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Mechanosensitive localization of Diversin highlights its function in vertebrate morphogenesis and planar cell polarity.
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- Planar polarization of endogenous ADIP during Xenopus neurulation.Biology open · 2026Article
- Linking Planar Cell Polarity to Mechanotransduction During Morphogenesis.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026Review
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Diversin is a vertebrate homolog of the core planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Diego. Here we studied the function of Diversin in Xenopus embryo morphogenesis and its subcellular localization at different locations in superficial ectoderm cells. Depletion of Diversin in the neuroectoderm inhibited apical domain size and neural tube closure and disrupted the polarized localization of endogenous Vangl2, another PCP protein. Whereas Diversin puncta were randomly distributed in early ectoderm, they acquired planar polarity in the neuroectoderm in a stage- and position-specific manner. We find that Diversin is accumulated at the cell junctions adjacent to apically constricting cells at the Xenopus neural plate border and the gastrula blastopore lip. Moreover, Diversin cytoplasmic puncta redistributed in the direction of the pulling forces from the cells with constricting apical domains, suggesting a mechanosensitive process. PCP complexes of Dishevelled (Dvl2) and Diversin or the mechanosensitive adaptor ADIP exhibited planar polarity in the neural plate and the wound edge and promoted wound healing. We propose that Diversin- and Dvl2-containing PCP complexes control morphogenesis in a tension-dependent manner.
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