CDC25B acts as a potential target of PRKACA in fertilized mouse eggs

Biol Reprod. 2008 Nov;79(5):991-8. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.068205. Epub 2008 Jul 16.

Abstract

Protein kinase A (PRKACA) has been documented as a pivotal regulator in meiosis and mitosis arrest. Although our previous work has established that PRKACA regulates cell cycle progression of mouse fertilized eggs by inhibiting M-phase promoting factor (MPF), little is known about the intermediate factor between PRKACA and MPF in the mitotic cell cycle. In this study, we investigated the role of the PRKACA/CDC25B pathway on the early development of mouse fertilized eggs. Overexpression of unphosphorylatable CDC25B mutant (Cdc25b-S321A or Cdc25b-S229A/S321A) rapidly caused G2-phase eggs to enter mitosis. Microinjection of either Cdc25b-WT or Cdc25b-S229A mRNA also promoted G2/M transition, but much less efficiently than Cdc25b-S321A and Cdc25b-S229A/S321A. Moreover, mouse fertilized eggs overrode the G2 arrest by microinjection of either Cdc25b-S321A or Cdc25b-S229A/S321A mRNA, which efficiently resulted in MPF activation by directly dephosphorylating CDC2A-Tyr15, despite culture under conditions that maintained exogenous dibutyryl cAMP. Using a highly specific antibody against phospho-Ser321 of CDC25B in Western blotting, we showed that CDC25B-Ser321 was phosphorylated at the G1 and S phases, whereas Ser321 was dephosphorylated at the G2 and M phases in vivo. Our findings identify CDC25B as a potential target of PRKACA and show that PRKACA regulates G2/M transition by phosphorylating CDC25B-Ser321 but not CDC25B-Ser229 on the first mitotic division of mouse fertilized eggs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bucladesine / pharmacology
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunits / metabolism*
  • Embryonic Development*
  • Female
  • G2 Phase
  • Maturation-Promoting Factor / metabolism
  • Mesothelin
  • Mice
  • Microinjections
  • Mitosis*
  • Phosphorylation
  • RNA, Messenger / administration & dosage
  • Zygote / growth & development
  • Zygote / metabolism*
  • cdc25 Phosphatases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Msln protein, mouse
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Bucladesine
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunits
  • Prkaca protein, mouse
  • Maturation-Promoting Factor
  • Cdc25b protein, mouse
  • cdc25 Phosphatases
  • Mesothelin