Forskolin, a diterpene that activates rapidly adenylate cyclase activity in several somatic cell systems, prevents spontaneous meiotic maturation of denuded mouse oocytes (ED50 of inhibition approximately 2.5 microM), unlike cholera toxin. The oocyte is sensitive to the action of forskolin during the period preceding germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD). Washing of the cells abolishes the effect. The diterpene potentiates the inhibitory effect of iso-butyl-methyl-xanthine (IBMX), a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, and it increases cAMP concentration in the oocytes. These findings not only confirm the antagonistic effect of cAMP on the first step of meiosis reinitiation (GVBD) in mammalian oocytes, but also provide the first demonstration of a functional adenylate cyclase system in mammalian oocytes upon which regulatory signals may act.

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