Cell volume changes contribute to epithelial morphogenesis in zebrafish Kupffer's vesicle

  1. Agnik Dasgupta
  2. Matthias Merkel
  3. Madeline J Clark
  4. Andrew E Jacob
  5. Jonathan Edward Dawson
  6. M Lisa Manning  Is a corresponding author
  7. Jeffrey D Amack  Is a corresponding author
  1. State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, United States
  2. Syracuse University, United States

Abstract

How epithelial cell behaviors are coordinately regulated to sculpt tissue architecture is a fundamental question in biology. Kupffer's vesicle (KV), a transient organ with a fluid-filled lumen, provides a simple system to investigate the interplay between intrinsic cellular mechanisms and external forces during epithelial morphogenesis. Using 3-dimensional (3D) analyses of single cells we identify asymmetric cell volume changes along the anteroposterior axis of KV that coincide with asymmetric cell shape changes. Blocking ion flux prevents these cell volume changes and cell shape changes. Vertex simulations suggest cell shape changes do not depend on lumen expansion. Consistent with this prediction, asymmetric changes in KV cell volume and shape occur normally when KV lumen growth fails due to leaky cell adhesions. These results indicate ion flux mediates cell volume changes that contribute to asymmetric cell shape changes in KV, and that these changes in epithelial morphology are separable from lumen-generated forces.

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  1. Agnik Dasgupta

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, United States
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  2. Matthias Merkel

    Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States
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  3. Madeline J Clark

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, United States
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  4. Andrew E Jacob

    Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, United States
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  5. Jonathan Edward Dawson

    Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States
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  6. M Lisa Manning

    Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States
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  7. Jeffrey D Amack

    Department of Cell and Developmental Bilogy, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, United States
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    amackj@upstate.edu
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National Institutes of Health (R01HL095690)

  • Jeffrey D Amack

National Institutes of Health (R01GM117598)

  • M Lisa Manning

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© 2018, Dasgupta et al.

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  1. Agnik Dasgupta
  2. Matthias Merkel
  3. Madeline J Clark
  4. Andrew E Jacob
  5. Jonathan Edward Dawson
  6. M Lisa Manning
  7. Jeffrey D Amack
(2018)
Cell volume changes contribute to epithelial morphogenesis in zebrafish Kupffer's vesicle
eLife 7:e30963.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.30963

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