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Nandy N, Roy JK. Rab11 negatively regulates wingless preventing JNK-mediated apoptosis in Drosophila epithelium during embryonic dorsal closure. Cell Tissue Res 2023; 391:485-504. [PMID: 36705747 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-023-03740-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Rab11, a small Ras like GTPase marking the recycling endosomes, plays instrumental roles in Drosophila embryonic epithelial morphogenesis where an array of reports testify its importance in the maintenance of cyto-architectural as well as functional attributes of the concerned cells. Proper Rab11 functions ensure a precise regulation of developmentally active cell signaling pathways which in turn promote the expression of morphogens and other physico-chemical cues which finally forge an embryo out of a single layer of cells. Earlier reports have established that Rab11 functions are vital for fly embryonic development where amorphic mutants such as EP3017 homozygotes show a fair degree of epithelial defects along with incomplete dorsal closure. Here, we present a detailed account of the effects of Rab11 loss of function in the dorso-lateral epithelium which resulted in severe dorsal closure defects along with an elevated JNK-Dpp expression. We further observed that the dorso-lateral epithelial cells undergo epithelial to mesenchymal transition as well as apoptosis in Rab11 mutants with elevated expression levels of MMP1 and Caspase-3, where Caspase-3 contributes to the Rab11 knockout phenotype contrary to the knockdown mutants or hypomorphs. Interestingly, the elevated expressions of the core JNK-Dpp signaling could be rescued with a simultaneous knockdown of wingless in the Rab11 knockout mutants suggesting a genetic interaction of Rab11 with the Wingless pathway during dorsal closure, an ideal model of epithelial wound healing.
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- Nabarun Nandy
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Kunar R, Roy JK. The mRNA decapping protein 2 (DCP2) is a major regulator of developmental events in Drosophila-insights from expression paradigms. Cell Tissue Res 2021; 386:261-280. [PMID: 34536141 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-021-03503-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Drosophila genome codes for two decapping proteins, DCP1 and DCP2, out of which DCP2 is the active decapping enzyme. The present endeavour explores the endogenous promoter firing, transcript and protein expression of DCP2 in Drosophila wherein, besides a ubiquitous expression across development, we identify an active expression paradigm during dorsal closure and a plausible moonlighting expression in the Corazonin neurons of the larval brain. We also demonstrate that the ablation of DCP2 leads to embryonic lethality and defects in vital morphogenetic processes whereas a knockdown of DCP2 in the Corazonin neurons reduces the sensitivity to ethanol in adults, thereby ascribing novel regulatory roles to DCP2. Our findings unravel novel putative roles for DCP2 and identify it as a candidate for studies on the regulated interplay of essential molecules during early development in Drosophila, nay the living world.
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- Rohit Kunar
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Yu S, Luo F, Jin LH. Rab5 and Rab11 maintain hematopoietic homeostasis by restricting multiple signaling pathways in Drosophila. eLife 2021; 10:60870. [PMID: 33560224 PMCID: PMC7891935 DOI: 10.7554/elife.60870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The hematopoietic system of Drosophila is a powerful genetic model for studying hematopoiesis, and vesicle trafficking is important for signal transduction during various developmental processes; however, its interaction with hematopoiesis is currently largely unknown. In this article, we selected three endosome markers, Rab5, Rab7, and Rab11, that play a key role in membrane trafficking and determined whether they participate in hematopoiesis. Inhibiting Rab5 or Rab11 in hemocytes or the cortical zone (CZ) significantly induced cell overproliferation and lamellocyte formation in circulating hemocytes and lymph glands and disrupted blood cell progenitor maintenance. Lamellocyte formation involves the JNK, Toll, and Ras/EGFR signaling pathways. Notably, lamellocyte formation was also associated with JNK-dependent autophagy. In conclusion, we identified Rab5 and Rab11 as novel regulators of hematopoiesis, and our results advance the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of hematopoietic homeostasis as well as the pathology of blood disorders such as leukemia.
