TY - JOUR
T1 - Phosphorylation of CPE binding factor by Eg2 regulates translation of c- mos mRNA
AU - Mendez, Raul
AU - Hake, Laura E.
AU - Andresson, Thorkell
AU - Littlepage, Laurie E.
AU - Ruderman, Joan V.
AU - Richter, Joel D.
PY - 2000/3/16
Y1 - 2000/3/16
N2 - Full-grown Xenopus oocytes arrest at the G2/M border of meiosis I. Progesterone breaks this arrest, leading to the resumption of the meiotic cell cycles and maturation of the oocyte into a fertilizable egg. In these oocytes, progesterone interacts with an unidentified surface-associated receptor, which induces a non-transcriptional signalling pathway that stimulates the translation of dormant c-mos messenger RNA. Mos, a mitogen- activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase kinase, indirectly activates MAP kinase, which in turn leads to oocyte maturation. The translational recruitment of c-mos and several other mRNAs is regulated by cytoplasmic polyadenylation, a process that requires two 3' untranslated regions, the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) and the polyadenylation hexanucleotide AAUAAA. Although the signalling events that trigger c-mos mRNA polyadenylation and translation are unclear, they probably involve the activation of CPEB, the CPE binding factor. Here we show that an early site- specific phosphorylation of CPEB is essential for the polyadenylation of c- mos mRNA and its subsequent translation, and for oocyte maturation. In addition, we show that this selective, early phosphorylation of CPEB is catalysed by Eg2, a member of the Aurora family of serine/threonine protein kinases.
AB - Full-grown Xenopus oocytes arrest at the G2/M border of meiosis I. Progesterone breaks this arrest, leading to the resumption of the meiotic cell cycles and maturation of the oocyte into a fertilizable egg. In these oocytes, progesterone interacts with an unidentified surface-associated receptor, which induces a non-transcriptional signalling pathway that stimulates the translation of dormant c-mos messenger RNA. Mos, a mitogen- activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase kinase, indirectly activates MAP kinase, which in turn leads to oocyte maturation. The translational recruitment of c-mos and several other mRNAs is regulated by cytoplasmic polyadenylation, a process that requires two 3' untranslated regions, the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) and the polyadenylation hexanucleotide AAUAAA. Although the signalling events that trigger c-mos mRNA polyadenylation and translation are unclear, they probably involve the activation of CPEB, the CPE binding factor. Here we show that an early site- specific phosphorylation of CPEB is essential for the polyadenylation of c- mos mRNA and its subsequent translation, and for oocyte maturation. In addition, we show that this selective, early phosphorylation of CPEB is catalysed by Eg2, a member of the Aurora family of serine/threonine protein kinases.
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U2 - 10.1038/35005126
DO - 10.1038/35005126
M3 - Article
C2 - 10749216
AN - SCOPUS:0034673706
SN - 0028-0836
VL - 404
SP - 302
EP - 307
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
IS - 6775
ER -