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Sienknecht UJ, Anderson BK, Parodi RM, Fantetti KN, Fekete DM. Non-cell-autonomous planar cell polarity propagation in the auditory sensory epithelium of vertebrates. Dev Biol 2011; 352:27-39. [PMID: 21255565 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2010] [Revised: 01/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sensory epithelia of the inner ear require a coordinated alignment of hair cell stereociliary bundles as an essential element of mechanoreceptive function. Hair cell bundle alignment is mediated by core planar cell polarity (PCP) proteins, such as Vangl2, that localize asymmetrically to the circumference of the cell near its apical surface. During early phases of cell orientation in the chicken basilar papilla (BP), Vangl2 is present at supporting cell junctions that lie orthogonal to the polarity axis. Several days later, there is a striking shift in the Vangl2 pattern associated with hair cells that reorient towards the distal (apical) end of the organ. How the localization of PCP proteins transmits planar polarity information across the developing sensory epithelium remains unclear. To address this question, the normal asymmetric localization of Vangl2 was disrupted by overexpressing Vangl2 in clusters of cells. The BP was infected with replication-competent retrovirus encoding Vangl2 prior to hair cell differentiation. Virus-infected cells showed normal development of individual stereociliary bundles, indicating that asymmetry was established at the cellular level. Yet, bundles were misoriented in ears infected with Vangl2 virus but not Wnt5a virus. Notably, Vangl2 misexpression did not randomize bundle orientations but rather generated larger variations around a normal mean angle. Cell clusters with excess Vangl2 could induce non-autonomous polarity disruptions in wild-type neighboring cells. Furthermore, there appears to be a directional bias in the propagation of bundle misorientation that is towards the abneural edge of the epithelium. Finally, regional bundle reorientation was inhibited by Vangl2 overexpression. In conclusion, ectopic Vangl2 protein causes inaccurate local propagation of polarity information, and Vangl2 acts in a non-cell-autonomous fashion in the sensory system of vertebrates.
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- Ulrike J Sienknecht
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Feitosa NM, Richardson R, Bloch W, Hammerschmidt M. Basement membrane diseases in zebrafish. Methods Cell Biol 2011; 105:191-222. [PMID: 21951531 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-381320-6.00008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Basement membranes (BMs) are a complex, sheet-like network of specialized extracellular matrix that underlies epithelial cells and surrounds muscle cells. They provide adherence between neighboring tissues, permit some flexibility of these adherent structures, and can act as a store for growth factors and as a guide for cell migration. The BM is not just a static structure; its deposition and remodeling are important for many processes including embryonic development, immune response, and wound healing. To date, dysfunction in BM deposition or remodeling has been linked to many human congenital disorders and diseases, affecting many different tissues in the body, including malformations, dystrophies, and cancer. However, many questions remain to be answered on the role BM proteins, and their mutations, play in the pathogenesis of human disease. In recent years, the zebrafish (Danio rerio) has emerged as a powerful animal model for human development and disease. In the first part of this chapter, we provide an overview of described defects caused by BM dysfunction in zebrafish, including development and function of notochord, muscle, central nervous system, skin, cardiovascular system, and kidney. In the second part, we will describe details of methods used to visualize and assess the structure of the BM in zebrafish, and to functionally analyze its different components.
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Žigman M, Trinh LA, Fraser SE, Moens CB. Zebrafish neural tube morphogenesis requires Scribble-dependent oriented cell divisions. Curr Biol 2010; 21:79-86. [PMID: 21185191 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2010] [Revised: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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How control of subcellular events in single cells determines morphogenesis on the scale of the tissue is largely unresolved. The stereotyped cross-midline mitoses of progenitors in the zebrafish neural keel provide a unique experimental paradigm for defining the role and control of single-cell orientation for tissue-level morphogenesis in vivo. We show here that the coordinated orientation of individual progenitor cell division in the neural keel is the cellular determinant required for morphogenesis into a neural tube epithelium with a single straight lumen. We find that Scribble is required for oriented cell division and that its function in this process is independent of canonical apicobasal and planar polarity pathways. We identify a role for Scribble in controlling clustering of α-catenin foci in dividing progenitors. Loss of either Scrib or N-cadherin results in abnormally oriented mitoses, reduced cross-midline cell divisions, and similar neural tube defects. We propose that Scribble-dependent nascent cell-cell adhesion clusters between neuroepithelial progenitors contribute to define orientation of their cell division. Finally, our data demonstrate that while oriented mitoses of individual cells determine neural tube architecture, the tissue can in turn feed back on its constituent cells to define their polarization and cell division orientation to ensure robust tissue morphogenesis.
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- Mihaela Žigman
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Basic Science, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, B2-152, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Picone R, Ren X, Ivanovitch KD, Clarke JDW, McKendry RA, Baum B. A polarised population of dynamic microtubules mediates homeostatic length control in animal cells. PLoS Biol 2010; 8:e1000542. [PMID: 21103410 PMCID: PMC2982804 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An analysis of cells grown on micro-patterned lines, and of cells during zebrafish development, identifies a population of microtubules that align along the long axis of cells to mediate homeostatic length control. Because physical form and function are intimately linked, mechanisms that maintain cell shape and size within strict limits are likely to be important for a wide variety of biological processes. However, while intrinsic controls have been found to contribute to the relatively well-defined shape of bacteria and yeast cells, the extent to which individual cells from a multicellular animal control their plastic form remains unclear. Here, using micropatterned lines to limit cell extension to one dimension, we show that cells spread to a characteristic steady-state length that is independent of cell size, pattern width, and cortical actin. Instead, homeostatic length control on lines depends on a population of dynamic microtubules that lead during cell extension, and that are aligned along the long cell axis as the result of interactions of microtubule plus ends with the lateral cell cortex. Similarly, during the development of the zebrafish neural tube, elongated neuroepithelial cells maintain a relatively well-defined length that is independent of cell size but dependent upon oriented microtubules. A simple, quantitative model of cellular extension driven by microtubules recapitulates cell elongation on lines, the steady-state distribution of microtubules, and cell length homeostasis, and predicts the effects of microtubule inhibitors on cell length. Together this experimental and theoretical analysis suggests that microtubule dynamics impose unexpected limits on cell geometry that enable cells to regulate their length. Since cells are the building blocks and architects of tissue morphogenesis, such intrinsically defined limits may be important for development and homeostasis in multicellular organisms. Because many physical processes change with scale, size control is a fundamental problem for living systems. While in some instances the size of a structure is directly determined by the dimensions of its individual constituents, many biological structures are dynamic, self-organising assemblies of relatively small component parts. How such assemblies are maintained within defined size limits remains poorly understood. Here, by confining cells to spread on lines, we show that animal cells reach a defined length that is independent of their volume and width. In searching for a “ruler” that might determine this axial limit to cell spreading, we identified a population of dynamic microtubule polymers that become oriented along the long axis of cells. This growing population of oriented microtubules drives extension of the spreading cell margin while, conversely, interactions with the cell margin promote microtubule depolymerisation, leading to cell shortening. Using a mathematical model we show that this coupling of dynamic microtubule polymerisation and depolymerisation with directed cell elongation is sufficient to explain the limit to cell spreading and cell length homeostasis. Because microtubules appear to regulate cell length in a similar way in the developing zebrafish neural tube, we suggest that this microtubule-dependent mechanism is likely to be of widespread importance for the regulation of cell and tissue geometry.
