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text: Reproducible pattern and form generation during embryogenesis is poorly understood.
Intestinal organoid morphogenesis involves a number of mechanochemical regulators
such as cell-type-specific cytoskeletal forces and osmotically driven lumen volume
changes. It is unclear how these forces are coordinated in time and space to ensure
robust morphogenesis. Here we show how mechanosensitive feedback on cytoskeletal
tension gives rise to morphological bistability in a minimal model of organoid
morphogenesis. In the model, lumen volume changes can impact the epithelial shape
via both direct mechanical and indirect mechanosensitive mechanisms. We find that
both bulged and budded crypt states are possible and dependent on the history
of volume changes. We test key modelling assumptions via biophysical and pharmacological
experiments to demonstrate how bistability can explain experimental observations,
such as the importance of the timing of lumen shrinkage and robustness of the
final morphogenetic state to mechanical perturbations. This suggests that bistability
arising from feedback between cellular tensions and fluid pressure could be a
general mechanism that coordinates multicellular shape changes in developing systems.
acknowledgement: We thank all members of the Hannezo and Liberali groups for fruitful
discussions, as well as C. Schwayer, G. Quintas, L. Capolupo, D. Bruckner and D.
Pinheiro for reading the manuscript. We also thank Y. Wu and X. Wu from the Yang
group for performing experiments in the last rounds of revision and the So group
at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, for helping with the
light-sheet time-lapse experiments. This work received funding from the European
Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme via grant agreement no. 758617 (to P.L.), Swiss National Foundation (SNF)
(no. POOP3_157531 to P.L.), the ERC under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 851288 (to E.H.) and the Austrian
Science Fund (FWF) (no. P 31639 to E.H.). This work was supported by the National
Natural Science Foundation of China via grant no.3247060387 (to Q.Y.) and the Strategic
Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (no. XDB0820000 to
Q.Y.) . Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST
Austria).
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- first_name: Shi-lei
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- first_name: Prisca
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- first_name: Edouard B
full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B
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last_name: Hannezo
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citation:
ama: Xue S, Yang Q, Liberali P, Hannezo EB. Mechanochemical bistability of intestinal
organoids enables robust morphogenesis. Nature Physics. 2025;21. doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02792-1
apa: Xue, S., Yang, Q., Liberali, P., & Hannezo, E. B. (2025). Mechanochemical
bistability of intestinal organoids enables robust morphogenesis. Nature Physics.
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02792-1
chicago: Xue, Shi-lei, Qiutan Yang, Prisca Liberali, and Edouard B Hannezo. “Mechanochemical
Bistability of Intestinal Organoids Enables Robust Morphogenesis.” Nature Physics.
Springer Nature, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02792-1.
ieee: S. Xue, Q. Yang, P. Liberali, and E. B. Hannezo, “Mechanochemical bistability
of intestinal organoids enables robust morphogenesis,” Nature Physics,
vol. 21. Springer Nature, 2025.
ista: Xue S, Yang Q, Liberali P, Hannezo EB. 2025. Mechanochemical bistability of
intestinal organoids enables robust morphogenesis. Nature Physics. 21, 078104.
mla: Xue, Shi-lei, et al. “Mechanochemical Bistability of Intestinal Organoids Enables
Robust Morphogenesis.” Nature Physics, vol. 21, 078104, Springer Nature,
2025, doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02792-1.
short: S. Xue, Q. Yang, P. Liberali, E.B. Hannezo, Nature Physics 21 (2025).
corr_author: '1'
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text: An enlarged brain underlies the complex central nervous system of vertebrates.
The dramatic expansion of the brain that diverges its shape from the spinal cord
follows neural tube closure during embryonic development. Here, we show that this
differential deformation is encoded by a pre-pattern of tissue material properties
in chicken embryos. Using magnetic droplets and atomic force microscopy, we demonstrate
that the dorsal hindbrain is more fluid than the dorsal spinal cord, resulting
in a thinning versus a resisting response to increasing lumen pressure, respectively.
