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The formation of Ca 2+ gradients at the cleavage furrows during cytokinesis of Zebrafish
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| Yun-Bo GUO,Ya WEN,Wen-Xue GAO,Jing-Chao LI,Peng ZHOU,Zai-Ling BAI,Bo ZHANG,Shi-Qiang WANG, |
| State Key Laboratory
of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, and Center of Developmental
Biology and Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Peking University,
Beijing 100871, China; |
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Abstract In dividing embryos, a localized elevation in intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) at the cleavage furrow has been shown to be essential for cytokinesis. However, the underlying mechanisms for generating and maintaining these [Ca2+]i gradients throughout cytokinesis are not fully understood. In the present study, we analyzed the role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) distribution in determining the intracellular Ca2+ gradients in early zebrafish blastomeres. Application of the injected Ca2+ indicator, Indo-1, showed that during the first cell division a standing Ca2+ gradient was formed ~35min after fertilization, with the [Ca2+]i spatially decaying from 500–600 nmol/L at the cleavage furrow to 100–200 nmol/L around the nucleus. While the IP3R immunohistochemical fluorescence was relatively concentrated in the peri-furrow region, ER labeling was relatively enriched in both peri-furrow and peri-nuclear regions. Numeric simulation suggested that a divergence in the spatial distribution of IP3R and the locations of Ca2+ uptake within the ER was essential for the formation of a standing Ca2+ gradient, and the Ca2+ gradient could only be well-established under an optimal stoichiometry of Ca2+ uptake and release. Indeed, while inhibition of IP3R Ca2+ release blocked the generation of the Ca2+ gradient at a lower [Ca2+]i level, both Ca2+ release stimulation by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) injection and ER Ca2+ pump inhibition by cyclopiazonic acid also eliminated the Ca2+ gradients at higher [Ca2+]i levels. Our results suggest a dynamic relationship between ER-mediated Ca2+ release and uptake that underlies the maintenance of the peri-furrow Ca2+ gradient and is essential for cytokinesis of zebrafish embryos.
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Ca2+ gradients
cytokinesis
zebrafish
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Issue Date: 01 August 2010
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