CPEB, maskin, and cyclin B1 mRNA at the mitotic apparatus: implications for local translational control of cell division.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In Xenopus development, the expression of several maternal mRNAs is regulated by cytoplasmic polyadenylation. CPEB and maskin, two factors that control polyadenylation-induced translation are present on the mitotic apparatus of animal pole blastomeres in embryos. Cyclin B1 protein and mRNA, whose translation is regulated by polyadenylation, are colocalized with CPEB and maskin. CPEB interacts with microtubules and is involved in the localization of cyclin B1 mRNA to the mitotic apparatus. Agents that disrupt polyadenylation-induced translation inhibit cell division and promote spindle and centrosome defects in injected embryos. Two of these agents inhibit the synthesis of cyclin B1 protein and one, which has little effect on this process, disrupts the localization of cyclin B1 mRNA and protein. These data suggest that CPEB-regulated mRNA translation is important for the integrity of the mitotic apparatus and for cell division.
Medical subject headings
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cyclin B
- Microtubule-Associated Proteins
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA-Binding Proteins
- Spindle Apparatus
- Transcription Factors
- Xenopus Proteins
- Xenopus laevis
- mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors