Not only that Lola interacts with and is stabilized by the Hippo signaling core kinase Warts (Wts), Lola rescues the enhanced ISC proliferation upon Wts depletion via suppressing Dref and SkpA expressions.

G) Quantifications of the p-H3 + cell number in adult midguts with the indicated genotypes in Figure 5—figure supplement 1C–H (n=7, 8, 8, 7, 8, 7). Why you should know her: Before completing her transition, Pejic (who at the time was known as Andrej) had a successful modeling career, capitalizing on an androgynous look. Our results showed that expression of Wts fused with a C-terminal nuclear localization signal (NLS) (Wts NLS) caused a remarkable increase in Lola protein levels, suggesting that Wts NLS stabilizes Lola in the nucleus ( Figure 6—figure supplement 1C–D), whereas the expression of Wts fused with a C-terminal nuclear export signal (NES) (Wts NES) only reduced the increased Lola protein levels partially ( Figure 6—figure supplement 1C–D), suggesting the possibility of Lola translocating to cytoplasm where it is protected by Wts.

Total RNAs were collected from whole midguts of Actin-Gal4; tub-Gal80 ts ( Actin ts) and Actin ts>lola RNAi. Exceptions have been reported, however, that activated LATS1/2 (Wts in mammals) is accumulated in the nucleus, where it phosphorylates YAP (Yki in mammals) ( Li et al. To first confirm if Hippo signaling regulates midgut homeostasis via the Yki-Sd canonical signaling, escargot-Gal4 ( esg-Gal4) that drives gene expression in ISCs and EBs was employed in combination with a temperature-sensitive Gal4 repressor tub-Gal80 ts to restrict the time of expression ( esg ts) ( Micchelli and Perrimon, 2006). Probably earlier this year when [I found out] I was going to be working with Make Up For Ever and Vogue.

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Importantly, reducing lola expression in ECs did not induce non-specific apoptosis in the posterior midgut ( Figure 2—figure supplement 1H–I’’), indicating that lola RNAi promotes ISC proliferation via a specific signaling pathway. Based on the DEG heatmap and hierarchical cluster analysis, a high degree of similarity was detected between samples from wts and lola RNAi, suggesting strong functional correlation between Wts and Lola, but not Yki and Lola, in regulating midgut homeostasis. I know I'm an actress/model and I know what the clichés are, but I don't want to be beautiful or famous as much as I want to work. H–I’’’) Representative images of Drosophila adult midguts containing GFP positive flip-out clones of hsflp; act>CD2>Gal4; UAS-Dicer2, UAS-GFP ( AG4; Dcr2GFP) ( H–H’’’) and AG4; Dcr2GFP>wts RNAi ( I–I’’’).

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Particularly, Hippo signaling has been shown to play pivotal roles in both Drosophila midgut homeostasis and regeneration via cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms ( Karpowicz et al. I've continued my medical transition with what is more commonly known as 'top surgery,' which is the removal of breast tissue to sculpt a more masculinized chest. The most important thing for me to is to help bridge the gap between gender and identity, to help bring transgender rights to the more than 700,000 individuals who need them and, closest to my heart, to help troubled kids, teens and adults who struggle with their identity and thoughts of suicide.

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