Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24228869›Full record

ArticleJournal of insect science (Online)2013

Vitellogenesis in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster: antagonists demonstrate that the PLC, IP3/DAG, PK-C pathway is triggered by calmodulin.

Bethany J Brubaker-Purkey, Richard I Woodruff

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Article in Journal of insect science (Online), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bethany J Brubaker-PurkeyDepartment of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, United States.
Richard I Woodruff
West Chester University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Drosophila melanogaster M. (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a phospholipase-C to proteininase-C signal cascade leads to the endocytic uptake of yolk precursor molecules. The data suggest that D. melanogaster has a phospholipase-C/proteinkinase-C signaling pathway similar to that previously shown to be required for vitellogenesis in the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus Dallas (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Calmodulin, derived from epithelial cells and transported to the oocytes via gap junctions, may trigger this pathway. To investigate this, a series of known antagonists to various elements of the pathway were used. W-7 (which prevents calmodulin binding to phospholipase-C), U-73122 (which prevents activation of phospholipase-C), verapamil (which blocks Ca(2+) release by IP3), HAG (which blocks diacylglycerol), and staurosporine (which inactivates proteinkinase-C) were each shown to inhibit endocytosis, thereby blocking formation of nascent yolk spheres.

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AnimalsCalmodulinDrosophila melanogasterEndocytosisEpithelial CellsFemaleGap JunctionsHeteropteraMicroscopy, FluorescenceOocytesSignal TransductionVitellogenesisVitellogeninsCalmodulinVitellogenins

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PMID24228869
PMCPMC3835028
OpenAlexW2040751176

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