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- Remigio Picone
- Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- London Centre for Nanotechnology, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (RAM); (BB)
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Quesada-Hernández E, Caneparo L, Schneider S, Winkler S, Liebling M, Fraser SE, Heisenberg CP. Stereotypical cell division orientation controls neural rod midline formation in zebrafish. Curr Biol 2010; 20:1966-72. [PMID: 20970340 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2010] [Revised: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The development of multicellular organisms is dependent on the tight coordination between tissue growth and morphogenesis. The stereotypical orientation of cell divisions has been proposed to be a fundamental mechanism by which proliferating and growing tissues take shape. However, the actual contribution of stereotypical division orientation (SDO) to tissue morphogenesis is unclear. In zebrafish, cell divisions with stereotypical orientation have been implicated in both body-axis elongation and neural rod formation, although there is little direct evidence for a critical function of SDO in either of these processes. Here we show that SDO is required for formation of the neural rod midline during neurulation but dispensable for elongation of the body axis during gastrulation. Our data indicate that SDO during both gastrulation and neurulation is dependent on the noncanonical Wnt receptor Frizzled 7 (Fz7) and that interfering with cell division orientation leads to severe defects in neural rod midline formation but not body-axis elongation. These findings suggest a novel function for Fz7-controlled cell division orientation in neural rod midline formation during neurulation.
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Planar cell polarity signaling in neural development. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2010; 20:572-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2010] [Revised: 05/20/2010] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Vladar EK, Antic D, Axelrod JD. Planar cell polarity signaling: the developing cell's compass. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2010; 1:a002964. [PMID: 20066108 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Cells of many tissues acquire cellular asymmetry to execute their physiologic functions. The planar cell polarity system, first characterized in Drosophila, is important for many of these events. Studies in Drosophila suggest that an upstream system breaks cellular symmetry by converting tissue gradients to subcellular asymmetry, whereas a downstream system amplifies subcellular asymmetry and communicates polarity between cells. In this review, we discuss apparent similarities and differences in the mechanism that controls PCP as it has been adapted to a broad variety of morphological cellular asymmetries in various organisms.
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- Eszter K Vladar
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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The fur on a cat's back, the scales on a fish, or the bristles on a fly are all beautifully organized, with a high degree of polarization in their surface organization. Great progress has been made in understanding how individual cell polarity is established, but our understanding of how cells coordinate their polarity in forming coherent tissues is still fragmentary. The organization of cells in the plane of the epithelium is known as planar cell polarity (PCP), and studies in the past decade have delineated a genetic pathway for the control of PCP. This review will first briefly review data from the Drosophila field, where PCP was first identified and genetically characterized, and then explore how vertebrate tissues become polarized during development.
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Atypical cadherins Celsr1-3 differentially regulate migration of facial branchiomotor neurons in mice. J Neurosci 2010; 30:9392-401. [PMID: 20631168 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0124-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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During hindbrain development, facial branchiomotor neurons (FBM neurons) migrate from medial rhombomere (r) 4 to lateral r6. In zebrafish, mutations in planar cell polarity genes celsr2 and frizzled3a block caudal migration of FBM neurons. Here, we investigated the role of cadherins Celsr1-3, and Fzd3 in FBM neuron migration in mice. In Celsr1 mutants (knock-out and Crash alleles), caudal migration was compromised and neurons often migrated rostrally into r2 and r3, as well as laterally. These phenotypes were not caused by defects in hindbrain patterning or neuronal specification. Celsr1 is expressed in FBM neuron precursors and the floor plate, but not in FBM neurons. Consistent with this, conditional inactivation showed that the function of Celsr1 in FBM neuron migration was non-cell autonomous. In Celsr2 mutants, FBM neurons initiated caudal migration but moved prematurely into lateral r4 and r5. This phenotype was enhanced by inactivation of Celsr3 in FBM neurons and mimicked by inactivation of Fzd3. Furthermore, Celsr2 was epistatic to Celsr1. These data indicate that Celsr1-3 differentially regulate FBM neuron migration. Celsr1 helps to specify the direction of FBM neuron migration, whereas Celsr2 and 3 control its ability to migrate.
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Sato K, Seki R, Noro M, Yokoyama H, Tamura K. Morphogenetic change of the limb bud in the hand plate formation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2010; 314:539-51. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2010] [Accepted: 04/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ahlstrom JD, Erickson CA. New views on the neural crest epithelial-mesenchymal transition and neuroepithelial interkinetic nuclear migration. Commun Integr Biol 2010; 2:489-93. [PMID: 20195454 DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.6.9406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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By developing a technique for imaging the avian neural crest epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), we have discovered cellular behaviors that challenge current thinking on this important developmental event, including the probability that complete disassembly of the adherens junctions may not control whether or not a neural epithelial cell undergoes an EMT. Further, neural crest cells can adopt multiple modes of cell motility in order to emigrate from the neuroepithelium. We also gained insights into interkinetic nuclear migration (INM). For example, the movement of the nucleus from the basal to apical domain may not require microtubule motors nor an intact nuclear envelope, and the nucleus does not always need to reach the apical surface in order for cytokinesis to occur. These studies illustrate the value of live-cell imaging to elucidate cellular processes.
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- Jon D Ahlstrom
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Miller RK, McCrea PD. Wnt to build a tube: contributions of Wnt signaling to epithelial tubulogenesis. Dev Dyn 2010; 239:77-93. [PMID: 19681164 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Epithelial tubes are crucial to the function of organ systems including the cardiovascular system, pulmonary system, gastrointestinal tract, reproductive organ systems, excretory system, and auditory system. Using a variety of animal model systems, recent studies have substantiated the role of Wnt signaling via the canonical/beta-catenin-mediated trajectory, the non-canonical Wnt trajectories, or both, in forming epithelial tubular tissues. This review focuses on the involvement of the Wnt pathways in the induction, specification, proliferation, and morphogenesis involved in tubulogenesis within tissues including the lungs, kidneys, ears, mammary glands, gut, and heart. The ultimate goal is to describe the developmental processes forming the various tubulogenic organ systems to determine the relationships between these processes.
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- Rachel K Miller
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Borovina A, Superina S, Voskas D, Ciruna B. Vangl2 directs the posterior tilting and asymmetric localization of motile primary cilia. Nat Cell Biol 2010; 12:407-12. [PMID: 20305649 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cilia are microtubule-based organelles that project into the extracellular space, function in the perception and integration of environmental cues, and regulate Hedgehog signal transduction. The emergent association of ciliary defects with diverse and pleiotropic human disorders has fuelled investigations into the molecular genetic regulation of ciliogenesis. Although recent studies implicate planar cell polarity (PCP) in cilia formation, this conclusion is based on analyses of proteins that are not specific to, or downstream effectors of PCP signal transduction. Here we characterize zebrafish embryos devoid of all Vangl2 function, a core and specific component of the PCP signalling pathway. Using Arl13b-GFP as a live marker of the ciliary axoneme, we demonstrate that Vangl2 is not required for ciliogenesis. Instead, Vangl2 controls the posterior tilting of primary motile cilia lining the neurocoel, Kupffer's vesicle and pronephric duct. Furthermore, we show that Vangl2 is required for asymmetric localization of cilia to the posterior apical membrane of neuroepithelial cells. Our results indicate a broad and essential role for PCP in the asymmetric localization and orientation of motile primary cilia, establishing directional fluid flow implicated in normal embryonic development and disease.
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- Antonia Borovina
- Program in Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
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Harrington MJ, Chalasani K, Brewster R. Cellular mechanisms of posterior neural tube morphogenesis in the zebrafish. Dev Dyn 2010; 239:747-62. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Hoffmann M, Segbert C, Helbig G, Bossinger O. Intestinal tube formation in Caenorhabditis elegans requires vang-1 and egl-15 signaling. Dev Biol 2010; 339:268-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2009] [Revised: 11/26/2009] [Accepted: 12/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The polarity protein Pard3 is required for centrosome positioning during neurulation. Dev Biol 2010; 341:335-45. [PMID: 20138861 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 01/22/2010] [Accepted: 01/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Microtubules are essential regulators of cell polarity, architecture and motility. The organization of the microtubule network is context-specific. In non-polarized cells, microtubules are anchored to the centrosome and form radial arrays. In most epithelial cells, microtubules are noncentrosomal, align along the apico-basal axis and the centrosome templates a cilium. It follows that cells undergoing mesenchyme-to-epithelium transitions must reorganize their microtubule network extensively, yet little is understood about how this process is orchestrated. In particular, the pathways regulating the apical positioning of the centrosome are unknown, a central question given the role of cilia in fluid propulsion, sensation and signaling. In zebrafish, neural progenitors undergo progressive epithelialization during neurulation, and thus provide a convenient in vivo cellular context in which to address this question. We demonstrate here that the microtubule cytoskeleton gradually transitions from a radial to linear organization during neurulation and that microtubules function in conjunction with the polarity protein Pard3 to mediate centrosome positioning. Pard3 depletion results in hydrocephalus, a defect often associated with abnormal cerebrospinal fluid flow that has been linked to cilia defects. These findings thus bring to focus cellular events occurring during neurulation and reveal novel molecular mechanisms implicated in centrosome positioning.
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Planar cell polarity enables posterior localization of nodal cilia and left-right axis determination during mouse and Xenopus embryogenesis. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8999. [PMID: 20126399 PMCID: PMC2814853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Left-right asymmetry in vertebrates is initiated in an early embryonic structure called the ventral node in human and mouse, and the gastrocoel roof plate (GRP) in the frog. Within these structures, each epithelial cell bears a single motile cilium, and the concerted beating of these cilia produces a leftward fluid flow that is required to initiate left-right asymmetric gene expression. The leftward fluid flow is thought to result from the posterior tilt of the cilia, which protrude from near the posterior portion of each cell's apical surface. The cells, therefore, display a morphological planar polarization. Planar cell polarity (PCP) is manifested as the coordinated, polarized orientation of cells within epithelial sheets, or as directional cell migration and intercalation during convergent extension. A set of evolutionarily conserved proteins regulates PCP. Here, we provide evidence that vertebrate PCP proteins regulate planar polarity in the mouse ventral node and in the Xenopus gastrocoel roof plate. Asymmetric anterior localization of VANGL1 and PRICKLE2 (PK2) in mouse ventral node cells indicates that these cells are planar polarized by a conserved molecular mechanism. A weakly penetrant Vangl1 mutant phenotype suggests that compromised Vangl1 function may be associated with left-right laterality defects. Stronger functional evidence comes from the Xenopus GRP, where we show that perturbation of VANGL2 protein function disrupts the posterior localization of motile cilia that is required for leftward fluid flow, and causes aberrant expression of the left side-specific gene Nodal. The observation of anterior-posterior PCP in the mouse and in Xenopus embryonic organizers reflects a strong evolutionary conservation of this mechanism that is important for body plan determination.
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Lindqvist M, Horn Z, Bryja V, Schulte G, Papachristou P, Ajima R, Dyberg C, Arenas E, Yamaguchi TP, Lagercrantz H, Ringstedt T. Vang-like protein 2 and Rac1 interact to regulate adherens junctions. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:472-83. [PMID: 20067994 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.048074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The Wnt planar cell polarity (Wnt/PCP) pathway signals through small Rho-like GTPases to regulate the cytoskeleton. The core PCP proteins have been mapped to the Wnt/PCP pathway genetically, but the molecular mechanism of their action remains unknown. Here, we investigate the function of the mammalian PCP protein Vang-like protein 2 (Vangl2). RNAi knockdown of Vangl2 impaired cell-cell adhesion and cytoskeletal integrity in the epithelial cell lines HEK293T and MDCK. Similar effects were observed when Vangl2 was overexpressed in HEK293T, MDCK or C17.2 cells. The effects of Vangl2 overexpression could be blocked by knockdown of the small GTPase Rac1 or by dominant-negative Rac1. In itself, knockdown of Rac1 impaired cytoskeletal integrity and reduced cell-cell adhesion. We found that Vangl2 bound and re-distributed Rac1 within the cells but did not alter Rac1 activity. Moreover, both transgenic mouse embryos overexpressing Vangl2 in neural stem cells and loop-tail Vangl2 loss-of-function embryos displayed impaired adherens junctions, a cytoskeletal unit essential for neural tube rigidity and neural tube closure. In vivo, Rac1 was re-distributed within the cells in a similar way to that observed by us in vitro. We propose that Vangl2 affects cell adhesion and the cytoskeleton by recruiting Rac1 and targeting its activity in the cell to adherens junctions.
