The Drosophila Broad-Complex early gene directly regulates late gene transcription during the ecdysone-induced puffing cascade

Developmental Biology
K CrossgroveG M Guild

Abstract

The ensemble of tissue-specific changes that drives Drosophila metamorphosis is initiated by the steroid hormone ecdysone and proceeds through a transcriptional cascade comprised of primary response transcriptional regulators and secondary response structural genes. The Broad-Complex (BR-C) primary response early gene is composed of several distinct genetic functions and encodes a family of related transcription factor isoforms. Our objective in this study was to determine whether individual BR-C isoforms directly regulate secondary response target genes. A cluster of 10 salivary gland-specific secondary response L71 late genes are dependent on the BR-C rbp+ genetic function. Transgenic animals expressing individual BR-C isoforms were tested for their ability to provide the BR-C rbp+ genetic function by monitoring the transcriptional activation of the L71 genes. We found that the BR-C Z1 isoforms could complement the transcriptional defects seen in rbp mutants but the Z2, Z3, and Z4 isoforms could not. We conclude that the BR-C rbp+ function is provided by the BR-C Z1 isoform in prepupal salivary glands. L71 gene rescue was restricted to the prepupal salivary gland, suggesting the involvement of additional factors in L71 gene r...Continue Reading

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