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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
The Drosophila fos (Dfos)/kayak gene has been previously identified as a key regulator of epithelial cell morphogenesis during dorsal closure of the embryo and fusion of the adult thorax. We show here that it is also required for two morphogenetic movements of the follicular epithelium during oogenesis. Firstly, it is necessary for the proper posteriorward migration of main body follicle cells during stage 9. Secondly, it controls, from stage 11 onwards, the morphogenetic reorganization of the follicle cells that are committed to secrete the respiratory appendages. We demonstrate that DER pathway activation and a critical level of Dpp/TGFbeta signalling are required to pattern a high level of transcription of Dfos at the anterior and dorsal edges of the two groups of cells that will give rise to the respiratory appendages. In addition, we provide evidence that, within the dorsal-anterior territory, the level of paracrine Dpp/TGFbeta signalling controls the commitment of follicle cells towards either an operculum or an appendage secretion fate. Finally, we show that Dfos is required in follicle cells for the dumping of the nurse cell cytoplasm into the oocyte and the subsequent apoptosis of nurse cells. This suggests that in somatic follicle cells, Dfos controls the expression of one or several factors that are necessary for these processes in underlying germinal nurse cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0925-4773
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Oogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Ovarian Follicle, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Paracrine Communication, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Receptors, Invertebrate Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11472834-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Top-DER- and Dpp-dependent requirements for the Drosophila fos/kayak gene in follicular epithelium morphogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Developmental Biology, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS, Université Paris 7 Denis-Diderot and Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, 2, Place Jussieu, F-75251 Cedex 05, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't