2. 細胞中の時空間パタン形成
Figure 4. AurA Regulates the Subunit Composition of the Par
Complex
(A and B) Cortical release of Lgl regulates the localization of Baz to the
posterior lateral cortex. Baz-GFP was coexpressed with either Lgl-RFP
or His-RFP in pupal SOP cells. NEBD is t = 0. Anterior is oriented toward
the left. (A) In prophase, Baz-GFP localizes to the posterior lateral cortex,
as Lgl-RFP is released from this side. (B) Posterior lateral localization of
Baz-GFP fails in aurA37/37
mutants.
(C and D) AurA promotes and Lgl inhibits the assembly of the Baz com-
plex. Immunoprecipitates (IP) from larval brains expressing Baz-GFP
were analyzed. (C0
) Quantification of (C). The IP signal was adjusted to
the corresponding input signal and normalized for wild-type (WT) (set
to 1). Averages and standard deviations are shown (n = 5). Differences
to WT are significant (p < 0.05). (D) Immunoprecipitates from brains
expressing Baz-GFP alone (control) or together with either LglWT
-myc or
Lgl3A
-myc were analyzed. (D0
) Quantification of (D). The IP signal was
adjusted to the corresponding input signal and normalized for control
(set to 1). Averages and standard deviations are shown (n = 3 for Baz;
n = 6 for Lgl). Baz levels are significantly different from the control, and
Lgl levels are significantly different from each other (p < 0.05).
immunoprecipitates from aurA mutants contained an excess
of Lgl at the expense of Baz (Figure 4C). This was phenocop-
ied by expression of Lgl3A
(Figure 4D), demonstrating that
entry of Baz into the Par complex requires AurA to initiate
the phosphorylation-dependent release of Lgl from the cell
cortex. Thus, AurA triggers a remodeling of the Par complex
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Figure 4. PAR domain maintenance does not require an intact actin cytoskeleton. (A and B) Tr
leads to rapid disruption of the actomyosin cortex as visualized with NMY-2–GFP (A) or LifeAc
cortical plane taken before and 2–3 min after drug treatment. (C) Treatment of permeable embr
(red) with CD or latrunculin A does not lead to loss of PAR domains. Select wide-field images
(D) PAR distributions several minutes after treatment with CD are similar to untreated embryos (com
to posterior profiles). Similar measurements for latrunculin A are provided in Fig. S2. (E) The reco
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PIP3/PTEN
(Asymmetric cell division) (Asymmetric cell division)
Cell polarity and asymmetry
4. Wolpert’s “French flag”model (1969)
• Concentration gradient can convey
positional information.
• Such a molecule is called
“morphogen”
• Question:
What mechanism can produce a
gradient ?
s required for maximal DPP
aginal disc, the glass bottom
) gene is expressed through-
disc (Fig. 2a, top), and the
n hypomorphic gbb mutant
mall reduction of dpp activ-
tes DPP signaling within the
ysis of TGF receptor func-
t be integrated downstream
heteromeric TGF receptor
types of serine–threonine
ng, the type II kinase phos-
hich then transduces the sig-
ts22
. While the type II recep-
pe I receptor, Thick veins
DPP signaling23–27
, a second
SAX), is also necessary for
sue. In the embryo, SAX is
t levels of DPP signaling to
s, and in the wing disc SAX
normal levels of DPP signal-
P activity gradient23–25,28
.
bypass the requirement for
the two receptors could use
ransduction machinery.
w clarified the interrelation-
ds and receptors. In embryos
ssion, injection of increasing
ng a mutated, constitutively
receptor (TKV-A) induces
cell fates in a dose-depend-
downstream of TKV reca-
ponse to DPP (Ref. 3). In
f a constitutively activated
biological effect3,4
. However,
ected with low or moderate
Reviewsrpretation
FIGURE 1. The ‘French flag’ model of positional information
(Top) A morphogen, produced in a restricted domain within a field of cells (left panel, black stripe),
mediates the organization of the entire field into a set of discrete domains (right panel, red, white and
blue stripes), which could represent either differentiation of particular cell types or the expression
patterns of individual genes. (Bottom) The morphogen conveys positional information by forming an
extracellular gradient (curved black line) as the result of diffusion from its source and subsequent
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morphogen
gradient
position
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