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Shankar S, Hsu ZT, Ezquerra A, Li CC, Huang TL, Coyaud E, Viais R, Grauffel C, Raught B, Lim C, Lüders J, Tsai SY, Hsia KC. Α γ-tubulin complex-dependent pathway suppresses ciliogenesis by promoting cilia disassembly. Cell Rep 2022; 41:111642. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ramírez-Cota R, Espino-Vazquez AN, Carolina Rodriguez-Vega T, Evelyn Macias-Díaz R, Alicia Callejas-Negrete O, Freitag M, Fischer R, Roberson RW, Mouriño-Pérez RR. The cytoplasmic microtubule array in Neurospora crassa depends on microtubule-organizing centers at spindle pole bodies and microtubule +end-depending pseudo-MTOCs at septa. Fungal Genet Biol 2022; 162:103729. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pineda-Santaella A, Fernández-Castillo N, Jiménez-Martín A, Macías-Cabeza MDC, Sánchez-Gómez Á, Fernández-Álvarez A. Loss of kinesin-8 improves the robustness of the self-assembled spindle in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:271184. [PMID: 34346498 PMCID: PMC8435293 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.253799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Chromosome segregation in female meiosis in many metazoans is mediated by acentrosomal spindles, the existence of which implies that microtubule spindles self-assemble without the participation of the centrosomes. Although it is thought that acentrosomal meiosis is not conserved in fungi, we recently reported the formation of self-assembled microtubule arrays, which were able to segregate chromosomes, in fission yeast mutants, in which the contribution of the spindle pole body (SPB; the centrosome equivalent in yeast) was specifically blocked during meiosis. Here, we demonstrate that this unexpected microtubule formation represents a bona fide type of acentrosomal spindle. Moreover, a comparative analysis of these self-assembled spindles and the canonical SPB-dependent spindle reveals similarities and differences; for example, both spindles have a similar polarity, but the location of the γ-tubulin complex differs. We also show that the robustness of self-assembled spindles can be reinforced by eliminating kinesin-8 family members, whereas kinesin-8 mutants have an adverse impact on SPB-dependent spindles. Hence, we consider that reinforced self-assembled spindles in yeast will help to clarify the molecular mechanisms behind acentrosomal meiosis, a crucial step towards better understanding gametogenesis. Summary: We report a comparative analysis of self-assembled spindles and canonical centrosomal spindles in fission yeast, which could clarify the mechanisms underlying acentrosomal meiosis.
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- Alberto Pineda-Santaella
- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera Km. 4, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera Km. 4, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera Km. 4, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera Km. 4, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera Km. 4, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Junta de Andalucía, Ctra. Utrera Km. 4, 41013 Seville, Spain
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As one of four filament types, microtubules are a core component of the cytoskeleton and are essential for cell function. Yet how microtubules are nucleated from their building blocks, the αβ-tubulin heterodimer, has remained a fundamental open question since the discovery of tubulin 50 years ago. Recent structural studies have shed light on how γ-tubulin and the γ-tubulin complex proteins (GCPs) GCP2 to GCP6 form the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC). In parallel, functional and single-molecule studies have informed on how the γ-TuRC nucleates microtubules in real time, how this process is regulated in the cell and how it compares to other modes of nucleation. Another recent surprise has been the identification of a second essential nucleation factor, which turns out to be the well-characterized microtubule polymerase XMAP215 (also known as CKAP5, a homolog of chTOG, Stu2 and Alp14). This discovery helps to explain why the observed nucleation activity of the γ-TuRC in vitro is relatively low. Taken together, research in recent years has afforded important insight into how microtubules are made in the cell and provides a basis for an exciting era in the cytoskeleton field.
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- Akanksha Thawani
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Böhler A, Vermeulen BJA, Würtz M, Zupa E, Pfeffer S, Schiebel E. The gamma-tubulin ring complex: Deciphering the molecular organization and assembly mechanism of a major vertebrate microtubule nucleator. Bioessays 2021; 43:e2100114. [PMID: 34160844 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Microtubules are protein cylinders with functions in cell motility, signal sensing, cell organization, intracellular transport, and chromosome segregation. One of the key properties of microtubules is their dynamic architecture, allowing them to grow and shrink in length by adding or removing copies of their basic subunit, the heterodimer αβ-tubulin. In higher eukaryotes, de novo assembly of microtubules from αβ-tubulin is initiated by a 2 MDa multi-subunit complex, the gamma-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC). For many years, the structure of the γ-TuRC and the function of its subunits remained enigmatic, although structural data from the much simpler yeast counterpart, the γ-tubulin small complex (γ-TuSC), were available. Two recent breakthroughs in the field, high-resolution structural analysis and recombinant reconstitution of the complex, have revolutionized our knowledge about the architecture and function of the γ-TuRC and will form the basis for addressing outstanding questions about biogenesis and regulation of this essential microtubule organizer.
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- Anna Böhler
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Wieczorek M, Huang TL, Urnavicius L, Hsia KC, Kapoor TM. MZT Proteins Form Multi-Faceted Structural Modules in the γ-Tubulin Ring Complex. Cell Rep 2021; 31:107791. [PMID: 32610146 PMCID: PMC7416306 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Microtubule organization depends on the γ-Tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC), a ~2.3-MDa nucleation factor comprising an asymmetric assembly of γ-Tubulin and GCP2-GCP6. However, it is currently unclear how the γ-TuRC-associated microproteins MZT1 and MZT2 contribute to the structure and regulation of the holocomplex. Here, we report cryo-EM structures of MZT1 and MZT2 in the context of the native human γ-TuRC. MZT1 forms two subcomplexes with the N-terminal α-helical domains of GCP3 or GCP6 (GCP-NHDs) within the γ-TuRC “lumenal bridge.” We determine the X-ray structure of recombinant MZT1/GCP6-NHD and find it is similar to that within the native γ-TuRC. We identify two additional MZT/GCP-NHD-like subcomplexes, one of which is located on the outer face of the γ-TuRC and comprises MZT2 and GCP2-NHD in complex with a centrosomin motif 1 (CM1)-containing peptide. Our data reveal how MZT1 and MZT2 establish multi-faceted, structurally mimetic “modules” that can expand structural and regulatory interfaces in the γ-TuRC. Wieczorek et al. show how the microproteins MZT1 and MZT2 expand binding interfaces across the γ-TuRC—the cell’s microtubule nucleating machinery—by forming similarly shaped, “modular” subcomplexes with the α-helical N-terminal domains of different γ-Tubulin complex proteins (GCPs).
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- Michal Wieczorek
- Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA; Laboratory of Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan; Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Ma D, Han R. Microtubule organization defects in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2020; 22:971-980. [PMID: 32215997 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Microtubules (MT) are critical cytoskeletal filaments that have several functions in cell morphogenesis, cell division, vesicle transport and cytoplasmic separation in the spatiotemporal regulation of eukaryotic cells. Formation of MT requires the co-interaction of MT nucleation and α-β-tubulins, as well as MT-associated proteins (MAP). Many key MAP contributing to MT nucleation and elongation are essential for MT nucleation and regulation of MT dynamics, and are conserved in the plant kingdom. Therefore, the deletion or decrease of γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC) components and related MAP, such as the augmin complex, NEDD1, MZT1, EB1, MAP65, etc., in Arabidopsis thaliana results in MT organizational defects in the spindle and phragmoplast MT, as well as in chromosome defects. In addition, similar defects in MT organization and chromosome structure have been observed in plants under abiotic stress conditions, such as under high UV-B radiation. The MT can sense the signal from UV-B radiation, resulting in abnormal MT arrangement. Further studies are required to determine whether the abnormal chromosomes induced by UV-B radiation can be attributed to the involvement of abnormal MT arrays in chromosome migration after DNA damage.
