Filopodia-based contact stimulation of cell migration drives tissue morphogenesis | Nature Communications
Contact stimulation of migration drives tissue morphogenesis. Here the authors report that filopodia-based contact-dependent asymmetry of cell–matrix adhesion drives directional movement, whereas contractile actin cables contribute to the integrity of the migrating cell cluster in the myotubes of Drosophila developing testes.
Download PDF Subjects Cell adhesion Cell biology Cell migration Cell polarity Cytoskeleton Abstract Cells migrate collectively to form tissues and organs during morphogenesis. Contact inhibition of locomotion (CIL) drives collective migration by inhibiting lamellipodial protrusions at cell–cell contacts and promoting polarization at the leading edge. Here, we report a CIL-related collective cell behavior of myotubes that lack lamellipodial protrusions, but instead use filopodia to move as a cohesive cluster in a formin-dependent manner. We perform genetic, pharmacological and mechanical pertur
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