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Integer topological defects organize stresses driving tissue morphogenesis

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NATURE MATERIALS
卷 21, 期 5, 页码 588-+

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01194-5

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  1. Human Frontiers of Science Program [LT-000793/2018-C]
  2. SystemsX RTD program EpiPhysX
  3. Swiss National Fund for Research [31003A_130520, 31003A_149975, 31003A_173087]
  4. European Research Council [311536]
  5. Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_130520, 31003A_149975, 31003A_173087] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
  6. European Research Council (ERC) [311536] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)

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Integer topological defects promote cellular self-organization and regulate cell differentiation and tissue morphogenesis. The self-organization of cells around these defects can establish complex multicellular structures and trigger localized cell differentiation or the growth of swirling cellular pillars. These processes require specific stress patterns.
Integer topological defects promote cellular self-organization, leading to the formation of complex cellular assemblies that trigger cell differentiation and the formation of swirling cellular pillars once differentiation is inhibited. These findings suggest that integer topological defects are important modulators of cellular differentiation and tissue morphogenesis. Tissues acquire function and shape via differentiation and morphogenesis. Both processes are driven by coordinating cellular forces and shapes at the tissue scale, but general principles governing this interplay remain to be discovered. Here we report that self-organization of myoblasts around integer topological defects, namely spirals and asters, suffices to establish complex multicellular architectures. In particular, these arrangements can trigger localized cell differentiation or, alternatively, when differentiation is inhibited, they can drive the growth of swirling protrusions. Both localized differentiation and growth of cellular vortices require specific stress patterns. By analysing the experimental velocity and orientational fields through active gel theory, we show that integer topological defects can generate force gradients that concentrate compressive stresses. We reveal these gradients by assessing spatial changes in nuclear volume and deformations of elastic pillars. We propose integer topological defects as mechanical organizing centres controlling differentiation and morphogenesis.

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