Obiettivo The aim of this proposal is to understand how self-renewal is controlled in neural stem cell lineages and how defects in this process can lead to the formation of brain tumors in model organisms. The system we use are Drosophila neuroblasts, stem cell like progenitors in the developing fly brain that undergo repeated rounds of asymmetric cell division. During each division, protein determinants called Numb, Prospero and Brat are segregated into one of the daughter cells where they stop self-renewal and ultimately trigger neuronal differentiation. Mutations in those proteins or their segregation machinery lead to the formation of tumor neuroblasts, which proliferate indefinitely leading to the formation of a deadly brain tumor. The approach we take is to determine the transcriptional network that acts in neuroblasts to control self-renewal. We will use time-resolved transcriptional profiling to determine, how this network changes in the differentiating daughter cell and develop tools for medium-throughput functional analysis of the key network players. We will develop methodology for tissue-specific chromatin immunoprecipitation to determine, how the asymmetrically segregating determinants feed into this network. Using this data set, we will determine the pathological state of the network in the tumorigenic situation. We will determine, how wild type neural stem cells limit their proliferation capacity and how those control mechanisms are affected in the tumor situation. Ultimately, we will expand this analysis to other stem cell systems inside and outside the fly nervous system to determine how modifications of stem cell systems like transit amplifying pools or perpetual adult proliferation are reflected in network architecture. Campo scientifico natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologycells technologiesstem cellsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmutationnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsmathematical analysisfunctional analysis Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-AG-LS3 - ERC Advanced Grant - Cellular and Developmental Biology Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2009-AdG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Istituzione ospitante INSTITUT FUER MOLEKULARE BIOTECHNOLOGIE GMBH Contributo UE € 2 499 875,00 Indirizzo DR BOHRGASSE 3 1030 Wien Austria Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ostösterreich Wien Wien Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Tanja Winkler (Ms.) Ricercatore principale Juergen Knoblich (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto INSTITUT FUER MOLEKULARE BIOTECHNOLOGIE GMBH Austria Contributo UE € 2 499 875,00 Indirizzo DR BOHRGASSE 3 1030 Wien Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ostösterreich Wien Wien Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Tanja Winkler (Ms.) Ricercatore principale Juergen Knoblich (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