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- D Ma
- College of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, China
- Higher Education Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular and Environmental Stress Response (Shanxi Normal University) in Shanxi Province, Linfen, China
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- College of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, China
- Higher Education Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular and Environmental Stress Response (Shanxi Normal University) in Shanxi Province, Linfen, China
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Promiscuous Binding of Microprotein Mozart1 to γ-Tubulin Complex Mediates Specific Subcellular Targeting to Control Microtubule Array Formation. Cell Rep 2020; 31:107836. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Edelmaier C, Lamson AR, Gergely ZR, Ansari S, Blackwell R, McIntosh JR, Glaser MA, Betterton MD. Mechanisms of chromosome biorientation and bipolar spindle assembly analyzed by computational modeling. eLife 2020; 9:48787. [PMID: 32053104 PMCID: PMC7311174 DOI: 10.7554/elife.48787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The essential functions required for mitotic spindle assembly and chromosome biorientation and segregation are not fully understood, despite extensive study. To illuminate the combinations of ingredients most important to align and segregate chromosomes and simultaneously assemble a bipolar spindle, we developed a computational model of fission-yeast mitosis. Robust chromosome biorientation requires progressive restriction of attachment geometry, destabilization of misaligned attachments, and attachment force dependence. Large spindle length fluctuations can occur when the kinetochore-microtubule attachment lifetime is long. The primary spindle force generators are kinesin-5 motors and crosslinkers in early mitosis, while interkinetochore stretch becomes important after biorientation. The same mechanisms that contribute to persistent biorientation lead to segregation of chromosomes to the poles after anaphase onset. This model therefore provides a framework to interrogate key requirements for robust chromosome biorientation, spindle length regulation, and force generation in the spindle. Before a cell divides, it must make a copy of its genetic material and then promptly split in two. This process, called mitosis, is coordinated by many different molecular machines. The DNA is copied, then the duplicated chromosomes line up at the middle of the cell. Next, an apparatus called the mitotic spindle latches onto the chromosomes before pulling them apart. The mitotic spindle is a bundle of long, thin filaments called microtubules. It attaches to chromosomes at the kinetochore, the point where two copied chromosomes are cinched together in their middle. Proper cell division is vital for the healthy growth of all organisms, big and small, and yet some parts of the process remain poorly understood despite extensive study. Specifically, there is more to learn about how the mitotic spindle self-assembles, and how microtubules and kinetochores work together to correctly orient and segregate chromosomes into two sister cells. These nanoscale processes are happening a hundred times a minute, so computer simulations are a good way to test what we know. Edelmaier et al. developed a computer model to simulate cell division in fission yeast, a species of yeast often used to study fundamental processes in the cell. The model simulates how the mitotic spindle assembles, how its microtubules attach to the kinetochore and the force required to pull two sister chromosomes apart. Building the simulation involved modelling interactions between the mitotic spindle and kinetochore, their movement and forces applied. To test its accuracy, model simulations were compared to recordings of the mitotic spindle – including its length, structure and position – imaged from dividing yeast cells. Running the simulation, Edelmaier et al. found that several key effects are essential for the proper movement of chromosomes in mitosis. This includes holding chromosomes in the correct orientation as the mitotic spindle assembles and controlling the relative position of microtubules as they attach to the kinetochore. Misaligned attachments must also be readily deconstructed and corrected to prevent any errors. The simulations also showed that kinetochores must begin to exert more force (to separate the chromosomes) once the mitotic spindle is attached correctly. Altogether, these findings improve the current understanding of how the mitotic spindle and its counterparts control cell division. Errors in chromosome segregation are associated with birth defects and cancer in humans, and this new simulation could potentially now be used to help make predictions about how to correct mistakes in the process.
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.,Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.,Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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Gao X, Schmid M, Zhang Y, Fukuda S, Takeshita N, Fischer R. The spindle pole body of Aspergillus nidulans is asymmetrical and contains changing numbers of γ-tubulin complexes. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.234799. [PMID: 31740532 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.234799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Centrosomes are important microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs) in animal cells. In addition, non-centrosomal MTOCs (ncMTOCs) are found in many cell types. Their composition and structure are only poorly understood. Here, we analyzed nuclear MTOCs (spindle-pole bodies, SPBs) and septal MTOCs in Aspergillus nidulans They both contain γ-tubulin along with members of the family of γ-tubulin complex proteins (GCPs). Our data suggest that SPBs consist of γ-tubulin small complexes (γ-TuSCs) at the outer plaque, and larger γ-tubulin ring complexes (γ-TuRC) at the inner plaque. We show that the MztA protein, an ortholog of the human MOZART protein (also known as MZT1), interacted with the inner plaque receptor PcpA (the homolog of fission yeast Pcp1) at SPBs, while no interaction nor colocalization was detected between MztA and the outer plaque receptor ApsB (fission yeast Mto1). Septal MTOCs consist of γ-TuRCs including MztA but are anchored through AspB and Spa18 (fission yeast Mto2). MztA is not essential for viability, although abnormal spindles were observed frequently in cells lacking MztA. Quantitative PALM imaging revealed unexpected dynamics of the protein composition of SPBs, with changing numbers of γ-tubulin complexes over time during interphase and constant numbers during mitosis.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Xiaolei Gao
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Dept. of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Dept. of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Dept. of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Tsukuba University, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
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- Tsukuba University, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Dept. of Microbiology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Leong SL, Lynch EM, Zou J, Tay YD, Borek WE, Tuijtel MW, Rappsilber J, Sawin KE. Reconstitution of Microtubule Nucleation In Vitro Reveals Novel Roles for Mzt1. Curr Biol 2019; 29:2199-2207.e10. [PMID: 31287970 PMCID: PMC6616311 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Microtubule (MT) nucleation depends on the γ-tubulin complex (γ-TuC), in which multiple copies of the heterotetrameric γ-tubulin small complex (γ-TuSC) associate to form a ring-like structure (in metazoans, γ-tubulin ring complex; γ-TuRC) [1-7]. Additional conserved regulators of the γ-TuC include the small protein Mzt1 (MOZART1 in human; GIP1/1B and GIP2/1A in plants) [8-13] and proteins containing a Centrosomin Motif 1 (CM1) domain [10, 14-19]. Many insights into γ-TuC regulators have come from in vivo analysis in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The S. pombe CM1 protein Mto1 recruits the γ-TuC to microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs) [14, 20-22], and analysis of Mto1[bonsai], a truncated version of Mto1 that cannot localize to MTOCs, has shown that Mto1 also has a role in γ-TuC activation [23]. S. pombe Mzt1 interacts with γ-TuSC and is essential for γ-TuC function and localization to MTOCs [11, 12]. However, the mechanisms by which Mzt1 functions remain unclear. Here we describe reconstitution of MT nucleation using purified recombinant Mto1[bonsai], the Mto1 partner protein Mto2, γ-TuSC, and Mzt1. Multiple copies of the six proteins involved coassemble to form a 34-40S ring-like "MGM" holocomplex that is a potent MT nucleator in vitro. Using purified MGM and subcomplexes, we investigate the role of Mzt1 in MT nucleation. Our results suggest that Mzt1 is critical to stabilize Alp6, the S. pombe homolog of human γ-TuSC protein GCP3, in an "interaction-competent" form within the γ-TuSC. This is essential for MGM to become a functional nucleator.
