Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 17
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Mouse eggs arrest at metaphase II following ovulation and are only triggered to complete meiosis when fertilized. Sperm break the cell-cycle arrest by a long-lasting series of Ca2+ spikes that lead to an activation of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome. The signal transduction pathway is not fully resolved but both protein kinase C (PKC) and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CamKII) activities increase at fertilization and previous pharmacological studies have implicated both in cell-cycle resumption. We have used a combination of pharmacological inhibitors and constitutively active cRNA constructs of PKCalpha and CamKIIalpha microinjected into mouse eggs to show that it is CamKII and not PKC that is the sufficient trigger for cell-cycle resumption from metaphase II arrest. Constitutively active PKC constructs had no effect on the resumption of meiosis but caused an immediate and persistent elevation in intracellular Ca2+ when store-operated Ca2+ entry was stimulated. With respect to resumption of meiosis, the effects of constitutively active CamKII on eggs were the same as sperm. Eggs underwent second polar body extrusion and pronucleus formation with normal timings; while both securin and cyclin B1 destruction, visualised by coupling to fluorescent protein tags, were complete by the time of polar body extrusion. Induction of a spindle checkpoint by overexpression of Mad2 or by spindle poisons blocked CamKII-induced resumption of meiosis, but the Ca2+ chelator BAPTA did not. Furthermore direct measurement of Ca2+ levels showed that CamKII did not induce exit from metaphase II arrest by raising Ca2+. Therefore, we conclude that PKCs may play an important role in maintaining Ca2+ spiking at fertilization by promoting store-operated Ca2+ entry, while CamKII transduces cell-cycle resumption, and lies downstream of sperm-induced Ca2+ release but upstream of a spindle checkpoint. These data, combined with the knowledge that CamKII activity increase at fertilization, suggest that mouse eggs undergo cell-cycle resumption through stimulation of CamKII.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benzylamines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CCNB1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ccnb1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin B1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoenzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/KN 93, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase C, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfonamides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/securin protein, mouse
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3849-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Benzylamines, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Cyclin B, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Cyclin B1, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Fertilization, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Meiosis, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:16091425-Sulfonamides
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and not protein kinase C, is sufficient for triggering cell-cycle resumption in mammalian eggs.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Framlington Place, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NE2 4HH, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't