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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We cloned cDNAs for gelatinase A and gelatinase B from an ovary cDNA library of the medaka fish Oryzias latipes. The gelatinase A clone encodes a protein of 657 amino acids, whereas the gelatinase B clone encodes a protein of 690 amino acids. Gelatinase A mRNA was expressed in the testis, ovary, intestine, heart, spleen and kidney of the animal. In contrast, gelatinase B mRNA was detected in the ovary. Localization of the respective mRNAs in the ovary was examined using in situ hybridization. Gelatinase A mRNA was found only in the oocytes of small and middle-sized follicles. In contrast, gelatinase B was expressed exclusively in follicular tissues that had ovulated. In situ zymographic analysis revealed that gelatinolytic activity, presumably due to matrix metalloproteinase activity, was detectable in the areas surrounding small and middle-sized follicles, interstitial stromal tissues and the cytoplasm of oocytes. Using extracts of the whole ovary and of ovulated oocytes, several gelatin-degrading enzymes, which probably represent the intermediate and active forms of medaka fish gelatinase A and gelatinase B, were detected by gelatin zymographic analysis. These results clearly indicate that gelatinase A and gelatinase B play a discrete role in the ovary of this lower vertebrate animal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4658-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Matrix Metalloproteinase 2, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Oryzias, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10903498-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of gelatinases A and B in the ovary of the medaka fish Oryzias latipes.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't