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Microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs) associate with growing microtubule plus ends and control microtubule dynamics and interactions with different cellular structures during cell division, cell migration and morphogenesis. Microtubule-associated RP/EB family member 2 (MAPRE2/EB2) is a highly conserved core component of +TIPs networks, but whether this molecule is required for mammalian meiotic progression is unknown. In this study, we investigated the expression and function of MAPRE2 during oocyte maturation. Our results showed that MAPRE2 was consistently expressed from germinal vesicle (GV) to metaphase II (MII) stages and that MAPRE2 was distributed in the cytoplasm of oocytes at GV stage and along the spindle at metaphase I (MI) and MII stages. Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of Mapre2 severely impaired microtubule stability, kinetochore-microtubule attachment, and chromosome alignment and subsequently caused spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) activation and cyclin B1 nondegradation, leading to failure of chromosome segregation and first polar body extrusion. This study demonstrates for the first time that MAPRE2 plays an important role during mouse oocyte meiosis.
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