Drosophila ovarian stem cell niche ageing involves coordinated changes in transcription and alternative splicing

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  • dc.contributor.author Even Ros, Dilamm
  • dc.contributor.author Huertas-Romero, Judit
  • dc.contributor.author Marín Menguiano, Miriam
  • dc.contributor.author Nusspaumer, Gretel
  • dc.contributor.author Borge, Miguel
  • dc.contributor.author Irimia Martínez, Manuel
  • dc.contributor.author Zurita, Federico
  • dc.contributor.author González-Reyes, Acaimo
  • dc.date.accessioned 2025-05-08T06:01:54Z
  • dc.date.available 2025-05-08T06:01:54Z
  • dc.date.issued 2025
  • dc.description.abstract Gene expression (GE) and alternative splicing (AS) contribute to the formation of new interaction networks with potentially significant cellular functions. Here, we investigate ageing in the Drosophila female germline stem cell (GSC) niche and describe functional changes in both GE and AS. The GSC niche comprises three types of support cells, whose ageing transcriptomes reveal differential GE and AS variations related to cell adhesion, cytoskeleton and neural signalling. Because each population show distinctive GE and AS changes, niche cell types possess unique ageing signatures. Depending on the cell population, groups of genes display changes in both GE and AS, revealing a coordinated regulation of transcription and splicing during niche ageing. One such gene is Fasciclin 2, a neural adhesion molecule that we find is essential for niche functioning. Furthermore, genes involved in AS undergo changes in GE and/or AS themselves, providing a mechanistic explanation for the coordination of these two processes during niche ageing. This is the case of the splicing factor Smu1, described here as a key element necessary for ovarian niche homeostasis.
  • dc.description.sponsorship The following grants provided financial support: PID2020-115040GB-I00 (MI), PID2021-125480NB-I00 and CEX2020-001088-M (A.G-.R.), funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033; P20_00888 funded by the Junta de Andalucía (A.G-.R.); and by ERDF, EU. D.E-R. (FPU15/06664) and J.H-R. (FPU17/03230) were funded by FPU contracts from the MECD.
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  • dc.identifier.citation Even-Ros D, Huertas-Romero J, Marín-Menguiano M, Nusspaumer G, Borge M, Irimia M, et al. Drosophila ovarian stem cell niche ageing involves coordinated changes in transcription and alternative splicing. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 16;16(1):2596. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57901-8
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57901-8
  • dc.identifier.issn 2041-1723
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70327
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Nature Research
  • dc.relation.ispartof Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 16;16(1):2596
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  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CEX2020-001088-M
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  • dc.subject.keyword Ageing
  • dc.subject.keyword Stem-cell niche
  • dc.title Drosophila ovarian stem cell niche ageing involves coordinated changes in transcription and alternative splicing
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