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Proper Chromatin Condensation and Maintenance of Histone H3 Phosphorylation During Mouse Oocyte Meiosis Requires Protein Phosphatase Activity¹

Department of Experimental Pathology,⁸ University of Pisa, 52126 Pisa, Italy Departments of Molecular and Integrative Physiology,³ Obstetrics and Gynecology,⁴ Urology,⁵ and Reproductive Sciences Program,⁶ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Center for Cell Signaling,⁷ University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

ABSTRACT

We have shown okadaic acid (OA) and calyculin-A (CLA) inhibition of mouse oocyte phosphoprotein phosphatase 1 (PPP1C) and/or phosphoprotein phosphatase 2A (PPP2CA) results in aberrant chromatin condensation, as evidenced by the inability to resolve bivalents. Phosphorylation of histone H3 at specific residues is thought to regulate chromatin condensation. Therefore, we examined changes in histone H3 phosphorylation during oocyte meiosis and the potential regulation by protein PPPs. Western blot and immunocytochemical analysis revealed histone H3 phosphorylation changed during mouse oocyte meiosis, with changes in chromatin condensation. Germinal vesicle-intact (GV-intact; 0 h) oocytes had no phospho-Ser10 but did have phospho-Ser28 histone H3. Oocytes that had undergone germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD; 2 h) and progressed to metaphase I (MI; 7 h) and MII (16 h) had phosphorylated Ser10 and Ser28 histone H3 associated with condensed chromatin. To determine whether OA-induced aberrations in chromatin condensation were due to alterations in levels of histone H3 phosphorylation, we assessed phosphorylation of Ser10 and Ser28 residues following PPP inhibition. Oocytes treated with OA (1 µM) displayed increased phosphorylation of histone H3 at both Ser10 and Ser28 compared with controls. To begin to elucidate which OA-sensitive PPP is responsible for regulating chromatin condensation and histone H3 phosphorylation, we examined spatial and temporal localization of OA-sensitive PPPs, PPP1C, and PPP2CA. PPPC2A did not localize to condensed chromatin, whereas PPP1beta (PPP1CB) associated with condensing chromatin in GVBD, MI, and MII oocytes. Additionally, Western blot and immunocytochemistry confirmed presence of the PPP1C regulatory inhibitor subunit 2 (PPP1R2) in oocytes at condensed chromatin during meiosis and indicated a change in PPP1R2 phosphorylation. Inhibition of oocyte glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) appeared to regulate phosphorylation of PPP1R2. Furthermore, inhibition of GSK3 resulted in aberrant oocyte bivalent formation similar to that observed following PPP inhibition. These data suggest that PPP1CB is the OA/CLA-sensitive PPP that regulates oocyte chromatin condensation through regulation of histone H3 phosphorylation. Furthermore, GSK3 inhibition results in aberrant chromatin condensation and appears to regulate phosphorylation of PPP1R2.

gamete biology, kinases, meiosis, oocyte development, phosphatases

¹Supported by National Institutes of Health grants HD35125-01A1, HD046768-01A2, and GM-56362.

Correspondence: ²Gary D. Smith, 6428 Medical Sciences Building I, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0617. FAX: 734 936 8617; e-mail: smithgd{at}umich.edu

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