title: Pabp binds to the osk 3'UTR and specifically contributes to osk mRNA stability and oocyte accumulation.
abstract: RNA localization is tightly coordinated with RNA stability and translation control. Bicaudal-D (Bic-D), Egalitarian (Egl), microtubules and their motors are part of a Drosophila transport machinery that localizes mRNAs to specific cellular regions during oogenesis and embryogenesis. We identified the Poly(A)-binding protein (Pabp) as a protein that forms an RNA-dependent complex with Bic-D in embryos and ovaries. pabp also interacts genetically with Bic-D and, similar to Bic-D, pabp is essential in the germline for oocyte growth and accumulation of osk mRNA in the oocyte. In the absence of pabp, reduced stability of osk mRNA and possibly also defects in osk mRNA transport prevent normal oocyte localization of osk mRNA. pabp also interacts genetically with osk and lack of one copy of pabp(+) causes osk to become haploinsufficient. Moreover, pointing to a poly(A)-independent role, Pabp binds to A-rich sequences (ARS) in the osk 3'UTR and these turned out to be required in vivo for osk function during early oogenesis. This effect of pabp on osk mRNA is specific for this RNA and other tested mRNAs localizing to the oocyte are less and more indirectly affected by the lack of pabp.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Pianzola
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urlaub
authors.forename: Beat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suter
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics*; D000225:Adenine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001756:Blastoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D057895:Haploinsufficiency / Q000235:genetics; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009866:Oogenesis; D010641:Phenotype; D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport; D020871:RNA Stability / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; C061998:BicD protein, Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C526781:Pabp protein, Drosophila; D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C091675:osk protein, Drosophila; D000225:Adenine