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ArticleDevelopmental cell2014

Distinct apical and basolateral mechanisms drive planar cell polarity-dependent convergent extension of the mouse neural plate.

Margot Williams, Weiwei Yen, Xiaowei Lu, Ann Sutherland

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Article in Developmental cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers.

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118citing papers in PubMed
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118 citing papers in PubMed, 208 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margot WilliamsDepartment of Cell Biology; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Weiwei YenDepartment of Cell Biology; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Xiaowei LuDepartment of Cell Biology; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Ann SutherlandDepartment of Cell Biology; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: as9n@virginia.edu.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

TRAINING IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM008136 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI STUKENBERG, P. TODD · 1985 to 2020
$8.5M
TROPHOBLAST CELL MOTILITYR01HD034807 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI SUTHERLAND, ANN E · 1998 to 2008
$2.2M
Dissecting Wnt/PCP Signaling in Developing Cochlear Sensory EpitheliumR01DC009238 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI LU, XIAOWEI · 2008 to 2012
$1.9M
Tunable White Light Laser Confocal/Spectral Imaging MicroscopyS10RR025616 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI PERIASAMY, AMMASI · 2009 to 2009
$500k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR025616NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD034807NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009238NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms of tissue convergence and extension (CE) driving axial elongation in mammalian embryos, and in particular, the cellular behaviors underlying CE in the epithelial neural tissue, have not been identified. Here we show that mouse neural cells undergo mediolaterally biased cell intercalation and exhibit both apical boundary rearrangement and polarized basolateral protrusive activity. Planar polarization and coordination of these two cell behaviors are essential for neural CE, as shown by failure of mediolateral intercalation in embryos mutant for two proteins associated with planar cell polarity signaling: Vangl2 and Ptk7. Embryos with mutations in Ptk7 fail to polarize cell behaviors within the plane of the tissue, whereas Vangl2 mutant embryos maintain tissue polarity and basal protrusive activity but are deficient in apical neighbor exchange. Neuroepithelial cells in both mutants fail to apically constrict, leading to craniorachischisis. These results reveal a cooperative mechanism for cell rearrangement during epithelial morphogenesis.

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Cell PolarityAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell MovementMiceMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural PlateNeural Stem CellsNeuroepithelial CellsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesLtap protein, mouseNerve Tissue ProteinsPtk7 protein, mouseReceptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

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PMID24703875
PMCPMC4120093
OpenAlexW2074778843

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