Analysis of Cortical Flow in Xenopus Oocytes

Bement, William

Abstract

We are studying the preocess of 'cortical flow' in Xenopus oocytes. Cortical flow is normally triggered at fertilization in this species, but can be tricggered artificially by treatment with agonists of protein kinase C. We have found that cortical flow (manifest as movement of cortical pigment granules) is greatly speeded by microtubule depolymerization.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
• Type: Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
• Project #: 5P41RR000570-26
• Application #: 5220711
• Support Year: 26
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Publications

Malecki, Marek; Putzer, Emily; Sabo, Chelsea et al. (2014) Directed cardiomyogenesis of autologous human induced pluripotent stem cells recruited to infarcted myocardium with bioengineered antibodies. Mol Cell Ther 2:

Malecki, Marek (2014) 'Above all, do no harm': safeguarding pluripotent stem cell therapy against iatrogenic tumorigenesis. Stem Cell Res Ther 5:73

Mavroudi, Maria; Zarogoulidis, Paul; Porpodis, Konstantinos et al. (2014) Stem cells' guided gene therapy of cancer: New frontier in personalized and targeted therapy. J Cancer Res Ther (Manch) 2:22-33

Malecki, Marek; LaVanne, Christine; Alhambra, Dominique et al. (2013) Safeguarding Stem Cell-Based Regenerative Therapy against Iatrogenic Cancerogenesis: Transgenic Expression of DNASE1, DNASE1L3, DNASE2, DFFB Controlled By POLA1 Promoter in Proliferating and Directed Differentiation Resisting Human Autologous Pluripotent J Stem Cell Res Ther Suppl 9:

Malecki, Marek; Tombokan, Xenia; Anderson, Mark et al. (2013) TRA-1-60(+), SSEA-4(+), POU5F1(+), SOX2(+), NANOG(+) Clones of Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Embryonal Carcinomas of the Testes. J Stem Cell Res Ther 3:

Malecki, Marek (2013) Improved targeting and enhanced retention of the human, autologous, fibroblast-derived, induced, pluripotent stem cells to the sarcomeres of the infarcted myocardium with the aid of the bioengineered, heterospecific, tetravalent antibodies. J Stem Cell Res Ther 3:

Malecki, Marek; Dahlke, Jessica; Haig, Melissa et al. (2013) Eradication of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells by Transgenic Expression of Recombinant DNASE1, DNASE1L3, DNASE2, and DFFB Controlled by EGFR Promoter: Novel Strategy for Targeted Therapy of Cancer. J Genet Syndr Gene Ther 4:152

Zarogoulidis, Paul; Darwiche, Kaid; Sakkas, Antonios et al. (2013) Suicide Gene Therapy for Cancer - Current Strategies. J Genet Syndr Gene Ther 4:

Malecki, Marek; Sabo, Chelsea; Putzer, Emily et al. (2013) Recruitment and retention of human autologous CD34+ CD117+ CD133+ bone marrow stem cells to infarcted myocardium followed by directed vasculogenesis: Novel strategy for cardiac regeneration. Mol Cell Ther 1:

Malecki, Marek; Malecki, Bianca (2012) Routing of Biomolecules and Transgenes' Vectors in Nuclei of Oocytes. J Fertili In Vitro 2012:108-118