TY - JOUR
T1 - Spindle-localized CPE-mediated translation controls meiotic chromosome segregation
AU - Eliscovich, Carolina
AU - Peset, Isabel
AU - Vernos, Isabelle
AU - Méndez, Raúl
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Joel D. Richter for the anti-CPEB antibody, Angel Nebreda for Xkid cDNA and antibody, Edouard Bertrand and Robert H. Singer for MS2-binding sites and MS2–GFP cDNAs, Fátima Gebauer for the reporter plasmids pLuccassette and pRenilla and her helpful discussions, CRG-Microscopy Facility for technical advice and Mercedes Fernández, members of the Méndez laboratory, Juan Valcarcel and other colleagues from the Program of Gene Expression for helpful advice and critically reading the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the MEC, Fundación ‘La Caixa’ and Fundació ‘Marató de TV3’. R.M. is a recipient of a contract from the ‘Programa Ramon y Cajal’ (MEC). CE is recipient of a fellowship from the DURSI (Generalitat de Catalunya) i dels Fons Social Europeu.
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - Meiotic progression requires the translational activation of stored maternal mRNAs, such as those encoding cyclin B1 or mos. The translation of these mRNAs is regulated by the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) present in their 3′UTRs, which recruits the CPE-binding protein CPEB. This RNA-binding protein not only dictates the timing and extent of translational activation by cytoplasmic polyadenylation but also participates, together with the translational repressor Maskin, in the transport and localization, in a quiescent state, of its targets to subcellular locations where their translation will take place. During the early development of Xenopus laevis, CPEB localizes at the animal pole of oocytes and later on at embryonic spindles and centrosomes. Disruption of embryonic CPEB-mediated translational regulation results in abnormalities in the mitotic apparatus and inhibits embryonic mitosis. Here we show that spindle-localized translational activation of CPE-regulated mRNAs, encoding for proteins with a known function in spindle assembly and chromosome segregation, is essential for completion of the first meiotic division and for chromosome segregation in Xenopus oocytes.
AB - Meiotic progression requires the translational activation of stored maternal mRNAs, such as those encoding cyclin B1 or mos. The translation of these mRNAs is regulated by the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) present in their 3′UTRs, which recruits the CPE-binding protein CPEB. This RNA-binding protein not only dictates the timing and extent of translational activation by cytoplasmic polyadenylation but also participates, together with the translational repressor Maskin, in the transport and localization, in a quiescent state, of its targets to subcellular locations where their translation will take place. During the early development of Xenopus laevis, CPEB localizes at the animal pole of oocytes and later on at embryonic spindles and centrosomes. Disruption of embryonic CPEB-mediated translational regulation results in abnormalities in the mitotic apparatus and inhibits embryonic mitosis. Here we show that spindle-localized translational activation of CPE-regulated mRNAs, encoding for proteins with a known function in spindle assembly and chromosome segregation, is essential for completion of the first meiotic division and for chromosome segregation in Xenopus oocytes.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncb1746
DO - 10.1038/ncb1746
M3 - Article
C2 - 18536713
AN - SCOPUS:46449139041
SN - 1465-7392
VL - 10
SP - 858
EP - 865
JO - Nature Cell Biology
JF - Nature Cell Biology
IS - 7
ER -