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Li T, Gachet Y, Tournier S. MAARS Software for Automatic and Quantitative Analysis of Mitotic Progression. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2740:275-293. [PMID: 38393482 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3557-5_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
Abstract
In this chapter, we describe a software called MAARS (Mitotic Analysis And Recording System) that enables automatic and quantitative analysis of mitotic progression on an open-source platform. This computer-assisted analysis of cell division allows the unbiased acquisition of multiple parameters such as cell shape or size, metaphase or anaphase delays, as well as various mitotic abnormalities. This chapter describes the power of such an expert system to highlight the complexity of the mechanisms required to prevent mitotic chromosome segregation errors, leading to aneuploidy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tong Li
- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse Cedex, France
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse Cedex, France.
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse Cedex, France.
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Virant D, Vojnovic I, Winkelmeier J, Endesfelder M, Turkowyd B, Lando D, Endesfelder U. Unraveling the kinetochore nanostructure in Schizosaccharomyces pombe using multi-color SMLM imaging. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:213836. [PMID: 36705602 PMCID: PMC9930162 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202209096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
The key to ensuring proper chromosome segregation during mitosis is the kinetochore (KT), a tightly regulated multiprotein complex that links the centromeric chromatin to the spindle microtubules and as such leads the segregation process. Understanding its architecture, function, and regulation is therefore essential. However, due to its complexity and dynamics, only its individual subcomplexes could be studied in structural detail so far. In this study, we construct a nanometer-precise in situ map of the human-like regional KT of Schizosaccharomyces pombe using multi-color single-molecule localization microscopy. We measure each protein of interest (POI) in conjunction with two references, cnp1CENP-A at the centromere and sad1 at the spindle pole. This allows us to determine cell cycle and mitotic plane, and to visualize individual centromere regions separately. We determine protein distances within the complex using Bayesian inference, establish the stoichiometry of each POI and, consequently, build an in situ KT model with unprecedented precision, providing new insights into the architecture.
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- David Virant
- https://ror.org/05r7n9c40Department of Systems and Synthetic Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiologyand LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- https://ror.org/05r7n9c40Department of Systems and Synthetic Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiologyand LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany,Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- https://ror.org/05r7n9c40Department of Systems and Synthetic Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiologyand LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany,Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- https://ror.org/05591te55Institute for Assyriology and Hittitology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
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- https://ror.org/05r7n9c40Department of Systems and Synthetic Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiologyand LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany,Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- https://ror.org/05r7n9c40Department of Systems and Synthetic Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiologyand LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany,Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Correspondence to Ulrike Endesfelder:
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Zareiesfandabadi P, Elting MW. Force by minus-end motors Dhc1 and Klp2 collapses the S. pombe spindle after laser ablation. Biophys J 2022; 121:263-276. [PMID: 34951983 PMCID: PMC8790213 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
A microtubule-based machine called the mitotic spindle segregates chromosomes when eukaryotic cells divide. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which undergoes closed mitosis, the spindle forms a single bundle of microtubules inside the nucleus. During elongation, the spindle extends via antiparallel microtubule sliding by molecular motors. These extensile forces from the spindle are thought to resist compressive forces from the nucleus. We probe the mechanism and maintenance of this force balance via laser ablation of spindles at various stages of mitosis. We find that spindle pole bodies collapse toward each other after ablation, but spindle geometry is often rescued, allowing spindles to resume elongation. Although this basic behavior has been previously observed, many questions remain about the phenomenon's dynamics, mechanics, and molecular requirements. In this work, we find that previously hypothesized viscoelastic relaxation of the nucleus cannot explain spindle shortening in response to laser ablation. Instead, spindle collapse requires microtubule dynamics and is powered by the minus-end-directed motor proteins dynein Dhc1 and kinesin-14 Klp2, but it does not require the minus-end-directed kinesin Pkl1.
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,Cluster for Quantitative and Computational Developmental Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,Corresponding author
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Mangeat T, Labouesse S, Allain M, Negash A, Martin E, Guénolé A, Poincloux R, Estibal C, Bouissou A, Cantaloube S, Vega E, Li T, Rouvière C, Allart S, Keller D, Debarnot V, Wang XB, Michaux G, Pinot M, Le Borgne R, Tournier S, Suzanne M, Idier J, Sentenac A. Super-resolved live-cell imaging using random illumination microscopy. CELL REPORTS METHODS 2021; 1:100009. [PMID: 35474693 PMCID: PMC9017237 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Current super-resolution microscopy (SRM) methods suffer from an intrinsic complexity that might curtail their routine use in cell biology. We describe here random illumination microscopy (RIM) for live-cell imaging at super-resolutions matching that of 3D structured illumination microscopy, in a robust fashion. Based on speckled illumination and statistical image reconstruction, easy to implement and user-friendly, RIM is unaffected by optical aberrations on the excitation side, linear to brightness, and compatible with multicolor live-cell imaging over extended periods of time. We illustrate the potential of RIM on diverse biological applications, from the mobility of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in U2OS cells and kinetochore dynamics in mitotic S. pombe cells to the 3D motion of myosin minifilaments deep inside Drosophila tissues. RIM's inherent simplicity and extended biological applicability, particularly for imaging at increased depths, could help make SRM accessible to biology laboratories.
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- Thomas Mangeat
- LITC Core Facility, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Institut Fresnel, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Institut Fresnel, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Institut Fresnel, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCD), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCD), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- LITC Core Facility, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- LITC Core Facility, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCD), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- LITC Core Facility, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS, Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), Toulouse, France
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCD), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- LITC Core Facility, Centre de Biologie Integrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCD), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR) - UMR 6290, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR) - UMR 6290, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR) - UMR 6290, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCD), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCD), Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- LS2N, CNRS UMR 6004, 1 rue de la Noë, F44321 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Institut Fresnel, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Marseille, France
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Yukawa M, Teratani Y, Toda T. Escape from mitotic catastrophe by actin-dependent nuclear displacement in fission yeast. iScience 2021; 24:102031. [PMID: 33506191 PMCID: PMC7814194 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.102031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic cells position the nucleus within the proper intracellular space, thereby safeguarding a variety of cellular processes. In fission yeast, the interphase nucleus is placed in the cell middle in a microtubule-dependent manner. By contrast, how the mitotic nucleus is positioned remains elusive. Here we show that several cell-cycle mutants that arrest in mitosis all displace the nucleus toward one end of the cell. Intriguingly, the actin cytoskeleton is responsible for nuclear movement. Time-lapse live imaging indicates that mitosis-specific F-actin cables possibly push the nucleus through direct interaction with the nuclear envelope, and subsequently actomyosin ring constriction further shifts the nucleus away from the center. This nuclear movement is beneficial, because if the nuclei were retained in the center, unseparated chromosomes would be intersected by the contractile actin ring and the septum, imposing the lethal cut phenotype. Thus, fission yeast escapes from mitotic catastrophe by means of actin-dependent nuclear movement. Actin-dependent mitotic nuclear positioning in fission yeast Actin cables and ring closure drive nuclear displacement upon mitotic arrest Nuclear displacement evades cut-mediated cell death Survivors resume cell division as diploids
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- Masashi Yukawa
- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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Gómez-Gil E, Martín-García R, Vicente-Soler J, Franco A, Vázquez-Marín B, Prieto-Ruiz F, Soto T, Pérez P, Madrid M, Cansado J. Stress-activated MAPK signaling controls fission yeast actomyosin ring integrity by modulating formin For3 levels. eLife 2020; 9:57951. [PMID: 32915139 PMCID: PMC7511234 DOI: 10.7554/elife.57951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytokinesis, which enables the physical separation of daughter cells once mitosis has been completed, is executed in fungal and animal cells by a contractile actin- and myosin-based ring (CAR). In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the formin For3 nucleates actin cables and also co-operates for CAR assembly during cytokinesis. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) regulate essential adaptive responses in eukaryotic organisms to environmental changes. We show that the stress-activated protein kinase pathway (SAPK) and its effector, MAPK Sty1, downregulates CAR assembly in S. pombe when its integrity becomes compromised during cytoskeletal damage and stress by reducing For3 levels. Accurate control of For3 levels by the SAPK pathway may thus represent a novel regulatory mechanism of cytokinesis outcome in response to environmental cues. Conversely, SAPK signaling favors CAR assembly and integrity in its close relative Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, revealing a remarkable evolutionary divergence of this response within the fission yeast clade.
