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Development, Vol 128, Issue 7 1081-1088, Copyright © 2001 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Inducible nuclear translocation of a STAT protein in Dictyostelium prespore cells: implications for morphogenesis and cell-type regulation

D Dormann, T Abe, CJ Weijer and J Williams
School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.

Dd-STATa, the Dictyostelium STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription) protein, is selectively localised in the nuclei of a small subset of prestalk cells located in the slug tip. Injection of cAMP into the extracellular spaces in the rear of the slug induces rapid nuclear translocation of a Dd-GFP:STATa fusion protein in prespore cells surrounding the site of injection. This suggests that cAMP signals that emanate from the tip direct the localised nuclear accumulation of Dd-STATa. It also shows that prespore cells are competent to respond to cAMP, by Dd-STATa activation, and it implies that cAMP signalling is in some way limiting in the rear of the slug. Co-injection of a specific inhibitor of the cAR1 serpentine cAMP receptor almost completely prevents the cAMP-induced nuclear translocation, showing that most or all of the cAMP signal is transduced by cAR1. Dd-GFP:STATa also rapidly translocates into the nuclei of cells adjoining the front and back cut edges when a slug is bisected. Less severe mechanical disturbances, such as pricking the rear of a slug with an unfilled micropipette, also cause a more limited nuclear translocation of Dd-GFP:STATa. We propose that these signalling events form part of a repair mechanism that is activated when the migrating slug suffers mechanical damage.


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