PMID- 10205171 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990611 LR - 20181113 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 8 DP - 1999 Apr 15 TI - Maintenance of G2 arrest in the Xenopus oocyte: a role for 14-3-3-mediated inhibition of Cdc25 nuclear import. PG - 2174-83 AB - Cdc2-cyclin B1 in the G2-arrested Xenopus oocyte is held inactive by phosphorylation of Cdc2 at two negative regulatory sites, Thr14 and Tyr15. Upon treatment with progesterone, these sites are dephosphorylated by the dual specificity phosphatase, Cdc25, leading to Cdc2-cyclin B1 activation. Whereas maintenance of the G2 arrest depends upon preventing Cdc25-induced Cdc2 dephosphorylation, the mechanisms responsible for keeping Cdc25 in check in these cells have not yet been described. Here we report that Cdc25 in the G2-arrested oocyte is bound to 14-3-3 proteins and that progesterone treatment abrogates this binding. We demonstrate that Cdc25, apparently statically localized in the cytoplasm, is actually capable of shuttling in and out of the oocyte nucleus. Binding of 14-3-3 protein markedly reduces the nuclear import rate of Cdc25, allowing nuclear export mediated by a nuclear export sequence present in the N-terminus of Cdc25 to predominate. If 14-3-3 binding to Cdc25 is prevented while nuclear export is inhibited, the coordinate nuclear accumulation of Cdc25 and Cdc2-cyclin B1 facilitates their mutual activation, thereby promoting oocyte maturation. FAU - Yang, J AU - Yang J AD - Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, C366 LSRC, Research Drive, Box 3686, Durham, NC 27710, USA. FAU - Winkler, K AU - Winkler K FAU - Yoshida, M AU - Yoshida M FAU - Kornbluth, S AU - Kornbluth S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (14-3-3 Proteins) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Cyclin B) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Unsaturated) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - EC 1.14.16.2 (Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDC2 Protein Kinase) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (cdc25 Phosphatases) RN - Y031I2N1EO (leptomycin B) SB - IM MH - 14-3-3 Proteins MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Biological Transport MH - CDC2 Protein Kinase/metabolism MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Nucleus/*metabolism MH - Cyclin B/metabolism MH - DNA Primers MH - Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/pharmacology MH - *G2 Phase MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Oocytes/*cytology/drug effects MH - Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Proteins/metabolism/*physiology MH - *Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase MH - Xenopus laevis MH - cdc25 Phosphatases PMC - PMC1171301 EDAT- 1999/04/16 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/16 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/16 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/16 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/16 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/16 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/emboj/18.8.2174 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 1999 Apr 15;18(8):2174-83. doi: 10.1093/emboj/18.8.2174.