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Rodríguez A, Foronda D, Córdoba S, Felipe-Cordero D, Baonza A, Miguez DG, Estella C. Cell proliferation and Notch signaling coordinate the formation of epithelial folds in the Drosophila leg. Development 2024; 151:dev202384. [PMID: 38512712 PMCID: PMC11058088 DOI: 10.1242/dev.202384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
The formation of complex three-dimensional organs during development requires precise coordination between patterning networks and mechanical forces. In particular, tissue folding is a crucial process that relies on a combination of local and tissue-wide mechanical forces. Here, we investigate the contribution of cell proliferation to epithelial morphogenesis using the Drosophila leg tarsal folds as a model. We reveal that tissue-wide compression forces generated by cell proliferation, in coordination with the Notch signaling pathway, are essential for the formation of epithelial folds in precise locations along the proximo-distal axis of the leg. As cell numbers increase, compressive stresses arise, promoting the folding of the epithelium and reinforcing the apical constriction of invaginating cells. Additionally, the Notch target dysfusion plays a key function specifying the location of the folds, through the apical accumulation of F-actin and the apico-basal shortening of invaginating cells. These findings provide new insights into the intricate mechanisms involved in epithelial morphogenesis, highlighting the crucial role of tissue-wide forces in shaping a three-dimensional organ in a reproducible manner.
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- Alonso Rodríguez
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas y de la Salud, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid 28670, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Departmento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Instituto de Física de la Materia Condensada (IFIMAC), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Levayer R. Staying away from the breaking point: Probing the limits of epithelial cell elimination. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2024; 86:102316. [PMID: 38199024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2023.102316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Epithelial tissues are dramatically remodelled during embryogenesis and tissue homeostasis and yet need to maintain their sealing properties to sustain their barrier functions at any time. Part of these remodellings involve the elimination of a large proportion of cells through apoptosis. Cell extrusion, the remodelling steps leading to seamless dying cell expulsion, helps to maintain tissue cohesion. However, there is an intrinsic limit in the system that can only accommodate a certain proportion/rate of cell elimination as well as certain spatiotemporal distributions. What are then the critical conditions leading to epithelial rupture/tear/sealing defects upon cell elimination and which mechanisms ensure that such limits are never reached? In this short review, I document the conditions in which epithelial rupture has been observed, including in the contexts of epithelial cell death, and the mechanical parameters influencing tissue rupture, and review feedback mechanisms which help to keep the epithelia away from the breaking point.
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- Romain Levayer
- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 3738, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
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Prasad D, Illek K, Fischer F, Holstein K, Classen AK. Bilateral JNK activation is a hallmark of interface surveillance and promotes elimination of aberrant cells. eLife 2023; 12:80809. [PMID: 36744859 PMCID: PMC9917460 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Tissue-intrinsic defense mechanisms eliminate aberrant cells from epithelia and thereby maintain the health of developing tissues or adult organisms. 'Interface surveillance' comprises one such distinct mechanism that specifically guards against aberrant cells which undergo inappropriate cell fate and differentiation programs. The cellular mechanisms which facilitate detection and elimination of these aberrant cells are currently unknown. We find that in Drosophila imaginal discs, clones of cells with inappropriate activation of cell fate programs induce bilateral JNK activation at clonal interfaces, where wild type and aberrant cells make contact. JNK activation is required to drive apoptotic elimination of interface cells. Importantly, JNK activity and apoptosis are highest in interface cells within small aberrant clones, which likely supports the successful elimination of aberrant cells when they arise. Our findings are consistent with a model where clone size affects the topology of interface contacts and thereby the strength of JNK activation in wild type and aberrant interface cells. Bilateral JNK activation is unique to 'interface surveillance' and is not observed in other tissue-intrinsic defense mechanisms, such as classical 'cell-cell competition'. Thus, bilateral JNK interface signaling provides an independent tissue-level mechanism to eliminate cells with inappropriate developmental fate but normal cellular fitness. Finally, oncogenic Ras-expressing clones activate 'interface surveillance' but evade elimination by bilateral JNK activation. Combined, our work establishes bilateral JNK interface signaling and interface apoptosis as a new hallmark of interface surveillance and highlights how oncogenic mutations evade tumor suppressor function encoded by this tissue-intrinsic surveillance system.
