Muscle-derived Myoglianin regulates Drosophila imaginal disc growth

  1. Ambuj Upadhyay
  2. Aidan J Peterson
  3. Myung-Jun Kim
  4. Michael B O'Connor  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Minnesota, United States

Abstract

Organ growth and size are finely tuned by intrinsic and extrinsic signaling molecules. In Drosophila, the BMP family member Dpp is produced in a limited set of imaginal disc cells and functions as a classic morphogen to regulate pattern and growth by diffusing throughout imaginal discs. However, the role of TGFβ/Activin-like ligands in disc growth control remains ill-defined. Here we demonstrate that Myoglianin (Myo), an Activin family member, and a close homolog of mammalian Myostatin (Mstn), is a muscle-derived extrinsic factor that uses canonical dSmad2 mediated signaling to regulate wing size. We propose that Myo is a myokine that helps mediate an allometric relationship between muscles and their associated appendages.

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  1. Ambuj Upadhyay

    Genetics, Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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  2. Aidan J Peterson

    Genetics, Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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  3. Myung-Jun Kim

    Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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  4. Michael B O'Connor

    Genetics, Cell Biology, and Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM118029)

  • Michael B O'Connor

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© 2020, Upadhyay et al.

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  1. Ambuj Upadhyay
  2. Aidan J Peterson
  3. Myung-Jun Kim
  4. Michael B O'Connor
(2020)
Muscle-derived Myoglianin regulates Drosophila imaginal disc growth
eLife 9:e51710.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51710

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