Core PCP mutations affect short time mechanical properties but not tissue morphogenesis in the Drosophila pupal wing

  1. Romina Piscitello-Gómez
  2. Franz S Gruber
  3. Abhijeet Krishna
  4. Charlie Duclut
  5. Carl D Modes
  6. Marko Popović
  7. Frank Jülicher
  8. Natalie A Dye  Is a corresponding author
  9. Suzanne Eaton
  1. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
  2. University of Dundee, United Kingdom
  3. Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, France
  4. Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Germany
  5. Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany
  6. Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Abstract

How morphogenetic movements are robustly coordinated in space and time is a fundamental open question in biology. We study this question using the wing of Drosophila melanogaster, an epithelial tissue that undergoes large-scale tissue flows during pupal stages. Previously, we showed that pupal wing morphogenesis involves both cellular behaviors that allow relaxation of mechanical tissue stress, as well as cellular behaviors that appear to be actively patterned (Etournay et al., 2015). Here, we show that these active cellular behaviors are not guided by the core planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway, a conserved signaling system that guides tissue development in many other contexts. We find no significant phenotype on the cellular dynamics underlying pupal morphogenesis in mutants of core PCP. Furthermore, using laser ablation experiments, coupled with a rheological model to describe the dynamics of the response to laser ablation, we conclude that while core PCP mutations affect the fast timescale response to laser ablation they do not significantly affect overall tissue mechanics. In conclusion, our work shows that cellular dynamics and tissue shape changes during Drosophila pupal wing morphogenesis do not require core PCP as an orientational guiding cue.

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  1. Romina Piscitello-Gómez

    Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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  2. Franz S Gruber

    School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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  3. Abhijeet Krishna

    Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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  4. Charlie Duclut

    Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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  5. Carl D Modes

    Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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  6. Marko Popović

    Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
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  7. Frank Jülicher

    Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
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  8. Natalie A Dye

    DFG Excellence Cluster Physics of Life, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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  9. Suzanne Eaton

    Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Max Planck Society

  • Romina Piscitello-Gómez
  • Franz S Gruber
  • Abhijeet Krishna
  • Charlie Duclut
  • Carl D Modes
  • Marko Popović
  • Frank Jülicher
  • Natalie A Dye
  • Suzanne Eaton

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC-2068-390729961)

  • Romina Piscitello-Gómez
  • Abhijeet Krishna
  • Carl D Modes
  • Frank Jülicher
  • Natalie A Dye
  • Suzanne Eaton

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP1782)

  • Romina Piscitello-Gómez
  • Franz S Gruber
  • Natalie A Dye
  • Suzanne Eaton

Deutsche Krebshilfe (MSNZ-P2 Dresden)

  • Natalie A Dye

Austrian Academy of Sciences (DOC Fellowship)

  • Franz S Gruber

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

  • Charlie Duclut

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-18-IDEX-0001)

  • Charlie Duclut

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EA4/10-1,EA4/10-2)

  • Romina Piscitello-Gómez
  • Franz S Gruber
  • Natalie A Dye
  • Suzanne Eaton

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  1. Romina Piscitello-Gómez
  2. Franz S Gruber
  3. Abhijeet Krishna
  4. Charlie Duclut
  5. Carl D Modes
  6. Marko Popović
  7. Frank Jülicher
  8. Natalie A Dye
  9. Suzanne Eaton
(2023)
Core PCP mutations affect short time mechanical properties but not tissue morphogenesis in the Drosophila pupal wing
eLife 12:e85581.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85581

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