title: Protein phosphorylation during 1-methyladenine-induced maturation of Asterias oocytes.
abstract: Maturation was induced in Asterias oocytes with 1-methyladenine (1-MA) at a final concentration of 2 microM. At 5, 10, and 30 min of treatment, oocytes were homogenized and the cytosolic fraction was prepared. The cytosol was incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP and [gamma-32P]GTP. The phosphorylated proteins were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the radioactivity in the gels was determined by autoradiography. The cytosol prepared from 1-MA-treated oocytes incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP showed a marked increase in the radiolabeling of proteins with estimated molecular weights of 70,000 and 62,000 Da. With [gamma-32P]GTP a 56,000-Da protein showed increased radiolabeling. The present finding suggests that an early biochemical event of 1-MA-induced oocyte maturation in Asterias is the stimulation of phosphorylation of specific proteins.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haneji
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Koide
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013215:Starfish
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; C008407:1-methyladenine; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000225:Adenine