TY - JOUR
T1 - Cortical aPKC kinase activity distinguishes neural stem cells from progenitor cells by ensuring asymmetric segregation of Numb
AU - Haenfler, Jill M.
AU - Kuang, Chaoyuan
AU - Lee, Cheng Yu
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Drs. C. Doe, S. Goode, J. Knoblich, F. Schweisguth, J. Skeath and G. Struhl for fly stocks and antibody reagents. We thank the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center and Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center for fly stocks and the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank for antibodies. We thank the anonymous reviewer and members of the Lee lab for reading the manuscript and providing critical comments. J.M.H. was supported by the NIH Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant T32-GM007315 . C.K. was also supported by the NIH MSTP Training Grant T32-GM07863 . C.-Y.L was supported by University of Michigan start-up, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences ( 1006160.01 ), a Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award and an NIH grant R01-GM092818 .
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - During asymmetric stem cell division, polarization of the cell cortex targets fate determinants unequally into the sibling daughters, leading to regeneration of a stem cell and production of a progenitor cell with restricted developmental potential. In mitotic neural stem cells (neuroblasts) in fly larval brains, the antagonistic interaction between the polarity proteins Lethal (2) giant larvae (Lgl) and atypical Protein Kinase C (aPKC) ensures self-renewal of a daughter neuroblast and generation of a progenitor cell by regulating asymmetric segregation of fate determinants. In the absence of lgl function, elevated cortical aPKC kinase activity perturbs unequal partitioning of the fate determinants including Numb and induces supernumerary neuroblasts in larval brains. However, whether increased aPKC function triggers formation of excess neuroblasts by inactivating Numb remains controversial. To investigate how increased cortical aPKC function induces formation of excess neuroblasts, we analyzed the fate of cells in neuroblast lineage clones in lgl mutant brains. Surprisingly, our analyses revealed that neuroblasts in lgl mutant brains undergo asymmetric division to produce progenitor cells, which then revert back into neuroblasts. In lgl mutant brains, Numb remained localized in the cortex of mitotic neuroblasts and failed to segregate exclusively into the progenitor cell following completion of asymmetric division. These results led us to propose that elevated aPKC function in the cortex of mitotic neuroblasts reduces the function of Numb in the future progenitor cells. We identified that the acyl-CoA binding domain containing 3 protein (ACBD3) binding region is essential for asymmetric segregation of Numb in mitotic neuroblasts and suppression of the supernumerary neuroblast phenotype induced by increased aPKC function. The ACBD3 binding region of Numb harbors two aPKC phosphorylation sites, serines 48 and 52. Surprisingly, while the phosphorylation status at these two sites directly impinged on asymmetric segregation of Numb in mitotic neuroblasts, both the phosphomimetic and non-phosphorylatable forms of Numb suppressed formation of excess neuroblasts triggered by increased cortical aPKC function. Thus, we propose that precise regulation of cortical aPKC kinase activity distinguishes the sibling cell identity in part by ensuring asymmetric partitioning of Numb into the future progenitor cell where Numb maintains restricted potential independently of regulation by aPKC.
AB - During asymmetric stem cell division, polarization of the cell cortex targets fate determinants unequally into the sibling daughters, leading to regeneration of a stem cell and production of a progenitor cell with restricted developmental potential. In mitotic neural stem cells (neuroblasts) in fly larval brains, the antagonistic interaction between the polarity proteins Lethal (2) giant larvae (Lgl) and atypical Protein Kinase C (aPKC) ensures self-renewal of a daughter neuroblast and generation of a progenitor cell by regulating asymmetric segregation of fate determinants. In the absence of lgl function, elevated cortical aPKC kinase activity perturbs unequal partitioning of the fate determinants including Numb and induces supernumerary neuroblasts in larval brains. However, whether increased aPKC function triggers formation of excess neuroblasts by inactivating Numb remains controversial. To investigate how increased cortical aPKC function induces formation of excess neuroblasts, we analyzed the fate of cells in neuroblast lineage clones in lgl mutant brains. Surprisingly, our analyses revealed that neuroblasts in lgl mutant brains undergo asymmetric division to produce progenitor cells, which then revert back into neuroblasts. In lgl mutant brains, Numb remained localized in the cortex of mitotic neuroblasts and failed to segregate exclusively into the progenitor cell following completion of asymmetric division. These results led us to propose that elevated aPKC function in the cortex of mitotic neuroblasts reduces the function of Numb in the future progenitor cells. We identified that the acyl-CoA binding domain containing 3 protein (ACBD3) binding region is essential for asymmetric segregation of Numb in mitotic neuroblasts and suppression of the supernumerary neuroblast phenotype induced by increased aPKC function. The ACBD3 binding region of Numb harbors two aPKC phosphorylation sites, serines 48 and 52. Surprisingly, while the phosphorylation status at these two sites directly impinged on asymmetric segregation of Numb in mitotic neuroblasts, both the phosphomimetic and non-phosphorylatable forms of Numb suppressed formation of excess neuroblasts triggered by increased cortical aPKC function. Thus, we propose that precise regulation of cortical aPKC kinase activity distinguishes the sibling cell identity in part by ensuring asymmetric partitioning of Numb into the future progenitor cell where Numb maintains restricted potential independently of regulation by aPKC.
KW - Asymmetric division
KW - Cell polarity
KW - Intermediate neural progenitor
KW - Lethal (2) giant larvae
KW - Neuroblast
KW - Numb
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.02.027
DO - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.02.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 22394487
AN - SCOPUS:84862829813
SN - 0012-1606
VL - 365
SP - 219
EP - 228
JO - Developmental Biology
JF - Developmental Biology
IS - 1
ER -