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Karling T, Weavers H. Rapid Preparation of Living Drosophila Pupal Macrophages for Ex Vivo Imaging. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2800:1-10. [PMID: 38709473 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3834-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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The fruit fly Drosophila is a well-established invertebrate model that enables in vivo imaging of innate immune cell (e.g., macrophage) migration and signaling at high spatiotemporal resolution within the intact, living animal. While optimized methods already exist to enable flow cytometry-based macrophage isolation from Drosophila at various stages of development, there remains a need for more rapid and gentle methods to isolate living macrophages for downstream ex vivo applications. Here, we describe techniques for rapid and direct isolation of living macrophages from mature Drosophila pupae and their downstream ex vivo preparation for live imaging and immunostaining. This strategy enables straightforward access to physiologically relevant innate immune cells, both circulating and tissue-resident populations, for subsequent imaging of signal transduction.
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- Tua Karling
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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Hirschhäuser A, Molitor D, Salinas G, Großhans J, Rust K, Bogdan S. Single-cell transcriptomics identifies new blood cell populations in Drosophila released at the onset of metamorphosis. Development 2023; 150:dev201767. [PMID: 37681301 PMCID: PMC10560556 DOI: 10.1242/dev.201767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Drosophila blood cells called hemocytes form an efficient barrier against infections and tissue damage. During metamorphosis, hemocytes undergo tremendous changes in their shape and behavior, preparing them for tissue clearance. Yet, the diversity and functional plasticity of pupal blood cells have not been explored. Here, we combine single-cell transcriptomics and high-resolution microscopy to dissect the heterogeneity and plasticity of pupal hemocytes. We identified undifferentiated and specified hemocytes with different molecular signatures associated with distinct functions such as antimicrobial, antifungal immune defense, cell adhesion or secretion. Strikingly, we identified a highly migratory and immune-responsive pupal cell population expressing typical markers of the posterior signaling center (PSC), which is known to be an important niche in the larval lymph gland. PSC-like cells become restricted to the abdominal segments and are morphologically very distinct from typical Hemolectin (Hml)-positive plasmatocytes. G-TRACE lineage experiments further suggest that PSC-like cells can transdifferentiate to lamellocytes triggered by parasitoid wasp infestation. In summary, we present the first molecular description of pupal Drosophila blood cells, providing insights into blood cell functional diversification and plasticity during pupal metamorphosis.
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- Alexander Hirschhäuser
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps University Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps University Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- NGS-Integrative Genomics Core Unit, Department of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Justus von Liebig Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps University Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps University Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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Gao N, Zheng Q, Wang Y, Li X, Li Z, Xiao H. Wun2-mediated integrin recycling promotes apoptotic cell clearance in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Death Differ 2022; 29:2545-2561. [PMID: 35840760 PMCID: PMC9751302 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-022-01039-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Apoptotic cell (AC) clearance is a complex process in which phagocytes recognize, engulf, and digest ACs during organismal development and tissue homeostasis. Impaired efferocytosis results in developmental defects and autoimmune diseases. In the current study, we performed RNA-sequencing to systematically identify regulators involved in the phagocytosis of ACs by Drosophila melanogaster macrophage-like S2 cells, followed by targeted RNA interference screening. Wunen2 (Wun2), a homolog of mammalian lipid phosphate phosphatase (LPP), was deemed as required for efferocytosis both in vitro and in vivo. However, efferocytosis was independent of Wun2 phosphatase activity. Proteomic analysis further revealed that Rab11 and its effector Rip11 are interaction partners of Wun2. Therefore, Wun2 collaborates with Rip11 and Rab11 to mediate efficient recycling of the phagocytic receptor βν integrin subunit to the plasma membrane. The loss of Wun2 results in the routing of βv integrin subunit (Itgbn) into lysosomes, leading to its degradation. The deficiency of βv integrin subunit on the cell surface leads to aberrant and disorganized actin cytoskeleton, thereby influencing the formation of macrophage pseudopodia toward ACs and thus failure to engulf them. The findings of this study provide insights that clarify how phagocytes coordinate AC signals and adopt a precise mechanism for the maintenance of engulfment receptors at their cell membrane surface to regulate efferocytosis.
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- Ning Gao
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, Shaanxi, China
- Medical College of Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi, 716000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, Shaanxi, China.
