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Myosin II isoforms play distinct roles in adherens junction biogenesis

  1. Mélina L Heuze  Is a corresponding author
  2. Gautham Sankara
  3. Joseph D'Alessandro
  4. Victor Cellerin
  5. Tien Dang
  6. David S Williams
  7. Jan CM Van Hest
  8. Philippe Marcq
  9. René-Marc Mège  Is a corresponding author
  10. Benoit Ladoux  Is a corresponding author
  1. CNRS, France
  2. Swansea University, United Kingdom
  3. Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
  4. Sorbonne Université, France
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46599
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  1. Mélina L Heuze
  2. Gautham Sankara
  3. Joseph D'Alessandro
  4. Victor Cellerin
  5. Tien Dang
  6. David S Williams
  7. Jan CM Van Hest
  8. Philippe Marcq
  9. René-Marc Mège
  10. Benoit Ladoux
(2019)
Myosin II isoforms play distinct roles in adherens junction biogenesis
eLife 8:e46599.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46599
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Abstract

Adherens junction (AJ) assembly under force is essential for many biological processes like epithelial monolayer bending, collective cell migration, cell extrusion and wound healing. The acto-myosin cytoskeleton acts as a major force-generator during the de novo formation and remodelling of AJ. Here, we investigated the role of myosinII isoforms in epithelial junction assembly. Myosin IIA (NMIIA) and Myosin IIB (NMIIB) differentially regulate biogenesis of adherens junction through association with distinct actin networks. Analysis of junction dynamics, actin organization, and mechanical forces of control and knockdown cells for myosins revealed that NMIIA provides the mechanical tugging force necessary for cell-cell junction reinforcement and maintenance. NMIIB is involved in E-cadherin clustering, maintenance of a branched actin layer connecting E-cadherin complexes and perijunctional actin fibres leading to the building-up of anisotropic stress. These data reveal unanticipated complementary functions of NMIIA and NMIIB in the biogenesis and integrity of AJ.

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  1. Mélina L Heuze

    Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris, France
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  2. Gautham Sankara

    Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris, France
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  3. Joseph D'Alessandro

    Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris, France
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  4. Victor Cellerin

    Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris, France
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  5. Tien Dang

    Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris, France
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  6. David S Williams

    Department of Chemistry, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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  7. Jan CM Van Hest

    Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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  8. Philippe Marcq

    Laboratoire Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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  9. René-Marc Mège

    Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris, France
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  10. Benoit Ladoux

    Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris, France
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    benoit.ladoux@ijm.fr
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Funding

Seventh Framework Programme (CoG-617233)

  • Benoit Ladoux

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-CE13-0013)

  • René-Marc Mège

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-INBS-04)

  • René-Marc Mège
  • Benoit Ladoux

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR‐11‐LABX‐0071)

  • René-Marc Mège
  • Benoit Ladoux

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-11-LABX-0071)

  • Benoit Ladoux

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-CE13-0012)

  • Benoit Ladoux

Ligue Contre le Cancer (Equipe Labellisée)

  • René-Marc Mège

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. William I Weis, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States

Version history

  1. Received: March 6, 2019
  2. Accepted: September 5, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: September 5, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: September 23, 2019 (version 2)

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© 2019, Heuze et al.

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  1. Mélina L Heuze
  2. Gautham Sankara
  3. Joseph D'Alessandro
  4. Victor Cellerin
  5. Tien Dang
  6. David S Williams
  7. Jan CM Van Hest
  8. Philippe Marcq
  9. René-Marc Mège
  10. Benoit Ladoux
(2019)
Myosin II isoforms play distinct roles in adherens junction biogenesis
eLife 8:e46599.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46599

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