Evidence that fertilization activates starfish eggs by sequential activation of a Src-like kinase and phospholipase cgamma |
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Authors: | Giusti A F Xu W Hinkle B Terasaki M Jaffe L A |
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Affiliation: | Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, the Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA. |
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Abstract: | Recent evidence has indicated a requirement for a Src family kinase in initiating Ca(2+) release at fertilization in starfish eggs (Giusti, A. F., Carroll, D. J., Abassi, Y. A., Terasaki, M., Foltz, K. R., and Jaffe, L. A. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 29318-29322). We now show that injection of Src protein into starfish eggs initiates Ca(2+) release and DNA synthesis, as occur at fertilization. These responses depend on the phosphorylation state of the Src protein; only the kinase active form is effective. Like Ca(2+) release at fertilization, the Ca(2+) release in response to Src protein injection is inhibited by prior injection of the SH2 domains of phospholipase Cgamma. These findings support the conclusion that in starfish, sperm-egg interaction causes egg activation by sequential activation of a Src-like kinase and phospholipase Cgamma. Injection of the SH2 domain of Src, which inhibits Ca(2+) release at fertilization, does not inhibit Ca(2+) release caused by Src protein injection. This indicates that the requirement for a Src SH2 domain interaction is upstream of Src activation in the pathway leading to Ca(2+) release at fertilization. |
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