Distribution and association of mTOR with its cofactors, raptor and rictor, in cumulus cells and oocytes during meiotic maturation in mice
| Autor: | Kentaro Tanemura, Eimei Sato, Yumi Hoshino, Yuuki Hiradate, Yuhei Kogasaka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Cell division
Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2 Spindle Apparatus Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Biology mTORC2 Spindle pole body Mice Meiosis Genetics Animals Mitosis PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway Adaptor Proteins Signal Transducing Mice Inbred ICR Cumulus Cells TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases Regulatory-Associated Protein of mTOR Cell Biology Actin cytoskeleton Chromosomes Mammalian Cell biology Midbody Rapamycin-Insensitive Companion of mTOR Protein Multiprotein Complexes Oocytes Female Carrier Proteins Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Reproduction and Development. 80:334-348 |
| ISSN: | 1040-452X |
| Popis: | Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a Ser/Thr protein kinase, is the catalytic component of two distinct signaling complexes, mTOR-raptor complex (mTORC1) and mTOR-rictor complex (mTORC2). Recently, studies have demonstrated mitosis-specific roles for mTORC1, but the functions and expression dynamics of mTOR complexes during meiotic maturation remain unclear. In the present study, to evaluate the roles of respective mTOR complexes in maternal meiosis and compare them with those in mitosis, we sought to elucidate the spatiotemporal immunolocalization of mTOR, the kinase-active Ser2448- and Ser2481-phosphorylated mTOR, and raptor and rictor during cumulus-cell mitosis and oocyte meiotic maturation in mice. mTOR principally accumulated around the chromosomes and on the spindle. Phosphorylated mTOR (Ser2448 and Ser2481) exhibited elevated fluorescence intensities in the cytoplasm and punctate localization adjacent to the chromosomes, on the spindle poles, and on the midbody during mitotic and meiotic maturation, suggesting functional homology of mTOR between the two cell division systems, despite their mechanistically distinctive spindles. Raptor colocalized with mTOR during both types of cell division, indicating that mTORC1 is predominantly associated with these events. Mitotic rictor uniformly distributed through the cytoplasm, and meiotic rictor localized around the spindle poles of metaphase-I oocytes, suggesting functional divergence of mTORC2 between mitosis and female meiosis. Based on the general function of mTORC2 in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton, we propose that mTORC1 controls spindle function during mitosis and meiosis, while mTORC2 contributes to actin-dependent asymmetric division during meiotic maturation in mice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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