TY  - JOUR
TI  - Visualization of primordial germ cells <I>in vivo</I> using GFP-<I>nos</I>1 3'UTR mRNA
AU  - Saito, Taiju
AU  - Fujimoto, Takafumi
AU  - Maegawa, Shingo
AU  - Inoue, Kunio
AU  - Tanaka, Minoru
AU  - Arai, Katsutoshi
AU  - Yamaha, Etsuro
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - In some teleost fish, primordial germ cells (PGCs) inherit specific maternal cytoplasmic factors such as vasa and nanos 1 (nos1) mRNA. It has been shown that the 3'untranslated regions (UTRs) of vasa and nos1 have critical roles for stabilization of these RNAs in zebrafish PGCs. In this study, to determine whether this role of the nos 1 3'UTR is conserved between teleost species, we injected artificially synthesized mRNA, combining green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the zebrafish nos 1 3'UTR (GFP-nos 1 3'UTR mRNA), into the fertilized eggs of various fish species. The 3'UTR of the Oryzias latipes vasa homologue (olvas ) mRNA was assayed in the same manner. We demonstrate that the PGCs of seven teleost species could be visualized using GFP-nos 1 3'UTR mRNA. GFP-olvas 3'UTR mRNA did not identify PGCs in herring or loach embryos, but did enable visualization of the PGCs in medaka embryos. Our results indicate that the 3'UTR of the zebrafish nos1 mRNA can promote maintenance of RNAs in the PGCs of different fish species. Finally, we describe and compare the migration routes of PGCs in seven teleost species.
PY  - 2006
DO  - 10.1387/ijdb.062143ts
VL  - 50
IS  - 8
SP  - 691
EP  - 700
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/062143ts
Y2  - 2024/11/05/15:25:50
ER  -