Meiotic regulation of TPX2 protein levels governs cell cycle progression in mouse oocytes.
Formation of female gametes requires acentriolar spindle assembly during meiosis. Mitotic spindles organize from centrosomes and via local activation of the RanGTPase on chromosomes. Vertebrate oocytes present a RanGTP gradient centred on chromatin at all stages of meiotic maturation. However, this gradient is dispensable for assembly of the first meiotic spindle. To understand this meiosis I peculiarity, we studied TPX2, a Ran target, in mouse oocytes. Strikingly, TPX2 activity is controlled at the protein level through its accumulation from meiosis I to II. By RNAi depletion and live imaging, we show that TPX2 is required for spindle assembly via two distinct functions. It controls microtubule assembly and spindle pole integrity via the phosphorylation of TACC3, a regulator of MTOCs activity. We show that meiotic spindle formation in vivo depends on the regulation of at least a target of Ran, TPX2, rather than on the regulation of the RanGTP gradient itself.
Brunet
Stéphane
S
UMR7622, Université Pierre et Marie Curie/CNRS, Bat. C, 5e, 9 quai Saint Bernard, Paris, France.
Dumont
Julien
J
Lee
Karen W
KW
Kinoshita
Kazuhisa
K
Hikal
Pascale
P
Gruss
Oliver J
OJ
Maro
Bernard
B
Verlhac
Marie-Hélène
MH
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008540:Meiosis; D051379:Mice; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D008941:Spindle Apparatus
D034741:RNA, Small Interfering