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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2006786118
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germline stem cells; asymmetric division; Drosophila; BMP signaling; Virtual Cell
资金
- Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [1R35GM128678-01]
- National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- UConn Health
- NIH, NIGMS [P41 GM103313, R24 GM137787]
Stem cells divide asymmetrically to generate a stem cell and a differentiating daughter cell. The mechanism for breaking the symmetry of daughter cells during asymmetric stem cell division involves the asymmetric partitioning of phosphorylated Mad (pMad) in the nucleus of the Germline Stem Cell (GSC) and the differentiating daughter cell (preCB). Mathematical modeling explains the high sensitivity of pMad levels to Mad phosphatase activity and how this asymmetry arises in a shared cytoplasm.
Stem cells divide asymmetrically to generate a stem cell and a differentiating daughter cell. Yet, it remains poorly understood how a stem cell and a differentiating daughter cell can receive distinct levels of niche signal and thus acquire different cell fates (self-renewal versus differentiation), despite being adjacent to each other and thus seemingly exposed to similar levels of niche signaling. In the Drosophila ovary, germline stem cells (GSCs) are maintained by short range bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling; the BMP ligands activate a receptor that phosphorylates the downstream molecule mothers against decapentaplegic (Mad). Phosphorylated Mad (pMad) accumulates in the GSC nucleus and activates the stem cell transcription program. Here, we demonstrate that pMad is highly concentrated in the nucleus of the GSC, while it quickly decreases in the nucleus of the differentiating daughter cell, the precystoblast (preCB), before the completion of cytokinesis. We show that a known Mad phosphatase, Dullard (Dd), is required for the asymmetric partitioning of pMad. Our mathematical modeling recapitulates the high sensitivity of the ratio of pMad levels to the Mad phosphatase activity and explains how the asymmetry arises in a shared cytoplasm. Together, these studies reveal a mechanism for breaking the symmetry of daughter cells during asymmetric stem cell division.
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