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- Deepti Prasad
- Hilde-Mangold-Haus, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany,Faculty of Biology, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Hilde-Mangold-Haus, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany,Faculty of Biology, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany,International Max Planck Research School for Immunobiology, Epigenetics, and MetabolismFreiburgGermany
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- Hilde-Mangold-Haus, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany,Faculty of Biology, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany,CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany,BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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Compagnucci C, Martinus K, Griffin J, Depew MJ. Programmed Cell Death Not as Sledgehammer but as Chisel: Apoptosis in Normal and Abnormal Craniofacial Patterning and Development. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:717404. [PMID: 34692678 PMCID: PMC8531503 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.717404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Coordination of craniofacial development involves an complex, intricate, genetically controlled and tightly regulated spatiotemporal series of reciprocal inductive and responsive interactions among the embryonic cephalic epithelia (both endodermal and ectodermal) and the cephalic mesenchyme — particularly the cranial neural crest (CNC). The coordinated regulation of these interactions is critical both ontogenetically and evolutionarily, and the clinical importance and mechanistic sensitivity to perturbation of this developmental system is reflected by the fact that one-third of all human congenital malformations affect the head and face. Here, we focus on one element of this elaborate process, apoptotic cell death, and its role in normal and abnormal craniofacial development. We highlight four themes in the temporospatial elaboration of craniofacial apoptosis during development, namely its occurrence at (1) positions of epithelial-epithelial apposition, (2) within intra-epithelial morphogenesis, (3) during epithelial compartmentalization, and (4) with CNC metameric organization. Using the genetic perturbation of Satb2, Pbx1/2, Fgf8, and Foxg1 as exemplars, we examine the role of apoptosis in the elaboration of jaw modules, the evolution and elaboration of the lambdoidal junction, the developmental integration at the mandibular arch hinge, and the control of upper jaw identity, patterning and development. Lastly, we posit that apoptosis uniquely acts during craniofacial development to control patterning cues emanating from core organizing centres.
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- Claudia Compagnucci
- Institute for Cell and Neurobiology, Center for Anatomy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCO, Berlin, Germany.,Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.,Department of Craniofacial Development, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Neurobiology, Center for Anatomy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCO, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Craniofacial Development, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Neurobiology, Center for Anatomy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCO, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Craniofacial Development, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Kabigting JET, Toyama Y. Interplay between caspase, Yes-associated protein, and mechanics: A possible switch between life and death? Curr Opin Cell Biol 2020; 67:141-146. [PMID: 33189987 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Organism development requires fine-tuning of the cell number by apoptosis and cell division, as well as proper cell fate specification. These processes are achieved through the integration of intracellular signals and intercellular interactions with neighboring cells as well as the extracellular environment. Apoptosis, a form of cell death typically associated with development and homeostasis, is mainly regulated by the caspase family of proteases. Although caspases are known to initiate and execute apoptosis, it is also known that low caspase levels have a broad spectrum of nonapoptotic functions, including differentiation and organ growth. These different roles of caspases raise intriguing questions: how are caspase levels regulated and what defines the balance between life and death? In this review, we focus on some recent findings that highlight how nonlethal levels of caspase activity, transcriptional coregulator Yes-associated protein (YAP), and mechanical factors influence each other in determining cell fate. We further discuss a possibility that the mechanical signals encountered by cells could regulate the level of caspase activity by mechanics through YAP and, in turn, how this determines whether a cell is susceptible or resistant to undergoing apoptosis in response to cell death stimuli.
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- Mechanobiology Institute, Level 5, T-lab Building, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117411; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543.
