The TNF Egr participates in signaling during cell competition in the absence of a requirement for JNK
Kodra, A.; de la Cova, C. C.; Sharma Singh, A.; Johnston, L. A.
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Numerous factors have been implicated in the cell-cell interactions that lead to elimination of cells via cell competition, a context-dependent process of cell selection in somatic tissues that is based on comparisons of cellular fitness. Here we use a series of genetic tests in Drosophila to explore the relative contribution of the pleiotropic cytokine Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) in Myc-mediated cell competition (also known as Myc super-competition or Myc cell competition). We find that the sole Drosophila TNF, Eiger (Egr), its receptor Grindelwald (Grnd/TNFR), and the adaptor proteins Traf4 and Traf6 are required to eliminate wild-type "loser" cells during Myc cell competition. Although typically the interaction between Egr and Grnd leads to cell death by activating the Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) stress signaling pathway, our experiments reveal that many components of canonical JNK signaling are dispensable for cell death in Myc cell competition, including the JNKKK Tak1, the JNKK Hemipterous (Hep) and the JNK Basket (BSK). Our results suggest that Egr/Grnd signaling participates in Myc cell competition, but functions in a role that is independent of JNK activation.
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