Developmental patterning of adipose tissue by abd-A and Abd-B homeotic genes in Drosophila melanogaster

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2026
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Abstract
The Bithorax Complex (BX-C) homeobox proteins specify segmental identities along the anterior-posterior axis during embryogenesis in Drosophila. Differential expression of the BX-C genes abd-A and Abd-B distinguishes abdominal from thoracic adipocytes, but the mechanisms underlying this heterogeneity remain unknown. Here, we identify cis-regulatory elements (CREs) and DNA-binding proteins that regulate abdomen-specific expression of abd-A and Abd-B in the larval fat body. Fine-mapping analyses identified a 627-bp CRE within the Abd-B locus and an approximately 6-kb CRE within the abd-A locus that are sufficient to drive region-specific expression. Yeast one-hybrid screening and functional analyses revealed that Lola, Lolal, and Combgap (Cg) repress Abd-B expression, whereas Piragua (Prg) and Seven up (Svp) activate Abd-B transcription. We further show that lola and prg are repressed by Abd-B, whereas lolal and svp are activated by Abd-B, forming a feedback regulatory network. Wnt signaling modulates this network by promoting lola and lolal expression and repressing svp. CUT&RUN analyses identified dTCF/Pan occupancy at the lola, lolal, and svp loci and Abd-B occupancy at the lola and lolal loci, suggesting that a subset of these interactions is direct. Together, these findings define a gene regulatory network that controls Abd-B expression in the larval fat body and provide a molecular mechanism for establishing adipocyte heterogeneity along the anterior-posterior axis.
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Authors Rajitha-Udakara-Sampath Hemba-Waduge, Mengmeng Liu, Xiao Li, Elisabeth A. Budslick, Sarah E. Bondos, Keith A. Maggert, Jun‐Yuan Ji
Journal current genetics
Year 2026
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10.1093/genetics/iyag183
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https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyag183
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