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Manara V, Radoani M, Belli R, Peroni D, Destefanis F, Angheben L, Tome G, Tebaldi T, Bellosta P. NOC1 is a direct MYC target, and its protein interactome dissects its activity in controlling nucleolar function. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1293420. [PMID: 38213308 PMCID: PMC10782387 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1293420] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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The nucleolus is a subnuclear compartment critical in ribosome biogenesis and cellular stress responses. These mechanisms are governed by a complex interplay of proteins, including NOC1, a member of the NOC family of nucleolar proteins responsible for controlling rRNA processing and ribosomal maturation. This study reveals a novel relationship between NOC1 and MYC transcription factor, known for its crucial role in controlling ribosomal biogenesis, cell growth, and proliferation. Here, we demonstrate that NOC1 functions as a direct target of MYC, as it is transcriptionally induced through a functional MYC-binding E-box sequence in the NOC1 promoter region. Furthermore, protein interactome analysis reveals that NOC1-complex includes the nucleolar proteins NOC2 and NOC3 and other nucleolar components such as Nucleostemin1 Ns1 transporters of ribosomal subunits and components involved in rRNA processing and maturation. In response to MYC, NOC1 expression and localization within the nucleolus significantly increase, suggesting a direct functional link between MYC activity and NOC1 function. Notably, NOC1 over-expression leads to the formation of large nuclear granules and enlarged nucleoli, which co-localize with nucleolar fibrillarin and Ns1. Additionally, we demonstrate that NOC1 expression is necessary for Ns1 nucleolar localization, suggesting a role for NOC1 in maintaining nucleolar structure. Finally, the co-expression of NOC1 and MYC enhances nucleolus size and maintains their co-localization, outlining another aspect of the cooperation between NOC1 and MYC in nucleolar dynamics. This study also reveals an enrichment with NOC1 with few proteins involved in RNA processing, modification, and splicing. Moreover, proteins such as Ythdc1, Flacc, and splenito are known to mediate N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation of mRNAs in nuclear export, revealing NOC1's potential involvement in coordinating RNA splicing and nuclear mRNA export. In summary, we uncovered novel roles for NOC1 in nucleolar homeostasis and established its direct connection with MYC in the network governing nucleolar structure and function. These findings also highlight NOC1's interaction with proteins relevant to specific RNA functions, suggesting a broader role in addition to its control of nucleolar homeostasis and providing new insight that can be further investigated.
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- Valeria Manara
- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology CSIC Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Computational, Cellular, Integrative Biology CIBIO, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
- Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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Friesen S, Hariharan IK. Coordinated growth of linked epithelia is mediated by the Hippo pathway. bioRxiv 2023:2023.02.26.530099. [PMID: 36993542 PMCID: PMC10054945 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.26.530099] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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An epithelium in a living organism seldom develops in isolation. Rather, most epithelia are tethered to other epithelial or non-epithelial tissues, necessitating growth coordination between layers. We investigated how two tethered epithelial layers of the Drosophila larval wing imaginal disc, the disc proper (DP) and the peripodial epithelium (PE), coordinate their growth. DP growth is driven by the morphogens Hedgehog (Hh) and Dpp, but regulation of PE growth is poorly understood. We find that the PE adapts to changes in growth rates of the DP, but not vice versa, suggesting a "leader and follower" mechanism. Moreover, PE growth can occur by cell shape changes, even when proliferation is inhibited. While Hh and Dpp pattern gene expression in both layers, growth of the DP is exquisitely sensitive to Dpp levels, while growth of the PE is not; the PE can achieve an appropriate size even when Dpp signaling is inhibited. Instead, both the growth of the PE and its accompanying cell shape changes require the activity of two components of the mechanosensitive Hippo pathway, the DNA-binding protein Scalloped (Sd) and its co-activator (Yki), which could allow the PE to sense and respond to forces generated by DP growth. Thus, an increased reliance on mechanically-dependent growth mediated by the Hippo pathway, at the expense of morphogen-dependent growth, enables the PE to evade layer-intrinsic growth control mechanisms and coordinate its growth with the DP. This provides a potential paradigm for growth coordination between different components of a developing organ.
