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7 ^8 a' C1 C" x) NEffete-mediated degradation of Cyclin A is essential for the maintenance of germline stem cells in Drosophila$ F9 j& E9 Y# ]( N Z$ D% _
% W/ Z/ f4 a9 Q0 ^; w. V1 cIncreasing evidence supports the idea that the regulation of stem cells requires both extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms. However, much less is known about how intrinsic signals regulate the fate of stem cells. Studies on germline stem cells (GSCs) in the Drosophila ovary have provided novel insights into the regulatory mechanisms of stem cell maintenance. In this study, we demonstrate that a ubiquitin-dependent pathway mediated by the Drosophila eff gene, which encodes the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Effete (Eff), plays an essential role in GSC maintenance. We show that Eff both physically and genetically interacts with dAPC2, a key component of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC), which acts as a multisubunit E3 ligase and plays an essential role in targeting mitotic regulators for degradation during exit from mitosis. This interaction indicates that Eff regulates the APC/C-mediated proteolysis pathway in GSCs. Moreover, we show that expression of a stable form of Cyclin A, but not full-length Cyclin A, results in GSC loss. Finally we show that, in common with APC2, Eff is required for the ubiquitylation of Cyclin A, and overexpression of full-length Cyclin A accelerates the loss of GSCs in the eff mutant background. Collectively, our data support the idea that Effete/APC-mediated degradation of Cyclin A is essential for the maintenance of germline stem cells in Drosophila. Given that the regulation of mitotic Cyclins is evolutionarily conserved between flies and mammals, our study also implies that a similar mechanism may be conserved in mammals. % D3 G# I; f3 U0 \9 T; E4 {
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7 u: ^2 L; N' }2 G陈大华,博士 研究员,博士生导师 A6 h5 ^' [4 t% h h+ ^
学科:细胞生物学- z$ P+ l# z3 T1 ^: C: E( `* a
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: t# A( u; K/ K0 U5 A陈大华,男,研究员,博士生导师。1970年3月出生于安徽省,1991年毕业于安徽农业大学,1996年在北京农业大学获得硕士学位,1999年7月在中国科学院植物研究所获得博士学位,1999-2000年在美国肯塔基州立大学农学系从事博士后研究工作,2000年以后在美国德克萨斯大学西南医学中心分子医学系做博士后研究和讲师。2000年以来,以第一作者身份在《Current Biology》(IF=7.007)、《Development》(IF=7.883)等杂志上发表研究论文6篇。目前,已经成功入选中国科学院动物研究所“百人计划”,将在生物膜与膜生物工程国家重点实验室利用分子生物学、生物化学、进化生物学和遗传学手段,开展干细胞不对称分裂的遗传和分子机制等方面的研究工作,深入探索干细胞在未来医学上再生和癌症治疗上的奥秘。 |
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