Cloning and roles of goldfish maternal factor β-Catenin cDNA in embryonic development  

作　　者：ZHANG Jingpu1,2,WANG Weixian1 & ZHU Shaoxia1 1.Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100080,China 2.The Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100039,China Correspondence should be addressed to Zhang Jingpu 

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2004年第7期683-688,共6页

摘　　要：Interaction between nucleus and cytoplasm has been focused in the field of animal embryonic development, in which study of maternal factors is required positively. b-Catenin, an important maternal factor in early embryo-genesis, has been analyzed in its expression pattern and func-tions in this paper. We have cloned goldfish b-Catenin cDNA gene and compared it with zebrafish b-Catenin cDNA. High homology was found in cDNA and in amino acid sequences between them, 93% (2227/2384 bp) and 98.5% (768/780 aa) respectively. The expression pattern of b-Catenin by in situ hybridization and the roles of b-Catenin on embryonic de-velopment by co-injection of anti-sense RNA and reporter gene, EGFP have been investigated in the whole process of goldfish embryonic development. The results suggest that b-Catenin presents dynamic distribution, mainly locates at body axis, dorsal tissues, head and tail structures after being fertilized. The loss of b-Catenin activity would cause serious destruction of embryo in dorsal tissues and in anteroposte-rior axes, and leads embryos to die before larva get hatched.Interaction between nucleus and cytoplasm has been focused in the field of animal embryonic development, in which study of maternal factors is required positively. b-Catenin, an important maternal factor in early embryo-genesis, has been analyzed in its expression pattern and func-tions in this paper. We have cloned goldfish b-Catenin cDNA gene and compared it with zebrafish b-Catenin cDNA. High homology was found in cDNA and in amino acid sequences between them, 93% (2227/2384 bp) and 98.5% (768/780 aa) respectively. The expression pattern of b-Catenin by in situ hybridization and the roles of b-Catenin on embryonic de-velopment by co-injection of anti-sense RNA and reporter gene, EGFP have been investigated in the whole process of goldfish embryonic development. The results suggest that b-Catenin presents dynamic distribution, mainly locates at body axis, dorsal tissues, head and tail structures after being fertilized. The loss of b-Catenin activity would cause serious destruction of embryo in dorsal tissues and in anteroposte-rior axes, and leads embryos to die before larva get hatched.

关 键 词：胚胎发育 母体因子 金鱼 基因克隆 氨基酸序列 CDNA 细胞质 细胞核 

分 类 号：Q953[生物学—动物学]