PDK1 is required for the hormonal signaling pathway leading to meiotic resumption in starfish oocytes
PDK1 is required for the hormonal signaling pathway leading to meiotic resumption in starfish oocytes
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.08.036
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发表时间:
2004-12-15
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Kishimoto, T
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作者:
Hiraoka, D;Hori-Oshima, S;Kishimoto, T
Meiotic resumption is generally under the control of an extracellular maturation-inducing hormone. It is equivalent to the G2-M phase transition in somatic cell mitosis and is regulated by cyclin B-Cdc2 kinase. However, the complete signaling pathway from the hormone to cyclin B-Cdc2 is yet unclear in any organism. A model system to analyze meiotic resumption is the starfish oocyte, in which Akt/protein kinase B (PKB) plays a key mediator in hormonal signaling that leads to cyclin B-Cdc2 activation. Here we show in starfish oocytes that when PDK1 activity is inhibited by a neutralizing antibody, maturation-inducing hormone fails to induce cyclin B-Cdc2 activation at the meiotic G2-M phase transition, even though PDK2 activity becomes detectable. These observations assign a novel role to PDK1 for a hormonal signaling intermediate toward meiotic resumption. They further support that PDK2 is a molecule distinct from PDK1 and Akt, and that PDK2 activity is not sufficient for the full activation of Akt in the absence of PDK1 activity. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.