Paracentrotus lividus eggs were divided by centrifugation into nucleated and anucleated halves. Fertilization and development of the two halves permitted us to establish that nucleated and anucleated fragments correspond, respectively, to the animal and vegetal parts. RNA was extracted from both egg halves and submitted to differential display. Northern blot analysis confirmed their maternal origin and showed that each transcript has a different expression pattern during development. By Northern blot and in situ hybridization experiments we ascertained that Bep2 and PlAn1 are localized in the animal part, whereas 16S rRNA, Plveg1, and L27 in the vegetal part, and that Plun1 is uniformly distributed. Moreover, by treating P. lividus eggs with detergent, in presence or not of drugs such as colchicine and cytochalasin B, we demonstrated the involvement of the cytoskeleton only in localization of Bep2, PlAn1, and Plun1, suggesting that different mechanisms are utilized for animal and vegetal distribution.

Paracentrotus lividus eggs contain different RNAs at the animal and vegetal pole

Di Carlo M;Montana G;
2004

Abstract

Paracentrotus lividus eggs were divided by centrifugation into nucleated and anucleated halves. Fertilization and development of the two halves permitted us to establish that nucleated and anucleated fragments correspond, respectively, to the animal and vegetal parts. RNA was extracted from both egg halves and submitted to differential display. Northern blot analysis confirmed their maternal origin and showed that each transcript has a different expression pattern during development. By Northern blot and in situ hybridization experiments we ascertained that Bep2 and PlAn1 are localized in the animal part, whereas 16S rRNA, Plveg1, and L27 in the vegetal part, and that Plun1 is uniformly distributed. Moreover, by treating P. lividus eggs with detergent, in presence or not of drugs such as colchicine and cytochalasin B, we demonstrated the involvement of the cytoskeleton only in localization of Bep2, PlAn1, and Plun1, suggesting that different mechanisms are utilized for animal and vegetal distribution.
2004
Istituto di biomedicina e di immunologia molecolare - IBIM - Sede Palermo
RNA localization
Eggs' centrifugation
A/V axis
Mitochondria
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