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Ballmer D, Akiyoshi B. Dynamic localization of the chromosomal passenger complex in trypanosomes is controlled by the orphan kinesins KIN-A and KIN-B. eLife 2024; 13:RP93522. [PMID: 38564240 PMCID: PMC10987093 DOI: 10.7554/elife.93522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) is an important regulator of cell division, which shows dynamic subcellular localization throughout mitosis, including kinetochores and the spindle midzone. In traditional model eukaryotes such as yeasts and humans, the CPC consists of the catalytic subunit Aurora B kinase, its activator INCENP, and the localization module proteins Borealin and Survivin. Intriguingly, Aurora B and INCENP as well as their localization pattern are conserved in kinetoplastids, an evolutionarily divergent group of eukaryotes that possess unique kinetochore proteins and lack homologs of Borealin or Survivin. It is not understood how the kinetoplastid CPC assembles nor how it is targeted to its subcellular destinations during the cell cycle. Here, we identify two orphan kinesins, KIN-A and KIN-B, as bona fide CPC proteins in Trypanosoma brucei, the kinetoplastid parasite that causes African sleeping sickness. KIN-A and KIN-B form a scaffold for the assembly of the remaining CPC subunits. We show that the C-terminal unstructured tail of KIN-A interacts with the KKT8 complex at kinetochores, while its N-terminal motor domain promotes CPC translocation to spindle microtubules. Thus, the KIN-A:KIN-B complex constitutes a unique 'two-in-one' CPC localization module, which directs the CPC to kinetochores from S phase until metaphase and to the central spindle in anaphase. Our findings highlight the evolutionary diversity of CPC proteins and raise the possibility that kinesins may have served as the original transport vehicles for Aurora kinases in early eukaryotes.
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- Daniel Ballmer
- Department of Biochemistry, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological SciencesEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological SciencesEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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Orr B, De Sousa F, Gomes AM, Afonso O, Ferreira LT, Figueiredo AC, Maiato H. An anaphase surveillance mechanism prevents micronuclei formation from frequent chromosome segregation errors. Cell Rep 2021; 37:109783. [PMID: 34758324 PMCID: PMC8595644 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Micronuclei are a hallmark of cancer and several other human disorders. Recently, micronuclei were implicated in chromothripsis, a series of massive genomic rearrangements that may drive tumor evolution and progression. Here, we show that Aurora B kinase mediates a surveillance mechanism that integrates error correction during anaphase with spatial control of nuclear envelope reassembly to prevent micronuclei formation. Using high-resolution live-cell imaging of human cancer and non-cancer cells, we uncover that anaphase lagging chromosomes are more frequent than previously anticipated, yet they rarely form micronuclei. Micronuclei formation from anaphase lagging chromosomes is prevented by a midzone-based Aurora B phosphorylation gradient that stabilizes kinetochore-microtubule attachments and assists spindle forces required for anaphase error correction while delaying nuclear envelope reassembly on lagging chromosomes, independently of microtubule density. We propose that a midzone-based Aurora B phosphorylation gradient actively monitors and corrects frequent chromosome segregation errors to prevent micronuclei formation during human cell division. Anaphase lagging chromosomes are frequent but rarely form micronuclei A midzone Aurora B activity gradient prevents micronuclei from segregation errors Midzone Aurora B assists spindle forces at the kinetochores to correct errors Aurora B spatially regulates nuclear envelope reformation on lagging chromosomes
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- Bernardo Orr
- Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Cell Division Group, Department of Biomedicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
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Mani N, Wijeratne SS, Subramanian R. Micron-scale geometrical features of microtubules as regulators of microtubule organization. eLife 2021; 10:e63880. [PMID: 34114950 PMCID: PMC8195601 DOI: 10.7554/elife.63880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The organization of micron-sized, multi-microtubule arrays from individual microtubules is essential for diverse cellular functions. The microtubule polymer is largely viewed as a passive building block during the organization process. An exception is the 'tubulin code' where alterations to tubulin at the amino acid level can influence the activity of microtubule-associated proteins. Recent studies reveal that micron-scale geometrical features of individual microtubules and polymer networks, such as microtubule length, overlap length, contact angle, and lattice defects, can also regulate the activity of microtubule-associated proteins and modulate polymer dynamics. We discuss how the interplay between such geometrical properties of the microtubule lattice and the activity of associated proteins direct multiple aspects of array organization, from microtubule nucleation and coalignment to specification of array dimensions and remodeling of dynamic networks. The mechanisms reviewed here highlight micron-sized features of microtubules as critical parameters to be routinely investigated in the study of microtubule self-organization.
