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Multi-tissue patterning drives anterior morphogenesis of the C. elegans embryo.

Author(s): Grimbert S, Mastronardi K, Richard V, Christensen R, Law C, Zardoui K, Fay D, Piekny A

Complex structures derived from multiple tissue types are challenging to study in vivo, and our knowledge of how cells from different tissues are coordinated is limited. Model organisms have proven invaluable for improving our understanding of how chemical ...

Article GUID: 33309948
The phenotype associated with variants in TANGO2 may be explained by a dual role of the protein in ER-to-Golgi transport and at the mitochondria.

Author(s): Milev MP, Saint-Dic D, Zardoui K, Klopstock T, Law C, Distelmaier F, Sacher M

TANGO2 variants result in a complex disease phenotype consisting of recurrent crisis-induced rhabdomyolysis, encephalopathy, seizures, lactic acidosis, hypoglycemia, and cardiac arrhythmias. Although first described in a fruit fly model as a protein necessa...

Article GUID: 32909282
Title:Multi-tissue patterning drives anterior morphogenesis of the C. elegans embryo.
Authors:Grimbert S,  Mastronardi K,  Richard V,  Christensen R,  Law C,  Zardoui K,  Fay D,  Piekny A
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33309948
DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.12.003
Category:Dev Biol
PMID:33309948
Dept Affiliation: BIOLOGY
1 Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6, Canada.
2 Laboratory of High Resolution Optical Imaging, NIH/NIBIB, 13 South Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
3 Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.
4 Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6, Canada. Electronic address: alisa.piekny@concordia.ca.

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Multi-tissue patterning drives anterior morphogenesis of the C. elegans embryo.

Dev Biol. 2020 Dec 10; :

Authors: Grimbert S, Mastronardi K, Richard V, Christensen R, Law C, Zardoui K, Fay D, Piekny A

Abstract

Complex structures derived from multiple tissue types are challenging to study in vivo, and our knowledge of how cells from different tissues are coordinated is limited. Model organisms have proven invaluable for improving our understanding of how chemical and mechanical cues between cells from two different tissues can govern specific morphogenetic events. Here we used Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system to show how cells from three different tissues are coordinated to give rise to the anterior lumen. While some aspects of pharyngeal morphogenesis have been well-described, it is less clear how cells from the pharynx, epidermis and neuroblasts coordinate to define the location of the anterior lumen and supporting structures. Using various microscopy and software approaches, we define the movements and patterns of these cells during anterior morphogenesis. Projections from the anterior-most pharyngeal cells (arcade cells) provide the first visible markers for the location of the future lumen, and facilitate patterning of the surrounding neuroblasts. These neuroblast patterns control the rate of migration of the anterior epidermal cells, whereas the epidermal cells ultimately reinforce and control the position of the future lumen, as they must join with the pharyngeal cells for their epithelialization. Our studies are the first to characterize anterior morphogenesis in C. elegans in detail and should lay the framework for identifying how these different patterns are controlled at the molecular level.

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