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alpha-Spectrin is required for ovarian follicle monolayer integrity in Drosophila melanogaster
J.K. Lee, E. Brandin, D. Branton, L.S. Goldstein
Development 1997 124: 353-362;

Summary

To understand the role of the spectrin-based membrane skeleton in generating epithelial polarity, we characterized the distribution of membrane skeletal components in Drosophila ovarian follicle cells and in somatic clones of mutant cells that lack alpha-spectrin. Immunolocalization data reveal that wild-type follicle cells contain two populations of spectrin heterodimers: a network of alphabeta heterodimers concentrated on the lateral plasma membrane and an alphabetaH population targeted to the apical surface. Induction of somatic clones lacking alpha-spectrin leads to follicle cell hyperplasia. Surprisingly, elimination of alpha-spectrin from follicle cells does not appear to prevent the assembly of conventional beta-spectrin and ankyrin at the lateral domain of the follicle cell plasma membrane. However, the alpha-subunit is essential for the correct localization of betaH-spectrin to the apical surface. As a consequence of disrupting the apical membrane skeleton a distinct sub population of follicle cells undergoes unregulated proliferation which leads to the loss of monolayer organization and disruption of the anterior-posterior axis of the oocyte. These results suggest that the spectrin-based membrane skeleton is required in a developmental pathway that controls follicle cell monolayer integrity and proliferation.

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alpha-Spectrin is required for ovarian follicle monolayer integrity in Drosophila melanogaster
J.K. Lee, E. Brandin, D. Branton, L.S. Goldstein
Development 1997 124: 353-362;
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