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ArticleScientific reports2019

A ribosomal protein S5 isoform is essential for oogenesis and interacts with distinct RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster.

Jian Kong, Hong Han, Julie Bergalet, Louis Philip Benoit Bouvrette, Greco Hernández, Nam-Sung Moon, Hojatollah Vali, Éric Lécuyer, Paul Lasko

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jian KongDepartment of Biology, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, QC, H3G 0B1, Canada.
Hong HanDepartment of Biology, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, QC, H3G 0B1, Canada.
Julie BergaletMontreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, QC, H2W 1R7, Canada.
Louis Philip Benoit BouvretteMontreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, QC, H2W 1R7, Canada.
Greco HernándezDepartment of Biology, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, QC, H3G 0B1, Canada.
Nam-Sung MoonDepartment of Biology, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, QC, H3G 0B1, Canada.
Hojatollah ValiFacility for Electron Microscopy Research, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Éric LécuyerMontreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, QC, H2W 1R7, Canada.
Paul LaskoDepartment of Biology, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, QC, H3G 0B1, Canada. paul.lasko@mcgill.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4037-3501
McGill University · CAMontreal Clinical Research Institute · CAInstituto Nacional de Cancerología · MX

Funding

CIHR MOP-137096Gouvernement du Canada | Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada | CIHR Skin Research Training Centre (Skin Research Training Centre) IOP-107945Gouvernement du Canada | Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada | CIHR Skin Research Training Centre (Skin Research Training Centre) MOP-44050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Drosophila melanogaster there are two genes encoding ribosomal protein S5, RpS5a and RpS5b. Here, we demonstrate that RpS5b is required for oogenesis. Females lacking RpS5b produce ovaries with numerous developmental defects that undergo widespread apoptosis in mid-oogenesis. Females lacking germline RpS5a are fully fertile, but germline expression of interfering RNA targeting germline RpS5a in an RpS5b mutant background worsened the RpS5b phenotype and blocked oogenesis before egg chambers form. A broad spectrum of mRNAs co-purified in immunoprecipitations with RpS5a, while RpS5b-associated mRNAs were specifically enriched for GO terms related to mitochondrial electron transport and cellular metabolic processes. Consistent with this, RpS5b mitochondrial fractions are depleted for proteins linked to oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial respiration, and RpS5b mitochondria tended to form large clusters and had more heterogeneous morphology than those from controls. We conclude that RpS5b-containing ribosomes preferentially associate with particular mRNAs and serve an essential function in oogenesis.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedApoptosisDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFemaleGerm CellsMitochondriaOocytesOogenesisOvaryProtein IsoformsRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRNADrosophila ProteinsProtein IsoformsRibosomal Proteinsribosomal protein S5RNA

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PMID31551467
PMCPMC6760144
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