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ArticleNature communications2025

Cell autonomous polarization by the planar cell polarity signaling pathway.

Alexis T Weiner, Silas Boye Nissen, Kaye Suyama, Bomsoo Cho, Gandhy Pierre-Louis, Jeffrey D Axelrod

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Article in Nature communications, 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexis T WeinerDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Silas Boye NissenDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9473-4755
Kaye SuyamaDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Bomsoo ChoDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8970-9160
Gandhy Pierre-LouisDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jeffrey D AxelrodDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. jaxelrod@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6094-7392

Funding

Resource Component: Acquisition, maintenance and distribution of Drosophila stocksP40OD018537 · OD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Annette L. Parks · 2014 to 2026
$13.5M
Planar cell polarity mechanisms and systems architectureR35GM131914 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey D. Axelrod · 2019 to 2026
$7.4M
Molecular mechanisms underlying force transduction at cellular adhesion complexesR35GM130332 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Alexander R Dunn · 2019 to 2026
$4.9M
A multidisciplinary approach to understanding feedback and clustering in PCP signalingR01HL169299 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey D. Axelrod, Alexander R Dunn · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL169299NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130332NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131914NIH HHS P40 OD018537Novo Nordisk Fonden (Novo Nordisk Foundation) NNF20OC0059462Novo Nordisk Fonden (Novo Nordisk Foundation) NNF21CC0073729U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R01HL16929901U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM131914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As epithelial cells polarize in the tissue plane, the Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling module segregates two distinct molecular subcomplexes to opposite sides of cells. Homodimers of the atypical cadherin Flamingo form bridges linking opposite complexes in neighboring cells, coordinating their direction of polarization. Feedback is required for cell polarization, but whether feedback requires intercellular and/or intracellular pathways is unknown. Using novel tools, we show that cells lacking Flamingo, or bearing a homodimerization-deficient Flamingo, polarize autonomously, indicating that functional PCP subcomplexes form and segregate cell-autonomously. Furthermore, we identify feedback pathways and propose an asymmetry amplifying mechanism that operate cell-autonomously. The intrinsic logic of PCP signaling is therefore more similar to that in single cell systems than was previously recognized.

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CadherinsCell PolarityDrosophila ProteinsSignal TransductionAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterEpithelial CellsFeedback, PhysiologicalCadherinsDrosophila Proteins

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PMID41152240
PMCPMC12569089

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