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On-demand delivery of fibulin-1 enables repeated basement membrane stretching

Soh, A. W. J.; Arnwine, M. R.; Gianakas, C. A.; Clark, Z. D.; Chi, Q.; Cram, E. J.; Hoffman, B. D.; Sherwood, D. R.

2025-02-03 cell biology
10.1101/2025.02.02.636120 bioRxiv
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Basement membrane (BM) extracellular matrices enwrap and structurally support tissues. Whether BMs are uniquely constructed to support tissues that undergo repetitive stretching and recoil events is unknown. During C. elegans ovulation, the spermathecal BM stretches [~]1.7-fold and then returns to its original shape every twenty minutes to passage hundreds of oocytes. Through live fluorescence microscopy, we discovered that ovulating oocytes secrete and deliver the fibulin-1 extracellular matrix protein to the spermathecal BM during stretching, where it forms a dynamic overlapping network with type IV collagen. Fibulin-1 depletion led to a breakdown in type IV collagen and BM organization, resulting in a more deformable BM and extended spermatheca. Moreover, perturbation to fibulin-1 network formation via mutagenesis was sufficient to disrupt organ shape. Together, our study reveals an on-demand fibulin-1 delivery system that protects the BM network when it is stretched, thereby allowing repeated rounds of organ expansion and recovery.

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