mummy encodes an UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dipohosphorylase and is
required during Drosophila dorsal closure and nervous system development
Kristina Schimmelpfeng 1, Mareike Strunk, Tobias Stork, Christian Klambt *
Institut fur Neurobiologie, Universitat Munster, Badestr. 9, 48149 Munster, Germany
Received 16 December 2005; received in revised form 1 March 2006; accepted 9 March 2006
Available online 27 March 2006
Abstract
Throughout development cell–cell interactions are of pivotal importance. Cells bind to each other or share information via secreted signaling
molecules. To a large degree, these processes are modulated by post-translational modifications of membrane proteins. Glycan-chains are
frequently added to membrane proteins and assist their exact function at the cell surface. In addition, the glycosylation pathway is required to
generate GPI-linkage in the endoplasmatic reticulum. Here, we describe the analysis of the cabrio/mummy gene, which encodes an UDP-N-
acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase. This is a well-conserved and central enzyme in the glycosylation pathway. As expected from this central role
in glycosylation, cabrio/mummy mutants show many phenotypic traits ranging from CNS fasciculation defects to defects in dorsal closure and eye
development. These phenotypes correlate well with specific glycosylation and GPI-anchorage defects in mummy mutants.
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Keywords: Drosophila; Axon patterning; Dorsal closure; UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-diphosphorylase
1. Introduction
Cell–cell communication is an important feature common
to all multi-cellular organisms. On the one hand, cells can
communicate via a cohort of extracellular signaling
molecules, which are then perceived by specific receptors.
The extracellular distribution as well as the binding of these
signals to their receptors is regulated in part via
glycosylation (Hacker et al., 2005; Haltiwanger and Stanley,
2002; Lee and Chien, 2004; Lin, 2004). In the developing
wing of Drosophila, the sugar moiety of the heparan sulfate
proteoglycans (HPSG) facilitates the spreading of morpho-
gens such as Decapentaplegic (Dpp), Wingless (Wg) or
Hedgehog (Hh) and thus participate in the generation of
morphogen gradients (Belenkaya et al., 2004; Bornemann
et al., 2004; Han et al., 2004; Takei et al., 2004). Similarly,
HSPGs have been shown to be important Drosophila eye
development (Kirkpatrick et al., 2004; Nakato et al., 2002).
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E-mail address: [email protected] (C. Klambt).1 Present address: Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, LBR449,
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0683, USA.
The role of sugar modifications is also evident in the
developing nervous systems where neurons send out axonal
processes to form a highly ordered lattice of intercellular
connections (Holt and Dickson, 2005; Lee and Chien, 2004).
During the formation of this network, the growing tip of the
axon, the growth cone, interprets several cellular signals to
successfully navigate through the developing embryo
(Dickson, 2002). The majority of the neurons in the central
nervous system (CNS) are interneurons that send their axons to
the contra-lateral side of the body. This journey across the CNS
midline is mostly guided by two conserved signaling systems
represented by the ligand/receptor complexes: Netrin/Dcc and
Slit/Robo (Barallobre et al., 2005; Wong et al., 2002). Initially,
the CNS midline cells secrete Netrin, which serves as an
attractive signal steering growth cones towards the midline by
activation of the Deleted in colorectal cancer (Dcc) receptor
protein. Once at the CNS midline the growth cones encounter
the repulsive molecule Slit, which mediates repulsive growth
via activation of the Roundabout receptor family, and thus
ensures that growth cones cross the midline only once.
Following traversing the midline, axons grow in specific
fascicles in the longitudinal axon bundles. The molecular
mechanisms underlying this fasciculation are not known to
date, however, sugar codes on specific receptor proteins may
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serve as a mechanism to ensure the high fidelity of axonal
navigation (Holt and Dickson, 2005; Lee and Chien, 2004).
Indeed, carbohydrate epitopes are found on many neuronally
expressed extracellular proteins (Desai et al., 1994; Snow et al.,
1987; Sun and Salvaterra, 1995).
In several cases, it was shown that carbohydrate moieties are
able to regulate binding activity of receptors. For example the
removal of polysialic acid from neuronal NCAM inhibits
neurite outgrowth of chicken retinal ganglion cells in vitro
(Doherty et al., 1990). Carbohydrate modifications can also
modulate receptor function as seen for Notch, whose activity is
controlled by the O-fucosyltransferase (O-FucT-1) Neurotic
and the UDP-glycosyltransferase Fringe (Bruckner et al., 2000;
Haines and Irvine, 2003; Moloney et al., 2000; Okajima et al.,
2003; Sasamura et al., 2003).
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans have also been implicated in
the regulation of Slit/Round about signaling system in
Drosophila, C. elegans and zebrafish (Bulow et al., 2002;
Bulow and Hobert, 2004; Johnson et al., 2004; Lee et al., 2004;
Nybakken and Perrimon, 2002; Steigemann et al., 2004).
