Actin-microtubule interplay coordinates spindle assembly in human oocytes

Johannes Roeles and Georgios Tsiavaliaris ()
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Johannes Roeles: Hannover Medical School
Georgios Tsiavaliaris: Hannover Medical School

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Mammalian oocytes assemble a bipolar acentriolar microtubule spindle to segregate chromosomes during asymmetric division. There is increasing evidence that actin in the spindle interior not only participates in spindle migration and positioning but also protects oocytes from chromosome segregation errors leading to aneuploidy. Here we show that actin is an integral component of the meiotic machinery that closely interacts with microtubules during all major events of human oocyte maturation from the time point of spindle assembly till polar body extrusion and metaphase arrest. With the aid of drugs selectively affecting cytoskeleton dynamics and transiently disturbing the integrity of the two cytoskeleton systems, we identify interdependent structural rearrangements indicative of a close communication between actin and microtubules as fundamental feature of human oocytes. Our data support a model of actin-microtubule interplay that is essential for bipolar spindle assembly and correct partitioning of the nuclear genome in human oocyte meiosis.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12674-9

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