Multicellular actomyosin cables in epithelia under external anisotropic stress
arXiv: Tissues and Organs(2018)
摘要
The alignment of cell-cell junctions and associated cortical actomyosin across multiple cells to form supracellular cables in an epithelium is an example of the long range tissue organization that drives morphogenesis. Here we demonstrate that the ability of tissues to assemble these parallel cables depends on the initial packing topology of the cells in the epithelium. Using a computational vertex model we develop two methods of measuring a disordered tissueu0027s favorability to forming cables under an external stress. These measures quantify the deformation of cells and the distribution of tension in the tissue under stress. Using these measures we show that passive stress-induced cell flow reduces a tissueu0027s ability to form cables, whereas oriented divisions create a packing which can sustain multiple parallel cables. These measures are applied to a region of the the Drosophila demonstrating a shift to a more cable-friendly packing after a wave of oriented divisions in the region.
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multicellular actomyosin cables,epithelia,external anisotropic stress
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