期刊
DEVELOPMENT
卷 147, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.184390
关键词
Notch signaling strength; Asymmetric Notch activation; Numb; Rab5; Deltex
资金
- University of Connecticut Start-up fund
- University of Connecticut Research Excellence Program
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R01-HD086175]
The strength of Notch signaling contributes to pleiotropic actions of Notch; however, we do not yet have a full understanding of the molecular regulation of Notch-signaling strength. We have investigated the mode of Notch activation in binary fate specification in the Drosophila spermathecal linage, where Notch is asymmetrically activated across three divisions to specify different cell fates. Using clonal analysis, we show that Delta (DI) serves as the ligand for Notch in the first and second divisions. DI and Serrate (Ser) function redundantly in the third division. Compared with the third division, cell-fate decision in the second division requires a lower level of Suppressor of Hairless protein, and, consequently, a lower level of Notch signaling. Several Notch endosomal trafficking regulators differentially regulate Notch signaling between the second and third divisions. Here, we demonstrate that cell differentiation in spermathecae involves different Notch-activation modes, Notch-signaling strengths and Notch-trafficking regulations. Thus, the Drosophila spermathecal lineage is an exciting model for probing the molecular mechanisms that modulate the Notch signaling pathway.
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