Asters play only a dispensable role in the induction of the cleavage furrow in the blastomeres of early Xenopus embryos

Development, Growth & Differentiation
Tomoyuki SakaidaA Shinagawa

Abstract

Kuroda et al. (2001) of our laboratory have previously revealed that exposure of early Xenopus embryos to 150 mm urethane results in complete suppression of formation of the asters and the cleavage furrow, as well as significant reduction of the size of the spindle in the blastomeres, allowing only 1 or 2 cycles of mitosis but not cytokinesis. In the course of closer examination of the effect of urethane on the cleavage of blastomeres of early Xenopus embryos, we unexpectedly discovered that exposure of early Xenopus embryos to 75 mm urethane did not prevent cell division at all, though asters were not detected in the blastomeres. Instead, they contained a spindle that appeared rather normal. They also formed the diastema, a thin yolk-free structure, which is considered to play an essential role in the induction of the cleavage furrow. Essentially the same results were obtained in the exposure of embryos to vinblastine, a well-known microtubule inhibitor: exposure of embryos to 20 micro g/mL vinblastine resulted in complete suppression of cleavage of the blastomeres, where formation of both the spindle and asters were perfectly suppressed. By contrast, exposure of embryos to 5 microg/mL vinblastine did not prevent cleavage in t...Continue Reading

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