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Drosophila dorsal/ventral axis detemination
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Drosophila dorsal/ventral axis detemination
How are different tissue types specified at distinct positions on the embryonic dorsal-
ventral axis?
amnio-serosa dorsal
ectoderm
neuro-ectoderm
mesoderm
Cell fate specification at the blastoderm stage
mesoderm formationfate map
dorsal
ventral
Dorsal-Ventral fate map
Genes identified in a famous screen for Drosophila mutants with embryo patterning defects
Torpedo
Gurken
Localized maternal mRNA sets up anterior and posterior poles
Gurken protein specifies the Anterior-Posterior axis of the Drosophila embryo during oogenesis
(Similar to EGF)
Gurken also signals dorsal pole formation during oogenesis
follicle cells
anterior posterior
A P
V
DD
V
-+-
microtubules
71-6 810A
gurken expression in the oocyte
10A
gurken expression in the
oocyte
1-6
Microtubules reorient,
nucleus migrates to minus
end
+
-
-
8
oocyte nucleus
Gurken mRNA also relocalizes to anterior
dorsal side.
Localization of the Gurken mRNA and protein between the oocyte nucleus and the dorsal anterior cell membrane
Gurken signaling inhibits production of an extracellular signal (Spätzle) by follicle cells
follicle cells
Oocyte
pipe expression
Ventral follicle cell
Pipe (Golgi?)
XX
Nucleus
Wind (ER?)
XX
XX
modified from van Eeden & St.Johnston
Gurken = Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF)
Torpedo = EGF receptor(in follicle cells)
Toll Tl - membrane receptor
cactus cact - cytoplasmic inhibitor
of Dorsal nuclear
translocation
dorsal dl - transcription factor
(morphogen)
tube - cytoplasmic protein
pelle - ser/thr protein kinase
Somatic (follicle cells)
ndl, pipe, wbl
gd, snk, ea - serine proteases
Spätzle spz - ligand
Germline (nurse cells)
Dorsal protein
dorsal RNA
Toll protein
Spätzle proteinDorsal protein
nudel, pipe, wbl
amnio serosa
dorsal ectoderm
neuro-ectoderm
mesoderm
Dl nuclear protein
Maternal effect mutations in dorso-ventral patterning
Wild type
ventralized
dorsal
mutant
cactus
mutant
dorsalized T1
T2
T3
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5 A6 A7 A8
dorsal and cactus mutants (maternal germline effect)
dorsal
ventral
Wild type toll mutant cactus mutant
Translocation of Dorsal protein into ventral nuclei but not lateral or dorsal nuclei
Generation of Dorsal-Ventral polarity in Drosophila
Generation of Dorsal-Ventral Polarity in Drosophila
Wild type
toll mutant
Inject wild-type cytoplasm
mesoderm
neuro-ectoderm(denticle belts)
dorsal ectoderm
The Toll pathway in dorso-ventral pattern formation
into toll mutant eggs
dorsalized
local
rescue
ventral
dorsal
polarity reversal
Conserved pathway for regulating nuclear transport of transcription factors in Drosophila and mammals
Cells with highest nuclear Dorsal levels become mesoderm
Zygotically expressed genes
Action of Dorsal protein in ventral cells
Action of Dorsal protein in ventral cells
High affinity for promoter,Not much Dorsal needed to activate
Action of Dorsal protein in ventral cells
Lower affinity for promoter,More Dorsal needed to activate
Zygotically expressed genes
Action of Dorsal protein in ventral cellsSnail repression of rhomboid creates domains with distinct gene expression patterns
twist
dpp
Dorsal protein
dorsal RNA
Toll protein
Spätzle protein
Dorsal protein
nudel, pipe, windbeutel
Dorso-ventral pattern formation: summary
oocyte nucleus dorsal> repression of ventral fate
in dorsal follicle cells
ventral production of ligand> activation of Toll receptor
> graded nuclear uptakeof Dorsal morphogen
> regulation of zygotictarget gene expression
> cell fates along DV axis
Use of a similar regulatory system to pattern insects and vertebrates
Patterns mesoderm in vertebrates
Patterns ectoderm in Drosophila
Gastrulation in Drosophila
Schematic representation of gastrulation in
Drosophila