Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.

The death and clearance of nurse cells is a consequential milestone in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. In preparation for oviposition, the germline-derived nurse cells bequeath to the developing oocyte all their cytoplasmic contents and undergo programmed cell death. The death of the nurse cells...

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Main Authors: Shruthi Bandyadka, Diane P V Lebo, Albert A Mondragon, Sandy B Serizier, Julian Kwan, Jeanne S Peterson, Alexandra Y Chasse, Victoria K Jenkins, Anoush Calikyan, Anthony J Ortega, Joshua D Campbell, Andrew Emili, Kimberly McCall
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011220
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author Shruthi Bandyadka
Diane P V Lebo
Albert A Mondragon
Sandy B Serizier
Julian Kwan
Jeanne S Peterson
Alexandra Y Chasse
Victoria K Jenkins
Anoush Calikyan
Anthony J Ortega
Joshua D Campbell
Andrew Emili
Kimberly McCall
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Albert A Mondragon
Sandy B Serizier
Julian Kwan
Jeanne S Peterson
Alexandra Y Chasse
Victoria K Jenkins
Anoush Calikyan
Anthony J Ortega
Joshua D Campbell
Andrew Emili
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description The death and clearance of nurse cells is a consequential milestone in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. In preparation for oviposition, the germline-derived nurse cells bequeath to the developing oocyte all their cytoplasmic contents and undergo programmed cell death. The death of the nurse cells is controlled non-autonomously and is precipitated by epithelial follicle cells of somatic origin acquiring a squamous morphology and acidifying the nurse cells externally. Alternatively, stressors such as starvation can induce the death of nurse cells earlier in mid-oogenesis, manifesting apoptosis signatures, followed by their engulfment by epithelial follicle cells. To identify and contrast the molecular pathways underlying these morphologically and genetically distinct cell death paradigms, both mediated by follicle cells, we compared their genome-wide transcriptional, translational, and secretion profiles before and after differentiating to acquire a phagocytic capability, as well as during well-fed and nutrient-deprived conditions. By coupling the GAL4-UAS system to Translating Ribosome Affinity Purification (TRAP-seq) and proximity labeling (HRP-KDEL) followed by Liquid Chromatography tandem mass-spectrometry, we performed high-throughput screens to identify pathways selectively activated or repressed by follicle cells to employ nurse cell-clearance routines. We also integrated two publicly available single-cell RNAseq atlases of the Drosophila ovary to define the transcriptomic profiles of follicle cells. In this report, we describe the genes and major pathways identified in the screens and the striking consequences to Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis caused by RNAi perturbation of prioritized candidates. To our knowledge, our study is the first of its kind to comprehensively characterize two distinct apoptotic and non-apoptotic cell death paradigms in the same multi-cellular system. Beyond molecular differences in cell death, our investigation may also provide insights into how key systemic trade-offs are made between survival and reproduction when faced with physiological stress.
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spelling doaj-art-f9cfc09cf7574a6a893cbc8f5a3468a72025-02-05T05:31:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042025-01-01211e101122010.1371/journal.pgen.1011220Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.Shruthi BandyadkaDiane P V LeboAlbert A MondragonSandy B SerizierJulian KwanJeanne S PetersonAlexandra Y ChasseVictoria K JenkinsAnoush CalikyanAnthony J OrtegaJoshua D CampbellAndrew EmiliKimberly McCallThe death and clearance of nurse cells is a consequential milestone in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. In preparation for oviposition, the germline-derived nurse cells bequeath to the developing oocyte all their cytoplasmic contents and undergo programmed cell death. The death of the nurse cells is controlled non-autonomously and is precipitated by epithelial follicle cells of somatic origin acquiring a squamous morphology and acidifying the nurse cells externally. Alternatively, stressors such as starvation can induce the death of nurse cells earlier in mid-oogenesis, manifesting apoptosis signatures, followed by their engulfment by epithelial follicle cells. To identify and contrast the molecular pathways underlying these morphologically and genetically distinct cell death paradigms, both mediated by follicle cells, we compared their genome-wide transcriptional, translational, and secretion profiles before and after differentiating to acquire a phagocytic capability, as well as during well-fed and nutrient-deprived conditions. By coupling the GAL4-UAS system to Translating Ribosome Affinity Purification (TRAP-seq) and proximity labeling (HRP-KDEL) followed by Liquid Chromatography tandem mass-spectrometry, we performed high-throughput screens to identify pathways selectively activated or repressed by follicle cells to employ nurse cell-clearance routines. We also integrated two publicly available single-cell RNAseq atlases of the Drosophila ovary to define the transcriptomic profiles of follicle cells. In this report, we describe the genes and major pathways identified in the screens and the striking consequences to Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis caused by RNAi perturbation of prioritized candidates. To our knowledge, our study is the first of its kind to comprehensively characterize two distinct apoptotic and non-apoptotic cell death paradigms in the same multi-cellular system. Beyond molecular differences in cell death, our investigation may also provide insights into how key systemic trade-offs are made between survival and reproduction when faced with physiological stress.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011220
spellingShingle Shruthi Bandyadka
Diane P V Lebo
Albert A Mondragon
Sandy B Serizier
Julian Kwan
Jeanne S Peterson
Alexandra Y Chasse
Victoria K Jenkins
Anoush Calikyan
Anthony J Ortega
Joshua D Campbell
Andrew Emili
Kimberly McCall
Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.
PLoS Genetics
title Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.
title_full Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.
title_fullStr Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.
title_full_unstemmed Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.
title_short Multi-modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.
title_sort multi modal comparison of molecular programs driving nurse cell death and clearance in drosophila melanogaster oogenesis
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011220
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