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- Maria Lindqvist
- Neonatal Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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Planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling regulates the establishment of polarity within the plane of an epithelium and allows cells to obtain directional information. Its results are as diverse as the determination of cell fates, the generation of asymmetric but highly aligned structures (e.g., stereocilia in the human ear or hairs on a fly wing), or the directional migration of cells during convergent extension during vertebrate gastrulation. Aberrant PCP establishment can lead to human birth defects or kidney disease. PCP signaling is governed by the noncanonical Wnt or Fz/PCP pathway. Traditionally, PCP establishment has been best studied in Drosophila, mainly due to the versatility of the fly as a genetic model system. In Drosophila, PCP is essential for the orientation of wing and abdominal hairs, the orientation of the division axis of sensory organ precursors, and the polarization of ommatidia in the eye, the latter requiring a highly coordinated movement of groups of photoreceptor cells during the process of ommatidial rotation. Here, I review our current understanding of PCP signaling in the Drosophila eye and allude to parallels in vertebrates.
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- Andreas Jenny
- Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
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7TM-Cadherins: developmental roles and future challenges. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 706:14-36. [PMID: 21618823 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7913-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The 7TM-Cadherins, Celsr/Flamingo/Starry night, represent a unique subgroup of adhesion-GPCRs containing atypical cadherin repeats, capable of homophilic interaction, linked to the archetypal adhesion-GPCR seven-transmembrane domain. Studies in Drosophila provided a first glimpse of their functional properties, most notably in the regulation of planar cell polarity (PCP) and in the formation of neural architecture. Many of the developmental functions identified in flies are conserved in vertebrates with PCP predicted to influence the development of multiple organ systems. Details of the molecular and cellular functions of 7TM-Cadherins are slowly emerging but many questions remain unanswered. Here the developmental roles of 7TM-Cadherins are discussed and future challenges in understanding their molecular and cellular roles are explored.
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Cystic kidney diseases are characterized by dilated or cystic kidney tubular segments. Changes in planar cell polarity, flow sensing, and/or proliferation have been proposed to explain these disorders. Over the last few years, several groups have suggested that ciliary dysfunction is a central component of cyst formation. We review evidence for and against each of these models, stressing some of the inconsistencies that should be resolved if an accurate understanding of cyst formation is to be achieved. We also comment on data supporting a model in which ciliary function could play different roles at different developmental stages and on the relevance of dissecting potential differences between pathways required for tubule formation and/or maintenance.
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- Luis F Menezes
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Nishio S, Tian X, Gallagher AR, Yu Z, Patel V, Igarashi P, Somlo S. Loss of oriented cell division does not initiate cyst formation. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 21:295-302. [PMID: 19959710 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2009060603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) can arise from either developmental or postdevelopmental processes. Recessive PKD, caused by mutations in PKHD1, is a developmental defect, whereas dominant PKD, caused by mutations in PKD1 or PKD2, occurs by a cellular recessive mechanism in mature kidneys. Oriented cell division is a feature of planar cell polarity that describes the orientation of the mitotic axes of dividing cells during development with respect to the luminal vector of the elongating nephron. In polycystic mutant mice, the loss of oriented cell division may also contribute to the pathogenesis of PKD. Here, we examined the role of oriented cell division in mouse models based on mutations in Pkd1, Pkd2, and Pkhd1. Precystic tubules after kidney-selective inactivation of either Pkd1 or Pkd2 did not lose oriented division before cystic dilation but lost oriented division after tubular dilation began. In contrast, Pkhd1(del4/del4) mice lost oriented cell division but did not develop kidney cysts. Increased intercalation of cells into the plane of the tubular epithelium maintained the normal tubular morphology in Pkhd1(del4/del4) mice, which had more cells present in transverse tubular profiles. In conclusion, loss of oriented cell division is a feature of Pkhd1 mutation and cyst formation, but it is neither sufficient to produce kidney cysts nor required to initiate cyst formation after mutation in Pkd1 or Pkd2.
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- Saori Nishio
- Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208029, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
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Simonova OB, Burdina NV. Morphogenetic movement of cells in embryogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster: Mechanism and genetic control. Russ J Dev Biol 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062360409050038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bastos AP, Piontek K, Silva AM, Martini D, Menezes LF, Fonseca JM, Fonseca II, Germino GG, Onuchic LF. Pkd1 haploinsufficiency increases renal damage and induces microcyst formation following ischemia/reperfusion. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:2389-402. [PMID: 19833899 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2008040435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Mutations in PKD1 cause the majority of cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Because polycystin 1 modulates cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and apoptosis, its lower biologic activity observed in ADPKD might influence the degree of injury after renal ischemia/reperfusion. We induced renal ischemia/reperfusion in 10- to 12-wk-old male noncystic Pkd1(+/-) and wild-type mice. Compared with wild-type mice, heterozygous mice had higher fractional excretions of sodium and potassium and higher serum creatinine after 48 h. In addition, in heterozygous mice, also cortical damage, rates of apoptosis, and inflammatory infiltration into the interstitium at time points out to 14 d after injury all increased, as well as cell proliferation at 48 h and 7 d. The mRNA and protein expression of p21 was lower in heterozygous mice than wild-type mice at 48 h. After 6 wk, we observed dilated tubules, microcysts, and increased renal fibrosis in heterozygotes. The early mortality of heterozygotes was significantly higher than that of wild-type mice when we extended the duration of ischemia from 32 to 35 min. In conclusion, ischemia/reperfusion induces a more severe injury in kidneys of Pkd1-haploinsufficient mice, a process that apparently depends on a relative deficiency of p21 activity, tubular dilation, and microcyst formation. These data suggest the possibility that humans with ADPKD from PKD1 mutations may be at greater risk for damage from renal ischemia/reperfusion injury.
