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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
The mouse Piwi family proteins (MILI, MIWI and MIWI2) play pivotal roles in spermatogenesis through transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation. To reveal the molecular functions of these proteins, we investigate the proteins that bind to MILI in adult mouse testes. We found that both MILI and MIWI bind to TDRD1/MTR-1, which is also an essential protein for spermatogenesis. Co-immunoprecipitation assays and subcellular localization of the proteins and mutants thereof revealed a complex formation involving MILI, MIWI and TDRD1/MTR-1. In addition, the subcellular localizations of MILI and TDRD1/MTR-1 were altered, and chromatoid body formation was impaired in the MIWI-null round spermatids. These data suggest that the formation of complexes between MILI, MIWI and TDRD1/MTR-1 is critical for the integrated subcellular localizations of these proteins, and is presumably essential for spermatogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1365-2443
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1155-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Argonaute Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Spermatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Testis, pubmed-meshheading:19735482-Transfection
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Associations between PIWI proteins and TDRD1/MTR-1 are critical for integrated subcellular localization in murine male germ cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Medical School, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't