Drosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.

In the Drosophila oocyte, mRNA transport and localised translation play a fundamental role in axis determination and germline formation of the future embryo. gurken mRNA encodes a secreted TGF-α signal that specifies dorsal structures, and is localised to the dorso-anterior corner of the oocyte via...

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主要な著者: McDermott, S, Meignin, C, Rappsilber, J, Davis, I
フォーマット: Journal article
言語:English
出版事項: 2012
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author McDermott, S
Meignin, C
Rappsilber, J
Davis, I
author_facet McDermott, S
Meignin, C
Rappsilber, J
Davis, I
author_sort McDermott, S
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description In the Drosophila oocyte, mRNA transport and localised translation play a fundamental role in axis determination and germline formation of the future embryo. gurken mRNA encodes a secreted TGF-α signal that specifies dorsal structures, and is localised to the dorso-anterior corner of the oocyte via a cis-acting 64 nucleotide gurken localisation signal. Using GRNA chromatography, we characterised the biochemical composition of the ribonucleoprotein complexes that form around the gurken mRNA localisation signal in the oocyte. We identified a number of the factors already known to be involved in gurken localisation and translational regulation, such as Squid and Imp, in addition to a number of factors with known links to mRNA localisation, such as Me31B and Exu. We also identified previously uncharacterised Drosophila proteins, including the fly homologue of mammalian SYNCRIP/hnRNPQ, a component of RNA transport granules in the dendrites of mammalian hippocampal neurons. We show that Drosophila Syncrip binds specifically to gurken and oskar, but not bicoid transcripts. The loss-of-function and overexpression phenotypes of syncrip in Drosophila egg chambers show that the protein is required for correct grk and osk mRNA localisation and translational regulation. We conclude that Drosophila Syncrip is a new factor required for localisation and translational regulation of oskar and gurken mRNA in the oocyte. We propose that Syncrip/SYNCRIP is part of a conserved complex associated with localised transcripts and required for their correct translational regulation in flies and mammals.
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spelling oxford-uuid:f6af344c-a446-48a8-9a09-7f48e49cdb6c2022-03-27T12:36:51ZDrosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f6af344c-a446-48a8-9a09-7f48e49cdb6cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012McDermott, SMeignin, CRappsilber, JDavis, IIn the Drosophila oocyte, mRNA transport and localised translation play a fundamental role in axis determination and germline formation of the future embryo. gurken mRNA encodes a secreted TGF-α signal that specifies dorsal structures, and is localised to the dorso-anterior corner of the oocyte via a cis-acting 64 nucleotide gurken localisation signal. Using GRNA chromatography, we characterised the biochemical composition of the ribonucleoprotein complexes that form around the gurken mRNA localisation signal in the oocyte. We identified a number of the factors already known to be involved in gurken localisation and translational regulation, such as Squid and Imp, in addition to a number of factors with known links to mRNA localisation, such as Me31B and Exu. We also identified previously uncharacterised Drosophila proteins, including the fly homologue of mammalian SYNCRIP/hnRNPQ, a component of RNA transport granules in the dendrites of mammalian hippocampal neurons. We show that Drosophila Syncrip binds specifically to gurken and oskar, but not bicoid transcripts. The loss-of-function and overexpression phenotypes of syncrip in Drosophila egg chambers show that the protein is required for correct grk and osk mRNA localisation and translational regulation. We conclude that Drosophila Syncrip is a new factor required for localisation and translational regulation of oskar and gurken mRNA in the oocyte. We propose that Syncrip/SYNCRIP is part of a conserved complex associated with localised transcripts and required for their correct translational regulation in flies and mammals.
spellingShingle McDermott, S
Meignin, C
Rappsilber, J
Davis, I
Drosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.
title Drosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.
title_full Drosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.
title_fullStr Drosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.
title_full_unstemmed Drosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.
title_short Drosophila Syncrip binds the gurken mRNA localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification.
title_sort drosophila syncrip binds the gurken mrna localisation signal and regulates localised transcripts during axis specification
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