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ArticleeLife2021

Apical contacts stemming from incomplete delamination guide progenitor cell allocation through a dragging mechanism.

Eduardo Pulgar, Cornelia Schwayer, Néstor Guerrero, Loreto López, Susana Márquez, Steffen Härtel, Rodrigo Soto, Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Miguel L Concha

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Transcriptional divergence of the zebrafishbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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9 authors.

Eduardo PulgarInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Cornelia SchwayerInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Néstor GuerreroInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Loreto LópezInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Susana MárquezPhysics Department, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Steffen HärtelInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Rodrigo SotoPhysics Department, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Carl-Philipp HeisenbergInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0912-4566
Miguel L ConchaInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3353-9398

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The developmental strategies used by progenitor cells to allow a safe journey from their induction place towards the site of terminal differentiation are still poorly understood. Here, we uncovered a mechanism of progenitor cell allocation that stems from an incomplete process of epithelial delamination that allows progenitors to coordinate their movement with adjacent extra-embryonic tissues. Progenitors of the zebrafish laterality organ originate from the superficial epithelial enveloping layer by an apical constriction process of cell delamination. During this process, progenitors retain long-lasting apical contacts that enable the epithelial layer to pull a subset of progenitors on their way to the vegetal pole. The remaining delaminated cells follow the movement of apically attached progenitors by a protrusion-dependent cell-cell contact mechanism, avoiding sequestration by the adjacent endoderm, ensuring their collective fate and allocation at the site of differentiation. Thus, we reveal that incomplete delamination serves as a cellular platform for coordinated tissue movements during development.

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Cell CommunicationCell DifferentiationCell MovementAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCell AdhesionCell LineageEmbryo, NonmammalianEpithelial CellsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMorphogenesisStem CellsTime FactorsZebrafishapical constrictioncell delaminationcollective locomotiondevelopmental biologydorsal forerunner cellsdraggingmechanical forceszebrafish

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PMCPMC8460252

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