title: Signal integration during development: insights from the Drosophila eye.
abstract: The Drosophila eye is a highly ordered epithelial tissue composed of approximately 750 subunits called ommatidia arranged in a reiterated hexagonal pattern. At higher resolution, observation of the constituent photoreceptors, cone cells, and pigment cells of the eye reveals a highly ordered mosaic of amazing regularity. This relatively simple organization belies the repeated requirement for spatially and temporally coordinated inputs from the Hedgehog (Hh), Wingless (Wg), Decapentaplegic (Dpp), JAK-STAT, Notch, and receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling pathways. This review will discuss how signaling inputs from the Notch and RTK pathways, superimposed on the developmental history of a cell, facilitate context-specific and appropriate cell fate specification decisions in the developing fly eye. Lessons learned from investigating the combinatorial signal integration strategies underlying Drosophila eye development will likely reveal cell-cell communication paradigms relevant to many aspects of invertebrate and mammalian development. Developmental Dynamics 229:162-175, 2004.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Voas
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rebay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005123:Eye / Q000254:growth & development*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017344:Genes, Insect; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000254:growth & development; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C497759:N protein, Drosophila; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051880:Receptors, Notch; D014157:Transcription Factors; C073099:pros protein, Drosophila; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases