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ArticleDevelopmental biology2018

CDK-11-Cyclin L is required for gametogenesis and fertility in C. elegans.

Christopher W Williams, Jyoti Iyer, Yan Liu, Kevin F O'Connell

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Article in Developmental biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher W WilliamsLaboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830, USA.
Jyoti IyerLaboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830, USA.
Yan LiuLaboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830, USA.
Kevin F O'ConnellLaboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830, USA. Electronic address: kevino@mail.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · USNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · US

Funding

Centrosome Maturation and Duplication in the C. elegans EmbryoZIADK024151 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI O'CONNELL, KEVIN · 2009 to 2025
$10.6M
Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Developmental Regulation of Centrosome DuplicationZIADK024962 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI O'CONNELL, KEVIN · 2009 to 2025
$7.4M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK024151NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CDK11, a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase family, has been implicated in a diverse array of functions including transcription, RNA processing, sister chromatid cohesion, spindle assembly, centriole duplication and apoptosis. Despite its involvement in many essential functions, little is known about the requirements for CDK11 and its partner Cyclin L in a developing multicellular organism. Here we investigate the function of CDK11 and Cyclin L during development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Worms express two CDK11 proteins encoded by distinct loci: CDK-11.1 is essential for normal male and female fertility and is broadly expressed in the nuclei of somatic and germ line cells, while CDK-11.2 is nonessential and is enriched in hermaphrodite germ line nuclei beginning in mid pachytene. Hermaphrodites lacking CDK-11.1 develop normally but possess fewer mature sperm and oocytes and do not fully activate the RAS-ERK pathway that is required for oocyte production in response to environmental cues. Most of the sperm and eggs that are produced in cdk-11.1 null animals appear to complete development normally but fail to engage in sperm-oocyte signaling suggesting that CDK-11.1 is needed at multiple points in gametogenesis. Finally, we find that CDK-11.1 and CDK-11.2 function redundantly during embryonic and postembryonic development and likely do so in association with Cyclin L. Our results thus define multiple requirements for CDK-11-Cyclin L during animal development.

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AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCyclin-Dependent KinasesCyclinsFemaleFertilityMaleOogenesisSpermatogenesisCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCyclin-Dependent KinasesCyclinsCDK11C. elegansCyclin LGametogenesisRAS-ERK

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PMID29886128
PMCPMC8919330
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