Furthermore, it has been shown, that Drosophila mutations that
interfere with the expression of the HRP-epitope, an N-linked
oligosaccharide expressed on a subset of neuronal glyco-
proteins, lead to defects in neuronal development. Specifically,
mutations in the neurally altered carbohydrate (nac) gene lead
to axon defasciculation and misrouting of sensory neurons
from the wing into the CNS (Whitlock, 1993).
Besides representing extracellular signaling codes, glycosyla-
tion does occur in many other instances. Glycosylation is needed
to generate the GPI anchors that keep some proteins at the outer
leaflet of the plasma membrane (Herscovics and Orlean, 1993). In
addition, the exoskeleton of invertebrates is made of chitin
consisting of poly-N-acetylglucosamine, which is one of the most
abundant biopolymers known (Merzendorfer and Zimoch, 2003).
To identify the genes that are required for normal formation
of the embryonic nervous system of Drosophila we have
previously conducted a large EMS mutagenesis (Hummel et
al., 1999a; Hummel et al., 1999b). From this screen, we
recovered a large number of zygotically required genes needed
to ensure the correct development of the axon pattern in the
ventral nerve cord in the Drosophila embryo. Here, we present
the analysis of one of these complementation groups that we
initially had called cabrio. We mapped the gene and during the
course of a detailed phenotypic analysis found that cabrio was
allelic to mummy, a complementation group identified by
Nusslein-Volhard and colleagues in a screen for cuticle
differentiation in 1984 (Nusslein-Volhard et al., 1984). As we
show here, mummy is also required for normal CNS midline
glia development and axon fasciculation. Furthermore, we
could show that mummy interferes with dpp expression during
dorsal closure in the embryo as well as in the compound eye.
Molecular cloning of the gene showed that it encodes a well-
conserved UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase, a cen-
tral enzyme in the glycosylation pathway. In mummy mutants,
both the formation of GPI anchors as well as the overall
glycosylation pattern is disrupted. Since Drosophila contains
only one such enzyme, the relatively mild zygotic phenotype
may be explained by either maternal rescue or a still
unidentified UDP-N-acetylglucosamine epimerase that would
salvage the mummy mutant phenotype.
2. Results
2.1. Cabrio Affects axonal pattering in the CNS
Normal formation of the axonal lattice in the Drosophila
nervous system depends in large part on neuron–glia
interaction. In a large-scale phenotypic screen aimed to isolate
mutants affecting the underlying cellular interactions we had
identified four alleles (J1201, Q180, H120, G131) of a
complementation group that we called cabrio (German word
for convertible).
The G131 mutation causes a hypomorphic phenotype,
whereas the Q180, H120 and J1201 mutants correspond to an
amorphic state with a phenotype resembling that of embryos
homozygous for a cabrio deficiency (Fig. 1; data not shown).
Unlike in wild type embryos, where anterior and posterior
commissures can be clearly separated (Fig. 1A), cabrio mutant
embryos do not form discrete anterior and posterior
commissural axon tracts but instead so called fused
commissures (Fig. 1B,F,G). This axonal phenotype is
indicative for defects in the interaction of the midline glial
cells with specific midline neurons (Klambt and Goodman,
1991). To test the differentiation of the midline glial cells we
employed the enhancer trap line P[lacZ] AA142 to follow the
nuclei of the midline glial cells. In contrast to wild type
embryos, slightly fewer midline glial cells are detected that
often are not properly positioned (Figs. 1B, 8B; wild type: on
average three glial cells per neuromere, cabrio mutants: on
average 2.5 glial cells per neuromere. nZ20 stage 16
embryos). Furthermore, the longitudinal connectives appear
thinner and are found closer to the CNS midline (Fig. 1A,B).
Fasciclin II (Fas II) expressing fascicles often cross the midline
and do not fasciculate as tightly as they do in wild type
(Fig. 1C,D, arrowheads). Similarly, we noted fasciculation
defects when we stained for the presence of the Futsch epitope
using 22C10 antibodies (compare Fig. 1E–G, arrwoheads).
Within the peripheral nervous system (PNS), axons do also not
fasciculate as tightly as they do in the wild type. In addition,
neuronal clustering is affected (Fig. 1J). In the wild type PNS,
chordotonal organs are found in a very regular panpipe pattern
whereas their arrangement is irregular in cabrio mutants
(Fig. 1).
