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Vol. 11, Issue 2, 511-521, February 2000

Regulation of the Vitellogenin Receptor during Drosophila melanogaster Oogenesis

Christopher P. Schonbaum,^* John J. Perrino, and Anthony P. Mahowald

University of Chicago, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Chicago, Illinois 60637

In many insects, development of the oocyte arrests temporarily just before vitellogenesis, the period when vitellogenins (yolk proteins) accumulate in the oocyte. Following hormonal and environmental cues, development of the oocyte resumes, and endocytosis of vitellogenins begins. An essential component of yolk uptake is the vitellogenin receptor. In this report, we describe the ovarian expression pattern and subcellular localization of the mRNA and protein encoded by the Drosophila melanogaster vitellogenin receptor gene yolkless (yl). yl RNA and protein are both expressed very early during the development of the oocyte, long before vitellogenesis begins. RNA in situ hybridization and lacZ reporter analyses show that yl RNA is synthesized by the germ line nurse cells and then transported to the oocyte. Yl protein is evenly distributed throughout the oocyte during the previtellogenic stages of oogenesis, demonstrating that the failure to take up yolk in these early stage oocyte is not due to the absence of the receptor. The transition to the vitellogenic stages is marked by the accumulation of yolk via clathrin-coated vesicles. After this transition, yolk protein receptor levels increase markedly at the cortex of the egg. Consistent with its role in yolk uptake, immunogold labeling of the receptor reveals Yl in endocytic structures at the cortex of wild-type vitellogenic oocytes. In addition, shortly after the inception of yolk uptake, we find multivesicular bodies where the yolk and receptor are distinctly partitioned. By the end of vitellogenesis, the receptor localizes predominantly to the cortex of the oocyte. However, during oogenesis in yl mutants that express full-length protein yet fail to incorporate yolk proteins, the receptor remains evenly distributed throughout the oocyte.

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^* Present address: The University of Chicago, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division, 924 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.

Corresponding author. E-mail address: am29{at}midway.uchicago.edu.

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Molecular Biology of the Cell
Vol. 11, 511-521, February 2000
Copyright © 2000 by The American Society for Cell Biology

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