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Arias Del Angel JA, Nanjundiah V, Benítez M, Newman SA. Interplay of mesoscale physics and agent-like behaviors in the parallel evolution of aggregative multicellularity. EvoDevo 2020; 11:21. [PMID: 33062243 PMCID: PMC7549232 DOI: 10.1186/s13227-020-00165-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Myxobacteria and dictyostelids are prokaryotic and eukaryotic multicellular lineages, respectively, that after nutrient depletion aggregate and develop into structures called fruiting bodies. The developmental processes and resulting morphological outcomes resemble one another to a remarkable extent despite their independent origins, the evolutionary distance between them and the lack of traceable homology in molecular mechanisms. We hypothesize that the morphological parallelism between the two lineages arises as the consequence of the interplay within multicellular aggregates between generic processes, physical and physicochemical processes operating similarly in living and non-living matter at the mesoscale (~10-3-10-1 m) and agent-like behaviors, unique to living systems and characteristic of the constituent cells, considered as autonomous entities acting according to internal rules in a shared environment. Here, we analyze the contributions of generic and agent-like determinants in myxobacteria and dictyostelid development and their roles in the generation of their common traits. Consequent to aggregation, collective cell-cell contacts mediate the emergence of liquid-like properties, making nascent multicellular masses subject to novel patterning and morphogenetic processes. In both lineages, this leads to behaviors such as streaming, rippling, and rounding-up, as seen in non-living fluids. Later the aggregates solidify, leading them to exhibit additional generic properties and motifs. Computational models suggest that the morphological phenotypes of the multicellular masses deviate from the predictions of generic physics due to the contribution of agent-like behaviors of cells such as directed migration, quiescence, and oscillatory signal transduction mediated by responses to external cues. These employ signaling mechanisms that reflect the evolutionary histories of the respective organisms. We propose that the similar developmental trajectories of myxobacteria and dictyostelids are more due to shared generic physical processes in coordination with analogous agent-type behaviors than to convergent evolution under parallel selection regimes. Insights from the biology of these aggregative forms may enable a unified understanding of developmental evolution, including that of animals and plants.
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- Juan A Arias Del Angel
- Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de La Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.,Centro de Ciencias de La Complejidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.,Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595 USA.,Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de La Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.,Centro de Ciencias de La Complejidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595 USA
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Lehotzky D, Sipahi R, Zupanc GKH. Cellular automata modeling suggests symmetric stem-cell division, cell death, and cell drift as key mechanisms driving adult spinal cord growth in teleost fish. J Theor Biol 2020; 509:110474. [PMID: 32918922 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Adult neurogenesis - the generation of neurons during adulthood - is intensively studied, yet little is known about its consequences at the tissue level. In the teleost fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus, morphometric analysis has revealed that the total number of cells in the spinal cord increases continuously throughout adulthood, driven by the activity of neurogenic stem/progenitor cells in both the ependymal layer at the central canal and in the radially located parenchyma. This net increase in cell numbers demonstrates cellular addition, as opposed to cellular turnover which appears to be the common outcome of adult neurogenesis in mammals. Grounded on a comprehensive set of quantitative data generated through high-resolution mapping of stem cells and their progeny, we constructed a cellular automata model of the stem-cell-driven growth of the spinal cord. Simulations based on this model suggest that three cellular mechanisms play a critical role for promoting sustained tissue growth and acquisition of correct form of the spinal cord, including the development of the ependymal layer and the parenchyma: the number of symmetric stem-cell divisions versus asymmetric divisions; the probability of the progeny of progenitor cells to undergo cell death; and the radial drifting of cells.
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- Dávid Lehotzky
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
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- Complex Dynamic Systems and Control Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
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Role of Notch Signaling in Leg Development in Drosophila melanogaster. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1218:103-127. [PMID: 32060874 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34436-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Notch pathway plays diverse and fundamental roles during animal development. One of the most relevant, which arises directly from its unique mode of activation, is the specification of cell fates and tissue boundaries. The development of the leg of Drosophila melanogaster is a fine example of this Notch function, as it is required to specify the fate of the cells that will eventually form the leg joints, the flexible structures that separate the different segments of the adult leg. Notch activity is accurately activated and maintained at the distal end of each segment in response to the proximo-distal patterning gene network of the developing leg. Region-specific downstream targets of Notch in turn regulate the formation of the different types of joints. We discuss recent findings that shed light on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that are ultimately governed by Notch to achieve epithelial fold and joint morphogenesis. Finally, we briefly summarize the role that Notch plays in inducing the nonautonomous growth of the leg. Overall, this book chapter aims to highlight leg development as a useful model to study how patterning information is translated into specific cell behaviors that shape the final form of an adult organ.
