ovo/svb integrates Wingless and DER pathways to control epidermis differentiation

FranÇois Payre (), Alain Vincent and Sebastien Carreno
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FranÇois Payre: Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR5547
Alain Vincent: Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR5547
Sebastien Carreno: Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR5547

Nature, 1999, vol. 400, issue 6741, 271-275

Abstract: Abstract In Drosophila, as in mammals, epidermal differentiation is controlled by signalling cascades1 that include Wnt proteins2,3 and the ovo/shavenbaby (svb) family of zinc-finger transcription factors4,5,6. Ovo/svb is a complex gene with two genetic functions corresponding to separate control regions: ovo is required for female germline development and svb for epidermal morphogenesis7,8. In the Drosophila embryo, the ventral epidermis consists of the segmental alternance of two major cell types that produce either naked cuticle or cytoplasmic extrusions known as denticles. Wingless signalling specifies smooth cells that produce naked cuticle9, whereas the activation of the Drosophila epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (DER) leads to the production of denticles10. Here we show that expression of the ovo/svb gene controls the choice between these cell fates. We find that svb is a key selector gene that, cell autonomously, directs cytoskeletal modifications producing the denticle. The DER pathway promotes denticle formation by activating svb expression. Conversely, Wingless promotes the smooth cell fate through the transcriptional repression of svb bythe bipartite nuclear factor Armadillo/dTcf. Our data indicatethat transcriptional regulation of svb integrates inputs fromthe Wingless and DER pathways and controls epidermal differentiation.

Date: 1999
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