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- Ana P Bastos
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
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Stepwise maturation of apicobasal polarity of the neuroepithelium is essential for vertebrate neurulation. J Neurosci 2009; 29:11426-40. [PMID: 19759292 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1880-09.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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During vertebrate neurulation, extensive cell movements transform the flat neural plate into the neural tube. This dynamic morphogenesis requires the tissue to bear a certain amount of plasticity to accommodate shape and position changes of individual cells as well as intercellular cohesiveness to maintain tissue integrity and architecture. For most of the neural plate-neural tube transition, cells are polarized along the apicobasal axis. The establishment and maintenance of this polarity requires many polarity proteins that mediate cell-cell adhesion either directly or indirectly. Intercellular adhesion reduces tissue plasticity and enhances tissue integrity. However, it remains unclear how apicobasal polarity is regulated to meet the opposing needs for tissue plasticity and tissue integrity during neurulation. Here, we show that N-Cad/ZO-1 complex-initiated apicobasal polarity is stabilized by the late-onsetting Lin7c/Nok complex after the extensive morphogenetic cell movements in neurulation. Loss of either N-Cad or Lin7c disrupts neural tube formation. Furthermore, precocious overexpression of Lin7c induces multiaxial mirror symmetry in zebrafish neurulation. Our data suggest that stepwise maturation of apicobasal polarity plays an essential role in vertebrate neurulation.
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Li L, Zepeda-Orozco D, Patel V, Truong P, Karner CM, Carroll TJ, Lin F. Aberrant planar cell polarity induced by urinary tract obstruction. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F1526-33. [PMID: 19794107 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00318.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Flow sensing by primary cilia of the epithelial cells is involved in cystogenesis in polycystic kidney disease. We investigate whether a similar mechanism applies to the pathogenesis of cyst-like tubular dilatation induced by ureteral obstruction in mice. Robust proliferation occurs in the obstructed tubules when urine flow is interrupted as well as in the repairing tubules when urine flow is reestablished after relief of the obstruction, suggesting a urine flow-independent mechanism of proliferation. In the urothelium, proliferation is only detected above the obstruction, although urine flow ceased both above and below the obstruction. Our results support mechanical strain- rather than flow-mediated proliferation in obstructive uropathy. To understand the mechanism of cell proliferation leading to increased tubular diameter in cyst-like tubular dilatation, we examine planar cell polarity (PCP), which is necessary for oriented cell division and maintenance of tubular diameter. In dilated tubules, the orientation of cell division is randomized, atypical PKC (aPKC) is mislocalized, and the pattern of the expression of a core PCP protein, Frizzled3 (Fz3), is altered. In addition, the level of Fz3 expression is increased. These results indicate that aberrant PCP may contribute to cyst-like tubular dilatation in obstructive uropathy. Interestingly, the orientation of cell division, localization of aPKC, and Fz3 expression return to normal when obstruction is relieved, which suggest a role of normal PCP signaling in tubular repair.
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- Ling Li
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas TX 75390-9063, USA
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Itoh K, Jenny A, Mlodzik M, Sokol SY. Centrosomal localization of Diversin and its relevance to Wnt signaling. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:3791-8. [PMID: 19789178 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.057067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Wnt pathways regulate many developmental processes, including cell-fate specification, cell polarity, and cell movements during morphogenesis. The subcellular distribution of pathway mediators in specific cellular compartments might be crucial for the selection of pathway targets and signaling specificity. We find that the ankyrin-repeat protein Diversin, which functions in different Wnt signaling branches, localizes to the centrosome in Xenopus ectoderm and mammalian cells. Upon stimulation with Wnt ligands, the centrosomal distribution of Diversin is transformed into punctate cortical localization. Also, Diversin was recruited by Frizzled receptors to non-homogeneous Dishevelled-containing cortical patches. Importantly, Diversin deletion constructs, which did not localize to the centrosome, failed to efficiently antagonize Wnt signaling. Furthermore, a C-terminal construct that interfered with Diversin localization inhibited Diversin-mediated beta-catenin degradation. These observations suggest that the centrosomal localization of Diversin is crucial for its function in Wnt signaling.
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- Keiji Itoh
- Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Andrew DJ, Ewald AJ. Morphogenesis of epithelial tubes: Insights into tube formation, elongation, and elaboration. Dev Biol 2009; 341:34-55. [PMID: 19778532 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2009] [Revised: 09/16/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Epithelial tubes are a fundamental tissue across the metazoan phyla and provide an essential functional component of many of the major organs. Recent work in flies and mammals has begun to elucidate the cellular mechanisms driving the formation, elongation, and branching morphogenesis of epithelial tubes during development. Both forward and reverse genetic techniques have begun to identify critical molecular regulators for these processes and have revealed the conserved role of key pathways in regulating the growth and elaboration of tubular networks. In this review, we discuss the developmental programs driving the formation of branched epithelial networks, with specific emphasis on the trachea and salivary gland of Drosophila melanogaster and the mammalian lung, mammary gland, kidney, and salivary gland. We both highlight similarities in the development of these organs and attempt to identify tissue and organism specific strategies. Finally, we briefly consider how our understanding of the regulation of proliferation, apicobasal polarity, and epithelial motility during branching morphogenesis can be applied to understand the pathologic dysregulation of these same processes during metastatic cancer progression.
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- Deborah J Andrew
- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Le Grand F, Jones AE, Seale V, Scimè A, Rudnicki MA. Wnt7a activates the planar cell polarity pathway to drive the symmetric expansion of satellite stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 2009; 4:535-47. [PMID: 19497282 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2009.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 03/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Satellite cells in skeletal muscle are a heterogeneous population of stem cells and committed progenitors. We found that quiescent satellite stem cells expressed the Wnt receptor Fzd7 and that its candidate ligand Wnt7a was upregulated during regeneration. Wnt7a markedly stimulated the symmetric expansion of satellite stem cells but did not affect the growth or differentiation of myoblasts. Silencing of Fzd7 abrogated Wnt7a binding and stimulation of stem cell expansion. Wnt7a signaling induced the polarized distribution of the planar cell polarity effector Vangl2. Silencing of Vangl2 inhibited Wnt7a action on satellite stem cell expansion. Wnt7a overexpression enhanced muscle regeneration and increased both satellite cell numbers and the proportion of satellite stem cells. Muscle lacking Wnt7a exhibited a marked decrease in satellite cell number following regeneration. Therefore, Wnt7a signaling through the planar cell polarity pathway controls the homeostatic level of satellite stem cells and hence regulates the regenerative potential of muscle.
