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First published online June 8, 2005
doi: 10.1242/10.1242/dev.01886
Institute of Signaling, Developmental Biology and Cancer, UMR 6543 CNRS, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice, cedex 2, France
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: noselli{at}unice.fr)
Accepted 29 April 2005
| SUMMARY |
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chains, Laminin A and
Perlecan. Capping of polar cells proceeds through a novel, basal-to-apical
transcytosis mechanism that involves the small GTPase Drab5. Apical capping is
transient and is followed by rapid shedding prior to the initiation of BC
migration, suggesting that the apical cap blocks migration. Consistently,
non-migratory polar cells remain capped. We further show that JAK/STAT
signalling and recruitment of outer BCs are required for correct shedding and
migration. The dynamics of the BM represents a marker of migratory BC,
revealing a novel developmentally regulated behaviour of BM coupled to
epithelial cell invasiveness.
Key words: Basement membrane, Border cells, Migration, JAK/STAT, Transcytosis, Collagen IV
| Introduction |
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Drosophila border cells (BCs) represent an attractive genetic
model with which to study the invasiveness of epithelial cell clusters
(Montell, 2003
;
Rorth, 2002
). BCs are made of
two different cell types that appear sequentially during oogenesis, which form
a composite cluster delaminating from the anterior follicular epithelium to
migrate posteriorly into the egg chamber
(Fig. 1A). In early stages, a
pair of polar cells is determined at each pole of the egg chamber. Later, a
ring of six outer BCs, surrounding the anterior polar cells, are specified to
make a mature cluster, which, collectively with polar cells, is called the BC.
We, and others, have recently shown that the formation of the BC cluster
depends on signaling from polar cells to the outer BCs
(Beccari et al., 2002
;
Ghiglione et al., 2002
;
McGregor et al., 2002
;
Silver and Montell, 2001
). In
this process, polar cells express the secreted ligand Unpaired, activating the
JAK/STAT pathway in neighboring cells. Those cells receiving the highest
levels of the Unpaired ligand are committed into the outer BC fate and
participate in the formation of a migratory BC cluster.
Recent work has shown that BCs are guided during their migration towards
the oocyte through the EGFR and the PDGF/VEGF pathways
(Duchek and Rorth, 2001
;
Duchek et al., 2001
;
McDonald et al., 2003
). Other
molecules are also essential for BC migration, including Slbo
(Montell et al., 1992
),
ecdysone (a steroid hormone) (Bai et al.,
2000
) and myosin VI
(Geisbrecht and Montell,
2002
), as is the formation of long cellular actin-containing
extensions (Fulga and Rorth,
2002
). However, the cellular events accompanying the initial
phases of BC formation and delamination are poorly understood, and it is
particularly unclear what are the role and behavior of the BM in this
process.
Here, we show that components of the BM undergo shuttling to the apical surface in anterior polar cells, through transcytosis involving Drab5 (Rab5 - FlyBase). This unusual apical capping is both asymmetrical and transient. Indeed, shortly before invasion starts, JAK/STAT signaling and interaction with outer BCs is required for shedding of the apical cap in polar cells, thus coordinating outer BC recruitment and invasiveness of the cluster. Strikingly, isolated polar cells that are unable to migrate maintain an apical cap.
The apical and transient targeting of BM materials in BCs may represent a novel marker of migratory cells during development and cancer, as well as a novel mechanism whereby the transition from pre-migratory to migratory phenotype is controlled.
| Materials and methods |
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1 chain (Cg25C;
1:1000) were from J. Fessler (Blumberg et
al., 1988
Protein extracts were prepared from ovaries, loaded on SDS-PAGE gels and
blotted onto nitrocellulose filters. Type IV Collagen
1 and
2-GFP chains were detected using anti-
1 and anti-GFP antibodies,
respectively.
Confocal microscopy and imaging
From one experiment to another, we found a small variation in the number of
egg chambers showing an apical cap in wild type (85±5%), probably
because of variations in the fixation conditions. To determine the percentage
of egg chambers showing an apical cap (Fig.
4G,H), wild-type and mutant egg chambers were stained and
processed at the same time. Thus, each experiment has its own control, which
is plotted in the histogram. At least three sets of experiments were performed
for each condition.
