--- _id: '9316' abstract: - lang: eng text: Embryo morphogenesis is impacted by dynamic changes in tissue material properties, which have been proposed to occur via processes akin to phase transitions (PTs). Here, we show that rigidity percolation provides a simple and robust theoretical framework to predict material/structural PTs of embryonic tissues from local cell connectivity. By using percolation theory, combined with directly monitoring dynamic changes in tissue rheology and cell contact mechanics, we demonstrate that the zebrafish blastoderm undergoes a genuine rigidity PT, brought about by a small reduction in adhesion-dependent cell connectivity below a critical value. We quantitatively predict and experimentally verify hallmarks of PTs, including power-law exponents and associated discontinuities of macroscopic observables. Finally, we show that this uniform PT depends on blastoderm cells undergoing meta-synchronous divisions causing random and, consequently, uniform changes in cell connectivity. Collectively, our theoretical and experimental findings reveal the structural basis of material PTs in an organismal context. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl acknowledgement: We thank Carl Goodrich and the members of the Heisenberg and Hannezo groups, in particular Reka Korei, for help, technical advice, and discussions; and the Bioimaging and zebrafish facilities of the IST Austria for continuous support. This work was supported by the Elise Richter Program of Austrian Science Fund (FWF) to N.I.P. ( V 736-B26 ) and the European Union (European Research Council Advanced Grant 742573 to C.-P.H. and European Research Council Starting Grant 851288 to E.H.). article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Nicoletta full_name: Petridou, Nicoletta id: 2A003F6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Petridou orcid: 0000-0002-8451-1195 - first_name: Bernat full_name: Corominas-Murtra, Bernat id: 43BE2298-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Corominas-Murtra orcid: 0000-0001-9806-5643 - 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 - first_name: Edouard B full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hannezo orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561 citation: ama: Petridou N, Corominas-Murtra B, Heisenberg C-PJ, Hannezo EB. Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions. Cell. 2021;184(7):1914-1928.e19. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017 apa: Petridou, N., Corominas-Murtra, B., Heisenberg, C.-P. J., & Hannezo, E. B. (2021). Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions. Cell. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017 chicago: Petridou, Nicoletta, Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg, and Edouard B Hannezo. “Rigidity Percolation Uncovers a Structural Basis for Embryonic Tissue Phase Transitions.” Cell. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017. ieee: N. Petridou, B. Corominas-Murtra, C.-P. J. Heisenberg, and E. B. Hannezo, “Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions,” Cell, vol. 184, no. 7. Elsevier, p. 1914–1928.e19, 2021. ista: Petridou N, Corominas-Murtra B, Heisenberg C-PJ, Hannezo EB. 2021. Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions. Cell. 184(7), 1914–1928.e19. mla: Petridou, Nicoletta, et al. “Rigidity Percolation Uncovers a Structural Basis for Embryonic Tissue Phase Transitions.” Cell, vol. 184, no. 7, Elsevier, 2021, p. 1914–1928.e19, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017. short: N. Petridou, B. Corominas-Murtra, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, E.B. Hannezo, Cell 184 (2021) 1914–1928.e19. date_created: 2021-04-11T22:01:14Z date_published: 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-07T14:33:59Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaHe - _id: EdHa doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000636734000022' pmid: - '33730596' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1e5295fbd9c2a459173ec45a0e8a7c2e content_type: application/pdf creator: cziletti date_created: 2021-06-08T10:04:10Z date_updated: 2021-06-08T10:04:10Z file_id: '9534' file_name: 2021_Cell_Petridou.pdf file_size: 11405875 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-06-08T10:04:10Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 184' isi: 1 issue: '7' language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1914-1928.e19 pmid: 1 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 - _id: 05943252-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '851288' name: Design Principles of Branching Morphogenesis - _id: 2693FD8C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: V00736 name: Tissue material properties in embryonic development publication: Cell publication_identifier: eissn: - '10974172' issn: - '00928674' publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Homepage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/embryonic-tissue-undergoes-phase-transition/ scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue phase transitions 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: 184 year: '2021' ...