PUBLICATION
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase is required for process outgrowth and cell polarization of gastrulating mesendodermal cells
- Authors
- Montero, J.-A., Killan, B., Chan, J., Bayliss, P.E., and Heisenberg, C.-P.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-030812-4
- Date
- 2003
- Source
- Current biology : CB 13(15): 1279-1289 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bayliss, Peter, Chan, Joanne, Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp, Montero-Simon, Juan-Antonio
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Polarity/physiology*
- Endoderm/physiology*
- Gastrula/cytology
- Gastrula/physiology*
- Gene Expression Profiling
- In Situ Hybridization
- Microinjections
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism*
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/physiology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Signal Transduction*
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- PubMed
- 12906787 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Citation
Montero, J.-A., Killan, B., Chan, J., Bayliss, P.E., and Heisenberg, C.-P. (2003) Phosphoinositide 3-kinase is required for process outgrowth and cell polarization of gastrulating mesendodermal cells. Current biology : CB. 13(15):1279-1289.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: During vertebrate gastrulation, cell polarization and migration are core components in the cellular rearrangements that lead to the formation of the three germ layers, ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. Previous studies have implicated the Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling pathway in controlling cell morphology and movement during gastrulation. However, cell polarization and directed cell migration are reduced but not completely abolished in the absence of Wnt/PCP signals; this observation indicates that other signaling pathways must be involved.RESULTS: We show that Phosphoinositide 3-Kinases (PI3Ks) are required at the onset of zebrafish gastrulation in mesendodermal cells for process formation and cell polarization. Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) functions upstream of PI3K, while Protein Kinase B (PKB), a downstream effector of PI3K activity, localizes to the leading edge of migrating mesendodermal cells. In the absence of PI3K activity, PKB localization and cell polarization are strongly reduced in mesendodermal cells and are followed by slower but still highly coordinated and directed movements of these cells.CONCLUSIONS: We have identified a novel role of a signaling pathway comprised of PDGF, PI3K, and PKB in the control of morphogenetic cell movements during gastrulation. Furthermore, our findings provide insight into the relationship between cell polarization and directed cell migration at the onset of zebrafish gastrulation.
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