Journal
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab003
Keywords
oocyte; follicle cells; nuclear hormone receptor; oogenesis
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- National Institutes of Health [R15 GM117502]
- East Carolina University Division of Research and Graduate Studies
- Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
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Gamete production in mammals and insects is regulated by cell signaling pathways, with nuclear receptor signaling playing a key role in reproduction. The NR5A subfamily is essential for gonad development and sex steroid production in mammals and has a similar function in fruit flies. Ftz-f1 is crucial for egg chamber survival in fruit flies before stage 10, highlighting the importance of nuclear receptors in controlling reproduction.
Gamete production in mammals and insects is controlled by cell signaling pathways that facilitate communication between germ cells and somatic cells. Nuclear receptor signaling is a key mediator of many aspects of reproduction, including gametogenesis. For example, the NR5A subfamily of nuclear receptors is essential for gonad development and sex steroid production in mammals. Despite the original identification of the NR5A subfamily in the model insect Drosophila melanogaster, it has been unclear whether Drosophila NR5A receptors directly control oocyte production. Ftz-f1 is expressed throughout the ovary, including in germline stem cells, germline cysts, and several populations of somatic cells. We show that ftz-f1 is required in follicle cells prior to stage 10 to promote egg chamber survival at the mid-oogenesis checkpoint. Our data suggest that egg chamber death in the absence of ftz-f1 is due, at least in part, to failure of follicle cells to exit the mitotic cell cycle or failure to accumulate oocyte-specific factors in the germline. Taken together, these results show that, as in mammals, the NR5A subfamily promotes maximal reproductive output in Drosophila. Our data underscore the importance of nuclear receptors in the control of reproduction and highlight the utility of Drosophila oogenesis as a key model for unraveling the complexity of nuclear receptor signaling in gametogenesis.
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