The Drosophila ribosome protein S5 paralog RpS5b promotes germ cell and follicle cell differentiation during oogenesis

Seoyeon Jang, Jeon Lee, Jeremy Mathews, Holly Ruess, Anna O. Williford, Prashanth Rangan, Esther Betrán, Michael Buszczak

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Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests that ribosome heterogeneity may have important functional consequences in the translation of specific mRNAs within different cell types and under various conditions. Ribosome heterogeneity comes in many forms, including post-translational modification of ribosome proteins (RPs), absence of specific RPs and inclusion of different RP paralogs. The Drosophila genome encodes two RpS5 paralogs: RpS5a and RpS5b. While RpS5a is ubiquitously expressed, RpS5b exhibits enriched expression in the reproductive system. Deletion of RpS5b results in female sterility marked by developmental arrest of egg chambers at stages 7-8, disruption of vitellogenesis and posterior follicle cell (PFC) hyperplasia. While transgenic rescue experiments suggest functional redundancy between RpS5a and RpS5b, molecular, biochemical and ribo-seq experiments indicate that RpS5b mutants display increased rRNA transcription and RP production, accompanied by increased protein synthesis. Loss of RpS5b results in microtubule-based defects and in mislocalization of Delta and Mindbomb1, leading to failure of Notch pathway activation in PFCs. Together, our results indicate that germ cell-specific expression of RpS5b promotes proper egg chamber development by ensuring the homeostasis of functional ribosomes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberdev199511
JournalDevelopment (Cambridge)
Volume148
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2021

Keywords

  • Notch-Delta pathway
  • RDNA transcription
  • Ribosomal protein paralog
  • RpS5b

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Biology

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