## Abstract The regulation of meiotic events of goat oocytes from prophase I to metaphase II was studied by inhibiting protein synthesis at different times of the transition and by analyzing the changes in the protein synthesis pattern during maturation. Protein synthesis was required for germinal
Qualitative patterns of protein synthesis in the mouse oocyte
β Scribed by Golbus, Mitchell S. ;Stein, Madelyn P.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 503 KB
- Volume
- 198
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Mouse oocytes were found to sythesize proteins actively at the germinal vesicle, metaphase I, metaphase II, and pronuclear (6 hours postβfertilization) stages. The qualitative pattern of protein components being sythesized in vitro, as demonstrated using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, changed throughout maturation and fertilization. Oocytes were arrested at metaphase I by β₯ 0.1 ΞΌg/ml cycloheximide or actinomycin D. The protein pattern in oocytes cultured in the presence of actinomycin D progresses to a metaphase II pattern in spite of the nuclear maturation arrest, indicating a dissociation between meiotic maturation and the changes in the pattern of proteins synthesized at different stages of maturation.
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