Maturation and fertilization in Lottia gigantea oocytes: intracellular pH, Ca(2+), and electrophysiology |
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Authors: | Gould M C Stephano J L Ortíz-Barrón B J Pérez-Quezada I |
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Institution: | Instituto de Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22800, BC., Mexico. mgould@faro.ens.uabc.mx |
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Abstract: | Intracellular pH and Ca(2+) were measured with BCECF- and Calcium Green-dextran during maturation and fertilization of oocytes of the limpet Lottia gigantea. Maturation of oocytes from prophase to metaphase I of meiosis was induced in seawater adjusted to pH 9 with NH(4)OH. Intracellular pH rose during maturation induction, and maturation was also induced by microinjecting pH 8, but not pH 7, HEPES buffer. Intracellular Ca(2+) rose during NH(4)OH-induced maturation, but maturation was not inhibited when the increase was blocked by microinjection of BAPTA. When the metaphase I oocytes were fertilized(), there was an abrupt increase in intracellular Ca(2+), and activation (polar body formation) failed to occur in BAPTA-injected oocytes. Intracellular pH did not rise during fertilization. These observations show that maturation from prophase to metaphase I of meiosis is pH-dependent and activation of the metaphase I oocytes is Ca(2+)-dependent. A Ca(2+) action potential was present in both immature and mature oocytes but was more prominent in mature oocytes whose input resistance was higher. Fertilization produced a long-lasting (17-20 min) Na(+)-dependent fertilization potential with superimposed oscillations resembling Ca(2+) action potentials. |
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