title: The candidate MAP kinase phosphorylation substrate DPL-1 (DP) promotes expression of the MAP kinase phosphatase LIP-1 in C. elegans germ cells.
abstract: The highly-conserved, commonly used MAP kinase signaling cascade plays multiple integral roles in germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Using a functional proteomic approach, we found that the transcription factor DPL-1, a component of the LIN-35(Rb)/EFL-1(E2F)/DPL-1(DP) pathway, is a candidate phosphorylation substrate of MAP kinase. Moreover, dpl-1 genetically interacts with mpk-1(MAP kinase) to control chromosome morphology in pachytene of meiosis I, as does lin-35. However, EFL-1, the canonical DPL-1 heterodimeric partner, does not have a role in this process. Interestingly, we find that DPL-1 and EFL-1, but not LIN-35, promote the expression of a negative regulator of MPK-1, the MAP kinase phosphatase LIP-1. Two E2F consensus motifs are present upstream of the lip-1 open reading frame. Therefore, the Rb/E2F/DP pathway intersects with MAP kinase signaling at multiple points to regulate different aspects of C. elegans germ cell development. These two highly conserved pathways with major regulatory roles in proliferation and differentiation likely have multiple mechanisms for cross-talk during development across many species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Baiqing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Reinke
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019281:Dimerization; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D006066:Gonads / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D049471:Pachytene Stage / Q000235:genetics; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C433249:dpl-1 protein, C elegans; C493765:efl-1 protein, C elegans; C116485:lin-35 protein, C elegans; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; C421904:lip-1 protein, C elegans; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases