Genetic Control of Muscle Diversification and Homeostasis: Insights from Drosophila

Autor: Preethi Poovathumkadavil, Krzysztof Jagla
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cells, Vol 9, Iss 6, p 1543 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4409
DOI: 10.3390/cells9061543
Popis: In the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, the larval somatic muscles or the adult thoracic flight and leg muscles are the major voluntary locomotory organs. They share several developmental and structural similarities with vertebrate skeletal muscles. To ensure appropriate activity levels for their functions such as hatching in the embryo, crawling in the larva, and jumping and flying in adult flies all muscle components need to be maintained in a functionally stable or homeostatic state despite constant strain. This requires that the muscles develop in a coordinated manner with appropriate connections to other cell types they communicate with. Various signaling pathways as well as extrinsic and intrinsic factors are known to play a role during Drosophila muscle development, diversification, and homeostasis. In this review, we discuss genetic control mechanisms of muscle contraction, development, and homeostasis with particular emphasis on the contractile unit of the muscle, the sarcomere.
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