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Mizuno T, Hisamoto N, Terada T, Kondo T, Adachi M, Nishida E, Kim DH, Ausubel FM, Matsumoto K. The Caenorhabditis elegans MAPK phosphatase VHP-1 mediates a novel JNK-like signaling pathway in stress response. EMBO J 2004; 23:2226-34. [PMID: 15116070 PMCID: PMC419906 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are integral to the mechanisms by which cells respond to physiological stimuli and to a wide variety of environmental stresses. MAPK cascades can be inactivated at the MAPK activation step by members of the MAPK phosphatase (MKP) family. However, the components that act in MKP-regulated pathways have not been well characterized in the context of whole organisms. Here we characterize the Caenorhabditis elegans vhp-1 gene, encoding an MKP that acts preferentially on the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 MAPKs. We found that animals defective in vhp-1 are arrested during larval development. This vhp-1 defect is suppressed by loss-of-function mutations in the kgb-1, mek-1, and mlk-1 genes encoding a JNK-like MAPK, an MKK7-type MAPKK, and an MLK-type MAPKKK, respectively. The genetic and biochemical data presented here demonstrate a critical role for VHP-1 in the KGB-1 pathway. Loss-of-function mutations in each component in the KGB-1 pathway result in hypersensitivity to heavy metals. These results suggest that VHP-1 plays a pivotal role in the integration and fine-tuning of the stress response regulated by the KGB-1 MAPK pathway.
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- Tomoaki Mizuno
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 789 3000; Fax: +81 52 789 2589 or 3001; E-mail:
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Bogoyevitch MA, Boehm I, Oakley A, Ketterman AJ, Barr RK. Targeting the JNK MAPK cascade for inhibition: basic science and therapeutic potential. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2004; 1697:89-101. [PMID: 15023353 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2003.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2003] [Accepted: 11/12/2003] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The c-Jun N-terminal protein kinases (JNKs) form one subfamily of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) group of serine/threonine protein kinases. The JNKs were first identified by their activation in response to a variety of extracellular stresses and their ability to phosphorylate the N-terminal transactivation domain of the transcription factor c-Jun. One approach to study the function of the JNKs has included in vivo gene knockouts of each of the three JNK genes. Whilst loss of either JNK1 or JNK2 alone appears to have no serious consequences, their combined knockout is embryonic lethal. In contrast, the loss of JNK3 is not embryonic lethal, but rather protects the adult brain from glutamate-induced excitotoxicity. This latter example has generated considerable enthusiasm with JNK3, considered an appropriate target for the treatment of diseases in which neuronal death should be prevented (e.g. stroke, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases). More recently, these gene knockout animals have been used to demonstrate that JNK could provide a suitable target for the protection against obesity and diabetes and that JNKs may act as tumour suppressors. Considerable effort is being directed to the development of chemical inhibitors of the activators of JNKs (e.g. CEP-1347, an inhibitor of the MLK family of JNK pathway activators) or of the JNKs themselves (e.g. SP600125, a direct inhibitor of JNK activity). These most commonly used inhibitors have demonstrated efficacy for use in vivo, with the successful intervention to decrease brain damage in animal models (CEP-1347) or to ameliorate some of the symptoms of arthritis in other animal models (SP600125). Alternative peptide-based inhibitors of JNKs are now also in development. The possible identification of allosteric modifiers rather than direct ATP competitors could lead to inhibitors of unprecedented specificity and efficacy.
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- Marie A Bogoyevitch
- Cell Signalling Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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Igaki T, Miura M. Role of Bcl-2 family members in invertebrates. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2004; 1644:73-81. [PMID: 14996492 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2003.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2003] [Accepted: 09/30/2003] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Proteins belonging to the Bcl-2 family function as regulators of 'life-or-death' decisions in response to various intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli. In mammals, cell death is controlled by pro- and anti-apoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family, which function upstream of the caspase cascade. Structural and functional homologues of the Bcl-2 family proteins also exist in lower eukaryotes, such as nematodes and flies. In nematodes, an anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein, CED-9, functions as a potent cell death inhibitor, and a BH3-only protein, EGL-1, acts as an inhibitor of CED-9 to facilitate the spatio-temporal regulation of programmed cell death. On the other hand, the Drosophila genome encodes two Bcl-2 family proteins, Drob-1/Debcl/dBorg-1/dBok and Buffy/dBorg-2, both of which structurally belong to the pro-apoptotic group, despite abundant similarities in the cell death mechanisms between flies and vertebrates. Drob-1 acts as a pro-apoptotic factor in vitro and in vivo, and Buffy/dBorg-2 exhibits a weak anti-apoptotic function. The ancestral role of the Bcl-2 family protein may be pro-apoptotic, and the evolution of the functions of this family of proteins may be closely linked with the contribution of mitochondria to the cell death pathway.
