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Study of Germinal Vesicle Requirement for the Normal Kinetics of Maturation/M-Phase-Promoting Factor Activity During Porcine Oocyte Maturation¹

Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

ABSTRACT

Mammalian immature oocytes contain large nuclei referred to as germinal vesicles (GVs). The translocation of maturation/M-phase promoting factor (MPF) into GVs just before the activation of MPF has been reported in several species. To examine whether the GV is required for MPF activation in mammalian oocytes, porcine immature oocytes were enucleated and their MPF activity and CCNB (also known as cyclin B) levels were investigated. The activation of MPF at the start of maturation was detected at normal levels in enucleated oocytes, whereas reactivation to induce the second meiosis was not observed. Although protein synthesis was found to be normal both qualitatively and quantitatively, even in the absence of the nucleus, CCNB1 did not sufficiently accumulate in the enucleated oocytes. The defects in the enucleated oocytes were reversed by the injection of GV material into the enucleated oocytes. Furthermore, the inhibition of CCNB1 degradation revealed drastic accumulation of CCNB1, indicating active synthesis of CCNB1 in enucleated oocytes. The mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade remained unaffected by enucleation. These results indicate that GV is not required for the activation of MPF during the first meiosis, but that it is required for the second meiosis because of its promotion of CCNB1 accumulation.

gamete biology, gametogenesis, kinases, meiosis, oocyte development

² Correspondence: Kunihiko Naito, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. FAX: 81 3 5841–8191; aknaito{at}mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

³ Current address: The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609.

¹ Supported by grants-in-aid for scientific research 17380173 to K.N. and 16380197 to H.T. from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

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