Nucleotide sequence of a chicken vitellogenin gene and derived amino acid sequence of the encoded yolk precursor protein

Schip, F D van het; Samallo, John; Broos, Jaap; Ophuis, Jan; Mojet, MH; Gruber, M.; Ab, Geert

doi:10.1016/0022-2836(87)90688-7

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“…As reported previously [4], no remarkable similarity in overall primary structure was noted between B. mori vitellogenin and vertebrate [17,18] or nematode [ 191 vitellogenins nor between three insect vitellogenins thus far sequenced [3-51. However, highly conserved sequences were found in the primary structures of insect vitellogenins in two locations where over 40% of amino acids are conserved among three species (Fig.…”

Section: Structural Characteristics Of Insect Vitellogeninsmentioning

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Vitellogenin gene of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Structure and sex‐dependent expression

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Ah&actVitellogenin of Bomhyx mori is a precursor of major yolk protein synthesized in the female fat body at larval-pupal ecdysis. The gene for B. mori vitellogenin is composed of seven exons interspersed by six introns. Developmental profile of the primary transcript of the gene indicated that the biosynthesis of B. mori vitellogenin is regulated transcriptionally in a sex-and stage-dependent manner in the fat body. The Arg-X-Arg-Arg sequence, which conforms to the recognition site of mammalian furin, occurs in a region just upstream of the putative proteolytic cleavage site of B. mori previtellogenin.

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Section: Structural Characteristics Of Insect Vitellogeninsmentioning

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Vitellogenin gene of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Structure and sex‐dependent expression

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“…Data obtained using the antisense probes are shown in Figure 1 and corroborate that the RNA species homologous to pcV1-36 and pcV3-38 are induced de novo in the liver in response to estradiol. The data also indicate that the two probes hybridize to RNAs that are slightly larger (pcV1-36) and slightly smaller (pcV3-38) than the VTGII mRNA, which runs with an apparent molecular weight of 6.7 kb (Wieringa et al 1978) and has 5787 bp by sequencing (van het Schip et al 1987).…”

Section: The Isolation Of Chicken Vtgi and Vtgiii Clones From A Cdna mentioning

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“…the yolk proteins has recently been resolved (van het Schip et al 1987). Less is known of these relationships for the other two VTG genes (Deeley et al 1975;Wang et al 1983;Wallace and Morgan 1986).…”

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“…Although the molecular mechanisms by which estrogen regulates these genes remain unknown, sequence comparisons between the 5'-flanking regions of the two previously cloned yolk protein genes (VTGII and apoVLDLII) have revealed a number of shared sequence motifs that could be involved in their coordinate transcriptional regulation (Burch 1984;van het Schip et al 1986). In addition, the conserved dyad sequence GGTCANNNTGACC has recently been shown to be an essential part of the estrogen-response elements (EREs) associated with two frog VTG genes (Klein-Hitpass et al 1986;Seiler-Tuyns et al 1986), as well as the chicken VTGII gene (Burch et al 1988).…”

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Isolation of chicken vitellogenin I and III cDNAs and the developmental regulation of five estrogen-responsive genes in the embryonic liver.

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Silva²,

Burch³

1988

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The isolation of cDNA clones that code for portions of the two minor chicken vitellogenin (VTG) genes (VTGI and VTGIII) is reported. These clones represent unique sequences that are expressed exclusively in the livers of estrogenized birds. In the liver of the egg-laying hen, the levels of RNAs encoding VTGI, VTGII, and VTGIII are approximately 11,000, 30,000, and 3,000 molecules per cell, respectively. We have used the newly isolated clones, as well as the yolk protein cDNAs previously available [VTGII, apolipoprotein II (apoVLDLII), and apolipoprotein B], as probes to examine several aspects of the regulation of these genes by estradiol. First, we demonstrate that the capacity of each gene to respond to estradiol is acquired between 8 and 13 days in ovo. The response of four of these genes to estradiol is diminshed during late fetal development, but the responsiveness is recovered within a week after hatching. Second, we demonstrate that these genes display distinct kinetic response profiles following the addition of estradiol. Third, as has been described previously for the VTGII and apoVLDLII genes, we demonstrate that a single injection of estradiol effects a long-term reprogramming event (hepatic memory) that allows a faster onset of the rapid accumulation of both VTGI and VTGIII RNAs following a subsequent rechallenge by estradiol. Collectively, these three sets of data suggest molecular parameters that may contribute to both the coordinate and noncoordinate regulation of this set of genes by estradiol.

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“…Recently, several Vtg gene transcripts were discovered in the African clawed frog (VtgA1, A2, B1, B2) [74,75] and chicken (Vtg I, II, III) [76,77], along with fish species such as mummichog [78,79], barfin flounder [64], haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, a species of cod [80], tilapia Oreochromis aureus [81] and sheepshead minnow Cyprinodon variegatus, an estuarine-species of pupfish [82]. Among fishes, a gene encoding a special form of Vtg lacking the Pv region (phosvitinless Vtg, Pv-less Vtg) was first discovered in zebrafish Danio rerio [83].…”

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Vitellogenesis and choriogenesis in fishes

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Nucleotide sequence of a chicken vitellogenin gene and derived amino acid sequence of the encoded yolk precursor protein

Cited by 133 publications

References 30 publications

Vitellogenin gene of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Structure and sex‐dependent expression

Vitellogenin gene of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Structure and sex‐dependent expression

Isolation of chicken vitellogenin I and III cDNAs and the developmental regulation of five estrogen-responsive genes in the embryonic liver.

Vitellogenesis and choriogenesis in fishes

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