Trans-regulation of ecdysterone-induced protein synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster salivary glands - PubMed (original) (raw)

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Trans-regulation of ecdysterone-induced protein synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster salivary glands

E B Dubrovsky et al. Dev Biol. 1988 May.

Abstract

A set of coordinately expressed genes is actively transcribed after a dramatic increase in the ecdysterone titer in late third-instar development of Drosophila melanogaster, as shown by the appearance of a number of puffs in salivary gland chromosomes and by the synthesis of a number of new proteins. Previous work has suggested that a product of the ecs gene, which is located within the 2B3-5 puff, is necessary for providing alterations in transcriptional activity at the sites of ecdysterone-dependent puffs. The experiments reported here were designed to determine whether the ecs gene's regulatory effect on puffing is confirmed by its regulatory effect on the synthesis of ecdysterone-inducible proteins (EIPs). The first series of experiments showed that in salivary glands in vivo ecdysterone induces 24 EIPs and in vitro induces 26 EIPs. The sets of polypeptides revealed are in good conformity. The second set of experiments demonstrated that mutations in the ecs locus disturb EIP synthesis: ecsl(1)t10 and ecsl(1)t143 mutations affect EIP synthesis to a lesser extent, while ecsl(1)t435 and ecsl(1)t324, as well as the 2B3-5 puff deficiency, prevent EIP synthesis completely. The experiments on dosage dependency revealed two EIPs whose rate of synthesis correlates with the dosage of the 2B3-5 X-chromosomal region. These EIPs are shown to be in fact small heat-shock proteins 23 and 28K, which are known to be encoded within the 67B puff and are under dual control--transient and developmental. The final set of experiments followed the 2B3-5 dosage dependency in vitro and showed that 15 EIPs display either an affected rate of synthesis or, mainly, a quicker induction time. Data obtained show that the ecs locus is trans-regulatory and that its product is necessary for spreading the effect of ecdysterone to other loci.

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Trans-regulation of ecdysterone-induced protein synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster salivary glands - PubMed (original) (raw)