Van Anh, Dao (2014). Genome-wide RNAi screening and the analysis of candidate genes for dorsoventral patterning in Tribolium castaneum. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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The iBeetle project is a genome-wide RNAi screen to systematically identify genes involved in oogenesis, embryonic and larval development in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. In the course of this thesis the general screening phase was followed by the investigation of phenotypes suggesting the impairment of dorsoventral (DV) axis formation. Our detailed analysis revealed one component acting upstream of Toll receptor, Tc-nudel, and two downstream components, Tc-pelle and Tc-tube-like-kinase. Tc-tube-like-kinase is of particular interest because it has homology to vertebrate IRAK 4. The kinase domain, which is observed in Tc-Tube-like kinase, must have been lost during evolution in the lineage leading to Drosophila. The requirement of the kinase domain for proper DV patterning in Tribolium is still unclear. Knockdown of Tc-SoxNeuro resulted in a phenotype resembling the loss of Tc-sog, which suggests a function of Tc-SoxNeuro in BMP signaling. Drosophila SoxNeuro is involved in early CNS development but seems not to function in BMP signaling in establishing ectodermal fate. Tc-SoxNeuro potentially fulfills a vertebrate-like function in establishing the BMP gradient, in agreement with previous work on BMP signaling in Tribolium suggesting a vertebrate-like network structure. Besides the analysis of candidate genes found in the iBeetle screen, an independent investigation was carried out in order to find the missing components of the perivetelline serine protease cascade in Tribolium. TC015295 is the putative Tc-gastrulation defective. The snake-related TC004160 might function like Persephone in immunity. TC002112 is Tc-easter and, at the same time, Tc-spätzle processing enzyme that functions in immunity. This study suggests that the upstream Toll signaling machinery in Tribolium, the more basally branching insect, is simpler than that in Drosophila, and the divergence of the upstream Toll signaling machinery observed in Drosophila is a derived feature.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-56644 | ||||||||
Date: | 5 May 2014 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Biology > Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie | ||||||||
Subjects: | Natural sciences and mathematics Life sciences |
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Date of oral exam: | 25 June 2014 | ||||||||
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Projects: | iBeetle screening | ||||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/5664 |
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