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ArticleDevelopmental cell2025

Neighbor cells restrain furrowing during Xenopus epithelial cytokinesis.

Jennifer Landino, Eileen Misterovich, Lotte van den Goor, Babli Adhikary, Shahana Chumki, Lance A Davidson, Ann L Miller

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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 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Tight junction structure, assembly and (dys)function.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  5. Shape, Strain, and Stability: Epithelia Under High Strain.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jennifer LandinoDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: jennifer.e.landino@dartmouth.edu.
Eileen MisterovichDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Lotte van den GoorDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Babli AdhikaryDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Shahana ChumkiCellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Lance A DavidsonDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ann L MillerDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: annlm@umich.edu.

Funding

The Biomechanics of morphogenesis in the frogR01HD044750 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI DAVIDSON, LANCE A. · 2005 to 2020
$3.8M
Regulation of localized RhoA activity in dividing epithelial cellsR01GM112794 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MILLER, ANN LOUISE · 2015 to 2023
$3.0M
Biomechanics of MorphogenesisR37HD044750 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LANCE A. DAVIDSON · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
UG Diversity Supplement: Epithelial cell-cell junction remodeling in response to cell- and tissue-scale forcesR35GM153204 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Ann Louise Miller · 2024 to 2026
$1.0M
Investigating the mechanism of self-organized cortical patterning in an artificial cortexR00GM147826 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI LANDINO, JENNIFER ELAINE · 2023 to 2025
$747k
Engineering the OrganizerR21HD106629 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DAVIDSON, LANCE A. · 2021 to 2022
$415k
Investigating the mechanism of self-organized cortical patterning in an artificial cortexK99GM147826 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LANDINO, JENNIFER ELAINE · 2022 to 2023
$105k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD044750NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD106629NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD044750NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM147826NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM147826NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112794NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM153204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokinesis challenges epithelial tissue homeostasis by generating forces that pull on neighboring cells. Junction reinforcement at the furrow in Xenopus epithelia regulates the speed of furrowing, suggesting that cytokinesis is subject to resistive forces from epithelial neighbors. We show that contractility factors accumulate near the furrow in neighboring cells, and increasing neighbor cell stiffness slows furrowing. Optogenetically increasing contractility in one or both neighbor cells slows furrowing or induces cytokinetic failure. Uncoupling mechanotransduction between dividing cells and their neighbors increases the furrow ingression rate, alters topological cell packing following cytokinesis, and impairs barrier function at the furrow. Computational modeling validates our findings and provides additional insights about epithelial mechanics during cytokinesis. We conclude that forces from the cytokinetic array must be carefully balanced with restraining forces generated by neighbor cells to regulate the speed and success of cytokinesis and maintain epithelial homeostasis.

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CytokinesisEpithelial CellsXenopus laevisAnimalsEpitheliumMechanotransduction, CellularXenopus ProteinsXenopus Proteinsactinɑ-actinincomputational modelingcytokinesisepitheliummyosin IIoptogeneticsRho GTPasevinculinXenopus

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PMID40203834
PMCPMC12353914

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