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Cell‐type‐specific genes expressed late in Dictyostelium development show markedly different responses to 3′ 5′ cyclic AMP
Author(s) -
Richards A. J.,
Corney A. J.,
Hames B. D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00707.x
Subject(s) - biology , gene , dictyostelium , gene expression , cell type , mycetozoa , messenger rna , cell , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
Summary The maintenance of late gene expression by 3′ 5′ cyclic AMP was re‐examined using several newly isolated cell‐type‐specific genes. Expression of all the prespore‐enriched genes ceased immediately upon disaggregation of developing cells and pre‐existing mRNA was rapidly degraded. For most genes, cAMP had little or no effect either alone or in combination with conditioned medium factors. The expression of the non‐cell‐type‐specific genes 7E and 2C also ceased upon cell disaggregation but cAMP triggered a full re‐induction of expression although the timing of the response differed markedly between these two genes. In contrast to earlier interpretations, these data argue that for none of these late prespore genes is cAMP alone sufficient for the maintenance of expression. The responses of the two prestalk mRNAs examined were gene‐specific. Prestalk 5D mRNA decayed slowly upon disaggregation and was partially stabilized by cAMP whereas prestalk 5G mRNA increased upon disaggregation and was inhibited by cAMP.

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