Preferred Label : Oocyte Meiosis Pathway;
NCIt related terms : Oocyte meiosis;
Alternative definition : KEGG: During meiosis, a single round of DNA replication is followed by two rounds
of chromosome segregation, called meiosis I and meiosis II. At meiosis I, homologous
chromosomes recombine and then segregate to opposite poles, while the sister chromatids
segregate from each other at meoisis II. In vertebrates, immature oocytes are arrested
at the PI (prophase of meiosis I). The resumption of meiosis is stimulated by progesterone,
which carries the oocyte through two consecutive M-phases (MI and MII) to a second
arrest at MII. The key activity driving meiotic progression is the MPF (maturation-promoting
factor), a heterodimer of CDC2 (cell division cycle 2 kinase) and cyclin B. In PI-arrested
oocytes, MPF is initially inactive and is activated by the dual-specificity CDC25C
phosphatase as the result of new synthesis of Mos induced by progesterone. MPF activation
mediates the transition from the PI arrest to MI. The subsequent decrease in MPF levels,
required to exit from MI into interkinesis, is induced by a negative feedback loop,
where CDC2 brings about the activation of the APC (anaphase-promoting complex), which
mediates destruction of cyclin B. Re-activation of MPF for MII requires re-accumulation
of high levels of cyclin B as well as the inactivation of the APC by newly synthesized
Emi2 and other components of the CSF (cytostatic factor), such as cyclin E or high
levels of Mos. CSF antagonizes the ubiquitin ligase activity of the APC, preventing
cyclin B destruction and meiotic exit until fertilization occurs. Fertilization triggers
a transient increase in cytosolic free Ca2 , which leads to CSF inactivation and cyclin
B destruction through the APC. Then eggs are released from MII into the first embryonic
cell cycle.;
KEGG ID : hsa04114;
Origin ID : C91472;
UMLS CUI : C2984284;
Semantic type(s)
has_gene_product_element
pathway_has_gene_element