RRC ID 11609
著者 Caussinus E, Colombelli J, Affolter M.
タイトル Tip-cell migration controls stalk-cell intercalation during Drosophila tracheal tube elongation.
ジャーナル Curr Biol
Abstract BACKGROUND:Branching morphogenesis remodels epithelial tissues into tubular networks. This process is crucial to many organs, from the insect trachea to the vertebrate vasculature. Although Drosophila tracheal development has been well characterized morphologically and genetically, very little is known about the forces involved during morphogenesis. The repertoire of cell behaviors underlying tracheal primary branch remodeling is limited to cell migration, cell-shape changes, and stalk-cell intercalation (SCI), a process in which cells insert in between cells previously in contact with each other.
RESULTS:Here, we identify the major forces that contribute to tracheal primary branch remodeling by using genetic and microsurgery experiments. As the tip cells migrate, they elongate the branches and create a tensile stress. This tensile stress triggers SCI, which, in turn, allows the branches to further elongate.
CONCLUSIONS:The mechanism that we describe contrasts with "convergent extension by cell intercalation" acting during Drosophila germ band extension (GBE), where cell intercalation is the cause of epithelium elongation. Surprisingly, in tracheal branches, one or two leading cells produce enough mechanical power to intercalate many lagging cells. This may apply to other tubular networks.
巻・号 18(22)
ページ 1727-34
公開日 2008-11-25
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.062
PII S0960-9822(08)01439-5
PMID 19026547
MeSH Animals Body Patterning / genetics Cell Movement* Drosophila melanogaster / cytology Drosophila melanogaster / embryology* Drosophila melanogaster / genetics Elasticity Morphogenesis / genetics Trachea / cytology Trachea / embryology*
IF 9.601
引用数 98
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CELL BIOLOGY
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ショウジョウバエ bsk[2]