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Ets transcription factor Pointed promotes the generation of intermediate neural progenitors in Drosophila larval brains.

ABSTRACT: Intermediate neural progenitor (INP) cells are transient amplifying neurogenic precursor cells generated from neural stem cells. Amplification of INPs significantly increases the number of neurons and glia produced from neural stem cells. In Drosophila larval brains, INPs are produced from type II neuroblasts (NBs, Drosophila neural stem cells), which lack the proneural protein Asense (Ase) but not from Ase-expressing type I NBs. To date, little is known about how Ase is suppressed in type II NBs and how the generation of INPs is controlled. Here we show that one isoform of the Ets transcription factor Pointed (Pnt), PntP1, is specifically expressed in type II NBs, immature INPs, and newly mature INPs in type II NB lineages. Partial loss of PntP1 in genetic mosaic clones or ectopic expression of the Pnt antagonist Yan, an Ets family transcriptional repressor, results in a reduction or elimination of INPs and ectopic expression of Ase in type II NBs. Conversely, ectopic expression of PntP1 in type I NBs suppresses Ase expression the NB and induces ectopic INP-like cells in a process that depends on the activity of the tumor suppressor Brain tumor. Our findings suggest that PntP1 is both necessary and sufficient for the suppression of Ase in type II NBs and the generation of INPs in Drosophila larval brains.

SUBMITTER: Zhu S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3251047 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ets transcription factor Pointed promotes the generation of intermediate neural progenitors in Drosophila larval brains.

Zhu Sijun S Barshow Suzanne S Wildonger Jill J Jan Lily Yeh LY Jan Yuh-Nung YN

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20111205 51

Intermediate neural progenitor (INP) cells are transient amplifying neurogenic precursor cells generated from neural stem cells. Amplification of INPs significantly increases the number of neurons and glia produced from neural stem cells. In Drosophila larval brains, INPs are produced from type II neuroblasts (NBs, Drosophila neural stem cells), which lack the proneural protein Asense (Ase) but not from Ase-expressing type I NBs. To date, little is known about how Ase is suppressed in type II NB ...[more]

PMID: 22143802

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Project description:The analysis presented here aims at exposing single-cell transcriptome profiles of Drosophila larval brain type II neural stem cells (NSCII) and of their intermediate neural progenitor (INP) cell progeny during normal development and upon brain tumour initiation using the brain tumour (brat) mutant model. We have used brains 24 hours after larval hatching (ALH), a developmental stage when brat INPs (b_INP) have transformed into brain tumour initiating cells, expressing aberrantly the self-renewal transcription factor Deadpan unlike their iINP control counterparts (c_iINP), but have not yet started to overproliferate. iINP will acquire expression of proneural Asense (Ase) becoming mature INPs (m_INPs), yet brat INPs never express Ase and will lead to massive tumour growth (Bello et al., 2008; Boone and Doe, 2008; Bowman et al., 2008). NSCIIs, adjacent smaller iINPs and one mature INP were individually harvested from live freshly dissected brains expressing membrane tagged GFP specifically in NSCII lineages, and single cell transcriptomes obtained as previously described (Bossing et al., 2012; Barros & Bossing, 2022). PCRs confirmed iINPs and INP samples to lack or show ase expression, respectively. Single cell cDNAs were hybridised on whole-genome microarrays in pairs and data processed as indicated below. References: Bello, B.C., Izergina, N., Caussinus, E., and Reichert, H. (2008). Amplification of neural stem cell proliferation by intermediate progenitor cells in Drosophila brain development. Neural Dev 3, 5. Bowman, R.L., Wang, Q., Carro, A., Verhaak, R.G., and Squatrito, M. (2017). GlioVis data portal for visualization and analysis of brain tumor expression datasets. Neuro Oncol 19, 139-141. Boone, J.Q., and Doe, C.Q. (2008). Identification of Drosophila type II neuroblast lineages containing transit amplifying ganglion mother cells. Dev Neurobiol 68, 1185-1195. Bossing, T., Barros, C.S., Fischer, B., Russell, S., and Shepherd, D. (2012). Disruption of microtubule integrity initiates mitosis during CNS repair. Dev Cell 23, 433-440. Barros C.S. & Bossing, T. (2022). Direct isolation of single cells from living brains of Drosophila melanogaster without dissociation for transcriptome analysis. STAR Protoc. Dec 16;3(4):101735.

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Ets transcription factor Pointed promotes the generation of intermediate neural progenitors in Drosophila larval brains.

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Ets transcription factor Pointed promotes the generation of intermediate neural progenitors in Drosophila larval brains.

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