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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
In metazoans, translational regulation of a set of maternal mRNAs directs oocyte maturation and early embryogenesis. These transcripts are often kept dormant until their products are spatially and temporally required in development. The interaction between general translation factors (i.e. eIF4E) and their specific interactors influences translation initiation. A search of the protein database for a mouse homologue of the Drosophila Cup protein, a translational repressor during female germ-line development, identified the product of the Clast4 gene. In this report, we show that Clast4 mRNA and protein are highly expressed within the cytoplasm of growing oocytes. The Clast4 protein is stable during this developmental window and post-translationally modified by phosphorylation upon oocyte meiotic maturation. Additionally, we show that Clast4 and eIF4E directly interact by means of a canonical and functional eIF4E-binding motif. Our results suggest that Clast4, similar to Drosophila Cup, may act at the translational level during murine female germ-line development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
367
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16343815-3' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Meiosis, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Nuclear Localization Signals, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16343815-Two-Hybrid System Techniques
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Clast4, the murine homologue of human eIF4E-Transporter, is highly expressed in developing oocytes and post-translationally modified at meiotic maturation.
pubmed:affiliation
CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Comunale Margherita 482, 80145 Napoli, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't