Abstract:
:We find that completion of the first meiotic division in Rana pipiens oocytes requires the sequential action of at least two steroids: progesterone and one or more subsequent polar metabolites of progesterone. Progesterone binding in vitro to oocyte surface receptors increases during the first 4-5h of exposure, followed by internalization of plasma membrane together with membrane-bound progesterone over the next hour. The internalized progesterone is metabolized to highly polar polyhydroxylated steroid(s) prior to nuclear membrane disappearance at 8-9h. Polar steroids alone cannot induce meiosis, but do so in oocytes pretreated with progesterone for 1h. Similarly, the non-metabolizable progestin R5020 cannot induce meiosis but does if oocytes are subsequently exposed to polar steroids. An inhibitor of steroid alpha-reductase (4-MA) prevents both progesterone metabolism and progesterone-induced meiosis. However, meiosis does occur if 4-MA is followed by a polar steroid. Thus, progesterone binding at the oocyte surface initiates a process which requires polar progesterone metabolites for completion of the first meiotic division.
journal_name
Mol Cell Endocrinoljournal_title
Molecular and cellular endocrinologyauthors
Kostellow AB,Morrill GAdoi
10.1016/j.mce.2008.05.013subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-09-10 00:00:00pages
50-6issue
1-2eissn
0303-7207issn
1872-8057pii
S0303-7207(08)00229-3journal_volume
291pub_type
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