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RNA synthesised during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in an insect egg (Euscelis plebejus)

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RNA labelled during oogenesis or early embryogenesis was isolated from eggs of the leaf hopperEuscelis plebejus. The polyadenylated RNA fraction deposited during early oogenesis accounted for approximately 2.7% of the total RNA content of the newly laid egg. This fraction differed significantly in molecular weight (15–32 S) from poly(A)-containing RNA synthesised between early cleavage and early germ anlage stages (4–20S). Locally injected3H-uridine spread through the egg within approximately 3 h. A considerable fraction (25–35%) of label injected as3H-uridine during early cleavage was recovered in DNA at subsequent stages (10–20 h later); labelled RNA was not found prior to the cellular blastoderm stage. When the yolk-endoplasm was separated from the blastoderm cells, only the latter contained demonstrable amounts of RNA synthesised by the embryo. Of the precursor incorporated into embryonic RNA, approximately 10% was found in the polyadenylated fraction at the early blastoderm stage, but only 3% at the early germ anlage stage. No differences in size distribution of polyadenylated RNA were evident between anterior and posterior halves of the early germ anlage stage.

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In der Oogenese und frühen Embryogenese markierte Nukleinsäuren wurden aus Eiern der ZikadeEuscelis plebejus isoliert. Poly(A)-haltige RNS wird in frühen Oogenesestadien in die Oocyte eingebaut. Im frisch abgelegten Ei beträgt ihr Anteil am RNS-Gehalt etwa 2,7%. Im Molekulargewicht ist diese Fraktion (15–32 S) deutlich verschieden von poly(A)-haltiger RNS aus dem embryonalen Markierungszeitraum zwischen früher Furchung und Vorkeimanlagenstadium (4–20 S). Am vorderen Eiende injiziertes3H-Uridin war innerhalb von 3 h gleichmäßig über den Eiraum verteilt. Als3H-Uridin im frühen Furchungsstadium injizierte Markierung fand sich in späteren Stadien (nach 10–10 h) in hohem Umfang in DNS eingebaut (25–35%); markierte RNS konnte erst im zellulären Blastodermstadium nachgewiesen werden. Bei getrennter Aufarbeitung von Dotter-Endoplasma und Blastodermzellen war nur in den letzteren eine embryonale RNS-Synthese erkennbar. Von der im Embryo markierten RNS lagen im frühen Blastodermstadium etwa 10% als poly(A)-haltige RNS vor, im frühen Keimanlagenstadium nur etwa 3%. Anteriore und posteriore Eihälften im frühen Keimanlagenstadium zeigten keine Unterschiede der Molekulargewichte ihrer poly(A)-haltigen RNS.

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Schmidt, O., Jäckle, H. RNA synthesised during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in an insect egg (Euscelis plebejus). Wilhelm Roux' Archiv 184, 143–153 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00848223

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