RRC ID 77479
著者 Burghardt E, Rakijas J, Tyagi A, Majumder P, Olson BJSC, McDonald JA.
タイトル Transcriptome analysis reveals temporally regulated genetic networks during Drosophila border cell collective migration.
ジャーナル BMC Genomics
Abstract BACKGROUND:Collective cell migration underlies many essential processes, including sculpting organs during embryogenesis, wound healing in the adult, and metastasis of cancer cells. At mid-oogenesis, Drosophila border cells undergo collective migration. Border cells round up into a small group at the pre-migration stage, detach from the epithelium and undergo a dynamic and highly regulated migration at the mid-migration stage, and stop at the oocyte, their final destination, at the post-migration stage. While specific genes that promote cell signaling, polarization of the cluster, formation of protrusions, and cell-cell adhesion are known to regulate border cell migration, there may be additional genes that promote these distinct active phases of border cell migration. Therefore, we sought to identify genes whose expression patterns changed during border cell migration.
RESULTS:We performed RNA-sequencing on border cells isolated at pre-, mid-, and post-migration stages. We report that 1,729 transcripts, in nine co-expression gene clusters, are temporally and differentially expressed across the three migration stages. Gene ontology analyses and constructed protein-protein interaction networks identified genes expected to function in collective migration, such as regulators of the cytoskeleton, adhesion, and tissue morphogenesis, but also uncovered a notable enrichment of genes involved in immune signaling, ribosome biogenesis, and stress responses. Finally, we validated the in vivo expression and function of a subset of identified genes in border cells.
CONCLUSIONS:Overall, our results identified differentially and temporally expressed genetic networks that may facilitate the efficient development and migration of border cells. The genes identified here represent a wealth of new candidates to investigate the molecular nature of dynamic collective cell migrations in developing tissues.
巻・号 24(1)
ページ 728
公開日 2023-12-1
DOI 10.1186/s12864-023-09839-8
PII 10.1186/s12864-023-09839-8
PMID 38041052
PMC PMC10693066
MeSH Animals Cell Movement / genetics Drosophila* / metabolism Drosophila Proteins* / genetics Drosophila Proteins* / metabolism Drosophila melanogaster / genetics Gene Expression Profiling Gene Regulatory Networks Oogenesis / genetics
IF 3.594
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