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- Elisa Gómez-Gil
- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Maestroni L, Reyes C, Vaurs M, Gachet Y, Tournier S, Géli V, Coulon S. Nuclear envelope attachment of telomeres limits TERRA and telomeric rearrangements in quiescent fission yeast cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:3029-3041. [PMID: 31980821 PMCID: PMC7102995 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Telomere anchoring to nuclear envelope (NE) is a key feature of nuclear genome architecture. Peripheral localization of telomeres is important for chromatin silencing, telomere replication and for the control of inappropriate recombination. Here, we report that fission yeast quiescent cells harbor predominantly a single telomeric cluster anchored to the NE. Telomere cluster association to the NE relies on Rap1-Bqt4 interaction, which is impacted by the length of telomeric sequences. In quiescent cells, reducing telomere length or deleting bqt4, both result in an increase in transcription of the telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA). In the absence of Bqt4, telomere shortening leads to deep increase in TERRA level and the concomitant formation of subtelomeric rearrangements (STEEx) that accumulate massively in quiescent cells. Taken together, our data demonstrate that Rap1-Bqt4-dependent telomere association to NE preserves telomere integrity in post-mitotic cells, preventing telomeric transcription and recombination. This defines the nuclear periphery as an area where recombination is restricted, creating a safe zone for telomeres of post-mitotic cells.
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- Laetitia Maestroni
- CNRS, INSERM, Aix Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, France
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Aix Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, France
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Aix Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Aix Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, France
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Berthezene J, Reyes C, Li T, Coulon S, Bernard P, Gachet Y, Tournier S. Aurora B and condensin are dispensable for chromosome arm and telomere separation during meiosis II. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:889-905. [PMID: 32101485 PMCID: PMC7185977 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-01-0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
In mitosis, while the importance of kinetochore (KT)-microtubule (MT) attachment has been known for many years, increasing evidence suggests that telomere dysfunctions also perturb chromosome segregation by contributing to the formation of chromatin bridges at anaphase. Recent evidence suggests that Aurora B kinase ensures proper chromosome segregation during mitosis not only by controlling KT-MT attachment but also by regulating telomere and chromosome arm separation. However, whether and how Aurora B governs telomere separation during meiosis has remained unknown. Here, we show that fission yeast Aurora B localizes at telomeres during meiosis I and promotes telomere separation independently of the meiotic cohesin Rec8. In meiosis II, Aurora B controls KT-MT attachment but appears dispensable for telomere and chromosome arm separation. Likewise, condensin activity is nonessential in meiosis II for telomere and chromosome arm separation. Thus, in meiosis, the requirements for Aurora B are distinct at centromeres and telomeres, illustrating the critical differences in the control of chromosome segregation between mitosis and meiosis II.
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- Julien Berthezene
- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Aix Marseille Univ, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, 13273 Marseille, France
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- CNRS-Laboratory of Biology and Modelling of the Cell, UMR 5239, 69364 Lyon, France.,ENS de Lyon, Université Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Developmental Diversity in Cell Division Mechanisms. Dev Cell 2018; 47:535-536. [PMID: 30513295 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Cytokinesis is the subject of intense study, but mechanisms underlying contractility and cell shape change in cytokinesis are still being defined. Furthermore, it is unknown how contractile mechanisms vary among cell types and throughout development. Recent findings uncover differential molecular requirements for cytokinesis depending on cell fate and embryonic context.
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Salas-Pino S, Gallardo P, Barrales RR, Braun S, Daga RR. The fission yeast nucleoporin Alm1 is required for proteasomal degradation of kinetochore components. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:3591-3608. [PMID: 28974540 PMCID: PMC5674884 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201612194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Revised: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
TPR nucleoporins form the nuclear pore complex basket. The fission yeast TPR Alm1 is required for localization of the proteasome to the nuclear envelope, which is in turn required for kinetochore homeostasis and proper chromosome segregation. Kinetochores (KTs) are large multiprotein complexes that constitute the interface between centromeric chromatin and the mitotic spindle during chromosome segregation. In spite of their essential role, little is known about how centromeres and KTs are assembled and how their precise stoichiometry is regulated. In this study, we show that the nuclear pore basket component Alm1 is required to maintain both the proteasome and its anchor, Cut8, at the nuclear envelope, which in turn regulates proteostasis of certain inner KT components. Consistently, alm1-deleted cells show increased levels of KT proteins, including CENP-CCnp3, spindle assembly checkpoint activation, and chromosome segregation defects. Our data demonstrate a novel function of the nucleoporin Alm1 in proteasome localization required for KT homeostasis.
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- Silvia Salas-Pino
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucia, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucia, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martiensried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martiensried, Germany.,International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucia, Seville, Spain
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Li T, Mary H, Grosjean M, Fouchard J, Cabello S, Reyes C, Tournier S, Gachet Y. MAARS: a novel high-content acquisition software for the analysis of mitotic defects in fission yeast. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:1601-1611. [PMID: 28450455 PMCID: PMC5469604 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-10-0723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Faithful segregation of chromosomes during cell division relies on multiple processes such as chromosome attachment and correct spindle positioning. Yet mitotic progression is defined by multiple parameters, which need to be quantitatively evaluated. To study the spatiotemporal control of mitotic progression, we developed a high-content analysis (HCA) approach that combines automated fluorescence microscopy with real-time quantitative image analysis and allows the unbiased acquisition of multiparametric data at the single-cell level for hundreds of cells simultaneously. The Mitotic Analysis and Recording System (MAARS) provides automatic and quantitative single-cell analysis of mitotic progression on an open-source platform. It can be used to analyze specific characteristics such as cell shape, cell size, metaphase/anaphase delays, and mitotic abnormalities including spindle mispositioning, spindle elongation defects, and chromosome segregation defects. Using this HCA approach, we were able to visualize rare and unexpected events of error correction during anaphase in wild-type or mutant cells. Our study illustrates that such an expert system of mitotic progression is able to highlight the complexity of the mechanisms required to prevent chromosome loss during cell division.