The dorsal hindbrain exhibits reduced apical actin and a disorganized laminin
matrix consistent with tissue fluidization. Blocking the activity of neural-crest-associated
matrix metalloproteinases inhibits hindbrain expansion. Transplanting dorsal hindbrain
cells to the spinal cord can locally create an expanded brain-like morphology
in some cases. Our findings raise questions in vertebrate head evolution and suggest
a general role of mechanical pre-patterning in sculpting epithelial tubes.
acknowledgement: 'We thank A. Dimitracopoulos, K. Kawaguchi, J. Vidigueira, B. Baum,
I. McLaren, D. St Johnston, and members of the Buckley, Scarpa, Steventon, Kawaguchi,
and Xiong labs for technical assistance and constructive feedback. We thank Ryan
Greenhalgh for methods developed to obtain fluidity values from AFM data. We thank
Nicola Lawrence, Alex Sossick, and Sargon Gross-Thebing from the Gurdon Institute
Imaging Facility for microscopy support. Funding: this work was supported by a Wellcome
Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (215439/Z/19/Z) and UKRI-EPSRC Frontier
Research Grant (EP/X023761/1, originally selected as an ERC Starting Grant) to F.X.;
an ERC Consolidator Grant (772426), ERC Synergy Grant 101118729 UNFOLD, and Alexander
von Humboldt Professorship ( Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) to K.F.; and an
ERC Starting Grant (851288) to E.H.'
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full_name: Mclaren, Susannah B.P.
last_name: Mclaren
- first_name: Shi-lei
full_name: Xue, Shi-lei
id: 31D2C804-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Xue
- first_name: Siyuan
full_name: Ding, Siyuan
last_name: Ding
- first_name: Alexander K.
full_name: Winkel, Alexander K.
last_name: Winkel
- first_name: Oscar
full_name: Baldwin, Oscar
last_name: Baldwin
- first_name: Shreya
full_name: Dwarakacherla, Shreya
last_name: Dwarakacherla
- first_name: Kristian
full_name: Franze, Kristian
last_name: Franze
- first_name: Edouard B
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citation:
ama: Mclaren SBP, Xue S, Ding S, et al. Differential tissue deformability underlies
fluid pressure-driven shape divergence of the avian embryonic brain and spinal
cord. Developmental Cell. 2025;60(17):2237-2247.e4. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.010
apa: Mclaren, S. B. P., Xue, S., Ding, S., Winkel, A. K., Baldwin, O., Dwarakacherla,
S., … Xiong, F. (2025). Differential tissue deformability underlies fluid pressure-driven
shape divergence of the avian embryonic brain and spinal cord. Developmental
Cell. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.010
chicago: Mclaren, Susannah B.P., Shi-lei Xue, Siyuan Ding, Alexander K. Winkel,
Oscar Baldwin, Shreya Dwarakacherla, Kristian Franze, Edouard B Hannezo, and Fengzhu
Xiong. “Differential Tissue Deformability Underlies Fluid Pressure-Driven Shape
Divergence of the Avian Embryonic Brain and Spinal Cord.” Developmental Cell.
Elsevier, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.010.
ieee: S. B. P. Mclaren et al., “Differential tissue deformability underlies
fluid pressure-driven shape divergence of the avian embryonic brain and spinal
cord,” Developmental Cell, vol. 60, no. 17. Elsevier, p. 2237–2247.e4,
2025.
ista: Mclaren SBP, Xue S, Ding S, Winkel AK, Baldwin O, Dwarakacherla S, Franze
K, Hannezo EB, Xiong F. 2025. Differential tissue deformability underlies fluid
pressure-driven shape divergence of the avian embryonic brain and spinal cord.
Developmental Cell. 60(17), 2237–2247.e4.
mla: Mclaren, Susannah B. P., et al. “Differential Tissue Deformability Underlies
Fluid Pressure-Driven Shape Divergence of the Avian Embryonic Brain and Spinal
Cord.” Developmental Cell, vol. 60, no. 17, Elsevier, 2025, p. 2237–2247.e4,
doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2025.04.010.
