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    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular signaling

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    • Differentiation Inducing Factor (DIF) is an endogenous extracellular signal.
    • DIF is a dialyzable, lipid-like factor that controls Dictyostelium discoideum (D. discoideum) cell differentiation.
    • DIF induces stalk cell formation in isolated D. discoideum amebae incubated with cAMP.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the consequences of DIF deprivation on D. discoideum development.
    • To characterize mutant strains impaired in DIF accumulation.
    • To understand the role of DIF in cell differentiation and morphological development.

    Main Methods:

    • Isolation and characterization of D. discoideum mutant strains with impaired DIF accumulation.
    • In vitro assays to assess stalk cell formation.
    • In vivo studies of morphological development on agar.
    • Correction of mutant phenotypes by exogenous DIF addition.

    Main Results:

    • Mutant strains accumulated little DIF.
    • In vitro stalk cell formation was impaired in mutants.
    • Morphological development on agar halted after aggregation, before slug formation.
    • Exogenous DIF addition corrected the in vitro and in vivo defects.
    • Prespore cell differentiation occurred, but prestalk cell differentiation was inhibited under DIF-deprived conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • DIF is essential for prestalk cell differentiation in D. discoideum.
    • DIF deprivation leads to developmental arrest before slug formation.
    • Mutant strains lacking DIF provide a valuable tool for studying cell differentiation pathways.