---
_id: '6025'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Non-canonical Wnt signaling plays a central role for coordinated cell polarization
and directed migration in metazoan development. While spatiotemporally restricted
activation of non-canonical Wnt-signaling drives cell polarization in epithelial
tissues, it remains unclear whether such instructive activity is also critical
for directed mesenchymal cell migration. Here, we developed a light-activated
version of the non-canonical Wnt receptor Frizzled 7 (Fz7) to analyze how restricted
activation of non-canonical Wnt signaling affects directed anterior axial mesendoderm
(prechordal plate, ppl) cell migration within the zebrafish gastrula. We found
that Fz7 signaling is required for ppl cell protrusion formation and migration
and that spatiotemporally restricted ectopic activation is capable of redirecting
their migration. Finally, we show that uniform activation of Fz7 signaling in
ppl cells fully rescues defective directed cell migration in fz7 mutant embryos.
Together, our findings reveal that in contrast to the situation in epithelial
cells, non-canonical Wnt signaling functions permissively rather than instructively
in directed mesenchymal cell migration during gastrulation.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: Bio
- _id: LifeSc
article_number: e42093
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Capek, Daniel
id: 31C42484-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Capek
orcid: 0000-0001-5199-9940
- first_name: Michael
full_name: Smutny, Michael
id: 3FE6E4E8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Smutny
orcid: 0000-0002-5920-9090
- first_name: Alexandra Madelaine
full_name: Tichy, Alexandra Madelaine
last_name: Tichy
- first_name: Maurizio
full_name: Morri, Maurizio
id: 4863116E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Morri
- first_name: Harald L
full_name: Janovjak, Harald L
id: 33BA6C30-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Janovjak
orcid: 0000-0002-8023-9315
- 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: Capek D, Smutny M, Tichy AM, Morri M, Janovjak HL, Heisenberg C-PJ. Light-activated
Frizzled7 reveals a permissive role of non-canonical wnt signaling in mesendoderm
cell migration. eLife. 2019;8. doi:10.7554/eLife.42093
apa: Capek, D., Smutny, M., Tichy, A. M., Morri, M., Janovjak, H. L., & Heisenberg,
C.-P. J. (2019). Light-activated Frizzled7 reveals a permissive role of non-canonical
wnt signaling in mesendoderm cell migration. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42093
chicago: Capek, Daniel, Michael Smutny, Alexandra Madelaine Tichy, Maurizio Morri,
Harald L Janovjak, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Light-Activated Frizzled7 Reveals
a Permissive Role of Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling in Mesendoderm Cell Migration.”
ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42093.
ieee: D. Capek, M. Smutny, A. M. Tichy, M. Morri, H. L. Janovjak, and C.-P. J. Heisenberg,
“Light-activated Frizzled7 reveals a permissive role of non-canonical wnt signaling
in mesendoderm cell migration,” eLife, vol. 8. eLife Sciences Publications,
2019.
ista: Capek D, Smutny M, Tichy AM, Morri M, Janovjak HL, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2019.
Light-activated Frizzled7 reveals a permissive role of non-canonical wnt signaling
in mesendoderm cell migration. eLife. 8, e42093.
mla: Capek, Daniel, et al. “Light-Activated Frizzled7 Reveals a Permissive Role
of Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling in Mesendoderm Cell Migration.” ELife, vol.
8, e42093, eLife Sciences Publications, 2019, doi:10.7554/eLife.42093.
short: D. Capek, M. Smutny, A.M. Tichy, M. Morri, H.L. Janovjak, C.-P.J. Heisenberg,
ELife 8 (2019).
date_created: 2019-02-17T22:59:22Z
date_published: 2019-02-06T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-24T14:46:01Z
day: '06'
ddc:
- '570'
department:
- _id: CaHe
- _id: HaJa
doi: 10.7554/eLife.42093
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
isi:
- '000458025300001'
file:
- access_level: open_access
checksum: 6cb4ca6d4aa96f6f187a5983aa3e660a
content_type: application/pdf
creator: dernst
date_created: 2019-02-18T15:17:21Z
date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:17Z
file_id: '6041'
file_name: 2019_elife_Capek.pdf
file_size: 5500707
relation: main_file
file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:17Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
intvolume: ' 8'
isi: 1
language:
- iso: eng
month: '02'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
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
publication: eLife
publication_status: published
publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Light-activated Frizzled7 reveals a permissive role of non-canonical wnt signaling
in mesendoderm cell migration
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: 8
year: '2019'
...