Abstract
ABSTRACTMany cell types display the remarkable ability to alter their cellular phenotype in response to specific external or internal signals. Such phenotypic plasticity is apparent in the nematode C. elegans when adverse environmental conditions trigger entry into the dauer diapause stage. This entry is accompanied by structural, molecular and functional remodeling of a number of distinct tissue types of the animal, including its nervous system. The transcription factor effectors of three different hormonal signaling systems, the insulin-responsive DAF-16/FoxO transcription factor, the TGFβ-responsive DAF-3/SMAD transcription factor and the steroid nuclear hormone receptor, DAF-12/VDR, a homolog of the vitamin D receptor, were previously shown to be required for entering the dauer arrest stage, but their cellular and temporal focus of action for the underlying cellular remodeling processes remained incompletely understood. Through the generation of conditional alleles that allowed us to spatially and temporally control gene activity, we show here that all three transcription factors are not only required to initiate tissue remodeling upon entry into the dauer stage, as shown before, but are also continuously required to maintain the remodeled state. We show that DAF-3/SMAD is required in sensory neurons to promote and then maintain animal-wide tissue remodeling events. In contrast, DAF-16/FoxO or DAF-12/VDR act cell autonomously to control anatomical, molecular and behavioral remodeling events in specific cell types. Intriguingly, we also uncover non-cell autonomous function of DAF-16/FoxO and DAF-12/VDR in nervous system remodeling, indicating the presence of several insulin-dependent inter-organ signaling axes. Our findings provide novel perspectives on how hormonal systems control tissue remodeling.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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