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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
The Drosophila argos gene encodes a secreted protein with an EGF motif which acts as an inhibitor of cellular differentiation in multiple developmental processes. To investigate the cellular pathways regulated by Argos, we screened for mutations which could modify the phenotype caused by overexpression of argos. We show that the effects of argos overexpression on the eye and wing vein development are suppressed by gain-of-function mutations of the MAPKK/D-MEK gene (Dsor1/D-mek) and the MAPK/ERK-A gene (rolled) and were enhanced by loss-of-function mutations of Star. Loss-of-function mutations in components of the Ras/MAPK signaling cascade act as dominant suppressors of the phenotype caused by the argos null mutations. A loss-of-function argos mutation enhanced the overproduction of R7 neurons caused by gain-of-function alleles of Son of sevenless and Dsor1. Conversely, overexpression of argos inhibited formation of the extra R7 cells that was caused by high-level MAPK/ERK-A activity. A phenotype of the sev; argos double mutants revealed that sev is epistatic to argos. These results provide evidence that Argos negatively regulates signal transduction events in the Ras/MAPK cascade.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Argos protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Eye Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MAP Kinase Kinase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ras Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sev protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
178
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Epistasis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Eye, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-MAP Kinase Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Suppression, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Veins, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-Wing, pubmed-meshheading:8812105-ras Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
The Drosophila secreted protein Argos regulates signal transduction in the Ras/MAPK pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't