Images were taken using a Leica TCS-SP1 or a Zeiss LSM 510 Meta confocal microscope and processed using Photoshop 7.0 (Adobe). Three-dimensional reconstruction of anterior egg chambers and apical caps was made using Volocity 2.6 (Improvision).
Statistical analysis
The statistical analysis shown in Fig.
4G was made by comparing the means of the variables in each
experiment. Given the statistically high number of samples, we applied the
Bernoulli Rule. In each experiment, we tested the hypothesis that results are
equal versus the hypothesis that results are different (ShiK44A),
lower (Drab5S43N) or higher (Drab5WT) than the wild
type. We chose a confidence interval (
) and applied Student's
t-test to the data. The result of which indicates that the
probability that Drab5S43N is lower than wild type is 0.99 (99%),
the probability that ShiK44A and wild type are not different is
0.99 (99%), and the probability that Drab5WT is higher than wild
type is 0.85 (85%).
| Results |
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2 chain [encoded by the viking (vkg) gene] fused to
GFP (Morin et al., 2001
1 chain
(Fig. 1E-H) (Blumberg et al., 1988
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Apical capping is asymmetrical and dynamic
Three-dimensional imaging of anterior stage 8 egg chambers shows that the
apical cap is rod-shaped and runs along the apical surface
(Fig. 3A-F; see Movies 1 and 2
in the supplementary material). Interestingly, the apical cap preferentially
associates with one of the two polar cells (see below), thus revealing a
previously unknown intrinsic asymmetry within the pair of anterior polar
cells.
Careful staging of egg chambers indicates that apical capping is highly dynamic and proceeds through four discrete steps. (1) From stages 1-8 of oogenesis, GFP-Vkg and other BM component localization is restricted to the basal surface of epithelial cells (Fig. 3G and data not shown). (2) During stage 8, the formation of a discrete apical cap above each of the two polar cells is observed, suggesting that, initially, each polar cell makes its own apical cap (Fig. 3H, arrowheads; Fig. 2D,F). Subsequently, when the apical surface of polar cells constricts, one cap develops (large arrowhead) while the other remains rudimentary (small arrowhead), thus leading to asymmetrical capping (Fig. 3I-K). (3) The apical cap is kept in place at stages when polar cells undergo rounding and detach from the BM (Fig. 3J). In rare cases, it is possible to observe an intermediate stage showing two opposite caps, one at the basal and one at the apical surface (Fig. 3K). (4) Finally, when the BC cluster starts to migrate, the apical cap is no longer observed and only the basal cap remains (Fig. 3L). Thus, apical capping is transient, appearing at stage 8 and being shed at stage 9. The timing and cell-type specificity of apical capping indicate that BM cap dynamics are tightly coordinated with the formation of migratory border cells.
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The above results suggest that the apical cap originates from outside the
polar cells. Transcytosis is a mechanism allowing proteins from one membrane
sub-domain to be targeted to another domain after internalization
(Tuma and Hubbard, 2003
). To
test whether internalization could be a mechanism by which the apical cap
forms, we blocked Drab5 and Shibire (a Drosophila dynamin homolog)
function in the BCs. These proteins are required in intracellular trafficking
in Drosophila and other organisms
(Seto et al., 2002
), and we
show here that both proteins are essential for BC migration
(Table 1;
Fig. 6). Interestingly, the
expression in BCs of a Drab5 dominant-negative (DN) form
(Drab5S43N) (Wucherpfennig et
al., 2003
) results in the absence of the apical cap in stage 8 egg
chambers, as compared with wild type (Fig.
4D,E,G). Moreover, among clusters still showing a cap in
Drab5S43N egg chambers, 47% show a `micro-cap'
(Fig. 4F,H), which is twice as
frequent as in wild-type egg chambers (20%)
(Fig. 4H). Conversely, the
expression of Drab5WT induces a 5% increase in the number of egg
chambers with an apical cap (Fig.
4G). In this case, micro caps are less frequent (15%) than in wild
type (25%) (Fig. 4H).
The expression of a dominant-negative form of Shibire (ShiS44A)
(Moline et al., 1999
) did not
block the formation of the apical cap (Fig.