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- Su Ling Leong
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK; Chair of Bioanalytics, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 13355, Germany
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
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SCAPER localizes to primary cilia and its mutation affects cilia length, causing Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2019; 27:928-940. [PMID: 30723319 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-019-0347-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Studies of ciliopathies have served in elucidating much of our knowledge of structure and function of primary cilia. We report humans with Bardet-Biedl syndrome who display intellectual disability, retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, short stature and brachydactyly, stemming from a homozyogous truncation mutation in SCAPER, a gene previously associated with mitotic progression. Our findings, based on linkage analysis and exome sequencing studies of two remotely related large consanguineous families, are in line with recent reports of SCAPER variants associated with intellectual disability and retinitis pigmentosa. Using immuno-fluorescence and live cell imaging in NIH/3T3 fibroblasts and SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell lines over-expressing SCAPER, we demonstrate that both wild type and mutant SCAPER are expressed in primary cilia and co-localize with tubulin, forming bundles of microtubules. While wild type SCAPER was rarely localized along the ciliary axoneme and basal body, the aberrant protein remained sequestered to the cilia, mostly at the ciliary tip. Notably, longer cilia were demonstrated both in human affected fibroblasts compared to controls, as well as in NIH/3T3 cells transfected with mutant versus wildtype SCAPER. As SCAPER expression is known to peak at late G1 and S phase, overlapping the timing of ciliary resorption, our data suggest a possible role of SCAPER in ciliary dynamics and disassembly, also affecting microtubule-related mitotic progression. Thus, we outline a human ciliopathy syndrome and demonstrate that it is caused by a mutation in SCAPER, affecting primary cilia.
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Shen J, Li T, Niu X, Liu W, Zheng S, Wang J, Wang F, Cao X, Yao X, Zheng F, Fu C. The J-domain cochaperone Rsp1 interacts with Mto1 to organize noncentrosomal microtubule assembly. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:256-267. [PMID: 30427751 PMCID: PMC6589567 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-05-0279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Microtubule biogenesis initiates at various intracellular sites, including the centrosome, the Golgi apparatus, the nuclear envelope, and preexisting microtubules. Similarly, in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, interphase microtubules are nucleated at the spindle pole body (SPB), the nuclear envelope, and preexisting microtubules, depending on Mto1 activity. Despite the essential role of Mto1 in promoting microtubule nucleation, how distribution of Mto1 in different sites is regulated has remained elusive. Here, we show that the J-domain cochaperone Rsp1 interacts with Mto1 and specifies the localization of Mto1 to non-SPB nucleation sites. The absence of Rsp1 abolishes the localization of Mto1 to non-SPB nucleation sites, with concomitant enrichment of Mto1 to the SPB and the nuclear envelope. In contrast, Rsp1 overexpression impairs the localization of Mto1 to all microtubule organization sites. These findings delineate a previously uncharacterized mechanism in which Rsp1-Mto1 interaction orchestrates non-SPB microtubule formation.
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- Juan Shen
- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.,Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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Microtubule nucleation by γ-tubulin complexes and beyond. Essays Biochem 2018; 62:765-780. [PMID: 30315097 PMCID: PMC6281477 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20180028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In this short review, we give an overview of microtubule nucleation within cells. It is nearly 30 years since the discovery of γ-tubulin, a member of the tubulin superfamily essential for proper microtubule nucleation in all eukaryotes. γ-tubulin associates with other proteins to form multiprotein γ-tubulin ring complexes (γ-TuRCs) that template and catalyse the otherwise kinetically unfavourable assembly of microtubule filaments. These filaments can be dynamic or stable and they perform diverse functions, such as chromosome separation during mitosis and intracellular transport in neurons. The field has come a long way in understanding γ-TuRC biology but several important and unanswered questions remain, and we are still far from understanding the regulation of microtubule nucleation in a multicellular context. Here, we review the current literature on γ-TuRC assembly, recruitment, and activation and discuss the potential importance of γ-TuRC heterogeneity, the role of non-γ-TuRC proteins in microtubule nucleation, and whether γ-TuRCs could serve as good drug targets for cancer therapy.
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Sallee MD, Zonka JC, Skokan TD, Raftrey BC, Feldman JL. Tissue-specific degradation of essential centrosome components reveals distinct microtubule populations at microtubule organizing centers. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e2005189. [PMID: 30080857 PMCID: PMC6103517 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Non-centrosomal microtubule organizing centers (ncMTOCs) are found in most differentiated cells, but how these structures regulate microtubule organization and dynamics is largely unknown. We optimized a tissue-specific degradation system to test the role of the essential centrosomal microtubule nucleators γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC) and AIR-1/Aurora A at the apical ncMTOC, where they both localize in Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic intestinal epithelial cells. As at the centrosome, the core γ-TuRC component GIP-1/GCP3 is required to recruit other γ-TuRC components to the apical ncMTOC, including MZT-1/MZT1, characterized here for the first time in animal development. In contrast, AIR-1 and MZT-1 were specifically required to recruit γ-TuRC to the centrosome, but not to centrioles or to the apical ncMTOC. Surprisingly, microtubules remain robustly organized at the apical ncMTOC upon γ-TuRC and AIR-1 co-depletion, and upon depletion of other known microtubule regulators, including TPXL-1/TPX2, ZYG-9/ch-TOG, PTRN-1/CAMSAP, and NOCA-1/Ninein. However, loss of GIP-1 removed a subset of dynamic EBP-2/EB1-marked microtubules, and the remaining dynamic microtubules grew faster. Together, these results suggest that different microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) use discrete proteins for their function, and that the apical ncMTOC is composed of distinct populations of γ-TuRC-dependent and -independent microtubules that compete for a limited pool of resources.
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- Maria D. Sallee
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Tovey CA, Tubman CE, Hamrud E, Zhu Z, Dyas AE, Butterfield AN, Fyfe A, Johnson E, Conduit PT. γ-TuRC Heterogeneity Revealed by Analysis of Mozart1. Curr Biol 2018; 28:2314-2323.e6. [PMID: 29983314 PMCID: PMC6065531 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Microtubules are essential for various cell processes [1] and are nucleated by multi-protein γ-tubulin ring complexes (γ-TuRCs) at various microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs), including centrosomes [2-6]. Recruitment of γ-TuRCs to different MTOCs at different times influences microtubule array formation, but how this is regulated remains an open question. It also remains unclear whether all γ-TuRCs within the same organism have the same composition and how any potential heterogeneity might influence γ-TuRC recruitment. MOZART1 (Mzt1) was recently identified as a γ-TuRC component [7, 8] and is conserved in nearly all eukaryotes [6, 9]. Mzt1 has so far been studied in cultured human cells, yeast, and plants; its absence leads to failures in γ-TuRC recruitment and cell division, resulting in cell death [7, 9-15]. Mzt1 is small (∼8.5 kDa), binds directly to core γ-TuRC components [9, 10, 14, 15], and appears to mediate the interaction between γ-TuRCs and proteins that tether γ-TuRCs to MTOCs [9, 15]. Here, we use Drosophila to investigate the function of Mzt1 in a multicellular animal for the first time. Surprisingly, we find that Drosophila Mzt1 is expressed only in the testes and is present in γ-TuRCs recruited to basal bodies, but not to mitochondria, in developing sperm cells. mzt1 mutants are viable but have defects in basal body positioning and γ-TuRC recruitment to centriole adjuncts; sperm formation is affected and mutants display a rapid age-dependent decline in sperm motility and male fertility. Our results reveal that tissue-specific and MTOC-specific γ-TuRC heterogeneity exist in Drosophila and highlight the complexity of γ-TuRC recruitment in a multicellular animal.
