Sorting of the initial cell types in Dictyostelium is dependent on the tipA gene

Developmental Biology
J T StegeW F Loomis

Abstract

About 8 hr after the initiation of development in Dictyostelium discoideum, a few randomly scattered cells express prestalk specific genes and subsequently sort out to the top of the aggregate where they form a tip. The tip elongates and forms the anterior of the migrating slug before differentiating into a stalk which supports the ball of spores in a mature fruiting body. Using REMI mutagenesis we isolated a mutant strain, AK244, in which the initial aggregate subdivides to give a highly papillated surface. This mutant fails to form slugs and appears to have a defect in sorting of prestalk cells. The disrupted gene, tipA, encodes a novel 83-kDa protein and is preferentially expressed in PST-O cells after the cell types have sorted out. Mutant strains that lack TipA express the prestalk-specific gene ecmA at reduced levels and form very few spores. These defects cannot be overcome by developing the mutant cells in the presence of wild-type cells. Thus, TipA acts in a cell-autonomous manner at an early stage in development. Using strains carrying reporter constructs, we found that mutant cells expressing a prestalk marker remain dispersed in the aggregates. Prespore cells appear to sort such that the base is free of cells expres...Continue Reading

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