short: S.B.P. Mclaren, S. Xue, S. Ding, A.K. Winkel, O. Baldwin, S. Dwarakacherla,
K. Franze, E.B. Hannezo, F. Xiong, Developmental Cell 60 (2025) 2237–2247.e4.
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of the avian embryonic brain and spinal cord
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text: The early development of many organisms involves the folding of cell monolayers,
but this behaviour is difficult to reproduce in vitro; therefore, both mechanistic
causes and effects of local curvature remain unclear. Here we study epithelial
cell monolayers on corrugated hydrogels engineered into wavy patterns, examining
how concave and convex curvatures affect cellular and nuclear shape. We find that
substrate curvature affects monolayer thickness, which is larger in valleys than
crests. We show that this feature generically arises in a vertex model, leading
to the hypothesis that cells may sense curvature by modifying the thickness of
the tissue. We find that local curvature also affects nuclear morphology and positioning,
which we explain by extending the vertex model to take into account membrane–nucleus
interactions, encoding thickness modulation in changes to nuclear deformation
and position. We propose that curvature governs the spatial distribution of yes-associated
proteins via nuclear shape and density changes. We show that curvature also induces
significant variations in lamins, chromatin condensation and cell proliferation
rate in folded epithelial tissues. Together, this work identifies active cell
mechanics and nuclear mechanoadaptation as the key players of the mechanistic
regulation of epithelia to substrate curvature.
acknowledgement: S.G. acknowledges funding from FEDER Prostem Research Project no.
1510614 (Wallonia DG06), F.R.S.-FNRS Epiforce Research Project no. T.0092.21 and
Interreg MAT(T)ISSE project, which is financially supported by Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen
(Fonds Européen de Développement Régional, FEDER-ERDF). This project was supported
by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research
and Innovation Programme grant agreement 851288 (to E.H.), and by the Austrian Science
Fund (FWF) (P 31639; to E.H.). L.R.M. acknowledges funding from the Agence National
de la Recherche (ANR), as part of the ‘Investments d’Avenir’ Programme (I-SITE ULNE/ANR-16-IDEX-0004
ULNE). This work benefited from ANR-10-EQPX-04-01 and FEDER 12001407 grants to F.L.
W.D.V. is supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO 1516619N, FWO GOO5819N,
FWO I003420N, FWO IRI I000321N) and is member of the Research Excellence Consortium
µNEURO at the University of Antwerp. M.L. is financially supported by FRIA (F.R.S.-FNRS).
M.S. is a Senior Research Associate of the Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS)
and acknowledges EOS grant no. 30650939 (PRECISION). Sketches in Figs. 1a and 5e
and Extended Data Fig. 9 were drawn by C. Levicek.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Marine
full_name: Luciano, Marine
last_name: Luciano
- first_name: Shi-lei
full_name: Xue, Shi-lei
id: 31D2C804-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Xue
- first_name: Winnok H.
full_name: De Vos, Winnok H.
last_name: De Vos
- first_name: Lorena
full_name: Redondo-Morata, Lorena
last_name: Redondo-Morata
- first_name: Mathieu
full_name: Surin, Mathieu
last_name: Surin
- first_name: Frank
full_name: Lafont, Frank
last_name: Lafont
- first_name: Edouard B
full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B
id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561
- first_name: Sylvain
full_name: Gabriele, Sylvain
last_name: Gabriele
citation:
ama: Luciano M, Xue S, De Vos WH, et al. Cell monolayers sense curvature by exploiting
active mechanics and nuclear mechanoadaptation. Nature Physics. 2021;17(12):1382–1390.
doi:10.1038/s41567-021-01374-1
apa: Luciano, M., Xue, S., De Vos, W. H., Redondo-Morata, L., Surin, M., Lafont,
F., … Gabriele, S. (2021). Cell monolayers sense curvature by exploiting active
mechanics and nuclear mechanoadaptation. Nature Physics. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01374-1
chicago: Luciano, Marine, Shi-lei Xue, Winnok H. De Vos, Lorena Redondo-Morata,
Mathieu Surin, Frank Lafont, Edouard B Hannezo, and Sylvain Gabriele. “Cell Monolayers
Sense Curvature by Exploiting Active Mechanics and Nuclear Mechanoadaptation.”
Nature Physics. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01374-1.
ieee: M. Luciano et al., “Cell monolayers sense curvature by exploiting active
mechanics and nuclear mechanoadaptation,” Nature Physics, vol. 17, no.
12. Springer Nature, pp. 1382–1390, 2021.
ista: Luciano M, Xue S, De Vos WH, Redondo-Morata L, Surin M, Lafont F, Hannezo
EB, Gabriele S. 2021. Cell monolayers sense curvature by exploiting active mechanics
and nuclear mechanoadaptation. Nature Physics. 17(12), 1382–1390.
mla: Luciano, Marine, et al. “Cell Monolayers Sense Curvature by Exploiting Active
Mechanics and Nuclear Mechanoadaptation.” Nature Physics, vol. 17, no.
12, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 1382–1390, doi:10.1038/s41567-021-01374-1.
short: M. Luciano, S. Xue, W.H. De Vos, L. Redondo-Morata, M. Surin, F. Lafont,
E.B. Hannezo, S. Gabriele, Nature Physics 17 (2021) 1382–1390.
corr_author: '1'
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...
---
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abstract:
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text: Intestinal organoids derived from single cells undergo complex crypt–villus
patterning and morphogenesis. However, the nature and coordination of the underlying
forces remains poorly characterized. Here, using light-sheet microscopy and large-scale
imaging quantification, we demonstrate that crypt formation coincides with a stark
reduction in lumen volume. We develop a 3D biophysical model to computationally
screen different mechanical scenarios of crypt morphogenesis. Combining this with
live-imaging data and multiple mechanical perturbations, we show that actomyosin-driven
crypt apical contraction and villus basal tension work synergistically with lumen
volume reduction to drive crypt morphogenesis, and demonstrate the existence of
a critical point in differential tensions above which crypt morphology becomes
robust to volume changes. Finally, we identified a sodium/glucose cotransporter
that is specific to differentiated enterocytes that modulates lumen volume reduction
through cell swelling in the villus region. Together, our study uncovers the cellular
basis of how cell fate modulates osmotic and actomyosin forces to coordinate robust
morphogenesis.
acknowledgement: 'We acknowledge the members of the Lennon-Duménil laboratory for
sharing the mouse line of Myh9-GFP. We are grateful to the members of the Liberali
laboratory and the FMI facilities for their support. We thank E. Tagliavini for
IT support; L. Gelman for assistance and training; S. Bichet and A. Bogucki for
helping with histology of mouse tissues; H. Kohler for fluorescence-activated cell
sorting; G. Q. G. de Medeiros for maintenance of light-sheet microscopy; M. G. Stadler
for scRNA-seq analysis; G. Gay for discussions on the 3D vertex model; the members
of the Liberali laboratory, C. P. Heisenberg and C. Tsiairis for reading and providing
feedback on the manuscript. Funding: Q.Y. is supported by a Postdoc fellowship from
Peter und Taul Engelhorn Stiftung (PTES). This work received funding from the European
Research Council (ERC) under the EU Horizon 2020 research and Innovation Programme
Grant Agreement no. 758617 (to P.L.), the Swiss National Foundation (SNF) (POOP3_157531,
to P.L.) and from the ERC under the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program
Grant Agreements 851288 (to E.H.) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (P31639, to
E.H.).'
article_processing_charge: No
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author:
- first_name: Qiutan
full_name: Yang, Qiutan
last_name: Yang
- first_name: Shi-lei
full_name: Xue, Shi-lei
id: 31D2C804-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Xue
- first_name: Chii Jou
full_name: Chan, Chii Jou
last_name: Chan
- first_name: Markus
full_name: Rempfler, Markus
last_name: Rempfler
- first_name: Dario
full_name: Vischi, Dario
last_name: Vischi
- first_name: Francisca
full_name: Maurer-Gutierrez, Francisca
last_name: Maurer-Gutierrez
- first_name: Takashi
full_name: Hiiragi, Takashi
last_name: Hiiragi
- first_name: Edouard B
full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B
id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hannezo
orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561
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last_name: Liberali
citation:
ama: Yang Q, Xue S, Chan CJ, et al. Cell fate coordinates mechano-osmotic forces
in intestinal crypt formation. Nature Cell Biology. 2021;23:733–744. doi:10.1038/s41556-021-00700-2
apa: Yang, Q., Xue, S., Chan, C. J., Rempfler, M., Vischi, D., Maurer-Gutierrez,
F., … Liberali, P. (2021). Cell fate coordinates mechano-osmotic forces in intestinal
crypt formation. Nature Cell Biology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-021-00700-2
chicago: Yang, Qiutan, Shi-lei Xue, Chii Jou Chan, Markus Rempfler, Dario Vischi,
Francisca Maurer-Gutierrez, Takashi Hiiragi, Edouard B Hannezo, and Prisca Liberali.
