Entry
Name
Progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation - Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel)
Description
Xenopus oocytes are naturally arrested at G2 of meiosis I. Exposure to either insulin/IGF-1 or the steroid hormone progesterone breaks this arrest and induces resumption of the two meiotic division cycles and maturation of the oocyte into a mature, fertilizable egg. This process is termed oocyte maturation. The transition is accompanied by an increase in maturation promoting factor (MPF or Cdc2/cyclin B) which precedes germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD). Most reports point towards the Mos-MEK1-ERK2 pathway [where ERK is an extracellular signal-related protein kinase, MEK is a MAPK/ERK kinase and Mos is a p42(MAPK) activator] and the polo-like kinase/CDC25 pathway as responsible for the activation of MPF in meiosis, most likely triggered by a decrease in cAMP.
Class
Organismal Systems; Endocrine system
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ncar04914 Progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation
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Organism
Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel) [GN:
ncar ]
Gene
124986648 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
124968815 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
124963509 phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
124992673 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-2 [KO:K04630 ]
124988012 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-3 [KO:K04630 ]
124991078 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04630 ]
124986623 cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein 4 isoform X1 [KO:K02602 ]
124994949 cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein 2 isoform X1 [KO:K02602 ]
124984539 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein 3-like [KO:K02602 ]
124977510 cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K02602 ]
124970253 mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint protein MAD1 isoform X1 [KO:K06679 ]
124994765 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint protein MAD2A-like [KO:K02537 ]
124994892 mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint protein MAD2A-like isoform X1 [KO:K02537 ]
Compound
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
C11554 1-Phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 3,4-bisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Schmitt A, Nebreda AR.
Title
Signalling pathways in oocyte meiotic maturation.
Journal
J Cell Sci 115:2457-9 (2002)
Reference
Authors
Cato AC, Nestl A, Mink S.
Title
Rapid actions of steroid receptors in cellular signaling pathways.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Maller JL, Schwab MS, Roberts BT, Gross SD, Taieb FE, Tunquist BJ.
Title
The pathway of MAP kinase mediation of CSF arrest in Xenopus oocytes.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Nebreda AR, Ferby I.
Title
Regulation of the meiotic cell cycle in oocytes.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Ferrell JE Jr.
Title
Xenopus oocyte maturation: new lessons from a good egg.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Andersen CB, Sakaue H, Nedachi T, Kovacina KS, Clayberger C, Conti M, Roth RA.
Title
Protein kinase B/Akt is essential for the insulin- but not progesterone-stimulated resumption of meiosis in Xenopus oocytes.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Duckworth BC, Weaver JS, Ruderman JV.
Title
G2 arrest in Xenopus oocytes depends on phosphorylation of cdc25 by protein kinase A.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Abrieu A, Doree M, Fisher D.
Title
The interplay between cyclin-B-Cdc2 kinase (MPF) and MAP kinase during maturation of oocytes.
Journal
J Cell Sci 114:257-67 (2001)
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