The Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
J Cell Biochem. 2010 Apr 1;109(5):992-9. doi: 10.1002/jcb.22482.
The Drosophila midgut epithelium undergoes continuous regeneration that is sustained by multipotent intestinal stem cells (ISCs) underneath. Notch signaling has dual functions to control ISC behavior: it slows down the ISC proliferation and drives the activated ISCs into different differentiation pathways at a dose-dependent manner. Here we identified a molecular mechanism to unite these two contradictory functions. We found JAK-STAT signaling controls ISC proliferation and this ability is negatively regulated by Notch at least through a transcriptional control of the JAK-STAT signaling ligand, unpaired (upd). This study provides insight into how stem cells, under steady conditions, balance the processes of proliferation and differentiation to maintain the stable cellular composition of a healthy tissue.
果蝇中肠上皮细胞经历持续的再生,这一过程由位于其下方的多能肠干细胞(ISCs)维持。Notch 信号通路具有双重功能来控制 ISC 行为:它以剂量依赖的方式减缓 ISC 的增殖,并驱动激活的 ISC 进入不同的分化途径。在这里,我们确定了一个将这两个矛盾的功能统一起来的分子机制。我们发现 JAK-STAT 信号通路控制 ISC 的增殖,而 Notch 通过对 JAK-STAT 信号通路配体 unpaired(upd)的转录调控,至少在一定程度上负调控 ISC 的增殖能力。这项研究深入了解了在稳态条件下,干细胞如何平衡增殖和分化过程,以维持健康组织中稳定的细胞组成。