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Christos Delidakis

Christos Delidakis

IMBB Group Leader (Full Professor, Univ. of Crete)
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Multicellularity is based on cell communication for the correct allocation of cell fates and the maintenance of tissue homeostasis.  We are studying how stem cells behave in different tissues and times using Drosophila as a model. Within this context, we focus on transcriptional and chromatin regulation during cell fate acquisition. We combine genetics, genomics and imaging to study and understand cellular crosstalk and complex biological developmental processes.

Theodorou V, Stefanaki A, Drakos M, Triantafyllou D, Delidakis C. (2022) ASC proneural factors are necessary for chromatin remodeling during neuroectodermal to neuroblast fate transition to ensure the timely initiation of the neural stem cell program.  BMC Biol. 20:107.

Magadi SS, Voutyraki C, Anagnostopoulos G, Zacharioudaki E, Poutakidou IK, Efraimoglou C, Stapountzi M, Theodorou V, Nikolaou C, Koumbanakis KA, Fullard JF, Delidakis C. (2020) Dissecting Hes-centred transcriptional networks in neural stem cell maintenance and tumorigenesis in Drosophila. Development. 147:dev191544.

Piwko P, Vitsaki I, Livadaras I, Delidakis C. (2019) The role of insulators in transgene transvection in Drosophila. Genetics. 212:489-508.

Zacharioudaki E, Magadi SS, Delidakis C. (2012) bHLH-O proteins are crucial for Drosophila neuroblast self-renewal and mediate Notch-induced overproliferation. Development. 139:1258-1269.

Daskalaki A, Shalaby NA, Kux K, Tsoumpekos G, Tsibidis GD, Muskavitch MA, Delidakis C. (2011) Distinct intracellular motifs of Delta mediate its ubiquitylation and activation by Mindbomb1 and Neuralized. J Cell Biol. 195:1017-1031.

Cooper M.T.D., Tyler D., Furriols M., Chalkiadaki A., Delidakis C. and Bray S. 2000. Spatially restricted factors co-operate with Notch in the regulation of Enhancer of split genes. Dev. Biol. 221, 390-403.

Nagel A.C., Apidianakis Y., Wech I., Maier D., Delidakis C. and Preiss A. 2000. Neural hyperplasia induced by RNA interference with m4/ma gene activity. Mech. Dev. 98, 19-28.

Apidianakis, Y., Grbavec, D., Stifani, S. and Delidakis, C. 2001. Groucho mediates a Ci-independent mechanism of hedgehog repression in the anterior wing pouch. Development 128, 4361-4370.

Boutla, A., Delidakis, C., Livadaras I., Tsagris, M. and Tabler, M. 2001. Short 5’-phosphorylated double-stranded RNAs induce RNA interference in Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 11, 1776-1780.

Pavlopoulos, E., Pitsouli, C., Klueg, K., Muskavitch, M.A.T., Moschonas, N.K. and Delidakis, C. 2001. neuralized encodes a peripheral membrane protein involved in Delta signalling and endocytosis. Dev. Cell 1, 807-816

Pavlopoulos, E., Kokkinaki, M., Koutelou, E., Mitsiadis, T.A., Prinos, P., Delidakis, C., Kilpatrick, M.W., Tsipouras, P., Moschonas, N.K. 2002. Cloning, chromosomal organization and expression analysis of Neurl(1), the mouse homolog of Drosophila melanogaster neuralized gene. Biochim Biophys Acta 1574, 375-82.

Parkhurst, S.M. and Delidakis, C. 2002. Fly Developments: an introspective. (review) Bioessays 25, 87-89.

Giagtzoglou, N., Alifragis, P., Koumbanakis, K.A. and Delidakis, C. 2003. Two modes of recruitment of E(spl) repressors onto target genes. Development 130, 259-270.

Boutla, A., Delidakis, C. and Tabler, M. 2003. Developmental defects by antisense-mediated inactivation of micro-RNAs 2 and 13 in Drosophila and the identification of putative target genes. Nucleic Acids Res, 31, 4973-4980.

Boutla, A., Delidakis, C., Livadaras, I., and Tabler, M. 2003. Variations of the 3' protruding ends in synthetic short interfering RNA (siRNA) tested by microinjection in Drosophila embryos. Oligonucleotides, 13, 295-301.

Giagtzoglou, N., Koumpanakis, K.A., Fullard, J.F., Zarifi, I. and Delidakis, C. 2005. Role of the Sc C-terminus in transcriptional activation and E(spl) repressor recruitment. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 1299-305

Pitsouli, C. and Delidakis, C. 2005. The interplay between DSL proteins and ubiquitin ligases in Notch signaling. Development 132, 4041-4050

Acar, M., Jafar-Nejad, H., Giagtzoglou, N., Yallampalli, S., David, G., He, Y., Delidakis, C. and Bellen, H.J. 2006. Senseless physically interacts with proneural proteins and functions as a transcriptional co-activator. Development  133, 1979-89

Glittenberg, ? ., Pitsouli, C., Garvey, C., Delidakis, C. and Bray, S. 2006. Role of conserved intracellular motifs in Serrate signalling, cis-inhibition and endocytosis. EMBO J . 25, 4697–4706

Bejarano, F., Perez, L., Apidianakis, Y., Delidakis, C. and Milan , M. 2007. Hedgehog restricts its expression domain in the Drosophila wing. EMBO Reports 8 , 778-783

