RRC ID 40032
著者 Aranjuez G, Burtscher A, Sawant K, Majumder P, McDonald JA.
タイトル Dynamic myosin activation promotes collective morphology and migration by locally balancing oppositional forces from surrounding tissue.
ジャーナル Mol Biol Cell
Abstract Migrating cells need to overcome physical constraints from the local microenvironment to navigate their way through tissues. Cells that move collectively have the additional challenge of negotiating complex environments in vivo while maintaining cohesion of the group as a whole. The mechanisms by which collectives maintain a migratory morphology while resisting physical constraints from the surrounding tissue are poorly understood. Drosophila border cells represent a genetic model of collective migration within a cell-dense tissue. Border cells move as a cohesive group of 6-10 cells, traversing a network of large germ line-derived nurse cells within the ovary. Here we show that the border cell cluster is compact and round throughout their entire migration, a shape that is maintained despite the mechanical pressure imposed by the surrounding nurse cells. Nonmuscle myosin II (Myo-II) activity at the cluster periphery becomes elevated in response to increased constriction by nurse cells. Furthermore, the distinctive border cell collective morphology requires highly dynamic and localized enrichment of Myo-II. Thus, activated Myo-II promotes cortical tension at the outer edge of the migrating border cell cluster to resist compressive forces from nurse cells. We propose that dynamic actomyosin tension at the periphery of collectives facilitates their movement through restrictive tissues.
巻・号 27(12)
ページ 1898-910
公開日 2016-6-15
DOI 10.1091/mbc.E15-10-0744
PII mbc.E15-10-0744
PMID 27122602
PMC PMC4907723
MeSH Actin Cytoskeleton / metabolism Actomyosin / metabolism Animals Cell Movement / physiology Cell Shape / physiology Cellular Microenvironment Drosophila / genetics Drosophila / metabolism Drosophila Proteins / genetics Drosophila Proteins / metabolism Female Myosin Type II / metabolism* Myosins / physiology* Oogenesis Signal Transduction / genetics
IF 3.791
引用数 18
WOS 分野 CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ショウジョウバエ 9774R-2