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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 109, Issue 5 1063-1069, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Presence and expression of G2 cyclins in the coelenterate hydra

I Scheurlen, SA Hoffmeister and HC Schaller
Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University of Hamburg, Germany.

In hydra all cell-cycle control occurs in the G2/M transition. Cyclins acting at this restriction point in the cell cycle belong to the cyclin A and B families. In agreement with this we isolated cDNAs coding for a cyclin A and a cyclin B from the multiheaded mutant of Chlorohydra viridissima and a cyclin B from Hydra vulgaris. The two B-type cyclins from hydra show 85.6% identity at the amino acid level, and 84.8% at the nucleotide level. The relatedness is less extensive than that found for mammals, e.g. human and mouse, and is evidence that the two hydra species diverged early in evolution. From each hydra species only one B-type cyclin was found, showing equal relatedness to the B1 and B2 subtypes of cyclins, hinting at a role as common ancestor before the split into B1 and B2 cyclins occurred. All three hydra cyclins contain regulation signals typical for G2/M cyclins, such as a ubiquitin destruction box at the amino terminus, needed for rapid degradation of the protein, and translation and polyadenylation elements in the 3' untranslated region to regulate RNA storage and RNA degradation. In hydra cell-cycle times vary depending on feeding regime and growth conditions. Cyclin B RNA expression was found to precede the daily mitotic rhythm induced by feeding. During head regeneration cyclin B expression showed the expected drop early during regeneration and an increase later. At the cellular level strongest expression of cyclin B RNA and protein was detected in interstitial cells which possess with one day the shortest cell-cycle time in hydra. Epithelial cells with a three-day cell-cycle rhythm showed variable, and differentiated cells no cyclin B expression. Regions of hydra containing high numbers of proliferating cells, such as developing buds exhibited elevated levels of cyclin B expression.


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