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ArticleCell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)2017

GTPase-activating protein Elmod2 is essential for meiotic progression in mouse oocytes.

Chun-Xiang Zhou, Li-Ya Shi, Rui-Chao Li, Ya-Hong Liu, Bo-Qun Xu, Jin-Wei Liu, Bo Yuan, Zhi-Xia Yang, Xiao-Yan Ying, Dong Zhang

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Article in Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Chun-Xiang Zhoua State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine , Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , P.R. China.
Li-Ya Shia State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine , Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , P.R. China.
Rui-Chao Lib Liuzhou Worker's Hospital , Liuzhou , Guangxi , China.
Ya-Hong Liuc The Second Affiliated Hospital , Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , China.
Bo-Qun Xuc The Second Affiliated Hospital , Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , China.
Jin-Wei Liud Department of Gynecology , Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital , Hangzhou , Zhejiang , China.
Bo Yuane Wenxi Agriculture Committee , Yuncheng , Shanxi , China.
Zhi-Xia Yanga State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine , Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , P.R. China.
Xiao-Yan Yingc The Second Affiliated Hospital , Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , China.
Dong Zhanga State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine , Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , P.R. China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University · CNLiuzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital · CNYuncheng University · CNZhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meiotic failure in oocytes is the major determinant of human zygote-originated reproductive diseases, the successful accomplishment of meiosis largely relay on the normal functions of many female fertility factors. Elmod2 is a member of the Elmod family with the strongest GAP (GTPase-activating protein) activity; although it was identified as a possible maternal protein, its actual physiologic role in mammalian oocytes has not been elucidated. Herein we reported that among Elmod family proteins, Elmod2 is the most abundant in mouse oocytes, and that inhibition of Elmod2 by specific siRNA caused severe meiotic delay and abnormal chromosomal segregation during anaphase. Elmod2 knockdown also significantly decreased the rate of oocyte maturation (to MII, with first polar body extrusion), and significantly greater numbers of Elmod2-knockdown MII oocytes were aneuploid. Correspondingly, Elmod2 knockdown dramatically decreased fertilization rate. To investigate the mechanism(s) involved, we found that Elmod2 knockdown caused significantly more abnormal mitochondrial aggregation and diminished cellular ATP levels; and we also found that Elmod2 co-localized and interacted with Arl2, a GTPase that is known to maintain mitochondrial dynamics and ATP levels in oocytes. In summary, we found that Elmod2 is the GAP essential to meiosis progression of mouse oocytes, most likely by regulating mitochondrial dynamics.

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MeiosisAdenosine TriphosphateAneuploidyAnimalsChromosome SegregationCytoskeletal ProteinsFemaleFertilizationGene Knockdown TechniquesGTP-Binding ProteinsMice, Inbred ICRMitochondriaOocytesOvaryProtein BindingAdenosine TriphosphateArl2 protein, mouseCytoskeletal ProteinsELMOD2 protein, mouseGTP-Binding ProteinsArl2ATPElmod2GTPase-activating proteinmeiosismitochondriaoocyte

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PMID28324667
PMCPMC5444355
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