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Development, Vol 127, Issue 12 2741-2750, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
N Tsunekawa, M Naito, Y Sakai, T Nishida and T Noce
Mitsubishi-Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Machida, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan.
To obtain a reliable molecular probe to trace the origin of germ cell lineages in birds, we isolated a chicken homolog (Cvh) to vasa gene (vas), which plays an essential role in germline formation in Drosophila. We demonstrate the germline-specific expression of CVH protein throughout all stages of development. Immunohistochemical analyses using specific antibody raised against CVH protein indicated that CVH protein was localized in cytoplasm of germ cells ranging from presumptive primordial germ cells (PGCs) in uterine-stage embryos to spermatids and oocytes in adult gonads. During the early cleavages, CVH protein was restrictively localized in the basal portion of the cleavage furrow. About 30 CVH-expressing cells were scattered in the central zone of the area pellucida at stage X, later 45-60 cells were found in the hypoblast layer and subsequently 200-250 positive cells were found anteriorly in the germinal crescent due to morphogenetic movement. Furthermore, in the oocytes, CVH protein was predominantly localized in granulofibrillar structures surrounding the mitochondrial cloud and spectrin protein-enriched structure, indicating that the CVH-containing cytoplasmic structure is the precursory germ plasm in the chicken. These results strongly suggest that the chicken germline is determined by maternally inherited factors in the germ plasm.
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