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Development, Vol 110, Issue 1 249-257, Copyright © 1990 by Company of Biologists
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LE Hake, AA Alcivar and NB Hecht
Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155.
The mouse testis contains two isotypes of cytochrome c, which differ in 14 of 104 amino acids: cytochrome cs is present in all somatic tissues and cytochrome cT is testis specific. The regulation of cytochrome cS and cytochrome cT gene expression during spermatogenesis was examined by Northern blot analysis using specific cDNA probes. Total RNA was isolated from adult tissues, enriched germinal cell populations and polysomal gradients of total testis and isolated germinal cells. Three cytochrome cS mRNAs were detected averaging 1.3 kb, 1.1 kb and 0.7 kb in all tissues examined; an additional 1.7 kb mRNA was observed in testis. Isolated germinal cells through prepuberal pachytene spermatocytes contained only the three smaller mRNAs; the 1.7 kb mRNA was enriched in round spermatids. All three smaller cytochrome cS mRNAs were present on polysomes; the 1.7 kb mRNA was non-polysomal. Cytochrome cT mRNA of 0.6-0.9 kb was detected in testis; mRNA levels were low in early spermatogonia and peaked in prepuberal pachytene spermatocytes. In adult pachytene spermatocytes, a subset of the cytochrome cT mRNAs, 0.7-0.9 kb, was present on polysomes; a shortened size class, 0.6-0.75 kb, was non-polysomal. A distinct, primarily non-polysomal, cytochrome cT 0.7 kb mRNA was present in round spermatids. These results indicate that (1) both cytochrome cS and cytochrome cT mRNAs are present in early meiotic cells, (2) a 1.7 kb cytochrome cS mRNA is post-meiotically expressed and non-polysomal and (3) cytochrome cS and cytochrome cT mRNAs are each developmentally and translationally regulated during spermatogenesis.
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