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Emi1 is required for cytostatic factor arrest in vertebrate eggs

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  • Julie D. R. Reimann

    (Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Peter K. Jackson

    (Stanford University School of Medicine)

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Vertebrate eggs are arrested at metaphase of meiosis II with stable cyclin B and high cyclin B/Cdc2 kinase activity. The ability of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, to trigger cyclin B destruction and metaphase exit is blocked in eggs by the activity of cytostatic factor (CSF) (reviewed in ref. 1). CSF was defined as an activity in mature oocytes that caused mitotic arrest when injected into dividing embryos2. Fertilization causes a transient increase in cytoplasmic calcium concentration leading to CSF inactivation, APC activation, cyclin B destruction and mitotic exit3. The APC activator Cdc20 is required for APC activation after fertilization4,5. We show here that the APCcdc20 inhibitor Emi1 (ref. 6) is necessary and sufficient to inhibit the APC and to prevent mitotic exit in CSF-arrested eggs. CSF extracts immunodepleted of Emi1 degrade cyclin B, and exit from mitosis prematurely in the absence of calcium. Addition of Emi1 to these Emi1-depleted extracts blocks premature inactivation of the CSF-arrested state. Emi1 is required to arrest unfertilized eggs at metaphase of meiosis II and seems to be the long-sought mediator of CSF activity.

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  • Julie D. R. Reimann & Peter K. Jackson, 2002. "Emi1 is required for cytostatic factor arrest in vertebrate eggs," Nature, Nature, vol. 416(6883), pages 850-854, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:416:y:2002:i:6883:d:10.1038_416850a
    DOI: 10.1038/416850a
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    1. J. Petr & E. Chmelíková & L. Tůmová & M. Ješeta, 2007. "The role of nitric oxide in parthenogenetic activation of pig oocytes: A review," Czech Journal of Animal Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 52(11), pages 363-377.

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