--- _id: '9316' abstract: - lang: eng text: Embryo morphogenesis is impacted by dynamic changes in tissue material properties, which have been proposed to occur via processes akin to phase transitions (PTs). Here, we show that rigidity percolation provides a simple and robust theoretical framework to predict material/structural PTs of embryonic tissues from local cell connectivity. By using percolation theory, combined with directly monitoring dynamic changes in tissue rheology and cell contact mechanics, we demonstrate that the zebrafish blastoderm undergoes a genuine rigidity PT, brought about by a small reduction in adhesion-dependent cell connectivity below a critical value. We quantitatively predict and experimentally verify hallmarks of PTs, including power-law exponents and associated discontinuities of macroscopic observables. Finally, we show that this uniform PT depends on blastoderm cells undergoing meta-synchronous divisions causing random and, consequently, uniform changes in cell connectivity. Collectively, our theoretical and experimental findings reveal the structural basis of material PTs in an organismal context. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl acknowledgement: We thank Carl Goodrich and the members of the Heisenberg and Hannezo groups, in particular Reka Korei, for help, technical advice, and discussions; and the Bioimaging and zebrafish facilities of the IST Austria for continuous support. This work was supported by the Elise Richter Program of Austrian Science Fund (FWF) to N.I.P. ( V 736-B26 ) and the European Union (European Research Council Advanced Grant 742573 to C.-P.H. and European Research Council Starting Grant 851288 to E.H.). article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Nicoletta full_name: Petridou, Nicoletta id: 2A003F6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Petridou orcid: 0000-0002-8451-1195 - first_name: Bernat full_name: Corominas-Murtra, Bernat id: 43BE2298-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Corominas-Murtra orcid: 0000-0001-9806-5643 - first_name: Carl-Philipp J full_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J id: 39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Heisenberg orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566 - first_name: Edouard B full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hannezo orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561 citation: ama: Petridou N, Corominas-Murtra B, Heisenberg C-PJ, Hannezo EB. Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions. Cell. 2021;184(7):1914-1928.e19. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017 apa: Petridou, N., Corominas-Murtra, B., Heisenberg, C.-P. J., & Hannezo, E. B. (2021). Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions. Cell. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017 chicago: Petridou, Nicoletta, Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg, and Edouard B Hannezo. “Rigidity Percolation Uncovers a Structural Basis for Embryonic Tissue Phase Transitions.” Cell. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017. ieee: N. Petridou, B. Corominas-Murtra, C.-P. J. Heisenberg, and E. B. Hannezo, “Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions,” Cell, vol. 184, no. 7. Elsevier, p. 1914–1928.e19, 2021. ista: Petridou N, Corominas-Murtra B, Heisenberg C-PJ, Hannezo EB. 2021. Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions. Cell. 184(7), 1914–1928.e19. mla: Petridou, Nicoletta, et al. “Rigidity Percolation Uncovers a Structural Basis for Embryonic Tissue Phase Transitions.” Cell, vol. 184, no. 7, Elsevier, 2021, p. 1914–1928.e19, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017. short: N. Petridou, B. Corominas-Murtra, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, E.B. Hannezo, Cell 184 (2021) 1914–1928.e19. date_created: 2021-04-11T22:01:14Z date_published: 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-07T14:33:59Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaHe - _id: EdHa doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000636734000022' pmid: - '33730596' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1e5295fbd9c2a459173ec45a0e8a7c2e content_type: application/pdf creator: cziletti date_created: 2021-06-08T10:04:10Z date_updated: 2021-06-08T10:04:10Z file_id: '9534' file_name: 2021_Cell_Petridou.pdf file_size: 11405875 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-06-08T10:04:10Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 184' isi: 1 issue: '7' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1914-1928.e19 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 260F1432-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742573' name: Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation - _id: 05943252-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '851288' name: Design Principles of Branching Morphogenesis - _id: 2693FD8C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: V00736 name: Tissue material properties in embryonic development publication: Cell publication_identifier: eissn: - '10974172' issn: - '00928674' publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Homepage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/embryonic-tissue-undergoes-phase-transition/ scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 184 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '6980' abstract: - lang: eng text: Tissue morphogenesis in multicellular organisms is brought about by spatiotemporal coordination of mechanical and chemical signals. Extensive work on how mechanical forces together with the well‐established morphogen signalling pathways can actively shape living tissues has revealed evolutionary conserved mechanochemical features of embryonic development. More recently, attention has been drawn to the description of tissue material properties and how they can influence certain morphogenetic processes. Interestingly, besides the role of tissue material properties in determining how much tissues deform in response to force application, there