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Held LI, Sessions SK. Reflections on Bateson's rule: Solving an old riddle about why extra legs are mirror‐symmetric. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2019; 332:219-237. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Lewis I. Held
- Department of Biological SciencesTexas Tech University Lubbock Texas
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Sipahi R, Zupanc GKH. Stochastic cellular automata model of neurosphere growth: Roles of proliferative potential, contact inhibition, cell death, and phagocytosis. J Theor Biol 2019; 445:151-165. [PMID: 29477556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Neural stem and progenitor cells isolated from the central nervous system form, under specific culture conditions, clonal cell clusters known as neurospheres. The neurosphere assay has proven to be a powerful in vitro system to study the behavior of such cells and the development of their progeny. However, the theory of neurosphere growth has remained poorly understood. To overcome this limitation, we have, in the present paper, developed a cellular automata model, with which we examined the effects of proliferative potential, contact inhibition, cell death, and clearance of dead cells on growth rate, final size, and composition of neurospheres. Simulations based on this model indicated that the proliferative potential of the founder cell and its progenitors has a major influence on neurosphere size. On the other hand, contact inhibition of proliferation limits the final size, and reduces the growth rate, of neurospheres. The effect of this inhibition is particularly dramatic when a stem cell becomes encapsulated by differentiated or other non-proliferating cells, thereby suppressing any further mitotic division - despite the existing proliferative potential of the stem cell. Conversely, clearance of dead cells through phagocytosis is predicted to accelerate growth by reducing contact inhibition. A surprising prediction derived from our model is that cell death, while resulting in a decrease in growth rate and final size of neurospheres, increases the degree of differentiation of neurosphere cells. It is likely that the cellular automata model developed as part of the present investigation is applicable to the study of tissue growth in a wide range of systems.
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- Rifat Sipahi
- Complex Dynamic Systems and Control Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
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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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Tixeira R, Poon IKH. Disassembly of dying cells in diverse organisms. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:245-257. [PMID: 30317529 PMCID: PMC11105331 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-018-2932-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a conserved phenomenon in multicellular organisms required to maintain homeostasis. Among the regulated cell death pathways, apoptosis is a well-described form of PCD in mammalian cells. One of the characteristic features of apoptosis is the change in cellular morphology, often leading to the fragmentation of the cell into smaller membrane-bound vesicles through a process called apoptotic cell disassembly. Interestingly, some of these morphological changes and cell disassembly are also noted in cells of other organisms including plants, fungi and protists while undergoing 'apoptosis-like PCD'. This review will describe morphologic features leading to apoptotic cell disassembly, as well as its regulation and function in mammalian cells. The occurrence of cell disassembly during cell death in other organisms namely zebrafish, fly and worm, as well as in other eukaryotic cells will also be discussed.
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- Rochelle Tixeira
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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Chen B, Li Z, Feng Y, Wu X, Xu Y. Myocardin-related transcription factor A (MRTF-A) mediates doxorubicin-induced PERP transcription in colon cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:1732-1739. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.07.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Córdoba S, Estella C. The transcription factor Dysfusion promotes fold and joint morphogenesis through regulation of Rho1. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007584. [PMID: 30080872 PMCID: PMC6095628 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The mechanisms that control tissue patterning and cell behavior are extensively studied separately, but much less is known about how these two processes are coordinated. Here we show that the Drosophila transcription factor Dysfusion (Dysf) directs leg epithelial folding and joint formation through the regulation of Rho1 activity. We found that Dysf-induced Rho1 activity promotes apical constriction specifically in folding epithelial cells. Here we show that downregulation of Rho1 or its downstream effectors cause defects in fold and joint formation. In addition, Rho1 and its effectors are sufficient to induce the formation of epithelial folds when misexpressed in a flat epithelium. Furthermore, as apoptotic cells can actively control tissue remodeling, we analyzed the role of cell death in the formation of tarsal folds and its relation to Rho1 activity. Surprisingly, we found no defects in this process when apoptosis is inhibited. Our results highlight the coordination between a patterning transcription factor and the cellular processes that cause the cell shape changes necessary to sculpt a flat epithelium into a three dimensional structure. Epithelial morphogenesis drives the formation of organs and the acquisition of body shape. Changes in cell behavior such as cell proliferation, cell shape or apoptosis contribute to the remodeling of the epithelia from a simple layer to a three dimensional structure. These changes have to be precisely regulated by an underlying patterning network to control the final shape of an organ. However, how these two processes are coordinated is mostly unknown. In this work we use the formation of the fly leg joints as a model to study how Dysfusion (Dysf), a patterning transcription factor, regulates the cellular mechanisms that form the folds in the leg discs epithelium. We have found that dysf modulates the localization and activity of Rho1, a key regulator of the acto-myosin cytoskeleton, to drive cell apical constriction and epithelial folding in the leg disc. Furthermore, in this work we provide proof of the direct requirements of Rho1 and its downstream effectors in fold and joint formation. We conclude that Dysf-regulated Rho1 activity controls the cell shape changes that sculpt leg joints.
