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Mosallanejad H, Badisco L, Swevers L, Soin T, Knapen D, Vanden Broeck J, Smagghe G. Ecdysone signaling and transcript signature in Drosophila cells resistant against methoxyfenozide. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 56:1973-1985. [PMID: 20816975 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Revised: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Methoxyfenozide (RH-2485) is a non-steroidal ecdysteroid agonist with a dibenzoylhydrazine structure, representing a group used as novel biorational insecticides in the control of insect pests. Here we report on the selection of Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells for resistance to inhibition of cell proliferation by methoxyfenozide by ∼ 1000-fold over 4 months. Cells were exposed to gradually increasing concentrations of methoxyfenozide and selected out based on the ecdysteroid-sensitive response for cell proliferation. In the resistant cells, the ecdysteroid receptor (EcR/USP) complex was no longer active in the presence of methoxyfenozide. But when resistant cells were relaxed from pressure in methoxyfenozide-free medium, induction of the reporter construct was observed. In parallel, EcR/USP functionality was also restored when resistant cells were rescued by a Drosophila EcR plasmid. However, it was striking that in the resistant cells the ecdysteroid-sensitive response for cell proliferation was not restored upon methoxyfenozide withdrawal, indicating permanent changes in the physiology of the cells during selection. To investigate changes in gene expression caused by inactivation of the EcR/USP complex in resistant cells, Drosophila oligo 14kv1 microarrays were used and probed with cDNAs from resistant cells in the presence and absence of ecdysone agonist on one hand and from unselected sensitive cells on the other hand. A selection of 324 differentially expressed genes was assigned covering diverse functions as transport, enzyme activity, cytoskeleton organization, cell cycle machinery, transcription/translation and ecdysteroid signaling. Besides the identification of (primary and secondary) target genes of the EcR/USP signaling pathway, this analysis also allows to gain insights into the mechanism of resistance and on the crosstalk between ecdysteroid signaling and cell proliferation-linked processes.
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- Hadi Mosallanejad
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Swevers L, Soin T, Mosallanejad H, Iatrou K, Smagghe G. Ecdysteroid signaling in ecdysteroid-resistant cell lines from the polyphagous noctuid pest Spodoptera exigua. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 38:825-833. [PMID: 18675909 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Revised: 06/04/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Although dibenzoylhydrazine-type non-steroidal ecdysone agonists such as methoxyfenozide (RH-2485) have an excellent performance record, the emergence of resistance could severely compromise the efficacy of these compounds in integrated pest management programs. To investigate possible mechanisms of resistance, cell lines derived from the polyphagous noctuid pest Spodoptera exigua (Se4 cells) were selected for continuous growth in the presence of high concentrations of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) or methoxyfenozide. Here we describe an analysis of ecdysteroid receptor signaling in the ecdysteroid-resistant Se4 cell lines. In contrast to other ecdysteroid-resistant cell lines described in literature, our data support the existence of a normal functioning ecdysteroid receptor complex in the resistant Se4 cell lines: (1) using a recombinant BmNPV baculovirus as a transduction tool, activation of an ecdysone-responsive luciferase cassette was demonstrated; (2) the early gene HR3 is constitutively expressed in the resistant cell lines that are grown in the presence of 20E or methoxyfenozide. Quantitative RT-PCR experiments indicated that expression levels of SeEcR mRNA were comparable among sensitive and resistant cell lines. Sequencing of PCR fragments also revealed the presence of SeEcR mRNA with a wild-type ligand-binding domain in resistant cells. Finally, a possible role for the gene FTZ-F1, whose expression correlates with the absence of circulating ecdysteroids during insect development, in the resistance mechanism was investigated. However, it was observed that FTZ-F1, in contrast to what is observed during insect development, is constitutively expressed in Se4 cells and that its expression is not regulated by the addition of ecdysteroid. It is proposed that the resistance mechanism in Se4 cells resides at the coupling between the conserved hierarchical cascade of early and early-late gene expression and the differentiation program in the Se4 cell line. The use of insect cell lines for the investigation of resistance against dibenzoylhydrazine ecdysone agonists and their relevance for uncovering resistance mechanisms in insects during pest control programs is discussed.