2.2. Dorsal closure phenotype of cabrio
In addition to the specific defects during CNS and PNS
development, mutant cabrio embryos also display a ‘dorsal
open’ phenotype due to a characteristic failure to close the
dorsal epidermis. Hence, we chose to name cabrio for the
complementation group. During stage 14 of embryogenesis,
the lateral epidermal cell sheaths move dorsally to cover the
forming midgut and to close the embryo dorsally. In whole
mount preparations of cabrio mutant stage 16 embryos a dorsal
Fig. 1. cabrio is required for embryonic nervous system development. The figure shows dissected CNS (A–G) or PNS (H–J) preparations of stage 16 embryos stained
for BP102 and the AA142 enhancer trap activity (A,B); FasII (C,D); 22C10 (E–J). Anterior is up in A–G, left in H–J, the genotype is indicated. (A) In a wild type
CNS, two segmental commissures connect the right and left halves of the nervous system. At the midline are 3–4 midline glial cells that express the AA142 lineage
marker (blue). Individual neuromeres are connected with connectives. (B) cabrio mutants are characterized by a so called fused commissure phenotype,
the segmental commissures are located closer together and the connectives are closer to the CNS midline. The midline glial cells show a defective migration.
(C) Fasciclin II is expressed in three distinct fascicles within the longitudinal connectives. (D) In cabrio mutants, fasciculation defects are observed. In addition, the
innermost fascicle often crosses the CNS midline. (E) The 22C10 epitope is expressed by a number of discrete fascicles. (F,G) Depending of the allelic strength,
severe fasciculation defects can be observed. (H) Wild type PNS. The sensory neurons express the 22C10 antigen. The PNS axons form distinct fascicles. (I,J) PNS
defects in cabrio mutants. Note the fasciculation defects and the mal-positioned cell bodies of the sensory neurons.
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Fig. 2. mummy affects dorsal closure. (A–C) Cuticle preparations. (D–K) Whole mount preparations stained for the presence of the Fasciclin III antigen. The
genotype is indicated. Anterior is to the left. (A) In wild type embryos a richly differentiated cuticle forms. The ventral denticle belts are clearly recognizable. (B,C)
In mummy mutant larvae we frequently noted a dorsal open phenotype (asterisk). In addition, the larval cuticle is not as differentiated as in wild type larvae. We
noted, however, some variability of the mutant phenotype, with about 50% of the mutants showing no disruption in dorsal closure. (D,E) In wild type embryos,
Fasciclin III is expressed on all cell membranes of the epidermis and the cell shape changes during dorsal closure can be followed. (F,G) In mummyJ1201 mutants
dorsal closure is initiated normally but fails to complete until stage 16. As a consequence, the midgut loops out of the embryo (G, arrow). (H) In a close up view,
elongated cells can be recognized at the leading edge of the dorsal epidermis (arrowheads). (I) In mummyJ1201 mutants, cells of the leading edge are usually of a more
rounded shape (arrowhead). (J) During dorsal closure, epidermal cells line up in a very regular way at the dorsal midline of the embryo (arrow). (K) In those regions
of mummyJ1201 mutants that were able to close the dorsal epidermis, cells stay rounded (arrows). The asterisk indicates the midgut looping out of the embryo. (L)
Sagittal section of a stage 16 wild type embryo stained for Fasciclin III (FasIII) and ß-Spectrin expression. FasIII is present in the lateral domain of epidermal cells
and is never found in basal context of the cell. Cell outlines are labeled using ß-Spectrin which is distributed throughout the baso-lateral membrane domain. (M)
Sagittal section of a stage 16 mummy mutant embryo. FasIII expression extends to the basal cell membrane (arrow). In addition, cells appear slightly larger and more
round in shape. No alteration in the distribution of ß-Spectrin can be detected.
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hole of varying size is detected (Fig. 2). Whereas, more than
90% of the mutant stage 16 embryos show this defect
(Fig. 2C,F,G), only about 50% of the cabrio mutant larvae
showed a dorsal open phenotype (Fig. 2B,C) suggesting that
some corrections can be made during late embryonic
development. In the cuticle preparations, we also noted a
weak general differentiation of the cuticle (Fig. 2B,C). This is
reminiscent to the phenotype described for mummy mutants
that were identified by Nusslein-Volhard et al. (1984). Since,
our mapping data placed cabrio roughly in the same
chromosomal interval we performed complementation ana-
lyses. All cabrio alleles failed to complement mummy. In order
to avoid confusion, we will use the name mummy from here on.
The gene has also been identified as cystic, (Devine et al.,
2005).
2.3. mummy affects Dpp expression during the dorsal closure
In the wild type, the dorsal most cells of the epidermis show
a typical elongated shape (Fig. 2H,J). These cells move
towards each other during dorsal closure and zipper together in
a very precise pattern (Fig. 2J). In contrast, in mummy mutant
embryos these cells have an abnormal shape. They are
generally more rounded in shape and show an irregular spacing
in the domain of the dorsal epidermis that successfully closes
the embryo (Fig. 2I,K). Cell shape changes are also apparent in
lateral view of epidermal cells. To outline the cell shapes, we
visualized the distribution of ß-Spectrin (Fig. 2L,M, green in
the merge). Furthermore, FasIII expression often extends to the
basal side of the cells, which in mummy mutants have a more
round appearance (Fig. 2K,L).
