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Cdc25b phosphatase is required for resumption of meiosis during oocyte maturation

  1. Author:
    Lincoln, A. J.
    Wickramasinghe, D.
    Stein, P.
    Schultz, R. M.
    Palko, M. E.
    De Miguel, M. P.
    Tessarollo, L.
    Donovan, P. J.

  2. Author Address

    Thomas Jefferson Univ, Kimmel Canc Ctr, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Frederick, MD 21702 USA Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA Donovan PJ Thomas Jefferson Univ, Kimmel Canc Ctr, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
    1. Year: 2002
  2. Journal: Nature Genetics
    1. 30
    2. 4
    3. Pages: 446-449
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    In a wide variety of animal species, oocyte maturation is arrested temporarily at prophase of meiosis I (ref. 1). Resumption of meiosis requires activation of cyclin-dependent kinase-1 (CDK1, p34cdc2), one component of maturation-promoting factor (MPF)(2,3). The dual specificity phosphatases Cdc25a, Cdc25b and Cdc25c are activators of cyclin-dependent kinases(4- 8); consequently, they are postulated to regulate cell-cycle progression in meiosis and mitosis as well as the DNA-damage response(9-12). We generated Cdc25b-deficient (Cdc25b(-/-)) mice and found that they are viable. As compared with wildtype cells, fibroblasts from Cdc25b(-/-) mice grew vigorously in culture and arrested normally in response to DNA damage. Female Cdc25b(-/-) mice were sterile, and Cdc25b(-/-) oocytes remained arrested at prophase with low MPF activity. Microinjection of wildtype Cdc25b mRNA into Cdc25b(-/-) oocytes caused activation of MPF and resumption of meiosis. Thus, Cdc25b(-/-) female mice are sterile because of permanent meiotic arrest resulting from the inability to activate MPF. Cdc25b is therefore essential for meiotic resumption in female mice. Mice lacking Cdc25b provide the first genetic model for studying the mechanisms regulating prophase arrest in vertebrates.

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