Neuralized regulates Crumbs endocytosis and epithelium morphogenesis via specific Stardust isoforms

Autor: Khalil Mazouni, François Schweisguth, Vanessa Roca, Gantas Perez-Mockus
Přispěvatelé: Cellules Souches et Développement / Stem Cells and Development, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cellule Pasteur UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut Pasteur [Paris], This work was funded by an Agence Nationale de la Recherche grant (ANR12-BSV2-0010-01). G. Perez-Mockus received fellowships from the Ministére de l’Education Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie and the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale., ANR-12-BSV2-0010,ShaPiShaPo,Mécanismes de régulation de la morphogenèse épitheliale chez la drosophile : étude de l'ubiquitine ligase E3 Neuralized(2012), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University Press, 2017, 216 (5), pp.1405-1420. ⟨10.1083/jcb.201611196⟩
The Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Cell Biology, 2017, 216 (5), pp.1405-1420. ⟨10.1083/jcb.201611196⟩
ISSN: 0021-9525
1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201611196⟩
Popis: The E3 ubiquitin ligase Neuralized is shown to interact with a subset of the Stardust isoforms to regulate the endocytosis of the apical protein Crumbs and thereby promote epithelial remodeling during Drosophila development.
Crumbs (Crb) is a conserved determinant of apical membrane identity that regulates epithelial morphogenesis in many developmental contexts. In this study, we identify the Crb complex protein Stardust (Sdt) as a target of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Neuralized (Neur) in Drosophila melanogaster. Neur interacts with and down-regulates specific Sdt isoforms containing a Neur binding motif (NBM). Using a CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)-induced deletion of the NBM-encoding exon, we found that Sdt is a key Neur target and that Neur acts via Sdt to down-regulate Crb. We further show that Neur promotes the endocytosis of Crb via the NBM-containing isoforms of Sdt. Although the regulation of Crb by Neur is not strictly essential, it contributes to epithelium remodeling in the posterior midgut and thereby facilitates the trans-epithelial migration of the primordial germ cells in early embryos. Thus, our study uncovers a novel regulatory mechanism for the developmental control of Crb-mediated morphogenesis.
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