is increasing theoretical and experimental evidence, suggesting that tissue material properties can abruptly and drastically change in development. These changes resemble phase transitions, pointing at the intriguing possibility that important morphogenetic processes in development, such as symmetry breaking and self‐organization, might be mediated by tissue phase transitions. In this review, we summarize recent findings on the regulation and role of tissue material properties in the context of the developing embryo. We posit that abrupt changes of tissue rheological properties may have important implications in maintaining the balance between robustness and adaptability during embryonic development. article_number: e102497 article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: review author: - first_name: Nicoletta full_name: Petridou, Nicoletta id: 2A003F6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Petridou orcid: 0000-0002-8451-1195 - first_name: Carl-Philipp J full_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J id: 39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Heisenberg orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566 citation: ama: Petridou N, Heisenberg C-PJ. Tissue rheology in embryonic organization. The EMBO Journal. 2019;38(20). doi:10.15252/embj.2019102497 apa: Petridou, N., & Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2019). Tissue rheology in embryonic organization. The EMBO Journal. EMBO. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019102497 chicago: Petridou, Nicoletta, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Tissue Rheology in Embryonic Organization.” The EMBO Journal. EMBO, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019102497. ieee: N. Petridou and C.-P. J. Heisenberg, “Tissue rheology in embryonic organization,” The EMBO Journal, vol. 38, no. 20. EMBO, 2019. ista: Petridou N, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2019. Tissue rheology in embryonic organization. The EMBO Journal. 38(20), e102497. mla: Petridou, Nicoletta, and Carl-Philipp J. Heisenberg. “Tissue Rheology in Embryonic Organization.” The EMBO Journal, vol. 38, no. 20, e102497, EMBO, 2019, doi:10.15252/embj.2019102497. short: N. Petridou, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, The EMBO Journal 38 (2019). date_created: 2019-11-04T15:24:29Z date_published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-05T13:04:13Z day: '15' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaHe doi: 10.15252/embj.2019102497 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000485561900001' pmid: - '31512749' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 76f7f4e79ab6d850c30017a69726fd85 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-11-04T15:30:08Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:46Z file_id: '6981' file_name: 2019_Embo_Petridou.pdf file_size: 847356 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:46Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 38' isi: 1 issue: '20' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 260F1432-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742573' name: Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation - _id: 2693FD8C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: V00736 name: Tissue material properties in embryonic development publication: The EMBO Journal publication_identifier: eissn: - 1460-2075 issn: - 0261-4189 publication_status: published publisher: EMBO quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Tissue rheology in embryonic organization tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 38 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '5789' abstract: - lang: eng text: Tissue morphogenesis is driven by mechanical forces that elicit changes in cell size, shape and motion. The extent by which forces deform tissues critically depends on the rheological properties of the recipient tissue. Yet, whether and how dynamic changes in tissue rheology affect tissue morphogenesis and how they are regulated within the developing organism remain unclear. Here, we show that blastoderm spreading at the onset of zebrafish morphogenesis relies on a rapid, pronounced and spatially patterned tissue fluidization. Blastoderm fluidization is temporally controlled by mitotic cell rounding-dependent cell–cell contact disassembly during the last rounds of cell cleavages. Moreover, fluidization is spatially restricted to the central blastoderm by local activation of non-canonical Wnt signalling within the blastoderm margin, increasing cell cohesion and thereby counteracting the effect of mitotic rounding on contact disassembly. Overall, our results identify a fluidity transition mediated by loss of cell cohesion as a critical regulator of embryo morphogenesis. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Nicoletta full_name: Petridou, Nicoletta id: 2A003F6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Petridou orcid: 0000-0002-8451-1195 - first_name: Silvia full_name: Grigolon, Silvia last_name: Grigolon - first_name: Guillaume full_name: Salbreux, Guillaume last_name: Salbreux - first_name: Edouard B full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hannezo orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561 - first_name: Carl-Philipp J full_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J id: 39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Heisenberg orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566 citation: ama: Petridou N, Grigolon S, Salbreux G, Hannezo EB, Heisenberg C-PJ. Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling. Nature Cell Biology. 2019;21:169–178. doi:10.1038/s41556-018-0247-4 apa: Petridou, N., Grigolon, S., Salbreux, G., Hannezo, E. B., & Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2019). Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling. Nature Cell Biology. