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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 11
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
In the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, establishment of cell polarity and cytokinesis are both dependent upon reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Mutations in the cyk-3 gene cause maternal effect embryonic lethality. Embryos produced by homozygous cyk-3 mutant animals become multinucleate. We have further analyzed the cyk-3 mutant phenotype and have found that cyk-3 mutant embryos fail to properly polarize the actin cytoskeleton and fail to segregate germline determinants. In addition, they fail to assemble an intact cleavage furrow. However, we have found that cyk-3 mutant embryos are intrinsically defective in osmotic regulation and that the cytokinesis defects can be partially rescued by providing osmotic support. The cyk-3 gene has been identified and found to encode a ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase that is active against model substrates. These data indicate that the deubiquitination of certain substrates by CYK-3 is crucial for cellular osmoregulation. Defects in osmoregulation appear to indirectly affect actin-dependent processes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2293-302
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Actin Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Cell Polarity, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Culture Media, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Hypotonic Solutions, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Stress, Mechanical, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Thiolester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Ubiquitin, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Ubiquitin Thiolesterase, pubmed-meshheading:12006614-Water-Electrolyte Balance
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
A ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase is required to maintain osmotic balance and execute actin-dependent processes in the early C. elegans embryo.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute for Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't