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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages 365-376Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-6452-0
Keywords
steroid hormone receptor superfamily; cell morphological differentiation; RNA interference; beta tubulin subnit; signaling pathway
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To dissect the steroid hormone signaling pathway involved in insect cell morphological differentiation, we extended the application of the double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (dsRNAi) method to the epidermal IAL-PID2 cell line from Plodia interpunctella Lepidoptera. We first demonstrated that dsRNA was capable of efficiently blocking the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) inducibility of proteins that belong. to the nuclear receptor superfamily, including the ecdysone receptor (EcR), its partner Ultraspiracle (USP), the insect homolog of the vertebrate retinoid X receptor and the HR3 transcription factor. We then showed that inhibiting the 20E induction of EcR, USP or HR3 proteins prevented the increased synthesis of P tubulin and consequently the morphological transformation of cells. Thanks to this functional approach, we have shown, for the first time, the participation of EcR, USP and HR3 in a 20E signaling pathway that directs morphological differentiation in insect cells by regulating beta tubulin expression.
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