Hindbrain neuropore tissue geometry determines asymmetric cell-mediated closure dynamics in mouse embryos.
Hindbrain neuropore tissue geometry determines asymmetric cell-mediated closure dynamics in mouse embryos.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2023163118
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发表时间:
2021-05-11
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Galea GL
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作者:
Maniou E;Staddon MF;Marshall AR;Greene NDE;Copp AJ;Banerjee S;Galea GL
Failure to biomechanically close the embryonic neural tube in the developing brain causes fatal anencephaly. Despite their clinical importance, which cellular force-generating mechanisms close the neural tube remains poorly understood. This interdisciplinary study combines morphometric analysis, mouse embryo live imaging, and in silico modeling to formally identify cellular behaviors which complete midbrain/hindbrain closure. Two cellular force-generating behaviors not previously appreciated to act in this context are identified: contractility of supracellular actomyosin purse strings around the gap and directional movement of cells toward the gap. Both these mechanisms are required to describe gap closure, and their resulting dynamics are substantially impacted by morphogenetically imposed tissue geometry. This work provides a broadly applicable biophysical framework underlying fatal failures of midbrain/hindbrain closure. Gap closure is a common morphogenetic process. In mammals, failure to close the embryonic hindbrain neuropore (HNP) gap causes fatal anencephaly. We observed that surface ectoderm cells surrounding the mouse HNP assemble high-tension actomyosin purse strings at their leading edge and establish the initial contacts across the embryonic midline. Fibronectin and laminin are present, and tensin 1 accumulates in focal adhesion-like puncta at this leading edge. The HNP gap closes asymmetrically, faster from its rostral than caudal end, while maintaining an elongated aspect ratio. Cell-based physical modeling identifies two closure mechanisms sufficient to account for tissue-level HNP closure dynamics: purse-string contraction and directional cell motion implemented through active crawling. Combining both closure mechanisms hastens gap closure and produces a constant rate of gap shortening. Purse-string contraction reduces, whereas crawling increases gap aspect ratio, and their combination maintains it. Closure rate asymmetry can be explained by asymmetric embryo tissue geometry, namely a narrower rostral gap apex, whereas biomechanical tension inferred from laser ablation is equivalent at the gaps’ rostral and caudal closure points. At the cellular level, the physical model predicts rearrangements of cells at the HNP rostral and caudal extremes as the gap shortens. These behaviors are reproducibly live imaged in mouse embryos. Thus, mammalian embryos coordinate cellular- and tissue-level mechanics to achieve this critical gap closure event.
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