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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
FBF-1 and FBF-2 (collectively FBF) are two nearly identical Puf-domain RNA-binding proteins that regulate the switch from mitosis to meiosis in the C. elegans germline. In germline stem cells, FBF prevents premature meiotic entry by inhibiting the expression of meiotic regulators, such as the RNA-binding protein GLD-1. Here, we demonstrate that FBF also directly inhibits the expression of structural components of meiotic chromosomes. HIM-3, HTP-1, HTP-2, SYP-2 and SYP-3 are components of the synaptonemal complex (SC) that forms between homologous chromosomes during meiotic prophase. In wild-type germlines, the five SC proteins are expressed shortly before meiotic entry. This pattern depends on FBF binding sites in the 3' UTRs of the SC mRNAs. In the absence of FBF or the FBF binding sites, SC proteins are expressed precociously in germline stem cells and their precursors. SC proteins aggregate and SC formation fails at meiotic entry. Precocious SC protein expression is observed even when meiotic entry is delayed in fbf mutants by reducing GLD-1. We propose that parallel regulation by FBF ensures that in wild-type gonads, meiotic entry is coordinated with just-in-time synthesis of synaptonemal proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1477-9129
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1787-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20431119-3' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Caenorhabditis elegans, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Germ Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Meiosis, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-RNA, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20431119-Synaptonemal Complex
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
The Puf RNA-binding proteins FBF-1 and FBF-2 inhibit the expression of synaptonemal complex proteins in germline stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural