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DEVELOPMENT
Volume 150, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.201085
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C. elegans; Molting; NHR-23; Nuclear hormone receptor; Apical extracellular matrix; Auxin-inducible degron
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Nematode molting is a remarkable process where animals repeatedly build a new extracellular matrix. The nuclear hormone receptor NHR-23 is an important regulator of molting in C. elegans. NHR-23 acts primarily in seam and hypodermal cells to coordinate factors involved in molting, lipid transport/metabolism, and ECM remodeling.
Nematode molting is a remarkable process where animals must repeatedly build a new apical extracellular matrix (aECM) beneath a previously built aECM that is subsequently shed. The nuclear hormone receptor NHR-23 (also known as NR1F1) is an important regulator of C. elegans molting. NHR-23 expression oscillates in the epidermal epithelium, and soma-specific NHR-23 depletion causes severe developmental delay and death. Tissue-specific RNAi suggests that nhr-23 acts primarily in seam and hypodermal cells. NHR-23 coordinates the expression of factors involved in molting, lipid transport/metabolism and remodeling of the aECM. NHR-23 depletion causes dampened expression of a nas-37 promoter reporter and a loss of reporter oscillation. The cuticle collagen ROL6 and zona pellucida protein NOAH-1 display aberrant annular localization and severe disorganization over the seam cells after NHR-23 depletion, while the expression of the adult-specific cuticle collagen BLI-1 is diminished and frequently found in patches. Consistent with these localization defects, the cuticle barrier is severely compromised when NHR-23 is depleted. Together, this work provides insight into how NHR-23 acts in the seam and hypodermal cells to coordinate aECM regeneration during development.
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