Complementary expression of optomotor-blind and the Iroquois complex promotes fold formation to separate wing notum and hinge territories
Complementary expression of optomotor-blind and the Iroquois complex promotes fold formation to separate wing notum and hinge territories
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视动盲和易洛魁复合体的互补表达促进折叠形成以分离翼节和铰链区
DOI:
10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.05.020
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Shen Jie
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作者:
Wang Dan;Li Lingyun;Lu Juan;Liu Suning;Shen Jie
Animal morphogenesis requires folds or clefts to separate populations of cells which are often associated with different cell affinities. In theDrosophilawing imaginal disc, the regional expression of theIroquois complex(Iro-C) in the notum leads to the formation of the hinge/notum (H/N) fold that separates the wing hinge and notum territories. Although Decapentaplegic (Dpp) signaling has been revealed as essential for the hinge/notum subdivision through the restriction ofIro-Ctoward the notum region, the mechanism by which the H/N border develops into a fold is unknown. Here, we report that a Dpp target gene,optomotor-blind(omb), mediates the role of Dpp signaling inIro-Cinhibition.ombis complementarily expressed on the dorsal hinge side, abutting theIro-Cdomain along the H/N border. Ectopicombexpression inhibitsIro-Cin the notum territory, independent of knownIro-Cregulators Msh and Stat92E. Uniform manipulation of eitheromborIro-Cgenes spanning the presumptive H/N border significantly suppresses H/N fold formation via inhibition of the apical microtubule enrichment. Ectopically sharp border or discontinuity in level of Iro-C or Omb is enough to generate ectopic fold formation. These results reveal thatombandIro-Cnot only are complementarily expressed but also cooperate to promote H/N fold formation. Our data help to understand how Dpp signaling is interpreted region-specifically during tissue subdivision.