Somatic control over the germline stem cell lineage during Drosophila spermatogenesis

John Tran, Tamara J. Brenner and Stephen DiNardo ()
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John Tran: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1215 BRB II/III
Tamara J. Brenner: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1215 BRB II/III
Stephen DiNardo: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1215 BRB II/III

Nature, 2000, vol. 407, issue 6805, 754-757

Abstract: Abstract Stem cells divide both to produce new stem cells and to generate daughter cells that can differentiate1. The underlying mechanisms are not well understood, but conceptually are of two kinds2. Intrinsic mechanisms may control the unequal partitioning of determinants leading to asymmetric cell divisions that yield one stem cell and one differentiated daughter cell. Alternatively, extrinsic mechanisms, involving stromal cell signals, could cause daughter cells that remain in their proper niche to stay stem cells, whereas daughter cells that leave this niche differentiate. Here we use Drosophila spermatogenesis as a model stem cell system3 to show that there are excess stem cells and gonialblasts in testes that are deficient for Raf activity. In addition, the germline stem cell population remains active for a longer fraction of lifespan than in wild type. Finally, raf is required in somatic cells that surround germ cells. We conclude that a cell-extrinsic mechanism regulates germline stem cell behaviour.

Date: 2000
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