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- Tatsushi Igaki
- Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Chen P, Ho SI, Shi Z, Abrams JM. Bifunctional killing activity encoded by conserved reaper proteins. Cell Death Differ 2004; 11:704-13. [PMID: 15002042 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Drosophila activators of apoptosis mapping to the Reaper region function, in part, by antagonizing IAP proteins through a shared RHG motif. We isolated Reaper from the Blowfly L. cuprina, which triggered extensive apoptosis in Drosophila cells. Conserved regions of Reaper were tested in the context of GFP fusions and a second killing activity, distinct from the RHG, was identified. A 20 amino-acid peptide, designated R3, conferred targeting to a focal compartment and promoted membrane blebbing. Killing by the R3 fragment did not correlate with translational suppression or with reduced DIAP1 levels. Likewise, R3-induced cell deaths were only modestly suppressed by silencing of Dronc and involved no detectable association with DIAP1. Instead, a second IAP-binding domain, distinct from the R3, was identified at the C terminus of Reaper that bound to DIAP1 but failed to trigger apoptosis. Collectively, these findings are inconsistent with single effector models for cell killing by Reaper and suggest, instead, that Reaper encodes conserved bifunctional death activities that propagate through distinct effector pathways.
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- P Chen
- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Brodsky MH, Weinert BT, Tsang G, Rong YS, McGinnis NM, Golic KG, Rio DC, Rubin GM. Drosophila melanogaster MNK/Chk2 and p53 regulate multiple DNA repair and apoptotic pathways following DNA damage. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:1219-31. [PMID: 14729967 PMCID: PMC321428 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.3.1219-1231.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We have used genetic and microarray analysis to determine how ionizing radiation (IR) induces p53-dependent transcription and apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster. IR induces MNK/Chk2-dependent phosphorylation of p53 without changing p53 protein levels, indicating that p53 activity can be regulated without an Mdm2-like activity. In a genome-wide analysis of IR-induced transcription in wild-type and mutant embryos, all IR-induced increases in transcript levels required both p53 and the Drosophila Chk2 homolog MNK. Proapoptotic targets of p53 include hid, reaper, sickle, and the tumor necrosis factor family member EIGER: Overexpression of Eiger is sufficient to induce apoptosis, but mutations in Eiger do not block IR-induced apoptosis. Animals heterozygous for deletions that span the reaper, sickle, and hid genes exhibited reduced IR-dependent apoptosis, indicating that this gene complex is haploinsufficient for induction of apoptosis. Among the genes in this region, hid plays a central, dosage-sensitive role in IR-induced apoptosis. p53 and MNK/Chk2 also regulate DNA repair genes, including two components of the nonhomologous end-joining repair pathway, Ku70 and Ku80. Our results indicate that MNK/Chk2-dependent modification of Drosophila p53 activates a global transcriptional response to DNA damage that induces error-prone DNA repair as well as intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways.
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- Michael H Brodsky
- Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
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TNF's main function is to stimulate inflammation by turning on gene transcription through the IKK/NFkappaB and JNK/AP-1 signaling cascades. TNF also can trigger apoptosis through caspase-8, but the role and underlying mechanism of this activity are not fully understood. Here, we review recent data on the role of JNK in the regulation of TNF-dependent apoptosis and discuss what is known so far about how cells decide whether to live or die in response to TNF.
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Brumby AM, Richardson HE. scribble mutants cooperate with oncogenic Ras or Notch to cause neoplastic overgrowth in Drosophila. EMBO J 2003; 22:5769-79. [PMID: 14592975 PMCID: PMC275405 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 463] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Cancer is a multistep process involving cooperation between oncogenic or tumor suppressor mutations and interactions between the tumor and surrounding normal tissue. Here we present the first description of cooperative tumorigenesis in Drosophila, by using a system that mimics the development of tumors in mammals. We have used the MARCM system to generate mutant clones of the apical-basal cell polarity tumor suppressor gene, scribble, in the context of normal tissue. We show that scribble mutant clones in the eye disc exhibit ectopic expression of cyclin E and ectopic cell cycles, but do not overgrow due to increased cell death mediated by the JNK pathway and the surrounding wild-type tissue. In contrast, when oncogenic Ras or Notch is expressed within the scribble mutant clones, cell death is prevented and neoplastic tumors develop. This demonstrates, for the first time in Drosophila, that activated alleles of Ras and Notch can act as cooperating oncogenes in the development of epithelial tumors, and highlights the importance of epithelial polarity regulators in restraining oncogenes and preventing tumor formation.
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- Anthony M Brumby
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Locked Bag 1, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, Victoria 8006, Australia
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Hipfner DR, Cohen SM. The Drosophila sterile-20 kinase slik controls cell proliferation and apoptosis during imaginal disc development. PLoS Biol 2003; 1:E35. [PMID: 14624240 PMCID: PMC261876 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0000035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2003] [Accepted: 08/26/2003] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Cell proliferation and programmed cell death are closely controlled during animal development. Proliferative stimuli generally also induce apoptosis, and anti-apoptotic factors are required to allow net cell proliferation. Genetic studies in Drosophila have led to identification of a number of genes that control both processes, providing new insights into the mechanisms that coordinate cell growth, proliferation, and death during development and that fail to do so in diseases of cell proliferation. We present evidence that the Drosophila Sterile-20 kinase Slik promotes cell proliferation and controls cell survival. At normal levels, Slik provides survival cues that prevent apoptosis. Cells deprived of Slik activity can grow, divide, and differentiate, but have an intrinsic survival defect and undergo apoptosis even under conditions in which they are not competing with normal cells for survival cues. Like some oncogenes, excess Slik activity stimulates cell proliferation, but this is compensated for by increased cell death. Tumor-like tissue overgrowth results when apoptosis is prevented. We present evidence that Slik acts via Raf, but not via the canonical ERK pathway. Activation of Raf can compensate for the lack of Slik and support cell survival, but activation of ERK cannot. We suggest that Slik mediates growth and survival cues to promote cell proliferation and control cell survival during Drosophila development. Identification and characterization of Slik as a new regulator of cell growth and survival based on loss-of-function and overexpression analysis
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNFalpha) receptor signaling can simultaneously activate caspase 8, the transcription factor, NF-kappaB and the kinase, JNK. While activation of caspase 8 is required for TNFalpha-induced apoptosis, and induction of NF-kappaB inhibits cell death, the precise function of JNK activation in TNFalpha signaling is not clearly understood. Here, we report that TNFalpha-mediated caspase 8 cleavage and apoptosis require a sequential pathway involving JNK, Bid, and Smac/DIABLO. Activation of JNK induces caspase 8-independent cleavage of Bid at a distinct site to generate the Bid cleavage product jBid. Translocation of jBid to mitochondria leads to preferential release of Smac/DIABLO, but not cytochrome c. The released Smac/DIABLO then disrupts the TRAF2-cIAP1 complex. We propose that the JNK pathway described here is required to relieve the inhibition imposed by TRAF2-cIAP1 on caspase 8 activation and induction of apoptosis. Further, our findings define a mechanism for crosstalk between intrinsic and extrinsic cell death pathways.
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- Yibin Deng
- Huffington Center on Aging and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 70030, USA
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In the October 3 issue of Cell, Deng et al. (2003) report that a JNK-dependent mitochondrial signal, the release of Smac/DIABLO, is required for TNF-induced caspase 8 activation and apoptosis. This process is interceded by a novel processed form of the BH3 only protein Bid.
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- Zheng-gang Liu
- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Pantalacci S, Tapon N, Léopold P. The Salvador partner Hippo promotes apoptosis and cell-cycle exit in Drosophila. Nat Cell Biol 2003; 5:921-7. [PMID: 14502295 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 451] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2003] [Accepted: 08/27/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tissue growth during animal development is tightly controlled so that the organism can develop harmoniously. The salvador (sav) gene, which encodes a scaffold protein, has been shown to restrict cell number by coordinating cell-cycle exit and apoptosis during Drosophila development. Here we identify Hippo (Hpo), the Drosophila orthologue of the mammalian MST1 and MST2 serine/threonine kinases, as a partner of Sav. Loss of hpo function leads to sav-like phenotypes, whereas gain of hpo function results in the opposite phenotype. Whereas Sav and Hpo normally restrict cellular quantities of the Drosophila inhibitor of apoptosis protein DIAP1, overexpression of Hpo destabilizes DIAP1 in cell culture. We show that DIAP1 is phosphorylated in a Hpo-dependent manner in S2 cells and that Hpo can phosphorylate DIAP1 in vitro. Thus, Hpo may promote apoptosis by reducing cellular amounts of DIAP1. In addition, we show that Sav is an unstable protein that is stabilized by Hpo. We propose that Hpo and Sav function together to restrict tissue growth in vivo.
