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Meneau F, Lapébie P, Daldello EM, Le T, Chevalier S, Assaf S, Houliston E, Jessus C, Miot M. ARPP19 phosphorylation site evolution and the switch in cAMP control of oocyte maturation in vertebrates. Development 2024; 151:dev202655. [PMID: 39576213 DOI: 10.1242/dev.202655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 10/28/2024] [Indexed: 12/06/2024]
Abstract
cAMP-PKA signaling initiates the crucial process of oocyte meiotic maturation in many animals, but inhibits it in vertebrates. To address this 'cAMP paradox', we exchanged the key PKA substrate ARPP19 between representative species, the vertebrate Xenopus and the cnidarian Clytia, comparing its phosphorylation and function. We found that, as in Xenopus, Clytia maturing oocytes undergo ARPP19 phosphorylation on a highly conserved Gwl site, which inhibits PP2A and promotes M-phase entry. In contrast, despite a PKA phosphorylation signature motif recognizable across most animals, Clytia ARPP19 was only poorly phosphorylated by PKA in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, unlike Xenopus ARPP19, exogenous Clytia ARPP19 did not delay Xenopus oocyte maturation. We conclude that, in Clytia, ARPP19 does not intervene in oocyte maturation initiation because of both poor recognition by PKA and the absence of effectors that mediate vertebrate oocyte prophase arrest. We propose that ancestral ARPP19 phosphorylated by Gwl has retained a key role in M-phase across eukaryotes and has acquired new functions during animal evolution mediated by enhanced PKA phosphorylation, allowing co-option into oocyte maturation regulation in the vertebrate lineage.
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- Ferdinand Meneau
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France
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Lacroix B, Lorca T, Castro A. Structural, enzymatic and spatiotemporal regulation of PP2A-B55 phosphatase in the control of mitosis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:967909. [PMID: 36105360 PMCID: PMC9465306 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.967909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Cells require major physical changes to induce a proper repartition of the DNA. Nuclear envelope breakdown, DNA condensation and spindle formation are promoted at mitotic entry by massive protein phosphorylation and reversed at mitotic exit by the timely and ordered dephosphorylation of mitotic substrates. This phosphorylation results from the balance between the activity of kinases and phosphatases. The role of kinases in the control of mitosis has been largely studied, however, the impact of phosphatases has long been underestimated. Recent data have now established that the regulation of phosphatases is crucial to confer timely and ordered cellular events required for cell division. One major phosphatase involved in this process is the phosphatase holoenzyme PP2A-B55. This review will be focused in the latest structural, biochemical and enzymatic insights provided for PP2A-B55 phosphatase as well as its regulators and mechanisms of action.
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- Benjamin Lacroix
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR5237, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR5237Montpellier, France
- Équipe Labellisée “Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer”, Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR5237, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR5237Montpellier, France
- Équipe Labellisée “Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer”, Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR5237, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR5237Montpellier, France
- Équipe Labellisée “Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer”, Paris, France
- *Correspondence: Anna Castro,
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Swartz SZ, Nguyen HT, McEwan BC, Adamo ME, Cheeseman IM, Kettenbach AN. Selective dephosphorylation by PP2A-B55 directs the meiosis I-meiosis II transition in oocytes. eLife 2021; 10:70588. [PMID: 34342579 PMCID: PMC8370769 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Meiosis is a specialized cell cycle that requires sequential changes to the cell division machinery to facilitate changing functions. To define the mechanisms that enable the oocyte-to-embryo transition, we performed time-course proteomics in synchronized sea star oocytes from prophase I through the first embryonic cleavage. Although we found that protein levels were broadly stable, our analysis reveals that dynamic waves of phosphorylation underlie each meiotic stage. We found that the phosphatase PP2A-B55 is reactivated at the meiosis I/meiosis II (MI/MII) transition, resulting in the preferential dephosphorylation of threonine residues. Selective dephosphorylation is critical for directing the MI/MII transition as altering PP2A-B55 substrate preferences disrupts key cell cycle events after MI. In addition, threonine to serine substitution of a conserved phosphorylation site in the substrate INCENP prevents its relocalization at anaphase I. Thus, through its inherent phospho-threonine preference, PP2A-B55 imposes specific phosphoregulated behaviors that distinguish the two meiotic divisions.
