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Development ePress online publication date 6 Jul 2005
doi: 10.1242/dev.01921

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Dose-dependent control of proliferation and sperm specification by FOG-1/CPEB


Beth E. Thompson, David S. Bernstein, Jennifer L. Bachorik, Andrei G. Petcherski, Marvin Wickens, and Judith Kimble*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: jekimble{at}facstaff.wisc.edu)

RNA-binding proteins control germline development in metazoans. This work focuses on control of the C. elegans germline by two RNA-binding proteins: FOG-1, a CPEB homolog; and FBF, a PUF family member. Previous studies have shown that FOG-1 specifies the sperm fate and that FBF promotes proliferation. Here, we report that FOG-1 also promotes proliferation. Whereas fbf-1 fbf-2 double mutants make ~120 germ cells, fog-1; fbf-1 fbf-2 triple mutants make only ~10 germ cells. The triple mutant germline divides normally until early L2, when germ cells prematurely enter meiosis and begin oogenesis. Importantly, fog-1/+; fbf-1 fbf-2 animals make more germ cells than fbf-1 fbf-2 double mutants, demonstrating that one dose of wild-type fog-1 promotes proliferation more effectively than two doses - at least in the absence of FBF. FOG-1 protein is barely detectable in proliferating germ cells, but abundant in germ cells destined for spermatogenesis. Based on fog-1 dose effects, together with the gradient of FOG-1 protein abundance, we suggest that low FOG-1 promotes proliferation and high FOG-1 specifies spermatogenesis. FBF binds specifically to regulatory elements in the fog-1 39UTR, and FOG-1 increases in animals lacking FBF. Therefore, FBF represses fog-1 expression. We suggest that FBF promotes continued proliferation, at least in part, by maintaining FOG-1 at a low level appropriate for proliferation. The dose-dependent control of proliferation and cell fate by FOG-1 has striking parallels with Xenopus CPEB, suggesting a conserved mechanism in animal development.
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