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ArticleNature communications2025

Tissue shear as a cue for aligning planar polarity in the developing Drosophila wing.

Su Ee Tan, David Strutt

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Su Ee TanSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7026-9900
David StruttSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Sheffield, UK. d.strutt@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-4515

Funding

RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/W024144/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 210630/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Planar polarity establishment in epithelia requires interpretation of directional tissue-level information at cellular and molecular levels. Mechanical forces exerted during tissue morphogenesis are emerging as crucial tissue-level directional cues, yet the mechanisms by which they regulate planar polarity are poorly understood. Using the Drosophila pupal wing, we confirm that tissue stress promotes proximal-distal (PD) planar polarity alignment. Moreover, high tissue stress anisotropy can reduce the rate of accumulation and lower the stability on cell junctions of the core planar polarity protein Frizzled (Fz). Notably, under high tissue stress anisotropy, we see an increased gradient of cell flow, characterised by differential velocities across adjacent cell rows. This promotes core protein turnover at cell-cell contacts parallel to the flow direction, possibly via dissociation of transmembrane complexes by shear forces. We propose that gradients of cell flow play a critical role in establishing and maintaining PD-oriented polarity alignment in the developing pupal wing.

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Cell PolarityDrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterWings, AnimalAnimalsAnisotropyDrosophila ProteinsFrizzled ReceptorsIntercellular JunctionsMorphogenesisPupaStress, MechanicalDrosophila ProteinsFrizzled Receptorsfz protein, Drosophila

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PMID39920191
PMCPMC11806038

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