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ArticleDevelopmental cell2025

EGFR-dependent actomyosin patterning coordinates morphogenetic movements between tissues in Drosophila melanogaster.

D Nathaniel Clarke, Pearson W Miller, Adam C Martin

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Article in Developmental cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors.

D Nathaniel ClarkeDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Pearson W MillerDepartment of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Electronic address: pwmiller@ucsd.edu.
Adam C MartinDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: acmartin@mit.edu.

Funding

Tissue morphogenesis: From signals to forcesR35GM144115 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Adam Christopher Martin · 2022 to 2026
$3.0M
Investigating mechanisms regulating cell adhesion during tissue remodelingF32GM134577 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CLARKE, DONALD NATHANIEL · 2019 to 2021
$195k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM134577NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM144115
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The movements that give rise to the body's structure are powered by cell shape changes and rearrangements that are coordinated at supracellular scales. How such cellular coordination arises and integrates different morphogenetic programs is unclear. Using quantitative imaging, we found a complex pattern of adherens junction (AJ) levels in the ectoderm prior to gastrulation onset in Drosophila. AJ intensity exhibited a double-sided gradient, with peaks at the dorsal midline and ventral neuroectoderm. We show that this dorsal-ventral AJ pattern is regulated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) signaling and that this signal is required for ectoderm cell movement during mesoderm invagination and axis extension. We identify AJ levels and junctional actomyosin as downstream effectors of EGFR signaling. Overall, our study demonstrates an EGF-patterned mechanical feedback mechanism that coordinates tissue folding and convergent extension to facilitate embryo-wide gastrulation movements.

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ActomyosinBody PatterningDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsErbB ReceptorsMorphogenesisReceptors, Invertebrate PeptideAdherens JunctionsAnimalsCell MovementEctodermEmbryo, NonmammalianEpidermal Growth FactorGastrulationMesodermSignal TransductionActomyosinDrosophila ProteinsEgfr protein, DrosophilaEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsReceptors, Invertebrate Peptideactomyosinadherens junctioncell adhesionDrosophila melanogasterEGFR signalinggastrulationmorphogenesis

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PMCPMC11755374

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