Protein phosphorylation activity, chromosome segregation, and cortical granule exocytosis (CGE) have been studied in mouse eggs activated parthenogenetically by specific PKC stimulators such as 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and 1-oleyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG), or by agents inducing an immediate increase in cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) such as ethanol and Ca-ionophore A23187. When protein phosphorylation activity of mouse eggs was analyzed 10 min after different activation treatments, the phosphorylation of a 32 kDa polypeptide was a feature common to all different parthenogenetic agents used. The appearance of such labeling was independent of an increasing [Ca2+]i, as indicated by direct measurements of 1) cytosolic Ca2+ concentration with fura-2 and 2) exogenous Ca2+ entrance into activated eggs. Emission of the second polar body was blocked in PMA-elicited parthenogenones, whereas it was apparently normal in OAG-treated eggs, unless the eggs were continuously exposed to OAG. CGE was almost immediate in ethanol-activated eggs, but in PMA-treated cells, it occurred significantly later, with a timing corresponding to that found for the appearance of sustained Ca2+ oscillations in this system. Here, we propose that in mammalian eggs 1) PKC stimulation represents an early regulatory step in egg activation; 2) this kinase activity is turned off before the second meiotic cleavage; and 3) cytosolic free Ca2+ rise is essential for CGE occurrence.
Effects of protein kinase C stimulation and free Ca2+ rise in mammalian egg activation / Colonna, R.; Tatone, C.; Massa, A.; Malgaroli, A.; Eusebi, F.; Mangia, Franco. - In: GAMETE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0148-7280. - STAMPA. - 24(1989), pp. 171-183. [10.1002/mrd.1120240205]
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Titolo: | Effects of protein kinase C stimulation and free Ca2+ rise in mammalian egg activation. | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 1989 | |
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Citazione: | Effects of protein kinase C stimulation and free Ca2+ rise in mammalian egg activation / Colonna, R.; Tatone, C.; Massa, A.; Malgaroli, A.; Eusebi, F.; Mangia, Franco. - In: GAMETE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0148-7280. - STAMPA. - 24(1989), pp. 171-183. [10.1002/mrd.1120240205] | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/6759 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |