Mech Dev 1991 Feb 01;332:139-46. doi: 10.1016/0925-4773(91)90080-p.

Intracellular localization of MAP2-related protein (O-map) in prophase I and metaphase II oocytes of Xenopus.

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An antibody directed against rat brain microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) immunoprecipitated a protein of 240 kDa from a Xenopus oocyte extract. In contrast, in Xenopus brain extract, this antibody recognizes a protein of 280 kDa. The oocyte MAP2-related protein (called O-MAP) is present in both prophase I and metaphase II-blocked oocytes as demonstrated by immunoblotting experiments; it is in vivo phosphorylated. Immunocytochemical studies using the anti-rat brain MAP2 antibody demonstrated that the O-MAP colocalizes within the cortical microtubular array present in both prophase I and metaphase II oocytes. However, O-MAP is not associated with the microtubular structures which are organized during the oocyte prophase-metaphase transition, i.e., a giant cytoplasmic network and both the meiotic spindles. O-MAP therefore appears as a microtubule-associated protein oocyte specific and may play a role in the regulation of microtubule stability and the organization of the oocyte cytoskeleton.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: map2