Phosphorylated ERK5/BMK1 transiently accumulates within division spindles in mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos

Zuzanna Maciejewska; Aude Pascal; Jacek Z. Kubiak; Maria A. Ciemerych

doi:10.5603/FHC.2011.0074

Vol 49, No 3 (2011)

Brief communication

Submitted: 2012-01-05

Published online: 2011-10-28

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Phosphorylated ERK5/BMK1 transiently accumulates within division spindles in mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos

Zuzanna Maciejewska, Aude Pascal, Jacek Z. Kubiak, Maria A. Ciemerych

DOI: 10.5603/FHC.2011.0074

Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2011;49(3):528-534.

Vol 49, No 3 (2011)

Short Communication

Submitted: 2012-01-05

Published online: 2011-10-28

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MAP kinases of the ERK family play important roles in oocyte maturation, fertilization, and early embryo development. The role of the signaling pathway involving ERK5 MAP kinase during meiotic and mitotic M-phase of the cell cycle is not well known. Here, we studied the localization of the phosphorylated, and thus potentially activated, form of ERK5 in mouse maturing oocytes and mitotically dividing early embryos. We show that phosphorylation/dephosphorylation, i.e. likely activation/inactivation of ERK5, correlates with M-phase progression. Phosphorylated form of ERK5 accumulates in division spindle of both meiotic and mitotic cells, and precisely co-localizes with spindle microtubules at metaphase. This localization changes drastically in the anaphase, when phospho-ERK5 completely disappears from microtubules and transits to the cytoplasmic granular, vesicle-like structures. In telophase oocytes it becomes incorporated into the midbody. Dynamic changes in the localization of phospho-ERK5 suggests that it may play an important role both in meiotic and mitotic division. (Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica 2011, Vol. 49, No. 3, 528–534)

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mouse; oocyte; embryo; meiosis; mitosis; ERK5

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Phosphorylated ERK5/BMK1 transiently accumulates within division spindles in mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos

Journal

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Issue

Vol 49, No 3 (2011)

Article type

Brief communication

Pages

528-534

Published online

2011-10-28

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DOI

10.5603/FHC.2011.0074

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Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2011;49(3):528-534.

Keywords

mouse
oocyte
embryo
meiosis
mitosis
ERK5

Authors

Zuzanna Maciejewska
Aude Pascal
Jacek Z. Kubiak
Maria A. Ciemerych