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ArticleDevelopmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists2008

Bipolar, anastral spindle development in artificially activated sea urchin eggs.

John H Henson, Christopher A Fried, Mary K McClellan, Jason Ader, Jessica E Davis, Rudolf Oldenbourg, Calvin R Simerly

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7 authors.

John H HensonDepartment of Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013, USA. henson@dickinson.edu
Christopher A Fried
Mary K McClellan
Jason Ader
Jessica E Davis
Rudolf Oldenbourg
Calvin R Simerly

Funding

Development of New Automated Polarized Light MicroscopeR01EB002583 · NIBIB · MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY · PI OLDENBOURG, RUDOLF · 2004 to 2012
$4.4M
MECHANISM AND REGULATION OF ACTIN-BASED RETROGRADE FLOWR15GM060925 · NIGMS · DICKINSON COLLEGE · PI HENSON, JOHN H · 2000 to 2005
$331k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB002583NIGMS NIH HHS GM060925-2NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM060925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mitotic apparatus of the early sea urchin embryo is the archetype example of a centrosome-dominated, large aster spindle organized by means of the centriole of the fertilizing sperm. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that artificially activated sea urchin eggs possess the capacity to assemble the anastral, bipolar spindles present in many acentrosomal systems. Control fertilized Lytechinus pictus embryos and ammonia-activated eggs were immunolabeled for tubulin, centrosomal material, the spindle pole structuring protein NuMA and the mitotic kinesins MKLP1/Kinesin-6, Eg5/Kinesin-5, and KinI/Kinesin-13. Confocal imaging showed that a subset of ammonia-activated eggs contained bipolar "mini-spindles" that were anastral; displayed metaphase and anaphase-like stages; labeled for centrosomal material, NuMA, and the three mitotic kinesins; and were observed in living eggs using polarization optics. These results suggest that spindle structural and motor proteins have the ability to organize bipolar, anastral spindles in sea urchin eggs activated in the absence of the paternal centriole.

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OocytesSpindle ApparatusAmmoniaAnimalsAntigens, NuclearCell PolarityFemaleFertilizationLytechinusMaleNuclear Matrix-Associated ProteinsAmmoniaAntigens, NuclearNuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins

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PMID18393308
PMCPMC2386260

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