During Drosophila embryogenesis, the cell shape changes
that initiate dorsal closure are mostly controlled by the Jun-
kinase (JNK) signaling cascade and by dpp signaling (Martin
and Parkhurst, 2004; Xia and Karin, 2004). To test whether
mummy affects dorsal closure via interference of the dpp
expression, we determined dpp RNA distribution in wild type
and mummy mutant embryos. Whereas in wild type embryos
dpp expression is robustly detected in the leading edge of the
moving epidermal cell sheath, we noted a greatly reduced dpp
expression in the leading edge of mummy or jun mutants but no
alterations in other parts of the embryo (Fig. 3). This indicates
that mummy function might be somehow integrated to control
dpp expression. Another target gene of Jun-Kinase signaling in
the leading edge cells is puckered (Martin-Blanco et al., 1998).
However, the expression of puc-lacZ in the leading edge of
stage 14 embryos is only slightly reduced in mummy mutant
embryos (Fig. 3G,H), suggesting that mummy does not
generally affect JNK signaling but may be more specific to
dpp signaling.
dpp Activity activates a positive feedback loop that via JNK
reinforces dpp expression (Glise and Noselli, 1997). To test
whether mummy acts within this genetic circuit we expressed
activated Jun in the dorsal most cells of the ectoderm using the
Gal4 driver lines 69BGal4 and pnrGal4 (see Section 4 for
description of the expression pattern). In both cases, the
mummy mutant phenotype could not be rescued (data not
shown). Thus, mummy is likely to act upstream of dpp in a
pathway parallel to the classical JNK signaling cascade.
Furthermore, mummy appears to function rather pleiotropic
since we found no evidence that Dpp or one of its receptors acts
in the developing CNS midline. Likewise, we could not rescue
the mummy phenotype by expression of activated Jun in the
CNS midline using a simGal4 driver (data not shown).
2.4. mummy affects eye development
The previous result led to the assumption that mummy can in
part regulate Dpp expression. Dpp is not only required during
dorsal closure but is also critically involved in the developing
compound eye (Chanut and Heberlein, 1997; Pignoni and
Zipursky, 1997). Here, dpp is expressed in a narrow stripe of
cells ahead of the morphogenetic furrow of the eye imaginal
disc (Fig. 4A). To determine whether mummy has any effects
on this dpp expression domain we generated mutant cell clones
using the eyFlp/Minute technique. Following induction of large
mutant clones, the adult eyes appeared small and with
irregularly spaced ommatidia (Fig. 4D,F). In the developing
eye, imaginal discs dpp expression appears to be initiated
normally but is rather broad and irregular when compared to
wild type. In addition, ommatidial differentiation is affected
and mature photoreceptors can be found directly adjacent to the
morphogenetic furrow (Fig. 4).
2.5. Identification of the mummy locus
To further understand the molecular basis for the pleiotropic
effects of the mummy mutation, we determined the molecular
nature of the gene. mummy alleles were previously mapped
meiotically to 2–16. Using deficiency mapping, we could place
mummy in the chromosomal region 26D, which is in relatively
good agreement with the meiotic mapping data. Within this
area, the deficiencies Df(2L)BSC6 and Df(2L)ED6461 failed to
complement all mummy alleles identified. The deficiencies
Df(2L)ED6016 and Df(2L)BSC7 complemented mummy
(Fig. 5). To further map mummy within the 20 kb large
genomic interval defined by these deficiencies, we employed a
number of EP-element insertions and performed recombination
mapping and isolated new mummy alleles by excision
mutagenesis. The P-element insertion KG08617 into CG9535
fails to complement all mummy alleles. The CG9535 locus has
two promoters where two transcripts are initiated that encode
two related proteins differing by 37 N-terminal amino acids
(Flybase). The insertion EP2016 element occurs in 5 0 region of
the deduced mummy transcript. The insertion does not lead to a
mutant mummy phenotype and is homozygous viable. A small
deficiency that affects only the first untranslated exon of
mummy was generated by imprecise excision. Homozygous
Df(2L)D2016-3 show the typical mummy mutant phenotype
(Fig. 2C), suggesting that transcription from the first mummy
promoter is crucial for embryonic development. Furthermore,
several EMS induced alleles were sequenced (Devine et al.,
2005); defining CG9535 as the mummy locus (Fig. 5). The
Fig. 3. mummy affects dpp expression. Whole mount preparations stained for the presence of the dpp RNA (A–F) or the activity of the puc-lacZ element (G,H).
