title: PAL31 expression in rat trophoblast giant cells.
abstract: PAL31 is a proliferation-related acidic nuclear protein that belongs to the leucine-rich protein family and is expressed cell-cycle-dependently. Trophoblasts differentiate into the trophoblast giant cells (TGCs) through the unusual type of cell cycle, namely endoreduplication. In the present study, we investigated the spatiotemporal pattern of PAL31 expression in rat placenta and Rcho-1 cell line. The PAL31 mRNA concentration varied in different areas of the placenta, and was barely detectable in the TGC layer. In Rcho-1 cells, although the level of PAL31 mRNA decreased dramatically during differentiation, PAL31 was detected even after differentiation. The site of intranuclear localization of PAL31 mostly overlapped with that of PCNA in the undifferentiated Rcho-1 cells, while they were not overlapped in differentiated cells. Thus, the subcellular localization of PAL31 in Rcho-1 cells significantly changed, and loss of cell cycle dependency after differentiation was noted. PAL31 is suggested to play a role in the endoreduplication distinct from the usual DNA duplication.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002453:Cell Cycle; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007930:Leucine / Q000737:chemistry; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C412378:Anp32b protein, rat; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007930:Leucine