“Cell Fate Coordinates Mechano-Osmotic Forces in Intestinal Crypt Formation.”
Nature Cell Biology. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-021-00700-2.
ieee: Q. Yang et al., “Cell fate coordinates mechano-osmotic forces in intestinal
crypt formation,” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 23. Springer Nature, pp. 733–744,
2021.
ista: Yang Q, Xue S, Chan CJ, Rempfler M, Vischi D, Maurer-Gutierrez F, Hiiragi
T, Hannezo EB, Liberali P. 2021. Cell fate coordinates mechano-osmotic forces
in intestinal crypt formation. Nature Cell Biology. 23, 733–744.
mla: Yang, Qiutan, et al. “Cell Fate Coordinates Mechano-Osmotic Forces in Intestinal
Crypt Formation.” Nature Cell Biology, vol. 23, Springer Nature, 2021,
pp. 733–744, doi:10.1038/s41556-021-00700-2.
short: Q. Yang, S. Xue, C.J. Chan, M. Rempfler, D. Vischi, F. Maurer-Gutierrez,
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text: Segregation of maternal determinants within the oocyte constitutes the first
step in embryo patterning. In zebrafish oocytes, extensive ooplasmic streaming
leads to the segregation of ooplasm from yolk granules along the animal-vegetal
axis of the oocyte. Here, we show that this process does not rely on cortical
actin reorganization, as previously thought, but instead on a cell-cycle-dependent
bulk actin polymerization wave traveling from the animal to the vegetal pole of
the oocyte. This wave functions in segregation by both pulling ooplasm animally
and pushing yolk granules vegetally. Using biophysical experimentation and theory,
we show that ooplasm pulling is mediated by bulk actin network flows exerting
friction forces on the ooplasm, while yolk granule pushing is achieved by a mechanism
closely resembling actin comet formation on yolk granules. Our study defines a
novel role of cell-cycle-controlled bulk actin polymerization waves in oocyte
polarization via ooplasmic segregation.
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acknowledgement: We would like to thank Pierre Recho, Guillaume Salbreux, and Silvia
Grigolon for advice on the theory, Lila Solnica-Krezel for kindly providing us with
zebrafish dachsous mutants, members of the Heisenberg and Hannezo groups for fruitful
discussions, and the Bioimaging and zebrafish facilities at IST Austria for their
continuous support. This project has received funding from the European Union (European
Research Council Advanced Grant 742573 to C.P.H.) and from the Austrian Science
Fund (FWF) (P 31639 to E.H.).
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ama: Shamipour S, Kardos R, Xue S, Hof B, Hannezo EB, Heisenberg C-PJ. Bulk actin
dynamics drive phase segregation in zebrafish oocytes. Cell. 2019;177(6):1463-1479.e18.
doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.030
apa: Shamipour, S., Kardos, R., Xue, S., Hof, B., Hannezo, E. B., & Heisenberg,
C.-P. J. (2019). Bulk actin dynamics drive phase segregation in zebrafish oocytes.
Cell. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.030
chicago: Shamipour, Shayan, Roland Kardos, Shi-lei Xue, Björn Hof, Edouard B Hannezo,
and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Bulk Actin Dynamics Drive Phase Segregation in
Zebrafish Oocytes.” Cell. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.030.
ieee: S. Shamipour, R. Kardos, S. Xue, B. Hof, E. B. Hannezo, and C.-P. J. Heisenberg,
“Bulk actin dynamics drive phase segregation in zebrafish oocytes,” Cell,
vol. 177, no. 6. Elsevier, p. 1463–1479.e18, 2019.
ista: Shamipour S, Kardos R, Xue S, Hof B, Hannezo EB, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2019. Bulk
actin dynamics drive phase segregation in zebrafish oocytes. Cell. 177(6), 1463–1479.e18.
mla: Shamipour, Shayan, et al. “Bulk Actin Dynamics Drive Phase Segregation in Zebrafish
Oocytes.” Cell, vol. 177, no. 6, Elsevier, 2019, p. 1463–1479.e18, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.030.
short: S. Shamipour, R. Kardos, S. Xue, B. Hof, E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg,
Cell 177 (2019) 1463–1479.e18.
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