RRC ID 37018
著者 Okamoto M, Yamada L, Fujisaki Y, Bloomfield G, Yoshida K, Kuwayama H, Sawada H, Mori T, Urushihara H.
タイトル Two HAP2-GCS1 homologs responsible for gamete interactions in the cellular slime mold with multiple mating types: Implication for common mechanisms of sexual reproduction shared by plants and protozoa and for male-female differentiation.
ジャーナル Dev Biol
Abstract Fertilization is a central event in sexual reproduction, and understanding its molecular mechanisms has both basic and applicative biological importance. Recent studies have uncovered the molecules that mediate this process in a variety of organisms, making it intriguing to consider conservation and evolution of the mechanisms of sexual reproduction across phyla. The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum undergoes sexual maturation and forms gametes under dark and humid conditions. It exhibits three mating types, type-I, -II, and -III, for the heterothallic mating system. Based on proteome analyses of the gamete membranes, we detected expression of two homologs of the plant fertilization protein HAP2-GCS1. When their coding genes were disrupted in type-I and type-II strains, sexual potency was completely lost, whereas disruption in the type-III strain did not affect mating behavior, suggesting that the latter acts as female in complex organisms. Our results demonstrate the highly conserved function of HAP2-GCS1 in gamete interactions and suggest the presence of additional allo-recognition mechanisms in D. discoideum gametes.
巻・号 415(1)
ページ 6-13
公開日 2016-7-1
DOI 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.05.018
PII S0012-1606(16)30094-X
PMID 27189178
PMC PMC4910948
MeSH Amino Acid Motifs Amino Acid Sequence Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics Arabidopsis Proteins / physiology Carrier Proteins / genetics Carrier Proteins / physiology Cell Fusion Dictyostelium / genetics Dictyostelium / physiology* Fertilization Gene Knockout Techniques Genes, Protozoan* Germ Cells / physiology* Phylogeny Plant Physiological Phenomena Proteome Protozoan Proteins / biosynthesis Protozoan Proteins / genetics Protozoan Proteins / physiology* Species Specificity Transformation, Genetic
IF 2.896
引用数 12
WOS 分野 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
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