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- Sophia Friesen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
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Manikowski D, Steffes G, Froese J, Exner S, Ehring K, Gude F, Di Iorio D, Wegner SV, Grobe K. Drosophila hedgehog signaling range and robustness depend on direct and sustained heparan sulfate interactions. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1130064. [PMID: 36911531 PMCID: PMC9992881 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1130064] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Morphogens determine cellular differentiation in many developing tissues in a concentration dependent manner. As a central model for gradient formation during animal development, Hedgehog (Hh) morphogens spread away from their source to direct growth and pattern formation in the Drosophila wing disc. Although heparan sulfate (HS) expression in the disc is essential for this process, it is not known whether HS regulates Hh signaling and spread in a direct or in an indirect manner. To answer this question, we systematically screened two composite Hh binding areas for HS in vitro and expressed mutated proteins in the Drosophila wing disc. We found that selectively impaired HS binding of the second site reduced Hh signaling close to the source and caused striking wing mispatterning phenotypes more distant from the source. These observations suggest that HS constrains Hh to the wing disc epithelium in a direct manner, and that interfering with this constriction converts Hh into freely diffusing forms with altered signaling ranges and impaired gradient robustness.
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- Dominique Manikowski
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Neuro- and Behavioral Biology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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The Drosophila wing imaginal disc is a tissue of undifferentiated cells that are precursors of the wing and most of the notum of the adult fly. The wing disc first forms during embryogenesis from a cluster of ∼30 cells located in the second thoracic segment, which invaginate to form a sac-like structure. They undergo extensive proliferation during larval stages to form a mature larval wing disc of ∼35,000 cells. During this time, distinct cell fates are assigned to different regions, and the wing disc develops a complex morphology. Finally, during pupal stages the wing disc undergoes morphogenetic processes and then differentiates to form the adult wing and notum. While the bulk of the wing disc comprises epithelial cells, it also includes neurons and glia, and is associated with tracheal cells and muscle precursor cells. The relative simplicity and accessibility of the wing disc, combined with the wealth of genetic tools available in Drosophila, have combined to make it a premier system for identifying genes and deciphering systems that play crucial roles in animal development. Studies in wing imaginal discs have made key contributions to many areas of biology, including tissue patterning, signal transduction, growth control, regeneration, planar cell polarity, morphogenesis, and tissue mechanics.
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- Bipin Kumar Tripathi
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Sahu A, Karmakar S, Halder S, Ghosh G, Acharjee S, Dasgupta P, Ghosh R, Deshpande G, Prasad M. Germline soma communication mediated by gap junction proteins regulates epithelial morphogenesis. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009685. [PMID: 34343194 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Gap junction (GJ) proteins, the primary constituents of GJ channels, are conserved determinants of patterning. Canonically, a GJ channel, made up of two hemi-channels contributed by the neighboring cells, facilitates transport of metabolites/ions. Here we demonstrate the involvement of GJ proteins during cuboidal to squamous epithelial transition displayed by the anterior follicle cells (AFCs) from Drosophila ovaries. Somatically derived AFCs stretch and flatten when the adjacent germline cells start increasing in size. GJ proteins, Innexin2 (Inx2) and Innexin4 (Inx4), functioning in the AFCs and germline respectively, promote the shape transformation by modulating calcium levels in the AFCs. Our observations suggest that alterations in calcium flux potentiate STAT activity to influence actomyosin-based cytoskeleton, possibly resulting in disassembly of adherens junctions. Our data have uncovered sequential molecular events underlying the cuboidal to squamous shape transition and offer unique insight into how GJ proteins expressed in the neighboring cells contribute to morphogenetic processes. Shape transitions between different subtypes of epithelial cells i.e., cuboidal, squamous and columnar are ubiquitous and are essential during organogenesis across animal kingdom. We demonstrate that heteromeric combination of gap junction proteins, Drosophila Innexin2 and Drosophila Innexin 4 (also known as Zero population growth or Zpg), expressed in the soma and germline of fly egg respectively, mediates the shape transition of cuboidal follicle cells to squamous fate. Interestingly, the two gap junction proteins likely participate as constituents of a calcium channel. Further, we show that somatic follicle cells and germline nurse cells communicate through calcium fluxes that activates STAT in the follicle cells. Activated STAT modulates the levels/ activity of junctional complexes thus aiding shape transition of cuboidal cells to squamous fate. These findings provide novel insights into how communication between different cell types with distinct origins achieve shape transitions essential for proper organ assemblies.