Anterior is to the left. RNA in situ hybridization of dpp antisense RNA to wild type (A,B); mummyJ1201 mutants (C,D); or jun1A189 mutants (E,F). (A,B) In wild type
embryos dpp expression is found in the leading edge cells of the dorsal epidermis (arrowhead) and a stripe of cells in the mesoderm. Both cell types express dpp at the
same intensity. In addition, expression of dpp can be seen in a block of cells in the developing midgut. (B–F) In mummy or jun mutant embryos, dpp expression is
unchanged in level in the mesoderm or the midgut, however, dpp in the leading edge cells of the ectoderm is significantly reduced (arrowheads). (G) In wild type
embryos puc-lacZ is expressed in the leading edge cells of the dorsal ectoderm (arrowhead). (H) In mummyJ1201 mutants expression of the puc-lacZ element is
slightly reduced.
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same CG9535 was independently identified to correspond to
the cystic locus (Devine et al., 2005).
Digoxygenin labeled CG9535 RNA antisense probes that
recognize both deduced transcripts revealed an early maternal
expression of mummy. Later during development, a low level
of zygotic expression can be detected in almost all tissues.
High level of mummy expression is seen most prominently in
the developing tracheal system. Only low levels of mummy
expression are found in the ectoderm or the developing nervous
system (Fig. 5).
2.6. mummy encodes a UDP transferase
The mummy locus (CG9535) encodes an UDP-N-acetylglu-
cosamine diphosphorylase (EC 2.7.7.23). This enzyme
catalyzes the last step in the biosynthesis of UDP-N-
acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNac), the synthesis of UDP-N-
acetylglucosamine from glucosamine-1-phosphate and UTP
(Mio et al., 1998). Eucaryotic UDP-GlcNAc is involved in
chitin synthesis, the generation of glycosyl-phophatidyl
inositol (GPI) anchors and it is the GlcNAc component of
N-linked glycosylation of many extracellular proteins. Droso-
phila mummy is well conserved in eukaryotes. Over 90% of its
open reading frame share about 50% identity with its
mammalian homologues (PZ10K142) and about 40% identity
with its yeast homolog UDP-GlcNac (PZ10K88) BLASTP
(Altschul et al., 1997).
To confirm that UDP-N-acetylglucosamine synthesis is
inhibited in mummy mutant embryos we employed Lectin-
based immunohistochemistry (D’Amico and Jacobs, 1995).
Consistent with the notion that mummy encodes a UDP-N-
acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase, reactivity of FITC-
Fig. 4. mummy affects dpp Expression during eye development. (A–E) dpp Expression is visualized in eye discs using a P[dpp-lacZ] insertion (red). Neurons that
form posterior to the morphogenetic furrow are labeled by green (staining against the Elav protein). Anterior is to the left. (A,C) In wild type eye imaginal discs, dpp
expression is found in a narrow and straight strip of cells close to the morphogenetic furrow. (B,D) mummy mutant eye discs were generated using the eyFlp FRT
Minute technique. In such mutant eye discs dpp expression is highly abnormal. In some regions of the eye discs, dpp expression is missing (arrowheads), whereas in
other parts of the eye disc, broader bands of dpp expression can be seen (arrow). In addition, fewer and irregular spaced photoreceptor neurons form. (E,F) The
disruption of eye imaginal disc development are reflected by the adult eye phenotype. (E) Whereas, wild type flies show regular formed compound eye, mutant
mummy eyes show a severely reduced eye with irregular spacing of ommatidia.
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coupled lectins specific for binding N-acetylglucosamine
oligomers is greatly reduced in the mutant compared to wild
type embryos (Fig. 6). On the other hand, reactivity of lectins
specific for other sugar residues can still be observed (Fig. 6).
Interestingly, staining with PNA, which recognizes galactosyl
(b-1,3) N-acetylgalactosamine revealed ectopic reactivity in
trachea possibly due to the uncovering of epitopes normally
masked by other sugar residues or chitin structures.
To further study whether mummy affects glycosylation, we
first expressed a GPI-anchored GFP protein (Greco et al., 2001)
in a wild type and in a mummy mutant background (Fig. 7).