Monastirioti, M., Giagtzoglou, N,. Koumbanakis, K.A., Zacharioudaki, E., Deligiannaki, M., Wech, I. , Almeida, M., Preiss, A., Bray, S. and Delidakis, C. 2010. Drosophila Hey is a target of Notch in asymmetric divisions during embryonic and larval neurogenesis. Development 137, 191-201

Daskalaki, A., Shalaby, N.A., Kux, K., Tsoumpekos, G.,  Tsibidis, G.D., Muskavitch, M.A.T. and Delidakis C. 2011. Distinct intracellular motifs of Delta mediate its ubiquitylation and activation by Mindbomb1 and Neuralized. . J. Cell Biol. 195, 1017-1031

Zacharioudaki, E., Magadi, S. S. and Delidakis, C. 2012. bHLH-O proteins are crucial for Drosophila neuroblast self-renewal and mediate Notch-induced overproliferation. Development 139, 1258-69

Zarifi I, Kiparaki M, Koumbanakis KA, Giagtzoglou N, Zacharioudaki E, Alexiadis A, Livadaras I, Delidakis C. 2012. Essential roles of Da transactivation domains in neurogenesis and in E(spl)-mediated repression. Mol Cell Biol. 32, 4534-48

Kux, K, Kiparaki, M and Delidakis, C. 2013. The two Tribolium E(spl) genes show evolutionarily conserved expression and function during embryonic neurogenesis. Mech. Dev. 130, 207-225

Delidakis, C. 2014. Tempering temperature changes for robust development. Cell 157, 1010-12

Delidakis, C, Monastirioti, M and Magadi, SS. 2014. E(spl): Genetic, developmental and evolutionary aspects of a group of invertebrate Hes proteins with close ties to Notch signaling. In:Reshma Taneja, editor, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Vol. 110, Burlington: Academic Press, pp. 217-262

Kiparaki, M., Zarifi, I. and Delidakis, C. 2015. bHLH proteins involved in Drosophila neurogenesis are mutually regulated at the level of stability. Nucl. Acids Res., in press

Zacharioudaki E, Housden BE, Garinis G, Stojnic R, Delidakis C, Bray SJ. 2016. Genes implicated in stem cell identity and temporal programme are directly targeted by Notch in neuroblast tumours. Development. 143(2):219-31

Alexiadis A, Delidakis C, Kalantidis K. 2017. Snipper, an Eri1 homologue, affects histone mRNA abundance and is crucial for normal Drosophila melanogaster development. FEBS Lett. 591:2106-2120. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12719.

Berndt N, Seib E, Kim S, Troost T, Lyga M, Langenbach J, Haensch S, Kalodimou K, Delidakis C, Klein T. 2017. Ubiquitylation-independent activation of Notch signalling by Delta. eLife. 6: e27346. doi: 10.7554/eLife.27346.

Piwko P, Vitsaki I, Livadaras I, Delidakis C. 2019. The role of insulators in transgene transvection in Drosophila. Genetics 212: 489-508 doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.302165.

Flint Brodsly N, Bitman-Lotan E, Boico O, Shafat A, Monastirioti M, Gessler M, Delidakis C, Rincon-Arano H, Orian A. 2019. The transcription factor Hey and nuclear lamins specify and maintain cell identity. Elife 8. pii: e44745. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44745.

Magadi SS, Voutyraki C, Anagnostopoulos G, Zacharioudaki E, Poutakidou IK, Efraimoglou C, Stapountzi M, Theodorou V, Nikolaou C, Koumbanakis KA, Fullard JF, Delidakis C. 2020. Dissecting Hes-centred transcriptional networks in neural stem cell maintenance and tumorigenesis in Drosophila. Development 147. doi:10.1242/dev.191544.

Deliconstantinos G, Kalodimou K, Delidakis C. 2021. Translational Control of Serrate Expression in Drosophila Cells. In Vivo. 35:859-869. doi: 10.21873/invivo.12326.
 
Voutyraki C, Choromidis A, Theodorou V, Efraimoglou C, Anagnostopoulos G, Magadi SS, Grammenoudi S, Zacharioudaki E, Delidakis C. 2021. Repression of differentiation genes by Hes transcription factors fuels neural tumour growth in Drosophila. Int J Dev Biol. 66: 211-222. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.210187cd.

Skafida E, Delidakis C, Monastirioti M. 2021. Expression of Hey marks a subset of enteroendocrine cells in the Drosophila embryonic and larval midgut. Int J Dev Biol. 66:223-233. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.210203mm.

Theodorou V, Stefanaki A, Drakos M, Triantafyllou D and Delidakis C. 2022. ASC proneural transcription factors mediate the timely initiation of the neural  program during neuroectodermal to neuroblast transition ensuring progeny fidelity. BMC Biol. 20:107. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01300-8.

Voutyraki C, Choromidis A, Meligkounaki A, Vlachopoulos NA, Theodorou V, Grammenoudi S, Athanasiadis E, Monticelli S, Giangrande A, Delidakis C, Zacharioudaki E. 2023. Growth deregulation and interaction with host hemocytes contribute to tumor progression in a Drosophila brain tumor model.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120(33):e2221601120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2221601120.

Mari M, Voutyraki C, Zacharioudaki E, Delidakis C, Filippidis G. 2023. Lipid content evaluation of Drosophila tumour associated haemocytes through Third Harmonic Generation measurements. J Biophotonics e202300171. doi: 10.1002/jbio.202300171.

Kalodimou K, Stapountzi M, Vüllings N, Seib E, Klein T, Delidakis C. 2023 Separable Roles for Neur and Ubiquitin in Delta Signalling in the Drosophila CNS Lineages. Cells 12(24):2833. doi: 10.3390/cells12242833.