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- Sergio Córdoba
- Departamento de Biología Molecular and Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular and Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Li Q, Tanaka Y, Miwa N. Effects of hydrogen-occluding-silica microparticles on wound repair and cell migratory behavior of normal human esophageal epitheliocytes. Med Gas Res 2018; 8:57-63. [PMID: 30112167 PMCID: PMC6070841 DOI: 10.4103/2045-9912.235128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Many conventional studies on molecular hydrogen have not examined cell migration ability and the relationship between apoptosis and the cytoskeleton. Here we investigated the influence of hydrogen-occluding silica microparticles (H2-silica) on cell migration motility and changes of the cytoskeleton (F-actin) in normal human esophageal epithelial cells (HEEpiCs). As the results, cell migration was promoted, and formation of microvilli was activated in the 100 ppm (low concentration) scratched group. After performing a wound healing assay, cells exhibited migration after 48 hours and 72 hours for both 10 ppm and 100 ppm groups, suggesting that the wound-repairing effects could be attributed to the antioxidant ability of H2-silica. In scratched groups, high levels of activated caspase-3 were relatively expressed and presented a tendency to increase the observed Bax/Bcl-2 ratio at more than 300 ppm groups. The above-mentioned results show that H2-silica induced apoptosis in HEEpiCs, especially in the scratched cells. Toxicity may cause an exaggerated apoptosis. Furthermore, since the ratio of fascin/tubulin in the 100, 300, and 600 ppm groups tended to increase in both the scratched and the non-scratched control groups, H2-silica was thought to be able to promote fascin action on normal cells and may be have a proliferative effect.
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- Qiang Li
- Department of Radiological Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Butsuryo College of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Biology, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Division of Quantum Radiation, Faculty of Technology, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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- Prefectural University of Hiroshima; Japanese Center for AntiAging MedSciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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Rinaldi M, Johann ACBR, Bettega PVC, Rocha F, Ignácio SA, Rosa EAR, Alanis LRA, Althobaiti Y, Sapelli SDS, Hardy AMTG. The apoptotic effect of midazolam on the salivary gland of rats and the reversal effect by pilocarpine. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2018; 96:898-901. [PMID: 29847736 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2018-0076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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To evaluate the apoptosis in parotid glands of rats treated with midazolam associated or not with pilocarpine, 60 Wistar rats were assigned to 6 groups: control groups received saline solution for 30 days (S30) and 60 days (S60) and the other groups received pilocarpine for 60 days (P60), midazolam for 30 days (M30), midazolam for 30 days and 30 days of saline (M30 + S30), and finally midazolam for 30 days and 30 days of midazolam and pilocarpine (M30 + MP30). Histological sections were subjected to the TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick and labeling technique. The number of positive and negative cells was quantified, calculating the apoptotic index. ANOVA at 2 criteria and Tukey's test were used. A greater apoptotic index was observed in the M30 (52.79 ± 9.01) and M30 + S30 (62.43 ± 8.52) groups when compared with the S30 (37.94 ± 5.94) and S60 (31.85 ± 9.18) groups, respectively (p < 0.05). There was no difference between M30 + MP30 (30.98 ± 6.19) and S60 (31.85 ± 9.18) groups regarding apoptotic index. Chronic administration of midazolam has been shown to increase the number of apoptotic cells in the parotid glands of rats. However, pilocarpine inhibited this effect, thus inhibiting the apoptosis.
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- Mariana Rinaldi
- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- b Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Health Science Campus, Taif University, Airport Road, Al Hawiyah, Al Hawiyah, Taif 26571, Saudia Arabia
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- a Graduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Prado Velho 80.215-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Understanding the relationship between cell death and tissue shrinkage via a stochastic agent-based model. J Biomech 2018; 73:9-17. [PMID: 29622482 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Cell death, a process which can occur both naturally and in response to insult, is both a complex and diverse phenomenon. Under some circumstances, dying cells actively contract and cause their neighbors to rearrange and maintain tissue integrity. Under other circumstances, dying cells leave behind gaps, which results in tissue separation. A better understanding of how the cellular scale features of cell death manifest on the population scale has implications ranging from morphogenesis to tumor response to treatment. However, the mechanistic relationship between cell death and population scale shrinkage is not well understood, and computational methods for studying these relationships are not well established. Here we propose a mechanically robust agent-based cell model designed to capture the implications of cell death on the population scale. In our agent-based model, algorithmic rules applied on the cellular level emerge on the population scale where their effects are quantified. To better quantify model uncertainty and parameter interactions, we implement a recently developed technique for conducting a variance-based sensitivity analysis on the stochastic model. From this analysis and subsequent investigation, we find that cellular scale shrinkage has the largest influence of all model parameters tested, and that by adjusting cellular scale shrinkage population shrinkage varies widely even across simulations which contain the same fraction of dying cells. We anticipate that the methods and results presented here are a starting point for significant future investigation toward quantifying the implications of different mechanisms of cell death on population and tissue scale behavior.
