Mechanisms of cell positioning during C. elegans gastrulation

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Lee, Jen Yi ^a   Goldstein, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actomyosin cytoskeleton; C. elegans; Cell migration; Gastrulation; In vitro system; Morphogenesis; Polarity

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERMIS; GASTRULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOCHALASIN D; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTRULA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NOCODAZOLE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PACLITAXEL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037262376     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00211     Document Type: Review

References (62)

1. Babu, P. (1974). Biochemical genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol. Gen. Genet. 135, 39-44.
2. Barrett, K., Leptin, M. and Settleman, J. (1997). The Rho GTPase and a putative RhoGEF mediate a signaling pathway for the cell shape changes in Drosophila gastrulation. Cell 91, 905-915.
3. Bei, Y., Hogan, J., Berkowitz, L. A., Soto, M., Rocheleau, C. E., Pang, K. M., Collins, J. and Mello, C. C. (2002). SRC-1 and Wnt signaling act together to specify endoderm and to control cleavage orientation in early C. elegans embryos. Dev. Cell 3, 113-125.
4. Berkowitz, L. A. and Strome, S. (2000). MES-1, a protein required for unequal divisions of the germline in early C. elegans embryos, resembles receptor tyrosine kinases and is localized to the boundary between the germline and gut cells. Development 127, 4419-4431.
5. Bolker, J. A. (1993). Gastrulation and mesoderm morphogenesis in the white sturgeon. J. Exp. Zool. 266, 116-131.
6. Boyd, L., Guo, S., Levitan, D., Stinchcomb, D. T. and Kemphues, K. J. (1996). PAR-2 is asymmetrically distributed and promotes association of P granules and PAR-1 with the cortex in C. elegans embryos. Development 122, 3075-3084.
7. Brenner, S. (1974). The genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 77, 71-94.
8. Byrum, C. A. (2001). An analysis of hydrozoan gastrulation by unipolar ingression. Dev. Biol. 240, 627-640.
9. Edgar, L. G. (1995). Blastomere culture and analysis. Methods Cell Biol. 48, 303-321.
10. Ettensohn, C. A. (1991). Primary mesenchyme cell migration in the sea urchin embryo. In Gastrulation: Movements, Patterns, and Molecules (ed. R. Keller, W. H. Clark, Jr and F. Griffin), pp. 289-304. New York: Plenum Press.
11. Goldstein, B. (1992). Induction of gut in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Nature 357, 255-257.
12. Goldstein, B. (1995). Cell contacts orient some cell division axes in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. J. Cell Biol. 129, 1071-1080.
13. Guo, S. and Kemphues, K. J. (1996). A non-muscle myosin required for embryonic polarity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 382, 455-458.
14. Hacker, U. and Perrimon, N. (1998). DRhoGEF2 encodes a member of the Dbl family of oncogenes and controls cell shape changes during gastrulation in Drosophila. Genes Dev. 12, 274-284.
15. Hardin, J. and Keller, R. (1988). The behaviour and function of bottle cells during gastrulation of Xenopus laevis. Development 103, 211-230.
16. Hertzler, P. L. and Clark, W. H., Jr (1992). Cleavage and gastrulation in the shrimp Sicyonia ingentis: invagination is accompanied by oriented cell division. Development 116, 127-140.
17. Italiano, J. E., Jr, Roberts, T. M., Stewart, M. and Fontana, C. A. (1996). Reconstitution in vitro of the motile apparatus from the amoeboid sperm of Ascaris shows that filament assembly and bundling move membranes. Cell 84, 105-114.
18. Jacinto, A., Martinez-Arias, A. and Martin, P. (2001). Mechanisms of epithelial fusion and repair. Nat. Cell Biol. 3, E117-E123.
19. Jacobson, A. G., Oster, G. F., Odell, G. M. and Cheng, L. Y. (1986). Neurulation and the cortical tractor model for epithelial folding. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 96, 19-49.
20. Keller, R., Clark, W. H. J. and Griffin, F. (1991). Gastrulation: Movements, Patterns, and Molecules. New York: Plenum Press.
21. Keller, R. E. (1981). An experimental analysis of the role of bottle cells and the deep marginal zone in gastrulation of Xenopus laevis. J. Exp. Zool. 216, 81-101.
22. Kimberly, E. L. and Hardin, J. (1998). Bottle cells are required for the initiation of primary invagination in the sea urchin embryo. Dev. Biol. 204, 235-250.
23. Knight, J. K. and Wood, W. B. (1998). Gastrulation initiation in Caenorhabditis elegans requires the function of gad-1, which encodes a protein with WD repeats. Dev. Biol. 198, 253-265.
24. Krieg, C., Cole, T., Deppe, U., Schierenberg, E., Schmitt, D., Yoder, B. and von Ehrenstein, G. (1978). The cellular anatomy of embryos of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Analysis and reconstruction of serial section electron micrographs. Dev. Biol. 65, 193-215.
25. Laufer, J. S., Bazzicalupo, P. and Wood, W. B. (1980). Segregation of developmental potential in early embryos of Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell 19, 569-577.
26. Lewis, W. (1947). Mechanics of invagination. Anat. Rec. 97, 139-156.
27. Lin, R., Hill, R. J. and Priess, J. R. (1998). POP-1 and anterior-posterior fate decisions in C. elegans embryos. Cell 92, 229-239.
28. Mabuchi, I. and Takano Ohmuro, H. (1998). Effects of inhibitors of myosin light chain kinase and other protein kinases on the first cell division of sea urchin eggs. Dev. Growth Differ. 32, 549-556.
29. Maduro, M. F. and Rothman, J. H. (2002). Making worm guts: the gene regulatory network of the Caenorhabditis elegans endoderm. Dev. Biol. 246, 68-85.
30. Michaux, G., Legouis, R. and Labouesse, M. (2001). Epithelial biology: lessons from Caenorhabditis elegans. Gene 277, 83-100.
31. Mitchison, T. J. and Cramer, L. P. (1996). Actin-based cell motility and cell locomotion. Cell 84, 371-379.
32. Munro, E. M. and Odell, G. M. (2002). Polarized basolateral cell motility underlies invagination and convergent extension of the ascidian notochord. Development 129, 13-24.
33. Nance, J. and Priess, J. R. (2002). Cell polarity and gastrulation in C. elegans. Development 129, 387-397.
34. Odell, G. M., Oster, G., Alberch, P. and Burnside, B. (1981). The mechanical basis of morphogenesis. I. Epithelial folding and invagination. Dev. Biol. 85, 446-462.
35. Oegema, K., Desai, A., Rybina, S., Kirkham, M. and Hyman, A. A. (2001). Functional analysis of kinetochore assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Cell Biol. 153, 1209-1226.
36. Priess, J. R. and Hirsh, D. I. (1986). Caenorhabditis elegans morphogenesis: the role of the cytoskeleton in elongation of the embryo. Dev. Biol. 117, 156-173.
37. Rhumbler, L. (1899). Physikalische Analyse von Lebenserscheinungen der Zelle; III. Arch. f Entw. Mech. 9, 63.
38. Rhumbler, L. (1902). Zur Mechanik des Gastrulationsvorganges, insbesondere der Invagination. Eine entwicklungsmechanische Studie. Wilhem Roux' Arch. Entw. Org. 14, 401-476.
39. Rocheleau, C. E., Downs, W. D., Lin, R., Wittmann, C., Bei, Y., Cha, Y. H., Ali, M., Priess, J. R. and Mello, C. C. (1997). Wnt signaling and an APC-related gene specify endoderm in early C. elegans embryos. Cell 90, 707-716.
40. Ruchhoeft, M. L. and Harris, W. A. (1997). Myosin functions in Xenopus retinal ganglion cell growth cone motility in vivo. J. Neurobiol. 32, 567-578.
