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Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes

Maturation and fertilization of the starfish oocyte are putative calcium-dependent events. We have investigated the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of this calcium dependence in single oocytes of Asterias forbesi. We used the calcium photoprotein, aequorin, in conjunction with a microscop...

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Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1984
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2113359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6490725
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description Maturation and fertilization of the starfish oocyte are putative calcium-dependent events. We have investigated the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of this calcium dependence in single oocytes of Asterias forbesi. We used the calcium photoprotein, aequorin, in conjunction with a microscope-photomultiplier and microscope-image intensifier. Surprisingly, in contrast to earlier work with Marasthenias glacialis, there is no detectable increase in intracellular-free calcium in the oocyte of A. forbesi in response to the maturation hormone 1-methyl adenine. During fertilization of the same, matured, A. forbesi oocyte there is a large increase in intracellular-free calcium. The calcium concentration increases to approximately 1 microM at the point of insemination and the region of elevated free calcium expands across the oocyte in approximately 20 s (17-19 degrees C). After the entire oocyte reaches an elevated concentration of free calcium, the concentration decreases uniformly throughout the oocyte over the next several minutes.
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spelling pubmed-21133592008-05-01 Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes J Cell Biol Articles Maturation and fertilization of the starfish oocyte are putative calcium-dependent events. We have investigated the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of this calcium dependence in single oocytes of Asterias forbesi. We used the calcium photoprotein, aequorin, in conjunction with a microscope-photomultiplier and microscope-image intensifier. Surprisingly, in contrast to earlier work with Marasthenias glacialis, there is no detectable increase in intracellular-free calcium in the oocyte of A. forbesi in response to the maturation hormone 1-methyl adenine. During fertilization of the same, matured, A. forbesi oocyte there is a large increase in intracellular-free calcium. The calcium concentration increases to approximately 1 microM at the point of insemination and the region of elevated free calcium expands across the oocyte in approximately 20 s (17-19 degrees C). After the entire oocyte reaches an elevated concentration of free calcium, the concentration decreases uniformly throughout the oocyte over the next several minutes. The Rockefeller University Press 1984-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2113359/ /pubmed/6490725 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes
title Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes
title_full Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes
title_fullStr Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes
title_full_unstemmed Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes
title_short Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes
title_sort calcium transients during early development in single starfish (asterias forbesi) oocytes
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2113359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6490725