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Deng M, Wang Y, Zhang L, Yang Y, Huang S, Wang J, Ge H, Ishibashi T, Yan Y. Single cell transcriptomic landscapes of pattern formation, proliferation and growth in Drosophila wing imaginal discs. Development 2019; 146:dev.179754. [PMID: 31455604 DOI: 10.1242/dev.179754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Organ formation relies on the orchestration of pattern formation, proliferation and growth during development. How these processes are integrated at the individual cell level remains unclear. In the past decades, studies using Drosophila wing imaginal discs as a model system have provided valuable insights into pattern formation, growth control and regeneration. Here, we provide single cell transcriptomic landscapes of pattern formation, proliferation and growth of wing imaginal discs. We found that patterning information is robustly maintained in the single cell transcriptomic data and can provide reference matrices for computationally mapping single cells into discrete spatial domains. Assignment of wing disc single cells to spatial subregions facilitates examination of patterning refinement processes. We also clustered single cells into different proliferation and growth states and evaluated the correlation between cell proliferation/growth states and spatial patterning. Furthermore, single cell transcriptomic analyses allowed us to quantitatively examine disturbances of differentiation, proliferation and growth in a well-established tumor model. We provide a database to explore these datasets at http://drosophilayanlab-virtual-wingdisc.ust.hk:3838/v2/This article has an associated 'The people behind the papers' interview.
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- Mingxi Deng
- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research and Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Peking, China 100871
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China .,Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Brantley SE, Fuller MT. Somatic support cells regulate germ cell survival through the Baz/aPKC/Par6 complex. Development 2019; 146:dev.169342. [PMID: 30918053 PMCID: PMC6503986 DOI: 10.1242/dev.169342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Local signals and structural support from the surrounding cellular microenvironment play key roles in directing development in both embryonic organs and adult tissues. In Drosophila, male germ cells are intimately associated and co-differentiate with supporting somatic cells. Here, we show that the function of the Baz/aPKC/Par6 apical polarity complex in somatic cyst cells is required stage specifically for survival of the germ cells they enclose. Although spermatogonia enclosed by cyst cells in which the function of the Par complex had been knocked down survived and proliferated, newly formed spermatocytes enclosed by cyst cells lacking Par complex proteins died soon after onset of meiotic prophase. Loss of Par complex function resulted in stage-specific overactivation of the Jun-kinase (JNK) pathway in cyst cells. Knocking down expression of JNK pathway components or the GTPase Rab35 in cyst cells lacking Par complex function rescued the survival of neighboring spermatocytes, suggesting that action of the apical polarity complex ensures germ cell survival by preventing JNK pathway activation, and that the mechanism by which cyst cells lacking Par complex function kill neighboring spermatocytes requires intracellular trafficking in somatic cyst cells. Summary: The Par polarity complex suppresses JNK pathway activity in Drosophila somatic support cells to allow stage-specific germ cell survival.
