PMID- 10469646 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991028 LR - 20211203 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 17 DP - 1999 Sep 1 TI - The Drosophila STE20-like kinase misshapen is required downstream of the Frizzled receptor in planar polarity signaling. PG - 4669-78 AB - The Drosophila misshapen (msn) gene is a member of the STE20 kinase family. We show that msn acts in the Frizzled (Fz) mediated epithelial planar polarity (EPP) signaling pathway in eyes and wings. Both msn loss- and gain-of-function result in defective ommatidial polarity and wing hair formation. Genetic and biochemical analyses indicate that msn acts downstream of fz and dishevelled (dsh) in the planar polarity pathway, and thus implicates an STE20-like kinase in Fz/Dsh-mediated signaling. This demonstrates that seven-pass transmembrane receptors can signal via members of the STE20 kinase family in higher eukaryotes. We also show that Msn acts in EPP signaling through the JNK (Jun-N-terminal kinase) module as it does in dorsal closure. Although at the level of Fz/Dsh there is no apparent redundancy in this pathway, the downstream effector JNK/MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) module is redundant in planar polarity generation. To address the nature of this redundancy, we provide evidence for an involvement of the related MAP kinases of the p38 subfamily in planar polarity signaling downstream of Msn. FAU - Paricio, N AU - Paricio N AD - Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Feiguin, F AU - Feiguin F FAU - Boutros, M AU - Boutros M FAU - Eaton, S AU - Eaton S FAU - Mlodzik, M AU - Mlodzik M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Dishevelled Proteins) RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (Frizzled Receptors) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (dsh protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (fz protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (msn protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (hpo protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (STE20 protein, S cerevisiae) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing MH - Alleles MH - Animals MH - *Cell Polarity MH - Dishevelled Proteins MH - Drosophila/*enzymology MH - *Drosophila Proteins MH - Frizzled Receptors MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics/*physiology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Models, Genetic MH - Mutagenesis MH - Phenotype MH - Phosphoproteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate/physiology MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism/*physiology MH - Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled MH - *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins MH - Signal Transduction MH - Wings, Animal/metabolism PMC - PMC1171540 EDAT- 1999/09/02 00:00 MHDA- 1999/09/02 00:01 CRDT- 1999/09/02 00:00 PHST- 1999/09/02 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/09/02 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/09/02 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/emboj/18.17.4669 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 1999 Sep 1;18(17):4669-78. doi: 10.1093/emboj/18.17.4669.