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- Shichao Yu
- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Nandy N, Roy JK. Rab11 is essential for lgl mediated JNK-Dpp signaling in dorsal closure and epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila. Dev Biol 2020; 464:188-201. [PMID: 32562757 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dorsal closure during Drosophila embryogenesis provides a robust genetic platform to study the basic cellular mechanisms that govern epithelial wound healing and morphogenesis. As dorsal closure proceeds, the lateral epithelial tissue (LE) adjacent to the dorsal opening advance contra-laterally, with a simultaneous retraction of the amnioserosa. The process involves a fair degree of coordinated cell shape changes in the dorsal most epithelial (DME) cells as well as a few penultimate rows of lateral epithelial (LE) cells (collectively referred here as Dorsolateral Epithelial (DLE) cells), lining the periphery of the amnioserosa, which in due course of time extend contra-laterally and ultimately fuse over the dorsal hole, giving rise to a dorsal epithelial continuum. The JNK-Dpp signaling in the dorsolateral epidermis, plays an instrumental role in guiding their fate during this process. A large array of genes have been reported to be involved in the regulation of this core signaling pathway, yet the mechanisms by which they do so is hitherto unclear, which forms the objective of our present study. Here we show a probable mechanism via which lgl, a conserved tumour suppressor gene, regulates the JNK-Dpp pathway during dorsal closure and epithelial morphogenesis. A conditional/targeted knock-down of lgl in the dorsolateral epithelium of embryos results in failure of dorsal closure. Interestingly, we also observed a similar phenotype in a Rab11 knockdown condition. Our experiment suggests Rab11 to be interacting with lgl as they seem to synergize in order to regulate the core JNK-Dpp signaling pathway during dorsal closure and also during adult thorax closure process.
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- Nabarun Nandy
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Zhang H, Gao Y, Qian P, Dong Z, Hao W, Liu D, Duan X. Expression analysis of Rab11 during zebrafish embryonic development. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2019; 19:25. [PMID: 31884948 PMCID: PMC6936149 DOI: 10.1186/s12861-019-0207-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background Rab proteins are GTPases responsible for intracellular vesicular trafficking regulation. Rab11 proteins, members of the Rab GTPase family, are known to regulate vesicular recycling during embryonic development. In zebrafish, there are 3 rab11 paralogues, known as rab11a, rab11ba and rab11bb, sharing high identity with each other. However, the expression analysis of rab11 is so far lacking. Results Here, by phylogeny analysis, we found the three rab11 genes are highly conserved especially for their GTPase domains. We examined the expression patterns of rab11a, rab11ba and rab11bb using RT-PCR and in situ hybridization. We found that all the three genes were highly enriched in the central nervous system, but in different areas of the brain. Apart from brain, rab11a was also expressed in caudal vein, pronephric duct, proctodeum, pharyngeal arches and digestive duct, rab11ba was detected to express in muscle, and rab11bb was expressed in kidney, fin and spinal cord. Different from rab11a and rab11ba, which both have maternal expressions in embryos, rab11bb only expresses during 24hpf to 96hpf. Conclusions Our results suggest that rab11 genes play important but distinct roles in the development of the nervous system in zebrafish. The findings could provide new evidences for better understanding the functions of rab11 in the development of zebrafish embryos.
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- Haijun Zhang
- Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, 19# Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, 19# Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, 19# Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, 19# Qixiu Road, Nantong, 226001, China
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- College of life science, Nantong University, 9# Seyuan Road, Nantong, 226001, China
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- College of life science, Nantong University, 9# Seyuan Road, Nantong, 226001, China
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- College of life science, Nantong University, 9# Seyuan Road, Nantong, 226001, China.
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Bhuin T, Roy JK. Developmental expression, co-localization and genetic interaction of exocyst component Sec15 with Rab11 during Drosophila development. Exp Cell Res 2019; 381:94-104. [PMID: 31071318 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sec15, a component of an evolutionarily conserved octomeric exocyst complex, has been identified as an interactor of GTP-bound Rab11 in mammals and Drosophila which shows its role in secretion in yeast and intracellular vesicle transport. Here, we report the expression patterns of Drosophila Sec15 (DSec15) transcript and Sec15 protein during Drosophila development. At early embryonic stages, a profound level of maternally loaded DSec15 transcript and protein is found. At cellular blastoderm cells (stage 5 embryos); the expression is seen in pole cells, apical membrane and sub-apical region. The transcript is predominantly accumulated in mesoderm, tracheal pits, gut, LE cells, trachea, and ventral nerve cord as development proceeds. While, a robust expression of Sec15 is seen in amnioserosa (AS), lateral epidermis (LAE), developing trachea, gut, ventral nerve cord and epithelial cells. During larval development, the transcript is also found in all imaginal discs with a distinguished accumulation in the morphogenetic furrow of eye disc, gut, proventriculus and gastric ceacae, garland cells/nephrocytes, malpighian tubules, ovary and testis. Further, we show that Sec15 co-localizes with Rab11 during Drosophila embryonic and larval development. Finally, using a genetic approach, we demonstrate that Sec15 interacts with Rab11 in producing blister during Drosophila wing development.
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- Tanmay Bhuin
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India; Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan, 713104, India.
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India
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Nie Y, Yu S, Li Q, Nirala NK, Amcheslavsky A, Edwards YJK, Shum PW, Jiang Z, Wang W, Zhang B, Gao N, Ip YT. Oncogenic Pathways and Loss of the Rab11 GTPase Synergize To Alter Metabolism in Drosophila. Genetics 2019; 212:1227-1239. [PMID: 31213502 PMCID: PMC6707446 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.302137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Colorectal cancer is a complex disease driven by well-established mutations such as APC and other yet to be identified pathways. The GTPase Rab11 regulates endosomal protein trafficking, and previously we showed that loss of Rab11 caused intestinal inflammation and hyperplasia in mice and flies. To test the idea that loss of Rab11 may promote cancer progression, we have analyzed archival human patient tissues and observed that 51 out of 70 colon cancer tissues had lower Rab11 protein staining. By using the Drosophila midgut model, we have found that loss of Rab11 can lead to three changes that may relate to cancer progression. First is the disruption of enterocyte polarity based on staining of the FERM domain protein Coracle. Second is an increased proliferation due to an increased expression of the JAK-STAT pathway ligand Upd3. Third is an increased expression of ImpL2, which is an IGFBP7 homolog and can suppress metabolism. Furthermore, loss of Rab11 can act synergistically with the oncoprotein RasV12 to regulate these cancer-related phenotypes.
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- Yingchao Nie
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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- Guangzhou RiboBio Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510663, China
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- Guangzhou RiboBio Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510663, China
- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510530, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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D'Agostino L, Nie Y, Goswami S, Tong K, Yu S, Bandyopadhyay S, Flores J, Zhang X, Balasubramanian I, Joseph I, Sakamori R, Farrell V, Li Q, Yang CS, Gao B, Ferraris RP, Yehia G, Bonder EM, Goldenring JR, Verzi MP, Zhang L, Ip YT, Gao N. Recycling Endosomes in Mature Epithelia Restrain Tumorigenic Signaling. Cancer Res 2019; 79:4099-4112. [PMID: 31239271 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-4075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The effects of polarized membrane trafficking in mature epithelial tissue on cell growth and cancer progression have not been fully explored in vivo. A majority of colorectal cancers have reduced and mislocalized Rab11, a small GTPase dedicated to trafficking of recycling endosomes. Patients with low Rab11 protein expression have poor survival rates. Using genetic models across species, we show that intact recycling endosome function restrains aberrant epithelial growth elicited by APC or RAS mutations. Loss of Rab11 protein led to epithelial dysplasia in early animal development and synergized with oncogenic pathways to accelerate tumor progression initiated by carcinogen, genetic mutation, or aging. Transcriptomic analysis uncovered an immediate expansion of the intestinal stem cell pool along with cell-autonomous Yki/Yap activation following disruption of Rab11a-mediated recycling endosomes. Intestinal tumors lacking Rab11a traffic exhibited marked elevation of nuclear Yap, upd3/IL6-Stat3, and amphiregulin-MAPK signaling, whereas suppression of Yki/Yap or upd3/IL6 reduced gut epithelial dysplasia and hyperplasia. Examination of Rab11a function in enteroids or cultured cell lines suggested that this endosome unit is required for suppression of the Yap pathway by Hippo kinases. Thus, recycling endosomes in mature epithelia constitute key tumor suppressors, loss of which accelerates carcinogenesis. SIGNIFICANCE: Recycling endosome traffic in mature epithelia constitutes a novel tumor suppressing mechanism.
