Faculty Opinions recommendation of The Puf RNA-binding proteins FBF-1 and FBF-2 inhibit the expression of synaptonemal complex proteins in germline stem cells.

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K Herman
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Synaptonemal Complex ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Binding Proteins ◽  
Germline Stem Cells

scholarly journals Towards identifying subnetworks from FBF binding landscapes in Caenorhabditis spermatogenic or oogenic germlines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas F. Porter ◽  
Aman Prasad ◽  
Brian H. Carrick ◽  
Peggy Kroll-Connor ◽  
Marvin Wickens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Binding Proteins ◽  
Cell Cycle Regulators ◽  
Germline Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell Regulation ◽  
Cell Functions ◽  
Almost All

AbstractMetazoan PUF (Pumilio and FBF) RNA-binding proteins regulate various biological processes, but a common theme across phylogeny is stem cell regulation. In Caenorhabditis elegans, FBF (fem-3 Binding Factor) maintains germline stem cells regardless of which gamete is made, but FBF also functions in the process of spermatogenesis. We have begun to “disentangle” these biological roles by asking which FBF targets are gamete-independent, as expected for stem cells, and which are gamete-specific. Specifically, we compared FBF iCLIP binding profiles in adults making sperm to those making oocytes. Normally, XX adults make oocytes. To generate XX adults making sperm, we used a fem-3(gf) mutant requiring growth at 25°; for comparison, wild-type oogenic hermaphrodites were also raised at 25°. Our FBF iCLIP data revealed FBF binding sites in 1522 RNAs from oogenic adults and 1704 RNAs from spermatogenic adults. More than half of these FBF targets were independent of germline gender. We next clustered RNAs by FBF-RNA complex frequencies and found four distinct blocks. Block I RNAs were enriched in spermatogenic germlines, and included validated target fog-3, while Block II and III RNAs were common to both genders, and Block IV RNAs were enriched in oogenic germlines. Block II (510 RNAs) included almost all validated FBF targets and was enriched for cell cycle regulators. Block III (21 RNAs) was enriched for RNA-binding proteins, including previously validated FBF targets gld-1 and htp-1. We suggest that Block I RNAs belong to the FBF network for spermatogenesis, and that Blocks II and III are associated with stem cell functions.

scholarly journals Imp and Syp RNA-binding proteins govern decommissioning ofDrosophilaneural stem cells

Development ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 144 (19) ◽  
pp. 3454-3464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Po Yang ◽  
Tamsin J. Samuels ◽  
Yaling Huang ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
David Ish-Horowicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Binding Proteins

scholarly journals Regulation of the mitosis/meiosis decision in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline

2003 ◽  
Vol 358 (1436) ◽  
pp. 1359-1362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Crittenden ◽  
Christian R. Eckmann ◽  
Liaoteng Wang ◽  
David S. Bernstein ◽  
Marvin Wickens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Binding Proteins ◽  
Germline Stem Cells ◽  
Puf Proteins ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Transcriptional Regulatory ◽  
Mitotic Proliferation ◽  
Multicellular Organisms

During the development of multicellular organisms, the processes of growth and differentiation are kept in balance to generate and maintain tissues and organs of the correct size, shape and cellular composition. We have investigated the molecular controls of growth and differentiation in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. A single somatic cell, called the distal tip cell, promotes mitotic proliferation in the adjacent germline by GLP–1/Notch signalling. Within the germline, the decisions between mitosis and meiosis and between spermatogenesis and oogenesis are controlled by a group of conserved RNA regulators. FBF, a member of the PUF (for Pumilio and FBF) family of RNA–binding proteins, promotes mitosis by repressing gld–1 mRNA activity; the GLD–1, GLD–2, GLD–3 and NOS–3 proteins promote entry into meiosis by regulating mRNAs that remain unknown. The regulatory balance between opposing FBF and GLD activities is crucial for controlling the extent of germline proliferation. PUF proteins regulate germline stem cells in both Drosophila and C. elegans and are localized to germline stem cells of the mammalian testis. Therefore, this post–transcriptional regulatory switch may be an ancient mechanism for controlling maintenance of stem cells versus differentiation.

scholarly journals 17-P032 The role of the RNA-binding proteins Musashi in retinal stem cells

2009 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. S279-S280
Author(s):  
Jean-Philippe Dullin ◽  
Caroline Borday ◽  
Morgane Locker ◽  
Johanna Hamdache ◽  
Karine Parain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Binding Proteins ◽  
Retinal Stem Cells

scholarly journals A PUF hub drives self-renewal in C. elegans germline stem cells

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Haupt ◽  
Kimberley T. Law ◽  
Amy L. Enright ◽  
Charlotte R. Kanzler ◽  
Heaji Shin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Notch Signaling ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Binding Proteins ◽  
Germline Stem Cells ◽  
Null Mutant ◽  
Self Renewal ◽  
Puf Proteins ◽  
C Elegans

ABSTRACTStem cell regulation relies on extrinsic signaling from a niche plus intrinsic factors that respond and drive self-renewal within stem cells. A priori, loss of niche signaling and loss of the intrinsic self-renewal factors might be expected to have equivalent stem cell defects. Yet this simple prediction has not been borne out for most stem cells, including C. elegans germline stem cells (GSCs). The central regulators of C. elegans GSCs include extrinsically-acting GLP-1/Notch signaling from the niche, intrinsically-acting RNA binding proteins in the PUF family, termed FBF-1 and FBF-2 (collectively FBF), and intrinsically-acting PUF partner proteins that are direct Notch targets. Abrogation of either GLP-1/Notch signaling or its targets yields an earlier and more severe GSC defect than loss of FBF-1 and FBF-2, suggesting that additional intrinsic regulators must exist. Here, we report that those missing regulators are two additional PUF proteins, PUF-3 and PUF-11. Remarkably, an fbf-1 fbf-2; puf-3 puf-11 quadruple null mutant has a GSC defect virtually identical to that of a glp-1/Notch null mutant. PUF-3 and PUF-11 both affect GSC maintenance; both are expressed in GSCs; and epistasis experiments place them at the same position as FBF within the network. Therefore, action of PUF-3 and PUF-11 explains the milder GSC defect in fbf-1 fbf-2 mutants. We conclude that a “PUF hub”, comprising four PUF proteins and two PUF partners, constitutes the intrinsic self-renewal node of the C. elegans GSC RNA regulatory network. Discovery of this hub underscores the significance of PUF RNA-binding proteins as key regulators of stem cell maintenance.

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