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Conservation of epigenetic regulation, ORC binding and developmental timing of DNA replication origins in the genus Drosophila.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18039868     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
There is much interest in how DNA replication origins are regulated so that the genome is completely duplicated each cell division cycle and in how the division of cells is spatially and temporally integrated with development. In the Drosophila melanogaster ovary, the cell cycle of somatic follicle cells is modified at precise times in oogenesis. Follicle cells first proliferate via a canonical mitotic division cycle and then enter an endocycle, resulting in their polyploidization. They subsequently enter a specialized amplification phase during which only a few, select origins repeatedly initiate DNA replication, resulting in gene copy number increases at several loci important for eggshell synthesis. Here we investigate the importance of these modified cell cycles for oogenesis by determining whether they have been conserved in evolution. We find that their developmental timing has been strictly conserved among Drosophila species that have been separate for approximately 40 million years of evolution and provide evidence that additional gene loci may be amplified in some species. Further, we find that the acetylation of nucleosomes and Orc2 protein binding at active amplification origins is conserved. Conservation of DNA subsequences within amplification origins from the 12 recently sequenced Drosophila species genomes implicates members of a Myb protein complex in recruiting acetylases to the origin. Our findings suggest that conserved developmental mechanisms integrate egg chamber morphogenesis with cell cycle modifications and the epigenetic regulation of origins.
Authors:
B R Calvi; B A Byrnes; A J Kolpakas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Genetics     Volume:  177     ISSN:  0016-6731     ISO Abbreviation:  Genetics     Publication Date:  2007 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-11-27     Completed Date:  2008-02-11     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0374636     Medline TA:  Genetics     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1291-301     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA. bcalvi@syr.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetylation
Animals
Base Sequence
Cell Cycle
Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism
DNA Replication*
Drosophila / cytology,  genetics*,  growth & development,  metabolism*
Drosophila Proteins / genetics,  metabolism*
Epigenesis, Genetic*
Evolution
Female
Gene Amplification
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleosomes / metabolism
Oogenesis / genetics,  physiology
Origin Recognition Complex / genetics,  metabolism*
Ovarian Follicle / cytology,  metabolism
Protein Binding
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb / metabolism
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Species Specificity
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 GM061290/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cell Cycle Proteins; 0/Drosophila Proteins; 0/Myb protein, Drosophila; 0/Nucleosomes; 0/Orc2 protein, Drosophila; 0/Origin Recognition Complex; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb
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