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- Luc Swevers
- Insect Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece
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Mosallanejad H, Soin T, Smagghe G. Selection for resistance to methoxyfenozide and 20-hydroxyecdysone in cells of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 67:36-49. [PMID: 18044724 DOI: 10.1002/arch.20220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In this report with an ecdysteroid-responsive cell line of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Se4) selection for resistance against methoxyfenozide and the insect moulting hormone (20-hydroxyecdysone, 20E) was carried out to analyze the resulting resistant cells in order to elucidate possible mechanisms of resistance towards these compounds. From these cultures, five methoxyfenozide- and four 20E-resistant subclones were selected starting from 0.1 nM methoxyfenozide up to 100 microM and from 10 nM 20E up to 100 microM, respectively. To date, the selected cells kept their loss of susceptibility for 100 microM. Here we evaluated two processes known to be important in insecticide resistance, namely metabolism and pharmacokinetics, in the selected methoxyfenozide- and 20E-resistant subclones. Synergism experiments with piperonyl butoxide, S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithioate, and diethyl maleate, which are respective inhibitors of monooxygenases, esterases, and gluthation-S-transferases, did not affect the level of the resistance. To check the possible existence of active transport in the resistant cells, we used ouabain, an inhibitor of active membrane transport. In parallel, the absorption profile was studied in resistant and susceptible cells with use of 14C-methoxyfenozide. Interestingly, resistant subclones showed cross-resistance towards methoxyfenozide and 20E. The resistance was irreversible even after the compounds were removed from the medium.
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- Hadi Mosallanejad
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Gerenday A, Fallon AM. Ecdysone-induced accumulation of mosquito cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 50:831-838. [PMID: 15350503 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Revised: 06/03/2004] [Accepted: 06/07/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have established baseline conditions for investigating the interaction of the insect steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) with the cell cycle in the C7-10 cell line from the mosquito, Aedes albopictus. As is the case with Drosophila melanogaster cells, treatment of C7-10 cells with 20E inhibits proliferation. In the presence of 10(-6) M 20E, a gradual decline in cell number is typically apparent at 24 h. Media components such as phenol red and the potential presence of endogenous steroids in serum have no effect on the response to 20E. Pre-treating the cells with 10(-8) M 20E, with or without an intervening hormone-free period, did not alter the response to 10(-6) M 20E. However, replenishment of the medium appeared to synchronize the response to 10(-6) M 20E, causing an abrupt and complete cessation of cell division by 48 h. Flow cytometry over a 20 h period showed a decrease in the proportion of cells in S within 4-6 h after exposure to 20E. By 6-10 h, a transient increase in G2 was followed by the accumulation of more than 70% of the cells in G1. These data suggest that after treatment with 20E, cells complete the ongoing cycle before arresting in G1. Consistent with the decrease in the proportion of cells in S and G2, western blots show that levels of cyclin A, which is required during the S phase of the cycle, decreased in 20E-treated cells.
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- Anna Gerenday
- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Siaussat D, Mottier V, Bozzolan F, Porcheron P, Debernard S. Synchronization of Plodia interpunctella lepidopteran cells and effects of 20-hydroxyecdysone. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 13:179-187. [PMID: 15056365 DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00475.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have investigated the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the control of insect cell cycle by 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) using the IAL-PID2 cell line established from imaginal wing discs of Plodia interpunctella. We first defined conditions for use of hydroxyurea, a reversible inhibitor of DNA synthesis, in order to synchronize the IAL-PID2 cells in their division cycle. A high degree of synchrony was reached when cells were exposed to two consecutive hydroxyurea treatments at 1 mm for 36 h spaced 16 h apart. Under these conditions, flow cytometry analysis demonstrated that 20E at 10(-6) m induced an inhibition of cell growth by an arrest of 90% of the cells in G2/M phase. Using cDNA probes specifically designed from E75 and HR3 nuclear receptors of Plodia interpunctella, we showed that PiE75 and PHR3 were highly induced by 20E through S and G2 phases with maximal enhancement just before the G2/M arrest of cells. These findings suggest that PiE75 and PHR3 could be involved in a 20E-induced genetic cascade leading to G2/M arrest.
