Adhesion dynamics regulate cell intercalation behaviour in an active tissue
Adhesion dynamics regulate cell intercalation behaviour in an active tissue
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粘附动力学调节活性组织中的细胞嵌入行为
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10.1101/2021.04.11.439313
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2021
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Nestor-Bergmann A
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Nestor-Bergmann A
Cell intercalation is a key cell behaviour of morphogenesis and wound healing, where local cell neighbour exchanges can cause dramatic tissue deformations such as body axis extension. Here, we develop a mechanical model to understand active cell intercalation behaviours in the context of an epithelial tissue. Extending existing descriptions, such as vertex models, the junctional actomyosin cortex of every cell is modelled as a continuum morphoelastic rod, explicitly representing cortices facing each other at bicellular junctions. Cells are described directly in terms of the key subcellular constituents that drive dynamics, with localised stresses from the contractile actomyosin cortex and adhesion molecules coupling apposed cortices. This multi-scale apposed-cortex formulation reveals key behaviours that drive tissue dynamics, such as cell-cell shearing and flow of junctional material past cell vertices. We show that cell neighbour exchanges can be driven by purely junctional mechanisms. Active contractility and viscous turnover in a single bicellular junction are sufficient to shrink and remove a junction. Next, the 4-way vertex is resolved and a new, orthogonal junction extends passively. The adhesion timescale defines a frictional viscosity that is an important regulator of these dynamics, modulating tension transmission in the tissue as well as the speeds of junction shrinkage and growth. The model additionally predicts that rosettes, which form when a vertex becomes common to many cells, are likely to occur in active tissues with high adhesive friction.SIGNIFICANCECell intercalation, or neighbour exchange, is a crucial behaviour that can drive tissue deformations, dissipate stress and facilitate wound healing. Substantial experimental work has identified the key molecular players facilitating intercalation, but there remains a lack of consensus and understanding of their physical roles. Existing biophysical models that represent cell-cell contacts with single edges cannot study the continuous dynamics of intercalation, involving shear between coupled cell cortices. Deriving a continuum description of the cell cortex, explicitly coupling neighbouring cortices with adhesions, we define the biophysical conditions required for successful neighbour exchanges. Furthermore, we show how the turnover of adhesion molecules specifies a viscous friction that regulates active tissue dynamics.
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