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Morphological irregularities and features of resistance to apoptosis in thedcp-1/pita double mutated egg chambers during Drosophila oogenesis
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Nezis, I. P., Stravopodis, Dimitrios J., Papassideri, Issidora S., Stergiopoulos, Costas and Margaritis, Lukas H. (2005) Morphological irregularities and features of resistance to apoptosis in thedcp-1/pita double mutated egg chambers during Drosophila oogenesis. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, Volume 60 (Number 1). pp. 14-23. doi:10.1002/cm.20043 ISSN 0886-1544.
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Abstract
In the present study, we demonstrate the most novel characteristic morphological features of Drosophila egg chambers lacking both dcp-1 and pita functions in the germline cells. Dcp-1 is an effector caspase and it has been previously shown to play an important role during Drosophila oogenesis [McCall and Steller, 1998 : Science 279 : 230–234; Laundrie et al., 2003 : Genetics 165 : 1881–1888; Peterson et al., 2003 : Dev Biol 260 : 113–123]. The completion of sequencing and annotation of the Drosophila genome has revealed that the dcp-1 gene is nested within an intron of another distinct gene, called pita, a member of the C2H2 zinc finger protein family that regulates transcriptional initiation. The dcp-1−/−/pita−/− nurse cells exhibit euchromatic nuclei (delay of apoptosis) during the late stages of oogenesis, as revealed by conventional light and electron microscopy. The phalloidin-FITC staining discloses significant defects in actin cytoskeleton arrangement. The actin bundles fail to organize properly and the distribution of actin filaments in the ring canals is changed compared to the wild type. The oocyte and the chorion structures have been also modified. The oocyte nucleus is out of position and the chorion appears to contain irregular foldings, while the respiratory filaments obtain an altered morphology. The dcp-1−/−/pita−/− egg chambers do not exhibit the rare events of spontaneously induced apoptosis, observed for the wild type flies, during mid-oogenesis. Interestingly, the mutated egg chambers are protected by staurosporine-induced apoptosis in a percentage of 40%, strongly suggesting the essential role of dcp-1 and/or pita during mid-oogenesis. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 60:14–23, 2005. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Liss | ||||
ISSN: | 0886-1544 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 60 | ||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 14-23 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1002/cm.20043 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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