Uncoupling neurogenic gene networks in the embryo.
Publication Year
2017
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The EGF signaling pathway specifies neuronal identities in the embryo by regulating developmental patterning genes such as (). EGFR is activated in the ventral midline and neurogenic ectoderm by the Spitz ligand, which is processed by the Rhomboid protease. CRISPR/Cas9 was used to delete defined enhancers mediating expression at each site of Spitz processing. Surprisingly, the neurogenic ectoderm, not the ventral midline, was found to be the dominant source of EGF patterning activity. We suggest that is undergoing an evolutionary transition in central nervous system (CNS)-organizing activity from the ventral midline to the neurogenic ectoderm.
Keywords
Animals,
Drosophila,
Drosophila Proteins,
Neurogenesis,
Signal Transduction,
Membrane Proteins,
Female,
Male,
Cells, Cultured,
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental,
Embryo, Nonmammalian,
Cell Lineage,
Central Nervous System,
Gene Regulatory Networks,
CRISPR-Cas Systems,
ErbB Receptors,
Epidermal Growth Factor,
Receptors, Invertebrate Peptide
Journal
Genes Dev
Volume
31
Issue
7
Pages
634-638
Date Published
2017 Apr 01
ISSN Number
1549-5477
Alternate Journal
Genes Dev
PMCID
PMC5411704
PMID
28428262