title: Transcription factor NF-Y is involved in regulation of the JNK pathway during Drosophila thorax development.
abstract: The CCAAT motif-binding factor, nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) consists of three different subunits, NF-YA, NF-YB and NF-YC. Knockdown of Drosophila NF-YA (dNF-YA) in the notum compartment of wing discs by a pannir-GAL4 and UAS-dNF-YAIR mainly resulted in a thorax disclosed phenotype. Reduction of the Drosophila c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) basket (bsk) gene dose enhanced the knockdown of dNF-YA-induced phenotype. Monitoring of JNK activity in the wing disc by LacZ expression in a puckered (puc)-LacZ enhancer trap line revealed reduction in the level of the JNK reporter, puc-LacZ signals, in dNF-YA RNAi clones. In addition, expression of wild-type Bsk effectively suppressed the phenotype induced by knockdown of dNF-YA. The bsk gene promoter contains a CCAAT motif and this motif plays a positive role in the promoter activity. We performed chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays in S2 cells with anti-dNF-YA IgG and quantitative real-time PCR. The bsk gene promoter region containing the CCAAT boxes was effectively amplified in the immunoprecipitates by PCR. However, this region was not amplified in the immunoprecipitates from dNF-YA knockdown cells. Furthermore, the level of endogenous bsk mRNA is reduced in the dNF-YA knockdown larvae. These results suggest that dNF-Y is necessary for proper bsk expression and activity of JNK pathway during thorax development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Suyari
authors.forename: Masamitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D001483:Base Sequence; D023081:CCAAT-Binding Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D034622:RNA Interference; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013909:Thorax / Q000254:growth & development; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D023081:CCAAT-Binding Factor; D017931:DNA Primers; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases