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eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonghyun Song ◽  
Changbong Hyeon

Spatial boundaries formed during animal development originate from the pre-patterning of tissues by signaling molecules, called morphogens. The accuracy of boundary location is limited by the fluctuations of morphogen concentration that thresholds the expression level of target gene. Producing more morphogen molecules, which gives rise to smaller relative fluctuations, would better serve to shape more precise target boundaries; however, it incurs more thermodynamic cost. In the classical diffusion-depletion model of morphogen profile formation, the morphogen molecules synthesized from a local source display an exponentially decaying concentration profile with a characteristic length λ. Our theory suggests that in order to attain a precise profile with the minimal cost, λ should be roughly half the distance to the target boundary position from the source. Remarkably, we find that the profiles of morphogens that pattern the Drosophila embryo and wing imaginal disk are formed with nearly optimal λ. Our finding underscores the thermodynamic cost as a key physical constraint in the morphogen profile formation in Drosophila development.



2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonghyun Song ◽  
Changbong Hyeon

Spatial boundaries growing into macroscopic structures through animal development originate from the pre-patterning of tissues by signaling molecules, called morphogens. To establish accurate boundaries, the morphogen concentration which thresholds the expression of target gene at the boundary should be precise enough, exhibiting large gradient and small fluctuations. Producing more morphogens would better serve to shape more precise target boundaries; however, it incurs more thermodynamic cost. In the classical diffusion-degradation model of morphogen profile formation, the morphogens synthesized from a local source display an exponentially decaying concentration profile with a characteristic length λ. Our theory suggests that in order to attain a precise morphogen profile with the minimal cost, λ should be roughly half the distance to the target boundary position from the source, so that the boundary is formed at the position where the morphogen concentration is ~10% of the value at the source. Remarkably, we find that the well characterized morphogens that pattern the fruit fly embryo and wing imaginal disk form profiles with nearly optimal λ, which underscores the thermodynamic cost as a key physical constraint in the morphogen profile formation.



2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (28) ◽  
pp. 14055-14064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilin Song ◽  
Diana Andrejeva ◽  
Flávia C. P. Freitas ◽  
Stephen M. Cohen ◽  
Héctor Herranz

Wnt/Wingless (Wg) signaling controls many aspects of animal development and is deregulated in different human cancers. The transcription factor dTcf/Pangolin (Pan) is the final effector of the Wg pathway inDrosophilaand has a dual role in regulating the expression of Wg target genes. In the presence of Wg, dTcf/Pan interacts with β-catenin/Armadillo (Arm) and induces the transcription of Wg targets. In absence of Wg, dTcf/Pan partners with the transcriptional corepressor TLE/Groucho (Gro) and inhibits gene expression. Here, we use the wing imaginal disk ofDrosophilaas a model to examine the functions that dTcf/Pan plays in a proliferating epithelium. We report a function of dTcf/Pan in growth control and tumorigenesis. Our results show that dTcf/Pan can limit tissue growth in normal development and suppresses tumorigenesis in the context of oncogene up-regulation. We identify the conserved transcription factorsSox box protein 15(Sox15) andFtz transcription factor 1(Ftz-f1) as genes controlled by dTcf/Pan involved in tumor development. In conclusion, this study reports a role for dTcf/Pan as a repressor of normal and oncogenic growth and identifies the genes inducing tumorigenesis downstream of dTcf/Pan.



2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo I Peraza-Vega ◽  
América N Castañeda-Sortibrán ◽  
Mahara Valverde ◽  
Emilio Rojas ◽  
Rosario Rodríguez-Arnaiz

The aim of this study was to evaluate the genotoxicity of the herbicide diuron in the wing-spot test and a novel wing imaginal disk comet assay in Drosophila melanogaster. The wing-spot test was performed with standard (ST) and high-bioactivation (HB) crosses after providing chronic 48 h treatment to third instar larvae. A positive dose–response effect was observed in both crosses, but statistically reduced spot frequencies were registered for the HB cross compared with the ST. This latter finding suggests that metabolism differences play an important role in the genotoxic effect of diuron. To verify diuron’s ability to produce DNA damage, a wing imaginal disk comet assay was performed after providing 24 h diuron treatment to ST and HB third instar larvae. DNA damage induced by the herbicide had a significantly positive dose–response effect even at very low concentrations in both strains. However, as noted for the wing-spot test, a significant difference between strains was not observed that could be related to the duration of exposure between both assays. A positive correlation between the comet assay and the wing-spot test was found with regard to diuron genotoxicity.



2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 450-457
Author(s):  
L. I. Lebedeva ◽  
T. D. Dubatolova ◽  
L. V. Omelyanchuk


2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 1290-1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Kopyl ◽  
N. V. Dorogova ◽  
T. Yu. Baimak ◽  
L. -S. Chang ◽  
L. V. Omelyanchuk


2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2308-2327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vangelis Kondylis ◽  
Sarah E. Goulding ◽  
Jonathan C. Dunne ◽  
Catherine Rabouille

We provide a detailed description of Golgi stack biogenesis that takes place in vivo during one of the morphogenetic events in the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster. In early third-instar larvae, small clusters consisting mostly of vesicles and tubules were present in epithelial imaginal disk cells. As larvae progressed through mid- and late-third instar, these larval clusters became larger but also increasingly formed cisternae, some of which were stacked. In white pupae, the typical Golgi stack was observed. We show that larval clusters are Golgi stack precursors by 1) localizing various Golgi-specific markers to the larval clusters by electron and immunofluorescence confocal microscopy, 2) driving this conversion in wild-type larvae incubated at 37°C for 2 h, and 3) showing that this conversion does not take place in an NSF1 mutant (comt 17). The biological significance of this conversion became clear when we found that the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (ecdysone) is critically involved in this conversion. In its absence, Golgi stack biogenesis did not occur and the larval clusters remained unaltered. We showed that dGM130 and sec23p expression increases approximately three- and fivefold, respectively, when discs are exposed to ecdysone in vivo and in vitro. Taken together, these results suggest that we have developed an in vivo system to study the ecdysone-triggered Golgi stack biogenesis.



2000 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L Miner ◽  
Allison J Rosenberg ◽  
H Frederik Nijhout


Development ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 953-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Bennett ◽  
F.M. Hoffmann

Mutations in the Drosophila Abelson tyrosine kinase have pleiotropic effects late in development that lead to pupal lethality or adults with a reduced life span, reduced fecundity and rough eyes. We have examined the expression of the abl protein throughout embryonic and pupal development and analyzed mutant phenotypes in some of the tissues expressing abl. abl protein, present in all cells of the early embryo as the product of maternally contributed mRNA, transiently localizes to the region below the plasma membrane cleavage furrows as cellularization initiates. The function of this expression is not yet known. Zygotic expression of abl is first detected in the post-mitotic cells of the developing muscles and nervous system midway through embryogenesis. In later larval and pupal stages, abl protein levels are also highest in differentiating muscle and neural tissue including the photoreceptor cells of the eye. abl protein is localized subcellularly to the axons of the central nervous system, the embryonic somatic muscle attachment sites and the apical cell junctions of the imaginal disk epithelium. Evidence for abl function was obtained by analysis of mutant phenotypes in the embryonic somatic muscles and the eye imaginal disk. The expression patterns and mutant phenotypes indicate a role for abl in establishing and maintaining cell-cell interactions.



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