Affiliation:
1. Cardiff University, School of Biosciences , Cardiff, CF10 3AX , UK
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Spatial organization within an organ is essential and needs to be maintained during development. This is largely implemented via compartment boundaries that serve as barriers between distinct cell types. Biased accumulation of junctional non-muscle Myosin II along the interface between differently fated groups of cells contributes to boundary integrity and maintains its shape via increased tension. Here, using the Drosophila wing imaginal disc, we tested whether interfacial tension driven by accumulation of Myosin is responsible for the elimination of aberrantly specified cells that would otherwise compromise compartment organization. To this end, we genetically reduced Myosin II levels in three different patterns: in both wild-type and misspecified cells, only in misspecified cells, and specifically at the interface between wild-type and aberrantly specified cells. We found that the recognition and elimination of aberrantly specified cells do not strictly rely on tensile forces driven by interfacial Myosin cables. Moreover, apical constriction of misspecified cells and their separation from wild-type neighbours occurred even when Myosin levels were greatly reduced. Thus, we conclude that the forces that drive elimination of aberrantly specified cells are largely independent of Myosin II accumulation.
Funder
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Cardiff University
European Regional Development Fund
Llywodraeth Cymru
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
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