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Molina E, Cataldo VF, Eggers C, Muñoz-Madrid V, Glavic Á. p53 Related Protein Kinase is Required for Arp2/3-Dependent Actin Dynamics of Hemocytes in Drosophila melanogaster. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:859105. [PMID: 35721516 PMCID: PMC9201722 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.859105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cells extend membrane protrusions like lamellipodia and filopodia from the leading edge to sense, to move and to form new contacts. The Arp2/3 complex sustains lamellipodia formation, and in conjunction with the actomyosin contractile system, provides mechanical strength to the cell. Drosophila p53-related protein kinase (Prpk), a Tsc5p ortholog, has been described as essential for cell growth and proliferation. In addition, Prpk interacts with proteins associated to actin filament dynamics such as α-spectrin and the Arp2/3 complex subunit Arpc4. Here, we investigated the role of Prpk in cell shape changes, specifically regarding actin filament dynamics and membrane protrusion formation. We found that reductions in Prpk alter cell shape and the structure of lamellipodia, mimicking the phenotypes evoked by Arp2/3 complex deficiencies. Prpk co-localize and co-immunoprecipitates with the Arp2/3 complex subunit Arpc1 and with the small GTPase Rab35. Importantly, expression of Rab35, known by its ability to recruit upstream regulators of the Arp2/3 complex, could rescue the Prpk knockdown phenotypes. Finally, we evaluated the requirement of Prpk in different developmental contexts, where it was shown to be essential for correct Arp2/3 complex distribution and actin dynamics required for hemocytes migration, recruitment, and phagocytosis during immune response.
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- Emiliano Molina
- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department for Chemistry and Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- *Correspondence: Álvaro Glavic,
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Lehne F, Pokrant T, Parbin S, Salinas G, Großhans J, Rust K, Faix J, Bogdan S. Calcium bursts allow rapid reorganization of EFhD2/Swip-1 cross-linked actin networks in epithelial wound closure. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2492. [PMID: 35524157 PMCID: PMC9076686 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30167-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Changes in cell morphology require the dynamic remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton. Calcium fluxes have been suggested as an important signal to rapidly relay information to the actin cytoskeleton, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we identify the EF-hand domain containing protein EFhD2/Swip-1 as a conserved lamellipodial protein strongly upregulated in Drosophila macrophages at the onset of metamorphosis when macrophage behavior shifts from quiescent to migratory state. Loss- and gain-of-function analysis confirm a critical function of EFhD2/Swip-1 in lamellipodial cell migration in fly and mouse melanoma cells. Contrary to previous assumptions, TIRF-analyses unambiguously demonstrate that EFhD2/Swip-1 proteins efficiently cross-link actin filaments in a calcium-dependent manner. Using a single-cell wounding model, we show that EFhD2/Swip-1 promotes wound closure in a calcium-dependent manner. Mechanistically, our data suggest that transient calcium bursts reduce EFhD2/Swip-1 cross-linking activity and thereby promote rapid reorganization of existing actin networks to drive epithelial wound closure.
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- Franziska Lehne
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- NGS-Integrative Genomics Core Unit, Department of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- NGS-Integrative Genomics Core Unit, Department of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Hirschhäuser A, van Cann M, Bogdan S. CK1α protects WAVE from degradation to regulate cell shape and motility in immune response. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:272700. [PMID: 34730182 PMCID: PMC8714073 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.258891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The WAVE regulatory complex (WRC) is the main activator of the Arp2/3 complex, promoting lamellipodial protrusions in migrating cells. The WRC is basally inactive but can be activated by Rac1 and phospholipids, and through phosphorylation. However, the in vivo relevance of the phosphorylation of WAVE proteins remains largely unknown. Here, we identified casein kinase I alpha (CK1α) as a regulator of WAVE, thereby controlling cell shape and cell motility in Drosophila macrophages. CK1α binds and phosphorylates WAVE in vitro. Phosphorylation of WAVE by CK1α appears not to be required for activation but, rather, regulates its stability. Pharmacologic inhibition of CK1α promotes ubiquitin-dependent degradation of WAVE. Consistently, loss of Ck1α but not ck2 function phenocopies the depletion of WAVE. Phosphorylation-deficient mutations in the CK1α consensus sequences within the VCA domain of WAVE can neither rescue mutant lethality nor lamellipodium defects. By contrast, phosphomimetic mutations rescue all cellular and developmental defects. Finally, RNAi-mediated suppression of 26S proteasome or E3 ligase complexes substantially rescues lamellipodia defects in CK1α-depleted macrophages. Therefore, we conclude that basal phosphorylation of WAVE by CK1α protects it from premature ubiquitin-dependent degradation, thus promoting WAVE function in vivo. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. Summary: We identified CK1α as a novel regulator of WAVE controlling cell shape and motility in immune response. Basal phosphorylation of WAVE by CK1α protects it from premature proteasomal degradation.