Whereas normal GFP shows a molecular weight of about
30 kDa, a 40 kDa large GPI-anchored GFP protein can be
detected by anti-GFP antibodies a wild type background
(Fig. 7A). In protein extracts derived from collections
containing 25% mutant mummy embryos anti-GFP antibodies
recognize an additional protein band of about 30 kDa, which
corresponds to the predicted molecular weight of GFP. These
differences in molecular weight could be due to a defective GPI
linkage, which requires UDP-N-acetylglucosamine dipho-
sphorylase activity. However, we detected no gross changes
in the subcellular distribution of GFP in mummy mutants and
Fig. 5. The mummy locus. (A) Schematic representation of the genetic organization of the mummy region. The extent of the deficiencies is indicated. (B) Two
transcripts can be generated from the mummy locus, which are predicted to encode proteins of 520 and 483 amino acids in length. The positions of the different P-
element insertions are indicated. The allele Df(2L)D2016-3 has been isolated following a imprecise excision experiment starting from the EP2016 insertion. (C)
Ubiquitous mummy RNA expression of mummy in a stage 11 embryo. (D) Stage 14 embryo. High levels of mummy expression are found in the developing tracheal
system.
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noted only slight changes in the morphology of the epidermal
cells (Fig. 7) that were also noted using anti-FasIII antibodies
(Fig. 2L,M). If GPI-anchor formation had been impaired, we
would have expected that GFP accumulates in the ER (Field et
al., 1994). Since, we detected no increase in the number of such
vesicles we suggest that the observed reduction in the
molecular weight of GFP is due to in glycosylation defects.
To test GPI-linked proteins expressed in the developing
nervous system, we studied Fasciclin II and Wrapper
expression. The adhesion protein Fasciclin II is expressed by
a small subset of axons (Grenningloh et al., 1991) that also
show fasciculation defects in mummy mutants. We could not
detect any changes in the expression pattern or the subcellular
distribution of the Fasciclin II protein, which is expressed as
either GPI-anchored protein or as transmembrane anchored
protein (Grenningloh et al., 1991).
The Wrapper protein is characterized by three immuno-
globulin domains and one fibronectin domain and is
specifically expressed by the midline glial cells. Only one
Fig. 6. Abnormal carbohydrate modifications in mummy mutants. Whole mount pre
embryos (B,D,F,H, lower row) stained for different lectin binding. Anterior is to the
glucosamine. The lectin binding is reduced in mummy mutants when compared to w
conjugated WGA, which has a binding specificity for sialic acid and N-acetyl-gluco
type. (G,H) Binding of FITC-conjugated PNA lectin, which recognizes Galactose. T
by the strong staining in trachea. The tracheal phenotype associated with mummy c
Wrapper isoform has been reported that is attached to the glial
cell membrane by a GPI anchor (Noordermeer et al., 1998).
Expression of Wrapper is clearly abnormal in mutant mummy
embryos (Fig. 8). Whereas, in wild type embryos Wrapper is
exclusively expressed as a GPI-linked protein on the
membrane of the midline glial cells surrounding the segmental
commissures, it is largely localized in intracellular vesicles in
mummy mutant embryos (Fig. 8). Since, wrapper mutants
display a weak commissural phenotype, part of the mummy
mutant phenotype can be explained by mis-localized Wrapper
protein.
3. Discussion
In a genetic screen aimed to identify zygotically active
genes required for CNS development we have found and
characterized the cabrio complementation group, which was
subsequently found to be allelic to the mummy locus. mummy
mutants were initially isolated based on a weakly differentiated
parations of stage 16 wild type (A,C,E,G, upper row) and mummyJ1201 mutant
left. (A–D) Binding of FITC-conjugated DSL lectin that recognizes N-acetyl-
ild type. vnc, ventral nerve cord; ts, tracheal system. (E,F) Staining with FITC-
samine. Again, staining is reduced in mummy mutants when compared to wild
he wild type expression pattern is not abolished in mummy mutants but masked
an be seen.
Fig. 7. Expression of GPI-GFP. (A) Western blot using protein lysates from embryos expressing UAS-GPI-GFP using the da-GAL4 driver. Otherwise wild type
embryos and embryos derived from a collection of heterozygous mummyH120 animals were separated on a 10% PAGE and transferred to nylon membranes.
Antibodies directed against the GFP protein recognize a 40 kDa band corresponding to the GPI-GFP fusion protein. In embryo collections containing 25% mummy
mutants an additional 28 kDa protein band is detected. (B,C) Epidermis of a stage 16 embryo expressing expressing GPI-anchored GFP stained for GFP (green) and
Discs large (red) expression. Discs large is a cytoplasmic protein closely associated with the cell membrane. (B) Wild type embryo. GFP is found mostly at the cell
membrane only few vesicular structures are shown. (C) mummyJ1201 mutant embryo. No differences to the wild type can be detected in the GFP expression.
