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text: Contraction and flow of the actin cell cortex have emerged as a common principle
by which cells reorganize their cytoplasm and take shape. However, how these cortical
flows interact with adjacent cytoplasmic components, changing their form and localization,
and how this affects cytoplasmic organization and cell shape remains unclear.
Here we show that in ascidian oocytes, the cooperative activities of cortical
actomyosin flows and deformation of the adjacent mitochondria-rich myoplasm drive
oocyte cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes following fertilization. We
show that vegetal-directed cortical actomyosin flows, established upon oocyte
fertilization, lead to both the accumulation of cortical actin at the vegetal
pole of the zygote and compression and local buckling of the adjacent elastic
solid-like myoplasm layer due to friction forces generated at their interface.
Once cortical flows have ceased, the multiple myoplasm buckles resolve into one
larger buckle, which again drives the formation of the contraction pole—a protuberance
of the zygote’s vegetal pole where maternal mRNAs accumulate. Thus, our findings
reveal a mechanism where cortical actomyosin network flows determine cytoplasmic
reorganization and cell shape by deforming adjacent cytoplasmic components through
friction forces.
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acknowledgement: We would like to thank A. McDougall, E. Hannezo and the Heisenberg
lab for fruitful discussions and reagents. We also thank E. Munro for the iMyo-YFP
and Bra>iMyo-mScarlet constructs. This research was supported by the Scientific
Service Units of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria through resources
provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility, Imaging and Optics Facility and the
Nanofabrication Facility. This work was supported by a Joint Project Grant from
the FWF (I 3601-B27).
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- first_name: Rushikesh
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last_name: Bolger-Munro
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last_name: Labrousse Arias
- first_name: Vanessa
full_name: Zheden, Vanessa
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last_name: Zheden
orcid: 0000-0002-9438-4783
- first_name: Jack
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last_name: Merrin
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- first_name: Andrew
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- first_name: Raphaël
full_name: Voituriez, Raphaël
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- first_name: Carl-Philipp J
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citation:
ama: Caballero Mancebo S, Shinde R, Bolger-Munro M, et al. Friction forces determine
cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization.
Nature Physics. 2024;20:310-321. doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1
apa: Caballero Mancebo, S., Shinde, R., Bolger-Munro, M., Peruzzo, M., Szep, G.,
Steccari, I., … Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2024). Friction forces determine cytoplasmic
reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization. Nature
Physics. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1
chicago: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia, Rushikesh Shinde, Madison Bolger-Munro, Matilda
Peruzzo, Gregory Szep, Irene Steccari, David Labrousse Arias, et al. “Friction
Forces Determine Cytoplasmic Reorganization and Shape Changes of Ascidian Oocytes
upon Fertilization.” Nature Physics. Springer Nature, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1.
ieee: S. Caballero Mancebo et al., “Friction forces determine cytoplasmic
reorganization and shape changes of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization,” Nature
Physics, vol. 20. Springer Nature, pp. 310–321, 2024.
ista: Caballero Mancebo S, Shinde R, Bolger-Munro M, Peruzzo M, Szep G, Steccari
I, Labrousse Arias D, Zheden V, Merrin J, Callan-Jones A, Voituriez R, Heisenberg
C-PJ. 2024. Friction forces determine cytoplasmic reorganization and shape changes
of ascidian oocytes upon fertilization. Nature Physics. 20, 310–321.
mla: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia, et al. “Friction Forces Determine Cytoplasmic Reorganization
and Shape Changes of Ascidian Oocytes upon Fertilization.” Nature Physics,
vol. 20, Springer Nature, 2024, pp. 310–21, doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02302-1.
short: S. Caballero Mancebo, R. Shinde, M. Bolger-Munro, M. Peruzzo, G. Szep, I.
Steccari, D. Labrousse Arias, V. Zheden, J. Merrin, A. Callan-Jones, R. Voituriez,
C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Physics 20 (2024) 310–321.
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text: Plant morphogenesis relies exclusively on oriented cell expansion and division.
Nonetheless, the mechanism(s) determining division plane orientation remain elusive.
Here, we studied tissue healing after laser-assisted wounding in roots of Arabidopsis
thaliana and uncovered how mechanical forces stabilize and reorient the microtubule
cytoskeleton for the orientation of cell division. We identified that root tissue
functions as an interconnected cell matrix, with a radial gradient of tissue extendibility
causing predictable tissue deformation after wounding. This deformation causes
instant redirection of expansion in the surrounding cells and reorientation of
microtubule arrays, ultimately predicting cell division orientation. Microtubules
are destabilized under low tension, whereas stretching of cells, either through
wounding or external aspiration, immediately induces their polymerization. The
higher microtubule abundance in the stretched cell parts leads to the reorientation
of microtubule arrays and, ultimately, informs cell division planes. This provides
a long-sought mechanism for flexible re-arrangement of cell divisions by mechanical
forces for tissue reconstruction and plant architecture.