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- Luca D'Agostino
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taixing Chinese Medicine Hospital, Taixing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
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- Rutgers Genome Editing Core Facility, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
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- Department of Surgery, Cell and Developmental Biology, and Epithelial Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey.,Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.,Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey.,Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.,Department of Pathology, Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro, New Jersey
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. .,Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Gong X, Liu J, Zhang X, Dong F, Liu Y, Wang P. Rab11 Functions as an Oncoprotein via Nuclear Factor kappa B (NF-κB) Signaling Pathway in Human Bladder Carcinoma. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24:5093-5101. [PMID: 30032159 PMCID: PMC6067026 DOI: 10.12659/msm.911454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Elevated expression of Rab11 has been reported in different human cancers, including human bladder carcinoma. This study, we investigated the biological effects and mechanism of Rab11 overexpression in human bladder carcinoma for the first time. Material/Methods Rab11 expression in bladder cancer tissues was detected using immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. Then, Rab11 expression was inhibited in T24 cells and it was overexpressed in BIU-87 cells. The effects of Rab11 perturbations on cell growth rate and invasion were analyzed by CCK8, cell cycle assay, and matrix gel invasion assay. MMP-9, cyclin E, and cyclin D1 levels were studied using Western blot and qPCR. NF-κB activity was studied by luciferase assay. Results High expression of Rab11 was detected in 41.5% (66/159) of tumor specimens. We found a significant correlation between high Rab11 expression and depth of tumor invasion (P=0.004). Rab11 overexpression was observed to promote the growth rate and invasiveness of cancer cells through upregulation of MMP9, cyclin E, and cyclin D1 levels. Rab11 overexpression further elevated NF-κB reporter activity and enhanced p-IκB expression. Use of BAY 11-7082, a noted NF-κB inhibitor, partially abolished overexpression of MMP9 and cyclin D1 by Rab11. Conclusions Our research proved that high Rab11 expression enhances cellular multiplication and invasiveness of bladder cancer, possibly by regulating the NF-κB signaling pathway.
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- Xue Gong
- Department of Urology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China (mainland)
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- Department of Urology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China (mainland)
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- Department of Urology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China (mainland)
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- Department of Urology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China (mainland)
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- Department of Urology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China (mainland)
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- Department of Urology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China (mainland)
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Choubey PK, Roy JK. Rab11 is required for tubulogenesis of Malpighian tubules in Drosophila melanogaster. Genesis 2017; 55. [PMID: 28653473 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Intracellular vesicular trafficking is one of the important tools in maintaining polarity, adhesion, and shape of epithelial cells. Rab11, a subfamily of the Ypt/Rab gene family of ubiquitously expressed GTPases and a molecular marker of recycling endosomes, transports different components of plasma membrane. Here, we report that Rab11 affects tubulogenesis of Malpighian tubules (MTs). MTs are simple polarized epithelial tubular structures, considered as functional analogue of human kidney. Rab11 has pleiotropic effects on MTs development as down-regulation of Rab11 in principal cells (PCs) of MTs from embryonic stages of development results in reduced endoreplication, clustering of cells, disorganized cytoskeleton, and disruption of polarity leading to shortening of MTs in third instar larvae. Rab11 is also required for proper localization of different transporters in PCs, essential for physiological activity of MTs. Collectively, our data suggest that Rab11 plays a key role in the process of tubulogenesis of MTs in Drosophila.
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- Praween Kumar Choubey
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Rab11 plays an indispensable role in the differentiation and development of the indirect flight muscles in Drosophila. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73305. [PMID: 24023858 PMCID: PMC3759402 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Rab11, an evolutionary conserved, ubiquitously expressed subfamily of small monomeric GTPase has been known to regulate diverse cellular and developmental events, by regulating the exocytotic and transcytotic events inside the cell. Our studies show that Rab11 regulates Drosophila adult myogenesis by controlling proliferation and differentiation of the Adult muscle precursors (AMPs). Blocking Rab11 in the AMPs, which fuse to form the Indirect Flight Muscles (IFMs) of fly, renders flies completely flightless and non-viable. The indirect flight musculature, comprising of the differentially patterned dorsal longitudinal muscles (DLMs) and dorsal ventral muscles (DVMs), is affected to different extents. Abrogating or knocking down normal Rab11 function results in severely disrupted IFMs. DLMs forming from larval templates are reduced in number along with a significant reduction in their fibre size. The de novo developing DVMs are frequently absent. The DLMs in Rab11 hypomorphs are highly reduced, showing as a small constricted mass in one half of the thorax. Further, Rab11 function is essential for growth of these muscles during later half of adult myogenesis, as down regulation of Rab11 in IFMs results in degenerated muscles and broken fibres. Finally, we show that loss of Rab11 activity in the AMPs result in acquisition of migratory characteristic of myoblast as they show cellular protrusion at their polar ends accompanied with loss of cell-cell contacts. Our data provide the first evidence of a trafficking protein playing an indispensable role in regulating early stages of adult muscle development.
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Belacortu Y, Paricio N. Drosophila as a model of wound healing and tissue regeneration in vertebrates. Dev Dyn 2011; 240:2379-404. [PMID: 21953647 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Understanding the molecular basis of wound healing and regeneration in vertebrates is one of the main challenges in biology and medicine. This understanding will lead to medical advances allowing accelerated tissue repair after wounding, rebuilding new tissues/organs and restoring homeostasis. Drosophila has emerged as a valuable model for studying these processes because the genetic networks and cytoskeletal machinery involved in epithelial movements occurring during embryonic dorsal closure, larval imaginal disc fusion/regeneration, and epithelial repair are similar to those acting during wound healing and regeneration in vertebrates. Recent studies have also focused on the use of Drosophila adult stem cells to maintain tissue homeostasis. Here, we review how Drosophila has contributed to our understanding of these processes, primarily through live-imaging and genetic tools that are impractical in mammals. Furthermore, we highlight future research areas where this insect may provide novel insights and potential therapeutic strategies for wound healing and regeneration.
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- Yaiza Belacortu
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad CC Biológicas, Universidad de Valencia, Burjasot, Spain
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Mateus AM, Gorfinkiel N, Schamberg S, Martinez Arias A. Endocytic and recycling endosomes modulate cell shape changes and tissue behaviour during morphogenesis in Drosophila. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18729. [PMID: 21533196 PMCID: PMC3077405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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During development tissue deformations are essential for the generation of organs and to provide the final form of an organism. These deformations rely on the coordination of individual cell behaviours which have their origin in the modulation of subcellular activities. Here we explore the role endocytosis and recycling on tissue deformations that occur during dorsal closure of the Drosophila embryo. During this process the AS contracts and the epidermis elongates in a coordinated fashion, leading to the closure of a discontinuity in the dorsal epidermis of the Drosophila embryo. We used dominant negative forms of Rab5 and Rab11 to monitor the impact on tissue morphogenesis of altering endocytosis and recycling at the level of single cells. We found different requirements for endocytosis (Rab5) and recycling (Rab11) in dorsal closure, furthermore we found that the two processes are differentially used in the two tissues. Endocytosis is required in the AS to remove membrane during apical constriction, but is not essential in the epidermis. Recycling is required in the AS at early stages and in the epidermis for cell elongation, suggesting a role in membrane addition during these processes. We propose that the modulation of the balance between endocytosis and recycling can regulate cellular morphology and tissue deformations during morphogenesis.