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- Fabien Le Grand
- Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Regenerative Medicine Program, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada
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Roszko I, Sawada A, Solnica-Krezel L. Regulation of convergence and extension movements during vertebrate gastrulation by the Wnt/PCP pathway. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2009; 20:986-97. [PMID: 19761865 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2009] [Revised: 09/05/2009] [Accepted: 09/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Vertebrate gastrulation entails massive cell movements that establish and shape the germ layers. During gastrulation, the individual cell behaviors are strictly coordinated in time and space by various signaling pathways. These pathways instruct the cells about proliferation, shape, fate and migration into proper location. Convergence and extension (C&E) movements during vertebrate gastrulation play a major role in the shaping of the embryonic body. In vertebrates, the Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity (Wnt/PCP) pathway is a key regulator of C&E movements, essential for several polarized cell behaviors, including directed cell migration, and mediolateral and radial cell intercalation. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the acquisition of Planar Cell Polarity by highly dynamic mesenchymal cells engaged in C&E are still not well understood. Here we review new evidence implicating the Wnt/PCP pathway in specific cell behaviors required for C&E during zebrafish gastrulation, in comparison to other vertebrates. We also discuss findings on the molecular regulation and the interaction of the Wnt/PCP pathway with other signaling pathways during gastrulation movements.
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- Isabelle Roszko
- Vanderbilt University, Department of Biological Sciences, VU Station B #351634, Nashville, TN 37235-1634, USA
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Quinlan R, Graf M, Mason I, Lumsden A, Kiecker C. Complex and dynamic patterns of Wnt pathway gene expression in the developing chick forebrain. Neural Dev 2009; 4:35. [PMID: 19732418 PMCID: PMC2757023 DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-4-35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Accepted: 09/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Wnt signalling regulates multiple aspects of brain development in vertebrate embryos. A large number of Wnts are expressed in the embryonic forebrain; however, it is poorly understood which specific Wnt performs which function and how they interact. Wnts are able to activate different intracellular pathways, but which of these pathways become activated in different brain subdivisions also remains enigmatic. Results We have compiled the first comprehensive spatiotemporal atlas of Wnt pathway gene expression at critical stages of forebrain regionalisation in the chick embryo and found that most of these genes are expressed in strikingly dynamic and complex patterns. Several expression domains do not respect proposed compartment boundaries in the developing forebrain, suggesting that areal identities are more dynamic than previously thought. Using an in ovo electroporation approach, we show that Wnt4 expression in the thalamus is negatively regulated by Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling from the zona limitans intrathalamica (ZLI), a known organising centre of forebrain development. Conclusion The forebrain is exposed to a multitude of Wnts and Wnt inhibitors that are expressed in a highly dynamic and complex fashion, precluding simple correlative conclusions about their respective functions or signalling mechanisms. In various biological systems, Wnts are antagonised by Shh signalling. By demonstrating that Wnt4 expression in the thalamus is repressed by Shh from the ZLI we reveal an additional level of interaction between these two pathways and provide an example for the cross-regulation between patterning centres during forebrain regionalisation.
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- Robyn Quinlan
- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, New Hunt's House, Guy's Hospital Campus, King's College, London SE1 1UL, UK.
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Mouse prickle1, the homolog of a PCP gene, is essential for epiblast apical-basal polarity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:14426-31. [PMID: 19706528 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901332106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Planar cell polarity (PCP) genes are essential for establishing planar cell polarity in both invertebrate and vertebrate tissues and are known to regulate cellular morphogenesis and cell movements during development. We focused on Prickle, one of the core components of the PCP pathway, and deleted one of two mouse prickle homologous genes, mpk1. We found that the deletion of mpk1 gene resulted in early embryonic lethality, between embryonic day (E)5.5 and E6.5, associated with failure of distal visceral endoderm migration and primitive streak formation. The mpk1(-/-) epiblast tissue was disorganized, and analyses at the cellular level revealed abnormal cell shapes, mislocalized extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, and disrupted orientation of mitotic spindles, from which loss of apico-basal (AB) polarity of epiblast cells are suspected. Furthermore, we show mpk1 genetically interacts with another core PCP gene Vangl2/stbm in the epiblast formation, suggesting that PCP components are commonly required for the establishment and/or the maintenance of epiblast AB polarity. This was further supported by our finding that overexpression of DeltaPET/LIM (DeltaP/L), a dominant-negative Pk construct, in Xenopus embryo disrupted uniform localization of an apical marker PKCzeta, and expanded the apical domain of ectoderm cells. Our results demonstrate a role for mpk1 in AB polarity formation rather than expected role as a PCP gene.
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Harrington MJ, Hong E, Brewster R. Comparative analysis of neurulation: First impressions do not count. Mol Reprod Dev 2009; 76:954-65. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Emond MR, Biswas S, Jontes JD. Protocadherin-19 is essential for early steps in brain morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2009; 334:72-83. [PMID: 19615992 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2009] [Revised: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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One of the earliest stages of brain morphogenesis is the establishment of the neural tube during neurulation. While some of the cellular mechanisms responsible for neurulation have been described in a number of vertebrate species, the underlying molecular processes are not fully understood. We have identified the zebrafish homolog of protocadherin-19, a member of the cadherin superfamily, which is expressed in the anterior neural plate and is required for brain morphogenesis. Interference with Protocadherin-19 function with antisense morpholino oligonucleotides leads to a severe disruption in early brain morphogenesis. Despite these pronounced effects on neurulation, axial patterning of the neural tube appears normal, as assessed by in situ hybridization for otx2, pax2.1 and krox20. Characterization of embryos early in development by in vivo 2-photon timelapse microscopy reveals that the observed disruption of morphogenesis results from an arrest of cell convergence in the anterior neural plate. These results provide the first functional data for protocadherin-19, demonstrating an essential role in early brain development.
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- Michelle R Emond
- Center for Molecular Neurobiology and Department of Neuroscience, 115 Rightmire Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Wada H, Okamoto H. Roles of noncanonical Wnt/PCP pathway genes in neuronal migration and neurulation in zebrafish. Zebrafish 2009; 6:3-8. [PMID: 19250033 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2008.0557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Noncanonical Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) pathways regulate oriented cell movement during development in both Drosophila and vertebrates. Recent studies have revealed similarities and differences between these pathways in the tissues on which they act. In zebrafish, PCP pathway genes regulate the directional migration of a specific population of motor neurons in the hindbrain, as well as morphogenesis of the neuroepithelium. In the present review, neuronal and neuroepithelial defects in zebrafish PCP pathway mutants are compared, and the possible cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying these phenotypes are discussed. Future analyses of zebrafish PCP mutants will reveal the general mechanisms underlying the development of the neuroepithelium and provide novel insights into both conserved and diverse functions of PCP pathway genes in vertebrate development.