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- Corinne A Tovey
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
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Riquelme M, Aguirre J, Bartnicki-García S, Braus GH, Feldbrügge M, Fleig U, Hansberg W, Herrera-Estrella A, Kämper J, Kück U, Mouriño-Pérez RR, Takeshita N, Fischer R. Fungal Morphogenesis, from the Polarized Growth of Hyphae to Complex Reproduction and Infection Structures. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2018; 82:e00068-17. [PMID: 29643171 PMCID: PMC5968459 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00068-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Filamentous fungi constitute a large group of eukaryotic microorganisms that grow by forming simple tube-like hyphae that are capable of differentiating into more-complex morphological structures and distinct cell types. Hyphae form filamentous networks by extending at their tips while branching in subapical regions. Rapid tip elongation requires massive membrane insertion and extension of the rigid chitin-containing cell wall. This process is sustained by a continuous flow of secretory vesicles that depends on the coordinated action of the microtubule and actin cytoskeletons and the corresponding motors and associated proteins. Vesicles transport cell wall-synthesizing enzymes and accumulate in a special structure, the Spitzenkörper, before traveling further and fusing with the tip membrane. The place of vesicle fusion and growth direction are enabled and defined by the position of the Spitzenkörper, the so-called cell end markers, and other proteins involved in the exocytic process. Also important for tip extension is membrane recycling by endocytosis via early endosomes, which function as multipurpose transport vehicles for mRNA, septins, ribosomes, and peroxisomes. Cell integrity, hyphal branching, and morphogenesis are all processes that are largely dependent on vesicle and cytoskeleton dynamics. When hyphae differentiate structures for asexual or sexual reproduction or to mediate interspecies interactions, the hyphal basic cellular machinery may be reprogrammed through the synthesis of new proteins and/or the modification of protein activity. Although some transcriptional networks involved in such reprogramming of hyphae are well studied in several model filamentous fungi, clear connections between these networks and known determinants of hyphal morphogenesis are yet to be established.
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- Meritxell Riquelme
- Department of Microbiology, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Functional Genomics of Microorganisms, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Ruhr University Bochum, Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Jiang P, Zheng S, Lu L. Mitotic-Spindle Organizing Protein MztA Mediates Septation Signaling by Suppressing the Regulatory Subunit of Protein Phosphatase 2A-ParA in Aspergillus nidulans. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:988. [PMID: 29774021 PMCID: PMC5951981 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The proper timing and positioning of cytokinesis/septation is crucial for hyphal growth and conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans. The septation initiation network (SIN) components are a conserved spindle pole body (SPB) localized signaling cascade and the terminal kinase complex SidB-MobA, which must localize on the SPB in this pathway to trigger septation/cytokinesis. The regulatory subunit of phosphatase PP2A-ParA has been identified to be a negative regulator capable of inactivating the SIN. However, little is known about how ParA regulates the SIN pathway and whether ParA regulates the septum formation process through affecting the SPB-localized SIN proteins. In this study, through RNA-Seq and genetic approaches, we identified a new positive septation regulator, a putative mitotic-spindle organizing protein and a yeast Mzt1 homolog MztA, which acts antagonistically toward PP2A-ParA to coordinately regulate the SPB-localized SIN proteins SidB-MobA during septation. These findings imply that regulators, phosphatase PP2A-ParA and MztA counteract the septation function probably through balancing the polymerization and depolymerization of microtubules at the SPB.
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- Ping Jiang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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Yukawa M, Yamada Y, Yamauchi T, Toda T. Two spatially distinct kinesin-14 proteins, Pkl1 and Klp2, generate collaborative inward forces against kinesin-5 Cut7 in S. pombe. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.210740. [PMID: 29167352 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.210740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Kinesin motors play central roles in bipolar spindle assembly. In many eukaryotes, spindle pole separation is driven by kinesin-5, which generates outward force. This outward force is balanced by antagonistic inward force elicited by kinesin-14 and/or dynein. In fission yeast, two kinesin-14 proteins, Pkl1 and Klp2, play an opposing role against the kinesin-5 motor protein Cut7. However, how the two kinesin-14 proteins coordinate individual activities remains elusive. Here, we show that although deletion of either pkl1 or klp2 rescues temperature-sensitive cut7 mutants, deletion of only pkl1 can bypass the lethality caused by cut7 deletion. Pkl1 is tethered to the spindle pole body, whereas Klp2 is localized along the spindle microtubule. Forced targeting of Klp2 to the spindle pole body, however, compensates for Pkl1 functions, indicating that cellular localizations, rather than individual motor specificities, differentiate between the two kinesin-14 proteins. Interestingly, human kinesin-14 (KIFC1 or HSET) can replace either Pkl1 or Klp2. Moreover, overproduction of HSET induces monopolar spindles, reminiscent of the phenotype of Cut7 inactivation. Taken together, this study has uncovered the biological mechanism whereby two different Kinesin-14 motor proteins exert their antagonistic roles against kinesin-5 in a spatially distinct manner.
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- Masashi Yukawa
- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, and Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, and Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, and Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, and Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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Yukawa M, Kawakami T, Okazaki M, Kume K, Tang NH, Toda T. A microtubule polymerase cooperates with the kinesin-6 motor and a microtubule cross-linker to promote bipolar spindle assembly in the absence of kinesin-5 and kinesin-14 in fission yeast. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:3647-3659. [PMID: 29021344 PMCID: PMC5706992 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-08-0497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Kinesin-5 is required for bipolar spindle assembly; yet in the absence of kinesins-5 and -14, cells can form spindles. In fission yeast, three distinct pathways compensate for their loss. Microtubule polymerase, kinesin-6, and microtubule cross-linker execute individual roles in concert at different mitotic stages in place of the two kinesins. Accurate chromosome segregation relies on the bipolar mitotic spindle. In many eukaryotes, spindle formation is driven by the plus-end–directed motor kinesin-5 that generates outward force to establish spindle bipolarity. Its inhibition leads to the emergence of monopolar spindles with mitotic arrest. Intriguingly, simultaneous inactivation of the minus-end–directed motor kinesin-14 restores spindle bipolarity in many systems. Here we show that in fission yeast, three independent pathways contribute to spindle bipolarity in the absence of kinesin-5/Cut7 and kinesin-14/Pkl1. One is kinesin-6/Klp9 that engages with spindle elongation once short bipolar spindles assemble. Klp9 also ensures the medial positioning of anaphase spindles to prevent unequal chromosome segregation. Another is the Alp7/TACC-Alp14/TOG microtubule polymerase complex. Temperature-sensitive alp7cut7pkl1 mutants are arrested with either monopolar or very short spindles. Forced targeting of Alp14 to the spindle pole body is sufficient to render alp7cut7pkl1 triply deleted cells viable and promote spindle assembly, indicating that Alp14-mediated microtubule polymerization from the nuclear face of the spindle pole body could generate outward force in place of Cut7 during early mitosis. The third pathway involves the Ase1/PRC1 microtubule cross-linker that stabilizes antiparallel microtubules. Our study, therefore, unveils multifaceted interplay among kinesin-dependent and -independent pathways leading to mitotic bipolar spindle assembly.
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- Masashi Yukawa
- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan .,Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.,Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Section of Neurobiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan .,Laboratory of Molecular and Chemical Cell Biology, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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Cukier CD, Tourdes A, El-Mazouni D, Guillet V, Nomme J, Mourey L, Milon A, Merdes A, Gervais V. NMR secondary structure and interactions of recombinant human MOZART1 protein, a component of the gamma-tubulin complex. Protein Sci 2017; 26:2240-2248. [PMID: 28851027 PMCID: PMC5654863 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Mitotic‐spindle organizing protein associated with a ring of γ‐tubulin 1 (MOZART1) is an 8.5 kDa protein linked to regulation of γ‐tubulin ring complexes (γTuRCs), which are involved in nucleation of microtubules. Despite its small size, MOZART1 represents a challenging target for detailed characterization in vitro. We described herein a protocol for efficient production of recombinant human MOZART1 in Escherichia coli and assessed the properties of the purified protein using a combination of size exclusion chromatography coupled with multiangle light scattering (SEC‐MALS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments. MOZART1 forms heterogeneous oligomers in solution. We identified optimal detergent and buffer conditions for recording well resolved NMR experiments allowing nearly full protein assignment and identification of three distinct alpha‐helical structured regions. Finally, using NMR, we showed that MOZART1 interacts with the N‐terminus (residues 1–250) of GCP3 (γ‐tubulin complex protein 3). Our data illustrate the capacity of MOZART1 to form oligomers, promoting multiple contacts with a subset of protein partners in the context of microtubule nucleation.