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- Nandini Mani
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General HospitalBostonUnited States
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General HospitalBostonUnited States
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General HospitalBostonUnited States
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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Sato I, Ishibashi M, Tokunaga H, Shigeta S, Sakurada S, Shimada M, Nagase S, Watanabe Y, Yaegashi N. MicroRNA Let-7c Contributes to Paclitaxel Resistance via Aurora-B in Endometrial Serous Carcinoma. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2021; 251:263-272. [PMID: 32727972 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.251.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The incidence of endometrial cancer has rapidly risen over recent years. Paclitaxel, a key drug for endometrial cancer treatment, inhibits microtubule depolymerization and induces apoptosis in cancer cells. Endometrial serous carcinoma (ESC) accounts for < 10% of all endometrial carcinomas, but its aggressive nature makes it responsible for close to 40% of cancer deaths. Thus, novel therapeutic targets are required for ESC. To identify microRNAs that promote paclitaxel resistance, we established two paclitaxel-resistant cell lines from USPC1 human ESC cells by exposing paclitaxel to parental cells for 12 weeks. Paclitaxel concentrations were increased every 2 weeks, and after 12 weeks of paclitaxel exposure, two replicate paclitaxel-resistant cell lines were established (USPC1-PTSR1 and USPC1-PTXR2). The microarray analysis was performed using USPC1 cells and USPC1-PTXR1 cells, and eight candidate microRNAs were thus selected as potential mediators of paclitaxel sensitivity. Among these candidate microRNAs, let-7c precursor treatment of paclitaxel-resistant USPC1-PTXR1 cells caused the greatest increase in paclitaxel-mediated cytotoxicity. Let-7c inhibition conversely decreased paclitaxel-induced apoptosis. It is known that let-7a microRNA, a member of the let-7 family, inhibits growth of endometrial carcinoma cells targeting Aurora-B that controls progression through each phase of mitosis. We thus studied whether let-7c mediates Aurora-B expression in ESC cells. The expression levels of Aurora-B mRNA and protein were higher in USPC-PTXR1 cells compared with USPC1 cells. Let-7c inhibition increased Aurora-B expression in USPC1 cells but decreased Aurora-B expression in USPC1-PTXR1 cells. These results indicate that let-7c mediates paclitaxel resistance via inhibition of Aurora-B expression in ESC cells.
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- Izumi Sato
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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Zhou Z, Duan Y, Zhou M. Carbendazim-resistance associated β 2 -tubulin substitutions increase deoxynivalenol biosynthesis by reducing the interaction between β 2 -tubulin and IDH3 in Fusarium graminearum. Environ Microbiol 2019; 22:598-614. [PMID: 31760682 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Microtubule is a well-known structural protein participating in cell division, motility and vesicle traffic. In this study, we found that β2 -tubulin, one of the microtubule components, plays an important role in regulating secondary metabolite deoxynivalenol (DON) biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum by interacting with isocitrate dehydrogenase subunit 3 (IDH3). We found IDH3 negatively regulate DON biosynthesis by reducing acetyl-CoA accumulation in F. graminearum and DON biosynthesis was stimulated by exogenous acetyl-CoA. In addition, the expression of IDH3 significantly decreased in the carbendazim-resistant mutant nt167 (Fgβ2 F167Y ). Furthermore, we found that carbendazim-resistance associated β2 -tubulin substitutions reducing the interaction intensity between β2 -tubulin and IDH3. Interestingly, we demonstrated that β2 -tubulin inhibitor carbendazim can disrupt the interaction between β2 -tubulin and IDH3. The decreased interaction intensity between β2 -tubulin and IDH3 resulted in the decreased expression of IDH3, which can cause the accumulation of acetyl-CoA, precursor of DON biosynthesis in F. graminearum. Thus, we revealed that carbendazim-resistance associated β2 -tubulin substitutions or carbendazim treatment increases DON biosynthesis by reducing the interaction between β2 -tubulin and IDH3 in F. graminearum. Taken together, the novel findings give the new perspectives of β2 -tubulin in regulating secondary metabolism in phytopathogenic fungi.
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- Zehua Zhou
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Chudinova EM, Brodsky IB, Nadezhdina ES. On the interaction of ribosomal protein RPL22e with microtubules. Cell Biol Int 2019; 43:749-759. [PMID: 30958636 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.11141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Microtubule (MT) protein preparations often contain components of the translation machinery, including ribosome proteins. To understand the biological meaning of it we studied the interaction of ribosomal protein RPL22e with the MT. We found that bacteria expressed purified RPL22e-GFP-6His did co-sediment with brain tubulin MTs with 1.3 µM dissociation coefficient. Such a KD is comparable to some specific MT-associated proteins. Distinct in vitro interaction of RPL22e-GFP with MTs was also observed by TIRF microscopy. In real-time assay, RPL22e-GFP molecules stayed bound to MTs for several seconds, and 15% of them demonstrated random-walk along MTs with diffusion coefficient 0.03 µ2 /s. Deletion of basic areas of RPL22e did not have an impact on KD , and deletion of acidic tail slightly increased association with MTs. Interestingly, the deletion of acidic tail increased diffusion coefficient as well. The interaction of RPL22e with MTs is hardly noticeable in vivo in cultured cells, probably since a significant part of the protein is incorporated into the ribosomes. The mobility of ribosomal protein on the MTs probably prevents its interfering with MT-dependent transport and could ameliorate its transport to the nucleus.