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- S Zachary Swartz
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, United States.,Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, United States
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- Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, United States
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, United States.,Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, United States.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, United States
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The study of the determinants controlling Arpp19 phosphatase-inhibitory activity reveals an Arpp19/PP2A-B55 feedback loop. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3565. [PMID: 34117214 PMCID: PMC8196004 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23657-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Arpp19 is a potent PP2A-B55 inhibitor that regulates this phosphatase to ensure the stable phosphorylation of mitotic/meiotic substrates. At G2-M, Arpp19 is phosphorylated by the Greatwall kinase on S67. This phosphorylated Arpp19 form displays a high affinity to PP2A-B55 and a slow dephosphorylation rate, acting as a competitor of PP2A-B55 substrates. The molecular determinants conferring slow dephosphorylation kinetics to S67 are unknown. PKA also phosphorylates Arpp19. This phosphorylation performed on S109 is essential to maintain prophase I-arrest in Xenopus oocytes although the underlying signalling mechanism is elusive. Here, we characterize the molecular determinants conferring high affinity and slow dephosphorylation to S67 and controlling PP2A-B55 inhibitory activity of Arpp19. Moreover, we show that phospho-S109 restricts S67 phosphorylation by increasing its catalysis by PP2A-B55. Finally, we discover a double feed-back loop between these two phospho-sites essential to coordinate the temporal pattern of Arpp19-dependent PP2A-B55 inhibition and Cyclin B/Cdk1 activation during cell division. Progression of the cell division cycle requires feedback loops including those of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation; however the precise regulation of phosphorylation kinetics of Arpp19, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A, is unclear. Here, the authors report that feedback between phosphorylation states of Ser67 and Ser109 of Arpp19 coordinates Arpp19-dependent inhibition of PP2A-B55 and Cyclin B activation during cell cycle progression.
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Lemonnier T, Daldello EM, Poulhe R, Le T, Miot M, Lignières L, Jessus C, Dupré A. The M-phase regulatory phosphatase PP2A-B55δ opposes protein kinase A on Arpp19 to initiate meiotic division. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1837. [PMID: 33758202 PMCID: PMC7988065 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22124-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Oocytes are held in meiotic prophase for prolonged periods until hormonal signals trigger meiotic divisions. Key players of M-phase entry are the opposing Cdk1 kinase and PP2A-B55δ phosphatase. In Xenopus, the protein Arpp19, phosphorylated at serine 67 by Greatwall, plays an essential role in inhibiting PP2A-B55δ, promoting Cdk1 activation. Furthermore, Arpp19 has an earlier role in maintaining the prophase arrest through a second serine (S109) phosphorylated by PKA. Prophase release, induced by progesterone, relies on Arpp19 dephosphorylation at S109, owing to an unknown phosphatase. Here, we identified this phosphatase as PP2A-B55δ. In prophase, PKA and PP2A-B55δ are simultaneously active, suggesting the presence of other important targets for both enzymes. The drop in PKA activity induced by progesterone enables PP2A-B55δ to dephosphorylate S109, unlocking the prophase block. Hence, PP2A-B55δ acts critically on Arpp19 on two distinct sites, opposing PKA and Greatwall to orchestrate the prophase release and M-phase entry.
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- Tom Lemonnier
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Paris, France.
