--- _id: '735' abstract: - lang: eng text: Cell-cell contact formation constitutes an essential step in evolution, leading to the differentiation of specialized cell types. However, remarkably little is known about whether and how the interplay between contact formation and fate specification affects development. Here, we identify a positive feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration, morphogen signaling, and mesendoderm cell-fate specification during zebrafish gastrulation. We show that long-lasting cell-cell contacts enhance the competence of prechordal plate (ppl) progenitor cells to respond to Nodal signaling, required for ppl cell-fate specification. We further show that Nodal signaling promotes ppl cell-cell contact duration, generating a positive feedback loop between ppl cell-cell contact duration and cell-fate specification. Finally, by combining mathematical modeling and experimentation, we show that this feedback determines whether anterior axial mesendoderm cells become ppl or, instead, turn into endoderm. Thus, the interdependent activities of cell-cell signaling and contact formation control fate diversification within the developing embryo. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Vanessa full_name: Barone, Vanessa id: 419EECCC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barone orcid: 0000-0003-2676-3367 - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Gabriel full_name: Krens, Gabriel id: 2B819732-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Krens orcid: 0000-0003-4761-5996 - first_name: Saurabh full_name: Pradhan, Saurabh last_name: Pradhan - first_name: Shayan full_name: Shamipour, Shayan id: 40B34FE2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shamipour - first_name: Keisuke full_name: Sako, Keisuke id: 3BED66BE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sako orcid: 0000-0002-6453-8075 - first_name: Mateusz K full_name: Sikora, Mateusz K id: 2F74BCDE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sikora - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - 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: Barone V, Lang M, Krens G, et al. An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate. Developmental Cell. 2017;43(2):198-211. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014 apa: Barone, V., Lang, M., Krens, G., Pradhan, S., Shamipour, S., Sako, K., … Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2017). An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate. Developmental Cell. Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014 chicago: Barone, Vanessa, Moritz Lang, Gabriel Krens, Saurabh Pradhan, Shayan Shamipour, Keisuke Sako, Mateusz K Sikora, Calin C Guet, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “An Effective Feedback Loop between Cell-Cell Contact Duration and Morphogen Signaling Determines Cell Fate.” Developmental Cell. Cell Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014. ieee: V. Barone et al., “An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate,” Developmental Cell, vol. 43, no. 2. Cell Press, pp. 198–211, 2017. ista: Barone V, Lang M, Krens G, Pradhan S, Shamipour S, Sako K, Sikora MK, Guet CC, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2017. An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate. Developmental Cell. 43(2), 198–211. mla: Barone, Vanessa, et al. “An Effective Feedback Loop between Cell-Cell Contact Duration and Morphogen Signaling Determines Cell Fate.” Developmental Cell, vol. 43, no. 2, Cell Press, 2017, pp. 198–211, doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014. short: V. Barone, M. Lang, G. Krens, S. Pradhan, S. Shamipour, K. Sako, M.K. Sikora, C.C. Guet, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Cell 43 (2017) 198–211. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:13Z date_published: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:38Z day: '23' department: - _id: CaHe - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000413443700011' intvolume: ' 43' isi: 1 issue: '2' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa_version: None page: 198 - 211 project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme - _id: 252DD2A6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: I2058 name: 'Cell segregation in gastrulation: the role of cell fate specification' publication: Developmental Cell publication_identifier: issn: - '15345807' publication_status: published publisher: Cell Press publist_id: '6934' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '961' relation: dissertation_contains status: public - id: '8350' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 43 year: '2017' ...