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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5476
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
Loss of cell polarity and tissue architecture are characteristics of malignant cancers derived from epithelial tissues. We provide evidence from Drosophila that a group of membrane-associated proteins act in concert to regulate both epithelial structure and cell proliferation. Scribble (Scrib) is a cell junction-localized protein required for polarization of embryonic and, as demonstrated here, imaginal disc and follicular epithelia. We show that the tumor suppressors lethal giant larvae (lgl) and discs-large (dlg) have identical effects on all three epithelia, and that scrib also acts as a tumor suppressor. Scrib and Dlg colocalize and overlap with Lgl in epithelia; activity of all three genes is required for cortical localization of Lgl and junctional localization of Scrib and Dlg. scrib, dlg, and lgl show strong genetic interactions. Our data indicate that the three tumor suppressors act together in a common pathway to regulate cell polarity and growth control.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
289
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Cell Polarity, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Intercellular Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10884224-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Cooperative regulation of cell polarity and growth by Drosophila tumor suppressors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. bilder@rascal.med.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article