Drosophila C-terminal Src kinase regulates growth via the Hippo signaling pathway.
Drosophila C-terminal Src kinase regulates growth via the Hippo signaling pathway.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.10.010
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
H. Kwon;Indrayani Waghmare;Shilpi Verghese;Aditi Singh;Ashutosh Kumar Singh;Madhuri Kango-Singh
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作者:
H. Kwon;Indrayani Waghmare;Shilpi Verghese;Aditi Singh;Ashutosh Kumar Singh;Madhuri Kango-Singh
The Hippo signaling pathway is involved in regulating tissue size by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Aberrant Hippo pathway function is often detected in human cancers and correlates with poor prognosis. TheDrosophila C-terminal Src kinase(d-Csk) is a genetic modifier ofwarts(wts), a tumor-suppressor gene in the Hippo pathway, and interacts with theSrconcogene. Reduction ind-Cskexpression and the consequent activation ofSrcare frequently seen in several cancers including hepatocellular and colorectal tumors. Previous studies show thatd-Cskregulates cell proliferation and tissue size during development. Given the similarity in the loss-of-function phenotypes ofd-Cskandwts, we have investigated the interactions ofd-Cskwith the Hippo pathway. Here we present multiple lines of evidence suggesting thatd-Cskregulates growth via the Hippo signaling pathway. We show that loss of dCsk caused increased Yki activity, and our genetic epistasis places dCsk downstream of Dachs. Furthermore, dCsk requires Yki for its growth regulatory functions, suggesting that dCsk is another upstream member of the network of genes that interact to regulate Wts and its effector Yki in the Hippo signaling pathway.