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Tarchini, Basile; Jolicoeur, Christine; Cayouette, Michel
Developmental cell, 10/2013, Volume: 27, Issue: 1Journal Article
Sound perception relies on the planar polarization of the mechanosensory hair cell apex, which develops a V-shaped stereocilia bundle pointing toward an eccentric kinocilium. It remains unknown how intrinsically asymmetric bundles arise and are concomitantly oriented in the tissue. We report here that mInsc, LGN, and Gαi proteins, which classically regulate mitotic spindle orientation, are polarized in a lateral microvilli-free region, or “bare zone,” at the apical hair cell surface. By creating and extending the bare zone, these proteins trigger a relocalization of the eccentric kinocilium midway toward the cell center. aPKC is restrained medially by mInsc/LGN/Gαi, resulting in compartmentalization of the apical surface that imparts the V-shaped distribution of stereocilia and brings the asymmetric bundle in register with the relocalized kinocilium. Gαi is additionally required for lateral orientation of cochlear hair cells, providing a possible mechanism to couple the emergence of asymmetric stereocilia bundles with planar cell polarity. •mInsc/LGN/Gαi control the formation of a microvilli-free domain at hair cell apex•Extension of microvilli-free domain triggers inward relocalization of the kinocilium•mInsc/LGN/Gαi restrain aPKC medially, thereby defining the stereocilia bundle edge•Gαi signaling is also required for proper orientation of hair cells in the cochlea Auditory function requires asymmetric localization of stereocilia at the apical surface of cochlear hair cells. Tarchini et al. show that opposition between mitotic spindle orientation proteins mInsc/LGN/Gαi and the polarity kinase aPKC controls the formation of a polarized microvilli-free domain and thus defines a blueprint for the V-shaped stereocilia bundle.
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