Accumulation of the proteolytic marker peptide ubiquitin in the trophoblast of mammalian blastocysts.
Cloning Stem Cells
; 3(3): 157-61, 2001.
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Ubiquitination is a universal protein degradation pathway in which the molecules of 8.5-kDa proteolytic peptide ubiquitin are covalently attached to the epsilon-amino group of the substrate's lysine residues. Little is known about the importance of this highly conserved mechanism for protein recycling in mammalian gametogenesis and fertilization. The data obtained by the students and faculty of the international training course Window to the Zygote 2000 demonstrate the accumulation of ubiquitin-cross-reactive structures in the trophoblast, but not in the inner cell mass of the expanding bovine and mouse blastocysts. This observation suggests that a major burst of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis occurs in the trophoblast of mammalian peri-implantation embryos. This event may be important for the success of blastocyst hatching, differentiation of embryonic stem cells into soma and germ line, and/or implantation in both naturally conceived and reconstructed mammalian embryos.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trofoblastos
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Ubiquitina
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Mamíferos
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cloning Stem Cells
Asunto de la revista:
GENETICA
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
República Checa
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos