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Epicardial spindle orientation controls cell entry into the myocardium.


ABSTRACT: During heart morphogenesis, epicardial cells undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migrate into the subepicardium. The cellular signals controlling this process are poorly understood. Here, we show that epicardial cells exhibit two distinct mitotic spindle orientations, directed either parallel or perpendicular to the basement membrane. Cells undergoing perpendicular cell division subsequently enter the myocardium. We found that loss of beta-catenin led to a disruption of adherens junctions and a randomization of mitotic spindle orientation. Loss of adherens junctions also disrupted Numb localization within epicardial cells, and disruption of Numb and Numblike expression in the epicardium led to randomized mitotic spindle orientations. Taken together, these data suggest that directed mitotic spindle orientation contributes to epicardial EMT and implicate a junctional complex of beta-catenin and Numb in the regulation of spindle orientation.

SUBMITTER: Wu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2909470 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Epicardial spindle orientation controls cell entry into the myocardium.

Wu Mingfu M   Smith Christopher L CL   Hall James A JA   Lee Ivy I   Luby-Phelps Kate K   Tallquist Michelle D MD  

Developmental cell 20100701 1


During heart morphogenesis, epicardial cells undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migrate into the subepicardium. The cellular signals controlling this process are poorly understood. Here, we show that epicardial cells exhibit two distinct mitotic spindle orientations, directed either parallel or perpendicular to the basement membrane. Cells undergoing perpendicular cell division subsequently enter the myocardium. We found that loss of beta-catenin led to a disruption of adh  ...[more]

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