Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25596276›Full record

ArticleBiology open2015

Shroom3 functions downstream of planar cell polarity to regulate myosin II distribution and cellular organization during neural tube closure.

Erica M McGreevy, Deepthi Vijayraghavan, Lance A Davidson, Jeffrey D Hildebrand

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Biology open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Linking Planar Cell Polarity to Mechanotransduction During Morphogenesis.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Mapping Shroom3 expression across the adult mouse.Gene expression patterns : GEP · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
  6. CommonGenome research · 2025
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erica M McGreevyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Deepthi VijayraghavanDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Lance A DavidsonDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Jeffrey D HildebrandDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA jeffh@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Training in Biomechanics in Regenerative MedicineT32EB003392 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WOO, SAVIO L-Y. · 2005 to 2020
$4.0M
The Structural Basis of Shroom-Mediated Cell ContractilityR01GM097204 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VANDEMARK, ANDREW PAUL · 2011 to 2015
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB003392NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural tube closure is a critical developmental event that relies on actomyosin contractility to facilitate specific processes such as apical constriction, tissue bending, and directional cell rearrangements. These complicated processes require the coordinated activities of Rho-Kinase (Rock), to regulate cytoskeletal dynamics and actomyosin contractility, and the Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) pathway, to direct the polarized cellular behaviors that drive convergent extension (CE) movements. Here we investigate the role of Shroom3 as a direct linker between PCP and actomyosin contractility during mouse neural tube morphogenesis. In embryos, simultaneous depletion of Shroom3 and the PCP components Vangl2 or Wnt5a results in an increased liability to NTDs and CE failure. We further show that these pathways intersect at Dishevelled, as Shroom3 and Dishevelled 2 co-distribute and form a physical complex in cells. We observed that multiple components of the Shroom3 pathway are planar polarized along mediolateral cell junctions in the neural plate of E8.5 embryos in a Shroom3 and PCP-dependent manner. Finally, we demonstrate that Shroom3 mutant embryos exhibit defects in planar cell arrangement during neural tube closure, suggesting a role for Shroom3 activity in CE. These findings support a model in which the Shroom3 and PCP pathways interact to control CE and polarized bending of the neural plate and provide a clear illustration of the complex genetic basis of NTDs.

Indexed as

Apical constrictionMyosin IINeural tubePlanar polarityShroom3

Identifiers

PMID25596276
PMCPMC4365487
OpenAlexW2109017100

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.