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First published online 15 September 2004
doi: 10.1242/dev.01368

Development 131, 4987-4998 (2004)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2004
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Potential role of protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 13 in the control of oocyte meiotic maturation

Taku Nedachi and Marco Conti*

Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

* Author for correspondence (e-mail: marco.conti{at}stanford.edu)

Accepted 22 July 2004

Protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 13 (PTPN13) is a tyrosine phosphatase with multiple interacting domains that has been implicated previously in the regulation of apoptosis. We provide evidence that PTPN13 plays an important role in the control of the meiotic cell cycle. A cDNA coding for PTPN13 was isolated during the screening for the substrate of protein kinase A expressed in mammalian oocytes. PTPN13 is expressed in both mouse and Xenopus oocytes and is a substrate for protein kinase A in vitro and in vivo. Expression of a truncated constitutively-active PTPN13 in Xenopus oocytes synergizes with progesterone in the induction of germinal vesicle breakdown, the translation of Mos, the phosphorylation of Erk and the dephosphorylation of Cdc2. The phosphatase activity of PTPN13 is required for this synergism. Oocyte injection with specific small interference RNA downregulates the expression of mRNA for PTPN13 and blocks oocyte maturation induced by progesterone, a blockade that can be overcome by Cdc25 overexpression. These findings indicate that PTPN13 is involved in the regulation of the meiotic cell cycle.

Key words: Xenopus oocyte, Cyclic AMP, Meiotic resumption, Tyrosine phosphatase


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