Comparative analysis of the kinetics and dynamics of K10, bicoid, and oskar mRNA localization in the Drosophila oocyte

Developmental Genetics
M Karlin-McGinnessR S Cohen

Abstract

The localization of mRNAs to discrete cytoplasmic sites is important for the function of many, and perhaps all, cells. Many mRNAs are thought to be localized in a directed fashion along microtubule tracts. This appears to be the case for several mRNAs that are synthesized in Drosophila nurse cells and then transported into, and localized within, the oocyte. In this report, we compare the transport/localization kinetics and dynamics of three such mRNAs, K10, bicoid, and oskar. We generated flies carrying heat shock-K10, -bicoid, or -oskar fusion genes, which allowed us to carry out the molecular genetics equivalent of a pulse chase experiment. Our analyses indicate that K10, bicoid, and oskar mRNA transport and localization are a continuous process involving multiple movements of the same mRNA molecules. The transport and early localization dynamics of the three mRNAs are indistinguishable from each other and, in order, include accumulation in the apical regions of nurse cells, transport to the posterior pole of the oocyte, and movement to the oocyte's anterior cortex at stage 8. We also show that the rate of transport is the same in each case, approximately 1.1 microns/min. Only after stage 8 are RNA-specific movements seen. Th...Continue Reading

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