4G). Thus, contrary to clathrin-dependent endocytosis, Drab5 and
Shi have distinct roles in the formation of an apical cap over anterior polar
cells.
We also tested the effect of other trafficking molecules and of signaling pathways known to be important for BC migration (see Table 1). None of these induced a defect in apical cap formation, indicating that Drab5 plays a specific role in this process.
Apical cap shedding requires JAK/STAT signaling and outer BCs
Once BC delaminate and start migration, the apical cap is no longer
observed, indicating that an active process is responsible for removing the BM
apically. It is thus important to determine the mechanism by which apical
shedding and migration are coordinated. One likely possibility is that outer
BCs themselves could control the status of the apical BM in polar cells. In
order to test this possibility, we blocked the formation of outer BCs by
expressing dominant-negative forms of Domeless (Dome) (Dome
Ext and
Dome
Cyt), the receptor of the JAK/STAT pathway. In wild-type egg
chambers, polar cells secrete the Unpaired ligand, which activates the
JAK/STAT pathway in neighboring cells and recruits them as outer BCs
(Fig. 1A) (Beccari et al., 2002
;
Ghiglione et al., 2002
;
McGregor et al., 2002
;
Silver and Montell, 2001
).
Those cells receiving the highest levels of Unpaired are committed into the
outer BC fate and participate in the formation of a migratory BC cluster.
Expression of dominant-negative forms of Dome lacking either the extracellular
or the intracellular receptor domain (Dome
Ext and Dome
Cyt,
respectively), induces most egg chambers to develop without outer BCs
(Ghiglione et al., 2002
).
Consequently, the two polar cells remain at the anterior tip and do not
migrate (Fig. 7B). Strikingly,
the apical cap forms normally in Dome
Cyt stage 9 egg chambers but is
not shed in stage 10, or later, egg chambers
(Fig. 7A,B), suggesting that
outer BCs are required for removing of the apical cap. In order to confirm
this result, and to rule out the possibility that the absence of migration
itself could block shedding, migration of a fully formed BC cluster was
inhibited by expression of either a dominant-negative form of Drac
(DracN17) (Murphy and Montell,
1996
) (Fig. 7C,D)
or a wild-type form of Dome (Ghiglione et
al., 2002
) (Table
1). In both cases, and despite a lack of migration, the apical cap
forms normally and is shed like in wild-type clusters, confirming that outer
BCs are essential for shedding before the cluster starts migration, probably
by interacting back with the polar cells. Note that, in the Drac1 condition,
detachment from the BM appears normal, as indicated by the presence of a basal
cap (Fig. 7D), and the
migratory phenotype originates from actin cytoskeleton defects, as shown
previously (Geisbrecht and Montell,
2004
; Murphy and Montell,
1996
).
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| Discussion |
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Outer BCs are not required for apical cap formation
(Fig. 7A,B). Similarly, outer
BCs form normally in the absence of a cap
(Fig. 4; data not shown),
indicating that apical capping is not a pre-requisite for outer BCs to be
recruited and the cluster to be assembled. Interestingly, we found that
immotile polar cells remained capped (Fig.
7A,B). Thus, a possible role for apical capping is to block the
migration of immature clusters, a finding that could explain the long standing
observation that isolated polar cells cannot migrate on their own. Indeed, the
coordination between apical cap degradation and the recruitment of outer BCs
indicates that degradation of the apical cap could serve as a check point or
quality control ensuring that only finalized clusters can start migration. It
is important to note that degradation of the ECM at the leading edge of
migrating clusters is essential for tumour progression, and examples of cancer
cells showing a reduction or absence of some basement membrane markers,
including Collagen IV, have been reported. In particular, human
3/
4 type IV Collagen is found at the apical surface in normal
colon tissue, but is absent in colorectal neoplastic cells
(Hiki et al., 2002
), making
the differential distribution of type IV collagens potential diagnostic
markers for the invasiveness of cancer cells. The BC model will be central for
future studies aimed at understanding BM dynamics and function in invasive
clusters.
Supplementary material
Supplementary material for this article is available at
http://dev.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/132/13/3069/DC1
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