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- Tong Li
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Jin SH, Jang SC, Lee B, Jeong HH, Jeong SG, Lee SS, Kim KP, Lee CS. Monitoring of chromosome dynamics of single yeast cells in a microfluidic platform with aperture cell traps. LAB ON A CHIP 2016; 16:1358-1365. [PMID: 26980179 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc01422k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Chromosome movement plays important roles in DNA replication, repair, genetic recombination, and epigenetic phenomena during mitosis and meiosis. In particular, chromosome movement in the nuclear space is essential for the reorganization of the nucleus. However, conventional methods for analyzing the chromosome movements in vivo have been limited by technical constraints of cell trapping, cell cultivation, oxygenation, and in situ imaging. Here, we present a simple microfluidic platform with aperture-based cell trapping arrays to monitor the chromosome dynamics in single living cells for a desired period of time. Under the optimized conditions, our microfluidic platform shows a single-cell trapping efficiency of 57%. This microfluidic approach enables in situ imaging of intracellular dynamics in living cells responding to variable input stimuli under the well-controlled microenvironment. As a validation of this microfluidic platform, we investigate the fundamental features of the dynamic cellular response of the individual cells treated with different stimuli and drug. We prove the basis for dynamic chromosome movement in single yeast cells to be the telomere and nuclear envelope ensembles that attach to and move in concert with nuclear actin cables. Therefore, these results illustrate the monitoring of cellular functions and obtaining of dynamic information at a high spatiotemporal resolution through the integration of a simple microfluidic platform.
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- Si Hyung Jin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Zürich, CH 8093, Switzerland. leesu@ ethz.ch and Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM), ETH Zürich, Zürich, CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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Mary H, Fouchard J, Gay G, Reyes C, Gauthier T, Gruget C, Pécréaux J, Tournier S, Gachet Y. Fission yeast kinesin-8 controls chromosome congression independently of oscillations. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:3720-30. [PMID: 26359299 PMCID: PMC4631777 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.160465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In higher eukaryotes, efficient chromosome congression relies, among other players, on the activity of chromokinesins. Here, we provide a quantitative analysis of kinetochore oscillations and positioning in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a model organism lacking chromokinesins. In wild-type cells, chromosomes align during prophase and, while oscillating, maintain this alignment throughout metaphase. Chromosome oscillations are dispensable both for kinetochore congression and stable kinetochore alignment during metaphase. In higher eukaryotes, kinesin-8 family members control chromosome congression by regulating their oscillations. By contrast, here, we demonstrate that fission yeast kinesin-8 controls chromosome congression by an alternative mechanism. We propose that kinesin-8 aligns chromosomes by controlling pulling forces in a length-dependent manner. A coarse-grained model of chromosome segregation implemented with a length-dependent process that controls the force at kinetochores is necessary and sufficient to mimic kinetochore alignment, and prevents the appearance of lagging chromosomes. Taken together, these data illustrate how the local action of a motor protein at kinetochores provides spatial cues within the spindle to align chromosomes and to prevent aneuploidy. Highlighted Article: Quantitative analysis in S. pombe reveals that chromosome oscillations are dispensable for kinetochore congression in mitosis. Kinesin-8 controls chromosome congression through length-dependent pulling forces.
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- Hadrien Mary
- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- DAMCB, 43 rue Horace Bertin, Marseille 13005, France
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- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- IGDR, Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, University Rennes 1, Rennes F-35043, France
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- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, Toulouse F-31062, France
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Reyes C, Serrurier C, Gauthier T, Gachet Y, Tournier S. Aurora B prevents chromosome arm separation defects by promoting telomere dispersion and disjunction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 208:713-27. [PMID: 25778919 PMCID: PMC4362453 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201407016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The segregation of centromeres and telomeres at mitosis is coordinated at multiple levels to prevent the formation of aneuploid cells, a phenotype frequently observed in cancer. Mitotic instability arises from chromosome segregation defects, giving rise to chromatin bridges at anaphase. Most of these defects are corrected before anaphase onset by a mechanism involving Aurora B kinase, a key regulator of mitosis in a wide range of organisms. Here, we describe a new role for Aurora B in telomere dispersion and disjunction during fission yeast mitosis. Telomere dispersion initiates in metaphase, whereas disjunction takes place in anaphase. Dispersion is promoted by the dissociation of Swi6/HP1 and cohesin Rad21 from telomeres, whereas disjunction occurs at anaphase after the phosphorylation of condensin subunit Cnd2. Strikingly, we demonstrate that deletion of Ccq1, a telomeric shelterin component, rescued cell death after Aurora inhibition by promoting the loading of condensin on chromosome arms. Our findings reveal an essential role for telomeres in chromosome arm segregation.
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- Céline Reyes
- Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire et moléculaire du contrôle de la prolifération, Université de Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LBCMCP-UMR5088, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire et moléculaire du contrôle de la prolifération, Université de Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LBCMCP-UMR5088, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire et moléculaire du contrôle de la prolifération, Université de Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LBCMCP-UMR5088, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire et moléculaire du contrôle de la prolifération, Université de Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LBCMCP-UMR5088, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire et moléculaire du contrôle de la prolifération, Université de Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LBCMCP-UMR5088, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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Maier B, Kirsch M, Anderhub S, Zentgraf H, Krämer A. The novel actin/focal adhesion-associated protein MISP is involved in mitotic spindle positioning in human cells. Cell Cycle 2013; 12:1457-71. [PMID: 23574715 PMCID: PMC3674073 DOI: 10.4161/cc.24602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Accurate mitotic spindle positioning is essential for the regulation of cell fate choices, cell size and cell position within tissues. The most prominent model of spindle positioning involves a cortical pulling mechanism, where the minus end-directed microtubule motor protein dynein is attached to the cell cortex and exerts pulling forces on the plus ends of astral microtubules that reach the cortex. In nonpolarized cultured cells integrin-dependent, retraction fiber-mediated cell adhesion is involved in spindle orientation. Proteins serving as intermediaries between cortical actin or retraction fibers and astral microtubules remain largely unknown. In a recent genome-wide RNAi screen we identified a previously uncharacterized protein, MISP (C19ORF21) as being involved in centrosome clustering, a process leading to the clustering of supernumerary centrosomes in cancer cells into a bipolar mitotic spindle array by microtubule tension. Here, we show that MISP is associated with the actin cytoskeleton and focal adhesions and is expressed only in adherent cell types. During mitosis MISP is phosphorylated by Cdk1 and localizes to retraction fibers. MISP interacts with the +TIP EB1 and p150glued, a subunit of the dynein/dynactin complex. Depletion of MISP causes mitotic arrest with reduced tension across sister kinetochores, chromosome misalignment and spindle multipolarity in cancer cells with supernumerary centrosomes. Analysis of spindle orientation revealed that MISP depletion causes randomization of mitotic spindle positioning relative to cell axes and cell center. Together, we propose that MISP links microtubules to the actin cytoskeleton and focal adhesions in order to properly position the mitotic spindle.
