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Originally published as MBC in Press, 10.1091/mbc.E04-05-0398 on September 22, 2004

Vol. 15, Issue 12, 5306-5317, December 2004

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mRNA Localization and ER-based Protein Sorting Mechanisms Dictate the Use of Transitional Endoplasmic Reticulum-Golgi Units Involved in Gurken Transport in Drosophila Oocytes

Bram Herpers, and Catherine Rabouille *

The Cell Microscopy Centre, Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands

Submitted May 14, 2004; Revised September 2, 2004; Accepted September 14, 2004
Monitoring Editor: Benjamin Glick

The anteroposterior and dorsoventral axes of the future embryo are specified within Drosophila oocytes by localizing gurken mRNA, which targets the secreted Gurken transforming growth factor-{alpha} synthesis and transport to the same site. A key question is whether gurken mRNA is targeted to a specialized exocytic pathway to achieve the polar deposition of the protein. Here, we show, by (immuno)electron microscopy that the exocytic pathway in stage 9–10 Drosophila oocytes comprises a thousand evenly distributed transitional endoplasmic reticulum (tER)-Golgi units. Using Drosophila mutants, we show that it is the localization of gurken mRNA coupled to efficient sorting of Gurken out of the ER that determines which of the numerous equivalent tER-Golgi units are used for the protein transport and processing. The choice of tER-Golgi units by mRNA localization makes them independent of each other and represents a nonconventional way, by which the oocyte implements polarized deposition of transmembrane/secreted proteins. We propose that this pretranslational mechanism could be a general way for targeted secretion in polarized cells, such as neurons.


Article published online ahead of print. Mol. Biol. Cell 10.1091/mbc.E04–05–0398. Article and publication date are available at www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1091/mbc.E04–05–0398.

* Corresponding author. E-mail address: C.Rabouille{at}lab.azu.nl.




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