Journal: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Article Title: Intermediate Filament Protein BFSP1 Maintains Oocyte Asymmetric Division by Modulating Spindle Length.
doi: 10.1002/advs.202504066
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6. Restored MAP1B protein levels mitigate the meiotic defects in- duced in BFSP1 depleted-oocytes. A) Representative images of oocytes at M II stage in control, BFSP1-KD, and MAP1B-rescue groups. For the res- cue experiment, MAP1B-EGFP mRNA was microinjected to GV oocytes 20 h after microinjection of BFSP1 siRNAs. Yellow asterisks indicate oocytes that failed to extrude the first polar body, and red asterisks indicate oocytes with symmetric division. Scale bar, 80 μm. B) The GVBD rate was quan- tified in control (n = 180), BFSP1-KD (n = 174), and MAP1B-rescue (n = 185) oocytes. C) The PBE rate was quantified in control (n = 180), BFSP1- KD (n = 174), and MAP1B-rescue (n = 185) oocytes. D) The rate of sym- metric division was quantified in control (n = 180), BFSP1-KD (n = 174), and MAP1B-rescue (n = 185) oocytes. E) Representative images of spin- dle length in control, BFSP1-KD, and MAP1B-rescue oocytes at M I stage. Oocytes were immunostained for 𝛼-tubulin and 𝛾-tubulin. Scale bar, 15 μm. F) Spindle length was measured between two spindle poles in control (n = 19), BFSP1-KD (n = 19), and MAP1B-rescue (n = 14) oocytes at M I stage. G) Representative images of spindle length in control, BFSP1-KD, and MAP1B-rescue oocytes at AT I stage. Oocytes were immunostained
Article Snippet: Antibodies: Rabbit polyclonal anti-BFSP1 antibody (Cat# A3764) and rabbit monoclonal anti-Myc antibody (Cat# AE070) were purchased fromAbclonal (Wuhan, China); rabbit polyclonal anti-MAP1B antibody (Cat# 21633-1-AP), rabbit polyclonal antiHSP90α antibody (Cat# 13171-1-AP), mouse monoclonal anti-βActin antibody (Cat# 66009-1-lg), rabbit polyclonal anti-HA antibody (Cat# 51064-2-AP), and mouse monoclonal anti-GAPDH antibody (Cat# 60004-1-lg) were purchased from Proteintech (Rosemont, IL, USA); mouse monoclonal anti-α-Tubulin-FITC antibody (Cat# F2168) was purchased from Sigma–Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA); rabbit monoclonal anti-Vinculin antibody (Cat# CY5164) was purchased from Always (Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Control, Microinjection