Riparbelli, M. G. and Callaini, G. and Glover, D. M. (2000) Failure of pronuclear migration and repeated divisions of polar body nuclei associated with MTOC defects in polo eggs of Drosophila. Journal of Cell Science, 113 (18). pp. 3341-3350. ISSN 0021-9533. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20201005-153559731
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Abstract
The meiotic spindle of Drosophila oocytes is acentriolar but develops an unusual central microtubule organising centre (MTOC) at the end of meiosis I. In polo oocytes, this common central pole for the two tandem spindles of meiosis II was poorly organised and in contrast to wild-type failed to maintain its associated Pav-KLP motor protein. Furthermore, the polar body nuclei failed to arrest at metaphase, and the four products of female meiosis all underwent repeated haploid division cycles on anastral spindles. This was linked to a failure to form the astral array of microtubules with which the polar body chromosomes are normally associated. The MTOC associated with the male pronucleus was also defective in polo eggs, and the sperm aster did not grow. Migration of the female pronucleus did not take place and so a gonomeric spindle could not form. We discuss these findings in relation to the known roles of polo like kinases in regulating the behaviour of MTOCs.
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Additional Information: | © 2000 by Company of Biologists. Accepted 3 July 2000; published on WWW 22 August. This work was supported by grants from the Cancer Research Campaign, the BBSRC and the MURST. We thank Carmo Avides for her comments on the manuscript, and both Sharyn Endow and Endre Mathe for discussion about continued division cycles of the female meiotic products in various mutant backgrounds. | ||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | Drosophila, polo oocyte, Meiotic spindle, Sperm aster, Polar body | ||||||||
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Official Citation: | Failure of pronuclear migration and repeated divisions of polar body nuclei associated with MTOC defects in polo eggs of Drosophila M.G. Riparbelli, G. Callaini, D.M. Glover Journal of Cell Science 2000 113: 3341-3350 | ||||||||
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Deposited By: | George Porter | ||||||||
Deposited On: | 06 Oct 2020 14:25 | ||||||||
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