Reciprocal EGF signaling back to the uterus from the induced C. elegans vulva coordinates morphogenesis of epithelia

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 237-246

  Chang, Chieh ^a   Newman, Anna P ^b   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERMES;

EID: 0033545660     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80112-2     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Slack JM: Embryonic induction. Mech Dev 1993, 41:91-107.
2. Duffy JB, Perrimon N: Recent advances in understanding signal transduction pathways in worms and flies. Curr Opin Cell Biol 1996, 8:231-238.
3. Ferguson E, Horvitz HR: Identification and characterization of 22 genes that affect the vulval cell lineages of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 1985, 110:17-72.
4. Aroian RV, Sternberg PW: Multiple functions of let-23, a C. elegans receptor tyrosine kinase gene required for vulval induction. Genetics 1991, 128:251-267.
5. Chamberlin HM, Sternberg PW: The lin-3/let-23 pathway mediates inductive signaling during male spicule development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 1994, 120:2713-2721.
6. Clandinin TR, DeModena JA, Sternberg PW: Inositol trisphosphate mediates a RAS-independent response to LET-23 receptor tyrosine kinase activation in C. elegans. Cell 1998, 92:523-533.
7. Jiang L, Sternberg PW: Interactions of EGF, Wnt and HOM-C genes specify P12 neuroectoblast fate in C. elegans. Development 1998, 125:2337-2347.
8. Hill RJ, Sternberg PW: The lin-3 gene encodes an inductive signal for vulval development in C. elegans. Nature 1992, 358:470-476.
9. Newman AP, Sternberg PW: Coordinated morphogenesis of epithelia during development of the Caenorhabditis elegans uterine-vulval connection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1996, 93:9329-9333.
10. Kimble J: Alterations in cell lineage following laser ablation of cells in the somatic gonad of Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev Biol 1981, 87:286-300.
11. Aroian RV, Koga M, Mendel JE, Ohshima Y, Sternberg PW: The let-23 gene necessary for Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction encodes a tyrosine kinase of the EGF receptor subfamily. Nature 1990, 348:693-699.
12. Katz WS, Hill RJ, Clandinin TR, Sternberg PW: Different levels of the C. elegans growth factor LIN-3 promote distinct vulval precursor fates. Cell 1995, 82:297-307.
13. Koga M, Ohshima Y: Mosaic analysis of the let-23 gene function in vulval induction of Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 1995, 121:2655-2666.
14. Simske JS, Kim SK: Sequential signalling during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction. Nature 1995, 375:142-146.
15. Newman AP, White JG, Sternberg PW: The C. elegans lin-12 gene mediates induction of ventral uterine specialization by the anchor cell. Development 1995, 121:263-271.
16. Newman AP, White JG, Sternberg PW: Morphogenesis of the C. elegans hermaphrodite uterus. Development 1996, 122:3617-3626.
17. Greenwald IS, Sternberg PW, Horvitz HR: The lin-12 locus specifies cell fates in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell 1983, 34:435-444.
18. Jongeward GD, Clandinin TR, Sternberg PW: Sli-1, a negative regulator of lef-23-mediated signaling in C. elegans. Genetics 1995, 139:1553-1566.
19. Yoon CH, Lee J, Jongeward GD, Sternberg PW: Similarity of sli-1, a regulator of vulval development in Caenorhabditis elegans, to the mammalian proto-oncogene, c-cbl. Science 1995, 269:1102-1105.
20. Hajnal A, Whitfield CW, Kim SK: Inhibition of Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction by gap-1 and by let-23 receptor tyrosine kinase. Genes Dev 1997, 11:2715-2728.
21. Dent JA, Han M: Post-embryonic expression pattern of C. elegans let-60 ras reporter constructs. Mech Dev 1998, 72:179-182.
22. Sommer RJ, Carta LK, Kim S-Y, Sternberg PW: Morphological, genetic and molecular description of Pristionchus pacificus sp. n. (Nematoda, Diplogasteridae). Fund Appl Nematol 1996, 19:511-521.
23. Han M, Sternberg PW: Analysis of dominant negative mutations of the Caenorhabditis elegans let-60 ras gene. Genes Dev 1991, 5:2188-2198.
24. Han M, Golden A, Han Y, Sternberg PW: C. elegans lin-45 raf gene participates in let-60 ras stimulated vulval differentiation. Nature 1993, 363:133-140.
25. Chamberlin HM, Palmer RE, Newman AP, Sternberg PW, Baillie DL, Thomas JH: The PAX gene egl-38 mediates developmental patterning in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 1997, 124:3919-3928.
26. Saxen L: Failure to demonstrate tubule induction in heterologous mesenchyme. Dev Biol 1970, 23:511-523.
27. Sariola H, Ekblom P, Saxen L: Restricted developmental options of the metanephric mesenchyme. In Embryonic Development, Part B: Cellular Aspects. Edited by Liss AR. New York; 1982:425-431.
28. Bard JB, McConnell JE, Davies JA: Towards a genetic basis for kidney development. Mech Dev 1994, 48:3-11.
29. Becker S, Pasca G, Strumpf D, Min L, Volk T: Reciprocal signaling between Drosophila epidermal muscle attachment cells and their corresponding muscles. Development 1997, 124:2615-2622.
30. Wasserman JD, Freeman M: An autoregulatory cascade of EGF receptor signaling patterns the Drosophila egg. Cell 1998, 95:355-364.
31. Brenner S: The genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 1974, 77:71-94.
32. Burdine RD, Branda CS, Stern MJ: EGL-17(FGF) expression coordinates the attraction of the migrating sex myoblasts with vulval induction in C. elegans. Development 1998, 125:1083-1093.
33. Katz WS, Lesa GM, Yannoukakos D, Clandinin TR, Schlessinger J, Sternberg PW: A point mutation in the extracellular domain activates LET-23, the C. elegans EGF receptor homolog. Mol Cell Biol. 1996, 16:529-537.
34. Beitel G, Clark S, Horvitz HR: The Caenorhabditis elegans ras gene let-60 acts as a switch in the pathway of vulval induction. Nature 1990, 348:503-509.
35. Jacobs D, Beitel GJ, Clark SG, Horvitz HR, Kornfeld K: Gain-of-function mutations in the Caenorhabditis elegans lin-1 ETS gene identify a C-terminal regulatory domain phosphorylated by ERK MAP kinase. Genetics 1998, 149:1809-1822.
36. Trent C, Tsung N, Horvitz HR: Egg-laying defective mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 1983, 104:619-647.
37. Hodgkin J, Horvitz HR, Brenner S: Nondisjunction mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 1979, 91:67-94.
38. Han M, Sternberg PW: Let-60, a gene that specifies cell fates during C. elegans vulval induction, encodes a ras protein. Cell 1990, 63:921-931.
39. Sulston JE, White JG: Regulation and cell autonomy during postembryonic development of Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev Biol 1980, 78:577-597.
40. Lesa GM, Sternberg PW: Positive and negative tissue-specific signaling by a nematode epidermal growth factor receptor. Mol Biol Cell 1997, 8:779-793.
41. Heim R, Cubitt AB, Tsien RY: Improved green fluorescence. Nature 1995, 373:663-664.
42. Mello CC, Kramer JM, Stinchcomb D, Ambros V: Efficient gene transfer in C. elegans after microinjection of DNA into germline cytoplasm: extrachromosomal maintenance and integration of transforming sequences. EMBO J 1991, 10:3959-3970.
43. Fire A, Kondo K, Waterston R: Vectors for low copy transformation of C. elegans. Nucleic Acids Res 1990, 18:4269-4270.
44. Sulston J, Horvitz HR: Postembryonic cell lineages of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev Biol 1977, 56:110-156.
45. Sternberg PW, Horvitz HR: Pattern formation during vulval development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell 1986, 44:761-772.