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Meiosis is a particular example of a cell cycle, characterized by two successive divisions without an intervening interphase. Resumption of meiosis in oocytes is associated with activation of maturation-promoting factor (MPF) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). The activity of MPF declines during the transition between the two meiotic divisions, whereas the activity of MAPK is sustained. Attempts to disclose the interplay between these key regulators of meiosis in both amphibian and mammalian oocytes generated contradictory results. Furthermore, the enzyme that governs the suppression of interphase in mammals is still unidentified. To our knowledge, we provide herein the first demonstration in a mammalian system that inhibition of MPF at reinitiation of meiosis abrogated Mos expression and MAPK activation. We also show that oocytes, in which reactivation of MPF at completion of the first telophase was prevented, exhibited an interphase nucleus with decondensed chromosomes. Inhibition of MAPK did not interfere with the progression to the second meiotic metaphase but, rather, resulted in parthenogenic activation. We conclude that in rat oocytes, MPF regulates MAPK activation and its timely reactivation prevents the oocytes from entering interphase.

Maturation-Promoting Factor Governs Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation and Interphase Suppression During Meiosis of Rat Oocytes1