Adherens junction remodelling during mitotic rounding of pseudostratified epithelial cells

Mario Aguilar-Aragon; Teresa T. Bonello; Graham P. Bell; Georgina C. Fletcher; Barry J. Thompson

doi:10.15252/embr.201949700

Adherens junction remodelling during mitotic rounding of pseudostratified epithelial cells

Mario Aguilar-Aragon, Teresa T. Bonello, Graham P. Bell, Georgina C. Fletcher, Barry J. Thompson^*

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Epithelial cells undergo cortical rounding at the onset of mitosis to enable spindle orientation in the plane of the epithelium. In cuboidal epithelia in culture, the adherens junction protein E-cadherin recruits Pins/LGN/GPSM2 and Mud/NuMA to orient the mitotic spindle. In the pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells of Drosophila, septate junctions recruit Mud/NuMA to orient the spindle, while Pins/LGN/GPSM2 is surprisingly dispensable. We show that these pseudostratified epithelial cells downregulate E-cadherin as they round up for mitosis. Preventing cortical rounding by inhibiting Rho-kinase-mediated actomyosin contractility blocks downregulation of E-cadherin during mitosis. Mitotic activation of Rho-kinase depends on the RhoGEF ECT2/Pebble and its binding partners RacGAP1/MgcRacGAP/CYK4/Tum and MKLP1/KIF23/ZEN4/Pav. Cell cycle control of these Rho activators is mediated by the Aurora A and B kinases, which act redundantly during mitotic rounding. Thus, in Drosophila pseudostratified epithelia, disruption of adherens junctions during mitosis necessitates planar spindle orientation by septate junctions to maintain epithelial integrity.

Original language	English
Article number	e49700
Journal	EMBO Reports
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201949700
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2020

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