REPETITIVE CALCIUM TRANSIENTS AND THE ROLE OF CALCIUM IN EXOCYTOSIS AND CELL-CYCLE ACTIVATION IN THE MOUSE EGG
REPETITIVE CALCIUM TRANSIENTS AND THE ROLE OF CALCIUM IN EXOCYTOSIS AND CELL-CYCLE ACTIVATION IN THE MOUSE EGG
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(92)90265-i
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发表时间:
1992-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
KLINE, JT
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作者:
KLINE, D;KLINE, JT
The role of calcium in cortical granule exocytosis and activation of the cell cycle at fertilization was examined in the mouse egg using the calcium chelator BAPTA (1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid) and the fluorescent calcium indicator fluo-3. BAPTA and fluo-3 were introduced into zona-free mouse eggs by a 30-min incubation with 0.01–50 μMBAPTA acetoxymethyl ester (AM) and/or 1–20 μMfluo-3 AM prior toin vitrofertilization. Incubation of eggs in ⩾5.0 μMBAPTA AM inhibited cortical granule exocytosis in all cases. Introduction of the calcium chelator into the egg blocked second polar body formation at ⩾1.0 μMBAPTA AM. Sperm entry occurred in all eggs regardless of the BAPTA AM concentration. Sperm induce a large transient increase in calcium lasting 2.3 ± 0.6 min, followed by repetitive transients lasting 0.5 ± 0.1 min and occurring at 3.4 ± 1.4-min intervals. Incubation with ⩾5.0 μMBAPTA AM inhibited all calcium transients. Introduction of BAPTA also inhibited calcium transients, exocytosis, and the resumption of meiosis following application of the calcium ionophore A23187 or SrCl2, which activate eggs. These results demonstrate that the calcium increase at fertilization is required for cortical granule exocytosis and resumption of the cell cycle in a mammalian egg.