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- Susanna E Brantley
- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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He L, Huang J, Perrimon N. Development of an optimized synthetic Notch receptor as an in vivo cell-cell contact sensor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:5467-72. [PMID: 28490499 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703205114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Detection and manipulation of direct cell-cell contact in complex tissues is a fundamental and challenging problem in many biological studies. Here, we report an optimized Notch-based synthetic receptor (synNQ) useful to study direct cell-cell interactions in Drosophila With the synNQ system, cells expressing a synthetic receptor, which contains Notch activation machinery and a downstream transcriptional activator, QF, are activated by a synthetic GFP ligand expressed by contacting neighbor cells. To avoid cis-inhibition, mutually exclusive expression of the synthetic ligand and receptor is achieved using the "flippase-out" system. Expression of the synthetic GFP ligand is controlled by the Gal4/UAS system for easy and broad applications. Using synNQ, we successfully visualized cell-cell interactions within and between most fly tissues, revealing previously undocumented cell-cell contacts. Importantly, in addition to detection of cells in contact with one another, synNQ allows for genetic manipulation in all cells in contact with a targeted cell population, which we demonstrate in the context of cell competition in developing wing disks. Altogether, the synNQ genetic system will enable a broad range of studies of cell contact in developmental biology.
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decapentaplegic (dpp), the Drosophila ortholog of BMP 2/4, directs ventral adult head morphogenesis through expression in the peripodial epithelium of the eye-antennal disc. This dpp expressing domain exerts effects both on the peripodial epithelium, and the underlying disc proper epithelium. We have uncovered a role for the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway in dpp-mediated ventral head development. JNK activity is required for dpp's action on the disc proper, but in the absence of dpp expression, excessive JNK activity is produced, leading to specific loss of maxillary palps. In this review we outline our hypotheses on how dpp acts by both short range and longer range mechanisms to direct head morphogenesis and speculate on the dual role of JNK signaling in this process. Finally, we describe the regulatory control of dpp expression in the eye-antennal disc, and pose the problem of how the various expression domains of a secreted protein can be targeted to their specific functions.
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- Deborah A Hursh
- a Division of Cell and Gene Therapies , Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring , MD , USA
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- a Division of Cell and Gene Therapies , Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring , MD , USA
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- b Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute , Department of Physiology , Seoul National University College of Medicine , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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Park SY, Stultz BG, Hursh DA. Dual Role of Jun N-Terminal Kinase Activity in Bone Morphogenetic Protein-Mediated Drosophila Ventral Head Development. Genetics 2015; 201:1411-26. [PMID: 26500262 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.178376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The Drosophila bone morphogenetic protein encoded by decapentaplegic (dpp) controls ventral head morphogenesis by expression in the head primordia, eye-antennal imaginal discs. These are epithelial sacs made of two layers: columnar disc proper cells and squamous cells of the peripodial epithelium. dpp expression related to head formation occurs in the peripodial epithelium; cis-regulatory mutations disrupting this expression display defects in sensory vibrissae, rostral membrane, gena, and maxillary palps. Here we document that disruption of this dpp expression causes apoptosis in peripodial cells and underlying disc proper cells. We further show that peripodial Dpp acts directly on the disc proper, indicating that Dpp must cross the disc lumen to act. We demonstrate that palp defects are mechanistically separable from the other mutant phenotypes; both are affected by the c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway but in opposite ways. Slight reduction of both Jun N-terminal kinase and Dpp activity in peripodial cells causes stronger vibrissae, rostral membrane, and gena defects than Dpp alone; additionally, strong reduction of Jun N-terminal kinase activity alone causes identical defects. A more severe reduction of dpp results in similar vibrissae, rostral membrane, and gena defects, but also causes mutant maxillary palps. This latter defect is correlated with increased peripodial Jun N-terminal kinase activity and can be caused solely by ectopic activation of Jun N-terminal kinase. We conclude that formation of sensory vibrissae, rostral membrane, and gena tissue in head morphogenesis requires the action of Jun N-terminal kinase in peripodial cells, while excessive Jun N-terminal kinase signaling in these same cells inhibits the formation of maxillary palps.
