Movie 5.

Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of MII spindles in WT and Tg oocytes following AURKA inhibition. Laser scanning confocal 3D reconstruction of Z-stack images taken at 0.5μm intervals using a 40x oil objective and 6x digital zoom. Ovulated MII oocytes collected from WT and Tg mice were fixed after a 4h culture in media supplemented with MLN8237 (500nM), to inhibit AURKA, then immunolabeled to detect TACC3 (green) and PCNT (red) at aMTOCs, and the chromosomes (blue, DAPI).

Loss of acentriolar MTOCs disrupts spindle pole Aurora A and assembly of the liquid-like meiotic spindle domain in oocytes

Xiaotian Wang, Claudia Baumann, Rabindranath De La Fuente, and Maria M. Viveiros

J Cell Sci 2021. 134:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jcs.256297