RRC ID 51367
著者 Ding WY, Ong HT, Hara Y, Wongsantichon J, Toyama Y, Robinson RC, Nédélec F, Zaidel-Bar R.
タイトル Plastin increases cortical connectivity to facilitate robust polarization and timely cytokinesis.
ジャーナル J Cell Biol
Abstract The cell cortex is essential to maintain animal cell shape, and contractile forces generated within it by nonmuscle myosin II (NMY-2) drive cellular morphogenetic processes such as cytokinesis. The role of actin cross-linking proteins in cortical dynamics is still incompletely understood. Here, we show that the evolutionarily conserved actin bundling/cross-linking protein plastin is instrumental for the generation of potent cortical actomyosin contractility in the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote. PLST-1 was enriched in contractile structures and was required for effective coalescence of NMY-2 filaments into large contractile foci and for long-range coordinated contractility in the cortex. In the absence of PLST-1, polarization was compromised, cytokinesis was delayed or failed, and 50% of embryos died during development. Moreover, mathematical modeling showed that an optimal amount of bundling agents enhanced the ability of a network to contract. We propose that by increasing the connectivity of the F-actin meshwork, plastin enables the cortex to generate stronger and more coordinated forces to accomplish cellular morphogenesis.
巻・号 216(5)
ページ 1371-1386
公開日 2017-5-1
DOI 10.1083/jcb.201603070
PII jcb.201603070
PMID 28400443
PMC PMC5412556
MeSH Actins / metabolism* Actomyosin / metabolism Animals Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology* Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology Cell Polarity* Cell Shape Cytokinesis* Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism* Microfilament Proteins / metabolism* Morphogenesis Time Factors Zygote / cytology
IF 8.811
引用数 30
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