Drosophila ELMO/CED-12 interacts with Myoblast city to direct myoblast fusion and ommatidial organization |
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Authors: | Geisbrecht Erika R Haralalka Shruti Swanson Selene K Florens Laurence Washburn Mike P Abmayr Susan M |
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Institution: | a Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th St., Kansas City, MO 64110, USA b Proteomics Core Facility, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th St, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA |
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Abstract: | Members of the CDM (CED-5, Dock180, Myoblast city) superfamily of guanine nucleotide exchange factors function in diverse processes that include cell migration and myoblast fusion. Previous studies have shown that the SH3, DHR1 and DHR2 domains of Myoblast city (MBC) are essential for it to direct myoblast fusion in the Drosophila embryo, while the conserved DCrk-binding proline rich region is expendable. Herein, we describe the isolation of Drosophila ELMO/CED-12, an ∼ 82 kDa protein with a pleckstrin homology (PH) and proline-rich domain, by interaction with the MBC SH3 domain. Mass spectrometry confirms the presence of an MBC/ELMO complex within the embryonic musculature at the time of myoblast fusion and embryos maternally and/or zygotically mutant for elmo exhibit defects in myoblast fusion. Overexpression of MBC and ELMO in the embryonic mesoderm causes defects in myoblast fusion reminiscent of those seen with constitutively-activated Rac1, supporting the previous finding that both the absence of and an excess of Rac activity are deleterious to myoblast fusion. Overexpression of MBC and ELMO/CED-12 in the eye causes perturbations in ommatidial organization that are suppressed by mutations in Rac1 and Rac2, demonstrating genetically that MBC and ELMO/CED-12 cooperate to activate these small GTPases in Drosophila. |
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Keywords: | Drosophila ELMO MBC Rac Myoblast fusion Ommatidial organization |
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