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Cell Cycle in Ascidian Eggs and Embryos

Janet Chenevert
Karen W Lee
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Celine Hebras
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In ascidians the cell cycle machinery has been studied mainly in oocytes while ascidian embryos have been used to dissect the mechanism that controls asymmetric cell division (ACD). Here we overview the most specific and often exceptional points and events in cell cycle control in ascidian oocytes and early embryos. Mature stage IV eggs are arrested at metaphase I due to cytostatic factor (CSF). In vertebrates, unfertilized eggs are arrested at metaphase II by CSF. Meta II-CSF is mediated by the Mos/MEK/MAPK/Erp1 pathway, which inhibits the ubiquitin ligase APC/C cdc20 preventing cyclin B destruction thus stabilizing MPF activity. CSF is inactivated by the fertilization Ca 2+ transient that stimulates the destruction of Erp1 thus releasing APC/C cdc20 from inhibition. Although many of the components of CSF are conserved between the ascidian and the vertebrates, the lack of Erp1 in the ascidians (and indeed other invertebrates) is notable since the Mos/MAPK pathway nonetheless mediates Meta I-CSF. Moreover, since the fertilization Ca 2+ transient targets Erp1, it is not clear how the sperm-triggered Ca 2+ transient in ascidians (and again other invertebrates) stimulates cyclin B destruction in the absence of Erp1. Nonetheless, like mammalian eggs, sperm trigger a series of Ca 2+ oscillations that increases the rate of cyclin B destruction and the subsequent loss of MAPK activity leading to meiotic exit in ascidians. Positive feedback from MPF maintains the Ca 2+ oscillations in fertilized ascidian eggs ensuring the eventual loss of MPF stimulating the egg-to-embryo transition. Embryonic cell cycles in the ascidian are highly stereotyped where both the rate of cell division and the orientation of cell division planes are precisely controlled. Three successive rounds of ACD generate two small posterior germ cell precursors at the 64 cell stage. The centrosome-attracting body (CAB) is a macroscopic cortical structure visible by light microscopy that causes these three rounds of ACD. Entry into mitosis activates the CAB causing the whole mitotic spindle to rotate and migrate toward the cortical CAB leading to a highly ACD whereby one small cell is formed that
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hal-03026008 , version 1 (16-12-2020)

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Alex Mcdougall, Janet Chenevert, Karen W Lee, Celine Hebras, Remi Dumollard. Cell Cycle in Ascidian Eggs and Embryos. Cell Cycle in Ascidian Eggs and Embryos., pp.153-169, 2011, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-19065-0_8⟩. ⟨hal-03026008⟩
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