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Review of GO-CAM Model gomodel:645d887900000706

Model Title

"Smog GPCR signaling, epithelial tube formation (D.mel)"

Model Overview

This model describes a GPCR signaling pathway in Drosophila melanogaster that regulates epithelial tube formation through apical constriction. The model starts with Fog ligand activating Smog receptor, which leads to a cascade involving G-proteins (Concertina/Cta, Rho1), Rok kinase, and ultimately affecting Sqh to regulate apical constriction, a critical process for epithelial tube formation.

Pathway Flow

  1. Fog (FBgn0000719) → receptor ligand activity → extracellular space (GO:0005615)
  2. Directly positively regulates
  3. Smog (FBgn0051660) → G protein-coupled receptor activity → plasma membrane (GO:0005886)
  4. Directly positively regulates
  5. Cta (FBgn0000384) → G protein activity → cytosol (GO:0005829)
  6. Directly positively regulates
  7. Rho1 (FBgn0014020) → GTPase activity → cytosol (GO:0005829)
  8. Directly positively regulates
  9. Rok (FBgn0026181) → protein serine/threonine kinase activity → cytosol (GO:0005829)
  10. Directly positively regulates
  11. Sqh (FBgn0003514) → ATPase activator activity

Quality Assessment

Strengths:

  1. The overall signaling pathway follows the correct causal flow for a GPCR signaling pathway: ligand → receptor → G-protein activation → downstream effectors
  2. Appropriate molecular functions are assigned to each gene product
  3. All components are placed in the correct cellular locations
  4. Each step has evidence from relevant publications
  5. The model correctly incorporates G protein-coupled receptor signaling components according to guidelines
  6. The sequence follows established patterns from Drosophila GPCR signaling literature

Issues and Suggestions for Improvement:

  1. Missing Evidence on Final Causal Association:
  2. The causal association from Rok to Sqh lacks evidence attribution. All other causal associations have appropriate evidence.

  3. Recommendation: Add evidence from the papers cited elsewhere in the model (PMID:35876688 or other relevant publications) to this causal relationship.

  4. Cellular Location for Sqh:

  5. Sqh doesn't have a cellular component annotation, unlike all other activities in the model.

  6. Recommendation: Add the appropriate cellular component for Sqh, likely cytosol (GO:0005829) based on the pathway context.

  7. Biological Process Annotation for Sqh:

  8. Sqh is annotated as being part of apical constriction (GO:0003383), which is appropriate, but it would be helpful to also place it in the GPCR signaling pathway (GO:0007186) to maintain consistency with upstream components.

  9. Recommendation: Consider adding GO:0007186 as a part_of biological process for Sqh.

  10. Integration with Related Models:

  11. According to PMID:35876688, Smog GPCR regulates distinct myosin pools in a ligand-dependent manner. If there are additional models that capture other aspects of Smog signaling, it would be valuable to link these models.
  12. Recommendation: Consider annotating any related models that capture other aspects of Smog GPCR function.

Scientific Validity

The model accurately represents the GPCR signaling pathway described in the literature:

  1. PMID:35876688 provides evidence that Fog activates Smog to regulate Rho kinase accumulation and myosin activation during salivary gland invagination.

  2. PMID:26345366 provides support for the G-protein signaling components and their relationships.

  3. The pathway follows established patterns of GPCR signaling in Drosophila as described in the review paper, with the key steps of:

  4. Ligand binding to GPCR (Fog → Smog)
  5. GPCR activating G-proteins (Smog → Cta)
  6. G-protein activating downstream effectors (Cta → Rho1)

  7. Downstream signaling leading to cytoskeletal regulation (Rho1 → Rok → Sqh)

  8. The connection to apical constriction (GO:0003383) aligns with the biological outcome described in PMID:35876688.

Conformance with GO-CAM Guidelines

The model follows the guidelines for signaling receptor activity: - The ligand (Fog) enables receptor ligand activity (GO:0048018) - The ligand is correctly placed in extracellular space - The causal relation is directly positively regulates - The receptor (Smog) enables GPCR activity (GO:0004930) - The receptor is correctly placed in plasma membrane - The downstream signaling follows the appropriate cascade with correct causal relationships

Overall Assessment

This is a well-constructed GO-CAM model that accurately represents the Smog GPCR signaling pathway in Drosophila epithelial tube formation. The model captures the essential components and relationships described in the literature, with appropriate evidence attribution for most assertions.

With minor improvements (adding evidence to the final causal relationship, adding cellular component for Sqh), this model would meet all GO-CAM quality standards and provide a valuable representation of this signaling pathway for the research community.

The model can be accessed at: https://bioregistry.io/go.model:645d887900000706