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- Bettina Maier
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Hematology/Oncology, German Cancer Research Center and Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bonnart C, Gérus M, Hoareau-Aveilla C, Kiss T, Caizergues-Ferrer M, Henry Y, Henras AK. Mammalian HCA66 protein is required for both ribosome synthesis and centriole duplication. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:6270-89. [PMID: 22434888 PMCID: PMC3401428 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ribosome production, one of the most energy-consuming biosynthetic activities in living cells, is adjusted to growth conditions and coordinated with the cell cycle. Connections between ribosome synthesis and cell cycle progression have been described, but the underlying mechanisms remain only partially understood. The human HCA66 protein was recently characterized as a component of the centrosome, the major microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) in mammalian cells, and was shown to be required for centriole duplication and assembly of the mitotic spindle. We show here that HCA66 is also required for nucleolar steps of the maturation of the 40S ribosomal subunit and therefore displays a dual function. Overexpression of a dominant negative version of HCA66, accumulating at the centrosome but absent from the nucleoli, alters centrosome function but has no effect on pre-rRNA processing, suggesting that HCA66 acts independently in each process. In yeast and HeLa cells, depletion of MTOC components does not impair ribosome synthesis. Hence our results suggest that both in yeast and human cells, assembly of a functional MTOC and ribosome synthesis are not closely connected processes.
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- Chrystelle Bonnart
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, Toulouse, France
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Gay G, Courtheoux T, Reyes C, Tournier S, Gachet Y. A stochastic model of kinetochore-microtubule attachment accurately describes fission yeast chromosome segregation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 196:757-74. [PMID: 22412019 PMCID: PMC3308688 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201107124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In fission yeast, erroneous attachments of spindle microtubules to kinetochores are frequent in early mitosis. Most are corrected before anaphase onset by a mechanism involving the protein kinase Aurora B, which destabilizes kinetochore microtubules (ktMTs) in the absence of tension between sister chromatids. In this paper, we describe a minimal mathematical model of fission yeast chromosome segregation based on the stochastic attachment and detachment of ktMTs. The model accurately reproduces the timing of correct chromosome biorientation and segregation seen in fission yeast. Prevention of attachment defects requires both appropriate kinetochore orientation and an Aurora B-like activity. The model also reproduces abnormal chromosome segregation behavior (caused by, for example, inhibition of Aurora B). It predicts that, in metaphase, merotelic attachment is prevented by a kinetochore orientation effect and corrected by an Aurora B-like activity, whereas in anaphase, it is corrected through unbalanced forces applied to the kinetochore. These unbalanced forces are sufficient to prevent aneuploidy.
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- Guillaume Gay
- Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire et moléculaire du contrôle de la proliferation, Université de Toulouse, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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Sandquist JC, Kita AM, Bement WM. And the dead shall rise: actin and myosin return to the spindle. Dev Cell 2011; 21:410-9. [PMID: 21920311 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 07/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The spindle directs chromosome partitioning in eukaryotes and, for the last three decades, has been considered primarily a structure based on microtubules, microtubule motors, and other microtubule binding proteins. However, a surprisingly large body of both old and new studies suggests roles for actin filaments (F-actin) and myosins (F-actin-based motor proteins) in spindle assembly and function. Here we review these data and conclude that in several cases the evidence for the participation of F-actin and myosins in spindle function is very strong, and in the situations where it is less strong, there is nevertheless enough evidence to warrant further investigation.
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- Joshua C Sandquist
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Tip1/CLIP-170 protein is required for correct chromosome poleward movement in fission yeast. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10634. [PMID: 20498706 PMCID: PMC2869355 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The plus-end microtubule binding proteins (+TIPs) play an important role in the regulation of microtubule stability and cell polarity during interphase. In S. pombe, the CLIP-170 like protein Tip1, together with the kinesin Tea2, moves along the microtubules towards their plus ends. Tip1 also requires the EB1 homolog Mal3 to localize to the microtubule tips. Given the requirement for Tip1 for microtubule stability, we have investigated its role during spindle morphogenesis and chromosome movement. Loss of Tip1 affects metaphase plate formation and leads to the activation of the spindle assembly checkpoint. In the absence of Tip1 we also observed the appearance of lagging chromosomes, which do not influence the normal rate of spindle elongation. Our results suggest that S. pombe Tip1/CLIP170 is directly or indirectly required for correct chromosome poleward movement independently of Mal3/EB1.
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Checkpoint kinase 1 modulates sensitivity to cisplatin after spindle checkpoint activation in SW620 cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:318-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Courtheoux T, Gay G, Gachet Y, Tournier S. Ase1/Prc1-dependent spindle elongation corrects merotely during anaphase in fission yeast. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 187:399-412. [PMID: 19948483 PMCID: PMC2779255 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200902093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The tug of war that ensues when a kinetochore binds microtubules from both spindle poles is resolved by Ase1/Prc1. Faithful segregation of sister chromatids requires the attachment of each kinetochore (Kt) to microtubules (MTs) that extend from opposite spindle poles. Merotelic Kt orientation is a Kt–MT misattachment in which a single Kt binds MTs from both spindle poles rather than just one. Genetic induction of merotelic Kt attachment during anaphase in fission yeast resulted in intra-Kt stretching followed by either correction or Kt disruption. Laser ablation of spindle MTs revealed that intra-Kt stretching and merotelic correction were dependent on MT forces. The presence of multiple merotelic chromosomes linearly antagonized the spindle elongation rate, and this phenomenon could be solved numerically using a simple force balance model. Based on the predictions of our mechanical model, we provide in vivo evidence that correction of merotelic attachment in anaphase is tension dependent and requires an Ase1/Prc1-dependent mechanism that prevents spindle collapse and thus asymmetric division and/or the appearance of the cut phenotype.
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- Thibault Courtheoux
- Université de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération UMR5088, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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Jourdain I, Gachet Y, Hyams JS. The dynamin related protein Dnm1 fragments mitochondria in a microtubule-dependent manner during the fission yeast cell cycle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 66:509-23. [PMID: 19373772 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that undergo cycles of fission and fusion. In the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, mitochondria align with microtubules and mitochondrial integrity is dependent upon an intact microtubule cytoskeleton. Here we show that mitochondria re-organize during the cell cycle and that this process is both dynamin- and microtubule-dependent. Microtubule depolymerization results in mitochondrial fragmentation but only when the dynamin-related protein Dnm1 is present. Mitochondrial fusion is, on the other hand, microtubule-independent. dnm1Delta cells, besides showing extensively fused mitochondria, are specifically resistant to anti-microtubule drugs. Dnm1-YFP localizes to foci at sites of mitochondrial severing which occupy the interface between adjacent nucleoids, suggesting the existence of defined mitochondrial "territories," each of which contains a nucleoid. Such territories are lost in dnm1Delta in which nucleoids become aggregated. Mitochondrial ends exhibit motile behavior, extending towards and retracting from the cell poles, independently of the cytoskeleton. We conclude that: (a) mitochondria are organized by microtubules in fission yeast but are not moved by them; (b) Dnm1 mediates mitochondrial fission during interphasic growth and at cell division; (c) the interaction between microtubules and mitochondria, either directly or indirectly via Dnm1, not only modifies the disposition of mitochondria it also modifies the behavior of microtubules. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Isabelle Jourdain
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Beamish H, de Boer L, Giles N, Stevens F, Oakes V, Gabrielli B. Cyclin A/cdk2 regulates adenomatous polyposis coli-dependent mitotic spindle anchoring. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:29015-23. [PMID: 19703905 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.042820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein is a major contributor to tumor initiation and progression in several tumor types. These mutations affect APC function in the Wnt-beta-catenin signaling and influence mitotic spindle anchoring to the cell cortex and orientation. Here we report that the mitotic anchoring and orientation function of APC is regulated by cyclin A/cdk2. Knockdown of cyclin A and inhibition of cdk2 resulted in cells arrested in mitosis with activation of the spindle assembly checkpoint. The mitotic spindle was unable to form stable attachments to the cell cortex, and this resulted in the spindles failing to locate to the central position in the cells and undergo dramatic rotation. We have demonstrated that cyclin A/cdk2 specifically associates with APC in late G2 phase and phosphorylates it at Ser-1360, located in the mutation cluster region of APC. Mutation of APC Ser-1360 to Ala results in identical off-centered mitotic spindles. Thus, this cyclin A/cdk2-dependent phosphorylation of APC affects astral microtubule attachment to the cortical surface in mitosis.
