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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
Understanding the control of size is of fundamental biological and clinical importance. Insulin/IGF signaling during development controls growth and size, possibly by coordinating the activities of the Ras and PI 3-kinase signaling pathways. We show that in Drosophila mutating the consensus binding site for the Ras pathway adaptor Drk/Grb2 in Chico/IRS does not interfere with growth whereas mutating the binding sites of the PI 3-kinase adaptor p60 completely abrogates Chico function. Furthermore, we present biochemical and genetic evidence that loss of the homolog of the tumor suppressor gene, Pten, results in increased PtdInsP(3) levels and that these increased levels are sufficient to compensate for the complete loss of the Insulin/insulin-like growth factor receptor function. This reduction of Pten activity is also sufficient to vastly increase organism size. These results suggest that PtdInsP(3) is a second messenger for growth and that levels of PtdInsP(3) during development regulate organismal size.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4103-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Body Constitution, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-PTEN Phosphohydrolase, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Receptor, Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Receptors, Somatomedin, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Second Messenger Systems, pubmed-meshheading:12163412-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The Drosophila insulin/IGF receptor controls growth and size by modulating PtdInsP(3) levels.
pubmed:affiliation
Universität Zürich, Zoologisches Institut, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH - 8057, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't