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- Ana Margarida Mateus
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Gulbenkian PhD Programme in Biomedicine, Oeiras, Portugal
- * E-mail: (AMM); (AMA)
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (AMM); (AMA)
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Belacortu Y, Weiss R, Kadener S, Paricio N. Expression of Drosophila Cabut during early embryogenesis, dorsal closure and nervous system development. Gene Expr Patterns 2010; 11:190-201. [PMID: 21109026 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2010.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Revised: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 11/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
cabut (cbt) encodes a transcription factor involved in Drosophila dorsal closure (DC), and it is expressed in embryonic epithelial sheets and yolk cell during this process upon activation of the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway. Additional studies suggest that cbt may have a role in multiple developmental processes. To analyze Cbt localization through embryogenesis, we generated a Cbt specific antibody that has allowed detecting new Cbt expression patterns. Immunohistochemical analyses on syncytial embryos and S2 cells reveal that Cbt is localized on the surface of mitotic chromosomes at all mitotic phases. During DC, Cbt is expressed in the yolk cell, in epidermal cells and in the hindgut, but also in amnioserosal cells, which also contribute to the process, albeit cbt transcripts were not detected in that tissue. At later embryonic stages, Cbt is expressed in neurons and glial cells in the central nervous system, and is detected in axons of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Most of these expression patterns are recapitulated by GFP reporter gene constructs driven by different cbt genomic regions. Moreover, they have been further validated by immunostainings of embryos from other Drosophila species, thus suggesting that Cbt function during embryogenesis appears to be conserved in evolution.
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- Yaiza Belacortu
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad CC Biológicas, Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjasot, Spain
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Roeth JF, Sawyer JK, Wilner DA, Peifer M. Rab11 helps maintain apical crumbs and adherens junctions in the Drosophila embryonic ectoderm. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7634. [PMID: 19862327 PMCID: PMC2763285 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tissue morphogenesis and organogenesis require that cells retain stable cell-cell adhesion while changing shape and moving. One mechanism to accommodate this plasticity in cell adhesion involves regulated trafficking of junctional proteins. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here we explored trafficking of junctional proteins in two well-characterized model epithelia, the Drosophila embryonic ectoderm and amnioserosa. We find that DE-cadherin, the transmembrane protein of adherens junctions, is actively trafficked through putative vesicles, and appears to travel through both Rab5-positive and Rab11-positive structures. We manipulated the functions of Rab11 and Rab5 to examine the effects on junctional stability and morphogenesis. Reducing Rab11 function, either using a dominant negative construct or loss of function alleles, disrupts integrity of the ectoderm and leads to loss of adherens junctions. Strikingly, the apical junctional regulator Crumbs is lost before AJs are destabilized, while the basolateral protein Dlg remains cortical. Altering Rab5 function had less dramatic effects, not disrupting adherens junction integrity but affecting dorsal closure. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE We contrast our results with what others saw when disrupting other trafficking regulators, and when disrupting Rab function in other tissues; together these data suggest distinct mechanisms regulate junctional stability and plasticity in different tissues.
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- Jeremiah F. Roeth
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Tiwari AK, Roy JK. Mutation in Rab11 results in abnormal organization of ommatidial cells and activation of JNK signaling in the Drosophila eye. Eur J Cell Biol 2009; 88:445-60. [PMID: 19473727 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2009.02.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 02/23/2009] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Rab11(mo), a P insertion line of Rab11 showed degenerated ommatidia and excess cell death in larval/pupal eyes. Here, we demonstrate that Rab11 is essential for normal organization of ommatidial cells and their survival in Drosophila, and a mutation in this gene results in cytoskeleton disruption and activation of JNK signaling in the eye. The spatial organization of various cell types in compound eye, viz., cone, photoreceptor, pigment and bristle cells, were disrupted in Rab11 mutants as revealed by immunostaining of F-actin and adherens and septate junction proteins. Genetic interaction studies indicated that mutation in Rab11 upregulates Drosophila apoptotic genes, rpr, hid and grim. In order to study the pathway that causes excessive cell death in Rab11 mutants, the JNK pathway was chosen and genetic interaction analyses were carried out between Rab11 and candidates of the JNK signaling pathway. A downregulation of JNK signaling rescued the phenotype in Rab11 mutant eyes significantly while overexpression of JNK in the eyes using UAS-eiger, UAS-dtak1 or EP(2)0578, resulted in enhancement of the eye phenotype indicating a link between Rab11 and the JNK signaling pathway.
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- Anand K Tiwari
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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