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- Title
Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein is essential for early mouse development and embryonic stem cell proliferation.
- Authors
Shibayama, Masaki; Ohno, Satona; Osaka, Takashi; Sakamoto, Reiko; Tokunaga, Akinori; Nakatake, Yuhki; Sato, Mitsuharu; Yoshida, Nobuaki
- Abstract
Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) is a widely expressed RNA-binding protein with multiple roles in RNA processing, including the splicing of alternative exons, mRNA stability, mRNA localization, and internal ribosome entry site-dependent translation. Although it has been reported that increased expression of PTB is correlated with cancer cell growth, the role of PTB in mammalian development is still unclear. Here, we report that a homozygous mutation in the mouse Ptb gene causes embryonic lethality shortly after implantation. We also established Ptb−/− embryonic stem (ES) cell lines and found that these mutant cells exhibited severe defects in cell proliferation without aberrant differentiation in vitro or in vivo. Furthermore, cell cycle analysis and a cell synchronization assay revealed that Ptb−/− ES cells have a prolonged G2/M phase. Thus, our data indicate that PTB is essential for early mouse development and ES cell proliferation.
- Subjects
CELL proliferation; EMBRYONIC stem cells; CELL growth; CELL division; CARRIER proteins
- Publication
FEBS Journal, 2009, Vol 276, Issue 22, p6658
- ISSN
1742-464X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07380.x