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- Heather Beamish
- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute for Cancer Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
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Saitoh S, Kobayashi Y, Ogiyama Y, Takahashi K. Dual regulation of Mad2 localization on kinetochores by Bub1 and Dam1/DASH that ensure proper spindle interaction. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:3885-97. [PMID: 18632983 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-03-0298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The spindle assembly checkpoint monitors the state of spindle-kinetochore interaction to prevent premature onset of anaphase. Although checkpoint proteins, such as Mad2, are localized on kinetochores that do not interact properly with the spindle, it remains unknown how the checkpoint proteins recognize abnormalities in spindle-kinetochore interaction. Here, we report that Mad2 localization on kinetochores in fission yeast is regulated by two partially overlapping but distinct pathways: the Dam1/DASH and the Bub1 pathways. We show that Mad2 is localized on "unattached" as well as "tensionless" kinetochores. Our observations suggest that Bub1 is required for Mad2 to detect tensionless kinetochores, whereas Dam1/DASH is crucial for Mad2 to detect unattached kinetochores. In cells lacking both Bub1 and Dam1/DASH, Mad2 localization on kinetochores is diminished, and mitotic progression appears to be accelerated despite the frequent occurrence of abnormal chromosome segregation. Furthermore, we found that Dam1/DASH is required for promotion of spindle association with unattached kinetochores. In contrast, there is accumulating evidence that Bub1 is involved in resolution of erroneous spindle attachment on tensionless kinetochores. These pathways may act as molecular sensors determining the state of spindle association on each kinetochore, enabling proper regulation of the checkpoint activation as well as promotion/resolution of spindle attachment.
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- Shigeaki Saitoh
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute of Life Science, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0864, Japan.
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Meadows JC, Millar J. Latrunculin A delays anaphase onset in fission yeast by disrupting an Ase1-independent pathway controlling mitotic spindle stability. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:3713-23. [PMID: 18562692 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-02-0164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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It has been proposed previously that latrunculin A, an inhibitor of actin polymerization, delays the onset of anaphase by causing spindle misorientation in fission yeast. However, we show that Delta mto1 cells, which are defective in nucleation of cytoplasmic microtubules, have profoundly misoriented spindles but are not delayed in the timing of sister chromatid separation, providing compelling evidence that fission yeast does not possess a spindle orientation checkpoint. Instead, we show that latrunculin A delays anaphase onset by disrupting interpolar microtubule stability. This effect is abolished in a latrunculin A-insensitive actin mutant and exacerbated in cells lacking Ase1, which cross-links antiparallel interpolar microtubules at the spindle midzone both before and after anaphase. These data indicate that both Ase1 and an intact actin cytoskeleton are required for preanaphase spindle stability. Finally, we show that loss of Ase1 activates a checkpoint that requires only the Mad3, Bub1, and Mph1, but not Mad1, Mad2, or Bub3 checkpoint proteins.
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- John C Meadows
- Division of Yeast Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom
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Tange Y, Niwa O. Schizosaccharomyces pombe Bub3 is dispensable for mitotic arrest following perturbed spindle formation. Genetics 2008; 179:785-92. [PMID: 18505884 PMCID: PMC2429874 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.081695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2007] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The core proteins of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), Mads, Bubs, and Mps1, first identified in the budding yeast, are thought to be functionally and structurally conserved through evolution. We found that fission yeast Bub3 is dispensable for SAC, as bub3 null mutants blocked mitotic progression when spindle formation was disrupted. Consistently, the bub3 mutation only weakly affected the stability of minichromosome Ch16 compared with other SAC mutants. Fission yeast Rae1 has sequence homology with Bub3. The bub3 rae1 double mutant and rae1 single mutant did not have defective SAC, suggesting that these genes do not have overlapping roles for SAC. Observations of living cells revealed that the duration of the mitotic prometaphase/metaphase was longer in the bub3 mutant and was Mad2 dependent. Further, the bub3 mutant was defective in sister centromere association during metaphase. Together, these findings suggest that fission yeast Bub3 is required for normal spindle dynamics, but not for SAC.
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- Yoshie Tange
- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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Daga RR, Nurse P. Interphase microtubule bundles use global cell shape to guide spindle alignment in fission yeast. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:1973-80. [PMID: 18495844 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.011825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Correct spindle alignment requires a cell to detect and interpret its global geometry and to communicate this information to the mitotic spindle. In the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the mitotic spindle is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped cell. Here, using wild-type and cell-shape mutants we investigate the mechanism of initial spindle alignment and show that attachment of interphase microtubules to the spindle pole bodies (SPB), the yeast equivalent of the centrosome, is required to align duplicated SPBs, and thus the mitotic spindle, with the long axis of the cell. In the absence of interphase microtubules or attachment between the microtubules and the SPB, newly formed spindles are randomly oriented. We show that the axis of the mitotic spindle correlates with the axis along which the SPB, as a consequence of interphase microtubule dynamics, oscillates just before mitosis. We propose that cell geometry guides cytoplasmic microtubule alignment, which in turn, determines initial spindle alignment, and demonstrate that a failure of the spindle pre-alignment mechanism results in unequal chromosome segregation when spindle length is reduced.
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Gachet Y, Reyes C, Courthéoux T, Goldstone S, Gay G, Serrurier C, Tournier S. Sister kinetochore recapture in fission yeast occurs by two distinct mechanisms, both requiring Dam1 and Klp2. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:1646-62. [PMID: 18256284 PMCID: PMC2291439 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-09-0910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, proper formation of the spindle is necessary for successful cell division. We have studied chromosome recapture in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We show by live cell analysis that lost kinetochores interact laterally with intranuclear microtubules (INMs) and that both microtubule depolymerization (end-on pulling) and minus-end-directed movement (microtubule sliding) contribute to chromosome retrieval to the spindle pole body (SPB). We find that the minus-end-directed motor Klp2 colocalizes with the kinetochore during its transport to the SPB and contributes to the effectiveness of retrieval by affecting both end-on pulling and lateral sliding. Furthermore, we provide in vivo evidence that Dam1, a component of the DASH complex, also colocalizes with the kinetochore during its transport and is essential for its retrieval by either of these mechanisms. Finally, we find that the position of the unattached kinetochore correlates with the size and orientation of the INMs, suggesting that chromosome recapture may not be a random process.
