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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2009

Integration of Insulin receptor/Foxo signaling and dMyc activity during muscle growth regulates body size in Drosophila.

Fabio Demontis, Norbert Perrimon

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Fabio DemontisDepartment of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. fdemontis@genetics.med.harvard.edu
Norbert Perrimon

Funding

Tuberous Sclerosis-Pathway and PathogenesisP01CA120964 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI David J. Kwiatkowski · 2007 to 2026
$35.9M
Network analysis of Signal TransductionR01DK088718 · NIDDK · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PERRIMON, NORBERT · 2010 to 2014
$2.5M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS 1P01CA120964-01A1NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK088718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drosophila larval skeletal muscles are single, multinucleated cells of different sizes that undergo tremendous growth within a few days. The mechanisms underlying this growth in concert with overall body growth are unknown. We find that the size of individual muscles correlates with the number of nuclei per muscle cell and with increasing nuclear ploidy during development. Inhibition of Insulin receptor (InR; Insulin-like receptor) signaling in muscles autonomously reduces muscle size and systemically affects the size of other tissues, organs and indeed the entire body, most likely by regulating feeding behavior. In muscles, InR/Tor signaling, Foxo and dMyc (Diminutive) are key regulators of endoreplication, which is necessary but not sufficient to induce growth. Mechanistically, InR/Foxo signaling controls cell cycle progression by modulating dmyc expression and dMyc transcriptional activity. Thus, maximal dMyc transcriptional activity depends on InR to control muscle mass, which in turn induces a systemic behavioral response to allocate body size and proportions.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCell NucleusDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFeeding BehaviorForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMusclesReceptor, InsulinTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXO protein, DrosophilaMyc protein, DrosophilaReceptor, InsulinTranscription Factors

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PMID19211682
PMCPMC2727562

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