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- Alexander Hirschhäuser
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Dept. of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Dept. of Molecular Cell Physiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany.,Institute for Neurobiology, University of Münster, Germany
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Thuma L, Carter D, Weavers H, Martin P. Drosophila immune cells extravasate from vessels to wounds using Tre1 GPCR and Rho signaling. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:3045-3056. [PMID: 29941473 PMCID: PMC6122984 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201801013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In contrast to vertebrates, adult Drosophila melanogaster have an open cardiovascular system. However, Thuma et al. find that in late pupation, hemolymph flows through Drosophila wing veins, providing a unique genetic and live-imaging opportunity to investigate the mechanisms driving immune cell extravasation from vessels to wounds and reveal new roles for Tre1 and Rho signaling in this process. Inflammation is pivotal to fight infection, clear debris, and orchestrate repair of injured tissues. Although Drosophila melanogaster have proven invaluable for studying extravascular recruitment of innate immune cells (hemocytes) to wounds, they have been somewhat neglected as viable models to investigate a key rate-limiting component of inflammation—that of immune cell extravasation across vessel walls—due to their open circulation. We have now identified a period during pupal development when wing hearts pulse hemolymph, including circulating hemocytes, through developing wing veins. Wounding near these vessels triggers local immune cell extravasation, enabling live imaging and correlative light-electron microscopy of these events in vivo. We show that RNAi knockdown of immune cell integrin blocks diapedesis, just as in vertebrates, and we uncover a novel role for Rho-like signaling through the GPCR Tre1, a gene previously implicated in the trans-epithelial migration of germ cells. We believe this new Drosophila model complements current murine models and provides new mechanistic insight into immune cell extravasation.
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- Leila Thuma
- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK .,School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK .,School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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During the rapid inflammatory response to tissue damage, cells of the innate immune system are quickly recruited to the injury site. Once at the wound, innate immune cells perform a number of essential functions, such as fighting infection, clearing necrotic debris, and stimulating matrix deposition. In order to fully understand the diverse signaling events that regulate this immune response, it is crucial to observe the complex behaviors of (and interactions that occur between) multiple cell lineages in vivo, and in real-time, with the high spatio-temporal resolution. The optical translucency and the genetic tractability of Drosophila embryos have established Drosophila as an invaluable model to live-image and dissect fundamental aspects of inflammatory cell behavior, including mechanisms of developmental dispersal, clearance of apoptotic corpses and/or microbial pathogens, and recruitment to wounds. However, more recent work has now demonstrated that employing a much later stage in the Drosophila lifecycle - the Drosophila pupa - offers a number of distinct advantages, including improved RNAi efficiency, longer imaging periods, and significantly greater immune cell numbers. Here we describe a protocol for imaging wound repair and the associated inflammatory response at the high spatio-temporal resolution in live Drosophila pupae. To follow the dynamics of both re-epithelialization and inflammation, we use a number of specific in vivo fluorescent markers for both the epithelium and innate immune cells. We also demonstrate the effectiveness of photo-convertible fluorophores, such as Kaede, for following the specific immune cell subsets, to track their behavior as they migrate to, and resolve from, the injury site.
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- Helen Weavers
- School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol; School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol;
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- School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Queens Medical Research Institute
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- School of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol; School of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Rüder M, Nagel BM, Bogdan S. Analysis of Cell Shape and Cell Migration of Drosophila Macrophages In Vivo. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1749:227-238. [PMID: 29526001 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7701-7_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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The most abundant immune cells in Drosophila are macrophage-like plasmatocytes that fulfill central roles in morphogenesis, immune and tissue damage response. The various genetic tools available in Drosophila together with high-resolution and live-imaging microscopy techniques make Drosophila macrophages an excellent model system that combines many advantages of cultured cells with in vivo genetics. Here, we describe the isolation and staining of macrophages from larvae for ex vivo structured illumination microscopy (SIM), the preparation of white prepupae for in vivo 2D random cell migration analysis, and the preparation of pupae (18 h after puparium formation, APF) for in vivo 3D directed cell migration analysis upon wounding using spinning disk microscopy.
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- Marike Rüder
- Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Molekulare Zellphysiologie, Phillips-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Molekulare Zellphysiologie, Phillips-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Molekulare Zellphysiologie, Phillips-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Nagel BM, Bechtold M, Rodriguez LG, Bogdan S. Drosophila WASH is required for integrin-mediated cell adhesion, cell motility and lysosomal neutralization. J Cell Sci 2016; 130:344-359. [PMID: 27884932 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.193086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and SCAR homolog (WASH; also known as Washout in flies) is a conserved actin-nucleation-promoting factor controlling Arp2/3 complex activity in endosomal sorting and recycling. Previous studies have identified WASH as an essential regulator in Drosophila development. Here, we show that homozygous wash mutant flies are viable and fertile. We demonstrate that Drosophila WASH has conserved functions in integrin receptor recycling and lysosome neutralization. WASH generates actin patches on endosomes and lysosomes, thereby mediating both aforementioned functions. Consistently, loss of WASH function results in cell spreading and cell migration defects of macrophages, and an increased lysosomal acidification that affects efficient phagocytic and autophagic clearance. WASH physically interacts with the vacuolar (V)-ATPase subunit Vha55 that is crucial to establish and maintain lysosome acidification. As a consequence, starved flies that lack WASH function show a dramatic increase in acidic autolysosomes, causing a reduced lifespan. Thus, our data highlight a conserved role for WASH in the endocytic sorting and recycling of membrane proteins, such as integrins and the V-ATPase, that increase the likelihood of survival under nutrient deprivation.
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- Benedikt M Nagel
- Institut für Neurobiologie, Universität Münster, Badestr. 9, 48149 Münster, Germany.,Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Molekulare Zellphysiologie, Phillips-Universität Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Straße 2, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Neurobiologie, Universität Münster, Badestr. 9, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Neurobiologie, Universität Münster, Badestr. 9, 48149 Münster, Germany .,Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Molekulare Zellphysiologie, Phillips-Universität Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Straße 2, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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Galko MJ. Wound Signaling: Monkeywrenching Macrophage Migration with Microscopes, Movies, and Math. Curr Biol 2016; 26:R715-R717. [PMID: 27505244 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Drosophila hemocytes (blood cells) have emerged as a powerful system to image wound-induced inflammatory responses in vivo. New work reveals that layering mathematical modeling on top of imaging may be the most powerful tool yet for determining the properties of wound-induced signals.
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- Michael J Galko
- Department of Genetics at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Genes and Development Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX77030, USA.
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Weavers H, Liepe J, Sim A, Wood W, Martin P, Stumpf MPH. Systems Analysis of the Dynamic Inflammatory Response to Tissue Damage Reveals Spatiotemporal Properties of the Wound Attractant Gradient. Curr Biol 2016; 26:1975-1989. [PMID: 27426513 PMCID: PMC4985561 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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In the acute inflammatory phase following tissue damage, cells of the innate immune system are rapidly recruited to sites of injury by pro-inflammatory mediators released at the wound site. Although advances in live imaging allow us to directly visualize this process in vivo, the precise identity and properties of the primary immune damage attractants remain unclear, as it is currently impossible to directly observe and accurately measure these signals in tissues. Here, we demonstrate that detailed information about the attractant signals can be extracted directly from the in vivo behavior of the responding immune cells. By applying inference-based computational approaches to analyze the in vivo dynamics of the Drosophila inflammatory response, we gain new detailed insight into the spatiotemporal properties of the attractant gradient. In particular, we show that the wound attractant is released by wound margin cells, rather than by the wounded tissue per se, and that it diffuses away from this source at rates far slower than those of previously implicated signals such as H2O2 and ATP, ruling out these fast mediators as the primary chemoattractant. We then predict, and experimentally test, how competing attractant signals might interact in space and time to regulate multi-step cell navigation in the complex environment of a healing wound, revealing a period of receptor desensitization after initial exposure to the damage attractant. Extending our analysis to model much larger wounds, we uncover a dynamic behavioral change in the responding immune cells in vivo that is prognostic of whether a wound will subsequently heal or not. Video Abstract
Computational modeling of in vivo inflammatory response to tissue damage is applied The model infers novel spatiotemporal properties of the wound attractant gradient Wound signal is released from the wound edge for 30 min and diffuses at 200 μm2/min Modeling two competing wounds reveals a period of immune cell desensitization
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- Helen Weavers
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK; School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Theoretical Systems Biology, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Theoretical Systems Biology, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK; Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK; School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technologicial University, Singapore 636921, Singapore.
