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OPEN BIOLOGY
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200371
关键词
Drosophila; germline; centrosomes; Polo kinase; APC; C; fertility
资金
- Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship [CRUK-A12874]
- ShanghaiTech University [2018F0202-000-06]
- Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF)
- Cancer Research UK [CRUK-RG78567]
This study reveals the importance of proper transport of centrosomes into the oocyte during early Drosophila oogenesis for maintaining oocyte fate. The control of the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) and Polo/Plk1 kinase plays a critical role in this process, with mutations affecting centrosome transport and leading to loss of oocyte identity. These findings may have implications for understanding reproductive processes in other animals due to the conserved roles of APC/C and Polo.
A feature of metazoan reproduction is the elimination of maternal centrosomes from the oocyte. In animals that form syncytial cysts during oogenesis, including Drosophila and human, all centrosomes within the cyst migrate to the oocyte where they are subsequently degenerated. The importance and the underlying mechanism of this event remain unclear. Here, we show that, during early Drosophila oogenesis, control of the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C), the ubiquitin ligase complex essential for cell cycle control, ensures proper transport of centrosomes into the oocyte through the regulation of Polo/Plk1 kinase, a critical regulator of the integrity and activity of the centrosome. We show that novel mutations in the APC/C-specific E2, Vihar/Ube2c, that affect its inhibitory regulation on APC/C cause precocious Polo degradation and impedes centrosome transport, through destabilization of centrosomes. The failure of centrosome migration correlates with weakened microtubule polarization in the cyst and allows ectopic microtubule nucleation in nurse cells, leading to the loss of oocyte identity. These results suggest a role for centrosome migration in oocyte fate maintenance through the concentration and confinement of microtubule nucleation activity into the oocyte. Considering the conserved roles of APC/C and Polo throughout the animal kingdom, our findings may be translated into other animals.
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