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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2022

EGFR signal transduction is downregulated in C. elegans vulval precursor cells during dauer diapause.

Catherine O'Keeffe, Iva Greenwald

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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.

Catherine O'KeeffeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0160-7747
Iva GreenwaldDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7180-3706
Columbia University · US

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR FOUNDATIONS OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCET32GM008798 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI PRYWES, RON M · 2001 to 2018
$6.3M
Regulatory Circuitry and Mechanisms Controlling Cell Fate in C. elegansR35GM131746 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Iva S Greenwald · 2019 to 2026
$5.0M
A C. elegans model for studying blocks to EGFR signal transduction in quiescent cellsF31GM126741 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI O'KEEFFE, CATHERINE ANN · 2017 to 2018
$89k
NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM126741NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131746NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008798NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caenorhabditis elegans larvae display developmental plasticity in response to environmental conditions: in adverse conditions, second-stage larvae enter a reversible, long-lived dauer stage instead of proceeding to reproductive adulthood. Dauer entry interrupts vulval induction and is associated with a reprogramming-like event that preserves the multipotency of vulval precursor cells (VPCs), allowing vulval development to reinitiate if conditions improve. Vulval induction requires the LIN-3/EGF-like signal from the gonad, which activates EGFR-Ras-ERK signal transduction in the nearest VPC, P6.p. Here, using a biosensor and live imaging we show that EGFR-Ras-ERK activity is downregulated in P6.p in dauers. We investigated this process using gene mutations or transgenes to manipulate different steps of the pathway, and by analyzing LET-23/EGFR subcellular localization during dauer life history. We found that the response to EGF is attenuated at or upstream of Ras activation, and discuss potential membrane-associated mechanisms that could achieve this. We also describe other findings pertaining to the maintenance of VPC competence and quiescence in dauer larvae. Our analysis indicates that VPCs have L2-like and unique dauer stage features rather than features of L3 VPCs in continuous development.

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDiapauseAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsFemaleSignal TransductionVulvaCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsC. elegansDauerEGFRERKRasVulva

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PMID36227589
PMCPMC9793418
OpenAlexW4304987610

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