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- Sophie Pantalacci
- Institute of Signalling, Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, CNRS UMR 6543, Centre de Biochimie, Université de Nice, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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Ju J, Huang C, Minskoff SA, Mayotte JE, Taillon BE, Simons JF. Simultaneous gene expression analysis of steady-state and actively translated mRNA populations from osteosarcoma MG-63 cells in response to IL-1alpha via an open expression analysis platform. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:5157-66. [PMID: 12930967 PMCID: PMC212802 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Pro-inflammatory cytokines play a key role in various forms of metabolic bone diseases, including osteopenia and osteoporosis. Human MG-63 cells treated with IL-1alpha were used as a model system to identify potential marker genes that are differentially expressed. This study is designed to quantitate gene expression of actively translated mRNAs as compared to the steady-state mRNA population. Both steady-state mRNAs and actively translated mRNAs from control MG-63 cells and MG-63 cells treated with IL-1alpha were isolated and converted to cDNA. The gene expression analysis from these samples was then quantitated with an open expression analysis platform with no requirement for a priori knowledge of sequence information. As a result, many differentially regulated genes were discovered via IL-1alpha treatment. Some of the genes have been described previously as playing important roles in the regulation of inflammation and cell adhesion. These comparisons provided a panoramic overview of gene expression at both the total transcript and post-transcriptional levels. In addition, the quantitation of actively translated mRNAs associated with polysomes also provided a better estimation of protein expression levels. This methodology allows for the identification of genes acutely regulated during translation. Furthermore, the process may aid in the identification of new drug targets or biomarkers.
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- Jingfang Ju
- CuraGen Corp., 555 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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BAFF, a member of the TNF family, is a fundamental survival factor for transitional and mature B cells. BAFF overexpression leads to an expanded B cell compartment and autoimmunity in mice, and elevated amounts of BAFF can be found in the serum of autoimmune patients. APRIL is a related factor that shares receptors with BAFF yet appears to play a different biological role. The BAFF system provides not only potential insight into the development of autoreactive B cells but a relatively simple paradigm to begin considering the balancing act between survival, growth, and death that affects all cells.
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- Fabienne Mackay
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Department of Arthritis and Inflammation, Darlinghurst, Australia.
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Harvey KF, Pfleger CM, Hariharan IK. The Drosophila Mst ortholog, hippo, restricts growth and cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis. Cell 2003; 114:457-67. [PMID: 12941274 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00557-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 763] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Establishing and maintaining homeostasis is critical to the well-being of an organism and is determined by the balance of cell proliferation and death. Two genes that function together to regulate growth, proliferation, and apoptosis in Drosophila are warts (wts), encoding a serine/threonine kinase, and salvador (sav), encoding a WW domain containing Wts-interacting protein. However, the mechanisms by which sav and wts regulate growth and apoptosis are not well understood. Here, we describe mutations in hippo (hpo), which encodes a protein kinase most related to mammalian Mst1 and Mst2. Like wts and sav, hpo mutations result in increased tissue growth and impaired apoptosis characterized by elevated levels of the cell cycle regulator cyclin E and apoptosis inhibitor DIAP1. Hpo, Sav, and Wts interact physically and functionally, and regulate DIAP1 levels, likely by Hpo-mediated phosphorylation and subsequent degradation. Thus, Hpo links Sav and Wts to a key regulator of apoptosis.
