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Polarised cell intercalation during Drosophila axis extension is robust to an orthogonal pull by the invaginating mesoderm.
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PLoS biology [PLoS Biol] 2024 Apr 29; Vol. 22 (4), pp. e3002611. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 29 (Print Publication: 2024). - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- As tissues grow and change shape during animal development, they physically pull and push on each other, and these mechanical interactions can be important for morphogenesis. During Drosophila gastrulation, mesoderm invagination temporally overlaps with the convergence and extension of the ectodermal germband; the latter is caused primarily by Myosin II-driven polarised cell intercalation. Here, we investigate the impact of mesoderm invagination on ectoderm extension, examining possible mechanical and mechanotransductive effects on Myosin II recruitment and polarised cell intercalation. We find that the germband ectoderm is deformed by the mesoderm pulling in the orthogonal direction to germband extension (GBE), showing mechanical coupling between these tissues. However, we do not find a significant change in Myosin II planar polarisation in response to mesoderm invagination, nor in the rate of junction shrinkage leading to neighbour exchange events. We conclude that the main cellular mechanism of axis extension, polarised cell intercalation, is robust to the mesoderm invagination pull. We find, however, that mesoderm invagination slows down the rate of anterior-posterior cell elongation that contributes to axis extension, counteracting the tension from the endoderm invagination, which pulls along the direction of GBE.<br />Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.<br /> (Copyright: © 2024 Lye et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- Animals
Cell Polarity
Drosophila Proteins metabolism
Drosophila Proteins genetics
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Morphogenesis
Body Patterning physiology
Drosophila embryology
Mesoderm embryology
Mesoderm cytology
Gastrulation physiology
Ectoderm cytology
Ectoderm embryology
Ectoderm metabolism
Myosin Type II metabolism
Drosophila melanogaster embryology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1545-7885
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- PLoS biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38683880
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002611