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- Yannick Gachet
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération (LBCMCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération (LBCMCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération (LBCMCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération (LBCMCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération (LBCMCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération (LBCMCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire du Controle de la Prolifération (LBCMCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Courtheoux T, Gay G, Reyes C, Goldstone S, Gachet Y, Tournier S. Dynein participates in chromosome segregation in fission yeast. Biol Cell 2008; 99:627-37. [PMID: 17561805 DOI: 10.1042/bc20070047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION In eukaryotic cells, proper formation of the spindle is necessary for successful cell division. For faithful segregation of sister chromatids, each sister kinetochore must attach to microtubules that extend to opposite poles (chromosome bi-orientation). At the metaphase-anaphase transition, cohesion between sister chromatids is removed, and each sister chromatid is pulled to opposite poles of the cell by microtubule-dependent forces. RESULTS We have studied the role of the minus-end-directed motor protein dynein by analysing kinetochore dynamics in fission yeast cells deleted for the dynein heavy chain (Dhc1) or the light chain (Dlc1). In these mutants, we found an increased frequency of cells showing defects in chromosome segregation, which leads to the appearance of lagging chromosomes and an increased rate of chromosome loss. By following simultaneously kinetochore dynamics and localization of the checkpoint protein Mad2, we provide evidence that dynein function is not necessary for spindle-assembly checkpoint inactivation. Instead, we have demonstrated that loss of dynein function alters chromosome segregation and activates the Mad2-dependent spindle-assembly checkpoint. CONCLUSIONS These results show an unexpected role for dynein in the control of chromosome segregation in fission yeast, most probably operating during the process of bi-orientation during early mitosis.
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- Thibault Courtheoux
- LBCMCP-CNRS UMR5088, Institut d'Exploration, Fonctionelle des Génomes (IFR109), Université Paul, Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Jourdain I, Sontam D, Johnson C, Dillies C, Hyams JS. Dynamin-dependent biogenesis, cell cycle regulation and mitochondrial association of peroxisomes in fission yeast. Traffic 2007; 9:353-65. [PMID: 18088324 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00685.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Peroxisomes were visualized for the first time in living fission yeast cells. In small, newly divided cells, the number of peroxisomes was low but increased in parallel with the increase in cell length/volume that accompanies cell cycle progression. In cells grown in oleic acid, both the size and the number of peroxisomes increased. The peroxisomal inventory of cells lacking the dynamin-related proteins Dnm1 or Vps1 was similar to that in wild type. By contrast, cells of the double mutant dnm1Delta vps1Delta contained either no peroxisomes at all or a small number of morphologically aberrant organelles. Peroxisomes exhibited either local Brownian movement or longer-range linear displacements, which continued in the absence of either microtubules or actin filaments. On the contrary, directed peroxisome motility appeared to occur in association with mitochondria and may be an indirect function of intrinsic mitochondrial dynamics. We conclude that peroxisomes are present in fission yeast and that Dnm1 and Vps1 act redundantly in peroxisome biogenesis, which is under cell cycle control. Peroxisome movement is independent of the cytoskeleton but is coupled to mitochondrial dynamics.
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- Isabelle Jourdain
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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A simple self-assembly pathway generates cytoplasmic microtubule bundles that can locate the cell center and guide spindle assembly in fission yeast. The cylindrical cell shape automatically corrects spindle orientation errors, rendering a checkpoint unnecessary.
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- Steven B Haase
- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Vogel SK, Raabe I, Dereli A, Maghelli N, Tolić-Nørrelykke I. Interphase microtubules determine the initial alignment of the mitotic spindle. Curr Biol 2007; 17:438-44. [PMID: 17306542 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Revised: 01/10/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, interphase microtubules (MTs) position the nucleus [1, 2], which in turn positions the cell-division plane [1, 3]. It is unclear how the spindle orients, with respect to the predetermined division plane, to ensure that the chromosomes are segregated across this plane. It has been proposed that, during prometaphase, the astral MT interaction with the cell cortex aligns the spindle with the cell axis [4] and also participates in a spindle orientation checkpoint (SOC), which delays entry into anaphase as long as the spindle is misaligned [5-7]. Here, we trace the position of the spindle throughout mitosis in a single-cell assay. We find no evidence for the SOC. We show that the spindle is remarkably well aligned with the cell longitudinal axis at the onset of mitosis, by growing along the axis of the adjacent interphase MT. Misalignment of nascent spindles can give rise to anucleate cells when spindle elongation is impaired. We propose a new role for interphase microtubules: through interaction with the spindle pole body, interphase microtubules determine the initial alignment of the spindle in the subsequent cell division.
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- Sven K Vogel
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden 01307, Germany
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Blower MD, Daigle T, Kaufman T, Karpen GH. Drosophila CENP-A mutations cause a BubR1-dependent early mitotic delay without normal localization of kinetochore components. PLoS Genet 2006; 2:e110. [PMID: 16839185 PMCID: PMC1500813 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The centromere/kinetochore complex plays an essential role in cell and organismal viability by ensuring chromosome movements during mitosis and meiosis. The kinetochore also mediates the spindle attachment checkpoint (SAC), which delays anaphase initiation until all chromosomes have achieved bipolar attachment of kinetochores to the mitotic spindle. CENP-A proteins are centromere-specific chromatin components that provide both a structural and a functional foundation for kinetochore formation. Here we show that cells in Drosophila embryos homozygous for null mutations in CENP-A (CID) display an early mitotic delay. This mitotic delay is not suppressed by inactivation of the DNA damage checkpoint and is unlikely to be the result of DNA damage. Surprisingly, mutation of the SAC component BUBR1 partially suppresses this mitotic delay. Furthermore, cid mutants retain an intact SAC response to spindle disruption despite the inability of many kinetochore proteins, including SAC components, to target to kinetochores. We propose that SAC components are able to monitor spindle assembly and inhibit cell cycle progression in the absence of sustained kinetochore localization. Normal inheritance of genetic traits from one cell or organismal generation to the next depends on accurate chromosome replication and segregation. Defective chromosome segregation is associated with birth defects and cancer. The centromere is a single site on the chromosome that is responsible for assembling the kinetochore, which mediates chromosome attachment to the microtubule spindle and all chromosome movements. In addition, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) ensures normal inheritance by delaying entry into anaphase when chromosome–spindle attachments are defective. Previous studies suggested that SAC function required kinetochore localization of key components. This study shows that elimination of a centromere-specific histone (CID) results in an early mitotic delay. Although this delay occurs earlier than the established time of SAC function (at the metaphase–anaphase transition), it depends on the presence of an essential SAC protein (BUBR1). Furthermore, the CID-mediated early mitotic delay occurs in the absence of kinetochore formation or localization of key SAC proteins. These results suggest that the fidelity of kinetochore–microtubule attachment is also monitored early in mitosis, and in the absence of kinetochore formation and localization of SAC components.
