title: Roles of cytoplasmic RNP granules in intracellular RNA localization and translational control in the Drosophila oocyte.
abstract: Intracellular mRNA localization and translation are ways to achieve asymmetric protein sorting in polarized cells, and they play fundamental roles in cell-fate decisions and body patterning during animal development. These processes are regulated by the interplay between cis-acting elements and trans-acting RNA-binding proteins that form and occur within a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex. Recent studies in the Drosophila oocyte have revealed that RNP complex assembly in the nucleus is critical for the regulation of cytoplasmic mRNA localization and translation. Furthermore, several trans-acting factors promote the reorganization of target mRNAs in the cytoplasm into higher-order RNP granules, which are often visible by light microscopy. Therefore, RNA localization and translation are likely to be coupled within these RNP granules. Notably, diverse cytoplasmic RNP granules observed in different cell types share conserved sets of proteins, suggesting they have fundamental and common cellular functions.
authors: Laboratory for Germline Development, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
authors: Yasuko
authors: Y
authors: Kato
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000378:metabolism; D004330:Drosophila; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D009866:Oogenesis; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D023121:RNA, Messenger, Stored / Q000378:metabolism; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D023121:RNA, Messenger, Stored; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins