The targeting of Xcat2 mRNA to the germinal granules depends on a cis- acting germinal granule localization element within the 3'UTR

Developmental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-229

  Kloc, Malgorzata ^a   Bilinski, Szczepan ^b   Pui Yee Chan, Agnes ^a   Etkin, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cell lineages; Development; Embryology; Germ cells; Germ plasm; Germinal granules; RNA localization elements; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034650336     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9554     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Al-Mukhtar K., Webb A. An ultrastructural study of primordial germ cells, oogonia and early oocytes in Xenopus laevis. JEEM. 26:1971;195-217.
2. Billett F. S., Adam E. The structure of the mitochondrial cloud of Xenopus laevis oocytes. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 33:1976;697-710.
3. Boswell R. E., Mahowald A. P. tudor, a gene required for assembly of the germ plasm in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell. 43:1985;97-104.
4. Breitwieser W., Markussen F., Horstmann H., Ephrussi A. Oskar protein interaction with vasa represents an essential step in polar granule assembly. Genes Dev. 10:1996;2179.
5. Coggins L. An ultrastructural and autoradiographic study of early oogenesis in the toad, Xenopus laevis. J. Cell Sci. 12:1973;71-93.
6. Czolowska R. Observations on the origin of the germinal cytoplasm in Xenopus laevis. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 22:1969;229-251.
7. Czolowska R. The fine structure of the "germinal plasm" in the egg of Xenopus laevis. Wilhelm Roux's Arch. 169:1972;335-344.
8. Deshler J., Highett M. I., Abramson T., Schnapp B. A highly conserved RNA-binding protein for cytoplasmic mRNA localization invertebrates. Curr. Biol. 8:1998;489.
9. Dumont J. Oogenesis in Xenopus laevis (Daudin): Stages of oocytes in laboratory maintained animals. J. Morphol. 136:1972;153-180.
10. Ephrussi A., Lehmann R. Induction of germ cell formation by oskar. Nature. 358:1992;387-392.
11. Forristall C., Pondel M., King M. L. Patterns of localization and cytoskeletal association of two vegetally localized RNAs, Vg1 and Xcat-2. Development. 121:1995;201-208.
12. Gautreau D., Cote C. A., Mowry K. L. Two copies of a subelement from the Vg1 RNA localization sequence are sufficient to direct vegetal localization in Xenopus oocytes. Development. 124:1997;5013-5020.
13. Havin L., Git A., Elisha Z., Oberman F., Yaniv K., Schwartz S. P., Standart N., Yisraeli J. K. RNA-binding protein conserved in both microtubule and microfilament-based RNA localization. Genes Dev. 12:1998;1593-1598.
14. Hay B., Jan L. Y., Jan Y. N. A protein component of Drosophila polar granules is encoded by vasa and has extensive sequence similarity to ATP-dependent helicases. Cell. 55:1988;577-587.
15. Heasman J., Quarmby J., Wylie C. C. The mitochondrial cloud of Xenopus oocytes: The source of germinal granule material. Dev. Biol. 105:1984;458-469.
16. Kashikawa M., Amikura R., Nakamura A., Kobayashi S. Mitochondrial small ribosomal RNA is present in polar granules in early cleavage embryos of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Growth Differ. 41:1999;495-502.
17. Kim-Ha J., Smith J. L., Macdonald P. M. oskar mRNA is localized to the posterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte. Cell. 66:1991;23-35.
18. Kim-Ha J., Webster P. J., Smith J. L., Macdonald P. M. Multiple RNA regulatory elements mediate distinct steps in localization of oskar mRNA. Development. 119:1993;169-178.
19. Kloc M., Spohr G., Etkin L. D. Translocation of repetitive RNA sequences with the germ plasm in Xenopus oocytes. Science. 262:1993;1712-1714.
20. Kloc M., Etkin L. D. Two distinct pathways for the localization of RNAs at the vegetal cortex in Xenopus oocytes. Development. 121:1995;287-297.
21. Kloc M., Larabell C., Etkin L. D. Elaboration of the messenger transport organizer pathway for localization of RNA to the vegetal cortex of Xenopus oocytes. Dev. Biol. 180:1996;119-130.