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- D Siaussat
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire des Invertébrés, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
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Grebe M, Rauch P, Spindler-Barth M. Characterization of subclones of the epithelial cell line from Chironomus tentans resistant to the insecticide RH 5992, a non-steroidal moulting hormone agonist. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 30:591-600. [PMID: 10844251 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Selection of hormone resistant subclones in the continuous presence of the insecticide and ecdysteroid mimick RH 5992 (tefubenozide) resulted preferentially in clones with defects in ecdysteroid receptor function. RH 5992 is already degraded to polar products in wild-type cells; no increase in metabolism of tefubenozide is observed in resistant clones. According to Western blots, ecdysteroid receptor (EcR) and its heterodimerization partner ultraspiracle (USP) are present in all resistant clones. The concentrations are comparable to wild-type cells, but in three clones the extent of phosphorylation of USP is diminished. With regard to hormone binding several types of hormone resistance are distinguished: (1) The same two high-affinity hormone recognition sites are present as in wild-type cells (K(D1)=0.31+/-0.28 nM, K(D2)=6.5+/-2.4 nM) but the number of binding sites is reduced. (2) The binding site with the lower affinity (K(D2)) is missing. (3) The binding site with the higher affinity (K(D1)) is missing. (4) No specific binding is observed. Ponasterone A binding can be rescued by addition of EcR but not by USP. (5) Ligand specificity is altered. RH 5992 can not compete [(3)H]-ponasterone A as efficient as in wild-type cells.
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- M Grebe
- Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungs- und Molekularbiologie der Tiere, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Spindler-Barth M, Spindler KD. Ecdysteroid resistant subclones of the epithelial cell line from Chironomus tentans (Insecta, Diptera). I. Selection and characterization of resistant clones. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 1998; 34:116-22. [PMID: 9542648 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0093-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chironomus tentans cells were cultured in the presence of gradually increasing concentrations of 20-OH-ecdysone or a nonsteroidal molting hormone agonist, the benzoylhydrazine RH 5992, for a period of about 2 yr. From these cultures, subclones were selected, which are resistant to up to 25 microM 20-OH-ecdysone according to morphological (changes in cell shape and cell arrangement) and physiological criteria (acetylcholinesterase induction, secretion of chitinolytic enzymes, thymidine incorporation). Some subclones, selected in the presence of 20-OH-ecdysone, are resistant only to molting hormone, but still respond to RH 5992 morphologically and biochemically, whereas subclones selected in the presence of the benzoylhydrazine showed no reaction neither to 20-OH-ecdysone nor to the hormone agonist. Hormone resistance is stable; 3 mo. after hormone withdrawal, resistant clones still do not respond to renewed exposure to 20-OH-ecdysone or RH 5992, respectively. Because in all resistant subclones tested so far all hormonally regulated responses known from sensitive cells were no longer detectable, it is assumed that the hormone signaling pathway itself is interrupted. Possible mechanisms of hormone resistance were discussed.
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- M Spindler-Barth
- Lehrstuhl für Hormon- und Entwicklungsphysiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Segraves WA. Steroid receptors and other transcription factors in ecdysone response. RECENT PROGRESS IN HORMONE RESEARCH 1994; 49:167-95. [PMID: 8146423 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-571149-4.50013-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- W A Segraves
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8112
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Koelle MR, Talbot WS, Segraves WA, Bender MT, Cherbas P, Hogness DS. The Drosophila EcR gene encodes an ecdysone receptor, a new member of the steroid receptor superfamily. Cell 1991; 67:59-77. [PMID: 1913820 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(91)90572-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 679] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The steroid hormone ecdysone triggers coordinate changes in Drosophila tissue development that result in metamorphosis. To advance our understanding of the genetic regulatory hierarchies controlling this tissue response, we have isolated and characterized a gene, EcR, for a new steroid receptor homolog and have shown that it encodes an ecdysone receptor. First, EcR protein binds active ecdysteroids and is antigenically indistinguishable from the ecdysone-binding protein previously observed in extracts of Drosophila cell lines and tissues. Second, EcR protein binds DNA with high specificity at ecdysone response elements. Third, ecdysone-responsive cultured cells express EcR, whereas ecdysone-resistant cells derived from them are deficient in EcR. Expression of EcR in such resistant cells by transfection restores their ability to respond to the hormone. As expected, EcR is nuclear and found in all ecdysone target tissues examined. Furthermore, the EcR gene is expressed at each developmental stage marked by a pulse of ecdysone.
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- M R Koelle
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305
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Shemshedini L, Wilson TG. Resistance to juvenile hormone and an insect growth regulator in Drosophila is associated with an altered cytosolic juvenile hormone-binding protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:2072-6. [PMID: 2107540 PMCID: PMC53628 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.6.2072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The Met mutant of Drosophila melanogaster is highly resistant to juvenile hormone III (JH III) or its chemical analog, methoprene, an insect growth regulator. Five major mechanisms of insecticide resistance were examined in Met and susceptible Met+ flies. These two strains showed only minor differences when penetration, excretion, tissue sequestration, or metabolism of [3H]JH III was measured. In contrast, when we examined JH III binding by a cytosolic binding protein from a JH target tissue, Met strains had a 10-fold lower binding affinity than did Met+ strains. Studies using deficiency-bearing chromosomes provide strong evidence that the Met locus controls the binding protein characteristics and may encode the protein. These studies indicate that resistance in Met flies results from reduced binding affinity of a cytosolic binding protein for JH III.
