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First published online 12 January 2005
doi: 10.1242/dev.01610
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Program in Developmental Biology, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences at Cornell University and Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: m-baylies{at}ski.mskcc.org)
Accepted 25 November 2004
The patterning of the Drosophila mesoderm requires Wingless (Wg), one of the founding members of a large family of secreted glycoproteins, the Wnt family. Little is known about how Wg provides patterning information to the mesoderm, which is neither an epithelium nor contains the site of Wg production. By studying specification of muscle founder cells as marked by the lineage-specific transcription factor Slouch, we asked how mesodermal cells interpret the steady flow of Wg. Through the manipulation of place, time and amount of Wg signaling, we have observed that Slouch founder cell cluster II is more sensitive to Wg levels than the other Slouch-positive founder cell clusters. To specify Slouch cluster I, Wg signaling is required to maintain high levels of the myogenic transcriptional regulator Twist. However, to specify cluster II, Wg not only maintains high Twist levels, but also provides a second contribution to activate Slouch expression. This dual requirement for Wg provides a paradigm for understanding how one signaling pathway can act over time to create a diverse array of patterning outcomes.
Key words: Wingless, Twist, Slouch, Muscle, Mesoderm, Founder cell, Drosophila
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