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acknowledgement: We are thankful to Simon Gilroy, Alexander Jones, and Lieven De Veylder
for sharing published material. We thank the Imaging & Optics and Life Science Facilities
at IST Austria, the Biooptics facility at GMI, and the Cellular Imaging Facility
at DBMV UNIL for providing invaluable assistance. The research leading to these
results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European
Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 742985,
from the FWF under the stand-alone grant P29988, and from EMBO (ALTF 253-2023).
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- first_name: Silvia
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- first_name: Eva
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last_name: Benková
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- first_name: Carl-Philipp J
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ama: Hörmayer L, Montesinos López JC, Trozzi N, et al. Mechanical forces in plant
tissue matrix orient cell divisions via microtubule stabilization. Developmental
Cell. 2024;59(10):1333-1344.e4. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.009
apa: Hörmayer, L., Montesinos López, J. C., Trozzi, N., Spona, L., Yoshida, S.,
Marhavá, P., … Friml, J. (2024). Mechanical forces in plant tissue matrix orient
cell divisions via microtubule stabilization. Developmental Cell. Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.009
chicago: Hörmayer, Lukas, Juan C Montesinos López, N Trozzi, Leonhard Spona, Saiko
Yoshida, Petra Marhavá, Silvia Caballero Mancebo, et al. “Mechanical Forces in
Plant Tissue Matrix Orient Cell Divisions via Microtubule Stabilization.” Developmental
Cell. Elsevier, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.009.
ieee: L. Hörmayer et al., “Mechanical forces in plant tissue matrix orient
cell divisions via microtubule stabilization,” Developmental Cell, vol.
59, no. 10. Elsevier, p. 1333–1344.e4, 2024.
ista: Hörmayer L, Montesinos López JC, Trozzi N, Spona L, Yoshida S, Marhavá P,
Caballero Mancebo S, Benková E, Heisenberg C-PJ, Dagdas Y, Majda M, Friml J. 2024.
Mechanical forces in plant tissue matrix orient cell divisions via microtubule
stabilization. Developmental Cell. 59(10), 1333–1344.e4.
mla: Hörmayer, Lukas, et al. “Mechanical Forces in Plant Tissue Matrix Orient Cell
Divisions via Microtubule Stabilization.” Developmental Cell, vol. 59,
no. 10, Elsevier, 2024, p. 1333–1344.e4, doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.009.
short: L. Hörmayer, J.C. Montesinos López, N. Trozzi, L. Spona, S. Yoshida, P. Marhavá,
S. Caballero Mancebo, E. Benková, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Y. Dagdas, M. Majda, J.
Friml, Developmental Cell 59 (2024) 1333–1344.e4.
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text: Tension of the actomyosin cell cortex plays a key role in determining cell–cell
contact growth and size. The level of cortical tension outside of the cell–cell
contact, when pulling at the contact edge, scales with the total size to which
a cell–cell contact can grow [J.-L. Maître et al., Science 338, 253–256 (2012)].
Here, we show in zebrafish primary germ-layer progenitor cells that this monotonic
relationship only applies to a narrow range of cortical tension increase and that
above a critical threshold, contact size inversely scales with cortical tension.
This switch from cortical tension increasing to decreasing progenitor cell–cell
contact size is caused by cortical tension promoting E-cadherin anchoring to the
actomyosin cytoskeleton, thereby increasing clustering and stability of E-cadherin
at the contact. After tension-mediated E-cadherin stabilization at the contact
exceeds a critical threshold level, the rate by which the contact expands in response
to pulling forces from the cortex sharply drops, leading to smaller contacts at
physiologically relevant timescales of contact formation. Thus, the activity of
cortical tension in expanding cell–cell contact size is limited by tension-stabilizing
E-cadherin–actin complexes at the contact.
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acknowledgement: 'We thank Guillaume Salbreaux, Silvia Grigolon, Edouard Hannezo,
and Vanessa Barone for discussions and comments on the manuscript and Shayan Shamipour
and Daniel Capek for help with data analysis. We also thank the Imaging & Optics,
Electron Microscopy, and Zebrafish Facility Scientific Service Units at the Institute
of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)Nasser Darwish-Miranda for continuous support.
We acknowledge Hitoshi Morita for the gift of VinculinB-GFP plasmid. This research
was supported by an ISTA Fellow Marie-Curie Co-funding of regional, national, and
international programmes Grant P_IST_EU01 (to J.S.), European Molecular Biology
Organization Long-Term Fellowship Grant, ALTF reference number: 187-2013 (to M.S.),
Schroedinger Fellowship J4332-B28 (to M.S.), and European Research Council Advanced
Grant (MECSPEC; to C.-P.H.).'
