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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 111, Issue 6 737-747, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists

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Oligomerization of the extracellular domain of Boss enhances its binding to the Sevenless receptor and its antagonistic effect on R7 induction

EA Sevrioukov, JH Walenta, A Sunio, M Phistry and H Kramer
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallasp65235-9111, USA.

In the developing compound eye of Drosophila, neuronal differentiation of the R7 photoreceptor cell is induced by the interaction of the receptor tyrosine kinase Sevenless with its ligand Bride of sevenless (Boss), which is expressed on the neighboring R8 cell. Boss is an unusual ligand of a receptor tyrosine kinase: it is composed of a large extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain with seven membrane-spanning segments and a cytoplasmic tail. Expression of a monomeric, secreted form of the extracellular domain of Boss is not sufficient for Sevenless activation, and instead acts as a weak antagonist. Because oligomerization appears to be a critical step in the activation of receptor tyrosine kinases, we used oligomerized forms of the Boss extracellular domain to test their ability to bind to Sevenless in vivo and restore R7 induction in vivo. Oligomerization was achieved by fusion to the leucine zipper of the yeast transcription factor GCN4 or to the tetramerization helix of Lac repressor. Binding of these multivalent proteins to Sevenless could be detected in vitro by immunoprecipitation of cross-linked ligand/receptor complexes and in vivo by receptor-dependent ligand localization. However, neither R8-specific or ubiquitous expression of multivalent Exboss ligands rescued the boss phenotype. Instead, these ligands acted as competitive inhibitors for wild-type Boss protein and thereby suppressed R7 induction. Therefore the role of the transmembrane or cytoplasmic domains of Boss in the activation of the Sev receptor cannot be replaced by oligomerization.


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