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Functional Analysis of Proteins Involved in Translational RegulationRaher, Michael J January 2003 (has links)
Thesis advisor: Laura E. Hake / Cytoplasmic polyadenylation regulates translational activation of mRNA stored in immature Xenopus oocytes. This event is necessary for the beginning of oocyte maturation, and later for critical processes in early embryonic development. A major protein required for polyadenylation is the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein (CPEB), which recruits a factor that promotes the interaction between Poly(A) polymerase and the end of the mRNA. Polyadenylation in turn leads to translation through interactions between CPEB and other proteins. Using a yeast two-hybrid screen, several of these proteins were identified and cloned, including two of note. X295, a zinc-finger containing novel protein, and DEK, which has significant homology with the Homo sapiens DEK involved in certain juvenile leukemias. Through the cloning of the genes encoding these proteins, transcription of mRNA, and protein overexpression in oocytes, a series of protein-protein interaction binding assays were performed. Immunoblotting of SDS-PAGE analyzed samples shows that GST-CPEB and HA-X295 interact in ovo, and suggests a possible in ovo interaction of endogenous CPEB and endogenous X295. In similar experiments, DEK and CPEB do not interact, suggesting they may not interact in ovo. / Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2003. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Biology. / Discipline: College Honors Program.
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Role MAPK v regulaci cytoplazmatické polyadenylace během meiotického zrání savčích oocytů / Role of MAPK in regulation of cytoplasmic polyadenylation during meiotic maturation of mammalian oocytesKráčmarová, Jana January 2017 (has links)
Mammalian oocytes undergoing meiotic maturation are transcriptionally silent and gene expression is therefore regulated at the level of translation. One of the well established mechanisms employed in translational regulation of maternal mRNAs in oocytes is cytoplasmic polyadenylation. This process is generally controlled by phosphorylation and activation of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein (CPEB). The aim of this thesis is to determine the role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in regulation of CPEB-mediated cytoplasmic polyadenylation in maturing mouse and porcine oocytes. For this purpose, MAPK activity was inhibited using its specific inhibitor, GDC-0994 and the effect of MAPK inhibition on cyclin B1 mRNA polyadenylation was monitored. In mouse oocytes, MAPK inhibition impaired neither cyclin B1 mRNA polyadenylation nor its translation and MAPK is thus unlikely to be involved in regulation of cytoplasmic polyadenylation in this species. Based on the results of experiments performed using porcine oocytes, the possible role of MAPK in CPEB-mediated cytoplasmic polyadenylation can neither be confirmed nor ruled out. Keywords: cytoplasmic polyadenylation, mouse oocyte, porcine oocyte, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), cyclin B1, GDC-0994 inhibitor
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Spindle-Localized CPE-Mediated Translation Controls Mediotic Chromosome SegregationEliscovich, Carolina 11 June 2008 (has links)
La progresión meiótica y el desarrollo embrionario temprano están programados, en parte, por la activación tradcuccional de mRNAs maternos como lo son los que codifican para las proteinas de ciclina B1 o mos. Estos mRNAs no son traducidos al mismo tiempo ni en el mismo lugar. Por lo contrario, su traducción está especificamente regulada por elementos de poliadenilación citoplasmática (CPEs) presentes en sus 3'UTRs. Los elementos CPEs reclutan a la proteina de unión a CPE (CPE-binding protein CPEB (Colegrove-Otero et al., 2005; de Moor et al., 2005; Mendez and Richter, 2001; Richter, 2007)). Esta proteina de unión al RNA no sólo determina cuándo y en qué medida un mRNA será activado traduccionalmente por poliadenilación citoplasmática (Mendez et al., 2000a; Mendez et al., 2000b; Mendez et al., 2002) sino que también participa, junto con el represor de la traducción Maskin, en el transporte y la localización de sus mRNAs diana hacia los sitios de localización subcelular donde su traducción ocurrirá (Huang et al., 2003; Huang and Richter, 2004). Durante el desarrollo embrionario de Xenopus, CPEB se encuentra localizada en el polo animal de los oocitos y más tarde, sobre el huso mitótico y centrosomas en el embrión (Groisman et al., 2000). Se ha demostrado que embriones de Xenopus inyectados con agentes que interrumpen la traducción dependiente de poliadenilación citoplasmática, detienen la división celular y presentan estructuras mitóticas anormales (Groisman et al., 2000). En este trabajo que derivó en mi tesis doctoral, hemos demostrado que la activación traduccional localizada en el huso mitótico de mRNAs regulados por CPEB que codifican para proteinas con una conocida función en aspectos estructurales del ciclo celular como la formación del huso mitótico y la segregación cromosómica, es esencial para completar la primera división meiótica y para la correcta segregación cromosómica en oocitos de Xenopus.
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