Specificity of the inhibitory effects of Dad on TGF-beta family type I receptors, Thickveins, Saxophone, and Baboon in Drosophila.
In mammals, two inhibitory Smads (I-Smads), Smad6 and Smad7, play pivotal roles in negative regulation of TGF-beta family signaling. Smad7 ubiquitously inhibits TGF-beta family signaling, whereas Smad6 inhibits signaling from the ALK-3/6 subfamily in preference to that from the ALK-1/2 and ALK-4/5/7 subfamilies of TGF-beta family type I receptors. In Drosophila, only one I-Smad, Dad, has been identified. Here we examined inhibitory effects of Dad on type I receptors in Drosophila. Dad inhibited Saxophone (ALK-1/2 orthologue) and Thickveins (ALK-3/6 orthologue) but not Baboon (ALK-4/5/7 orthologue). The differential modes of action of I-Smads in mammals and Drosophila are discussed.
Kamiya
Yuto
Y
Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Miyazono
Kohei
K
Miyazawa
Keiji
K
D029404:Activin Receptors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D051901:Smad4 Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C108633:Dad protein, Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C112506:MAD protein, Drosophila; C112504:Med protein, Drosophila; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D051901:Smad4 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors; C086338:sax protein, Drosophila; C090169:tkv protein, Drosophila; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D029404:Activin Receptors; C517157:Babo protein, Drosophila