2024-08-12 カリフォルニア大学サンタバーバラ校(UCSB)
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- https://news.ucsb.edu/2024/021578/how-cell-nuclei-organize-eyes-and-brain
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-024-01972-3
脊椎動物の器官形成における核の妨害転移 A nuclear jamming transition in vertebrate organogenesis
Sangwoo Kim,Rana Amini,Shuo-Ting Yen,Petr Pospíšil,Arthur Boutillon,Ilker Ali Deniz & Otger Campàs
Nature Materials Published:12 August 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01972-3
Abstract
Jamming of cell collectives and associated rigidity transitions have been shown to play a key role in tissue dynamics, structure and morphogenesis. Cellular jamming is controlled by cellular density and the mechanics of cell–cell contacts. However, the contribution of subcellular organelles to the physical state of the emergent tissue is unclear. Here we report a nuclear jamming transition in zebrafish retina and brain tissues, where physical interactions between highly packed nuclei restrict cellular movements and control tissue mechanics and architecture. Computational modelling suggests that the nuclear volume fraction and anisotropy of cells control the emerging tissue physical state. Analysis of tissue architecture, mechanics and nuclear movements during eye development show that retina tissues undergo a nuclear jamming transition as they form, with increasing nuclear packing leading to more ordered cellular arrangements, reminiscent of the crystalline cellular packings in the functional adult eye. Our results reveal an important role of the cell nucleus in tissue mechanics and architecture.