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Won JH, Tsogtbartarr O, Son W, Singh A, Choi KW, Cho KO. Cell type-specific responses to wingless, hedgehog and decapentaplegic are essential for patterning early eye-antenna disc in Drosophila. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121999. [PMID: 25849899 PMCID: PMC4388393 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121999] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The Drosophila eye-antenna imaginal disc (ead) is a flattened sac of two-layered epithelia, from which most head structures are derived. Secreted morphogens like Wingless (Wg), Hedgehog (Hh), and Decapentaplegic (Dpp) are important for early patterning of ead, but the underlying mechanisms are still largely unknown. To understand how these morphogens function in the ead of early larval stages, we used wg-LacZ and dpp-Gal4 markers for the examination of wild-type and mutant eads. We found that the ead immediately after hatching was crescent-shaped with the Bolwig's nerve at the ventral edge, suggesting that it consists of dorsal domain. In a subsequent step, transcriptional induction of dpp in the cells along the Bolwig's nerve was followed by rapid growth of the ventral domain. Both Wg and Hh were required for the formation of the ventral domain. Wg was crucial for the growth of the entire ead, but Hh was essential for cell division only in the dorsal domain. In the ventral domain, Hh regulated dpp transcription. Based on these data, we propose that signaling among distinct groups of cells expressing Wg, Dpp, or Hh in the ead of the first-instar larvae are critical for coordinated growth and patterning of ead.
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- Jong-Hoon Won
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Biology, Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469-2320, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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Vicidomini R, Di Giovanni A, Petrizzo A, Iannucci LF, Benvenuto G, Nagel AC, Preiss A, Furia M. Loss of Drosophila pseudouridine synthase triggers apoptosis-induced proliferation and promotes cell-nonautonomous EMT. Cell Death Dis 2015; 6:e1705. [PMID: 25811802 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2015.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Many developing tissues display regenerative capability that allows them to compensate cell loss and preserve tissue homeostasis. Because of their remarkable regenerative capability, Drosophila wing discs are extensively used for the study of regenerative phenomena. We thus used the developing wing to investigate the role played in tissue homeostasis by the evolutionarily conserved eukaryotic H/ACA small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein pseudouridine synthase. Here we show that localized depletion of this enzyme can act as an endogenous stimulus capable of triggering apoptosis-induced proliferation, and that context-dependent effects are elicited in different sub-populations of the silenced cells. In fact, some cells undergo apoptosis, whereas those surrounding the apoptotic foci, although identically depleted, overproliferate. This overproliferation correlates with ectopic induction of the Wg and JAK-STAT (Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription) mitogenic pathways. Expression of a p35 transgene, which blocks the complete execution of the death program and generates the so-called ‘undead cells', amplifies the proliferative response. Pseudouridine synthase depletion also causes loss of apicobasal polarity, disruption of adherens cell junctions and ectopic induction of JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) and Mmp1 (matrix metalloproteinase-1) activity, leading to a significant epithelial reorganization. Unexpectedly, cell-nonautonomous effects, such as epithelial mesenchymal transition in the contiguous unsilenced squamous epithelium, are also promoted. Collectively, these data point out that cell–cell communication and long-range signaling can take a relevant role in the response to pseudouridine synthase decline. Considering that all the affected pathways are highly conserved throughout evolution, it is plausible that the response to pseudouridine synthase depletion has been widely preserved. On this account, our results can add new light on the still unexplained tumor predisposition that characterizes X-linked dyskeratosis, the human disease caused by reduced pseudouridine synthase activity.
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Kornberg TB. Cytonemes and the dispersion of morphogens. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol 2014; 3:445-63. [PMID: 25186102 PMCID: PMC4199865 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Filopodia are cellular protrusions that have been implicated in many types of mechanosensory activities. Morphogens are signaling proteins that regulate the patterned development of embryos and tissues. Both have long histories that date to the beginnings of cell and developmental biology in the early 20th century, but recent findings tie specialized filopodia called cytonemes to morphogen movement and morphogen signaling. This review explores the conceptual and experimental background for a model of paracrine signaling in which the exchange of morphogens between cells is directed to sites where cytonemes directly link cells that produce morphogens to cells that receive and respond to them.
