Cdh2 coordinates Myosin-II dependent internalisation of the zebrafish neural plate.

Tissue internalisation is a key morphogenetic mechanism by which embryonic tissues generate complex internal organs and a number of studies of epithelia have outlined a general view of tissue internalisation. Here we have used quantitative live imaging and mutant analysis to determine whether similar mechanisms are responsible for internalisation in a tissue that apparently does not have a typical epithelial organisation - the zebrafish neural plate. We found that although zebrafish embryos begin neurulation without a conventional epithelium, medially located neural plate cells adopt strategies typical of epithelia in order to constrict their dorsal surface membrane during cell internalisation. Furthermore, we show that Myosin-II activity is a significant driver of this transient cell remodeling which also depends on Cdh2 (N-cadherin). Abrogation of Cdh2 results in defective Myosin-II distribution, mislocalised internalisation events and defective neural plate morphogenesis. Our work suggests Cdh2 coordinates Myosin-II dependent internalisation of the zebrafish neural plate.

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Claudio Araya, Hanna-Maria Häkkinen, Luis Carcamo, Mauricio Cerda, Thierry Savy, Christopher Rookyard, Nadine Peyriéras, Jonathan D W Clarke. Cdh2 coordinates Myosin-II dependent internalisation of the zebrafish neural plate. Scientific reports. 2019 Feb 12;9(1):1835

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