Lola regulates Drosophila adult midgut homeostasis via non-canonical Hippo signaling
Abstract
Tissue homeostasis and regeneration in the Drosophila midgut is regulated by a diverse array of signaling pathways including the Hippo pathway. Hippo signaling restricts intestinal stem cell (ISC) proliferation by sequestering the transcription co-factor Yorkie (Yki) in the cytoplasm, a factor required for rapid ISC proliferation under injury-induced regeneration. Nonetheless, the mechanism of Hippo-mediated midgut homeostasis and whether canonical Hippo signaling is involved in ISC basal proliferation are less characterized. Here we identify Lola as a transcription factor acting downstream of Hippo signaling to restrict ISC proliferation in a Yki-independent manner. Not only that Lola interacts with and is stabilized by the Hippo signaling core kinase Warts (Wts), Lola rescues the enhanced ISC proliferation upon Wts depletion via suppressing Dref and SkpA expressions. Our findings reveal that Lola is a non-canonical Hippo signaling component in regulating midgut homeostasis, providing insights on the mechanism of tissue maintenance and intestinal function.
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Sequencing data have been deposited in GEO under accession code GSE136999, and SRA under accession code SRP220236.All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript.
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Genome-wide binding of Lola in S2 cellsNCBI Gene Expression Omnibus, GSE136999.
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Chinese Academy of Sciences (Strategic Priority Research Program XDB19000000)
- Lei Zhang
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31530043)
- Lei Zhang
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31625017)
- Lei Zhang
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31871039)
- Margaret S Ho
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2020, Hao et al.
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