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- first_name: Mateusz K
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last_name: Krens
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- first_name: Jack
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last_name: Merrin
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ama: Slovakova J, Sikora MK, Arslan FN, et al. Tension-dependent stabilization of
E-cadherin limits cell-cell contact expansion in zebrafish germ-layer progenitor
cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
of America. 2022;119(8). doi:10.1073/pnas.2122030119
apa: Slovakova, J., Sikora, M. K., Arslan, F. N., Caballero Mancebo, S., Krens,
G., Kaufmann, W., … Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2022). Tension-dependent stabilization
of E-cadherin limits cell-cell contact expansion in zebrafish germ-layer progenitor
cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
of America. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122030119
chicago: Slovakova, Jana, Mateusz K Sikora, Feyza N Arslan, Silvia Caballero Mancebo,
Gabriel Krens, Walter Kaufmann, Jack Merrin, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Tension-Dependent
Stabilization of E-Cadherin Limits Cell-Cell Contact Expansion in Zebrafish Germ-Layer
Progenitor Cells.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America. National Academy of Sciences, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122030119.
ieee: J. Slovakova et al., “Tension-dependent stabilization of E-cadherin
limits cell-cell contact expansion in zebrafish germ-layer progenitor cells,”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
vol. 119, no. 8. National Academy of Sciences, 2022.
ista: Slovakova J, Sikora MK, Arslan FN, Caballero Mancebo S, Krens G, Kaufmann
W, Merrin J, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2022. Tension-dependent stabilization of E-cadherin
limits cell-cell contact expansion in zebrafish germ-layer progenitor cells. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119(8), e2122030119.
mla: Slovakova, Jana, et al. “Tension-Dependent Stabilization of E-Cadherin Limits
Cell-Cell Contact Expansion in Zebrafish Germ-Layer Progenitor Cells.” Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol.
119, no. 8, e2122030119, National Academy of Sciences, 2022, doi:10.1073/pnas.2122030119.
short: J. Slovakova, M.K. Sikora, F.N. Arslan, S. Caballero Mancebo, G. Krens, W.
Kaufmann, J. Merrin, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of the United States of America 119 (2022).
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text: "Cytoplasmic reorganizations are essential for morphogenesis. In large cells
like oocytes, these reorganizations become crucial in patterning the oocyte for
later stages of embryonic development. Ascidians oocytes reorganize their cytoplasm
(ooplasm) in a spectacular manner. Ooplasmic reorganization is initiated at fertilization
with the contraction of the actomyosin cortex along the animal-vegetal axis of
the oocyte, driving the accumulation of cortical endoplasmic reticulum (cER),
maternal mRNAs associated to it and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer – the
myoplasm – in a region of the vegetal pole termed contraction pole (CP). Here
we have used the species Phallusia mammillata to investigate the changes in cell
shape that accompany these reorganizations and the mechanochemical mechanisms
underlining CP formation.\r\nWe report that the length of the animal-vegetal (AV)
axis oscillates upon fertilization: it first undergoes a cycle of fast elongation-lengthening
followed by a slow expansion of mainly the vegetal pole (VP) of the cell. We show
that the fast oscillation corresponds to a dynamic polarization of the actin cortex
as a result of a fertilization-induced increase in cortical tension in the oocyte
that triggers a rupture of the cortex at the animal pole and the establishment
of vegetal-directed cortical flows. These flows are responsible for the vegetal
accumulation of actin causing the VP to flatten. \r\nWe find that the slow expansion
of the VP, leading to CP formation, correlates with a relaxation of the vegetal
cortex and that the myoplasm plays a role in the expansion. We show that the myoplasm
is a solid-like layer that buckles under compression forces arising from the contracting
actin cortex at the VP. Straightening of the myoplasm when actin flows stops,
facilitates the expansion of the VP and the CP. Altogether, our results present
a previously unrecognized role for the myoplasm in ascidian ooplasmic segregation.
\r\n"
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actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes. 2021.
doi:10.15479/at:ista:9623
apa: Caballero Mancebo, S. (2021). Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled
by the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9623
chicago: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia. “Fertilization-Induced Deformations Are Controlled
by the Actin Cortex and a Mitochondria-Rich Subcortical Layer in Ascidian Oocytes.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9623.
ieee: S. Caballero Mancebo, “Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled by
the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.
ista: Caballero Mancebo S. 2021. Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled
by the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia. Fertilization-Induced Deformations Are Controlled
by the Actin Cortex and a Mitochondria-Rich Subcortical Layer in Ascidian Oocytes.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9623.
short: S. Caballero Mancebo, Fertilization-Induced Deformations Are Controlled by
the Actin Cortex and a Mitochondria-Rich Subcortical Layer in Ascidian Oocytes,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.
