Abstract
Lateral inhibition is a pattern refining process that generates single neural precursors from a field of equipotent cells and is mediated via Notch signaling. Of the two Notch ligands Delta and Serrate, only the former was thought to participate in this process. We now show that macrochaete lateral inhibition involves both Delta and Serrate. In this context, Serrate interacts with Neuralized, a ubiquitin ligase that was heretofore thought to act only on Delta. Neuralized physically associates with Serrate and stimulates its endocytosis and signaling activity. We also characterize a mutation in mib1, a Drosophila homolog of mind bomb, another Delta-targeting ubiquitin ligase from zebrafish. Mib1 affects the signaling activity of Delta and Serrate in both lateral inhibition and wing dorsoventral boundary formation. Simultaneous absence of neuralized and mib1 completely abolishes Notch signaling in both aforementioned contexts, making it likely that ubiquitination is a prerequisite for Delta/Serrate signaling.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Body Patterning / genetics
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Body Patterning / physiology*
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Calcium-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
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Cell Differentiation / physiology
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Cells, Cultured
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Databases, Genetic
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Drosophila
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Drosophila Proteins / genetics
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Drosophila Proteins / metabolism*
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Immunoprecipitation
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Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Jagged-1 Protein
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Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
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Mutation
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Nervous System / cytology
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Nervous System / embryology*
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Receptors, Notch / metabolism*
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Serrate-Jagged Proteins
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Signal Transduction / physiology*
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Transfection
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Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / genetics
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Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / metabolism*
Substances
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Calcium-Binding Proteins
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Drosophila Proteins
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Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Jagged-1 Protein
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Membrane Proteins
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N protein, Drosophila
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Receptors, Notch
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Ser protein, Drosophila
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Serrate-Jagged Proteins
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delta protein
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Mib1 protein, Drosophila
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Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
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neur protein, Drosophila