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cuticle but as we show here have in addition defects in dorsal
closure, dpp expression in the ectoderm and the eye imaginal
disc as well as defects in the development of the central and
peripheral nervous system.
mummy encodes an UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphor-
ylase that catalyses the formation of UDP-N-acetylglcosamine
(UDP-GlcNac) from UTP and N-acetylglucosamin-1-phos-
phate (Araujo et al., 2005; Devine et al., 2005; Tonning et al.,
2006). The protein is well conserved and it was recently shown
that the human Mummy homolog is capable to rescue the yeast
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase mutant (Mio et al.,
1998). UDP-GlcNac is a central and ubiquitous metabolite that
is required in many different reactions. In invertebrates, UDP-
GlcNac is the substrate of the chitin synthase and thus is
required for the formation of the exoskeleton (Araujo et al.,
2005; Devine et al., 2005; Merzendorfer and Zimoch, 2003;
Tonning et al., 2006). This requirement actually led to the first
identification of mummy alleles, as these mutants failed to
generate a fully differentiated cuticle but showed no overall
patterning defects (Nusslein-Volhard et al., 1984). The
disruption of chitin synthesis also caused tracheal tube
phenotypes and tube size has been subsequently linked to
chitin synthesis (Devine et al., 2005; Tonning et al., 2005).
Several genes involved in chitin synthesis are known:
knickkopf (knk) and krotzkopf verkehrt (kkv) (Moussian et al.,
2005; Ostrowski et al., 2002). Whereas kkv encodes a chitin
synthase knk encodes a novel protein that may be involved in
either targeting or secretion of chitin or chitin synthesizing
enzymes (Devine et al., 2005; Moussian et al., 2006; Ostrowski
et al., 2002). To determine whether mummy mutants show
nervous system phenotypes due to a so far unnoticed role of
chitin during CNS development, we determined the nervous
system phenotype of both knk and kkv but did not detect any
abnormal neural phenotypes. Therefore, we conclude that
mummy functions in a different pathway during neuronal
development.
The UDP-GlcNac generated by Mummy is not only used in
chitin synthesis. It is also used during N-linked glycosylation
and the formation of the glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol (GPI)
anchor that keeps some extracellular proteins attached to the
outer leaflet of the plasma membrane (Eisenhaber et al., 2003).
In wild type embryos, the GPI-anchor is generated in the ER
and the modified protein is then transported to the plasma
membrane. Following disruption of GPI-anchor formation,
proteins are expected to be accumulating in the ER (Eisenhaber
et al., 2003; Field et al., 1994; Vidugiriene and Menon, 1994).
To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the expression of two GPI-
anchored proteins: GPI-GFP and GPI-Wrapper. We could not
observe any intracellular accumulation of the GPI-anchored
GFP protein in epidermal cells of mummy mutants, suggesting
that maternal function is sufficient at least in epidermal cells.
We noted a similar maternal contribution when analyzing pig-T
mutants, where the transfer of the GPI-anchor to substrate
proteins is affected (Bourbon et al., 2002; Eisenhaber et al.,
2003). However, we did note a strong intracellular accumu-
lation of the Wrapper protein in the midline glial cells of the
embryonic nervous system. wrapper encodes a 500 amino
acids large protein carrying three immunoglobulin domains
that is specifically expressed as a GPI-linked protein on the
surface of the midline glia (Noordermeer et al., 1998). In
Fig. 8. Expression of GPI-Wrapper in mummy mutants. Dissected CNS preparations of stage 16 embryos stained for the presence of the HRP epitope (blue) to mark
neurons and the GPI-anchored Wrapper protein (red) expressed by the midline glial cells. Single confocal sections are shown. Anterior is up. (A) In wild type
embryos the midline glial cells ensheath the segmental commissures. The outlines of the midline glial cells express the Wrapper protein (red). The dotted area is
shown in higher magnification in (B). (C) In mummyH1-20 mutant embryos, the midline glial cells do not correctly wrap the segmental commissures and the
commissures appear fused. Wrapper expression is no longer confined to the cell membrane but found in vesicular structures accumulating within the glial cells
(arrowhead). No clear staining of the cell membrane can be detected. The dotted area is shown in higher magnification in (D).
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mummy mutants, the Wrapper protein is found to a large extent
in intracellular vesicles, which are never observed in wild type
midline glial cells. Thus, only reduced levels of Wrapper reach
the cell surface, which contributes at least in part to the
embryonic mummy CNS phenotype. wrapper mutant embryos
are characterized by an incomplete wrapping of the segmental
commissures (Noordermeer et al., 1998). Similarly, differen-
tiation of the midline glia is impaired in mummy mutants, albeit
to a much stronger extent.
