Cell Non-autonomous Function of daf-18/PTEN in the Somatic Gonad Coordinates Somatic Gonad and Germline Development in C. elegans Dauer Larvae.
Cell Non-autonomous Function of daf-18/PTEN in the Somatic Gonad Coordinates Somatic Gonad and Germline Development in C. elegans Dauer Larvae.
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daf-18/PTEN 在体细胞性腺中的细胞非自主功能协调线虫 Dauer 幼虫的体细胞性腺和种系发育。
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10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.076
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2019
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Greenwald,Iva
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Tenen,ClaudiaC;Greenwald,Iva
C.eleganslarvae integrate environmental information and developmental decisions [1–3]. In favorable conditions, worms develop rapidly and continuously through four larval stages into reproductive adulthood. However, if conditions are unfavorable through the second larval stage, worms enter dauer diapause, a state of global and reversible developmental arrest in which precursor cells remain quiescent and preserve developmental potential, anticipating developmental progression if conditions improve. Signaling from neurons, hypodermis, and intestine regulate the appearance and behavior of dauer larvae and many aspects of developmental arrest of the non-gonadal soma [1, 4, 5]. Here, we show that the decision of somatic gonad blast cells (SGBs) and germline stem cells (GSCs) to be quiescent or progress developmentally is regulated differently from the non-gonadal soma:daf-18/PTEN acts non-autonomously within the somatic gonad to maintain developmental quiescence of both SGBs and GSCs. Our analysis suggests thatdaf-18acts in somatic gonad cells to produce a "pro-quiescence" signal (or signals) that actsinter seand between the somatic gonad and the germline. The inferred signal does not require DAF-2/insulin receptor or maintain quiescence of the nearby sex myoblasts, and developmental progression indaf-18(0)does not require dafachronic acids. Abrogating quiescence in dauer results in post-dauer sterility. Our results implicate the somatic gonad as an endocrine organ to synchronize somatic gonad and germline development during dauer diapause and recovery, and our finding that PTEN acts non-autonomously to control blast cell quiescence may be relevant to its function as a tumor suppressor in mammals and to combating parasitic nematodes.