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Tokmakov AA, Stefanov VE, Sato KI. Dissection of the Ovulatory Process Using ex vivo Approaches. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:605379. [PMID: 33363163 PMCID: PMC7755606 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.605379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Ovulation is a unique physiological phenomenon that is essential for sexual reproduction. It refers to the entire process of ovarian follicle responses to hormonal stimulation resulting in the release of mature fertilization-competent oocytes from the follicles and ovaries. Remarkably, ovulation in different species can be reproduced out-of-body with high fidelity. Moreover, most of the molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways engaged in this process have been delineated using in vitro ovulation models. Here, we provide an overview of the major molecular and cytological events of ovulation observed in frogs, primarily in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis, using mainly ex vivo approaches, with the focus on meiotic oocyte maturation and follicle rupture. For the purpose of comparison and generalization, we also refer extensively to ovulation in other biological species, most notoriously, in mammals.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
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Meneau F, Dupré A, Jessus C, Daldello EM. Translational Control of Xenopus Oocyte Meiosis: Toward the Genomic Era. Cells 2020; 9:E1502. [PMID: 32575604 PMCID: PMC7348711 DOI: 10.3390/cells9061502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The study of oocytes has made enormous contributions to the understanding of the G2/M transition. The complementarity of investigations carried out on various model organisms has led to the identification of the M-phase promoting factor (MPF) and to unravel the basis of cell cycle regulation. Thanks to the power of biochemical approaches offered by frog oocytes, this model has allowed to identify the core signaling components involved in the regulation of M-phase. A central emerging layer of regulation of cell division regards protein translation. Oocytes are a unique model to tackle this question as they accumulate large quantities of dormant mRNAs to be used during meiosis resumption and progression, as well as the cell divisions during early embryogenesis. Since these events occur in the absence of transcription, they require cascades of successive unmasking, translation, and discarding of these mRNAs, implying a fine regulation of the timing of specific translation. In the last years, the Xenopus genome has been sequenced and annotated, enabling the development of omics techniques in this model and starting its transition into the genomic era. This review has critically described how the different phases of meiosis are orchestrated by changes in gene expression. The physiological states of the oocyte have been described together with the molecular mechanisms that control the critical transitions during meiosis progression, highlighting the connection between translation control and meiosis dynamics.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement—Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD—IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France; (F.M.); (A.D.); (C.J.)
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Lemonnier T, Dupré A, Jessus C. The G2-to-M transition from a phosphatase perspective: a new vision of the meiotic division. Cell Div 2020; 15:9. [PMID: 32508972 PMCID: PMC7249327 DOI: 10.1186/s13008-020-00065-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cell division is orchestrated by the phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of thousands of proteins. These post-translational modifications underlie the molecular cascades converging to the activation of the universal mitotic kinase, Cdk1, and entry into cell division. They also govern the structural events that sustain the mechanics of cell division. While the role of protein kinases in mitosis has been well documented by decades of investigations, little was known regarding the control of protein phosphatases until the recent years. However, the regulation of phosphatase activities is as essential as kinases in controlling the activation of Cdk1 to enter M-phase. The regulation and the function of phosphatases result from post-translational modifications but also from the combinatorial association between conserved catalytic subunits and regulatory subunits that drive their substrate specificity, their cellular localization and their activity. It now appears that sequential dephosphorylations orchestrated by a network of phosphatase activities trigger Cdk1 activation and then order the structural events necessary for the timely execution of cell division. This review discusses a series of recent works describing the important roles played by protein phosphatases for the proper regulation of meiotic division. Many breakthroughs in the field of cell cycle research came from studies on oocyte meiotic divisions. Indeed, the meiotic division shares most of the molecular regulators with mitosis. The natural arrests of oocytes in G2 and in M-phase, the giant size of these cells, the variety of model species allowing either biochemical or imaging as well as genetics approaches explain why the process of meiosis has served as an historical model to decipher signalling pathways involved in the G2-to-M transition. The review especially highlights how the phosphatase PP2A-B55δ critically orchestrates the timing of meiosis resumption in amphibian oocytes. By opposing the kinase PKA, PP2A-B55δ controls the release of the G2 arrest through the dephosphorylation of their substrate, Arpp19. Few hours later, the inhibition of PP2A-B55δ by Arpp19 releases its opposing kinase, Cdk1, and triggers M-phase. In coordination with a variety of phosphatases and kinases, the PP2A-B55δ/Arpp19 duo therefore emerges as the key effector of the G2-to-M transition.
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- Tom Lemonnier
- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement-Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD-IBPS, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Jessus C, Munro C, Houliston E. Managing the Oocyte Meiotic Arrest-Lessons from Frogs and Jellyfish. Cells 2020; 9:E1150. [PMID: 32392797 PMCID: PMC7290932 DOI: 10.3390/cells9051150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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During oocyte development, meiosis arrests in prophase of the first division for a remarkably prolonged period firstly during oocyte growth, and then when awaiting the appropriate hormonal signals for egg release. This prophase arrest is finally unlocked when locally produced maturation initiation hormones (MIHs) trigger entry into M-phase. Here, we assess the current knowledge of the successive cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for keeping meiotic progression on hold. We focus on two model organisms, the amphibian Xenopus laevis, and the hydrozoan jellyfish Clytia hemisphaerica. Conserved mechanisms govern the initial meiotic programme of the oocyte prior to oocyte growth and also, much later, the onset of mitotic divisions, via activation of two key kinase systems: Cdk1-Cyclin B/Gwl (MPF) for M-phase activation and Mos-MAPkinase to orchestrate polar body formation and cytostatic (CSF) arrest. In contrast, maintenance of the prophase state of the fully-grown oocyte is assured by highly specific mechanisms, reflecting enormous variation between species in MIHs, MIH receptors and their immediate downstream signalling response. Convergence of multiple signalling pathway components to promote MPF activation in some oocytes, including Xenopus, is likely a heritage of the complex evolutionary history of spawning regulation, but also helps ensure a robust and reliable mechanism for gamete production.
