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XB-ART-9374
Cell Signal 2001 Jan 01;131:51-5. doi: 10.1016/s0898-6568(00)00138-8.
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Grb2 promotes reinitiation of meiosis in Xenopus oocytes.

Cailliau K , Browaeys-Poly E , Broutin-L'Hermite I , Nioche P , Garbay C , Ducruix A , Vilain JP .


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The adaptor protein Grb2 plays a central role in cell proliferation and/or cell cycle progression. In this study, we investigate the role of Grb2 in signalling pathways involved in meiotic reinitiation. For that purpose, Xenopus Grb2 cRNA and its mutated forms or human Grb2 protein was microinjected into immature Xenopus oocytes. Reinitiation of meiosis was seen in unstimulated oocytes. Induction of the meiosis was time dependent and Ras dependent, and the presence in Grb2 of SH2 and SH3 domains was required. Several tyrosine phosphorylated proteins were solely detected in oocytes responsive to Grb2 injection. Our results are in favour of an unusual recruitment and initiation of the Grb2 transduction cascade independent of a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) stimulation.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: grb2