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- Kieran F Harvey
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Kauppila S, Maaty WSA, Chen P, Tomar RS, Eby MT, Chapo J, Chew S, Rathore N, Zachariah S, Sinha SK, Abrams JM, Chaudhary PM. Eiger and its receptor, Wengen, comprise a TNF-like system in Drosophila. Oncogene 2003; 22:4860-7. [PMID: 12894227 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In mammals, members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family play an important role in the regulation of cellular proliferation, differentiation and programmed cell death. We describe isolation and characterization of an orthologous ligand/receptor axis in Drosophila. The ligand, designated Eiger, is a type II membrane glycosylated protein, which can be cleaved at residue 145 and released from the cell surface as a soluble factor, thereby representing the first potential cytokine to be described in Drosophila. Eiger exists in two alternatively spliced isoforms, Eiger long (Eiger-L) and Eiger short (Eiger-s), both of which are expressed throughout development and in the adult. We also describe the isolation and characterization of a novel Drosophila member of the TNF receptor family, designated Wengen, which is a type I membrane protein that can physically interact with the recently described TRAF2 homolog dTRAF2. Both Eiger and Wengen are expressed in distinctive patterns during embryogenesis and Eiger is responsive to genotoxic stress. Forced expression of Eiger-L, Eiger-s or Wengen, caused apoptotic cell death which could be rescued by caspase inhibitors or the JNK phosphatase Puckered. In addition, Eiger-induced cell killing was attenuated by RNAi-mediated suppression of Wengen. Our results illustrate that Eiger and Wengen represent proximal components of an evolutionarily conserved TNF-like signaling pathway in Drosophila.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- DNA Damage
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Drosophila Proteins/chemistry
- Drosophila Proteins/genetics
- Drosophila Proteins/physiology
- Drosophila melanogaster/embryology
- Drosophila melanogaster/genetics
- Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Silencing/drug effects
- Glycosylation
- JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
- MAP Kinase Kinase 4
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/physiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/genetics
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/physiology
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Antisense/physiology
- RNA, Double-Stranded/pharmacology
- RNA, Small Interfering
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Signal Transduction
- Species Specificity
- TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2
- Transfection
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/chemistry
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- Saila Kauppila
- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8593, USA
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Bodian DL, Leung S, Chiu H, Govind S. Cytokines in Drosophila Hematopoiesis and Cellular Immunity. INVERTEBRATE CYTOKINES AND THE PHYLOGENY OF IMMUNITY 2003; 34:27-46. [PMID: 14979663 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-18670-7_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hematopoiesis is a complex, multistep process in which progenitor cells undergo distinct cellular changes of proliferation and differentiation to give rise to mature blood cells in circulation. Many of the genetic and molecular events that drive these changes have been characterized in mammals, frogs, and zebra fish, and more recently in the insect model system Drosophila melanogaster. Blood cells in Drosophila are actively involved in fighting infections and the cellular immune responses are intimately tied to the process of hematopoiesis. In this article, we briefly review the fundamental similarities in Drosophila and mammalian hematopoiesis and highlight the potential roles of four cytokines/growth factors in Drosophila hematopoiesis and cellular immunity.
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- D L Bodian
- Department of Biology J526, City College, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 138th Street and Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031, USA
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Beschin A, Bilej M, Magez S, Lucas R, De Baetselier P. Functional convergence of invertebrate and vertebrate cytokine-like molecules based on a similar lectin-like activity. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 34:145-63. [PMID: 14979667 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-18670-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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It is generally accepted that the action of cytokines results from their binding to specific receptors. However, many cytokines possess lectin-like activity that may be essential for the expression of their full biological activities. This review focuses on the physiological relevance of the lectin-like activity of cytokines during the innate immune response in mammals, using TNF as an illustrative example. Moreover, we will show that TNF displays functional analogies with a defense molecule from the earthworm Eisenia foetida termed CCF. These analogies are not reflected by primary sequence homology between CCF and TNF but are particularly based on a similar lectin-like activity/domain. Hence, from a phylogenetic point of view, the lectin-like activity/domain of CCF and TNF may represent an essential recognition mechanism that has been functionally conserved during the innate immune response of invertebrates and vertebrates as a result of convergent evolution.