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- Catherine Jessus
- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, LBD - IBPS, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France;
- Inserm, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, PSL Research University, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer (LBDV), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France;
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Understanding MAPK Signaling Pathways in Apoptosis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072346. [PMID: 32231094 PMCID: PMC7177758 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 727] [Impact Index Per Article: 145.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signaling pathways regulate a variety of biological processes through multiple cellular mechanisms. In most of these processes, such as apoptosis, MAPKs have a dual role since they can act as activators or inhibitors, depending on the cell type and the stimulus. In this review, we present the main pro- and anti-apoptotic mechanisms regulated by MAPKs, as well as the crosstalk observed between some MAPKs. We also describe the basic signaling properties of MAPKs (ultrasensitivity, hysteresis, digital response), and the presence of different positive feedback loops in apoptosis. We provide a simple guide to predict MAPKs’ behavior, based on the intensity and duration of the stimulus. Finally, we consider the role of MAPKs in osmostress-induced apoptosis by using Xenopus oocytes as a cell model. As we will see, apoptosis is plagued with multiple positive feedback loops. We hope this review will help to understand how MAPK signaling pathways engage irreversible cellular decisions.
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Bisht JS, Tomschik M, Gatlin JC. Induction of a Spindle-Assembly-Competent M Phase in Xenopus Egg Extracts. Curr Biol 2019; 29:1273-1285.e5. [PMID: 30930041 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 01/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Normal mitotic spindle assembly is a prerequisite for faithful chromosome segregation and unperturbed cell-cycle progression. Precise functioning of the spindle machinery relies on conserved architectural features, such as focused poles, chromosome alignment at the metaphase plate, and proper spindle length. These morphological requirements can be achieved only within a compositionally distinct cytoplasm that results from cell-cycle-dependent regulation of specific protein levels and specific post-translational modifications. Here, we used cell-free extracts derived from Xenopus laevis eggs to recapitulate different phases of the cell cycle in vitro and to determine which components are required to render interphase cytoplasm spindle-assembly competent in the absence of protein translation. We found that addition of a nondegradable form of the master cell-cycle regulator cyclin B1 can indeed induce some biochemical and phenomenological characteristics of mitosis, but cyclin B1 alone is insufficient and actually deleterious at high levels for normal spindle assembly. In contrast, addition of a phosphomimetic form of the Greatwall-kinase effector Arpp19 with a specific concentration of nondegradable cyclin B1 rescued spindle bipolarity but resulted in larger-than-normal bipolar spindles with a misalignment of chromosomes. Both were corrected by the addition of exogenous Xkid (Xenopus homolog of human Kid/KIF22), indicating a role for this chromokinesin in regulating spindle length. These observations suggest that, of the many components degraded at mitotic exit and then replenished during the subsequent interphase, only a few are required to induce a cell-cycle transition that produces a spindle-assembly-competent cytoplasm.
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- Jitender S Bisht
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, USA; Marine Biological Laboratory, Cell Division and Organization Group, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, USA; Marine Biological Laboratory, Cell Division and Organization Group, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
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Mitosis is controlled by a subtle balance between kinase and phosphatase activities that involve the master mitotic kinase cyclin-B-Cdk1 and its antagonizing protein phosphatase 2A-B55 (PP2A-B55). Importantly, the Greatwall (Gwl; known as Mastl in mammals, Rim15 in budding yeast and Ppk18 in fission yeast) kinase pathway regulates PP2A-B55 activity by phosphorylating two proteins, cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein 19 (Arpp19) and α-endosulfine (ENSA). This phosphorylation turns these proteins into potent inhibitors of PP2A-B55, thereby promoting a correct timing and progression of mitosis. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster, we discuss how Gwl is regulated in space and time, and how the Gwl-Arpp19-ENSA-PP2A-B55 pathway plays an essential role in the control of M and S phases from yeast to human. We also summarize how Gwl modulates oncogenic properties of cells and how nutrient deprivation influences Gwl activity.
