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Dynamic Control of dNTP Synthesis in Early Embryos.

ABSTRACT: Exponential increase of cell numbers in early embryos requires large amounts of DNA precursors (deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs)). Little is understood about how embryos satisfy this demand. We examined dNTP metabolism in the early Drosophila embryo, in which gastrulation is preceded by 13 sequential nuclear cleavages within only 2 hr of fertilization. Surprisingly, despite the breakneck speed at which Drosophila embryos synthesize DNA, maternally deposited dNTPs can generate less than half of the genomes needed to reach gastrulation. The rest of the dNTPs are synthesized "on the go." The rate-limiting enzyme of dNTP synthesis, ribonucleotide reductase, is inhibited by endogenous levels of deoxyATP (dATP) present at fertilization and is activated as dATP is depleted via DNA polymerization. This feedback inhibition renders the concentration of dNTPs at gastrulation robust, with respect to large variations in maternal supplies, and is essential for normal progression of embryogenesis.

SUBMITTER: Song Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5630127 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dynamic Control of dNTP Synthesis in Early Embryos.

Song Yonghyun Y Marmion Robert A RA Park Junyoung O JO Biswas Debopriyo D Rabinowitz Joshua D JD Shvartsman Stanislav Y SY

Developmental cell 20170720 3

Exponential increase of cell numbers in early embryos requires large amounts of DNA precursors (deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs)). Little is understood about how embryos satisfy this demand. We examined dNTP metabolism in the early Drosophila embryo, in which gastrulation is preceded by 13 sequential nuclear cleavages within only 2 hr of fertilization. Surprisingly, despite the breakneck speed at which Drosophila embryos synthesize DNA, maternally deposited dNTPs can generate less than ...[more]

PMID: 28735680

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