Yang CQ and Friesel R (1998), Identification of a receptor-like protein tyros...

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Dev Dyn 1998 Jul 01;2123:403-12. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199807)212:3<403::AID-AJA8>3.0.CO;2-L.

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Identification of a receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase expressed during Xenopus development.

Yang CQ , Friesel R .

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To begin to determine the role of receptor-like tyrosine phosphatases during Xenopus development, we have isolated a cDNA predicted to encode receptor-like tyrosine phosphatase with significant amino acid sequence identity to mouse and human protein tyrosine phosphatase alpha (PTPalpha). Xenopus PTPalpha (XPTPalpha) exists as a maternally expressed mRNA that decreases in expression during gastrulation and then maintains a constant lower level of expression through early tadpole stages. In situ hybridization reveals that XPTPalpha mRNA is expressed throughout the gastrula stage embryo. During subsequent development, XPTPalpha mRNA becomes restricted in its expression to various regions of the brain and the visceral arches. XPTPalpha mRNA is also expressed in several adult tissues and in Xenopus XTC cells. Immunoblot analysis demonstrates that XPTPalpha protein is expressed at relatively uniform levels throughout development. Expression of XPTPalpha protein in insect cells with a recombinant baculovirus results in a glycosylated polypeptide of 110-130 kDa with intrinsic phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity. The spatial and temporal patterns of expression of XPTPalpha indicate that it may play multiple roles during early development including development of the brain.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: ptpra
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	Fig. 2. Temporal expression pattern of Xenopus protein tyrosine phosphatase a (XPTPa) mRNA during Xenopus development. An RNA gel blot of total RNA (10 μg/lane) from fertilized eggs and embryos at various stages of development was probed with a 2.9-kb XPTPa cDNA probe. The bottom panel is a photograph of the ethidium bromide (EtBr)-stained gel to demonstrate that similar amounts of RNA were present in each lane.
	Fig. 3. Xenopus protein tyrosine phosphatase a (XPTPa) mRNA expression levels in various adult Xenopus tissues. Total RNA (15 μg/lane) was separated in a 1% agarose formaldehyde gel, blotted into a filter and probed with a XPTPa cDNA probe. Below is a photograph of the ethidium bromide stained 18S rRNA for comparison of sample loading.
	Fig. 4. Whole-mount in situ hybridization analysis of Xenopus protein tyrosine phosphatase a (XPTPa) mRNA expression in early Xenopus development. A: Vegetal view of mid-gastrula stage embryos hybridized with digoxigenin-labeled sense (left) or anti-sense (right) XPTPa RNA probes. The arrowhead indicates the future dorsal aspect of the embryo. B: Lateral view of a stage 18/19 embryo. The anterior is to the left. C: Lateral view of a stage 22 embryo. Highest levels of XPTPa transcript expression appear in the forebrain (fb) indicated by the arrowhead. D: Dorsal view of a stage 24 embryo. Intense staining is evident in the forebrain (fb) and expression is now also seen in the visceral arches (va). E: Lateral view of a stage 27/28 embryo. F: Lateral view of a stage 31/32 embryo. Prominent staining can be seen in the forebrain (fb), epiphysis (ep), hindbrain (hb), and visceral arches (va). Some staining is also apparent in the otic vesicle.
	Fig. 5. Immunoblot analysis of Xenopus protein tyrosine phosphatase a (XPTPa) protein expression during early development in Xenopus. Triton X-100 lysates of 3 embryo equivalents were separated by SDSPAGE followed by electroblotting onto nitrocellulose filters and probed with an anti-XPTPa antibody to detect total XPTPa protein expression. The arrow at the right indicates the position of XPTPa. The position of the molecular weight markers are indicated on the left.
	Fig. 6. Baculovirus expression of Xenopus protein tyrosine phosphatase a (XPTPa). Recombinant AcNPV-XPTPa was used to infect Sf9 insect cells at an multiplicity of infection of 10. Cells were collected by centrifugation 48 hr after infection, and lysates were prepared using buffer A containing Triton X-100. Lysates were adsorbed to wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA)-agarose followed by extensive washing and elution with 0.5 M N-acetylglucosamine. A: Immunoblot analysis: lane 1, 20 μg of total cell lysate from wild-type AcNPV-infected Sf9 cells; lane 2, 20 μg of total cell lysate from AcNPV-XPTPa-infected Sf9 cells; lane 3, 0.1 μg of XPTPa protein partially purified by WGA-agarose affinity chromatography. B: Coomassie blue staining of total cell lysates (40 μg) of AcNPV-XPTPainfected Sf9 cells (lane 1) and XPTPa (2 μg) partially purified by WGA-agarose chromatography (lane 2). The molecular mass markers are indicated to the right in kilodaltons. The arrowhead indicates the position of the 110- to 130-kDa XPTPa polypeptides.
	ptpra (protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, A) gene expression in Xenopus laevis embryo, assayed via in situ hybridization, NF stage 32, lateral view, anterior left, dorsal up.