Evidence for simultaneous derepression of messenger RNA and the guanine nucleotide exchange factor in fertilized sea urchin eggs.
Evidence for simultaneous derepression of messenger RNA and the guanine nucleotide exchange factor in fertilized sea urchin eggs.
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受精海胆卵中信使 RNA 和鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换因子同时去抑制的证据。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(87)90394-0
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Hille,MB
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文献类型:
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作者:
Colin,AM;Brown,BD;Dholakia,JN;Woodley,CL;Wahba,AJ;Hille,MB
Translational control was studied in extracts ofLytechinus pictuseggs and zygotes. We showed that neither mRNA nor initiation factors alone limit translation in these lysates; rather they are together rate limiting. Added globin mRNA was translated in egg and zygote lysates but overall protein synthesis did not increase significantly as the added RNA competed with the endogenous message. The lysates mimicked thein vivoresponse, since microinjection of globin mRNA intoL. pictuseggs similarly competed with endogenous mRNAs. A number of translational components were used to determine if they would stimulate protein synthesis in these lysates. The addition of globin polyribosomes increased the level of protein synthesis. The majority of this increase was due to reinitiation of the globin mRNA, and under these conditions the level of endogenous protein synthesis in both egg and zygote extracts did not change. The addition of crude initiation factors alone did not appreciably alter the rate of protein synthesis in the egg lysates. However, in the presence of added mRNA, these initiation factors stimulated translation two- to fourfold. Of all the initiation factors tested, only the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF, eIF-2B, RF) significantly increased protein synthesis when globin mRNA was present. The addition of an unfractionated initiation factor preparation further stimulated protein synthesis in the presence of added GEF and mRNA, suggesting that a component other than mRNA and GEF was also limiting in these egg lysates. Other initiation factors, including eIF-2, eIF-4A, eIF-4B, and eIF-4F, did not substitute for the component in the unfractionated initiation factor preparation. We propose that alkalinization of the cytoplasm and the subsequent activation of initiation factors and mRNAs contribute to the large stimulation of protein synthesis in echinoid eggs after fertilization. Furthermore, we discuss the possibility that the increase in NADPH at the expense of NAD+, which occurs within 3 min after fertilization, may lead to the activation of GEF.