PMID- 20211163 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100514 LR - 20211203 IS - 1095-564X (Electronic) IS - 0012-1606 (Print) IS - 0012-1606 (Linking) VI - 341 IP - 2 DP - 2010 May 15 TI - Regulation of cell shape, wing hair initiation and the actin cytoskeleton by Trc/Fry and Wts/Mats complexes. PG - 360-74 LID - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.029 [doi] AB - The two NDR kinase family genes in Drosophila are tricornered (trc) and warts (wts). Previous studies on trc have focused on its role in the morphogenesis of extensions of epidermal cells and in dendrite branching and tiling. Studies on wts have focused on its roles as a tumor suppressor, in controlling photoreceptor type and in the maintenance of dendrites. Here we examine and compare the function of these genes in wing cells prior to their terminal differentiation. Mutations in these genes lead to changes in cell shape, cellular levels of F-actin, the timing of differentiation, and the expression of multiple wing hairs and DE-Cadherin. We showed that the effects of wts on all of these processes appear to be mediated by its regulation of the Yorkie transcription factor. We also provide evidence that trc regulates the expression of DE-cadherin and mwh. In addition, we showed that the effects on cell shape and the timing of differentiation appear to be not linked to changes in relative growth rate of cells compared to their neighbors. CI - Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Fang, Xiaolan AU - Fang X AD - Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA. FAU - Adler, Paul N AU - Adler PN LA - eng GR - R01 GM037163/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM037163-24/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM053498/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM053498-08/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20100306 PL - United States TA - Dev Biol JT - Developmental biology JID - 0372762 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (Mats protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - 0 (fry protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (trc protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (wts protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Actins/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - *Cell Shape MH - Cytoskeleton/*metabolism MH - Drosophila Proteins/*metabolism MH - Drosophila melanogaster/*embryology MH - Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism MH - Wings, Animal/*metabolism PMC - PMC2862085 MID - NIHMS193527 EDAT- 2010/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/15 06:00 PMCR- 2011/05/15 CRDT- 2010/03/10 06:00 PHST- 2009/08/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/02/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/02/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/05/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0012-1606(10)00138-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.029 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Biol. 2010 May 15;341(2):360-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.029. Epub 2010 Mar 6.