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- Cyprian D Cukier
- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Biologie du Développement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, IPBS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Cavanaugh AM, Jaspersen SL. Big Lessons from Little Yeast: Budding and Fission Yeast Centrosome Structure, Duplication, and Function. Annu Rev Genet 2017; 51:361-383. [PMID: 28934593 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120116-024733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Centrosomes are a functionally conserved feature of eukaryotic cells that play an important role in cell division. The conserved γ-tubulin complex organizes spindle and astral microtubules, which, in turn, separate replicated chromosomes accurately into daughter cells. Like DNA, centrosomes are duplicated once each cell cycle. Although in some cell types it is possible for cell division to occur in the absence of centrosomes, these divisions typically result in defects in chromosome number and stability. In single-celled organisms such as fungi, centrosomes [known as spindle pole bodies (SPBs)] are essential for cell division. SPBs also must be inserted into the membrane because fungi undergo a closed mitosis in which the nuclear envelope (NE) remains intact. This poorly understood process involves events similar or identical to those needed for de novo nuclear pore complex assembly. Here, we review how analysis of fungal SPBs has advanced our understanding of centrosomes and NE events.
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- Ann M Cavanaugh
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA;
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA; .,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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Zhang Y, Gao X, Manck R, Schmid M, Osmani AH, Osmani SA, Takeshita N, Fischer R. Microtubule-organizing centers of Aspergillus nidulans
are anchored at septa by a disordered protein. Mol Microbiol 2017; 106:285-303. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4; Karlsruhe D-76131 Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4; Karlsruhe D-76131 Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4; Karlsruhe D-76131 Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4; Karlsruhe D-76131 Germany
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- Department of Molecular Genetics; Ohio State University, 105 Biological Sciences Building, 484 W 12th Ave; Columbus OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics; Ohio State University, 105 Biological Sciences Building, 484 W 12th Ave; Columbus OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4; Karlsruhe D-76131 Germany
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Tsukuba; Ten-Nou-Dai Tsukuba 305-8572 Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - South Campus, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4; Karlsruhe D-76131 Germany
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Bestul AJ, Yu Z, Unruh JR, Jaspersen SL. Molecular model of fission yeast centrosome assembly determined by superresolution imaging. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:2409-2424. [PMID: 28619713 PMCID: PMC5551712 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201701041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs), known as centrosomes in animals and spindle pole bodies (SPBs) in fungi, are important for the faithful distribution of chromosomes between daughter cells during mitosis as well as for other cellular functions. The cytoplasmic duplication cycle and regulation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe SPB is analogous to centrosomes, making it an ideal model to study MTOC assembly. Here, we use superresolution structured illumination microscopy with single-particle averaging to localize 14 S. pombe SPB components and regulators, determining both the relationship of proteins to each other within the SPB and how each protein is assembled into a new structure during SPB duplication. These data enabled us to build the first comprehensive molecular model of the S. pombe SPB, resulting in structural and functional insights not ascertained through investigations of individual subunits, including functional similarities between Ppc89 and the budding yeast SPB scaffold Spc42, distribution of Sad1 to a ring-like structure and multiple modes of Mto1 recruitment.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO .,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
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Morlon-Guyot J, Francia ME, Dubremetz JF, Daher W. Towards a molecular architecture of the centrosome in Toxoplasma gondii. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2017; 74:55-71. [PMID: 28026138 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis. The pathogenicity of this unicellular parasite is tightly linked to its ability to efficiently proliferate within its host. Tachyzoites, the fast dividing form of the parasite, divide by endodyogeny. This process involves a single round of DNA replication, closed nuclear mitosis, and assembly of two daughter cells within a mother. The successful completion of endodyogeny relies on the temporal and spatial coordination of a plethora of simultaneous events. It has been shown that the Toxoplasma centrosome serves as signaling hub which nucleates spindle microtubules during mitosis and organizes the scaffolding of daughter cells components during cytokinesis. In addition, the centrosome is essential for inheriting both the apicoplast (a chloroplast-like organelle) and the Golgi apparatus. A growing body of evidence supports the notion that the T. gondii centrosome diverges in protein composition, structure and organization from its counterparts in higher eukaryotes making it an attractive source of potentially druggable targets. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on T. gondii centrosomal proteins and extend the putative centrosomal protein repertoire by in silico identification of mammalian centrosomal protein orthologs. We propose a working model for the organization and architecture of the centrosome in Toxoplasma parasites. Experimental validation of our proposed model will uncover how each predicted protein translates into the biology of centrosome, cytokinesis, karyokinesis, and organelle inheritance in Toxoplasma parasites.
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- Juliette Morlon-Guyot
- Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques, UMR5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Molecular Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Mataojo 2020, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay
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- Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques, UMR5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques, UMR5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Lin TC, Neuner A, Flemming D, Liu P, Chinen T, Jäkle U, Arkowitz R, Schiebel E. MOZART1 and γ-tubulin complex receptors are both required to turn γ-TuSC into an active microtubule nucleation template. J Cell Biol 2016; 215:823-840. [PMID: 27920216 PMCID: PMC5166503 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201606092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Cells use γ-tubulin complex to nucleate microtubules. The assembly of active microtubule nucleator is spatially and temporally regulated through the cell cycle. Lin et al. show that the protein Mzt1/MOZART1 and γ-tubulin complex receptors directly interact and act together to assemble the γ-tubulin small complex into an active microtubule nucleation template and that such interaction is conserved between Candida albicans and human cells. MOZART1/Mzt1 is required for the localization of γ-tubulin complexes to microtubule (MT)–organizing centers from yeast to human cells. Nevertheless, the molecular function of MOZART1/Mzt1 is largely unknown. Taking advantage of the minimal MT nucleation system of Candida albicans, we reconstituted the interactions of Mzt1, γ-tubulin small complex (γ-TuSC), and γ-tubulin complex receptors (γ-TuCRs) Spc72 and Spc110 in vitro. With affinity measurements, domain deletion, and swapping, we show that Spc110 and Mzt1 bind to distinct regions of the γ-TuSC. In contrast, both Mzt1 and γ-TuSC interact with the conserved CM1 motif of Spc110/Spc72. Spc110/Spc72 and Mzt1 constitute “oligomerization chaperones,” cooperatively promoting and directing γ-TuSC oligomerization into MT nucleation-competent rings. Consistent with the functions of Mzt1, human MOZART1 directly interacts with the CM1-containing region of the γ-TuCR CEP215. MOZART1 depletion in human cells destabilizes the large γ-tubulin ring complex and abolishes CEP215CM1-induced ectopic MT nucleation. Together, we reveal conserved functions of MOZART1/Mzt1 through interactions with γ-tubulin complex subunits and γ-TuCRs.