22. Kloc M., Etkin L. D. Apparent continuity between the METRO and late RNA localization pathways during oogenesis in Xenopus. Mech. Dev. 73:1998;95-106.
23. Kloc M., Larabell C., Chan A., Etkin L. D. The contribution of METRO pathway localized molecules to the organization of the germ cell lineage. Mech. Dev. 75:1998;1-12.
24. Kloc M., Etkin L. D. Analysis of localized RNAs in Xenopus oocytes. Richter J. D. A Comparative Methods Approach to the Study of Oocytes and Embryos. 1999;256-278 Oxford Univ. Press, New York.
25. Kobayashi S., Amikura R., Okada M. Presence of mitochondrial large ribosomal RNA outside mitochondria in germ plasm of Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 260:1993;1521-1524.
26. Komiya T., Itoh K., Ikenishi K., Furusawa M. Isolation and characterization of a novel gene of the DEAD box protein family which is specifically expressed in germ cells of Xenopus laevis. Dev. Biol. 162:1994;354-363.
27. Ku M., Melton D. Xwnt11: A maternally expressed Xenopus wnt gene. Development. 119:1993;1161-1173.
28. Lehmann R., Ephrussi A. Germ plasm formation and germ cell determination in Drosophila. Ciba Found Symp. 182:1994;282-296.
29. Mahowald A. P. Polar granules in Drosophila. II. Ultrastructural changes during early embryogenesis. J. Exp. Zool. 167:1968;237-262.
30. Mahowald A., Hennen S. Ultrastructure of the "germ plasm" in eggs and embryos of Rana pipiens. Dev. Biol. 24:1971;37-53.
31. Mosquera L., Forristall C., Zhou Y., King M. L. A mRNA localized to the vegetal cortex of Xenopus oocytes encodes a protein with a nanos-like zinc finger domain. Development. 117:1993;377-386.
32. Nakamura A., Amikura R., Mukai M., Kobayashi S., Lasko P. Requirement for a noncoding RNA in Drosophila polar granules for germ cell establishment. Science. 274:1996;2075-2079.
33. Nakazato S., Ikenishi K. Monoclonal antibody production against a subcellular fraction of vegetal pole cytoplasm containing the germ plasm of Xenopus 2 cell eggs. Cell Differ. Dev. 27:1989;163-174.
34. Ross A. F., Oleynikov Y., Kislauskis E. H., Taneja K. L., Singer R. H. Characterization of a beta-actin mRNA zipcode-binding protein. Mol. Cell. Biol. 17:1997;2158-2165.
35. St. Johnston D., Beuchle D., Nusslein-Volhard C. Staufen, a gene required to localize maternal RNAs in the Drosophila egg. Cell. 66:1991;51-63.
36. Strome S., Wood W. B. Generation of asymmetry and segregation of germ line granules in early C. elegans embryos. Cell. 35:1983;15-25.
37. Tourte M., Mignotte F., Mounolou J.-C. Organization and replication activity of the mitochondrial mass of oogonia and previtellogenic oocytes in Xenopus laevis. Dev. Growth Differ. 23:1981;9-21.
38. Watanabe M., Itoh K., Abe K., Akizawa T., Ikenishi K., Furusawa M. Immunolocalization of DEAD family proteins in the germ line cells of Xenopus embryos. Dev. Growth Differ. 34:1992;223-231.
39. Williams M., Smith L. D. Ultrastructure of the "germinal plasm" during maturation and early cleavage in Rana pipiens. Dev. Biol. 25:1971;568-580.
40. Yisraeli J. K., Sokol S., Melton D. A. A two step model for the localization of maternal mRNA in Xenopus oocytes: Involvement of microtubules and microfilaments in translocation and anchoring of Vg 1 mRNA. Development. 18:1990;289-298.
41. Zhou Y., King M. L. RNA transport to the vegetal cortex in Xenopus oocytes. Dev. Biol. 179:1996a;173-183.
42. Zhou Y., King M. L. Localization of Xcat2 RNA, a putative germ plasm component, to the mitochondrial cloud in Xenopus stage 1 oocytes. Development. 122:1996b;2947-2953.