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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
How stem cells generate both differentiating and self-renewing daughter cells is unclear. Here, we show that Drosophila larval neuroblasts-stem cell-like precursors of the adult brain-regulate proliferation by segregating the growth inhibitor Brat and the transcription factor Prospero into only one daughter cell. Like Prospero, Brat binds and cosegregates with the adaptor protein Miranda. In larval neuroblasts, both Brat and Prospero are required to inhibit self-renewal in one of the two daughter cells. While Prospero regulates cell-cycle gene transcription, Brat acts as a posttranscriptional inhibitor of dMyc. In brat or prospero mutants, both daughter cells grow and behave like neuroblasts leading to the formation of larval brain tumors. Similar defects are seen in lethal giant larvae (lgl) mutants where Brat and Prospero are not asymmetric. We have identified a molecular mechanism that may control self-renewal and prevent tumor formation in other stem cells as well.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1241-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Genes, myc, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16564014-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Asymmetric segregation of the tumor suppressor brat regulates self-renewal in Drosophila neural stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Dr Bohr Gasse 3-5, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't