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Germinal vesicle (GV)-intact fully grown mouse oocytes do not undergo cortical granule (CG) exocytosis in response to A23187 treatment, whereas metaphase II (MII)-arrested eggs do. This differential response may reflect the development of the ability of the egg to undergo CG exocytosis, which is responsible for the biochemical modification of the glycoprotein ZP2 in the zona pellucida. Accordingly, we compared in these two stages the ability of 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA) or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) to promote CG exocytosis and/or the ZP2 to ZP2f conversion; these agents are known to stimulate early events of mouse egg activation. TPA (10 ng/ml) treatment for 60 and 120 min resulted in a 25% and 52% CG loss in GV-intact oocytes and a 38% and 76% loss in MII eggs, respectively; fertilization resulted in a CG loss of approximately 70-80%. Although a similar extent of ZP2 to ZP2f conversion was observed in oocytes and eggs after a 120-min TPA treatment (approximately 70-80%), a greater extent of conversion was observed in oocytes after a 60-min treatment (80% for oocytes, 50% for eggs). Microinjection of IP3 (final concentration 1 microM) into MII eggs resulted in an extent of ZP2 conversion similar to that observed following fertilization, whereas little conversion occurred in GV-intact oocytes similarly injected. These results indicate that a protein kinase C sensitivity develops prior to meiotic maturation, whereas responsiveness to IP3 develops after maturation has resumed. We propose that the regulatory mechanism involving an IP3-mediated calcium release is deficient in GV-stage oocytes.

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Regulation of the Polyspermy Block in the Mouse Egg: Maturation-Dependent Differences in Cortical Granule Exocytosis and Zona Pellucida Modifications Induced by Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate and an Activator of Protein Kinase C1