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Interlocked loops trigger lineage specification and stable fates in the Drosophila nervous system

Flici, Hakima and Cattenoz, Pierre B. and Komonyi, Orban and Laneve, Pietro and Erkosar, Berra and Karatas, Omer F. and Reichert, Heinrich and Berzsenyi, Sara and Giangrande, Angela. (2014) Interlocked loops trigger lineage specification and stable fates in the Drosophila nervous system. Nature communications, Vol. 5 , Article Nr. 4484.

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Official URL: http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6289069

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Abstract

Multipotent precursors are plastic cells that generate different, stable fates at the correct number, place and time, to allow tissue and organ formation. While fate determinants are known to trigger specific transcriptional programs, the molecular pathway driving the progression from multipotent precursors towards stable and specific identities remains poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that, in Drosophila neural precursors, the glial determinant glial cell missing (Gcm) acts as a 'time bomb' and triggers its own degradation once the glial programme is stably activated. This requires a sequence of transcriptional and posttranscriptional loops, whereby a Gcm target first affects the expression and then acetylation of the fate determinant, thus controlling Gcm levels and stability over time. Defective homeostasis between the loops alters the neuron:glia ratio and freezes cells in an intermediate glial/neuronal phenotype. In sum, we identify an efficient strategy triggering cell identity, a process altered in pathological conditions such as cancer.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Molecular Zoology (Reichert)
UniBasel Contributors:Reichert, Heinrich
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:2041-1723
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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