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SUBMITTER: Byrne RD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4164486 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep-Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Byrne Richard D RD Veeriah Selvaraju S Applebee Christopher J CJ Larijani Banafshé B
Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) 20140901 5
The fusogenic lipid diacylglycerol is essential for remodeling gamete and zygote nuclear envelopes (NE) during early embryogenesis. It is unclear whether upstream signaling molecules are likewise conserved. Here we demonstrate PLCγ and its activator SFK1, which co-operate during male pronuclear envelope formation, also promote the subsequent male and female pronuclear fusion. PLCγ and SFK1 interact directly at the fusion site leading to PLCγ activation. This is accompanied by a spatially restric ...[more]