Localization of Hippo signalling complexes and Warts activation in vivo

Shuguo Sun, B. V. V. G. Reddy and Kenneth D. Irvine ()
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Shuguo Sun: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rutgers University
B. V. V. G. Reddy: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rutgers University
Kenneth D. Irvine: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rutgers University

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Hippo signalling controls organ growth and cell fate by regulating the activity of the kinase Warts. Multiple Hippo pathway components localize to apical junctions in epithelial cells, but the spatial and functional relationships among components have not been clarified, nor is it known where Warts activation occurs. We report here that Hippo pathway components in Drosophila wing imaginal discs are organized into distinct junctional complexes, including separate distributions for Salvador, Expanded, Warts and Hippo. These complexes are reorganized on Hippo pathway activation, when Warts shifts from associating with its inhibitor Jub to its activator Expanded, and Hippo concentrates at Salvador sites. We identify mechanisms promoting Warts relocalization, and using a phospho-specific antisera and genetic manipulations, identify where Warts activation occurs: at apical junctions where Expanded, Salvador, Hippo and Warts overlap. Our observations define spatial relationships among Hippo signalling components and establish the functional importance of their localization to Warts activation.

Date: 2015
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