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- Thomas B Kornberg
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Marty F, Rockel-Bauer C, Simigdala N, Brunner E, Basler K. Large-scale imaginal disc sorting: A protocol for "omics"-approaches. Methods 2014; 68:260-4. [PMID: 24736056 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 02/09/2014] [Revised: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Imaginal discs, especially the wing imaginal disc, are powerful model systems to study organ development. The traditional methods to analyze wing imaginal discs depend on the laborious and time-consuming dissection of larvae. "Omics"-based approaches, such as RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, proteomics and lipidomics, offer new opportunities for the systems-level investigation of organ development. However, it is impractical to manually isolate the required starting material. This is even more problematic when experiments strive for enhanced temporal and spatial resolution. The mass isolation workflow discussed in this review, solves this problem. The semi-automated sorting of 1000 wing imaginal discs in less than 3h forms the basis of a workflow that can be connected to biochemical analyses of organ patterning and growth. In addition to the mass isolation workflow we briefly describe key "omics" technologies and their applications. The combination of mass isolation and "omics"-approaches ensures that the wing imaginal disc will continue to be a key model organ for studying developmental processes, both on the genetic, but increasingly also on the biochemical level.
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- Florian Marty
- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Cell shape dynamics, motility, and cell proliferation all depend on the actin cytoskeleton. Malignant cancer cells hijack the actin network to grow and migrate to secondary sites. Understanding the function of actin regulators is therefore of major interest. In the present study, we identify the actin cross-linking protein Filamin/Cheerio (Cher) as a mediator of malignancy in genetically defined Drosophila tumors. We show that in invasive tumors, resulting from cooperation of activated Ras with disrupted epithelial cell polarity, Cher is upregulated in a Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-dependent manner. Although dispensable in normal epithelium, Cher becomes required in the tumor cells for their growth and invasiveness. When deprived of Cher, these tumor clones lose their full potential to proliferate and breach tissue boundaries. Instead, the Cher-deficient clones remain confined within the limits of their source epithelium, permitting survival of the host animal. Through interaction with the myosin II heavy chain subunit, Cher is likely to strengthen the cortical actomyosin network and reinforce mechanical tension within the invasive tumors. Accordingly, Cher is required for aberrant expression of genes downstream of the Hippo/Yorkie signaling in the tumor tissue. Our study identifies Cher as a new target of JNK signaling that links cytoskeleton dynamics to tumor progression.
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- Eva Külshammer
- Institute for Genetics and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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Wang N, Leung HT, Mazalouskas MD, Watkins GR, Gomez RJ, Wadzinski BE. Essential roles of the Tap42-regulated protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) family in wing imaginal disc development of Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38569. [PMID: 22701670 PMCID: PMC3368869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein ser/thr phosphatase 2A family members (PP2A, PP4, and PP6) are implicated in the control of numerous biological processes, but our understanding of the in vivo function and regulation of these enzymes is limited. In this study, we investigated the role of Tap42, a common regulatory subunit for all three PP2A family members, in the development of Drosophila melanogaster wing imaginal discs. RNAi-mediated silencing of Tap42 using the binary Gal4/UAS system and two disc drivers, pnr- and ap-Gal4, not only decreased survival rates but also hampered the development of wing discs, resulting in a remarkable thorax cleft and defective wings in adults. Silencing of Tap42 also altered multiple signaling pathways (HH, JNK and DPP) and triggered apoptosis in wing imaginal discs. The Tap42RNAi-induced defects were the direct result of loss of regulation of Drosophila PP2A family members (MTS, PP4, and PPV), as enforced expression of wild type Tap42, but not a phosphatase binding defective Tap42 mutant, rescued fly survivorship and defects. The experimental platform described herein identifies crucial roles for Tap42•phosphatase complexes in governing imaginal disc and fly development.
