RRC ID 32403
著者 Horiguchi T, Fuka M, Fujisawa K, Tanimura A, Miyoshi K, Murakami R, Noma T.
タイトル Adenylate kinase 2 deficiency limits survival and regulates various genes during larval stages of Drosophila melanogaster.
ジャーナル J Med Invest
Abstract Adenylate kinase isozyme 2 (AK2) is located in mitochondrial intermembrane space and regulates energy metabolism by reversibly converting ATP and AMP to 2 ADPs. We previously demonstrated that disruption of the Drosophila melanogaster AK2 gene (Dak2) resulted in growth arrest during the larval stage and subsequent death. Two other groups found that human AK2 mutations cause reticular dysgenesis, a form of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) that is associated with severe hematopoietic defects and sensorineural deafness. However, the mechanisms underlying differential outcomes of AK2 deficiency in Drosophila and human systems remain unknown. In this study, effects of tissue-specific inactivation of the Dak2 gene on Drosophila development were analyzed using RNAi-mediated gene knockdown. In addition, to investigate the roles of AK2 in the regulation of gene expression during development, microarray analysis was performed using RNA from first and second instar larvae of Dak2-deficient mutant and wild-type D. melanogaster. Knockdown of Dak2 in all germ layers caused cessation of growth and subsequent death of flies. Microarray analysis revealed that Dak2 deficiency downregulates various genes, particularly those involved in the proteasomal function and in mitochondrial translation machinery. These data indicate that adenine nucleotide interconversion by Dak2 is crucial for developmental processes of Drosophila melanogaster.
巻・号 61(1-2)
ページ 137-50
公開日 2014-4-4
DOI 10.2152/jmi.61.137
PII DN/JST.JSTAGE/jmi/61.137
PMID 24705759
MeSH Adenylate Kinase / deficiency* Adenylate Kinase / genetics Animals Down-Regulation / physiology Drosophila melanogaster / genetics* Drosophila melanogaster / growth & development* Gene Knockout Techniques Genes, Developmental / physiology* Larva / genetics* Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis Survival Analysis
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