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- Anna Castro
- Centre de Recherche de Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR 5237, Université de Montpellier, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Centre de Recherche de Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR 5237, Université de Montpellier, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Dupré AI, Haccard O, Jessus C. The greatwall kinase is dominant over PKA in controlling the antagonistic function of ARPP19 in Xenopus oocytes. Cell Cycle 2017; 16:1440-1452. [PMID: 28722544 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2017.1338985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The small protein ARPP19 plays a dual role during oocyte meiosis resumption. In Xenopus, ARPP19 phosphorylation at S109 by PKA is necessary for maintaining oocytes arrested in prophase of the first meiotic division. Progesterone downregulates PKA, leading to the dephosphorylation of ARPP19 at S109. This initiates a transduction pathway ending with the activation of the universal inducer of M-phase, the kinase Cdk1. This last step depends on ARPP19 phosphorylation at S67 by the kinase Greatwall. Hence, phosphorylated by PKA at S109, ARPP19 restrains Cdk1 activation while when phosphorylated by Greatwall at S67, ARPP19 becomes an inducer of Cdk1 activation. Here, we investigate the functional interplay between S109 and S67-phosphorylations of ARPP19. We show that both PKA and Gwl phosphorylate ARPP19 independently of each other and that Cdk1 is not directly involved in regulating the biological activity of ARPP19. We also show that the phosphorylation of ARPP19 at S67 that activates Cdk1, is dominant over the inhibitory S109 phosphorylation. Therefore our results highlight the importance of timely synchronizing ARPP19 phosphorylations at S109 and S67 to fully activate Cdk1.
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- Aude-Isabelle Dupré
- a Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Biologie du développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (LBD - IBPS) , Paris , France
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- a Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Biologie du développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (LBD - IBPS) , Paris , France
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- a Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Biologie du développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (LBD - IBPS) , Paris , France
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Musante V, Li L, Kanyo J, Lam TT, Colangelo CM, Cheng SK, Brody AH, Greengard P, Le Novère N, Nairn AC. Reciprocal regulation of ARPP-16 by PKA and MAST3 kinases provides a cAMP-regulated switch in protein phosphatase 2A inhibition. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28613156 PMCID: PMC5515580 DOI: 10.7554/elife.24998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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ARPP-16, ARPP-19, and ENSA are inhibitors of protein phosphatase PP2A. ARPP-19 and ENSA phosphorylated by Greatwall kinase inhibit PP2A during mitosis. ARPP-16 is expressed in striatal neurons where basal phosphorylation by MAST3 kinase inhibits PP2A and regulates key components of striatal signaling. The ARPP-16/19 proteins were discovered as substrates for PKA, but the function of PKA phosphorylation is unknown. We find that phosphorylation by PKA or MAST3 mutually suppresses the ability of the other kinase to act on ARPP-16. Phosphorylation by PKA also acts to prevent inhibition of PP2A by ARPP-16 phosphorylated by MAST3. Moreover, PKA phosphorylates MAST3 at multiple sites resulting in its inhibition. Mathematical modeling highlights the role of these three regulatory interactions to create a switch-like response to cAMP. Together, the results suggest a complex antagonistic interplay between the control of ARPP-16 by MAST3 and PKA that creates a mechanism whereby cAMP mediates PP2A disinhibition. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24998.001
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- Veronica Musante
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- W.M. Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, United states
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- W.M. Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, United states
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- W.M. Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, United states
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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Dupré A, Daldello EM, Nairn AC, Jessus C, Haccard O. Phosphorylation of ARPP19 by protein kinase A prevents meiosis resumption in Xenopus oocytes. Nat Commun 2015; 5:3318. [PMID: 24525567 PMCID: PMC4014304 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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During oogenesis, oocytes are arrested in prophase and resume meiosis by activating the kinase Cdk1 upon hormonal stimulation. In all vertebrates, release from prophase arrest relies on protein kinase A (PKA) downregulation and on the dephosphorylation of a long-sought but still unidentified substrate. Here we show that ARPP19 is the PKA substrate whose phosphorylation at serine 109 is necessary and sufficient for maintaining Xenopus oocytes arrested in prophase. By downregulating PKA, progesterone, the meiotic inducer in Xenopus, promotes partial dephosphorylation of ARPP19 that is required for the formation of a threshold level of active Cdk1. Active Cdk1 then initiates MPF autoamplification loop that occurs independently of both PKA and ARPP19 phosphorylation at serine 109 but requires the Greatwall-dependent phosphorylation of ARPP19 at serine 67. Therefore, ARPP19 stands at a crossroads in the meiotic M-phase control network by integrating differential effects of PKA and Greatwall, two essential kinases for meiosis resumption.
