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A transcriptional profile of multicellular development in Dictyostelium discoideum

Van Driessche, Nancy, Shaw, Chad, Katoh, Mariko, Morio, Takahiro, Sucgang, Richard, Ibarra, Miroslava, Kuwayama, Hidekazu, Saito, Tamao +10 more·2002·Development

Abstract

A distinct feature of development in the simple eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum is an aggregative transition from a unicellular to a multicellular phase. Using genome-wide transcriptional analysis we show that this transition is accompanied by a dramatic change in the expression of more than 25% of the genes in the genome. We also show that the transcription patterns of these genes are not sensitive to the strain or the nutritional history, indicating that Dictyostelium development is a robust physiological process that is accompanied by stereotypical transcriptional events. Analysis of the two differentiated cell types, spores and stalk cells, and their precursors revealed a large number of differentially expressed genes as well as unexpected patterns of gene expression, which shed new light on the timing and possible mechanisms of cell-type divergence. Our findings provide new perspectives on the complexity of the developmental program and the fraction of the genome that is regulated during development. Supplemental data available on-line

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Van Driessche, N., Shaw, C., Katoh, M., Morio, T., Sucgang, R., Ibarra, M., Kuwayama, H., Saito, T., Urushihara, H., Maeda, M., Takeuchi, I., Ochiai, H., Eaton, W., Tollett, J., Halter, J., Kuspa, A., Tanaka, Y., & Shaulsky, G.
Affiliations
  • Department of Molecular and Human Genetics,
  • Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
  • University of Tsukuba (JP)
  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
  • Hokkaido University (JP)
  • The University of Osaka (JP)
  • NOVARTIS Foundation for the Promotion of Science (Japan) (JP)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Venue
Development
Published
2002-04-01
Volume
129
Issue
7
Pages
1543-1552
ISSN
  • 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9129
OpenAlex
W2156690217
Cited by
130
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
FWCI
5.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01HD039691, P01 HD39691-01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
Keywords
Dictyostelium discoideum, multicellular development, gene expression profiling, aggregation, spores, stalk cells, cell differentiation, differentially expressed genes, developmental gene regulation, nutritional history
MeSH terms
Animals, Dictyostelium, Transcription, Genetic, Reproducibility of Results, Genome, Protozoan, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling

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