A localized differentiation-inducing-factor sink in the front of the Dictyostelium slug.

Abstract:

:Differentiation-inducing factor 1 [DIF-1; 1-(3,5-dichloro-2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-hexan-1-one] induces stalk cell differentiation during Dictyostelium development. It is present as a gradient in the multicellular slug, its lowest concentration being in the anterior. Here we demonstrate the existence of a localized sink for DIF-1, also in the anterior of the slug, which could be responsible for generating the DIF-1 gradient. DIF-1 is metabolized extensively by developing cells, initially by a mono-dechlorination. We used an enzyme assay for DIF-1 dechlorinase to examine its distribution in the slug. DIF-1 dechlorinase activity is 30-fold higher in prestalk cells (largely anterior) compared with prespore cells (posterior) when these are separated from each other on Percoll density gradients. Dissection experiments showed that DIF-1 dechlorinase is 25-fold enriched in the anterior 13% of the slug compared with the rest. These experiments also showed that DIF-1 dechlorinase is more anterior-enriched than the standard prestalk markers, the ecmA and ecmB mRNAs. When cut from a slug, both prestalk and prespore fragments regulate to restore the missing cell type. Prespore fragments rapidly regain (by 30 min) a DIF-1 sink in their anteriors, and prestalk fragments restore a posterior zone with low DIF-1 dechlorinase by 4 hr after cutting. The reappearance of the DIF-1 sink in the anterior of prespore fragments is accomplished without detectable cell sorting and may, therefore, be in response to positional signals. Finally, a localized sink may provide a general way of producing a gradient of a signal substance in a developing embryo.

authors

Kay RR,Large S,Traynor D,Nayler O

doi

10.1073/pnas.90.2.487

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-01-15 00:00:00

pages

487-91

issue

2

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

journal_volume

90

pub_type

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