JNK-dependent cell cycle stalling in G2 promotes survival and senescence-like phenotypes in tissue stress

  1. Andrea Cosolo
  2. Janhvi Jaiswal
  3. Gábor Csordás
  4. Isabelle Grass
  5. Mirka Uhlirova
  6. Anne-Kathrin Classen  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Freiburg, Germany
  2. Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
  3. University of Cologne, Germany
14 figures, 1 table and 2 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Tissue injury induces a transient G2-shift.

(A–C’) Undamaged control wing disc (A), a wing disc with surgical damage 6 hr (B) or 16 hr (C) into the recovery (R) period. Wing discs were counterstained with DAPI (cyan in A-C) and express the …

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Tissue injury induces a transient G2-shift.

(A) Scheme of a xy-section and yz-section through a wing imaginal disc. Gray shading in xy-view defines the disc subregions of pouch, hinge and notum. Broken lines represent the Anterior-Posterior …

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Figure 2 with 1 supplement
Stress-induced JNK activity correlates with G2-stalling.

(A,B) Control wing disc (A) and a wing disc at 0 hr into the recovery period, after 24 hr of egr-expression in the pouch domain (B) (see Figure 2—figure supplement 1A). Discs also express the …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Stress-induced JNK activity correlates with G2-stalling.

(A) Time line of development and induction of cell ablation by expression of pro-apoptotic transgenes as a function of rearing temperature. Larvae were raised at 18°C (blue) and transferred to 30°C …

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Figure 3 with 2 supplements
JNK activity is necessary and sufficient for G2-stalling.

(A,A’) A wing disc expressing a constitutively active JNKK hepACT in the pouch, assayed by FUCCI reporters (A) and EdU incorporation (A’) for cycling cells. At the center of the pouch, a G2-shifted …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
JNK activity is necessary and sufficient for G2-stalling.

(A,A’) The peripodium of a wild type disc expressing the FUCCI reporters (A) and assessed for cycling activity by EdU incorporation to reveal DNA replication activity (A’). (B–D) Quantification of …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2
DNA damage is not rate-limiting for G2 stalling.

(A–A’’) egr-expressing disc at 0 hr into the recovery period expressing the FUCCI reporters (A) to visualize G2-stalled cells (yellow) was stained for phosphorylated H2Av (γH2Av, A’, green in A’’) a …

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Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Cdc25/String and Tribbles regulate G2 stalling.

(A–B’) Control wing disc (A,A’) and egr-expressing disc at 0 hr into the recovery period (B,B’) expressing a GFP trap element in the stg locus (A’,B’, cyan in A,B) and the G2-specific FUCCI reporter …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Cdc25/String and Tribbles regulate G2 stalling.

(A–D) A wild type control disc (A) or wing discs expressing an RNAi transgene targeting cdk1 (B), overexpressing stg (C) or expressing an RNAi transgene targeting trbl (D) under the control of rnGAL4

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Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Chronic stalling in G2 interferes with proliferative capacity.

(A–D’) X-Y view of a control wing disc (A), an egr-expressing (B), egr,stg-co-expressing (C) or hid-expressing disc (D) at 0 hr into the recovery period. Cross-sections through the tissue (A’–D’) …

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Chronic stalling in G2 interferes with proliferative capacity.

(A–C) Representative adult wings arising from of egr-expressing (A), egr,stg-co-expressing (B) and hid-expressing discs (C) under the control of rnGAL4. (D–G) A control wing disc (D), a stg-expressin…

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Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Transient stalling in G2 promotes survival by protecting cells from JNK-induced apoptosis.

(A–E) Undamaged control (A) and an undamaged disc expressing stg under the control of rnGAL4 (B). An injured control disc (C) and an injured stg-expressing disc (D), 6 hr into the recovery period. …

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Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Stalling in G2 promotes survival by protecting cells from JNK-induced apoptosis.

(A–A’’’) A stg-expressing disc at 0 hr into the recovery period stained for the apoptotic marker Dcp-1 (A’’, green in A,A’) and for the HA-tag to visualize overexpressed Stg-HA (A’’’, magenta in A’).…

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Figure 7 with 2 supplements
Chronic stalling in G2 promotes non-autonomous overgrowth.

(A,A’) A wing disc expressing TRE-RFP and carrying mosaic wtsx1/x1 clones marked by the absence of GFP (cyan in A). (B–D’) A surgically damaged wing disc 6 hr into the recovery period (B,B’), a wing …

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Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Chronic stalling in G2 promotes non-autonomous overgrowth.

(A) Quantification of relative TRE-RFP fluorescence intensity in mosaic wing discs carrying wtsX1 clones at 96 hr to 196 hr after egg deposition (AED) at 25°C (circles). Note that wild type larvae …

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Figure 7—figure supplement 2
Chronic stalling in G2 promotes mitogenic signaling.

(A,B) A control wing disc (A) and a surgically injured disc 24 hr after injury (B). Both discs use the CasExpress and G-TRACE reporter system to drive expression of GFP in cells that had experienced …

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Model.

