
pmid: 23733343
pmc: PMC3678158
Collective migration of Drosophila border cells depends on a dynamic actin cytoskeleton that is highly polarized such that it concentrates around the outer rim of the migrating cluster of cells. How the actin cytoskeleton becomes polarized in these cells to enable collective movement remains unknown. Here we show that the Hippo signaling pathway links determinants of cell polarity to polarization of the actin cytoskeleton in border cells. Upstream Hippo pathway components localize to contacts between border cells inside the cluster and signal through the Hippo and Warts kinases to polarize actin and promote border cell migration. Phosphorylation of the transcriptional coactivator Yorkie (Yki)/YAP by Warts does not mediate the function of this pathway in promoting border cell migration, but rather provides negative feedback to limit the speed of migration. Instead, Warts phosphorylates and inhibits the actin regulator Ena to activate F-actin Capping protein activity on inner membranes and thereby restricts F-actin polymerization mainly to the outer rim of the migrating cluster.
Feedback, Physiological, Male, Actin Capping Proteins, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Cell Polarity, Nuclear Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Actins, Animals, Genetically Modified, DNA-Binding Proteins, Actin Cytoskeleton, Drosophila melanogaster, Cell Movement, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Female, Hippo Signaling Pathway, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinases, Research Articles, Signal Transduction
Feedback, Physiological, Male, Actin Capping Proteins, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Cell Polarity, Nuclear Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Actins, Animals, Genetically Modified, DNA-Binding Proteins, Actin Cytoskeleton, Drosophila melanogaster, Cell Movement, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Female, Hippo Signaling Pathway, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinases, Research Articles, Signal Transduction
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