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- Tien-Chen Lin
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institut de Biologie Valrose, 06108 Nice, France
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Masuda H, Toda T. Synergistic role of fission yeast Alp16GCP6 and Mzt1MOZART1 in γ-tubulin complex recruitment to mitotic spindle pole bodies and spindle assembly. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:1753-63. [PMID: 27053664 PMCID: PMC4884066 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-08-0577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In fission yeast, γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC)-specific components Gfh1(GCP4), Mod21(GCP5), and Alp16(GCP6) are nonessential for cell growth. Of these deletion mutants, only alp16Δ shows synthetic lethality with temperature-sensitive mutants of Mzt1(MOZART1), a component of the γTuRC required for recruitment of the complex to microtubule-organizing centers. γ-Tubulin small complex levels at mitotic spindle pole bodies (SPBs, the centrosome equivalent in fungi) and microtubule levels for preanaphase spindles are significantly reduced in alp16Δ cells but not in gfh1Δ or mod21Δ cells. Furthermore, alp16Δ cells often form monopolar spindles and frequently lose a minichromosome when the spindle assembly checkpoint is inactivated. Alp16(GCP6) promotes Mzt1-dependent γTuRC recruitment to mitotic SPBs and enhances spindle microtubule assembly in a manner dependent on its expression levels. Gfh1(GCP4) and Mod21(GCP5) are not required for Alp16(GCP6)-dependent γTuRC recruitment. Mzt1 has an additional role in the activation of the γTuRC for spindle microtubule assembly. The ratio of Mzt1 to γTuRC levels for preanaphase spindles is higher than at other stages of the cell cycle. Mzt1 overproduction enhances spindle microtubule assembly without affecting γTuRC levels at mitotic SPBs. We propose that Alp16(GCP6) and Mzt1 act synergistically for efficient bipolar spindle assembly to ensure faithful chromosome segregation.
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- Hirohisa Masuda
- Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London WC2A 3LY, United Kingdom
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- Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London WC2A 3LY, United Kingdom Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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Microtubules mediate important cellular processes by forming highly ordered arrays. Organization of these networks is achieved by nucleating and anchoring microtubules at centrosomes and other structures collectively known as microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs). However, the diverse microtubule configurations found in different cell types may not be generated and maintained by MTOCs alone. Work over the last few years has revealed a mechanism that has the capacity to generate cell-type-specific microtubule arrays independently of a specific organizer: nucleation of microtubules from the lateral surface of pre-existing microtubules. This type of nucleation requires cooperation between two different multi-subunit protein complexes, augmin and the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC). Here we review recent molecular insight into microtubule-dependent nucleation and discuss the possibility that the augmin-γTuRC module, initially described in mitosis, may broadly contribute to microtubule organization also in non-mitotic cells.
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- Carlos Sánchez-Huertas
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), C/ Baldiri Reixac 10, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), C/ Baldiri Reixac 10, Barcelona, Spain.
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Cota RR, Teixidó-Travesa N, Ezquerra A, Eibes S, Lacasa C, Roig J, Lüders J. MZT1 regulates microtubule nucleation by linking γTuRC assembly to adapter-mediated targeting and activation. J Cell Sci 2016; 130:406-419. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.195321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Regulation of the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC) through targeting and activation restricts nucleation of microtubules to microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs), aiding in the assembly of ordered microtubule arrays. However, the mechanistic basis of this important regulation remains poorly understood. Here we show that in human cells γTuRC integrity, determined by the presence of γ-tubulin complex proteins (GCPs) 2-6, is a prerequisite for interaction with the targeting factor NEDD1, impacting on essentially all γ-tubulin dependent functions. Recognition of γTuRC integrity is mediated by MZT1, which binds not only to the GCP3 subunit as previously shown, but cooperatively also to other GCPs through a conserved hydrophobic motif present in the N-termini of GCP2, GCP3, GCP5, and GCP6. MZT1 knockdown causes severe cellular defects under conditions that leave γTuRC intact, suggesting that the essential function of MZT1 is not in γTuRC assembly. Instead, MZT1 specifically binds fully assembled γTuRC to enable interaction with NEDD1 for targeting, and with the CM1 domain of CDK5RAP2 for stimulating nucleation activity. Thus, MZT1 is a ‘priming factor’ for the γTuRC that allows spatial regulation of nucleation.
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- Rosa Ramírez Cota
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Lorenz A. New cassettes for single-step drug resistance and prototrophic marker switching in fission yeast. Yeast 2015; 32:703-10. [PMID: 26305038 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Construction of multiply mutated strains for genetic interaction analysis and of strains carrying different epitope tags at multiple open reading frames for testing protein localization, abundance and protein-protein interactions is hampered by the availability of a sufficient number of different selectable markers. Moreover, strains with single gene deletions or tags often already exist in strain collections; for historical reasons these will mostly carry the ura4(+) gene or the G418-resistance kanMX as marker. Because it is rather cumbersome to produce multiply deleted or tagged strains using the same marker, or to completely reconstruct a particular strain with a different marker, single-step exchange protocols of markers are a time-saving alternative. In recent years, dominant drug resistance markers (DDRMs) against clonNAT, hygromycin B and bleomycin have been adapted and successfully used in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The corresponding DDRM cassettes, natMX, hphMX and bleMX, carry the TEF promotor and terminator sequences from Ashbya gossypii as kanMX; this provides flanking homologies to enable single-step marker swapping by homologous gene targeting. To expand this very useful toolset for single-step marker exchange, I constructed MX cassettes containing the nutritional markers arg3(+), his3(+), leu1(+) and ura4(+). Furthermore, a set of constructs was created to enable single-step exchange of ura4(+) to kanMX6, natMX4 and hphMX4. The functionality of the cassettes is demonstrated by successful single-step marker swapping at several loci. These constructs allow straightforward and rapid remarking of existing ura4(+) - and MX-deleted and -tagged strains.
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Oakley BR, Paolillo V, Zheng Y. γ-Tubulin complexes in microtubule nucleation and beyond. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2957-62. [PMID: 26316498 PMCID: PMC4551311 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-11-1514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Tremendous progress has been made in understanding the functions of γ-tubulin and, in particular, its role in microtubule nucleation since the publication of its discovery in 1989. The structure of γ-tubulin has been determined, and the components of γ-tubulin complexes have been identified. Significant progress in understanding the structure of the γ-tubulin ring complex and its components has led to a persuasive model for how these complexes nucleate microtubule assembly. At the same time, data have accumulated that γ-tubulin has important but less well understood functions that are not simply a consequence of its function in microtubule nucleation. These include roles in the regulation of plus-end microtubule dynamics, gene regulation, and mitotic and cell cycle regulation. Finally, evidence is emerging that γ-tubulin mutations or alterations of γ-tubulin expression play an important role in certain types of cancer and in other diseases.
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- Berl R Oakley
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, MD 21218
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Arabidopsis MZT1 homologs GIP1 and GIP2 are essential for centromere architecture. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:8656-60. [PMID: 26124146 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506351112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Centromeres play a pivotal role in maintaining genome integrity by facilitating the recruitment of kinetochore and sister-chromatid cohesion proteins, both required for correct chromosome segregation. Centromeres are epigenetically specified by the presence of the histone H3 variant (CENH3). In this study, we investigate the role of the highly conserved γ-tubulin complex protein 3-interacting proteins (GIPs) in Arabidopsis centromere regulation. We show that GIPs form a complex with CENH3 in cycling cells. GIP depletion in the gip1gip2 knockdown mutant leads to a decreased CENH3 level at centromeres, despite a higher level of Mis18BP1/KNL2 present at both centromeric and ectopic sites. We thus postulate that GIPs are required to ensure CENH3 deposition and/or maintenance at centromeres. In addition, the recruitment at the centromere of other proteins such as the CENP-C kinetochore component and the cohesin subunit SMC3 is impaired in gip1gip2. These defects in centromere architecture result in aneuploidy due to severely altered centromeric cohesion. Altogether, we ascribe a central function to GIPs for the proper recruitment and/or stabilization of centromeric proteins essential in the specification of the centromere identity, as well as for centromeric cohesion in somatic cells.