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- Theoretical Systems Biology, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Swaney KF, Li R. Function and regulation of the Arp2/3 complex during cell migration in diverse environments. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2016; 42:63-72. [PMID: 27164504 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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As the first de novo actin nucleator discovered, the Arp2/3 complex has been a central player in models of protrusive force production via the dynamic actin network. Here, we review recent studies on the functional role of the Arp2/3 complex in the migration of diverse cell types in different migratory environments. These findings have revealed an unexpected level of plasticity, both in how cells rely on the Arp2/3 complex for migration and other physiological functions and in the intricate modulation of the Arp2/3 complex by other actin regulators and upstream signaling cascades.
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- Kristen F Swaney
- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 855 North Wolfe Street, 450 Rangos Building, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, 100 Croft Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 855 North Wolfe Street, 450 Rangos Building, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, 100 Croft Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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The invertebrate Drosophila melanogaster has been a powerful model for understanding blood cell development and immunity. Drosophila is a holometabolous insect, which transitions through a series of life stages from embryo, larva and pupa to adulthood. In spite of this, remarkable parallels exist between Drosophila and vertebrate macrophages, both in terms of development and function. More than 90% of Drosophila blood cells (hemocytes) are macrophages (plasmatocytes), making this highly tractable genetic system attractive for studying a variety of questions in macrophage biology. In vertebrates, recent findings revealed that macrophages have two independent origins: self-renewing macrophages, which reside and proliferate in local microenvironments in a variety of tissues, and macrophages of the monocyte lineage, which derive from hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells. Like vertebrates, Drosophila possesses two macrophage lineages with a conserved dual ontogeny. These parallels allow us to take advantage of the Drosophila model when investigating macrophage lineage specification, maintenance and amplification, and the induction of macrophages and their progenitors by local microenvironments and systemic cues. Beyond macrophage development, Drosophila further serves as a paradigm for understanding the mechanisms underlying macrophage function and cellular immunity in infection, tissue homeostasis and cancer, throughout development and adult life.
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research; Department of Cell and Tissue Biology; Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
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Zobel T, Brinkmann K, Koch N, Schneider K, Seemann E, Fleige A, Qualmann B, Kessels MM, Bogdan S. Cooperative functions of the two F-BAR proteins Cip4 and Nostrin in the regulation of E-cadherin in epithelial morphogenesis. J Cell Sci 2016; 128:499-515. [PMID: 25413347 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.155929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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F-BAR proteins are prime candidates to regulate membrane curvature and dynamics during different developmental processes. Here, we analyzed nostrin, a so-far-unknown Drosophila melanogaster F-BAR protein related to Cip4. Genetic analyses revealed a strong synergism between nostrin and cip4 functions.Whereas single mutant flies are viable and fertile, combined loss of nostrin and cip4 results in reduced viability and fertility. Double mutant escaper flies show enhanced wing polarization defects and females exhibit strong egg chamber encapsulation defects. Live imaging analysis suggests that the observed phenotypes are caused by an impaired turnover of E-cadherin at the membrane. Simultaneous knockdown of Cip4 and Nostrin strongly increases the formation of tubular E-cadherin vesicles at adherens junctions. Cip4 and Nostrin localize at distinct membrane subdomains. Both proteins prefer similar membrane curvatures but seem to form distinct membrane coats and do not heterooligomerize. Our data suggest an important synergistic function of both F-BAR proteins in membrane dynamics. We propose a cooperative recruitment model, in which Cip4 initially promotes membrane invagination and early-actin-based endosomal motility, and Nostrin makes contacts with microtubules through the kinesin Khc-73 for trafficking of recycling endosomes.
