دورية أكاديمية
rebuff regulates apical luminal matrix to control tube size in Drosophila trachea
العنوان: | rebuff regulates apical luminal matrix to control tube size in Drosophila trachea |
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المؤلفون: | Rachana R. Chandran, Aaron Scholl, Yuyang Yang, Lan Jiang |
المصدر: | Biology Open, Vol 7, Iss 9 (2018) |
بيانات النشر: | The Company of Biologists, 2018. |
سنة النشر: | 2018 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Science LCC:Biology (General) |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | rebuff, Luminal matrix, Endocytosis, ObstA, Science, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
الوصف: | The Drosophila embryonic tracheal network is an excellent model to study tube size. The chitin-based apical luminal matrix and cell polarity are well known to regulate tube size in Drosophila trachea. Defects in luminal matrix and cell polarity lead to tube overexpansion. Here, we address the novel function of the rebuff (reb) gene, which encodes an evolutionarily conserved Smad-like protein. In reb mutants, tracheal tubes are moderately over-elongated. Despite the establishment of normal cell polarity, we observed significantly reduced apical luminal matrix in reb mutants. Among various luminal components, luminal Obstructor-A (ObstA) is drastically reduced. Interestingly, ObstA is localized in vesicle-like structures that are apically concentrated in reb mutants. To investigate the possibility that reb is involved in the endocytosis of ObstA, we analyzed the co-localization of ObstA and endocytic markers in reb mutants. We observed that ObstA is localized in late endosomes and recycling endosomes. This suggests that in reb mutant trachea, endocytosed ObstA is degraded or recycled back to the apical region. However, ObstA vesicles are retained in the apical region and are failed to be secreted to the lumen. Taken together, these results suggest one function of reb is regulating the endocytosis of luminal matrix components. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2046-6390 |
Relation: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/7/9/bio036848; https://doaj.org/toc/2046-6390 |
DOI: | 10.1242/bio.036848 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/edc5abedaae84af4a24e7a9e1c2011b1 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.5abedaae84af4a24e7a9e1c2011b1 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 20466390 |
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DOI: | 10.1242/bio.036848 |