Biology of Reproduction, Vol 55, 1315-1324, Copyright © 1996 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Meiotic abnormalities of c-mos knockout mouse oocytes: activation after first meiosis or entrance into third meiotic metaphase

K Araki, K Naito, S Haraguchi, R Suzuki, M Yokoyama, M Inoue, S Aizawa, Y Toyoda and E Sato
Department of Reproductive and Development Biology, University of Tokyo, Japan.

In Xenopus oocytes, Mos activates the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction cascade and regulates meiosis. In mammalian oocytes, however, the functions of Mos are still unclear. In the present study, we used c-mos knockout mouse oocytes and examined the roles of Mos in mouse oocyte maturation and fertilization, including whether Mos controls MAPK and maturation promoting factor (MPF) activity. The kinetics of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and the first polar body emission were similar in wild-type, heterozygous mutant, and homozygous mutant mice. Activities of MPF were also not significantly different among the three genotypes until the first polar body emission. In contrast, MAPK activity in c-mos knockout oocytes did not significantly fluctuate throughout maturation, and the oocytes had abnormal diffused spindles and loosely condensed chromosomes, although a clear increase in MAPK activities was observed after GVBD in wild- type and heterozygous mutant oocytes that had normal spindles and chromosomes. After the first polar body emission, 38% of c-mos knockout oocytes formed a pronucleus instead of undergoing second meiosis, indicating the crucial role of Mos in MPF reactivation after first meiosis. When oocytes that reached second metaphase were fertilized or stimulated by ethanol, many c-mos knockout oocytes emitted a second polar body and progressed into third meiotic metaphase instead of interphase, although all fertilized or activated oocytes in the heterozygote progressed to interphase, indicating that Mos deletion leads to compensatory factors that might not be degraded after fertilization or parthenogenetic activation. These results suggest that Mos is located upstream of MAPK in mouse oocytes as in Xenopus oocytes but is independent of MPF activity, and that Mos/MAPK is not necessary go GVBD and first polar body emission. Our results also suggest that Mos plays a crucial role in normal spindle and chromosome morphology and the reactivation of MPF after first meiosis.

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