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- Ning Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Gandille P, Narbonne-Reveau K, Boissonneau E, Randsholt N, Busson D, Pret AM. Mutations in the polycomb group gene polyhomeotic lead to epithelial instability in both the ovary and wing imaginal disc in Drosophila. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13946. [PMID: 21085656 PMCID: PMC2978711 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Most human cancers originate from epithelial tissues and cell polarity and adhesion defects can lead to metastasis. The Polycomb-Group of chromatin factors were first characterized in Drosophila as repressors of homeotic genes during development, while studies in mammals indicate a conserved role in body plan organization, as well as an implication in other processes such as stem cell maintenance, cell proliferation, and tumorigenesis. We have analyzed the function of the Drosophila Polycomb-Group gene polyhomeotic in epithelial cells of two different organs, the ovary and the wing imaginal disc. RESULTS Clonal analysis of loss and gain of function of polyhomeotic resulted in segregation between mutant and wild-type cells in both the follicular and wing imaginal disc epithelia, without excessive cell proliferation. Both basal and apical expulsion of mutant cells was observed, the former characterized by specific reorganization of cell adhesion and polarity proteins, the latter by complete cytoplasmic diffusion of these proteins. Among several candidate target genes tested, only the homeotic gene Abdominal-B was a target of PH in both ovarian and wing disc cells. Although overexpression of Abdominal-B was sufficient to cause cell segregation in the wing disc, epistatic analysis indicated that the presence of Abdominal-B is not necessary for expulsion of polyhomeotic mutant epithelial cells suggesting that additional polyhomeotic targets are implicated in this phenomenon. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that polyhomeotic mutations have a direct effect on epithelial integrity that can be uncoupled from overproliferation. We show that cells in an epithelium expressing different levels of polyhomeotic sort out indicating differential adhesive properties between the cell populations. Interestingly, we found distinct modalities between apical and basal expulsion of ph mutant cells and further studies of this phenomenon should allow parallels to be made with the modified adhesive and polarity properties of different types of epithelial tumors.
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- Pierre Gandille
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire (FRE 3144), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy (UMR 6216), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université de la Méditérannée Aix-Marseille II, Marseille, France
- Institut Jacques Monod (UMR7592), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, Université Denis Diderot-Paris VII, Paris, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire (FRE 3144), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire (FRE 3144), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement (UMR7622), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod (UMR7592), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, Université Denis Diderot-Paris VII, Paris, France
- Systematique Adaptation Evolution (UMR7138), Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Paris, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire (FRE 3144), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institut Jacques Monod (UMR7592), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, Université Denis Diderot-Paris VII, Paris, France
- Université de Versailles-St Quentin, Versailles, France
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The eye-antennal imaginal disc of Drosophila melanogaster has often been described as an epithelial monolayer with complex signaling events playing out in two dimensions. However, the imaginal disc actually comprises two opposing epithelia (the peripodial epithelium, or PE, and the disc proper, or DP) separated by a lumen to form a sac-like structure. Recent studies expose complex molecular interactions between the PE and the DP, and reveal dynamic communication between the two tissues. Further findings suggest the PE makes important contributions to DP development by acting as a source of signaling molecules as well as cells. Here we summarize those findings and highlight implications for further research.
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- Mardelle Atkins
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Vyas N, Goswami D, Manonmani A, Sharma P, Ranganath HA, VijayRaghavan K, Shashidhara LS, Sowdhamini R, Mayor S. Nanoscale organization of hedgehog is essential for long-range signaling. Cell 2008; 133:1214-27. [PMID: 18585355 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2007] [Revised: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hedgehog (Hh) plays crucial roles in tissue-patterning and activates signaling in Patched (Ptc)-expressing cells. Paracrine signaling requires release and transport over many cell diameters away by a process that requires interaction with heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs). Here, we examine the organization of functional, fluorescently tagged variants in living cells by using optical imaging, FRET microscopy, and mutational studies guided by bioinformatics prediction. We find that cell-surface Hh forms suboptical oligomers, further concentrated in visible clusters colocalized with HSPGs. Mutation of a conserved Lys in a predicted Hh-protomer interaction interface results in an autocrine signaling-competent Hh isoform--incapable of forming dense nanoscale oligomers, interacting with HSPGs, or paracrine signaling. Thus, Hh exhibits a hierarchical organization from the nanoscale to visible clusters with distinct functions.