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- Hironori Wada
- Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University , Niigata, Japan
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Wu J, Mlodzik M. A quest for the mechanism regulating global planar cell polarity of tissues. Trends Cell Biol 2009; 19:295-305. [PMID: 19560358 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Most epithelial cells, besides their ubiquitous apical-basal polarity, are polarized within the plane of the epithelium, which is called planar cell polarity (PCP). Using Drosophila as a model, meaningful progress has been made in the identification of key PCP factors and the dissection of their intracellular molecular interactions. The long-range, global aspects of coordinated polarization and the overlying regulatory mechanisms that create the initial polarity direction have, however, remained elusive. Several recent publications have outlined potential mechanisms of how the global regulation of PCP might be controlled and how the distinct core factor groups might interact via frizzled, Van Gogh or flamingo. This review focuses on these exciting features and attempts to provide an integrated picture of these recent and novel insights.
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- Jun Wu
- Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Annenberg Building A18-92, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Nyholm MK, Abdelilah-Seyfried S, Grinblat Y. A novel genetic mechanism regulates dorsolateral hinge-point formation during zebrafish cranial neurulation. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:2137-48. [PMID: 19470582 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.043471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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During neurulation, vertebrate embryos form a neural tube (NT), the rudiment of the central nervous system. In mammals and birds, a key step in cranial NT morphogenesis is dorsolateral hinge-point (DLHP) bending, which requires an apical actomyosin network. The mechanism of DLHP formation is poorly understood, although several essential genes have been identified, among them Zic2, which encodes a zinc-finger transcription factor. We found that DLHP formation in the zebrafish midbrain also requires actomyosin and Zic function. Given this conservation, we used the zebrafish to study how genes encoding Zic proteins regulate DLHP formation. We demonstrate that the ventral zic2a expression border predicts DLHP position. Using morpholino (MO) knockdown, we show zic2a and zic5 are required for apical F-actin and active myosin II localization and junction integrity. Furthermore, myosin II activity can function upstream of junction integrity during DLHP formation, and canonical Wnt signaling, an activator of zic gene transcription, is necessary for apical active myosin II localization, junction integrity and DLHP formation. We conclude that zic genes act downstream of Wnt signaling to control cytoskeletal organization, and possibly adhesion, during neurulation. This study identifies zic2a and zic5 as crucial players in the genetic network linking patterned gene expression to morphogenetic changes during neurulation, and strengthens the utility of the zebrafish midbrain as a NT morphogenesis model.
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- Molly K Nyholm
- Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Clarke J. Role of polarized cell divisions in zebrafish neural tube formation. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2009; 19:134-8. [PMID: 19447605 PMCID: PMC2791883 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Revised: 04/28/2009] [Accepted: 04/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Development of epithelial cell polarity and morphogenesis of a central lumen are essential prerequisites for the formation of the vertebrate neural tube. In teleost fish embryos this first involves the formation of a solid neural rod structure that then undergoes a process of cavitation to form a lumen. This process is initiated from a neural plate that has a distinct organization compared to other vertebrates, and involves complex cell intercalations and rearrangements. A key element is a mode of polarized cell division that generates daughters with mirror-image apico-basal polarity. These mirror-symmetric divisions have powerful morphogenetic influence because when they occur in ectopic locations they orchestrate the development of ectopic apical and basal specializations and the development of ectopic neural tubes.
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- Jon Clarke
- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, New Hunt's House, 4th Floor, Guy's Hospital Campus, SE1 1UL London, United Kingdom.
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Mlodzik M. Ubiquitin connects with planar cell polarity. Cell 2009; 137:209-11. [PMID: 19379687 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Planar cell polarity (PCP) regulates the orientation of cells in epithelia and of mesenchymal cells during gastrulation. In this issue, Narimatsu et al. (2009) report that the Smurf E3 ubiquitin ligases are required for localized protein degradation of a core PCP factor to generate cellular asymmetry.
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- Marek Mlodzik
- Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Regulation of planar cell polarity by Smurf ubiquitin ligases. Cell 2009; 137:295-307. [PMID: 19379695 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2008] [Revised: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 02/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Planar cell polarity (PCP) is critical for morphogenesis in metazoans. PCP in vertebrates regulates stereocilia alignment in neurosensory cells of the cochlea and closure of the neural tube through convergence and extension movements (CE). Noncanonical Wnt morphogens regulate PCP and CE in vertebrates, but the molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Smurfs are ubiquitin ligases that regulate signaling, cell polarity and motility through spatiotemporally restricted ubiquitination of diverse substrates. Here, we report an unexpected role for Smurfs in controlling PCP and CE. Mice mutant for Smurf1 and Smurf2 display PCP defects in the cochlea and CE defects that include a failure to close the neural tube. Further, we show that Smurfs engage in a noncanonical Wnt signaling pathway that targets the core PCP protein Prickle1 for ubiquitin-mediated degradation. Our work thus uncovers ubiquitin ligases in a mechanistic link between noncanonical Wnt signaling and PCP/CE.
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Joó JG. Recent perspectives on the genetic background of neural tube defects with special regard to iniencephaly. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2009; 9:281-93. [PMID: 19379086 DOI: 10.1586/erm.09.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Iniencephaly is a rare and mostly lethal type of neural tube defect. The pattern of inheritance of this group of malformations is multifactorial, rendering the identification of the underlying causes. Numerous studies have been conducted to elucidate the genetic basis of human neurulation. Essential signaling pathways of the development of the CNS include the planar cell polarity pathway, which is important for the initiation of neural tube closure, as well as the sonic hedgehog pathway, which regulates the neural plate bending. Genes influencing the different stages of neurulation have been investigated for their eventual role in the development of these malformations. Among the environmental factors, folic acid seems to be the most important modifier of the risk of human neural tube defects. Genes of the folate metabolism pathways have also been investigated to identify mutations resulting in increased risk of neural tube defects. In this review we have attempted to summarize the knowledge on iniencephaly and neural tube defects, with special regard to genetic factors of the etiology.
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- József Gábor Joó
- 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of General Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1088 Budapest, Baross utca 27, Hungary.
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Renal cystic diseases are a major clinical concern as they are the most common genetic cause of end-stage renal disease. While many of the genes causing cystic disease have been identified in recent years, knowing the molecular nature of the mutations has not clarified the mechanisms underlying cyst formation. Recent research in model organisms has suggested that cyst formation may be because of defective planar cell polarity (PCP) and/or ciliary defects. In this review, we first outline the clinical features of renal cystic diseases and then discuss current research linking our understanding of cystic kidney disease to PCP and cilia.
