Asymmetric p38 activation in zebrafish: Its possible role in symmetric and synchronous cleavage

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作者
Fujii, R [1 ]
Yamashita, S [1 ]
Hibi, M [1 ]
Hirano, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Med, Biomed Res Ctr C7, Div Mol Oncol, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
关键词
zebrafish; p38; asymmetry; cleavage; microtubules;
D O I
10.1083/jcb.150.6.1335
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Cleavage is one of the initial steps of embryogenesis, and is characterized by a series of symmetric and synchronous cell divisions. We showed that p38 MAP kinase (p38) is asymmetrically activated on one side of the blastodisc during the early cleavage period in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. When a dominant negative (DN) form of p38 was uniformly expressed, blastomere cleavage was impaired on one side of the blastodisc, resulting in the formation of blastomeres with a large mass of cytoplasm and an enlarged nucleus on the affected side. The area affected by the DN-p38 expression did not correlate with the initial cleavage plane, but coincided with the side where dharma/bozozok, a dorsal-specific zygotic gene, was expressed (Yamanaka et al., 1998). Furthermore, UV irradiation and removal of the vegetal yolk mass before the first cleavage, both of which inhibit the initiation of the dorsalizing signals, abolished the asymmetric p38 activation. Our findings suggest that asymmetric p38 activation is required for symmetric and synchronous cleavage, and may be regulated by the same machinery that controls the initiation of dorsalizing signals.
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页码:1335 / 1347
页数:13
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