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9716523

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
This article describes the characterization of a new Drosophila gene that we have called pitchoune (pit) (meaning small in Provence) because mutations in this gene produce larvae that cannot grow beyond the first instar larval stage although they can live as long as 7-10 days. All the tissues are equally affected and the perfectly shaped larvae are indistinguishable from first instar wild-type animals. Analysis of mutant somatic clones suggests a function in cell growth and proliferation, which is supported by the fact that cell proliferation is promoted by pit overexpression. Tagged-Pit, when transfected in S2 cells, localizes mainly to the nucleolus, pointing towards a possible role in ribosome biogenesis and, consequently, in protein biosynthesis. pit encodes a DEAD-box RNA helicase, a family of proteins involved in the control of RNA structure in many cellular processes and its closest homologue is a human DEAD-box RNA helicase, MrDb, whose corresponding gene transcription is directly activated by Myc-Max heterodimers (Grandori, C., Mac, J., Siëbelt, F., Ayer, D. E. and Eisenman, R. N. (1996) EMBO J. 15, 4344-4357). The patterns of expression of d-myc and pit are superimposable. Ectopic expression of myc in the nervous system drives an ectopic expression of pit in this tissue indicating that in Drosophila as well, pit is a potential target of d-Myc. These results suggest that myc might promote cell proliferation by activating genes that are required in protein biosynthesis, thus linking cell growth and cell proliferation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3571-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
A Drosophila RNA helicase gene, pitchoune, is required for cell growth and proliferation and is a potential target of d-Myc.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Génétique et Physiologie du Développement, UMR 6545 CNRS-Université, IBDM CNRS-INSERM-Université de la Méditerranée, Campus de Luminy, Case 907, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't