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ArticleScience advances2023

Initial spindle positioning at the oocyte center protects against incorrect kinetochore-microtubule attachment and aneuploidy in mice.

Jessica N Kincade, Avery Hlavacek, Takashi Akera, Ahmed Z Balboula

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Role of the Notch signaling pathway in porcine oocyte maturation.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025
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  12. Tubulin post-translational modifications in meiosis.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica N KincadeAnimal Sciences Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3699-699X
Avery HlavacekAnimal Sciences Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Takashi AkeraCell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8406-9333
Ahmed Z BalboulaAnimal Sciences Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9663-6262
University of Missouri · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics and EvolutionZIAHL006249 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI AKERA, TAKASHI · 2020 to 2025
$12.1M
Mechanisms underpinning meiotic spindle formation and behaviorR35GM142537 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI AHMED BALBOULA · 2021 to 2026
$2.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HL006249NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spindle positioning within the oocyte must be tightly regulated. In mice, the spindle is predominantly assembled at the oocyte center before its migration toward the cortex to achieve the highly asymmetric division, a characteristic of female meiosis. The significance of the initial central positioning of the spindle is largely unknown. We show that initial spindle positioning at the oocyte center is an insurance mechanism to avoid the premature exposure of the spindle to cortical CDC42 signaling, which perturbs proper kinetochore-microtubule attachments, leading to the formation of aneuploid gametes. These findings contribute to understanding why female gametes are notoriously associated with high rates of aneuploidy, the leading genetic cause of miscarriage and congenital abnormalities.

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KinetochoresSpindle ApparatusAneuploidyAnimalsChromosome SegregationFemaleMiceMicrotubulesOocytes

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PMID36800430
PMCPMC9937575
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