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a Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
The objective of the present study was to examine the activity changes in histone H1 kinase (also known as maturation-promoting factor [MPF]) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and their constituent proteins in in vitro-matured bovine oocytes after in vitro fertilization (IVF) or after parthenogenetic activation induced by calcium ionophore A23187 alone or by the ionophore followed by either 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP) or cycloheximide (CHX). Inactivation of both H1 kinase and MAPK occurred after both A23187+6-DMAP treatment and IVF; inactivation of H1 kinase preceded inactivation of MAPK. However, MAPK was inactivated much earlier in 6-DMAP-treated oocytes. Further analysis of constituent cell cycle proteins of these kinases by Western blot showed that A23187 alone could not induce changes in cdc2, cdc25, or ERK2 but induced reduction of cyclin B1. IVF and A23187+CHX induced similar changes: cyclin B1 was destroyed shortly after activation followed by accumulation of cyclin B1, phosphorylation of cdc2, and dephosphorylation of ERK2 at pronuclear formation 15 h after activation. No change in cdc25 was observed at this time. In contrast, A23187+6-DMAP treatment resulted in earlier phosphorylation of cdc2 and dephosphorylation of ERK2 at 4 h after treatment when the pronucleus formed. Moreover, accumulation of both cdc25 and cyclin B1 was detected at 15 h. Microinjection of ERK2 antibody into A23187-treated oocytes resulted in pronuclear formation. In conclusion, activation of bovine oocytes with 6-DMAP led to earlier inactivation of MAPK, while CHX induced inactivation of MAPK parallel to that following sperm-induced oocyte activation. Destruction of cyclin B is responsible for inactivation of MPF, while phosphorylation of cdc2 is likely responsible for maintaining its low activity. Inactivation of MAPK is closely associated with pronuclear development regardless of the activation protocol used.
2 Correspondence: X. Yang, Department of Animal Science, 3636 Horsebarn Road Ext 40, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. FAX: 860 486 4375; xyang{at}ansc1.cag.uconn.edu
3 Current address: Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital, Marine Biological Laboratories, Lillie 321, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02540.
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