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-018-0247-4 chicago: Petridou, Nicoletta, Silvia Grigolon, Guillaume Salbreux, Edouard B Hannezo, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Fluidization-Mediated Tissue Spreading by Mitotic Cell Rounding and Non-Canonical Wnt Signalling.” Nature Cell Biology. Nature Publishing Group, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-018-0247-4. ieee: N. Petridou, S. Grigolon, G. Salbreux, E. B. Hannezo, and C.-P. J. Heisenberg, “Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling,” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 21. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 169–178, 2019. ista: Petridou N, Grigolon S, Salbreux G, Hannezo EB, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2019. Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling. Nature Cell Biology. 21, 169–178. mla: Petridou, Nicoletta, et al. “Fluidization-Mediated Tissue Spreading by Mitotic Cell Rounding and Non-Canonical Wnt Signalling.” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 21, Nature Publishing Group, 2019, pp. 169–178, doi:10.1038/s41556-018-0247-4. short: N. Petridou, S. Grigolon, G. Salbreux, E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Cell Biology 21 (2019) 169–178. date_created: 2018-12-30T22:59:15Z date_published: 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-11T14:03:28Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaHe - _id: EdHa doi: 10.1038/s41556-018-0247-4 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000457468300011' pmid: - '30559456' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: e38523787b3bc84006f2793de99ad70f content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-10-21T07:18:35Z date_updated: 2020-10-21T07:18:35Z file_id: '8685' file_name: 2018_NatureCellBio_Petridou_accepted.pdf file_size: 71590590 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-10-21T07:18:35Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 21' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 169–178 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 260F1432-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742573' name: Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation - _id: 253E54C8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: ALTF710-2016 name: Molecular mechanism of auxindriven formative divisions delineating lateral root organogenesis in plants (EMBO fellowship) publication: Nature Cell Biology publication_identifier: issn: - '14657392' publication_status: published publisher: Nature Publishing Group quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Homepage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/when-a-fish-becomes-fluid/ scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Fluidization-mediated tissue spreading by mitotic cell rounding and non-canonical Wnt signalling type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 21 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '678' abstract: - lang: eng text: The seminal observation that mechanical signals can elicit changes in biochemical signalling within cells, a process commonly termed mechanosensation and mechanotransduction, has revolutionized our understanding of the role of cell mechanics in various fundamental biological processes, such as cell motility, adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. In this Review, we will discuss how the interplay and feedback between mechanical and biochemical signals control tissue morphogenesis and cell fate specification in embryonic development. author: - first_name: Nicoletta full_name: Petridou, Nicoletta id: 2A003F6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Petridou orcid: 0000-0002-8451-1195 - first_name: Zoltan P full_name: Spiro, Zoltan P id: 426AD026-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Spiro - first_name: Carl-Philipp J full_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J id: 39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Heisenberg orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566 citation: ama: Petridou N, Spiro ZP, Heisenberg C-PJ. Multiscale force sensing in development. Nature Cell Biology. 2017;19(6):581-588. doi:10.1038/ncb3524 apa: Petridou, N., Spiro, Z. P., & Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2017). Multiscale force sensing in development. Nature Cell Biology. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524 chicago: Petridou, Nicoletta, Zoltan P Spiro, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Multiscale Force Sensing in Development.” Nature Cell Biology. Nature Publishing Group, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524. ieee: N. Petridou, Z. P. Spiro, and C.-P. J. Heisenberg, “Multiscale force sensing in development,” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 19, no. 6. Nature Publishing Group, pp. 581–588, 2017. ista: Petridou N, Spiro ZP, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2017. Multiscale force sensing in development. Nature Cell Biology. 19(6), 581–588. mla: Petridou, Nicoletta, et al. “Multiscale Force Sensing in Development.” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 19, no. 6, Nature Publishing Group, 2017, pp. 581–88, doi:10.1038/ncb3524. short: N. Petridou, Z.P. Spiro, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Cell Biology 19 (2017) 581–588. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:53Z date_published: 2017-05-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:08:59Z day: '31' department: - _id: CaHe doi: 10.1038/ncb3524 intvolume: ' 19' issue: '6' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa_version: None page: 581 - 588 project: - _id: 25236028-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: ALTF534-2016 name: The generation and function of anisotropic tissue tension in zebrafish epiboly (EMBO Fellowship) publication: Nature Cell Biology publication_identifier: issn: - '14657392' publication_status: published publisher: Nature Publishing Group publist_id: '7040' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Multiscale force sensing in development type: journal_article user_id: 4435EBFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 19 year: '2017' ...