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The actin cytoskeleton provides mechanical support for cells and generates forces to drive cell shape changes and cell migration in morphogenesis. Molecular understanding of actin dynamics requires a genetically traceable model system that allows interdisciplinary experimental approaches to elucidate the regulatory network of cytoskeletal proteins in vivo. Here, we will discuss some examples of how advances in Drosophila genetics and high-resolution imaging techniques contribute to the discovery of new actin functions, signaling pathways, and mechanisms of actin regulation in vivo.
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- Lena Brüser
- Institute for Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Badestrasse 9, 48149, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute for Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Badestrasse 9, 48149, Muenster, Germany.
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Brinkmann K, Winterhoff M, Önel SF, Schultz J, Faix J, Bogdan S. WHAMY is a novel actin polymerase promoting myoblast fusion, macrophage cell motility and sensory organ development in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 2015; 129:604-20. [PMID: 26675239 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.179325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome proteins (WASPs) are nucleation-promoting factors (NPF) that differentially control the Arp2/3 complex. In Drosophila, three different family members, SCAR (also known as WAVE), WASP and WASH (also known as CG13176), have been analyzed so far. Here, we characterized WHAMY, the fourth Drosophila WASP family member. whamy originated from a wasp gene duplication and underwent a sub-neofunctionalization. Unlike WASP, we found that WHAMY specifically interacted with activated Rac1 through its two CRIB domains, which were sufficient for targeting WHAMY to lamellipodial and filopodial tips. Biochemical analyses showed that WHAMY promoted exceptionally fast actin filament elongation, although it did not activate the Arp2/3 complex. Loss- and gain-of-function studies revealed an important function of WHAMY in membrane protrusions and cell migration in macrophages. Genetic data further implied synergistic functions between WHAMY and WASP during morphogenesis. Double mutants were late-embryonic lethal and showed severe defects in myoblast fusion. Trans-heterozygous mutant animals showed strongly increased defects in sensory cell fate specification. Thus, WHAMY is a novel actin polymerase with an initial partitioning of ancestral WASP functions in development and subsequent acquisition of a new function in cell motility during evolution.
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- Klaus Brinkmann
- Institut für Neurobiologie, Universität Münster, Badestr. 9, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Entwicklungsbiologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch Str. 8, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, Campus Nord and Bioinformatik, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Institut für Neurobiologie, Universität Münster, Badestr. 9, Münster 48149, Germany
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Eukaryotic cells have evolved a variety of actin-binding proteins to regulate the architecture and the dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton in time and space. The Diaphanous-related formins (DRF) represent a diverse group of Rho-GTPase-regulated actin regulators that control a range of actin structures composed of tightly-bundled, unbranched actin filaments as found in stress fibers and in filopodia. Under resting conditions, DRFs are auto-inhibited by an intra-molecular interaction between the C-terminal and the N-terminal domains. The auto-inhibition is thought to be released by binding of an activated RhoGTPase to the N-terminal GTPase-binding domain (GBD). However, there is growing evidence for more sophisticated variations from this simplified linear activation model. In this review we focus on the formin homology domain-containing proteins (FHOD), an unconventional group of DRFs. Recent findings on the molecular control and cellular functions of FHOD proteins in vivo are discussed in the light of the phylogeny of FHOD proteins.
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Key Words
- AML-1B, acute myeloid leukemia transcription factor
- DAD, diaphanous auto-regulatory domain
- DID, diaphanous inhibitory domain
- DRF, Diaphanous-related formins
- Dia, Diaphanous related formin
- FH1, formin homology 1
- FH2, formin homology 2
- FH3, formin homology 3
- FHOD
- FHOD, FH1/FH2 domain-containing protein
- GBD, GTPase-binding domain
- RhoGTPases
- SRE, serum response element
- actin
- cell migration
- formins
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- Meike Bechtold
- a Institut für Neurobiologie ; Universität Münster ; Münster , Germany
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Chen XJ, Squarr AJ, Stephan R, Chen B, Higgins TE, Barry DJ, Martin MC, Rosen MK, Bogdan S, Way M. Ena/VASP proteins cooperate with the WAVE complex to regulate the actin cytoskeleton. Dev Cell 2014; 30:569-84. [PMID: 25203209 PMCID: PMC4165403 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ena/VASP proteins and the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC) regulate cell motility by virtue of their ability to independently promote actin polymerization. We demonstrate that Ena/VASP and the WRC control actin polymerization in a cooperative manner through the interaction of the Ena/VASP EVH1 domain with an extended proline rich motif in Abi. This interaction increases cell migration and enables VASP to cooperatively enhance WRC stimulation of Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin assembly in vitro in the presence of Rac. Loss of this interaction in Drosophila macrophages results in defects in lamellipodia formation, cell spreading, and redistribution of Ena to the tips of filopodia-like extensions. Rescue experiments of abi mutants also reveals a physiological requirement for the Abi:Ena interaction in photoreceptor axon targeting and oogenesis. Our data demonstrate that the activities of Ena/VASP and the WRC are intimately linked to ensure optimal control of actin polymerization during cell migration and development.
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- Xing Judy Chen
- Cell Motility Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Badestrasse 9, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Badestrasse 9, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Cell Motility Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Cell Motility Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Cell Motility Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Badestrasse 9, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
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- Cell Motility Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
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Rebollo E, Karkali K, Mangione F, Martín-Blanco E. Live imaging in Drosophila: The optical and genetic toolkits. Methods 2014; 68:48-59. [PMID: 24814031 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Revised: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Biological imaging based on light microscopy comes at the core of the methods that let us understanding morphology and its dynamics in synergy to the spatiotemporal distribution of cellular and molecular activities as the organism develops and becomes functional. Non-linear optical tools and superesolution methodologies are under constant development and their applications to live imaging of whole organisms keep improving as we speak. Genetically coded biosensors, multicolor clonal methods and optogenetics in different organisms and, in particular, in Drosophila follow equivalent paths. We anticipate a brilliant future for live imaging providing the roots for the holistic understanding, rather than for individual parts, of development and function at the whole-organism level.
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- Elena Rebollo
- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Integrin-mediated adhesion used by Drosophila blood cells to migrate in vivo. SCAR/WAVE is required for lamellipodia but also for clearance of apoptotic cells. The formins Fhos and Diaphanous regulate Drosophila macrophage migration and morphology. Calcium waves drive hydrogen peroxide production to regulate inflammatory migrations. The steroid hormone Ecdysone controls the onset of immune competence.
Drosophila melanogaster contains a population of blood cells called hemocytes that represent the functional equivalent of vertebrate macrophages. These cells undergo directed migrations to disperse during development and reach sites of tissue damage or altered self. These chemotactic behaviors are controlled by the expression of PDGF/Vegf-related ligands in developing embryos and local production of hydrogen peroxide at wounds. Recent work reveals that many molecules important in vertebrate cell motility, including integrins, formins, Ena/VASP proteins and the SCAR/WAVE complex, have a conserved function in these innate immune cells. The use of this model organism has elucidated how damage signals are activated by calcium signaling during inflammation and that the steroid hormone ecdysone activates immune competence at key developmental stages.
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- Iwan Robert Evans
- Department of Infection and Immunity, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK; The Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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Lammel U, Bechtold M, Risse B, Berh D, Fleige A, Bunse I, Jiang X, Klämbt C, Bogdan S. The Drosophila FHOD1-like formin Knittrig acts through Rok to promote stress fiber formation and directed macrophage migration during the cellular immune response. Development 2014; 141:1366-80. [PMID: 24553290 DOI: 10.1242/dev.101352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A tight spatiotemporal control of actin polymerization is important for many cellular processes that shape cells into a multicellular organism. The formation of unbranched F-actin is induced by several members of the formin family. Drosophila encodes six formin genes, representing six of the seven known mammalian subclasses. Knittrig, the Drosophila homolog of mammalian FHOD1, is specifically expressed in the developing central nervous system midline glia, the trachea, the wing and in macrophages. knittrig mutants exhibit mild tracheal defects but survive until late pupal stages and mainly die as pharate adult flies. knittrig mutant macrophages are smaller and show reduced cell spreading and cell migration in in vivo wounding experiments. Rescue experiments further demonstrate a cell-autonomous function of Knittrig in regulating actin dynamics and cell migration. Knittrig localizes at the rear of migrating macrophages in vivo, suggesting a cellular requirement of Knittrig in the retraction of the trailing edge. Supporting this notion, we found that Knittrig is a target of the Rho-dependent kinase Rok. Co-expression with Rok or expression of an activated form of Knittrig induces actin stress fibers in macrophages and in epithelial tissues. Thus, we propose a model in which Rok-induced phosphorylation of residues within the basic region mediates the activation of Knittrig in controlling macrophage migration.
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- Uwe Lammel
- Institute for Neurobiology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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