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The SCF/KIT pathway implements self-organised epithelial patterning by cell movement

Alexandre Chuyen
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Charlotte Rulquin
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Virginie Thomé
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Laurent Kodjabachian
Andrea Pasini
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Résumé

How individual cell behaviours lead to the emergence of global patterns is poorly understood. In the Xenopus embryonic epidermis, multiciliated cells (MCCs) are born in a random pattern within an inner mesenchymal layer, and subsequently intercalate at regular intervals into an outer epithelial layer. Using both experiments and mathematical modelling, we show that this transition from chaotic to ordered distribution relies on mutual repulsion among motile immature MCCs, and affinity towards outer-layer intercellular junctions. Consistently, ARP2/3-mediated actin remodelling is required for MCC pattern emergence. Using multiple functional approaches, we show that the Kit tyrosine kinase receptor, expressed in MCCs, and its ligand Scf, expressed in outer-layer cells, are both required for regular MCC distribution. While Scf behaves as a potent adhesive cue for MCCs, Kit expression is sufficient to confer order to a disordered heterologous cell population. Our work reveals how a single signalling system can implement self-organised large-scale patterning.
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hal-03060592 , version 1 (14-12-2020)

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Alexandre Chuyen, Charlotte Rulquin, Virginie Thomé, Raphael Clement, Laurent Kodjabachian, et al.. The SCF/KIT pathway implements self-organised epithelial patterning by cell movement. 2020. ⟨hal-03060592⟩
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