PMID- 23545328 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130725 LR - 20211021 IS - 1095-564X (Electronic) IS - 0012-1606 (Print) IS - 0012-1606 (Linking) VI - 378 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Jun 15 TI - Following the 'tracks': Tramtrack69 regulates epithelial tube expansion in the Drosophila ovary through Paxillin, Dynamin, and the homeobox protein Mirror. PG - 154-69 LID - S0012-1606(13)00146-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.03.017 [doi] AB - Epithelial tubes are the infrastructure for organs and tissues, and tube morphogenesis requires precise orchestration of cell signaling, shape, migration, and adhesion. Follicle cells in the Drosophila ovary form a pair of epithelial tubes whose lumens act as molds for the eggshell respiratory filaments, or dorsal appendages (DAs). DA formation is a robust and accessible model for studying the patterning, formation, and expansion of epithelial tubes. Tramtrack69 (TTK69), a transcription factor that exhibits a variable embryonic DNA-binding preference, controls DA lumen volume and shape by promoting tube expansion; the tramtrack mutation twin peaks (ttk(twk)) reduces TTK69 levels late in oogenesis, inhibiting this expansion. Microarray analysis of wild-type and ttk(twk) ovaries, followed by in situ hybridization and RNAi of candidate genes, identified the Phospholipase B-like protein Lamina ancestor (LAMA), the scaffold protein Paxillin, the endocytotic regulator Shibire (Dynamin), and the homeodomain transcription factor Mirror, as TTK69 effectors of DA-tube expansion. These genes displayed enriched expression in DA-tube cells, except lama, which was expressed in all follicle cells. All four genes showed reduced expression in ttk(twk) mutants and exhibited RNAi phenotypes that were enhanced in a ttk(twk)/+ background, indicating ttk(twk) genetic interactions. Although previous studies show that Mirror patterns the follicular epithelium prior to DA tubulogenesis, we show that Mirror has an independent, novel role in tube expansion, involving positive regulation of Paxillin. Thus, characterization of ttk(twk)-differentially expressed genes expands the network of TTK69 effectors, identifies novel epithelial tube-expansion regulators, and significantly advances our understanding of this vital developmental process. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Peters, Nathaniel C AU - Peters NC AD - University of Washington, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and Department of Genome Sciences, Box 355065, Seattle, WA 98195-5065, USA. FAU - Thayer, Nathaniel H AU - Thayer NH FAU - Kerr, Scott A AU - Kerr SA FAU - Tompa, Martin AU - Tompa M FAU - Berg, Celeste A AU - Berg CA LA - eng GR - R01 GM079433/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-GM079433/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130330 PL - United States TA - Dev Biol JT - Developmental biology JID - 0372762 RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (Eye Proteins) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Pax protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (Paxillin) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (lama protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (mirr protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (ttk protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 3.6.5.5 (Dynamins) RN - EC 3.6.5.5 (shi protein, Drosophila) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Drosophila Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Drosophila melanogaster/embryology/*genetics/metabolism MH - Dynamins/genetics/metabolism MH - Epithelium/embryology/*metabolism MH - Eye Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Gene Regulatory Networks MH - Homeodomain Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Male MH - Models, Genetic MH - Mutation MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - Ovary/embryology/*metabolism MH - Paxillin/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - RNA Interference MH - Repressor Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC4141043 MID - NIHMS478800 EDAT- 2013/04/03 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/26 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/21 CRDT- 2013/04/03 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/03/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/03/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0012-1606(13)00146-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.03.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Biol. 2013 Jun 15;378(2):154-69. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.03.017. Epub 2013 Mar 30.