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Force Generation, Transmission, and Integration during Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis

Lecuit, Thomas, Lenne, Pierre-François, Munro, Edwin·2011·Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Abstract

Cell shape changes underlie a large set of biological processes ranging from cell division to cell motility. Stereotyped patterns of cell shape changes also determine tissue remodeling events such as extension or invagination. In vitro and cell culture systems have been essential to understanding the fundamental physical principles of subcellular mechanics. These are now complemented by studies in developing organisms that emphasize how cell and tissue morphogenesis emerge from the interplay between force-generating machines, such as actomyosin networks, and adhesive clusters that transmit tensile forces at the cell cortex and stabilize cell-cell and cell-substrate interfaces. Both force production and transmission are self-organizing phenomena whose adaptive features are essential during tissue morphogenesis. A new era is opening that emphasizes the similarities of and allows comparisons between distant dynamic biological phenomena because they rely on core machineries that control universal features of cytomechanics.

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  • The mechanisms underlying junctional positioning and coupling to the contractile actomyosin network to provide tensile strength to the barrier have been mostly explored in simple epithelia in lower organisms or in cell culture.

    “The mechanisms underlying junctional positioning and coupling to the contractile actomyosin network to provide tensile strength to the barrier have been mostly explored in simple epithelia in lower organisms or in cell culture32, 33.”

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Authors
Lecuit, T., Lenne, P.-F., & Munro, E.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of Chicago (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Published
2011-11-10
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
157-184
ISSN
  • 1081-0706 (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8995
OpenAlex
W2121492835
Cited by
621
References
206
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Skin and Cellular Biology Research
Keywords
cell shape changes, tissue morphogenesis, force generation, force transmission, actomyosin network, cell adhesion, cell cortex, cell mechanics, tissue remodeling, cell motility, cell division, self-organization, cell-substrate interaction
MeSH terms
Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Cell Adhesion, Cell Movement, Cytoskeleton, Microfilament Proteins, Actin Cytoskeleton, Morphogenesis, Stress, Mechanical, Myosin Type II, Cell Shape, Actin-Related Protein 2-3 Complex

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