Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

The steroid-hormone ecdysone coordinates parallel pupariation neuromotor and morphogenetic subprograms via epidermis-to-neuron Dilp8-Lgr3 signal induction

  • Fabiana Heredia,
  • Yanel Volonté,
  • Joana Pereirinha,
  • Magdalena Fernandez-Acosta,
  • Andreia P. Casimiro,
  • Cláudia G. Belém,
  • Filipe Viegas,
  • Kohtaro Tanaka,
  • Juliane Menezes,
  • Maite Arana,
  • Gisele A. Cardoso,
  • André Macedo,
  • Malwina Kotowicz,
  • Facundo H. Prado Spalm,
  • Marcos J. Dibo,
  • Raquel D. Monfardini,
  • Tatiana T. Torres,
  • César S. Mendes,
  • Andres Garelli,
  • Alisson M. Gontijo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23218-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Pupariation in Drosophila is triggered by the steroid-hormone ecdysone and requires coordination between associated behavioral and body-reshaping motor subprograms. The authors show that coordination requires ecdysone-dependent Dilp8-Lgr3 signaling between the cuticle epidermis and interneurons.