RRC ID 45654
著者 Walck-Shannon E, Reiner D, Hardin J.
タイトル Polarized Rac-dependent protrusions drive epithelial intercalation in the embryonic epidermis of C. elegans.
ジャーナル Development
Abstract Cell intercalation is a fundamental, coordinated cell rearrangement process that shapes tissues throughout animal development. Studies of intercalation within epithelia have focused almost exclusively on the localized constriction of specific apical junctions. Another widely deployed yet poorly understood alternative mechanism of epithelial intercalation relies on basolateral protrusive activity. Using the dorsal embryonic epidermis of Caenorhabditis elegans, we have investigated this alternative mechanism using high-resolution live cell microscopy and genetic analysis. We find that as dorsal epidermal cells migrate past one another they produce F-actin-rich protrusions polarized at their extending (medial) edges. These protrusions are controlled by the C. elegans Rac and RhoG orthologs CED-10 and MIG-2, which function redundantly to polarize actin polymerization upstream of the WAVE complex and WASP, respectively. We also identify UNC-73, the C. elegans ortholog of Trio, as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) upstream of both CED-10 and MIG-2. Further, we identify a novel polarizing cue, CRML-1, which is the ortholog of human capping Arp2/3 myosin I linker (CARMIL), that localizes to the nonprotrusive lateral edges of dorsal cells. CRML-1 genetically suppresses UNC-73 function and, indirectly, actin polymerization. This network identifies a novel, molecularly conserved cassette that regulates epithelial intercalation via basolateral protrusive activity.
巻・号 142(20)
ページ 3549-60
公開日 2015-10-15
DOI 10.1242/dev.127597
PII dev.127597
PMID 26395474
PMC PMC4631769
MeSH Actins / metabolism Animals Body Patterning Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / physiology Cell Movement Epidermis / embryology* Epithelium / embryology* Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental* Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism Nerve Tissue Proteins / physiology RNA Interference rac GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism
IF 5.611
引用数 13
WOS 分野 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
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