(A) Transient (surgical injury), prolonged (egr-expression) and chronic (mosaic tumors) disruption of tissue homeostasis induces transient, prolonged and chronic JNK activity, thereby driving …

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Tables

Key resources table
Reagent
type (species)
or resource
DesignationSource or
reference
IdentifiersAdditional
information
Genetic reagent (Drosophila melanogaster)Diap-1-GFP.3.5PMID: 18258485
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)enGAL4, UAS-GFPD.Bilder, UC Berekely
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘eyMARCM19A’; ‘ey-FLP, FRT19A tub-GAL80; act5c>y[+]>GAL4, UAS-GFP[S56T]’PMID: 29494583
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘ubxMARCM82B’; ‘Ubx-FLP, tubP-GAL4, UAS-GFP; FRT82B tubP-GAL80’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 42734
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)FRT19A dlg[G0342]Kyoto Stock CenterDGGR: 111872
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)FRT82B wts[x1]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 44251
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘G-TRACE’; ‘UAS-FLP.Exel, Ubi-p63E(FRT.STOP)Stinger’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 28282
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)gstD-GFPPMID: 18194654
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)hep[R75]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 6761
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘hid-GFP’; ‘hid[MI06452-GFSTF.1]’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 65331
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)mei-41[RT1]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 4169
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘puc-LacZ’; ‘puc[A251.1F3]’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 11173
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)rnGAL4’; ‘rn[GAL4-DeltaS]’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 8142
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘rn(ts)>‘; ‘rn[GAL4-DeltaS], tubGAL80[ts]’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 8142; BDSC: 7018recombinant
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘rn(ts)>egr’; ‘rn[GAL4-5], UAS-egr, tubP-GAL80[ts]’Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘stg-GFP’; ‘stg[YD0685]’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 50879
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘Trbl-GFP’; ‘trbl[MI01025-GFSTF.2]’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 61654
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)TRE-RFPPMID: 22509270
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-bsk[DN]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 6409
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-Cdk1 RNAi [TRiP.HMS01531]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 36117
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-GFP S56TBDSC: 1521
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-grp RNAi [TRiP.HMC05162]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 62155
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-hep[act]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 9306
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-hidG. Morata, CBSMO Spain
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-mei-41 RNAi [TRiP.GL00284]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 35371
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-stgBloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 4777
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-stg.HABloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 56562
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-Xbp1-GFP.HGBloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 60731
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘E2F1-FUCCI, CycB-FUCCI’; ‘Ubi-GFP.E2f1.1–230, Ubi-mRFP1.NLS.CycB.1–266’Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 55123
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘CycB-FUCCI’; ‘Ubi-mRFP1.NLS.CycB.1–266’PMID: 24726363
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)‘ubx-flp;; FRT82B ubi-GFP’I. Hariharan, UC Berkeley
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)upd-lacZ (PD)PMID: 8582614
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-trbl RNAi [TRiP.HMJ02089]Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 42523
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)UAS-P35Bloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 5072
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)GH146-QF, QUAS-mtdTomato-3xHABloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 30037
Genetic reagent (D. melanogaster)Ubi-CasExpressBloomington Drosophila Stock CenterBDSC: 65419
AntibodyRabbit anti-cleaved Dcp-1Cell SignalingCat. #: 9578(1:200)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-CycBDevelopmental Studies Hybridoma BankCat. #: F2F4(1:20)
AntibodyRat monoclonal anti-DE-cadherinDevelopmental Studies Hybridoma BankCat. #: DCAD2(1:100)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-discs largeDevelopmental Studies Hybridoma BankCat. #: 4F3(1:100)
AntibodyMouse anti-β-GalactosidasePromegaCat. #: Z3782(1:1000)
AntibodyChicken anti-GFPAbcamCat. #: ab13970(1:1000)
AntibodyRabbit monoclonal anti-GFPInvitrogenCat. #: G10362(1:200)
AntibodyRabbit anti-H2Av-pS137RocklandCat. #: 600-401-914(1:500)
AntibodyMouse anti-H3-pS10AbcamCat. #: ab14955(1:2000)
AntibodyRat monoclonal anti-HAMonoclonal Antibody Core Facillity at the Helmholtz Zentrum MünchenClone #: 3F10(1:20)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-MMP1Developmental Studies Hybridoma BankCat. #: 3A6B4(1:30)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-MMP1Developmental Studies Hybridoma BankCat. #: 3B8D12(1:30)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-MMP1Developmental Studies Hybridoma BankCat. #: 5H7B11(1:30)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-RFPAbcamCat. #: ab65856(1:100)
AntibodyRat monoclonal anti-RFPMonoclonal Antibody Core Facillity at the Helmholtz Zentrum MünchenClone #: 5F8(1:20)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-UltrabithoraxDevelopmental Studies Hybridoma BankCat. #: Ubx FP3.38(1:10)
Commercial assay or kitClick-iT Plus EdU Alexa Fluor 647 Imaging KitInvitrogenCat. #: C10640

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Genotypes and experimental conditions.

This table lists detailed genotypes and temperature conditions used to generate the data for each of the main and supplementary figures in this study.

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