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- Aude Dupré
- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [3]
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [3] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, IFD, 4 Place Jussieu, cedex 05, Paris 75252, France [4]
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06508, USA
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France
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- 1] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France [2] CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris F-75005, France
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Daldello EM, Le T, Poulhe R, Jessus C, Haccard O, Dupré A. Fine-tuning of Cdc6 accumulation by Cdk1 and MAP kinase is essential for completion of oocyte meiotic divisions. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:2482-96. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.166553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Vertebrate oocytes proceed through the 1st and the 2nd meiotic division without intervening S-phase to become haploid. Although DNA replication does not take place, unfertilized oocytes acquire the competence to replicate DNA one hour after the 1st meiotic division, by accumulating an essential factor of the replicative machinery, Cdc6. Here, we discovered that the turnover of Cdc6 is precisely regulated in oocytes to avoid inhibition of Cdk1. At meiosis resumption, Cdc6 starts to be expressed but cannot accumulate due to a degradation mechanism activated through Cdk1. During transition from 1st to 2nd meiotic division, Cdc6 is under antagonistic regulation of Cyclin B, whose interaction with Cdc6 stabilizes the protein, and Mos/MAPK that negatively controls its accumulation. Since overexpressing Cdc6 inhibits Cdk1 reactivation and drives oocytes into a replicative interphasic state, the fine-tuning of Cdc6 accumulation is essential to ensure two meiotic waves of Cdk1 activation and to avoid unscheduled DNA replication during meiotic maturation.
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- Enrico M. Daldello
- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, Paris, France
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Song H, Pan J, Liu Y, Wen H, Wang L, Cui J, Liu Y, Hu B, Yao Z, Ji G. Increased ARPP-19 expression is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 16:178-192. [PMID: 25547487 PMCID: PMC4307242 DOI: 10.3390/ijms16010178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein 19 (ARPP-19) plays a key role in cell mitotic G2/M transition. Expression of ARPP-19 was increased in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared to adjacent non-tumorous liver tissues in 36 paired liver samples, and the level of ARPP-19 in HCC tissues was positively correlated with the tumor size. To determine the interrelationship between ARPP-19 expression and HCC, we silenced ARPP-19 expression in the human hepatocarcinoma HepG2 and SMMC-7721 cells using lentivirus encoding ARPP-19 siRNA. HepG2 and SMMC-7721 cells with ARPP-19 knockdown displayed lowered cell growth rate, retarded colony formation and increased arrest at the G2/M phase transition. Silencing ARPP-19 in HCC cells resulted in decreased protein levels of phospho-(Ser) CDKs substrates and increased levels of inactivated cyclin division cycle 2 (Cdc2). Therefore, ARPP-19 may play a role in HCC pathogenesis through regulating cell proliferation.
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- Haiyan Song
- Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Liver Cancer Institute of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Liver Cancer Institute of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Oncology and Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Oncology, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Calcium signaling and meiotic exit at fertilization in Xenopus egg. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:18659-76. [PMID: 25322156 PMCID: PMC4227238 DOI: 10.3390/ijms151018659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Calcium is a universal messenger that mediates egg activation at fertilization in all sexually reproducing species studied. However, signaling pathways leading to calcium generation and the mechanisms of calcium-induced exit from meiotic arrest vary substantially among species. Here, we review the pathways of calcium signaling and the mechanisms of meiotic exit at fertilization in the eggs of the established developmental model, African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. We also discuss calcium involvement in the early fertilization-induced events in Xenopus egg, such as membrane depolarization, the increase in intracellular pH, cortical granule exocytosis, cortical contraction, contraction wave, cortical rotation, reformation of the nuclear envelope, sperm chromatin decondensation and sister chromatid segregation.