41. Ruffini, A. (1925). Fisiogenia. Milano: Francesco Vallardi.
42. Saitoh, M., Ishikawa, T., Matsushima, S., Naka, M. and Hidaka, H. (1987). Selective inhibition of catalytic activity of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 7796-7801.
43. Schierenberg, E. and Junkersdorf, B. (1992). The role of eggshell and underlying vitelline membrane for normal pattern formation in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. Rouxs Arch. Dev. Biol. 202, 10-16.
44. Schierenberg, E., Miwa, J. and von Ehrenstein, G. (1980). Cell lineages and developmental defects of temperature-sensitive embryonic arrest mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev. Biol. 76, 141-159.
45. Schoenwolf, G. C. (1991). Cell movements in the epiblast during gastrulation and neurulation in avian embryos. In Gastrulation: Movements, Patterns, and Molecules (ed. R. Keller, W. H. Clark, Jr and F. Griffin), pp. 1-28. New York: Plenum Press.
46. Shelton, C. A. and Bowerman, B. (1996). Time-dependent responses to glp-1-mediated inductions in early C. elegans embryos. Development 122, 2043-2050.
47. Shi, Y. and Mello, C. (1998). A CBP/p300 homolog specifies multiple differentiation pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes Dev. 12, 943-955.
48. Solursh, M. and Revel, J. P. (1978). A scanning electron microscope study of cell shape and cell appendages in the primitive streak region of the rat and chick embryo. Differentiation 11, 185-190.
49. Steinberg, M. S. (1963). Reconstitution of tissues by dissociated cells. Science 141, 401-408.
50. Steinberg, M. S. and Takeichi, M. (1994). Experimental specification of cell sorting, tissue spreading, and specific spatial patterning by quantitative differences in cadherin expression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 206-209.
51. Sulston, J. E., Schierenberg, E., White, J. G. and Thomson, J. N. (1983). The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev. Biol. 100, 64-119.
52. Tabara, H., Hill, R. J., Mello, C. C., Priess, J. R. and Kohara, Y. (1999). pos-1 encodes a cytoplasmic zinc-finger protein essential for germline specification in C. elegans. Development 126, 1-11.
53. Thorpe, C. J., Schlesinger, A., Carter, J. C. and Bowerman, B. (1997). Wnt signaling polarizes an early C. elegans blastomere to distinguish endoderm from mesoderm. Cell 90, 695-705.
54. Viebahn, C., Mayer, B. and Miething, A. (1995). Morphology of incipient mesoderm formation in the rabbit embryo: a light- and retrospective electron-microscopic study. Acta Anat. 154, 99-110.
55. Wang, Y. L., Silverman, J. D. and Cao, L. G. (1994). Single particle tracking of surface receptor movement during cell division. J. Cell Biol. 127, 963-971.
56. Wilson, P. and Keller, R. (1991). Cell rearrangement during gastrulation of Xenopus: direct observation of cultured explants. Development 112, 289-300.
57. Wood, W. B. (1988). The Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
58. Wu, D. Y. and Goldberg, D. J. (1993). Regulated tyrosine phosphorylation at the tips of growth cone filopodia. J. Cell Biol. 123, 653-664.
59. Young, P. E., Pesacreta, T. C. and Kiehart, D. P. (1991). Dynamic changes in the distribution of cytoplasmic myosin during Drosophila embryogenesis. Development 111, 1-14.
60. Yvon, A. M., Wadsworth, P. and Jordan, M. A. (1999). Taxol suppresses dynamics of individual microtubules in living human tumor cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 10, 947-959.
61. Zar, J. H. (1999). Biostatistical Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
62. Zhu, J., Hill, R. J., Heid, P. J., Fukuyama, M., Sugimoto, A., Priess, J. R. and Rothman, J. H. (1997). end-1 encodes an apparent GATA factor that specifies the endoderm precursor in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Genes Dev. 11, 2883-2896.