Dynamic control of vertical / lateral deformation of cell-adhesion interface inducing cell-shape oscillation

Author(s):  
Sayaka MASAIKE ◽  
Satoru KIDOAKI
1993 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 355-364
Author(s):  
S.L. Tamm ◽  
S. Tamm

We used rhodamine-phalloidin and ultrastructural methods to follow dynamic changes in adhesive cell junctions and associated actin filaments during reversible epithelial adhesion in the mouth of the ctenophore Beroe. A cruising Beroe keeps its mouth closed by interdigitated actin-coated appositions between paired strips of cells lining the lips. The mouth opens rapidly (in 0.2-0.3 s) by muscular action to engulf prey (other ctenophores), then re-seals after ingestion. We found that the interlocking surface architecture of the adhesive cells, including the actin-coated junctions, rapidly disappears after food-induced opening of the mouth. In contrast, forcible separation of the lips in the absence of food rips the junctions, still intact, from the surfaces of the cells. The prey-stimulated loss of adhesive cell junctions and associated actin cytoskeleton is one of the most rapid changes in actin-based junctions yet observed. This system provides unique experimental advantages for investigating the dynamic control of reversible cell adhesions and membrane-associated actin filaments.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Klein Gunnewiek ◽  
Shivaprakash N. Ramakrishna ◽  
Andrea di Luca ◽  
G. Julius Vancso ◽  
Lorenzo Moroni ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 891-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petri Bono ◽  
Kristofer Rubin ◽  
Jonathan M. G. Higgins ◽  
Richard O. Hynes

The actin cytoskeleton plays a significant role in changes of cell shape and motility, and interactions between the actin filaments and the cell membrane are crucial for a variety of cellular processes. Several adaptor proteins, including talin, maintain the cytoskeleton-membrane linkage by binding to integral membrane proteins and to the cytoskeleton. Layilin, a recently characterized transmembrane protein with homology to C-type lectins, is a membrane-binding site for talin in peripheral ruffles of spreading cells. To facilitate studies of layilin's function, we have generated a layilin-Fc fusion protein comprising the extracellular part of layilin joined to human immunoglobulin G heavy chain and used this chimera to identify layilin ligands. Here, we demonstrate that layilin-Fc fusion protein binds to hyaluronan immobilized to Sepharose. Microtiter plate-binding assays, coprecipitation experiments, and staining of sections predigested with different glycosaminoglycan-degrading enzymes and cell adhesion assays all revealed that layilin binds specifically to hyaluronan but not to other tested glycosaminoglycans. Layilin's ability to bind hyaluronan, a ubiquitous extracellular matrix component, reveals an interesting parallel between layilin and CD44, because both can bind to cytoskeleton-membrane linker proteins through their cytoplasmic domains and to hyaluronan through their extracellular domains. This parallelism suggests a role for layilin in cell adhesion and motility.


1998 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 297-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Costa ◽  
William Raich ◽  
Cristina Agbunag ◽  
Ben Leung ◽  
Jeff Hardin ◽  
...  

During morphogenesis of the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, hypodermal (or epidermal) cells migrate to enclose the embryo in an epithelium and, subsequently, change shape coordinately to elongate the body (Priess, J.R., and D.I. Hirsh. 1986. Dev. Biol. 117:156– 173; Williams-Masson, E.M., A.N. Malik, and J. Hardin. 1997. Development [Camb.]. 124:2889–2901). We have isolated mutants defective in morphogenesis that identify three genes required for both cell migration during body enclosure and cell shape change during body elongation. Analyses of hmp-1, hmp-2, and hmr-1 mutants suggest that products of these genes anchor contractile actin filament bundles at the adherens junctions between hypodermal cells and, thereby, transmit the force of bundle contraction into cell shape change. The protein products of all three genes localize to hypodermal adherens junctions in embryos. The sequences of the predicted HMP-1, HMP-2, and HMR-1 proteins are related to the cell adhesion proteins α-catenin, β-catenin/Armadillo, and classical cadherin, respectively. This putative catenin–cadherin system is not essential for general cell adhesion in the C. elegans embryo, but rather mediates specific aspects of morphogenetic cell shape change and cytoskeletal organization.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. ii23-ii23
Author(s):  
Ryohei Otani ◽  
Takeo Uzuka ◽  
Fumi Higuchi ◽  
Hadzki Matsuda ◽  
Phyo Kim ◽  
...  

Abstract We previously reported that there was a subgroup of IDH-mutated astrocytomas harboring only 19q-loss showing oligodendroglioma-like morphology and significantly longer overall survival (OS) compared with 19q-intact astrocytomas (Otani et al. Cancer Sci 2018). The purpose of the present study was to reveal how 19q-loss contributed to better prognosis and the morphology in the subgroup. We compared expression pattern between five 19q-loss and five 19q-intact IDH-mutated astrocytomas by microarray analysis. 136 up-regulated genes and 203 down regulated genes were extracted in 19q-loss astrocytomas compared with 19q-intact astrocytomas. Significantly changed genes distributed throughout all chromosomes, but more down-regulated genes were on 19q and 4p, and more up-regulated genes were on 4q. Genes associated with apoptosis, cell adhesion, and antigen presentation were up-regulated, and genes associated with Ras signaling pathway were down-regulated. These changes could result in better prognosis. By contrast, there was few expression changed gene associated with oligodendroglioma-like morphology although up-regulation of genes associated with axon guidance and down-regulation of genes associated with cell shape might result in the morphology or neuronal differentiation. Expression pattern of 19q-loss astrocytomas indicated no tendency of oligodendroglial differentiation. Better prognosis of 19q-loss astrocytomas was derived from expression changes associated with tumor proliferation and tumor immunity.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kranthi Kumar Elineni ◽  
Nathan D. Gallant
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1998 ◽  
Vol 353 (1370) ◽  
pp. 857-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Hagios ◽  
André Lochter ◽  
Mina J. Bissell

The architecture of a tissue is defined by the nature and the integrity of its cellular and extracellular compartments, and is based on proper adhesive cell–cell and cell–extracellular matrix interactions. Cadherins and integrins are major adhesion–mediators that assemble epithelial cells together laterally and attach them basally to a subepithelial basement membrane, respectively. Because cell adhesion complexes are linked to the cytoskeleton and to the cellular signalling pathways, they represent checkpoints for regulation of cell shape and gene expression and thus are instructive for cell behaviour and function. This organization allows a reciprocal flow of mechanical and biochemical information between the cell and its microenvironment, and necessitates that cells actively maintain a state of homeostasis within a given tissue context. The loss of the ability of tumour cells to establish correct adhesive interactions with their microenvironment results in disruption of tissue architecture with often fatal consequences for the host organism. This review discusses the role of cell adhesion in the maintenance of tissue structure and analyses how tissue structure regulates epithelial function.


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