The Glide/Gcm fate determinant controls initiation of collective cell migration by regulating Frazzled

  1. Tripti Gupta
  2. Arun Kumar
  3. Cattenoz Pierre
  4. K VijayRaghavan
  5. Angela Giangrande  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France
  2. University of California, Riverside, United States
  3. Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, India

Abstract

Collective migration is a complex process that contributes to build precise tissue and organ architecture. Several molecules involved in cell interaction control collective migration, but what their precise role is and how is their expression finely tuned to orchestrate the different steps of the process is poorly understood. Here we show that the timely and threshold expression of the Netrin receptor Frazzled triggers the initiation of glia migration in the Drosophila wing. Frazzled expression is induced by the Glide/Gcm transcription factor in a dose dependent manner. Thus, the glial determinant also regulates the efficiency of collective migration. NetrinB but not NetrinA serves as a chemoattractant and Unc5 contributes as a repellant Netrin receptor for glia migration. Our model includes strict spatial localization of a ligand, a cell autonomously acting receptor and a fate determinant that act coordinately to direct glia towards their final destination.

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  1. Tripti Gupta

    Department of Functional Genomics and Cancer, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  2. Arun Kumar

    Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, United States
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  3. Cattenoz Pierre

    Department of Functional Genomics and Cancer, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
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  4. K VijayRaghavan

    Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
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    K VijayRaghavan, Senior editor, eLife.
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  5. Angela Giangrande

    Department of Functional Genomics and Cancer, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
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    angela@igbmc.fr
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    No competing interests declared.
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Funding

CEFIPRA-4403-1 (graduate student fellowship)

  • K VijayRaghavan
  • Angela Giangrande

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (international award)

  • Angela Giangrande

Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (labelisation)

  • Angela Giangrande

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science (Projet grant)

  • Angela Giangrande

Ligue Contre le Cancer (Grant regional)

  • Angela Giangrande

USIAS

  • Angela Giangrande

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Hugo J Bellen, Baylor College of Medicine, United States

Version history

  1. Received: March 11, 2016
  2. Accepted: October 12, 2016
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: October 14, 2016 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: November 8, 2016 (version 2)

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© 2016, Gupta et al.

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  1. Tripti Gupta
  2. Arun Kumar
  3. Cattenoz Pierre
  4. K VijayRaghavan
  5. Angela Giangrande
(2016)
The Glide/Gcm fate determinant controls initiation of collective cell migration by regulating Frazzled
eLife 5:e15983.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15983

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