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Mouse Emi2 is required to enter meiosis II by reestablishing cyclin B1 during interkinesis.
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The Journal of cell biology [J Cell Biol] 2006 Sep 11; Vol. 174 (6), pp. 791-801. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- During interkinesis, a metaphase II (MetII) spindle is built immediately after the completion of meiosis I. Oocytes then remain MetII arrested until fertilization. In mouse, we find that early mitotic inhibitor 2 (Emi2), which is an anaphase-promoting complex inhibitor, is involved in both the establishment and the maintenance of MetII arrest. In MetII oocytes, Emi2 needs to be degraded for oocytes to exit meiosis, and such degradation, as visualized by fluorescent protein tagging, occurred tens of minutes ahead of cyclin B1. Emi2 antisense morpholino knockdown during oocyte maturation did not affect polar body (PB) extrusion. However, in interkinesis the central spindle microtubules from meiosis I persisted for a short time, and a MetII spindle failed to assemble. The chromatin in the oocyte quickly decondensed and a nucleus formed. All of these effects were caused by the essential role of Emi2 in stabilizing cyclin B1 after the first PB extrusion because in Emi2 knockdown oocytes a MetII spindle was recovered by Emi2 rescue or by expression of nondegradable cyclin B1 after meiosis I.
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- Animals
Cell Cycle Proteins antagonists & inhibitors
Cell Cycle Proteins genetics
Cell Cycle Proteins metabolism
Cell Differentiation physiology
Cell Nucleus metabolism
Cell Nucleus ultrastructure
Cyclin B1
Down-Regulation physiology
F-Box Proteins antagonists & inhibitors
F-Box Proteins genetics
Female
Metaphase physiology
Mice
Microtubules metabolism
Microtubules ultrastructure
Oligonucleotides, Antisense pharmacology
Oocytes ultrastructure
Spindle Apparatus metabolism
Spindle Apparatus ultrastructure
Cyclin B metabolism
Cytokinesis physiology
F-Box Proteins metabolism
Meiosis physiology
Oocytes metabolism
Oogenesis physiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-9525
- Volume :
- 174
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of cell biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16966421
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200604140