Coordinating Proliferation, Polarity, and Cell Fate in the Drosophila Female Germline

TD Hinnant, JA Merkle, ET Ables - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Gametes are highly specialized cell types produced by a complex differentiation process.
Production of viable oocytes requires a series of precise and coordinated molecular events …

Nutritional control of insect reproduction

V Smykal, AS Raikhel - Current opinion in insect science, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•AA/TOR pathway regulates synthesis and secretion of ILPs as shown for
Drosophila.•ILPs represent a second nutritional checkpoint in regulation of …

KICSTOR recruits GATOR1 to the lysosome and is necessary for nutrients to regulate mTORC1

RL Wolfson, L Chantranupong, GA Wyant, X Gu… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is a central regulator of cell
growth that responds to diverse environmental signals and is deregulated in many human …

Sestrin mediates detection of and adaptation to low-leucine diets in Drosophila

X Gu, P Jouandin, PV Lalgudi, R Binari, ML Valenstein… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) regulates cell growth and metabolism
in response to multiple nutrients, including the essential amino acid leucine. Recent work in …

A network of human functional gene interactions from knockout fitness screens in cancer cells

E Kim, M Dede, WF Lenoir, G Wang… - Life science …, 2019 - life-science-alliance.org
Genetic interactions mediate the emergence of phenotype from genotype. The systematic
survey of genetic interactions in yeast showed that genes operating in the same biological …

Local and Physiological Control of Germline Stem Cell Lineages in Drosophila melanogaster

D Drummond-Barbosa - Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The long-term survival of any multicellular species depends on the success of its germline in
producing high-quality gametes and maximizing survival of the offspring. Studies in …

Meiosis initiation: a story of two sexes in all creatures great and small

IF Sou, RM Pryce, WW Tee, UL McClurg - Biochemical Journal, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Meiosis facilitates diversity across individuals and serves as a major driver of evolution.
However, understanding how meiosis begins is complicated by fundamental differences that …

Simultaneous activation of Tor and suppression of ribosome biogenesis by TRIM-NHL proteins promotes terminal differentiation

J Gui, TJ Samuels, KZA Grobicki, FK Teixeira - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Tissue development and homeostasis depend on the balance between growth and terminal
differentiation, but the mechanisms coordinating these processes remain elusive …

The AMPK-PP2A axis in insect fat body is activated by 20-hydroxyecdysone to antagonize insulin/IGF signaling and restrict growth rate

D Yuan, S Zhou, S Liu, K Li, H Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
In insects, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) limits the growth period by triggering developmental
transitions; 20E also modulates the growth rate by antagonizing insulin/insulin-like growth …

SEA you later alli-GATOR–a dynamic regulator of the TORC1 stress response pathway

S Dokudovskaya, MP Rout - Journal of cell science, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Cells constantly adapt to various environmental changes and stresses. The way in which
nutrient and stress levels in a cell feed back to control metabolism and growth are …