{"status":"public","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Metazoan development relies on the formation and remodeling of cell-cell contacts. The \r\nbinding of adhesion receptors and remodeling of the actomyosin cell cortex at cell-cell \r\ninteraction sites have been implicated in cell-cell contact formation. Yet, how these two \r\nprocesses functionally interact to drive cell-cell contact expansion and strengthening \r\nremains unclear. Here, we study how primary germ layer progenitor cells from zebrafish \r\nbind to supported lipid bilayers (SLB) functionalized with E-cadherin ectodomains as an \r\nassay system for monitoring cell-cell contact formation at high spatiotemporal resolution. \r\nWe show that cell-cell contact formation represents a two-tiered process: E-cadherin\u0002mediated downregulation of the small GTPase RhoA at the forming contact leads to both \r\ndepletion of Myosin-2 and decrease of F-actin. This is followed by centrifugal actin \r\nnetwork flows at the contact triggered by a sharp gradient of Myosin-2 at the rim of the \r\ncontact zone, with Myosin-2 displaying higher cortical localization outside than inside of \r\nthe contact. These centrifugal cortical actin flows, in turn, not only further dilute the actin \r\nnetwork at the contact disc, but also lead to an accumulation of both F-actin and E\u0002cadherin at the contact rim. Eventually, this combination of actomyosin downregulation \r\nand flows at the contact contribute to the characteristic molecular organization implicated \r\nin contact formation and maintenance: depletion of cortical actomyosin at the contact disc, \r\ndriving contact expansion by lowering interfacial tension at the contact, and accumulation \r\nof both E-cadherin and F-actin at the contact rim, mechanically linking the contractile \r\ncortices of the adhering cells. Thus, using a biomimetic assay, we exemplify how \r\nadhesion signaling and cell mechanics function together to modulate the spatial \r\norganization of cell-cell contacts."}],"tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"supervisor":[{"id":"39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J","first_name":"Carl-Philipp J","last_name":"Heisenberg","orcid":"0000-0002-0912-4566"}],"citation":{"ieee":"F. N. Arslan, “Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.","apa":"Arslan, F. N. (2022). Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12153","ista":"Arslan FN. 2022. Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","short":"F.N. Arslan, Remodeling of E-Cadherin-Mediated Contacts via Cortical  Flows, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.","ama":"Arslan FN. Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12153","chicago":"Arslan, Feyza N. “Remodeling of E-Cadherin-Mediated Contacts via Cortical  Flows.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12153.","mla":"Arslan, Feyza N. Remodeling of E-Cadherin-Mediated Contacts via Cortical  Flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12153."},"page":"113","corr_author":"1","month":"09","alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["2663-337X"],"isbn":["978-3-99078-025-1 "]},"has_accepted_license":"1","date_published":"2022-09-29T00:00:00Z","ec_funded":1,"publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","project":[{"grant_number":"742573","name":"Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation","_id":"260F1432-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","call_identifier":"H2020"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","doi":"10.15479/at:ista:12153","type":"dissertation","year":"2022","_id":"12368","date_created":"2023-01-25T10:43:24Z","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"related_material":{"record":[{"relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public","id":"9350"}]},"day":"29","degree_awarded":"PhD","publication_status":"published","ddc":["570"],"title":"Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical flows","file_date_updated":"2023-01-25T10:52:46Z","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"NanoFab"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","oa":1,"date_updated":"2024-10-09T21:03:40Z","file":[{"date_created":"2023-01-25T10:52:46Z","file_size":14581024,"relation":"main_file","file_name":"THESIS_FINAL_FArslan_pdfa.pdf","file_id":"12369","content_type":"application/pdf","success":1,"date_updated":"2023-01-25T10:52:46Z","access_level":"open_access","creator":"cchlebak","checksum":"e54a3e69b83ebf166544164afd25608e"}],"author":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-5809-9566","last_name":"Arslan","id":"49DA7910-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Arslan, Feyza N","first_name":"Feyza N"}],"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"CaHe"}]}