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Adhikari D, Diril MK, Busayavalasa K, Risal S, Nakagawa S, Lindkvist R, Shen Y, Coppola V, Tessarollo L, Kudo NR, Kaldis P, Liu K. Mastl is required for timely activation of APC/C in meiosis I and Cdk1 reactivation in meiosis II. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 206:843-53. [PMID: 25246615 PMCID: PMC4178961 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201406033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Greatwall kinase orthologue Mastl regulates timely activation of APC/C to allow meiosis I exit and suppresses PP2A activity and thereby allows the rapid rise of Cdk1 activity that is necessary for meiosis II entry in mouse oocytes. In mitosis, the Greatwall kinase (called microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinase like [Mastl] in mammals) is essential for prometaphase entry or progression by suppressing protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity. PP2A suppression in turn leads to high levels of Cdk1 substrate phosphorylation. We have used a mouse model with an oocyte-specific deletion of Mastl to show that Mastl-null oocytes resume meiosis I and reach metaphase I normally but that the onset and completion of anaphase I are delayed. Moreover, after the completion of meiosis I, Mastl-null oocytes failed to enter meiosis II (MII) because they reassembled a nuclear structure containing decondensed chromatin. Our results show that Mastl is required for the timely activation of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome to allow meiosis I exit and for the rapid rise of Cdk1 activity that is needed for the entry into MII in mouse oocytes.
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- Deepak Adhikari
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore 138673, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, England, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- National Cancer Institute, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- National Cancer Institute, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, England, UK
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore 138673, Republic of Singapore Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Matthews LM, Evans JP. α-endosulfine (ENSA) regulates exit from prophase I arrest in mouse oocytes. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:1639-49. [PMID: 24675883 DOI: 10.4161/cc.28606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mammalian oocytes in ovarian follicles are arrested in meiosis at prophase I. This arrest is maintained until ovulation, upon which the oocyte exits from this arrest, progresses through meiosis I and to metaphase of meiosis II. The progression from prophase I to metaphase II, known as meiotic maturation, is mediated by signals that coordinate these transitions in the life of the oocyte. ENSA (α-endosulfine) and ARPP19 (cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein-19) have emerged as regulators of M-phase, with function in inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity. Inhibition of PP2A maintains the phosphorylated state of CDK1 substrates, thus allowing progression into and/or maintenance of an M-phase state. We show here ENSA in mouse oocytes plays a key role in the progression from prophase I arrest into M-phase of meiosis I. The majority of ENSA-deficient oocytes fail to exit from prophase I arrest. This function of ENSA in oocytes is dependent on PP2A, and specifically on the regulatory subunit PPP2R2D (also known as B55δ). Treatment of ENSA-deficient oocytes with Okadaic acid to inhibit PP2A rescues the defect in meiotic progression, with Okadaic acid-treated, ENSA-deficient oocytes being able to exit from prophase I arrest. Similarly, oocytes deficient in both ENSA and PPP2R2D are able to exit from prophase I arrest to an extent similar to wild-type oocytes. These data are evidence of a role for ENSA in regulating meiotic maturation in mammalian oocytes, and also have potential relevance to human oocyte biology, as mouse and human have genes encoding both Arpp19 and Ensa.
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- Lauren M Matthews
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD USA
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Oulhen N, Mori M, Dumollard R. Meeting report – Oocyte maturation and fertilization: lessons from canonical and emerging models. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:4321-4. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.139170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The EMBO workshop ‘Oocyte maturation and fertilization: lessons from canonical and emerging models’ was held at the Oceanologic Observatory of Banyuls in France in June 2013 and was organized by Anne-Marie Geneviere, Olivier Haccard, Peter Lenart and Alex McDougall. A total of 78 participants shared their research on germline formation, oocyte development, sperm, fertilization and early development. Here, we report the highlights of this meeting.
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- Nathalie Oulhen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- Developmental Biology Unit UMR 7009, UMPC Univ. Paris 06 and Centre National de la Recherche (CNRS), Observatoire Océanologique, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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