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Continuous muscle, glial, epithelial, neuronal, and hemocyte cell lines for Drosophila research

  1. Nikki Coleman-Gosser
  2. Yanhui Hu
  3. Shiva Raghuvanshi
  4. Shane Stitzinger
  5. Weihang Chen
  6. Arthur Luhur
  7. Daniel Mariyappa
  8. Molly Josifov
  9. Andrew Zelhof
  10. Stephanie E Mohr
  11. Norbert Perrimon  Is a corresponding author
  12. Amanda Simcox  Is a corresponding author
  1. The Ohio State University, United States
  2. Harvard Medical School, United States
  3. Indiana University, United States
  4. Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85814
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  1. Nikki Coleman-Gosser
  2. Yanhui Hu
  3. Shiva Raghuvanshi
  4. Shane Stitzinger
  5. Weihang Chen
  6. Arthur Luhur
  7. Daniel Mariyappa
  8. Molly Josifov
  9. Andrew Zelhof
  10. Stephanie E Mohr
  11. Norbert Perrimon
  12. Amanda Simcox
(2023)
Continuous muscle, glial, epithelial, neuronal, and hemocyte cell lines for Drosophila research
eLife 12:e85814.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85814
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Abstract

Expression of activated Ras, RasV12, provides Drosophila cultured cells with a proliferation and survival advantage that simplifies the generation of continuous cell lines. Here we used lineage restricted RasV12 expression to generate continuous cell lines of muscle, glial, and epithelial cell type. Additionally, cell lines with neuronal and hemocyte characteristics were isolated by cloning from cell cultures established with broad RasV12 expression. Differentiation with the hormone ecdysone caused maturation of cells from mesoderm lines into active muscle tissue and enhanced dendritic features in neuronal-like lines. Transcriptome analysis showed expression of key cell-type specific genes and the expected alignment with single cell sequencing and in situ data. Overall, the technique has produced in vitro cell models with characteristics of glia, epithelium, muscle, nerve, and hemocyte. The cells and associated data are available from the Drosophila Genomic Resource Center.

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  1. Nikki Coleman-Gosser

    Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  2. Yanhui Hu

    Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  3. Shiva Raghuvanshi

    Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  4. Shane Stitzinger

    Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  5. Weihang Chen

    Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  6. Arthur Luhur

    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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  7. Daniel Mariyappa

    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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  8. Molly Josifov

    Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  9. Andrew Zelhof

    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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  10. Stephanie E Mohr

    Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  11. Norbert Perrimon

    Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, United States
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    perrimon@genetics.med.harvard.edu
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  12. Amanda Simcox

    Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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    simcox.1@osu.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (R24 OD019847)

  • Stephanie E Mohr
  • Norbert Perrimon
  • Amanda Simcox

National Institutes of Health (P40OD010949)

  • Andrew Zelhof

National Institutes of Health (P41 GM132087)

  • Andrew Zelhof

National Science Foundation (IOS 1419535)

  • Amanda Simcox

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Norbert Perrimon

Women & Philanthropy at the Ohio State University (Grant)

  • Amanda Simcox

National Science Foundation (Support while serving at the National Science Foundation)

  • Amanda Simcox

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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  1. Nikki Coleman-Gosser
  2. Yanhui Hu
  3. Shiva Raghuvanshi
  4. Shane Stitzinger
  5. Weihang Chen
  6. Arthur Luhur
  7. Daniel Mariyappa
  8. Molly Josifov
  9. Andrew Zelhof
  10. Stephanie E Mohr
  11. Norbert Perrimon
  12. Amanda Simcox
(2023)
Continuous muscle, glial, epithelial, neuronal, and hemocyte cell lines for Drosophila research
eLife 12:e85814.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85814

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