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Title: | Effect of the Gene doublesex of Anastrepha on the Somatic Sexual Development of Drosophila. |
Authors: | Álvarez, Mercedes; Ruiz, María Fernanda CSIC ORCID ; Sánchez, Lucas | Keywords: | Gene doublesex of Anastrepha Drosophila DsxF DsxM |
Issue Date: | 2-Apr-2009 | Publisher: | Public Library of Science | Citation: | PLoS ONE 4(4): e5141 (2009) | Abstract: | [Background]
The gene doublesex (dsx) is at the bottom of the sex determination genetic cascade and is transcribed in both sexes, but gives rise to two different proteins, DsxF and DsxM, which impose female and male sexual development respectively via the sex-specific regulation of the so-called sexual cyto-differentiation genes. The present manuscript addressed the question about the functional conservation of the tephritid Anastrepha DsxF and DsxM proteins to direct the sexual development in Drosophila (Drosophilidae). [Methodology] To express these proteins in Drosophila, the GAL4-UAS system was used. The effect of these proteins was monitored in the sexually dimorphic regions of the fly: the foreleg basitarsus, the 5th, 6th and 7th tergites, and the external terminalia. In addition, we analysed the effect of Anastrepha DsxF and DsxM proteins on the regulation of Drosophila yolk protein genes, which are expressed in the fat body of adult females under the control of dsx. Conclusions The Anastrepha DsxF and DsxM proteins transformed doublesex intersexual Drosophila flies into females and males respectively, though this transformation was incomplete and the extent of their influence varied in the different sexually dimorphic regions of the adult fly. The Anastrepha DsxF and DsxM proteins also behaved as activators and repressors, respectively, of the Drosophila yolk protein genes, as do the DsxF and DsxM proteins of Drosophila itself. Finally, the Anastrepha DsxF and DsxM proteins were found to counteract the functions of Drosophila DsxM and DsxF respectively, reflecting the normal behaviour of the latter proteins towards one another. Collectively, these results indicate that the Anastrepha DsxF and DsxM proteins show conserved female and male sex-determination function respectively in Drosophila, though it appears that they cannot fully substitute the latter's own Dsx proteins. This incomplete function might be partly due to a reduced capacity of the Anastrepha Dsx proteins to completely control the Drosophila sexual cyto-differentiation genes, a consequence of the accumulation of divergence between these species resulting in the formation of different co-adapted complexes between the Dsx proteins and their target genes. |
Description: | 8 pages, 4 figures and 2 tables. | Publisher version (URL): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005141 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/14121 | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005141 | ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
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