RRC ID 11616
著者 Kucherenko MM, Pantoja M, Yatsenko AS, Shcherbata HR, Fischer KA, Maksymiv DV, Chernyk YI, Ruohola-Baker H.
タイトル Genetic modifier screens reveal new components that interact with the Drosophila dystroglycan-dystrophin complex.
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract The Dystroglycan-Dystrophin (Dg-Dys) complex has a capacity to transmit information from the extracellular matrix to the cytoskeleton inside the cell. It is proposed that this interaction is under tight regulation; however the signaling/regulatory components of Dg-Dys complex remain elusive. Understanding the regulation of the complex is critical since defects in this complex cause muscular dystrophy in humans. To reveal new regulators of the Dg-Dys complex, we used a model organism Drosophila melanogaster and performed genetic interaction screens to identify modifiers of Dg and Dys mutants in Drosophila wing veins. These mutant screens revealed that the Dg-Dys complex interacts with genes involved in muscle function and components of Notch, TGF-beta and EGFR signaling pathways. In addition, components of pathways that are required for cellular and/or axonal migration through cytoskeletal regulation, such as Semaphorin-Plexin, Frazzled-Netrin and Slit-Robo pathways show interactions with Dys and/or Dg. These data suggest that the Dg-Dys complex and the other pathways regulating extracellular information transfer to the cytoskeletal dynamics are more intercalated than previously thought.
巻・号 3(6)
ページ e2418
公開日 2008-6-11
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0002418
PMID 18545683
PMC PMC2398783
MeSH Animals Drosophila Proteins / metabolism Drosophila melanogaster / genetics* Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism Dystroglycans / metabolism* Dystrophin / metabolism* ErbB Receptors / metabolism Mutation Receptors, Notch / metabolism Signal Transduction Transforming Growth Factor beta / metabolism
IF 2.74
引用数 43
WOS 分野 CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ショウジョウバエ FRT-lethal