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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
The Dictyostelium mutant HI4 progresses through morphogenesis normally, but is defective in the reverse program of dedifferentiation. In contrast to dedifferentiating wild-type cells, HI4 cells retain the capacity to rapidly reaggregate well after the "erasure event" employing a nonchemotactic aggregation mechanism involving random collisions and cohesion. They also do not lose contact sites A (gp80) at the prescribed time in the dedifferentiation program. HI4 cells accumulate transcripts of the cysteine protease gene CP2 (formerly referred to as 16G1) and the cohesion glycoprotein gene gp80 at the correct times in the morphogenetic program, but abnormally retain these transcripts at high levels well after the prescribed times at which they are lost in wild-type cells during the reverse program of dedifferentiation. The retention of these mRNAs in HI4 cells after the erasure event is not due to abnormal maintenance of a high level of intracellular cAMP during dedifferentiation. The rapid reduction in the level of gp80 transcript which can be effected by the addition of cAMP prior to the erasure event in wild-type cells is also retained by HI4 cells well after the erasure event. The results suggest that cells possess at least two mechanisms for the reduction of gp80 transcript. One involves the immediate response to cAMP and may function during the forward program of development. The second functions specifically during the reverse program of dedifferentiation. It is this latter, erasure-specific mechanism which is selectively defective in the HI4 variant.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
136
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
363-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Dictyostelium erasure mutant HI4 abnormally retains development-specific mRNAs during dedifferentiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.