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text: Cytoplasm is a gel-like crowded environment composed of various macromolecules,
organelles, cytoskeletal networks, and cytosol. The structure of the cytoplasm
is highly organized and heterogeneous due to the crowding of its constituents
and their effective compartmentalization. In such an environment, the diffusive
dynamics of the molecules are restricted, an effect that is further amplified
by clustering and anchoring of molecules. Despite the crowded nature of the cytoplasm
at the microscopic scale, large-scale reorganization of the cytoplasm is essential
for important cellular functions, such as cell division and polarization. How
such mesoscale reorganization of the cytoplasm is achieved, especially for large
cells such as oocytes or syncytial tissues that can span hundreds of micrometers
in size, is only beginning to be understood. In this review, we will discuss recent
advances in elucidating the molecular, cellular, and biophysical mechanisms by
which the cytoskeleton drives cytoplasmic reorganization across different scales,
structures, and species.
acknowledgement: We would like to thank Justine Renno for illustrations and Edouard
Hannezo and members of the Heisenberg group for their comments on previous versions
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chicago: Shamipour, Shayan, Silvia Caballero Mancebo, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg.
“Cytoplasm’s Got Moves.” Developmental Cell. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2020.12.002.
ieee: S. Shamipour, S. Caballero Mancebo, and C.-P. J. Heisenberg, “Cytoplasm’s
got moves,” Developmental Cell, vol. 56, no. 2. Elsevier, pp. P213-226,
2021.
ista: Shamipour S, Caballero Mancebo S, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2021. Cytoplasm’s got moves.
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vol. 56, no. 2, Elsevier, 2021, pp. P213-226, doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2020.12.002.
short: S. Shamipour, S. Caballero Mancebo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Cell
56 (2021) P213-226.
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text: Tension of the actomyosin cell cortex plays a key role in determining cell-cell
contact growth and size. The level of cortical tension outside of the cell-cell
contact, when pulling at the contact edge, scales with the total size to which
a cell-cell contact can grow1,2. Here we show in zebrafish primary germ layer
progenitor cells that this monotonic relationship only applies to a narrow range
of cortical tension increase, and that above a critical threshold, contact size
inversely scales with cortical tension. This switch from cortical tension increasing
to decreasing progenitor cell-cell contact size is caused by cortical tension
promoting E-cadherin anchoring to the actomyosin cytoskeleton, thereby increasing
clustering and stability of E-cadherin at the contact. Once tension-mediated E-cadherin
stabilization at the contact exceeds a critical threshold level, the rate by which
the contact expands in response to pulling forces from the cortex sharply drops,
leading to smaller contacts at physiologically relevant timescales of contact
formation. Thus, the activity of cortical tension in expanding cell-cell contact
size is limited by tension stabilizing E-cadherin-actin complexes at the contact.
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acknowledgement: We would like to thank Edouard Hannezo for discussions, Shayan Shami
Pour and Daniel Capek for help with data analysis, Vanessa Barone and other members
of the Heisenberg laboratory for thoughtful discussions and comments on the manuscript.
We also thank Jack Merrin for preparing the microwells, and the Scientific Service
Units at IST Austria, specifically Bioimaging and Electron Microscopy, and the Zebrafish
Facility for continuous support. We acknowledge Hitoshi Morita for the kind gift
of VinculinB-GFP plasmid. This research was supported by an ERC Advanced Grant (MECSPEC)
to C.-P.H, EMBO Long Term grant (ALTF 187-2013) to M.S and IST Fellow Marie-Curie
COFUND No. P_IST_EU01 to J.S.
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apa: Slovakova, J., Sikora, M. K., Caballero Mancebo, S., Krens, G., Kaufmann, W.,
Huljev, K., & Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2020). Tension-dependent stabilization
of E-cadherin limits cell-cell contact expansion. bioRxiv. Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.20.391284
chicago: Slovakova, Jana, Mateusz K Sikora, Silvia Caballero Mancebo, Gabriel Krens,
Walter Kaufmann, Karla Huljev, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Tension-Dependent
Stabilization of E-Cadherin Limits Cell-Cell Contact Expansion.” BioRxiv.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.20.391284.
ieee: J. Slovakova et al., “Tension-dependent stabilization of E-cadherin
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Heisenberg C-PJ. 2020. Tension-dependent stabilization of E-cadherin limits cell-cell
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mla: Slovakova, Jana, et al. “Tension-Dependent Stabilization of E-Cadherin Limits
Cell-Cell Contact Expansion.” BioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020,
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short: J. Slovakova, M.K. Sikora, S. Caballero Mancebo, G. Krens, W. Kaufmann, K.
Huljev, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, BioRxiv (2020).
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