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2024
Numerous Serine/Threonine kinases affect blood cell homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster
Numerous Serine/Threonine kinases affect blood cell homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster
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Blood cells in Drosophila serve primarily innate immune responses. Various stressors influence blood cell homeostasis regarding both numbers and the proportion of blood cell types. The principle molecular mechanisms governing hematopoiesis are conserved amongst species and involve major signaling pathways like Notch, Toll, JNK, JAK/Stat or RTK. Albeit signaling pathways generally rely on the activity of protein kinases, their specific contribution to hematopoiesis remains understudied. Here, we assess the role of Serine/Threonine kinases with the potential to phosphorylate the transcription factor Su(H) in crystal cell homeostasis. Su(H) is central to Notch signal transduction, and its inhibition by phosphorylation impedes crystal cell formation. Overall, nearly twenty percent of all Drosophila Serine/Threonine kinases were studied in two assays, global and hemocyte-specific overexpression and downregulation, respectively. Unexpectedly, the majority of kinases influenced crystal cell numbers, albeit only a few were related to hematopoiesis so far. Four kinases appeared essential for crystal cell formation, whereas most kinases restrained crystal cell development. This group comprises all kinase classes, indicative of the complex regulatory network underlying blood cell homeostasis. The rather indiscriminative response we observed opens the possibility that blood cells measure their overall phospho-status as a proxy for stress-signals, and activate an adaptive immune response accordingly.
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Cells, 13 (2024), 7, 576.
https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13070576.
ISSN: 2073-4409
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@article{Deichsel2024,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16101},
doi = {10.3390/cells13070576},
author = {Deichsel, Sebastian and Gahr, Bernd M. and Mastel, Helena et al.},
title = {Numerous Serine/Threonine Kinases Affect Blood Cell Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster},
journal = {Cells},
year = {2024},
volume = {13},
number = {7},
}