Program, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biophysics Program, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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Sato K. Direction‐dependent contraction forces on cell boundaries induce collective migration of epithelial cells within their sheet. Dev Growth Differ 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Katsuhiko Sato
- Research Institute for Electronic Science Hokkaido University Sapporo 001‐0020 Japan
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Farrell DL, Weitz O, Magnasco MO, Zallen JA. SEGGA: a toolset for rapid automated analysis of epithelial cell polarity and dynamics. Development 2017; 144:1725-1734. [PMID: 28465336 PMCID: PMC5450846 DOI: 10.1242/dev.146837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Epithelial remodeling determines the structure of many organs in the body through changes in cell shape, polarity and behavior and is a major area of study in developmental biology. Accurate and high-throughput methods are necessary to systematically analyze epithelial organization and dynamics at single-cell resolution. We developed SEGGA, an easy-to-use software for automated image segmentation, cell tracking and quantitative analysis of cell shape, polarity and behavior in epithelial tissues. SEGGA is free, open source, and provides a full suite of tools that allow users with no prior computational expertise to independently perform all steps of automated image segmentation, semi-automated user-guided error correction, and data analysis. Here we use SEGGA to analyze changes in cell shape, cell interactions and planar polarity during convergent extension in the Drosophila embryo. These studies demonstrate that planar polarity is rapidly established in a spatiotemporally regulated pattern that is dynamically remodeled in response to changes in cell orientation. These findings reveal an unexpected plasticity that maintains coordinated planar polarity in actively moving populations through the continual realignment of cell polarity with the tissue axes.
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- Dene L Farrell
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Shah PK, Tanner MR, Kovacevic I, Rankin A, Marshall TE, Noblett N, Tran NN, Roenspies T, Hung J, Chen Z, Slatculescu C, Perkins TJ, Bao Z, Colavita A. PCP and SAX-3/Robo Pathways Cooperate to Regulate Convergent Extension-Based Nerve Cord Assembly in C. elegans. Dev Cell 2017; 41:195-203.e3. [PMID: 28441532 PMCID: PMC5469364 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2016] [Revised: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Formation and resolution of multicellular rosettes can drive convergent extension (CE) type cell rearrangements during tissue morphogenesis. Rosette dynamics are regulated by both planar cell polarity (PCP)-dependent and -independent pathways. Here we show that CE is involved in ventral nerve cord (VNC) assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans. We show that a VANG-1/Van Gogh and PRKL-1/Prickle containing PCP pathway and a Slit-independent SAX-3/Robo pathway cooperate to regulate, via rosette intermediaries, the intercalation of post-mitotic neuronal cell bodies during VNC formation. We show that VANG-1 and SAX-3 are localized to contracting edges and rosette foci and act to specify edge contraction during rosette formation and to mediate timely rosette resolution. Simultaneous loss of both pathways severely curtails CE resulting in a shortened, anteriorly displaced distribution of VNC neurons at hatching. Our results establish rosette-based CE as an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of nerve cord morphogenesis and reveal a role for SAX-3/Robo in this process.
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- Pavak K Shah
- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Neuroscience Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Neuroscience Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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- Neuroscience Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada; University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
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Basolateral protrusion and apical contraction cooperatively drive Drosophila germ-band extension. Nat Cell Biol 2017; 19:375-383. [DOI: 10.1038/ncb3497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Morita H, Grigolon S, Bock M, Krens SFG, Salbreux G, Heisenberg CP. The Physical Basis of Coordinated Tissue Spreading in Zebrafish Gastrulation. Dev Cell 2017; 40:354-366.e4. [PMID: 28216382 PMCID: PMC5364273 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 12/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Embryo morphogenesis relies on highly coordinated movements of different tissues. However, remarkably little is known about how tissues coordinate their movements to shape the embryo. In zebrafish embryogenesis, coordinated tissue movements first become apparent during "doming," when the blastoderm begins to spread over the yolk sac, a process involving coordinated epithelial surface cell layer expansion and mesenchymal deep cell intercalations. Here, we find that active surface cell expansion represents the key process coordinating tissue movements during doming. By using a combination of theory and experiments, we show that epithelial surface cells not only trigger blastoderm expansion by reducing tissue surface tension, but also drive blastoderm thinning by inducing tissue contraction through radial deep cell intercalations. Thus, coordinated tissue expansion and thinning during doming relies on surface cells simultaneously controlling tissue surface tension and radial tissue contraction.
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- Hitoshi Morita
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK; Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
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Kong D, Wolf F, Großhans J. Forces directing germ-band extension in Drosophila embryos. Mech Dev 2016; 144:11-22. [PMID: 28013027 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Body axis elongation by convergent extension is a conserved developmental process found in all metazoans. Drosophila embryonic germ-band extension is an important morphogenetic process during embryogenesis, by which the length of the germ-band is more than doubled along the anterior-posterior axis. This lengthening is achieved by typical convergent extension, i.e. narrowing the lateral epidermis along the dorsal-ventral axis and simultaneous extension along the anterior-posterior axis. Germ-band extension is largely driven by cell intercalation, whose directionality is determined by the planar polarity of the tissue and ultimately by the anterior-posterior patterning system. In addition, extrinsic tensile forces originating from the invaginating endoderm induce cell shape changes, which transiently contribute to germ-band extension. Here, we review recent progress in understanding of the role of mechanical forces in germ-band extension.
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- Deqing Kong
- Institute for Developmental Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation, Faculty of Physics, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Developmental Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Walck-Shannon E, Lucas B, Chin-Sang I, Reiner D, Kumfer K, Cochran H, Bothfeld W, Hardin J. CDC-42 Orients Cell Migration during Epithelial Intercalation in the Caenorhabditis elegans Epidermis. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006415. [PMID: 27861585 PMCID: PMC5127194 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cell intercalation is a highly directed cell rearrangement that is essential for animal morphogenesis. As such, intercalation requires orchestration of cell polarity across the plane of the tissue. CDC-42 is a Rho family GTPase with key functions in cell polarity, yet its role during epithelial intercalation has not been established because its roles early in embryogenesis have historically made it difficult to study. To circumvent these early requirements, in this paper we use tissue-specific and conditional loss-of-function approaches to identify a role for CDC-42 during intercalation of the Caenorhabditis elegans dorsal embryonic epidermis. CDC-42 activity is enriched in the medial tips of intercalating cells, which extend as cells migrate past one another. Moreover, CDC-42 is involved in both the efficient formation and orientation of cell tips during cell rearrangement. Using conditional loss-of-function we also show that the PAR complex functions in tip formation and orientation. Additionally, we find that the sole C. elegans Eph receptor, VAB-1, functions during this process in an Ephrin-independent manner. Using epistasis analysis, we find that vab-1 lies in the same genetic pathway as cdc-42 and is responsible for polarizing CDC-42 activity to the medial tip. Together, these data establish a previously uncharacterized role for polarized CDC-42, in conjunction with PAR-6, PAR-3 and an Eph receptor, during epithelial intercalation. As embryos develop, tissues must change shape to establish an animal’s form. One key form-shaping movement, cell intercalation, often occurs when a tissue elongates in a preferred direction. How cells in epithelial sheets can intercalate while maintaining tissue integrity is not well understood. Here we use the dorsal epidermis in embryos of the nematode worm, C. elegans, to study cell intercalation. As cells begin to intercalate, they form highly polarized tips that lead their migration. While some mechanisms that polarize intercalating cells have been established in other systems, our work identifies a new role for CDC-42—a highly conserved, highly regulated protein that controls the actin cytoskeleton. We previously established that a related protein, Rac, is involved in tip extension during dorsal intercalation. CDC-42 also contributes to this process in addition to helping orient the extending tip. CDC-42 appears to work in conjunction with two other known cell polarity proteins, PAR-3 and PAR-6, and the cell surface receptor, VAB-1. Our work identifies a novel pathway involving proteins conserved from worms to humans that regulates a ubiquitous process during animal development.
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- Elise Walck-Shannon
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Program in Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology and Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Program in Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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