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- A Beschin
- Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Flemish Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Free University Brussels (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Jünger MA, Rintelen F, Stocker H, Wasserman JD, Végh M, Radimerski T, Greenberg ME, Hafen E. The Drosophila forkhead transcription factor FOXO mediates the reduction in cell number associated with reduced insulin signaling. J Biol 2003; 2:20. [PMID: 12908874 PMCID: PMC333403 DOI: 10.1186/1475-4924-2-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 429] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2003] [Revised: 07/02/2003] [Accepted: 07/09/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Forkhead transcription factors belonging to the FOXO subfamily are negatively regulated by protein kinase B (PKB) in response to signaling by insulin and insulin-like growth factor in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammals. In Drosophila, the insulin-signaling pathway regulates the size of cells, organs, and the entire body in response to nutrient availability, by controlling both cell size and cell number. In this study, we present a genetic characterization of dFOXO, the only Drosophila FOXO ortholog. RESULTS Ectopic expression of dFOXO and human FOXO3a induced organ-size reduction and cell death in a manner dependent on phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase and nutrient levels. Surprisingly, flies homozygous for dFOXO null alleles are viable and of normal size. They are, however, more sensitive to oxidative stress. Furthermore, dFOXO function is required for growth inhibition associated with reduced insulin signaling. Loss of dFOXO suppresses the reduction in cell number but not the cell-size reduction elicited by mutations in the insulin-signaling pathway. By microarray analysis and subsequent genetic validation, we have identified d4E-BP, which encodes a translation inhibitor, as a relevant dFOXO target gene. CONCLUSION Our results show that dFOXO is a crucial mediator of insulin signaling in Drosophila, mediating the reduction in cell number in insulin-signaling mutants. We propose that in response to cellular stresses, such as nutrient deprivation or increased levels of reactive oxygen species, dFOXO is activated and inhibits growth through the action of target genes such as d4E-BP.
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- Martin A Jünger
- Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Current address: Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Serono International S.A. 14, Chemin des Aulx, CH-1228, Plans-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Current address: Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- lnstitut für Molekularbiologie, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Current address: The Genetics Company, Inc., Wagistr. 27, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Friedrich-Miescher-Institut, Novartis Research Foundation, Maulbeerstr. 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Stathopoulos A, Van Drenth M, Erives A, Markstein M, Levine M. Whole-genome analysis of dorsal-ventral patterning in the Drosophila embryo. Cell 2002; 111:687-701. [PMID: 12464180 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)01087-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The maternal Dorsal regulatory gradient initiates the differentiation of several tissues in the early Drosophila embryo. Whole-genome microarray assays identified as many as 40 new Dorsal target genes, which encode a broad spectrum of cell signaling proteins and transcription factors. Evidence is presented that a tissue-specific form of the NF-Y transcription complex is essential for the activation of gene expression in the mesoderm. Tissue-specific enhancers were identified for new Dorsal target genes, and bioinformatics methods identified conserved cis-regulatory elements for coordinately regulated genes that respond to similar thresholds of the Dorsal gradient. The new Dorsal target genes and enhancers represent one of the most extensive gene networks known for any developmental process.
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- Angelike Stathopoulos
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Genetics and Development, 401 Barker Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Kuranaga E, Miura M. Molecular genetic control of caspases and JNK-mediated neural cell death. ARCHIVES OF HISTOLOGY AND CYTOLOGY 2002; 65:291-300. [PMID: 12501886 DOI: 10.1679/aohc.65.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Programmed cell death, or apoptosis, plays crucial roles in both development and tissue homeostasis. Apoptosis is widely observed in the nervous system during development. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying why only certain cells are selected to die and the execution of neural cell death itself are largely unknown. Recent genetic studies in mice and Drosophila revealed crucial roles for JNK (c-jun N-terminal kinase) activation in neural cell death. The JNK-mediated initiation of apoptotic mechanisms appears to be an excellent strategy for the fine-tuning of morphogenesis as well as cell selection in nervous tissue.
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- Erina Kuranaga
- Laboratory for Cell Recovery Mechanisms, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan
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Kanda H, Igaki T, Kanuka H, Yagi T, Miura M. Wengen, a member of the Drosophila tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, is required for Eiger signaling. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:28372-5. [PMID: 12084706 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c200324200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We identified Wengen, the first member of the Drosophila tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily. Wengen is a type III membrane protein with conserved cysteine-rich residues (TNFR homology domain) in the extracellular domain, a hallmark of the TNFR superfamily. wengen mRNA is expressed at all stages of Drosophila development. The small-eye phenotype caused by an eye-specific overexpression of a Drosophila TNF superfamily ligand, Eiger, was dramatically suppressed by down-regulation of Wengen using RNA interference. In addition, Wengen and Eiger physically interacted with each other through their TNFR homology domain and TNF homology domain, respectively. These results suggest that Wengen can act as a component of a functional receptor for Eiger. Our identification of Wengen and further genetic analysis should provide increased understanding of the evolutionarily conserved roles of TNF/TNFR superfamily proteins in normal development, as well as in some pathophysiological conditions.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Blotting, Western
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- Drosophila/metabolism
- Drosophila Proteins/physiology
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Ligands
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Precipitin Tests
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Signal Transduction
- Transfection
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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- Hiroshi Kanda
- Laboratory for Cell Recovery Mechanisms, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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