Publication Date:
2015-07-02
Description:
Stem cell niches provide resident stem cells with signals that specify their identity. Niche signals act over a short range such that only stem cells but not their differentiating progeny receive the self-renewing signals. However, the cellular mechanisms that limit niche signalling to stem cells remain poorly understood. Here we show that the Drosophila male germline stem cells form previously unrecognized structures, microtubule-based nanotubes, which extend into the hub, a major niche component. Microtubule-based nanotubes are observed specifically within germline stem cell populations, and require intraflagellar transport proteins for their formation. The bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor Tkv localizes to microtubule-based nanotubes. Perturbation of microtubule-based nanotubes compromises activation of Dpp signalling within germline stem cells, leading to germline stem cell loss. Moreover, Dpp ligand and Tkv receptor interaction is necessary and sufficient for microtubule-based nanotube formation. We propose that microtubule-based nanotubes provide a novel mechanism for selective receptor-ligand interaction, contributing to the short-range nature of niche-stem-cell signalling.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586072/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586072/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Inaba, Mayu -- Buszczak, Michael -- Yamashita, Yukiko M -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2015 Jul 16;523(7560):329-32. doi: 10.1038/nature14602. Epub 2015 Jul 1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉1] Life Sciences Institute, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA [3] Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA. ; Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA. ; 1] Life Sciences Institute, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26131929" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Drosophila Proteins/metabolism
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Drosophila melanogaster/*cytology/genetics/metabolism
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Ligands
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Male
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Microtubules/*chemistry/*metabolism
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*Nanotubes
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Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
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Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
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*Signal Transduction
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Stem Cell Niche/*physiology
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Testis/*cytology
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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