The interplay between Myc and CTP synthase in Drosophila.
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Author(s)
Aughey, GN
Grice, SJ
Liu, JL
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
CTP synthase (CTPsyn) is essential for the biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides. It has been shown that CTPsyn is incorporated into a novel cytoplasmic structure which has been termed the cytoophidium. Here, we report that Myc regulates cytoophidium formation during Drosophila oogenesis. We have found that Myc protein levels correlate with cytoophidium abundance in follicle epithelia. Reducing Myc levels results in cytoophidium loss and small nuclear size in follicle cells, while overexpression of Myc increases the length of cytoophidia and the nuclear size of follicle cells. Ectopic expression of Myc induces cytoophidium formation in late stage follicle cells. Furthermore, knock-down of CTPsyn is sufficient to suppress the overgrowth phenotype induced by Myc overexpression, suggesting CTPsyn acts downstream of Myc and is required for Myc-mediated cell size control. Taken together, our data suggest a functional link between Myc, a renowned oncogene, and the essential nucleotide biosynthetic enzyme CTPsyn.
Date Issued
2016-02-18
Date Acceptance
2016-01-23
Citation
Plos Genetics, 2016, 12 (2), pp.e1005867-e1005867
ISSN
1553-7404
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Start Page
e1005867
End Page
e1005867
Journal / Book Title
Plos Genetics
Volume
12
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Aughey et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Identifier
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889675
PII: PGENETICS-D-15-01897
Subjects
Developmental Biology
0604 Genetics
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States