In addition to the defects in GPI anchor formation,
mummy mutants display an abnormal dpp expression in the
embryo as well as during eye disc development. Given the
well-documented interactions of signaling molecules such as
Dpp, Hh and Wg, with heparan sulfate proteoglycans
(Belenkaya et al., 2004; Hacker et al., 2005; Han et al.,
2005; Lee and Chien, 2004; Lin, 2004) these phenotypes are
likely to be explained by glycosylation defects. During
embryogenesis disrupted Dpp diffusion may interfere with a
positive feed-back loop controlling dpp expression (Ashe,
2005; Glise and Noselli, 1997), whereas, during eye
development, irregular dpp expression may also reflect
impaired Hedgehog signaling due to disrupted interactions
with the extracellular matrix (Callejo et al., 2006; Perrimon
and Hacker, 2004; The et al., 1999).
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Our finding that several lectins do not recognize specific
carbohydrate structures in mummy mutants supports the notion
that glycosylation is globally affected (Fig. 7, see also (Araujo
et al., 2005)). Two previously identified mutants, nac and mas-
1 also affect glycosylation but show only relatively mild
defects during nervous system development and show no
alterations in the overall morphogenetic processes as we noted
them for mummy mutants (Kerscher et al., 1995; Whitlock,
1993). It had been suggested that a complete genetic block in
glycoprotein processing might lead to gross axon guidance
phenotypes (Kerscher et al., 1995; Lee and Chien, 2004). Our
phenotypic analyses of mummy mutants are in agreement with
this notion, however, since the phenotype is relatively mild,
they also suggest that in addition to a strong maternal
component there might be an unidentified salvage pathway
that can at least provide some UDP-N-acetylglucosamine to the
animal. In summary, the phenotype of zygotic mummy mutants
appears to be due to the combination of defects in GPI-
anchorage and defects on the glycosylation of many proteins.
4. Materials
4.1. Genetics
The following fly stocks were used: mummyZ234; mummyZ237; EP2016;
KG8617; KG4349; UAS-GPI-GFP (kindly provided by S. Eaton); Df(2L)E110;
Df(2L)BSC6; Df(2L)ED6461, (kindly provided by G. Reuter); Df(2L)ED6016;
Df(2L)BSC7. The 69BGal4 (directs expression in the embryonic epidermis) and
pnrGal4 (directs expression in the dorsal epidermis) in the pannier pattern,
simGal directs expression in all CNS midline cells (Menne et al., 1997). All fly
work was done according common practice. The Df(2L)D2016 was generated
using a standard excision mutagenesis protocol starting from the homozygous
viable P-element insertion EP(2)2016. mummyJ1201 FRT40A recombinant
chromosomes were used for the generation of homozygous cell clones using an
ey-Flp source (Newsome et al., 2000). The use of a cell lethal leads to eye discs
containing to about 90–100% mutant cells (Newsome et al., 2000). All stocks
were obtained from the Bloomington stock center if not otherwise indicated.
4.2. Immunhistohemistry
Preparation of embryos and imaginal discs with subsequent staining for the
expression of the different antigens was performed as described previously
(Schimmelpfeng et al., 2001). Cuticle preparations were done according to
(Nusslein-Volhard et al., 1984). The following antibodies were obtained from
the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank at the University of Iowa: anti-
Futsch: 22C10 (Hummel et al., 2000); BP102 (A. Bieber, N. Patel, C.S.
Goodman, unpublished); anti-FasII: 1D4 (C.S. Goodman, unpublished); anti-
FasIII: 7G10 (Snow et al., 1989), anti-Wrapper (Noordermeer et al., 1998).
Cofocal images were taken on a Zeiss LSM 510 meta. Anti-HRP and secondary
antibodies were obtained from Dianova (Hamburg, Germany). In situ
hybridization to RNA was performed as described (Tautz and Pfeifle, 1989).
4.3. Lectin immunofluorescence
Eight to sixteen hours old Drosophila embryos were collected from apple
juice agar plates, dechorionated in 5% commercial bleach, rinsed in water and
then fixed in n-heptane previously saturated with 4% formaldehyde in
phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) for 30 min. After fixation, the vitelline
membrane was removed by cracking at a heptane/methanol interphase followed
by rehydration and washing in PBT (PBS, 0.3% Triton-X100). Fluorescein-
coupled lectins were employed at a concentration of 50 mg/ml over night at
4 8C. Imaging was performed using an Olympus FV1000 confocal microscope.
The following Fluorescein labeled lectins were obtained from the Vector
Laboratories: Datura Stramonium Lectin (DSL) and Wheat Germ Agglutinin
(WGA) that bind N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNac) oligomers and Peanut
Agglutinin (PNA) that binds galactosyl (b-1,3) N-acetylgalactosamine.
Acknowledgements
We thank M. Haenlin, G. Reuter, S. Eaton and the
Bloomington stock center for sending flies. M. Krasnow, B.
Moussian for communication of results prior publication, P.
Grewal and J. Marth for reagents and A. Mertens and J.
Veerkamp for help. This work was supported through a grant of
the DFG to C.K. (SFB492).
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