De Navascues Melero, Joaquin  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5414-4056 and Modolell, J.
2007.
tailup, a LIM-HD gene, and Iro-C cooperate in Drosophila dorsal mesothorax specification.
Development
134
(9)
, pp. 1779-1788.
10.1242/dev.02844
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Abstract
The LIM-HD gene tailup (tup; also known as islet) has been categorised as a prepattern gene that antagonises the formation of sensory bristles on the notum of Drosophila by downregulating the expression of the proneural achaete-scute genes. Here we show that tup has an earlier function in the development of the imaginal wing disc; namely, the specification of the notum territory. Absence of tup function causes cells of this anlage to upregulate different wing-hinge genes and to lose expression of some notum genes. Consistently, these cells differentiate hinge structures or modified notum cuticle. The LIM-HD co-factors Chip and Ssdp are also necessary for notum specification. This suggests that Tup acts in this process in a complex with Chip and Ssdp. Overexpression of tup, together with araucan, a `pronotum' gene of the iroquois complex (Iro-C), synergistically reinforces the weak capacity of either gene, when overexpressed singly, to induce ectopic notum-like development. Whereas the Iro-C genes are activated in the notum anlage by EGFR signalling, tup is positively regulated by Dpp signalling. Our data support a model in which the EGFR and Dpp signalling pathways, with their respective downstream Iro-C and tup genes, converge and cooperate to commit cells to the notum developmental fate.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Biosciences European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI) |
| ISSN: | 0950-1991 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2022 08:46 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63324 |
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