Temporal Expression of RNA Polymerase II in Porcine Oocytes and Embryos
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ㆍ발행기관 : 한국동물번식학회
ㆍ수록지정보 : Reproductive & developmental biology / 36권 / 4호
ㆍ저자명 : Reza Oqani, Min Gu Lee, Lin Tao, Dong Il Jin
ㆍ저자명 : Reza Oqani, Min Gu Lee, Lin Tao, Dong Il Jin
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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS Oocyte and Embryo Production Immunostaining and Confocal Microscopy Immunocytochemistry and Confocal Microscopy RESULTS Accumulation of RNA Polymerase II during Oocyte Maturation Nuclear Accumulation of RNA Polymerase II in Zygotesat the One-Cell Stage RNA Polymerase in the Nucleus at Later Embryonic Stages DISCUSSION REFERENCES영어 초록
Embryonic genome activation (EGA) is the first major transition that occurs after fertilization, and entails a dramatic reprogramming of gene expression that is essential for continued development. Although it has been suggested that EGA in porcine embryos starts at the four-cell stage, recent evidence indicates that EGA may commence even earlier; however, the molecular details of EGA remain incompletely understood. The RNA polymerase II of eukaryotes transcribes mRNAs and most small nuclear RNAs. The largest subunit of RNA polymerase II can become phosphorylated in the C-terminal domain. The unphosphorylated form of the RNA polymerase II largest subunit C-terminal domain (IIa) plays a role in initiation of transcription, and the phosphorylated form (IIo) is required for transcriptional elongation and mRNA splicing. In the present study, we explored the nuclear translocation, nuclear localization, and phosphorylation dynamics of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain in immature pig oocytes, mature oocytes, two-, four-, and eight-cell embryos, and the morula and blastocyst. To this end, we used antibodies specific for the IIa and IIo forms of RNA polymerase II to stain the proteins. Unphosphorylated RNA polymerase II stained strongly in the nuclei of germinal vesicle oocytes, whereas the phosphorylated form of the enzyme was confined to the chromatin of prophase I oocytes. After fertilization, both unphosphorylated and phosphorylated RNA polymerase II began to accumulate in the nuclei of early stage one-cell embryos, and this pattern was maintained through to the blastocyst stage. The results suggest that both porcine oocytes and early embryos are transcriptionally competent, and that transcription of embryonic genes during the first three cell cycles parallels expression of phosphorylated RNA polymerase II.참고 자료
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