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- Neha Vyas
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India
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Communication among cells by means of the exchange of signaling cues is important for tissue and organ development. Recent reports indicate that one way that signaling cues can be delivered is by movement along cellular protrusions interconnecting cells. Here, by using confocal laser scanning microscopy and three-dimensional rendering, we describe in Drosophila melanogaster wing imaginal discs lateral protrusions interconnecting cells of the columnar epithelium. Moreover, we identified protrusions of the apical surface of columnar cells that reached and apparently contacted cells of the overlying squamous epithelium. Both apical and lateral protrusions could be visualized by expression of Tkv-GFP, a green fluorescent protein (GFP) -tagged version of a receptor of the Dpp/BMP4 signaling molecule, and the endosome marker GFP-Rab5. Our results demonstrate a previously unexpected richness of cellular protrusions within wing imaginal discs and support the view that cellular protrusions may provide a means for exchanging signaling cues between cells.
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- Fabio Demontis
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Firth LC, Baker NE. Spitz from the retina regulates genes transcribed in the second mitotic wave, peripodial epithelium, glia and plasmatocytes of the Drosophila eye imaginal disc. Dev Biol 2007; 307:521-38. [PMID: 17553483 PMCID: PMC2140239 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2007] [Revised: 04/24/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Proliferation, differentiation, and other processes must be coordinated during the development of multi-cellular animals. A discrete and regulated cell division, the Second Mitotic Wave (SMW), occurs concomitantly with early cell fate decisions in the Drosophila developing retina. Signals from the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) are required to promote cell cycle arrest of specified cells and antagonize S-phase entry in the SMW. Cells that do not receive any EGFR activity enter S-phase in the SMW in response to the Notch pathway. To identify genes with potential roles in the SMW, we used microarrays and genetic manipulation of the EGFR pathway to seek transcripts regulated during the SMW. RNA in situ hybridization of 126 differentially transcribed genes revealed genes that have novel expression patterns in cells closely associated with the SMW. In addition, other genes' transcripts were regulated in the differentiating photoreceptor cells, retinal basal glia, the peripodial epithelium and blood cells (plasmatocytes) associated with the developing retina. These novel targets suggest that during eye development, EGFR activity coordinates transcriptional programs in other tissues with retinal differentiation.
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- Lucy C. Firth
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
- Corresponding Author: , Tel: 718-430-2854, Fax: 718-430-8778
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Members of the Hedgehog (Hh) family of proteins are conserved morphogens that spread and modulate cell fates in target tissue. Mature Hh carries two lipid adducts, a palmitoyl group at the N terminus and cholesterol at the C terminus. Recent findings have addressed how these lipid modifications affect the function and transport of Hh in Drosophila. In contrast to the palmitoyl adduct, cholesterol appears not to be essential for signalling. However, the absence of the cholesterol adduct affects the spread of Hh within tissues. As we discuss here, the exact nature of this effect is controversial.
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- Franz Wendler
- MRC National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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Reeves GT, Muratov CB, Schüpbach T, Shvartsman SY. Quantitative Models of Developmental Pattern Formation. Dev Cell 2006; 11:289-300. [PMID: 16950121 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2006] [Revised: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 08/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Pattern formation in developing organisms can be regulated at a variety of levels, from gene sequence to anatomy. At this level of complexity, mechanistic models of development become essential for integrating data, guiding future experiments, and predicting the effects of genetic and physical perturbations. However, the formulation and analysis of quantitative models of development are limited by high levels of uncertainty in experimental measurements, a large number of both known and unknown system components, and the multiscale nature of development. At the same time, an expanding arsenal of experimental tools can constrain models and directly test their predictions, making the modeling efforts not only necessary, but feasible. Using a number of problems in fruit fly development, we discuss how models can be used to test the feasibility of proposed patterning mechanisms and characterize their systems-level properties.
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- Gregory T Reeves
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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