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Session III : Protein kinase cascades as therapeutic targets Poster III, 53<br />

Modulation of MPF <strong>and</strong> MAPK pathways activities by physiological pHi changes.<br />

Chantal Sellier1, Anne F Antoine1, Stéphane Flament2, Arlette Lescuyer1, Jean-Pierre<br />

Vilain1 <strong>and</strong> Jean-François Bodart1.<br />

1 - Laboratoire de Régulation des signaux de division, EA 1033, IFR 118, UTSL, SN3, F-<br />

59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq cedex, France. E-mail : chantal_sellier@yahoo.fr ; Anne-<br />

Frederique.Antoine@univ-lille1.fr ; Arlette.Lescuyer@univ-lille1.fr ; Jean-<br />

Pierre.Vilain@univ-lille1.fr ; Jean-François.Bodart@univ-lille1.fr<br />

2 - Faculté des Sciences, EA 3442, UHP, Bvd des Aiguillettes, BP 239, F-54506<br />

V<strong>and</strong>oeuvre Lès Nancy cedex, France. E-mail : stephane.flament@scbiol.uhp-nancy.fr<br />

Intracellular pH (pHi) plays a key role in mitogenic signal transduction, development <strong>and</strong><br />

maintenance of transformed phenotypes. Nevertheless, cell cycle mechanisms sensitive to pHi<br />

remain to be determined. Analogous to G2/M transition, Xenopus oocyte maturation is<br />

characterized by germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD), MPF (Cyclin B/Cdk1) <strong>and</strong> Mos-<br />

MAPK pathways activation. These events are accompanied by a transient alkalization. We<br />

determined that an acidifying compound, NH4Cl, delayed progesterone-induced GVBD in a<br />

dose-dependent manner. Cyclin B phosphorylation, Cdk1 Y-15 dephosphorylation as well as<br />

p39Mos accumulation, MAPK <strong>and</strong> p90Rsk phosphorylations induced by progesterone were<br />

delayed by acidification. The delay induced by NH4Cl was prevented by injection of MOPS<br />

buffer pH 7.7. In contrast, alkalyzing treatment such as Tris buffer pH 9 injections,<br />

accelerated GVBD, MPF <strong>and</strong> MAPK activation. Strickingly, we observed that NH4Cl<br />

strongly inhibited thiophosphorylated active MAPK-induced GVBD <strong>and</strong> MPF activation<br />

while it had no or little effect on the MPF autoamplification loop <strong>and</strong> GVBD triggered by egg<br />

cytoplasm injection. Nevertheless, Tris pH 9 did not have any effects on egg cytoplasm- or<br />

active MAPK-induced GVBD. Thus, dynamic of early events driving MAPK <strong>and</strong> MPF<br />

activation induced by progesterone may be negatively or positively regulated by pHi changes<br />

whereas only MAPK-induced GVBD pathway was inhibited by acidification. Finally, using<br />

electrophysiological approch, we observed that NH4Cl induced an activation of Ca2+activated<br />

Cl current suggesting an elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration. Therefore,<br />

effects of pHi on early meiosis dynamic might be related to subsequent change in Ca2+<br />

homeostasis.<br />

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