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- R L Bacallao
- Division of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Strutt H, Strutt D. Asymmetric localisation of planar polarity proteins: Mechanisms and consequences. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2009; 20:957-63. [PMID: 19751618 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2008] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Planar polarisation of tissues is essential for many aspects of developmental patterning. It is regulated by a conserved group of core planar polarity proteins, which localise asymmetrically within cells prior to morphological signs of polarisation. A subset of these core proteins also interact across cell boundaries, mediating intercellular communication that co-ordinates polarity between neighbouring cells. Core protein localisation subsequently mediates changes in the actin cytoskeleton which lead to overt polarisation. In this review we discuss the mechanisms by which the core planar polarity proteins become asymmetrically localised, and the significance of this subcellular localisation for both intercellular communication and downstream effects on the cytoskeleton.
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- Helen Strutt
- MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics and Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
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Matsuyama M, Aizawa S, Shimono A. Sfrp controls apicobasal polarity and oriented cell division in developing gut epithelium. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000427. [PMID: 19300477 PMCID: PMC2649445 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Epithelial tubular morphogenesis leading to alteration of organ shape has important physiological consequences. However, little is known regarding the mechanisms that govern epithelial tube morphogenesis. Here, we show that inactivation of Sfrp1 and Sfrp2 leads to reduction in fore-stomach length in mouse embryos, which is enhanced in the presence of the Sfrp5 mutation. In the mono-cell layer of fore-stomach epithelium, cell division is normally oriented along the cephalocaudal axis; in contrast, orientation diverges in the Sfrps-deficient fore-stomach. Cell growth and apoptosis are not affected in the Sfrps-deficient fore-stomach epithelium. Similarly, cell division orientation in fore-stomach epithelium diverges as a result of inactivation of either Stbm/Vangl2, an Fz/PCP component, or Wnt5a. These observations indicate that the oriented cell division, which is controlled by the Fz/PCP pathway, is one of essential components in fore-stomach morphogenesis. Additionally, the small intestine epithelium of Sfrps compound mutants fails to maintain proper apicobasal polarity; the defect was also observed in Wnt5a-inactivated small intestine. In relation to these findings, Sfrp1 physically interacts with Wnt5a and inhibits Wnt5a signaling. We propose that Sfrp regulation of Wnt5a signaling controls oriented cell division and apicobasal polarity in the epithelium of developing gut. The gastrointestinal tract is generated from the primitive gut tube during embryogenesis. The primitive gut differentiates regionally along the cephalocaudal axis. Individual regions simultaneously acquire specific morphologies through morphogenetic mechanisms. The regional specification of the gut tube is controlled by cross-talk between the mesenchyme and epithelium. However, the morphogenetic mechanisms governing gut formation remain poorly understood. Secreted Frizzled-related protein (Sfrp) is an inhibitor of the Wnt pathway, members of which are expressed in the developing gut. A deficiency of Sfrp genes (Sfrp1, Sfrp2, and Sfrp5) results in reduction of fore-stomach length in mice. During normal fore-stomach formation, cell division is oriented along the cephalocaudal axis; in contrast, reduced fore-stomach length in Sfrps-deficient mice is associated with the divergence of oriented cell division in tubular epithelial cells. Thus, oriented cell division is one of the essential components in fore-stomach morphogenesis. In addition, Sfrps-deficient small intestine epithelium fails to maintain proper apicobasal polarity. We also found that Wnt5a-inactivation leads to a phenotype similar to that induced by Sfrps-deficiency in the developing gut, and that Sfrp1 inhibits Wnt5a signaling. We propose that Sfrp regulation of Wnt5a signaling is required for oriented cell division and that it modulates apicobasal polarity in gut epithelium during organ elongation.
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- Makoto Matsuyama
- Vertebrate Body Plan, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe, Minatojima-Minami, Chuou-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Vertebrate Body Plan, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe, Minatojima-Minami, Chuou-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Centre for Life Sciences #02-07, Singapore, Singapore
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- Masazumi Tada
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Wada H, Okamoto H. Roles of planar cell polarity pathway genes for neural migration and differentiation. Dev Growth Differ 2009; 51:233-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2009.01092.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Li Y, Dudley AT. Noncanonical frizzled signaling regulates cell polarity of growth plate chondrocytes. Development 2009; 136:1083-92. [PMID: 19224985 DOI: 10.1242/dev.023820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Bone growth is driven by cell proliferation and the subsequent hypertrophy of chondrocytes arranged in columns of discoid cells that resemble stacks of coins. However, the molecular mechanisms that direct column formation and the importance of columnar organization to bone morphogenesis are not known. Here, we show in chick that discoid proliferative chondrocytes orient the division plane to generate daughter cells that are initially displaced laterally and then intercalate into the column. Downregulation of frizzled (Fzd) signaling alters the dimensions of long bones and produces cell-autonomous changes in proliferative chondrocyte organization characterized by arbitrary division planes and altered cell stacking. These defects are phenocopied by disruption of noncanonical effector pathways but not by inhibitors of canonical Fzd signaling. These findings demonstrate that the regulation of cell polarity and cell arrangement by noncanonical Fzd signaling plays important roles in generating the unique morphological characteristics that shape individual cartilage elements.
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- Yuwei Li
- Department of Biochemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Mouse models for dissecting vertebrate planar cell polarity signaling in the inner ear. Brain Res 2009; 1277:130-40. [PMID: 19232327 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Revised: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Planar cell polarity (PCP) refers to coordinated polarization of cells in the plane of a cell sheet. In Drosophila, the stereotypical arrangement of the eight photoreceptor cells in each of the ommatidia of the fly compound eye and the uniform orientation of the hairs in all the wing cells are two representative forms of PCP. Using these powerful Drosophila model systems, a set of genes was identified to constitute the invertebrate PCP signaling pathway. In vertebrates, the inner ear sensory organs display distinctive forms of PCP. In particular, the auditory sensory organ in the cochlea, adorned with precisely patterned sensory hair cell arrays and uniformly oriented hair bundles, has served as an excellent model system to complement other vertebrate PCP models and has illustrated a genetic pathway that consists of genes conserved from the Drosophila model as well as genes uniquely required for vertebrate PCP regulation. This review will focus on the mouse models that have made valuable contributions to our current understanding of PCP signaling in the vertebrates.
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