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2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (28) ◽  
pp. 11623-11628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Run Shen ◽  
Changjiang Weng ◽  
Junjing Yu ◽  
Ting Xie
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Sun ◽  
Hui-Min Wei ◽  
Jiang Xu ◽  
Jian-Feng Chang ◽  
Zhihao Yang ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yalan Xing ◽  
Irina Kurtz ◽  
Manisha Thuparani ◽  
Jillian Legard ◽  
Hannele Ruohola-Baker

Genetics ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 186 (2) ◽  
pp. 573-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ◽  
Akos Szakmary ◽  
Haifan Lin

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-169.e5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Ma ◽  
Xiujuan Zhu ◽  
Yingying Han ◽  
Benjamin Story ◽  
Trieu Do ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 168 (6) ◽  
pp. 589-602
Author(s):  
Marika Rikitake ◽  
Ayako Matsuda ◽  
Daisuke Murata ◽  
Katsufumi Dejima ◽  
Kazuko H Nomura ◽  
...  

Abstract Stem cells divide and undergo self-renewal depending on the signals received from the stem cell niche. This phenomenon is indispensable to maintain tissues and organs in individuals. However, not all the molecular factors and mechanisms of self-renewal are known. In our previous study, we reported that glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) synthesized in the distal tip cells (DTCs; the stem cell niche) are essential for germline stem cell proliferation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Here, we characterized the GPI-APs required for proliferation. We selected and verified the candidate GPI-APs synthesized in DTCs by RNA interference screening and found that F57F4.3 (GFI-1), F57F4.4 and F54E2.1 are necessary for germline proliferation. These proteins are likely involved in the same pathway for proliferation and activated by the transcription factor PQM-1. We further provided evidence suggesting that these GPI-APs act through fatty acid remodelling of the GPI anchor, which is essential for association with lipid rafts. These findings demonstrated that GPI-APs, particularly F57F4.3/4 and F54E2.1, synthesized in the germline stem cell niche are located in lipid rafts and involved in promoting germline stem cell proliferation in C. elegans. The findings may thus shed light on the mechanisms by which GPI-APs regulate stem cell self-renewal.


2014 ◽  
Vol 207 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maija Slaidina ◽  
Ruth Lehmann

Stem cells give rise to tissues and organs during development and maintain their integrity during adulthood. They have the potential to self-renew or differentiate at each division. To ensure proper organ growth and homeostasis, self-renewal versus differentiation decisions need to be tightly controlled. Systematic genetic studies in Drosophila melanogaster are revealing extensive regulatory networks that control the switch between stem cell self-renewal and differentiation in the germline. These networks, which are based primarily on mutual translational repression, act via interlocked feedback loops to provide robustness to this important fate decision.


Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Hu ◽  
Mengjie Li ◽  
Xue Hao ◽  
Yi Lu ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
...  

The Drosophila ovary is recognized as a powerful model to study stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. Decapentaplegic (Dpp) is secreted from the germline stem cell (GSC) niche to activate Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP) signaling in GSCs for their self-renewal and is restricted in the differentiation niche for daughter cell differentiation. Here, we report that Switch/sucrose non-fermentable (SWI/SNF) component Osa depletion in escort cells (ECs) results in a blockage of GSC progeny differentiation. Further molecular and genetic analyses suggest that the defective germline differentiation is partially attributed to the elevated dpp transcription in ECs. Moreover, ectopic Engrailed (En) expression in osa-depleted ECs partially contributes to upregulated dpp transcription. Furthermore, we show that Osa regulates germline differentiation in a Brahma (Brm)-associated protein (BAP)-complex-dependent manner. Additionally, the loss of EC long cellular processes upon osa depletion may also partly contribute to the germline differentiation defect. Taken together, these data suggest that the epigenetic factor Osa plays an important role in controlling EC characteristics and germline lineage differentiation.


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