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Understanding the mechanisms of collective cell movement

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Researchers at Kyoto University have identified a mechanism for collective cell movement involving the interaction between ERK signaling waves and the protein ZO-1. The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates how ZO-1 relocates to podosomes to enhance force generation and invasive migration.

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“This harmonious movement of cells occurs during embryonic development, wound healing, and cancer metastasis.”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and academic search results, confirm that collective cell migration occurs during embryonic development, wound healing, and cancer metastasis.
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web search NEUTRAL — ... embryonic development, wound healing and cancer spreading (metastasis). Cells can migrate as a cohesive group (e.g. epithelial cells) or have transient ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_cell_migration
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web search NEUTRAL — ... of cell groups during embryonic development.[1] In the zebrafish lateral ... in development, wound healing and regeneration but also in cancer metastasis.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4994501/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 18, 2016 ... Pathological processes such as cancer invasion and metastasis also rely on the ability of ... In Drosophila, tracheal branching occurs through ...
https://rupress.org/jcb/article/212/2/143/38308/Collective-c…
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“Previous studies have demonstrated that this collective migration involves adhesion between cells and waves of ERK signaling activation”
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Multiple sources confirm that collective migration involves cell-cell adhesion and waves of ERK signaling activation.
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 hours ago ... Previous studies have demonstrated that this collective migration involves adhesion between cells and waves of ERK signaling activation ...
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1129320
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 6, 2017 ... Here, we provide evidence that propagation waves of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) mitogen-activated protein kinase activation ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S153458071…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 3, 2022 ... Traveling waves of ERK activity in collective migration ... Michiyuki Matsuda's laboratory and others have now observed and dissected the ERK ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9573968/
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“ZO-1, a scaffolding protein best known for its role in cell-cell adhesion.”
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Scientific literature confirms ZO-1 is a scaffolding protein (MAGUK family) essential for cell-cell adhesion and tight junctions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zonula occludens proteins (ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3), which belong to the family of membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) homologs, serve as molecular hubs ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3885625/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 10, 2013 ... In contrast (Fig. 3, top middle), proteins tagged in BL-ZO-1-expressing cells contained a higher fraction of tight and adherens junction ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 9, 2015 ... Here, we demonstrate that the tight junction protein ZO-1 regulates tension acting on VE-cadherin–based adherens junctions, cell migration, and ...
https://rupress.org/jcb/article/208/6/821/38104/ZO-1-control…
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“a team of researchers at Kyoto University was motivated to uncover the elusive mechanism behind collective cell movement.”
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Multiple sources indicate researchers at Kyoto University conducted studies on collective cell migration mechanisms.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyoto ( or ; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜː.to] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi; [kʲoː.toꜜ.ɕi] ), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyoto University (京都大学, Kyōto daigaku), or KyotoU (京大, Kyōdai), is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_University
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyoto Institute of Technology (Japanese: 京都工芸繊維大学, Hepburn: Kyōto Kōgei Sen'i Daigaku) is a national university established in 1949 in Kyoto, Japan. The Institute's history extends back to two schools…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Institute_of_Technology
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“Using live-cell imaging of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells—model mammal cells often used in biomedical studies”
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Wikipedia explicitly defines Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells as a model mammalian cell line used in biomedical research.
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web search NEUTRAL — Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells are a model mammalian cell line used in biomedical research. MDCK cells are used for a wide variety of cell biology ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Madin–Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells are widely used to study epithelial cell functionality. Their low endogenous drug transporter protein levels make ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10324398/
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web search NEUTRAL — MDCK cells display diverse phenotypic traits, and as such, laboratory-to-laboratory variability in drug permeability assessments is observed.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00108
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“They simultaneously monitored ERK activity using a FRET biosensor and visualized ZO-1 localization using fluorescently tagged ZO-1.”
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While FRET biosensors and fluorescent tagging are general techniques, the specific application to monitor ERK and ZO-1 in this study is only detailed in one specific search result snippet.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 9, 2024 ... ERK activity was visualized using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based ERK activity sensor (EKAREV-NLS40; Fig. 3A, upper ...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.09.607278.fu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 29, 2017 ... Fluorescence microscopy is widely used in biology to localize, to track, or to quantify proteins in single cells.
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/57178
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web search NEUTRAL — In EREG-deficient mice, ERK wave propagation and cell migration were impaired during skin wound repair. We additionally show that heparin-binding EGF-like ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11717429/
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“The team's analysis revealed that ERK activation propagates through the cell population and promotes the relocation of ZO-1 to podosomes, structures found on the basal cell surface, during collective cell migration.”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains irrelevant information about the Washington Wizards basketball team and does not contain the scientific findings regarding ERK and ZO-1 relocation to podosomes.
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“Once there, the researchers observed that ZO-1 enhances force generation, extracellular matrix degradation, and invasive cell migration.”
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Two separate web search results confirm that ZO-1 at podosomes promotes force generation, ECM degradation, and invasive migration.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 9, 2024 ... ZO-1 at podosomes contributes to traction force generation and cell invasion, ... cell–extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesion complexes known ...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.09.607278.fu…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 hours ago ... ZO-1 accumulated at podosomes promotes force generation and extracellular matrix degradation, thereby regulating invasive cell migration.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1129320
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“The paper is published in the journal Nature Communications.”
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Five independent cross-references confirm the study was published in Nature Communications.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Findings of the new study are published in the journal Nature Communications.
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“The team also discovered that ZO-1 itself contributes to the dynamics of ERK activation”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim that ZO-1 contributes to the dynamics of ERK activation.
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“Sayuki Hirano et al, ZO-1 shuttles between apical junctional complexes and podosomes by riding ERK activation waves, Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72840-8”
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