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KMID : 0894520120160010059
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Development & Reproduction
2012 Volume.16 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.67
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Downstream Networking of Zap70 in Meiotic Cell Cycle of the Mouse Oocytes
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Kim Hyun-Jung
Lee Kyung-Ah
Lee Hyun-Seo
Kim Eun-Young
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Abstract
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Previously, we found that Zap70 (Zeta-chain-associated protein kinase) expressed in the mouse oocytes and played significant role in completion of meiosis specifically at MI-MII (metaphase I-II) transition. Microinjection of Zap70 dsRNA into the cytoplasm of germinal vesicle oocyte resulted in MI arrest, and exhibited abnormalities in their spindles and chromosome configurations. The purpose of this study was to determine the mechanisms of action of Zap70 in oocyte maturation by evaluating downstream signal networking after Zap70 RNAi (RNA interference). The probe hybridization and data analysis were used by Affymetrix Gene Chip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array and GenPlex 3.0 (ISTECH, Korea) software, respectively. Total 1,152 genes were up (n=366) and down (n=786) regulated after Zap70 RNAi. Among those genes changed, we confirmed the expressional changes of the genes involved in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signaling pathway, since the phenotypes of Zap70 RNAi in oocytes were found in the changes in the chromosome separation and spindle structures. We confirmed the changes in gene expression in the actin skeletal system as well as in the MAPK signaling pathway, and concluded that these changes are main cause of the aberrant chromosome arrangement and abnormal spindles after Zap70 RNAi.
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KEYWORD
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Zap70, RNAi, Microarray, Spindle, MAPK
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