Delineation of a Fat tumor suppressor pathway
doi: 10.1038/ng1887
pmid: 16980976
Delineation of a Fat tumor suppressor pathway
Recent studies in Drosophila melanogaster of the protocadherins Dachsous and Fat suggest that they act as ligand and receptor, respectively, for an intercellular signaling pathway that influences tissue polarity, growth and gene expression, but the basis for signaling downstream of Fat has remained unclear. Here, we characterize functional relationships among D. melanogaster tumor suppressors and identify the kinases Discs overgrown and Warts as components of a Fat signaling pathway. fat, discs overgrown and warts regulate a common set of downstream genes in multiple tissues. Genetic experiments position the action of discs overgrown upstream of the Fat pathway component dachs, whereas warts acts downstream of dachs. Warts protein coprecipitates with Dachs, and Warts protein levels are influenced by fat, dachs and discs overgrown in vivo, consistent with its placement as a downstream component of the pathway. The tumor suppressors Merlin, expanded, hippo, salvador and mob as tumor suppressor also share multiple Fat pathway phenotypes but regulate Warts activity independently. Our results functionally link what had been four disparate groups of D. melanogaster tumor suppressors, establish a basic framework for Fat signaling from receptor to transcription factor and implicate Warts as an integrator of multiple growth control signals.
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey United States
- University of Chicago United States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute United States
Neurofibromin 2, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Cell Cycle Proteins, YAP-Signaling Proteins, Myosins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Drosophila melanogaster, Gene Expression Regulation, Trans-Activators, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Genes, Tumor Suppressor, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Protein Kinases, Signal Transduction
Neurofibromin 2, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Cell Cycle Proteins, YAP-Signaling Proteins, Myosins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Drosophila melanogaster, Gene Expression Regulation, Trans-Activators, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Genes, Tumor Suppressor, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Protein Kinases, Signal Transduction
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