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- Michael D Blower
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Genome Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Asakawa K, Kume K, Kanai M, Goshima T, Miyahara K, Dhut S, Tee WW, Hirata D, Toda T. The V260I mutation in fission yeast alpha-tubulin Atb2 affects microtubule dynamics and EB1-Mal3 localization and activates the Bub1 branch of the spindle checkpoint. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:1421-35. [PMID: 16394105 PMCID: PMC1382329 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-08-0802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Revised: 12/13/2005] [Accepted: 12/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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We have identified a novel temperature-sensitive mutant of fission yeast alpha-tubulin Atb2 (atb2-983) that contains a single amino acid substitution (V260I). Atb2-983 is incorporated into the microtubules, and their overall structures are not altered noticeably, but microtubule dynamics is compromised during interphase. atb2-983 displays a high rate of chromosome missegregation and is synthetically lethal with deletions in a subset of spindle checkpoint genes including bub1, bub3, and mph1, but not with mad1, mad2, and mad3. During early mitosis in this mutant, Bub1, but not Mad2, remains for a prolonged period in the kinetochores that are situated in proximity to one of the two SPBs (spindle pole bodies). High dosage mal3(+), encoding EB1 homologue, rescues atb2-983, suggesting that Mal3 function is compromised. Consistently, Mal3 localization and binding between Mal3 and Atb2-983 are impaired significantly, and a mal3 single mutant, such as atb2-983, displays prolonged Bub1 kinetochore localization. Furthermore in atb2-983 back-and-forth centromere oscillation during prometaphase is abolished. Intriguingly, this oscillation still occurs in the mal3 mutant, indicating that there is another defect independent of Mal3. These results show that microtubule dynamics is important for coordinated execution of mitotic events, in which Mal3 plays a vital role.
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- Kazuhide Asakawa
- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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Asakawa K, Toya M, Sato M, Kanai M, Kume K, Goshima T, Garcia MA, Hirata D, Toda T. Mal3, the fission yeast EB1 homologue, cooperates with Bub1 spindle checkpoint to prevent monopolar attachment. EMBO Rep 2006; 6:1194-200. [PMID: 16179942 PMCID: PMC1369205 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2005] [Revised: 08/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Bipolar microtubule attachment is central to genome stability. Here, we investigate the mitotic role of the fission yeast EB1 homologue Mal3. Mal3 shows dynamic inward movement along the spindle, initial emergence at the spindle pole body (SPB) and translocation towards the equatorial plane, followed by sudden disappearance. Deletion of Mal3 results in early mitotic delay, which is dependent on the Bub1, but not the Mad2, spindle checkpoint. Consistently, Bub1, but not Mad2, shows prolonged kinetochore localization. Double mutants between mal3 and a subset of checkpoint mutants, including bub1, bub3, mad3 and mph1, but not mad1 or mad2, show massive chromosome mis-segregation defects. In mal3bub1 mutants, both sister centromeres tend to remain in close proximity to one of the separating SPBs. Further analysis indicates that mis-segregated centromeres are exclusively associated with the mother SPB. Mal3, therefore, has a role in preventing monopolar attachment in cooperation with the Bub1/Bub3/Mad3/Mph1-dependent checkpoint.
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- Kazuhide Asakawa
- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
- Tel: +44 20 7269 3535; Fax: 44 20 7269 3258; E-mail:
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McCarthy EK, Goldstein B. Asymmetric spindle positioning. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2006; 18:79-85. [PMID: 16361093 PMCID: PMC2186777 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2005] [Accepted: 12/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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When a spindle is positioned asymmetrically in a dividing cell, the resulting daughter cells are unequal in size. Asymmetric spindle positioning is driven by regulated forces that can pull or push a spindle. The physical and molecular mechanisms that can position spindles asymmetrically have been studied in several systems, and some themes have begun to emerge from recent research. Recent work in budding yeast has presented a model for how cytoskeletal motors and cortical capture molecules can function in orienting and positioning a spindle. The temporal regulation of microtubule-based pulling forces that move a spindle has been examined in one animal system. Although the spindle positioning force generators have not been identified in most animal systems, the forces have been found to be regulated by both PAR polarity proteins and G-protein signaling pathways in more than one animal system.
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- Erin K McCarthy
- Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA
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Gachet Y, Reyes C, Goldstone S, Tournier S. The fission yeast spindle orientation checkpoint: a model that generates tension? Yeast 2006; 23:1015-29. [PMID: 17072894 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In all eukaryotes, the alignment of the mitotic spindle with the axis of cell polarity is essential for accurate chromosome segregation as well as for the establishment of cell fate, and thus morphogenesis, during development. Studies in invertebrates, higher eukaryotes and yeast suggest that astral microtubules interact with the cell cortex to position the spindle. These microtubules are thought to impose pushing or pulling forces on the spindle poles to affect the rotation or movement of the spindle. In the fission yeast model, where cell division is symmetrical, spindle rotation is dependent on the interaction of astral microtubules with the cortical actin cytoskeleton. In these cells, a bub1-dependent mitotic checkpoint, the spindle orientation checkpoint (SOC), is activated when the spindles fail to align with the cell polarity axis. In this paper we review the mechanism that orientates the spindle during mitosis in fission yeast, and discuss the consequences of misorientation on metaphase progression.
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- Yannick Gachet
- LBCMCP-CNRS UMR5088, Institut d'Exploration Fonctionelle des Génomes (IFR109), Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Gachet Y, Hyams JS. Endocytosis in fission yeast is spatially associated with the actin cytoskeleton during polarised cell growth and cytokinesis. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:4231-42. [PMID: 16141239 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, uptake of the fluorescent styryl dye FM4-64 via the endocytic pathway to the vacuole was localised to the poles of growing, interphase cells and to the cell equator during cell division, regions of cell wall deposition that are rich in actin. When the pattern of growth or the plane of cytokinesis was altered, the relationship between the actin cytoskeleton and the site of endocytosis was maintained. Transfer of the label to the vacuolar membrane was dependent upon the Rab GTPase Ypt7 and, hence, vesicle fusion. Endocytic vesicles transiently colocalised with actin patches and endocytosis was inhibited in mutants that affected actin patch integrity and by the actin inhibitor latrunculin A. Concentrations of latrunculin that removed actin cables but left patches unaffected had no effect on endocytosis at the poles, but abolished endocytosis at the cell equator. Equatorial, but not polar, endocytosis was also inhibited in cells lacking the formin For3 (which have selectively destabilised actin cables), in mutants of the exocyst complex and in cells treated with brefeldin A. Differential effects on endocytosis at the cell poles and equator were also observed in the actin mutant cps8 and the Arp2/3 complex mutant arp2. The redirection of endocytosis from the cell poles to the cell equator in M phase coincided with the anaphase separation of sister chromatids and was abolished in the septation initiation network (SIN) mutants cdc7, sid1 and sid2, demonstrating that the spatial reorganisation of the endocytic pathway in the S. pombe cell cycle requires a functional SIN pathway. We conclude that endocytosis in fission yeast has two distinct components, both of which are actin-based, but which are mechanistically distinct, as well as being spatially and temporally separated in the S. pombe cell cycle.
