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Amnioserosa cell constriction but not epidermal actin cable tension autonomously drives dorsal closure

Pasakarnis, Laurynas and Frei, Erich and Caussinus, Emmanuel and Affolter, Markus and Brunner, Damian. (2016) Amnioserosa cell constriction but not epidermal actin cable tension autonomously drives dorsal closure. Nature Cell Biology , 18 (11). pp. 1161-1172.

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Abstract

Tissue morphogenesis requires coordination of multiple force-producing components. During dorsal closure in fly embryogenesis, an epidermis opening closes. A tensioned epidermal actin/MyosinII cable, which surrounds the opening, produces a force that is thought to combine with another MyosinII force mediating apical constriction of the amnioserosa cells that fill the opening. A model proposing that each force could autonomously drive dorsal closure was recently challenged by a model in which the two forces combine in a ratchet mechanism. Acute force elimination via selective MyosinII depletion in one or the other tissue shows that the amnioserosa tissue autonomously drives dorsal closure while the actin/MyosinII cable cannot. These findings exclude both previous models, although a contribution of the ratchet mechanism at dorsal closure onset remains likely. This shifts the current view of dorsal closure being a combinatorial force-component system to a single tissue-driven closure event.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Growth & Development > Cell Biology (Affolter)
UniBasel Contributors:Affolter, Markus
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:1465-7392
e-ISSN:1476-4679
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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