Protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) is required for the completion of meiosis in mouse oocytes
Protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) is required for the completion of meiosis in mouse oocytes
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.12.005
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发表时间:
2008-02-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Sato, Eimei
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作者:
Hoshino, Yumi;Sato, Eimei
Akt, also known as protein kinase B, is implicated in many cellular processes. Akt is phosphorylated at two residues, Thr308 and Ser473. Thr308-phospborylated Akt is present in pericentriolar materials, while localization of Ser473-phosphorylated Akt was similar to that of microtubules in metaphase oocytes. Spindles were shorter and aberrant in oocytes injected with Thr308- or Ser473-phosphorylated Akt antibodies. Specifically, Thr308- and Ser473-phosphorylated Akts function individually and are both necessary to assemble the metaphase II (MII) spindle. Moreover, the functions of Thr308- and Ser473-phosphorylated Akts differ in MII oocytes. Although oocytes exhibited second polar body (PB2) emission after the injection of a peptide for Thr-308, the chromosomal alignment and microtubular organization were aberrant. In contrast, the injection of a peptide for Ser473 caused a failure of PB2 emission. These results suggest that Thr308- and Ser473-phosphorylated Akts are individually involved in fertilization to complete meiosis, including different roles (i.e., Ser473-phosphorylated Akts are involved in PB2 emission, whereas Thr308-phosphorylated Akts regulate the organization of microtubules). (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.