A novel role for the E2F transcription factor and the ER stress sensor IRE1 in cytoplasmic DNA accumulation
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Abstract
The E2F family of transcription factors are key regulators of the cell cycle in all metazoans. While they are primarily known for their role in cell cycle progression, E2Fs also play broader roles in cellular physiology, including the maintenance of exocrine tissue homeostasis. However, the underlying mechanisms that render exocrine cells particularly sensitive to E2F deregulation remain poorly understood. The Drosophila larval salivary gland, like its mammalian counterpart, is an exocrine tissue that produces large quantities of "glue proteins" in the endoplasmic reticulum. Here, we show that E2F activity is important for the exocrine function of the Drosophila salivary gland. The loss of de2f1b, an alternatively spliced isoform of Drosophila E2F1, leads to elevated DNA damage and accumulation of cytoplasmic DNA (cytoDNA) in the salivary glands. Surprisingly, we found that IRE1, a key sensor of the unfolded protein response, is required for endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis during development that is critical for preventing cytoDNA accumulation in the salivary gland. Importantly, we found evidence demonstrating that IRE1 activity is attenuated in de2f1b-deficient salivary glands, contributing to endoplasmic reticulum dysfunction and cytoDNA accumulation. Together, these findings reveal an unanticipated link between endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis and cytoDNA processing and offer mechanistic insights into why exocrine tissues are particularly vulnerable to E2F deregulation.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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