Vesicle-Mediated Steroid Hormone Secretion in Drosophila melanogaster.
Vesicle-Mediated Steroid Hormone Secretion in Drosophila melanogaster.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.022
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发表时间：
2015-11-05
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64.5
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O'Connor MB
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作者：
Yamanaka N;Marqués G;O'Connor MB
Steroid hormones are a large family of cholesterol derivatives regulating development and physiology in both the animal and plant kingdoms, but little is known concerning mechanisms of their secretion from steroidogenic tissues. Here we present evidence, that in Drosophila, endocrine release of the steroid hormone ecdysone is mediated through a regulated vesicular trafficking mechanism. Inhibition of calcium signaling in the steroidogenic prothoracic gland results in the accumulation of unreleased ecdysone, and the knockdown of calcium-mediated vesicle exocytosis components in the gland caused developmental defects due to deficiency of ecdysone. Accumulation of Synaptotagmin-labeled vesicles in the gland is observed when calcium signaling is disrupted, and these vesicles contain an ABC transporter that functions as an ecdysone pump to fill vesicles. We propose that trafficking of steroid hormones out of endocrine cells is not always through a simple diffusion mechanism as presently thought, but instead can involve a regulated vesicle-mediated release process.
