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miRNA suppression of a Notch repressor directs non-neuronal fate in Drosophila mechanosensory organs
In Special Collection:
Stem Cells and Development 2018
Joshua Kavaler, Hong Duan, Rajaguru Aradhya, Luis F. de Navas, Brian Joseph, Boris Shklyar, Eric C. Lai
Journal:
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology (2017) 217 (2): 571–583.
Published: 01 December 2017
Abstract
Although there is abundant evidence that individual microRNA (miRNA) loci repress large cohorts of targets, large-scale knockout studies suggest that most miRNAs are phenotypically dispensable. Here, we identify a rare case of developmental cell specification that is highly dependent on miRNA control of an individual target. We observe that binary cell fate choice in the Drosophila melanogaster peripheral sensory organ lineage is controlled by the non-neuronally expressed mir-279/996 cluster, with a majority of notum sensory organs exhibiting transformation of sheath cells into ectopic neurons. The mir-279/996 defect phenocopies Notch loss of function during the sheath–neuron cell fate decision, suggesting the miRNAs facilitate Notch signaling. Consistent with this, mir-279/996 knockouts are strongly enhanced by Notch heterozygosity, and activated nuclear Notch is impaired in the miRNA mutant. Although Hairless (H) is the canonical nuclear Notch pathway inhibitor, and H heterozygotes exhibit bristle cell fate phenotypes reflecting gain-of-Notch signaling, H/+ does not rescue mir-279/996 mutants. Instead, we identify Insensible (Insb), another neural nuclear Notch pathway inhibitor, as a critical direct miR-279/996 target. Insb is posttranscriptionally restricted to neurons by these miRNAs, and its heterozygosity strongly suppresses ectopic peripheral nervous system neurons in mir-279/996 mutants. Thus, proper assembly of multicellular mechanosensory organs requires a double-negative circuit involving miRNA-mediated suppression of a Notch repressor to assign non-neuronal cell fate.
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Journal:
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology (2003) 162 (3): 365–370.
Published: 28 July 2003
Abstract
What's in a raft? Although cell membranes are certainly not homogeneous mixtures of lipids and proteins, almost all aspects of lipid rafts—how to define them, their size, composition, lifetime, and biological relevance—remain controversial. The answers will shape our views of signaling and of membrane dynamics.
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Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology (2003) 161 (1): 12.
Published: 14 April 2003
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Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology (2003) 161 (1): 13.
Published: 07 April 2003
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Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology (2003) 161 (1): 13.
Published: 07 April 2003
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Journal:
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology (2003) 161 (1): 12.
Published: 07 April 2003
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Journal:
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology (2003) 161 (1): 12–13.
Published: 07 April 2003