EFFECTS OF PROTEIN KINASE-C STIMULATION AND FREE CA-2+ RISE IN MAMMALIAN EGG ACTIVATION
EFFECTS OF PROTEIN KINASE-C STIMULATION AND FREE CA-2+ RISE IN MAMMALIAN EGG ACTIVATION
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DOI:
10.1002/mrd.1120240205
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发表时间:
1989-10-01
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MANGIA, F
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COLONNA, R;TATONE, C;MANGIA, F
Protein phosphorylation activity, chromosome segregation, and cortical granule exocytosis (CGE) have been studied in mouse eggs activated parthenogenetically by specific PKC stimulators such as 4.beta.-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and 1-oleyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG), or by agents inducing an immediate increase in cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) such as ethanol and Ca-ionophore A23187. When protein phosphorylation activity of mouse eggs was analyzed 10 min after different activation treatments, the phosphorylation of a 32 kDa polypeptide was a feature common to all different parthenogentic agents used. The appearance of such labeling was independent of an increasing [Ca2+]i, as indicated by direct measurements of 1) cytosolic Ca2+ concentration with fura-2 and 2) exogenous Ca2+ entrance into activated eggs. Emission of the second polar body was blocked in PMA-elicited parthenogenones, whereas it was apparently normal in OAG-treated eggs, unless the eggs were continuously exposed to OAG. CGE was almost immediate in ethanol-activated eggs, but in PMA-treated cells, it occurred significantly later, with a timing corresponding to that found for the appearance of sustained Ca2+ oscillations in this system. Here, we propose that in mammalian eggs 1) PKC stimulation represents an early regulatory step in egg activation; 2) this kinase activity is turned off before the second meiotic cleavage; and 3) cytosolic free Ca2+ rise is essential for CGE occurrence.