MATERNAL INHERITANCE OF THE MOUSE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME IS NOT MEDIATED BY A LOSS OR GROSS ALTERATION OF THE PATERNAL MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA OR BY METHYLATION OF THE OOCYTE MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA
MATERNAL INHERITANCE OF THE MOUSE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME IS NOT MEDIATED BY A LOSS OR GROSS ALTERATION OF THE PATERNAL MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA OR BY METHYLATION OF THE OOCYTE MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(84)90210-0
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
HO, SM
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作者:
HECHT, NB;LIEM, H;HO, SM
To evaluate whether the absence or modification of paternal mitochondrial DNA or methylation of the oocyte mitochondria DNA could be the molecular basis for maternal inheritance of mitochondria in mammals, the mitochondrial genome was analyzed in 4 meiotic and postmeiotic testicular cell types and in oocytes from the mouse. All testicular cell types including spermatozoa contain mitochondrial DNA. Between meiosis and the end of spermatogenesis the number of mitochondrial genomes per haploid genome decreases 8- to 10-fold with spermatozoa containing .apprx. 1 copy of the mitochondrial genome per mitochondrion. Restriction enzyme digestions with 6 different enzymes indicate no gross differences in DNA sequence in the testicular mitochondrial DNA from meiotic cells, early haploid cells, late haploid cells and spermatozoa. By the criterion of differential digestion with the isoschizomers, MspI and HpaII, the mitochondrial DNA is not differentially methylated during spermatogenesis. No methylation differences were detected in mitochondrial DNA from sperm and oocytes following digestion with 7 methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes.