Piekny, Alisa J, Johnson, Jacque-Lynne F. and Cham, Gwendolyn D. (2003) The Caenorhabditis elegans nonmuscle myosin genes nmy-1 and nmy-2 function as redundant components of the let-502/Rho-binding kinase and mel-11/myosin phosphatase pathway during embryonic morphogenesis. Development, 130 (23). pp. 5695-5704. ISSN 0950-1991
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Abstract
Rho-binding kinase and the myosin phosphatase targeting subunit regulate nonmuscle contractile events in higher eukaryotes. Genetic evidence indicates that the C. elegans homologs regulate embryonic morphogenesis by controlling the actin-mediated epidermal cell shape changes that transform the spherical embryo into a long, thin worm. LET-502/Rho-binding kinase triggers elongation while MEL-11/myosin phosphatase targeting subunit inhibits this contractile event. We describe mutations in the nonmuscle myosin heavy chain gene nmy-1 that were isolated as suppressors of the mel-11 hypercontraction phenotype. However, a nmy-1 null allele displays elongation defects less severe than mutations in let-502 or in the single nonmuscle myosin light chain gene mlc-4. This results because nmy-1 is partially redundant with another nonmuscle myosin heavy chain, nmy-2, which was previously known only for its role in anterior/posterior polarity and cytokinesis in the early embryo. At the onset of elongation, NMY-1 forms filamentous-like structures similar to actin, and LET-502 is interspersed with these structures, where it may trigger contraction. MEL-11, which inhibits elongation, is initially cytoplasmic. In response to LET-502 activity, MEL-11 becomes sequestered away from the contractile apparatus, to the plasma membrane, when elongation commences. Upon completion of morphogenesis, MEL-11 again appears in the cytoplasm where it may halt actin/myosin contraction.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Biology |
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| Item Type: | Article |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Authors: | Piekny, Alisa J and Johnson, Jacque-Lynne F. and Cham, Gwendolyn D. |
| Journal or Publication: | Development |
| Date: | 1 December 2003 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1242/dev.00807 |
| Keywords: | C. elegans, Rho-binding kinase, Myosin phosphatase, Nonmuscle myosin, Morphogenesis |
| ID Code: | 7629 |
| Deposited By: | Danielle Dennie |
| Deposited On: | 30 May 2011 16:45 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 17:31 |
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