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Specificity of Drosophila cytonemes for distinct signaling pathways.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21493861     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cytonemes are types of filopodia in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc that are proposed to serve as conduits in which morphogen signaling proteins move between producing and target cells. We investigated the specificity of cytonemes that are made by target cells. Cells in wing discs made cytonemes that responded specifically to Decapentaplegic (Dpp) and cells in eye discs made cytonemes that responded specifically to Spitz (the Drosophila epidermal growth factor protein). Tracheal cells had at least two types: one made in response to Branchless (a Drosophila fibroblast growth factor protein, Bnl), to which they segregate the Bnl receptor, and another to which they segregate the Dpp receptor. We conclude that cells can make several types of cytonemes, each of which responds specifically to a signaling pathway by means of the selective presence of a particular signaling protein receptor that has been localized to that cytoneme.
Authors:
Sougata Roy; Frank Hsiung; Thomas B Kornberg
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Science (New York, N.Y.)     Volume:  332     ISSN:  1095-9203     ISO Abbreviation:  Science     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-15     Completed Date:  2011-04-27     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404511     Medline TA:  Science     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  354-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Compound Eye, Arthropod / cytology,  growth & development,  metabolism
Drosophila / cytology,  growth & development,  metabolism*,  ultrastructure*
Drosophila Proteins / genetics,  metabolism*
Epidermal Growth Factor / metabolism
Fibroblast Growth Factors / metabolism
Heat-Shock Response
Hedgehog Proteins / metabolism
Larva
Ligands
Membrane Proteins / metabolism
Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics,  metabolism
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
Pseudopodia / metabolism*,  ultrastructure
Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics,  metabolism
Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / metabolism
Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
Signal Transduction*
Trachea / cytology,  growth & development,  metabolism
Wing / cytology,  growth & development,  ultrastructure
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 GM030637-27/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Drosophila Proteins; 0/Hedgehog Proteins; 0/Ligands; 0/Membrane Proteins; 0/Receptors, Cell Surface; 0/Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; 0/Recombinant Fusion Proteins; 0/branchless protein, Drosophila; 0/dpp protein, Drosophila; 148175-53-5/spi protein, Drosophila; 149291-21-4/hedgehog protein, Drosophila; 62031-54-3/Fibroblast Growth Factors; 62229-50-9/Epidermal Growth Factor; EC 2.7.1.-/tkv protein, Drosophila; EC 2.7.1.112/breathless protein, Drosophila; EC 2.7.10.1/Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; EC 2.7.11.1/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Science. 2011 Apr 15;332(6027):312-3   [PMID:  21493848 ]

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