Fig. 4. AKAP95 associates with maternal chromosomes at first mitosis, whereas
mCAP-D2 is recruited to both chromosome complements. (A) Sperm were labeled
with Hoechst 33342 (blue) before ICSI into oocytes. Resulting ICSI embryos
were fixed at the PN stage, total DNA was labeled with PI (red) and AKAP95
localized by immunofluorescence (green). Merge image shows AKAP95 labeling
restricted to the FPN (yellow). (B,C) Mitotic zygotes produced by ICSI of
Hoechst-labeled sperm as in A were fixed and AKAP95 (B) and mCAP-D2 (C) were
examined by immunofluorescence. (D) Mitotic embryos were also double-labeled
with anti-AKAP95 mAb47 and anti-hCAP-D2 antibodies. `F' and `M', female and
male chromatin, respectively; PB, polar body. Bars, 20 µm.