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Yukawa M, Ikebe C, Toda T. The Msd1-Wdr8-Pkl1 complex anchors microtubule minus ends to fission yeast spindle pole bodies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 209:549-62. [PMID: 25987607 PMCID: PMC4442821 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201412111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Msd1–Wdr8 are delivered by Pkl1 to mitotic spindle pole bodies, where the Msd1–Wdr8–Pkl1 complex anchors the minus ends of spindle microtubules and antagonizes the outward-pushing forces generated by Cut7/kinesin-5 in fission yeast. The minus ends of spindle microtubules are anchored to a microtubule-organizing center. The conserved Msd1/SSX2IP proteins are localized to the spindle pole body (SPB) and the centrosome in fission yeast and humans, respectively, and play a critical role in microtubule anchoring. In this paper, we show that fission yeast Msd1 forms a ternary complex with another conserved protein, Wdr8, and the minus end–directed Pkl1/kinesin-14. Individual deletion mutants displayed the identical spindle-protrusion phenotypes. Msd1 and Wdr8 were delivered by Pkl1 to mitotic SPBs, where Pkl1 was tethered through Msd1–Wdr8. The spindle-anchoring defect imposed by msd1/wdr8/pkl1 deletions was suppressed by a mutation of the plus end–directed Cut7/kinesin-5, which was shown to be mutual. Intriguingly, Pkl1 motor activity was not required for its anchoring role once targeted to the SPB. Therefore, spindle anchoring through Msd1–Wdr8–Pkl1 is crucial for balancing the Cut7/kinesin-5–mediated outward force at the SPB. Our analysis provides mechanistic insight into the spatiotemporal regulation of two opposing kinesins to ensure mitotic spindle bipolarity.
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- Masashi Yukawa
- The Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, England, UK Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- The Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, England, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, England, UK
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Targeting of γ-tubulin complexes to microtubule organizing centers: conservation and divergence. Trends Cell Biol 2015; 25:296-307. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2014.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Microtubules (MTs) are highly conserved polar polymers that are key elements of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton and are essential for various cell functions. αβ-tubulin, a heterodimer containing one structural GTP and one hydrolysable and exchangeable GTP, is the building block of MTs and is formed by the sequential action of several molecular chaperones. GTP hydrolysis in the MT lattice is mechanistically coupled with MT growth, thus giving MTs a metastable and dynamic nature. MTs adopt several distinct higher-order organizations that function in cell division and cell morphogenesis. Small molecular weight compounds that bind tubulin are used as herbicides and as research tools to investigate MT functions in plant cells. The de novo formation of MTs in cells requires conserved γ-tubulin-containing complexes and targeting/activating regulatory proteins that contribute to the geometry of MT arrays. Various MT regulators and tubulin modifications control the dynamics and organization of MTs throughout the cell cycle and in response to developmental and environmental cues. Signaling pathways that converge on the regulation of versatile MT functions are being characterized.
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- Takashi Hashimoto
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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Zheng Y, Guo J, Li X, Xie Y, Hou M, Fu X, Dai S, Diao R, Miao Y, Ren J. An integrated overview of spatiotemporal organization and regulation in mitosis in terms of the proteins in the functional supercomplexes. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:573. [PMID: 25400627 PMCID: PMC4212687 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 10/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells may divide via the critical cellular process of cell division/mitosis, resulting in two daughter cells with the same genetic information. A large number of dedicated proteins are involved in this process and spatiotemporally assembled into three distinct super-complex structures/organelles, including the centrosome/spindle pole body, kinetochore/centromere and cleavage furrow/midbody/bud neck, so as to precisely modulate the cell division/mitosis events of chromosome alignment, chromosome segregation and cytokinesis in an orderly fashion. In recent years, many efforts have been made to identify the protein components and architecture of these subcellular organelles, aiming to uncover the organelle assembly pathways, determine the molecular mechanisms underlying the organelle functions, and thereby provide new therapeutic strategies for a variety of diseases. However, the organelles are highly dynamic structures, making it difficult to identify the entire components. Here, we review the current knowledge of the identified protein components governing the organization and functioning of organelles, especially in human and yeast cells, and discuss the multi-localized protein components mediating the communication between organelles during cell division.
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- Yueyuan Zheng
- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Orthopaedic Department of Anhui Medical University Affiliated Provincial Hospital Hefei, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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- Cancer Center, School of Life Sciences, School of Advanced Computing, Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China
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Olmsted ZT, Colliver AG, Riehlman TD, Paluh JL. Kinesin-14 and kinesin-5 antagonistically regulate microtubule nucleation by γ-TuRC in yeast and human cells. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5339. [PMID: 25348260 PMCID: PMC4220466 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Bipolar spindle assembly is a critical control point for initiation of mitosis through nucleation and organization of spindle microtubules and is regulated by kinesin-like proteins. In fission yeast, the kinesin-14 Pkl1 binds the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC) microtubule-organizing centre at spindle poles and can alter its structure and function. Here we show that kinesin-14 blocks microtubule nucleation in yeast and reveal that this inhibition is countered by the kinesin-5 protein, Cut7. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Cut7 binding to γ-TuRC and the Cut7 BimC domain are both required for inhibition of Pkl1. We also demonstrate that a yeast kinesin-14 peptide blocks microtubule nucleation in two human breast cancer cell lines, suggesting that this mechanism is evolutionarily conserved. In conclusion, using genetic, biochemical and cell biology approaches we uncover antagonistic control of microtubule nucleation at γ-TuRC by two kinesin-like proteins, which may represent an attractive anti-mitotic target for cancer therapies. Mitotic spindle assembly requires strict control of microtubule nucleation by γ-tubulin ring complexes. Olmsted et al. report that the kinesin-like proteins Pkl1 and Cut7 antagonistically regulate nucleation in fission yeast, and show that a Pkl1 peptide blocks spindle assembly in human cancer cells.
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- Zachary T Olmsted
- State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, College of Nanoscale Science, Nanobioscience Constellation, Albany, New York 12203, USA
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- State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, College of Nanoscale Science, Nanobioscience Constellation, Albany, New York 12203, USA
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- State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, College of Nanoscale Science, Nanobioscience Constellation, Albany, New York 12203, USA
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- State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, College of Nanoscale Science, Nanobioscience Constellation, Albany, New York 12203, USA
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Zhuang XJ, Shi YQ, Xu B, Chen L, Tang WH, Huang J, Lian Y, Liu P, Qiao J. SLX2 interacting with BLOS2 is differentially expressed during mouse oocyte meiotic maturation. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:2231-7. [PMID: 24870619 DOI: 10.4161/cc.29265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Gametogenesis is a complex biological process of producing cells for sexual reproduction. Xlr super family members containing a conserved COR1 domain play essential roles in gametogenesis. In the present study, we identified that Slx2, a novel member of Xlr super family, is specifically expressed in the meiotic oocytes, which is demonstrated by western blotting and immunohistochemistry studies. In the first meiotic prophase, SLX2 is unevenly distributed in the nuclei of oocytes, during which phase SLX2 is partly co-localized with SYCP3 in synaptonemal complex and γH2AX in the nucleus of oocytes. Interestingly, the localization of SLX2 was found to be switched into the cytoplasm of oocytes after prometaphase I during oocyte maturation. Furthermore, yeast two-hybrid and coimmunoprecipitation studies demonstrated that SLX2 interacts with BLOS2, which is a novel centrosome-associated protein, and co-localized with γ-Tubulin, which is a protein marker of chromosome segregation in meiosis. These results indicated that SLX2 might get involved in chromosomes segregation during meiosis by interaction with BLOS2. In conclusion, SLX2 might be a novel gametogenesis-related protein that could play multiple roles in regulation of meiotic processes including synaptonemal complex assembly and chromosome segregation.
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- Xin-Jie Zhuang
- Center for Reproductive Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction; Ministry of Education; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing, PR China
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- College of Bio-Engineering; Weifang University; Weifang, PR China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine; Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University; Hefei, PR China
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- Reproductive Medical Centre; First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou, PR China
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- Department of Urology; the Third Hospital of Peking University; Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction; Ministry of Education; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction; Ministry of Education; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction; Ministry of Education; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction; Ministry of Education; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing, PR China
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Lin TC, Neuner A, Schlosser YT, Scharf AND, Weber L, Schiebel E. Cell-cycle dependent phosphorylation of yeast pericentrin regulates γ-TuSC-mediated microtubule nucleation. eLife 2014; 3:e02208. [PMID: 24842996 PMCID: PMC4034690 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Budding yeast Spc110, a member of γ-tubulin complex receptor family (γ-TuCR), recruits γ-tubulin complexes to microtubule (MT) organizing centers (MTOCs). Biochemical studies suggest that Spc110 facilitates higher-order γ-tubulin complex assembly (Kollman et al., 2010). Nevertheless the molecular basis for this activity and the regulation are unclear. Here we show that Spc110 phosphorylated by Mps1 and Cdk1 activates γ-TuSC oligomerization and MT nucleation in a cell cycle dependent manner. Interaction between the N-terminus of the γ-TuSC subunit Spc98 and Spc110 is important for this activity. Besides the conserved CM1 motif in γ-TuCRs (Sawin et al., 2004), a second motif that we named Spc110/Pcp1 motif (SPM) is also important for MT nucleation. The activating Mps1 and Cdk1 sites lie between SPM and CM1 motifs. Most organisms have both SPM-CM1 (Spc110/Pcp1/PCNT) and CM1-only (Spc72/Mto1/Cnn/CDK5RAP2/myomegalin) types of γ-TuCRs. The two types of γ-TuCRs contain distinct but conserved C-terminal MTOC targeting domains. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02208.001 Microtubules are hollow structures made of proteins that have a central role in cell division and a variety of other important processes within cells. For a cell to divide successfully, the chromosomes containing the genetic information of the cell must be duplicated and then separated so that one copy of each chromosome ends up in each daughter cell. To separate the chromosomes, microtubules extend out from two structures called spindle pole bodies, which are found at either end of the cell, and pull one copy of each chromosome to opposite sides of the cell. Although the individual proteins that make up a microtubule can self-assemble into tubes, this occurs very slowly, so cells employ other molecules to speed up this process. In yeast cells, a protein called gamma-tubulin is recruited to the spindle pole body by the protein Spc110, where it combines with two other proteins to form a complex called the gamma-tubulin small complex. Several of these complexes then join together to form a ring, which probably acts as the platform that microtubules grow from. Recent observations suggested that Spc110 may help to construct this ring, but without revealing how. Now, Lin et al. reveal that Spc110 can regulate microtubule formation by controlling how several gamma-tubulin small complexes bind together, and have identified the exact section of Spc110 that interacts with the complexes. However, the Spc110 must become active before it can perform this role, and it is only activated during certain stages of cell division, through phosphorylation. The structures in Spc110 that bind to the gamma-tubulin small complex in yeast are also found in gamma-tubulin binding receptor proteins in human cells. The work of Lin et al. demonstrates that proteins that are assumed to have passive roles within cells, such as Spc110, often play more active roles instead. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02208.002
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- Tien-Chen Lin
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie (ZMBH), Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie (ZMBH), Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie (ZMBH), Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie (ZMBH), Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie (ZMBH), Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie (ZMBH), Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Batzenschlager M, Herzog E, Houlné G, Schmit AC, Chabouté ME. GIP/MZT1 proteins orchestrate nuclear shaping. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:29. [PMID: 24570680 PMCID: PMC3916773 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The functional organization of the nuclear envelope (NE) is only just emerging in plants with the recent characterization of NE protein complexes and their molecular links to the actin cytoskeleton. The NE also plays a role in microtubule nucleation by recruiting γ-Tubulin Complexes (γ-TuCs) which contribute to the establishment of a robust mitotic spindle. γ-tubulin Complex Protein 3 (GCP3)-interacting proteins (GIPs) have been identified recently as integral components of γ-TuCs. GIPs have been conserved throughout evolution and are also named MZT1 (mitotic-spindle organizing protein 1). This review focuses on recent data investigating the role of GIP/MZT1 at the NE, including insights from the study of GIP partners. It also uncovers new functions for GIP/MZT1 during interphase and highlights a current view of NE-associated components which are critical for nuclear shaping during both cell division and differentiation.
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- *Correspondence: Anne-Catherine Schmit, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UPR 2357, 12 rue du Gl Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg, France e-mail:
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Dhani DK, Goult BT, George GM, Rogerson DT, Bitton DA, Miller CJ, Schwabe JWR, Tanaka K. Mzt1/Tam4, a fission yeast MOZART1 homologue, is an essential component of the γ-tubulin complex and directly interacts with GCP3(Alp6). Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:3337-49. [PMID: 24006493 PMCID: PMC3814152 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-05-0253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Revised: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In humans, MOZART1 plays an essential role in mitotic spindle formation as a component of the γ-tubulin ring complex. We report that the fission yeast homologue of MOZART1, Mzt1/Tam4, is located at microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs) and coimmunoprecipitates with γ-tubulin Gtb1 from cell extracts. We show that mzt1/tam4 is an essential gene in fission yeast, encoding a 64-amino acid peptide, depletion of which leads to aberrant microtubule structure, including malformed mitotic spindles and impaired interphase microtubule array. Mzt1/Tam4 depletion also causes cytokinesis defects, suggesting a role of the γ-tubulin complex in the regulation of cytokinesis. Yeast two-hybrid analysis shows that Mzt1/Tam4 forms a complex with Alp6, a fission yeast homologue of γ-tubulin complex protein 3 (GCP3). Biophysical methods demonstrate that there is a direct interaction between recombinant Mzt1/Tam4 and the N-terminal region of GCP3(Alp6). Together our results suggest that Mzt1/Tam4 contributes to the MTOC function through regulation of GCP3(Alp6).
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- Deepsharan K. Dhani
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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- Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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- Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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Batzenschlager M, Masoud K, Janski N, Houlné G, Herzog E, Evrard JL, Baumberger N, Erhardt M, Nominé Y, Kieffer B, Schmit AC, Chabouté ME. The GIP gamma-tubulin complex-associated proteins are involved in nuclear architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:480. [PMID: 24348487 PMCID: PMC3842039 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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During interphase, the microtubular cytoskeleton of cycling plant cells is organized in both cortical and perinuclear arrays. Perinuclear microtubules (MTs) are nucleated from γ-Tubulin Complexes (γ-TuCs) located at the surface of the nucleus. The molecular mechanisms of γ-TuC association to the nuclear envelope (NE) are currently unknown. The γ-TuC Protein 3 (GCP3)-Interacting Protein 1 (GIP1) is the smallest γ-TuC component identified so far. AtGIP1 and its homologous protein AtGIP2 participate in the localization of active γ-TuCs at interphasic and mitotic MT nucleation sites. Arabidopsis gip1gip2 mutants are impaired in establishing a fully functional mitotic spindle and exhibit severe developmental defects. In this study, gip1gip2 knock down mutants were further characterized at the cellular level. In addition to defects in both the localization of γ-TuC core proteins and MT fiber robustness, gip1gip2 mutants exhibited a severe alteration of the nuclear shape associated with an abnormal distribution of the nuclear pore complexes. Simultaneously, they showed a misorganization of the inner nuclear membrane protein AtSUN1. Furthermore, AtGIP1 was identified as an interacting partner of AtTSA1 which was detected, like the AtGIP proteins, at the NE. These results provide the first evidence for the involvement of a γ-TuC component in both nuclear shaping and NE organization. Functional hypotheses are discussed in order to propose a model for a GIP-dependent nucleo-cytoplasmic continuum.
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- Morgane Batzenschlager
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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- Biotechnologie et Signalisation cellulaire, Institut de Recherche de l'Ecole de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, UMR 7242, Université de StrasbourgIllkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de StrasbourgIllkirch, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
- *Correspondence: Anne-Catherine Schmit, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357 du CNRS, 12, rue du Gl Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg-Cedex, France e-mail:
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg, France
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