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- L Shemshedini
- Department of Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405
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Besson MT, Cordier G, Quennedey B, Quennedey A, Delachambre J. Variability of ecdysteroid-induced cell cycle alterations in Drosophila Kc sublines. CELL AND TISSUE KINETICS 1987; 20:413-25. [PMID: 3427605 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1987.tb01326.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The cell cycle of two lines isolated from Drosophila Kc cells was followed by flow cytofluorometry and cell counting. The first line is the 8-9K clone which grew in a medium supplemented with 5% serum; the second, named subline KcO, grew in a serum-free medium. The stationary phase is characterized by a G2 cell accumulation: 73% in the 8-9K clone and 50% in the KcO subline. When the medium was supplemented with the steroid moulting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone, more than 90% of 8-9K cells and 65% of KcO cells were progressively arrested in G2. In the continuous presence of 20-hydroxyecdysone, most of the 8-9K cells remain G2-arrested; no massive G2 release into M was observed and only a few cells were able to divide. When treated for only 3 or 7 days, a transient release into M and proliferation occurred after hormone-free medium renewal, largely masked by G2 cell death. These results are discussed in comparison with other reports on cell cycle alteration induced by ecdysteroids.
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- M T Besson
- Unité associée au CNRS, Cytologie et Physiologie des Arthropodes, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Roberts PA, MacPhail LA. Structure and activity of salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila gibberosa. Chromosoma 1985; 92:55-68. [PMID: 4040004 DOI: 10.1007/bf00327245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In Drosophila gibberosa the maximum secretory output of the salivary glands is in the prepupa rather than in the late third-instar larva. Using salivary chromosome maps provided here we have followed puff patterns from late second-instar larvae through the time of histolysis of the salivary glands 28-32 h after pupariation and find low puff activity correlated with low secretory activity throughout much of the third larval instar. Ecdysteroid-sensitive puffs were not observed at the second larval molt but do appear prior to pupariation initiating an intense cycle of gene activity. The second cycle of ecdysteroid-induced gene activity a day later, at the time of pupation, appears somewhat damped, especially for late puffs. Salivary chromosome maps provided here may also be used to identify homologous loci in fat body, Malpighian, and midgut chromosomes.
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Simcox AA, Sobeih MM, Shearn A. Establishment and characterization of continuous cell lines derived from temperature-sensitive mutants of Drosophila melanogaster. SOMATIC CELL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS 1985; 11:63-70. [PMID: 3919453 DOI: 10.1007/bf01534735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Embryos of 21 temperature-sensitive Drosophila mutants were used to set up 232 primary cultures. From these, 57 cell lines are being subcultured, and we consider 33 of them to be continuous. Nineteen of the 21 mutants are represented in these 57 lines. Four characteristics of each of the continuous lines are described: morphology, ecdysterone response, karyotype, and response to a restrictive temperature. We discuss the potential uses of such cell lines.
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Berger EM, Morganelli CM. Drosophila cells and ecdysterone: a model system for gene regulation. IN VITRO 1984; 20:959-74. [PMID: 6442267 DOI: 10.1007/bf02619669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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When Drosophila cell lines are exposed to physiological doses of the steroid molting hormone, ecdysterone, they enter mitotic arrest and differentiate morphologically. These responses are accompanied by specific changes in gene expression. Several enzyme activities (acetylcholinesterase, beta-galactosidase, dopa decarboxylase, and catalase) are induced and the synthesis of a cytoplasmic actin and the four small heat-shock proteins is initiated. Several of these ecdysterone inducible genes have been physically isolated and characterized, in several cases by DNA sequencing. Current studies focus on introducing cloned ecdysterone inducible genes into responsive cells by DNA mediated transfection. Once it is clear that these introduced genes acquire the normal pattern of hormone-regulated gene expression in the cell, in vitro mutagenesis can be used before transfection to modify their structure. Transient expression, then, can become a functional assay to define regions of DNA flanking the coding region of inducible genes that are needed for proper gene expression and regulation in cultured cells.
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