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- Yannick Gachet
- Department of Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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To ensure the accuracy of chromosome segregation in mitosis, the spindle checkpoint blocks the activity of the anaphase-promoting complex APC/C until all chromosomes are properly bi-orientated on the metaphase spindle. How the checkpoint machinery actually inhibits the APC/C is still unclear. A new paper by Tang and coworkers helps further our understanding of this complex and fundamental process.
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- Vincent Vanoosthuyse
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, UK.
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Sanchez-Perez I, Renwick SJ, Crawley K, Karig I, Buck V, Meadows JC, Franco-Sanchez A, Fleig U, Toda T, Millar JBA. The DASH complex and Klp5/Klp6 kinesin coordinate bipolar chromosome attachment in fission yeast. EMBO J 2005; 24:2931-43. [PMID: 16079915 PMCID: PMC1187944 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2004] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We identified a truncated allele of dam1 as a multicopy suppressor of the sensitivity of cdc13-117 (cyclin B) and mal3-1 (EB-1) cells to thiabendazole, a microtubule poison. We find that Dam1 binds to the plus end of spindle microtubules and kinetochores as cells enter mitosis and this is dependent on other components of the fission yeast DASH complex, including Ask1, Duo1, Spc34 and Dad1. By contrast, Dad1 remains bound to kinetochores throughout the cell cycle and its association is dependent on the Mis6 and Mal2, but not Mis12, Nuf2 or Cnp1, kinetochore proteins. In cells lacking Dam1, or other components of the DASH complex, anaphase is delayed due to activation of the spindle assembly checkpoint and lagging sister chromatids are frequently observed and occasionally sister chromatid pairs segregate to the same spindle pole. We find that the mitotic centromere-associated Klp5/Klp6 kinesin complex is essential in cells lacking components of the DASH complex. Cells lacking both Dam1 and Klp5 undergo a first cell cycle arrest in mitosis due to a failure to establish bipolar chromosome attachment.
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- Division of Yeast Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London, UK
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Yeast Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
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- Division of Yeast Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London, UK
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- Division of Yeast Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
- Division of Yeast Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK. Tel.: +44 208 816 2367; Fax: +44 208 816 2523; E-mail:
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Zimmerman S, Daga RR, Chang F. Intra-nuclear microtubules and a mitotic spindle orientation checkpoint. Nat Cell Biol 2005; 6:1245-6. [PMID: 15573098 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2004] [Accepted: 10/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cells of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe have a checkpoint mechanism that reportedly monitors the orientation of the mitotic spindle. Astral microtubules in pre-anaphase spindles are thought to contact the contractile actin ring at the plasma membrane in order to rotate the spindle and to sense spindle orientation. Here, we show that these microtubules are actually inside the nuclear envelope.
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- Sabina Zimmerman
- Department of Microbiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 701 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2005; 22:71-8. [PMID: 15685779 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Vanoosthuyse V, Valsdottir R, Javerzat JP, Hardwick KG. Kinetochore targeting of fission yeast Mad and Bub proteins is essential for spindle checkpoint function but not for all chromosome segregation roles of Bub1p. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:9786-801. [PMID: 15509783 PMCID: PMC525468 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.22.9786-9801.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several lines of evidence suggest that kinetochores are organizing centers for the spindle checkpoint response and the synthesis of a "wait anaphase" signal in cases of incomplete or improper kinetochore-microtubule attachment. Here we characterize Schizosaccharomyces pombe Bub3p and study the recruitment of spindle checkpoint components to kinetochores. We demonstrate by chromatin immunoprecipitation that they all interact with the central domain of centromeres, consistent with their role in monitoring kinetochore-microtubule interactions. Bub1p and Bub3p are dependent upon one another, but independent of the Mad proteins, for their kinetochore localization. We demonstrate a clear role for the highly conserved N-terminal domain of Bub1p in the robust targeting of Bub1p, Bub3p, and Mad3p to kinetochores and show that this is crucial for an efficient checkpoint response. Surprisingly, neither this domain nor kinetochore localization is required for other functions of Bub1p in chromosome segregation.
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- Vincent Vanoosthuyse
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, ICMB, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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Kadura S, He X, Vanoosthuyse V, Hardwick KG, Sazer S. The A78V mutation in the Mad3-like domain of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Bub1p perturbs nuclear accumulation and kinetochore targeting of Bub1p, Bub3p, and Mad3p and spindle assembly checkpoint function. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 16:385-95. [PMID: 15525673 PMCID: PMC539181 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-07-0558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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During mitosis, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) responds to faulty attachments between kinetochores and the mitotic spindle by imposing a metaphase arrest until the defect is corrected, thereby preventing chromosome missegregation. A genetic screen to isolate SAC mutants in fission yeast yielded point mutations in three fission yeast SAC genes: mad1, bub3, and bub1. The bub1-A78V mutant is of particular interest because it produces a wild-type amount of protein that is mutated in the conserved but uncharacterized Mad3-like region of Bub1p. Characterization of mutant cells demonstrates that the alanine at position 78 in the Mad3-like domain of Bub1p is required for: 1) cell cycle arrest induced by SAC activation; 2) kinetochore accumulation of Bub1p in checkpoint-activated cells; 3) recruitment of Bub3p and Mad3p, but not Mad1p, to kinetochores in checkpoint-activated cells; and 4) nuclear accumulation of Bub1p, Bub3p, and Mad3p, but not Mad1p, in cycling cells. Increased targeting of Bub1p-A78V to the nucleus by an exogenous nuclear localization signal does not significantly increase kinetochore localization or SAC function, but GFP fused to the isolated Bub1p Mad 3-like accumulates in the nucleus. These data indicate that Bub1p-A78V is defective in both nuclear accumulation and kinetochore targeting and that a threshold level of nuclear Bub1p is necessary for the nuclear accumulation of Bub3p and Mad3p.
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- Sheila Kadura
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Verna and Marrs McClean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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- Verna and Marrs McClean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
- Corresponding author. E-mail address:
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Lee MS, Spencer FA. Bipolar orientation of chromosomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is monitored by Mad1 and Mad2, but not by Mad3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:10655-60. [PMID: 15249665 PMCID: PMC489990 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0404102101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The spindle checkpoint governs the timing of anaphase separation of sister chromatids. In budding yeast, Mad1, Mad2, and Mad3 proteins are equally required for arrest in the presence of damage induced by antimicrotubule drugs or catastrophic loss of spindle structure. We find that the MAD genes are not equally required for robust growth in the presence of more subtle kinetochore and microtubule damage. A mad1Delta synthetic lethal screen identified 16 genes whose deletion in cells lacking MAD1 results in death or slow growth. Eleven of these mad1Delta genetic interaction partners encode proteins at the kinetochore-microtubule interface. Analysis of the entire panel revealed similar phenotypes in combination with mad2Delta. In contrast, 13 panel mutants exhibited a less severe phenotype in combination with mad3Delta. Checkpoint arrest in the absence of bipolar orientation and tension (induced by replication block in a cdc6 mutant) was lacking in cells without MAD1 or MAD2. Cells without MAD3 were checkpoint-proficient. We conclude that Mad1 and Mad2 are required to detect bipolar orientation and/or tension at kinetochores, whereas Mad3 is not.
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- Marina S Lee
- McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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