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Fig. 8. Activation of the MAP Kinase is downstream of the Wnt/ß-Catenin
pathway but does not requires intercellular communication. Immunolocalizations
using an anti MAPK-P antibody on control embryos (A,D), zinc-treated (B),
dnTCF RNA-injected (animalized) (E) or lithium treated (vegetalized) (C,F)
embryos. Phenotypes of a control pluteus (G), dnTCF RNA injected animalized
embryo (H) and a lithium vegetalized embryo (I). (J) Time course of MAPK
activation analysed by western blot analysis and effect of cell dissociation.
16, sixteen-cell stage; 60, 60-cell stage; veB, very early blastula; eB, early
blastula; phB, prehatching blastula; hB, hatching blastula; sB, swimming
blastula; mB, mesenchyme blastula; lG, late gastrula; Pl, pluteus; vv, vegetal
view. (K-M) Activation of ERK in dissociated blastomeres analysed by
immunostaining. Note that the cellular aggregates visible on the pictures were
not present during the culture but formed during fixation and the
immunostaining protocol.