Oriented mitosis is essential during tissue morphogenesis. The Wnt/planar cell polarity (Wnt/PCP) pathway orients mitosis in a number of developmental systems, including dorsal epiblast cell divisions along the animal-vegetal (A-V) axis during zebrafish gastrulation. How Wnt signalling orients the mitotic plane is, however, unknown. Here we show that, in dorsal epiblast cells, anthrax toxin receptor 2a (Antxr2a) accumulates in a polarized cortical cap, which is aligned with the embryonic A-V axis and forecasts the division plane. Filamentous actin (F-actin) also forms an A-V polarized cap, which depends on Wnt/PCP and its effectors RhoA and Rock2. Antxr2a is recruited to the cap by interacting with actin. Antxr2a also interacts with RhoA and together they activate the diaphanous-related formin zDia2. Mechanistically, Antxr2a functions as a Wnt-dependent polarized determinant, which, through the action of RhoA and zDia2, exerts torque on the spindle to align it with the A-V axis.
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Liu, Wei
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Sato, Akira
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Sato, Akira
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Khadka, Deepak
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Khadka, Deepak
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Bharti, Ritu
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Bharti, Ritu
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Diaz, Hector
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Diaz, Hector
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Runnels, Loren W.
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Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Pharmacol, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USARobert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
Runnels, Loren W.
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Habas, Raymond
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Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USARobert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
Liu, Wei
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Sato, Akira
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Sato, Akira
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Khadka, Deepak
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Khadka, Deepak
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Bharti, Ritu
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Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USARobert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
Bharti, Ritu
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Diaz, Hector
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Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USARobert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
Diaz, Hector
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Runnels, Loren W.
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Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Pharmacol, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USARobert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
Runnels, Loren W.
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Habas, Raymond
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Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Dept Biochem, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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