SUMOylation regulates germinal vesicle break-down and the AKT/PKB pathway during mouse oocyte maturation

Document Type

Article (peer-reviewed)

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

SUMOylation, a process of posttranslational modification of proteins by the Small Ubiquitin related Modifier (SUMO) family of proteins, is known to be involved in yeast and mammalian somatic cell-cycle regulation. However, the identities of the SUMO-modified oocyte targets are largely unknown and the functional role(s) for SUMOylation during mammalian oocyte maturation remains unclear. Based upon studies in non-germline cells, protein kinase B/AKT is a potential SUMOylation target in the mouse oocyte, where it plays an essential role in cell-cycle resumption and progression during maturation. This study investigated the temporal patterns and prospective role(s) for interactions between SUMOylation and AKT serine-phosphorylation during oocyte meiotic resumption. Pharmacological inhibition of SUMOylation significantly decreased Follicular Fluid Meiosis-Activating Sterol-induced cell-cycle resumption in oocytes matured in vitro and negatively affected the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of AKT. Similarly, nuclear localization of cyclin D1, a downstream target of AKT activation, was significantly decreased following SUMOylation inhibition. Together these data show that SUMO and the posttranslational process of SUMOylation are involved in cell-cycle resumption during murine oocyte maturation and exert a regulatory influence on the AKT pathway during germinal vesicle breakdown.

DOI

10.1152/ajpcell.00038.2018

Language

English

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