The cattle different stage embryos obtained from in vitro was studied using the technology of single preimplantation embryo mRNA different display:single 8-cell and blastocyst stage embryos were studied using technolo...The cattle different stage embryos obtained from in vitro was studied using the technology of single preimplantation embryo mRNA different display:single 8-cell and blastocyst stage embryos were studied using technology of mRNA different display and one different fragment was found. The result suggested that this fragment displayed high homology (99%) to cattle mRNA for ribosomal protein L31. Then to detect the expression of RPL31mRNA in 8 cell and blastocyst stage embryos by real-time quantitative PCR,the result showed the relative amount of 8 cells was 3.2 times of blastocyst's.展开更多
The Small ubiquitin-related modifier （SUMO） conjugation to a variety of proteins regulates diverse cellular processes, including transcription, cell cycle regulation and maintenance of genome integrity. To investiga...The Small ubiquitin-related modifier （SUMO） conjugation to a variety of proteins regulates diverse cellular processes, including transcription, cell cycle regulation and maintenance of genome integrity. To investigate in vivo biological function of SUMO paralogs, we inactivated them in the early development of zebrafish. While zebrafish embryos deficient for all three SUMO paralogs, as Ubc9-deficient ones, displayed severe defects, loss of individual SUMO paralog was compatible with a normal development. SUMO-deficient embryos can be rescued by a single human or zebrafish SUMO. While key structural basic lysine residues and N-terminal unstructured stretch of SUMO are critical for in vivo rescue, the consensus Kll sumoylation site of SUMO2 is dispensable, implying that chain formation on this potential site is unessential for normal development. Inactivation of all three SUMOs triggered p53- dependent apoptosis and further inactivation of p53 restored normal zebrafish development. Interestingly, we also demonstrate that the dominant negative truncated form of p53, Δ113p53, significantly blunts SUMO depletion-induced p53 activity in vivo. Taken together, our results suggest that SUMO paralogs are indispensable, but redundant, in the early development of zebrafish.展开更多
The process of double fertilization and the characters of embryo and endosperm development in an autotetraploid polyembryonic mutant rice IR36-Shuang were studied with a laser scanning confocal microscopy. Some abnorm...The process of double fertilization and the characters of embryo and endosperm development in an autotetraploid polyembryonic mutant rice IR36-Shuang were studied with a laser scanning confocal microscopy. Some abnormalities including degenerated ovary, abortive embryo sac, single fertilization, double-ovule and double-embryo and so on. were found dudng double fertilization and embryo development in IR36-Shuang. The rate of the abnormalities was 46.67% in IR36-Shuang, significantly higher than that in the control, an autotetraploid rice line IR36-4X （33.00%）. Cytological and embryonic evidences were provided for seed setting decline and the initiation of additional embryo in IR36-Shuang.展开更多
基金Supported by National "863" Project (2008AA101007)~~
文摘The cattle different stage embryos obtained from in vitro was studied using the technology of single preimplantation embryo mRNA different display:single 8-cell and blastocyst stage embryos were studied using technology of mRNA different display and one different fragment was found. The result suggested that this fragment displayed high homology (99%) to cattle mRNA for ribosomal protein L31. Then to detect the expression of RPL31mRNA in 8 cell and blastocyst stage embryos by real-time quantitative PCR,the result showed the relative amount of 8 cells was 3.2 times of blastocyst's.
基金Supplementary information is linked to the online version of the paper on the Cell Research website.Acknowledgements We thank Dr Jiang Zhu （Shanghai institute of hematology, Rui Jin hospital） and Dr Nelly Kieffer （CNRS LIA, Rui Jin hospital） for their comments. This work was supported by grants from the National High Tech Program of China （863, 2006AA02Z150）, the National Science Foundation of China （30525006）, the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality （07XD14022, 06PJ14068）, ATIP program and BNP PARIBAS.
文摘The Small ubiquitin-related modifier （SUMO） conjugation to a variety of proteins regulates diverse cellular processes, including transcription, cell cycle regulation and maintenance of genome integrity. To investigate in vivo biological function of SUMO paralogs, we inactivated them in the early development of zebrafish. While zebrafish embryos deficient for all three SUMO paralogs, as Ubc9-deficient ones, displayed severe defects, loss of individual SUMO paralog was compatible with a normal development. SUMO-deficient embryos can be rescued by a single human or zebrafish SUMO. While key structural basic lysine residues and N-terminal unstructured stretch of SUMO are critical for in vivo rescue, the consensus Kll sumoylation site of SUMO2 is dispensable, implying that chain formation on this potential site is unessential for normal development. Inactivation of all three SUMOs triggered p53- dependent apoptosis and further inactivation of p53 restored normal zebrafish development. Interestingly, we also demonstrate that the dominant negative truncated form of p53, Δ113p53, significantly blunts SUMO depletion-induced p53 activity in vivo. Taken together, our results suggest that SUMO paralogs are indispensable, but redundant, in the early development of zebrafish.
基金supported by the National Science & Technology Pillar Program of China in the Tenth Five-Year Plan Period(Grant No.2001BA302B)the Education Department of Henan Province, China(Grant No.2008A208019)
文摘The process of double fertilization and the characters of embryo and endosperm development in an autotetraploid polyembryonic mutant rice IR36-Shuang were studied with a laser scanning confocal microscopy. Some abnormalities including degenerated ovary, abortive embryo sac, single fertilization, double-ovule and double-embryo and so on. were found dudng double fertilization and embryo development in IR36-Shuang. The rate of the abnormalities was 46.67% in IR36-Shuang, significantly higher than that in the control, an autotetraploid rice line IR36-4X （33.00%）. Cytological and embryonic evidences were provided for seed setting decline and the initiation of additional embryo in IR36-Shuang.