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Pearl EJ, Li J, Green JBA. Cellular systems for epithelial invagination. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017; 372:rstb.2015.0526. [PMID: 28348256 PMCID: PMC5379028 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Epithelial invagination is a fundamental module of morphogenesis that iteratively occurs to generate the architecture of many parts of a developing organism. By changing the physical properties such as the shape and/or position of a population of cells, invagination drives processes ranging from reconfiguring the entire body axis during gastrulation, to forming the primordia of the eyes, ears and multiple ducts and glands, during organogenesis. The epithelial bending required for invagination is achieved through a variety of mechanisms involving systems of cells. Here we provide an overview of the different mechanisms, some of which can work in combination, and outline the circumstances in which they apply. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Systems morphodynamics: understanding the development of tissue hardware’.
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- Esther J Pearl
- Department of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Extrinsic mechanical forces mediate retrograde axon extension in a developing neuronal circuit. Nat Commun 2017; 8:282. [PMID: 28819208 PMCID: PMC5561127 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00283-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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To form functional neural circuits, neurons migrate to their final destination and extend axons towards their targets. Whether and how these two processes are coordinated in vivo remains elusive. We use the zebrafish olfactory placode as a system to address the underlying mechanisms. Quantitative live imaging uncovers a choreography of directed cell movements that shapes the placode neuronal cluster: convergence of cells towards the centre of the placodal domain and lateral cell movements away from the brain. Axon formation is concomitant with lateral movements and occurs through an unexpected, retrograde mode of extension, where cell bodies move away from axon tips attached to the brain surface. Convergence movements are active, whereas cell body lateral displacements are of mainly passive nature, likely triggered by compression forces from converging neighbouring cells. These findings unravel a previously unknown mechanism of neuronal circuit formation, whereby extrinsic mechanical forces drive the retrograde extension of axons.How neuronal migration and axon growth coordinate during development is only partially understood. Here the authors use quantitative imaging to characterise the morphogenesis of the zebrafish olfactory placode and report an unexpected phenomenon, whereby axons extend through the passive movement of neuron cell bodies away from tethered axon tips.
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Teng X, Qin L, Le Borgne R, Toyama Y. Remodeling of adhesion and modulation of mechanical tensile forces during apoptosis in Drosophila epithelium. Development 2016; 144:95-105. [PMID: 27888195 DOI: 10.1242/dev.139865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Apoptosis is a mechanism of eliminating damaged or unnecessary cells during development and tissue homeostasis. During apoptosis within a tissue, the adhesions between dying and neighboring non-dying cells need to be remodeled so that the apoptotic cell is expelled. In parallel, contraction of actomyosin cables formed in apoptotic and neighboring cells drives cell extrusion. To date, the coordination between the dynamics of cell adhesion and the progressive changes in tissue tension around an apoptotic cell is not fully understood. Live imaging of histoblast expansion, which is a coordinated tissue replacement process during Drosophila metamorphosis, shows remodeling of adherens junctions (AJs) between apoptotic and non-dying cells, with a reduction in the levels of AJ components, including E-cadherin. Concurrently, surrounding tissue tension is transiently released. Contraction of a supra-cellular actomyosin cable, which forms in neighboring cells, brings neighboring cells together and further reshapes tissue tension toward the completion of extrusion. We propose a model in which modulation of tissue tension represents a mechanism of apoptotic cell extrusion.
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- Xiang Teng
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543.,Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411
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- CNRS, UMR 6290, Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, F-35043 Rennes, France.,Université Rennes 1, Faculté de Médecine, F35043 Rennes, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543 .,Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411.,Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore 117604
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