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- Elena M Chudinova
- Institute of Protein Research of Russian Academy of Science, Institutskaya str., 4, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.,Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Miklukho-Maklaya str., 6, 117198 Moscow, Russia
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- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-73, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Protein Research of Russian Academy of Science, Institutskaya str., 4, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.,M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-73, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Potential involvement of RITA in the activation of Aurora A at spindle poles during mitosis. Oncogene 2019; 38:4199-4214. [PMID: 30705408 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-019-0716-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The mitotic kinase Aurora A is crucial for various mitotic events. Its activation has been intensively investigated and is not yet completely understood. RITA, the RBP-J interacting and tubulin-associated protein, has been shown to modulate microtubule dynamics in mitosis. We asked if RITA could be related to the activation of Aurora A. We show here that RITA is colocalized with Aurora A and its activator TPX2 at spindle poles during mitosis. FLAG-RITA is precipitated with the complex of Aurora A, TPX2 and tubulin. Depletion of RITA increases exclusively active Aurora A and TPX2 at spindle poles in diverse cancer cell lines and in RITA knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts. The enhanced active Aurora A, its substrate p-TACC3 and TPX2 are restored by adding back of RITA but not its Δtub mutant with an impaired tubulin-binding capability, indicating that RITA's role as Aurora A's modulator is mediated through its interaction with tubulin. Also, the mitotic failures in cells depleted of RITA are rescued by the inhibition of Aurora A. RITA itself does not directly interfere with the catalytic activity of Aurora A, instead, affects the microtubule binding of its activator TPX2. Moreover, Aurora A's activation correlates with microtubule stabilization induced by the microtubule stabilizer paclitaxel, implicating that stabilized microtubules caused by RITA depletion could also account for increased active Aurora A. Our data suggest a potential role for RITA in the activation of Aurora A at spindle poles by modulating the microtubule binding of TPX2 and the microtubule stability during mitosis.
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Funabiki H. Correcting aberrant kinetochore microtubule attachments: a hidden regulation of Aurora B on microtubules. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2019; 58:34-41. [PMID: 30684807 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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For equal chromosome segregation, a pair of kinetochores on each duplicated chromosome must attach to microtubules connecting to opposite poles. The protein kinase Aurora B plays a critical role in destabilizing microtubules attached in a wrong orientation through phosphorylating kinetochore proteins. The mechanism behind this selective destabilization of aberrant attachments remains elusive. While Aurora B is most enriched on the centromere from prophase to metaphase, emerging evidence suggests the importance of Aurora B on microtubules in this process. Here I discuss two hypothetical models that could explain the requirement of Aurora B on microtubules for selective destabilization of aberrant attachments; microtubule-induced substrate masking and treadmill-removal of Aurora B on microtubules proximal to polymerizing ends.
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- Hironori Funabiki
- Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Landino J, Norris SR, Li M, Ballister ER, Lampson MA, Ohi R. Two mechanisms coordinate the recruitment of the chromosomal passenger complex to the plane of cell division. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:3634-3646. [PMID: 28954866 PMCID: PMC5706991 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-06-0399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Proper positioning of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) at the cell division plane is required for cytokinesis. We show here that CPC targeting to the equatorial cortex depends on both the kinesin MKlp2 and a direct interaction with actin. These recruitment mechanisms converge to promote successful cleavage furrow ingression. During cytokinesis, the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) promotes midzone organization, specifies the cleavage plane, and regulates furrow contractility. The localizations of the CPC are coupled to its cytokinetic functions. At the metaphase-to-anaphase transition, the CPC dissociates from centromeres and localizes to midzone microtubules and the equatorial cortex. CPC relocalization to the cell middle is thought to depend on MKlp2-driven, plus end–directed transport. In support of this idea, MKlp2 depletion impairs cytokinesis; however, cytokinesis failure stems from furrow regression rather than failed initiation of furrowing. This suggests that an alternative mechanism(s) may concentrate the CPC at the division plane. We show here that direct actin binding, via the inner centromere protein (INCENP), enhances CPC enrichment at the equatorial cortex, thus acting in tandem with MKlp2. INCENP overexpression rescues furrowing in MKlp2-depleted cells in an INCENP-actin binding–dependent manner. Using live-cell imaging, we also find that MKlp2-dependent targeting of the CPC is biphasic. MKlp2 targets the CPC to the anti-parallel microtubule overlap of the midzone, after which the MKlp2-CPC complex moves in a nondirected manner. Collectively, our work suggests that both actin binding and MKlp2-dependent midzone targeting cooperate to precisely position the CPC during mitotic exit, and that these pathways converge to ensure successful cleavage furrow ingression.
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- Jennifer Landino
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 .,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Fink S, Turnbull K, Desai A, Campbell CS. An engineered minimal chromosomal passenger complex reveals a role for INCENP/Sli15 spindle association in chromosome biorientation. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:911-923. [PMID: 28314741 PMCID: PMC5379952 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201609123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The four-subunit chromosomal passenger complex (CPC), whose enzymatic subunit is Aurora B kinase, promotes chromosome biorientation by detaching incorrect kinetochore-microtubule attachments. In this study, we use a combination of truncations and artificial dimerization in budding yeast to define the minimal CPC elements essential for its biorientation function. We engineered a minimal CPC comprised of the dimerized last third of the kinase-activating Sli15/INCENP scaffold and the catalytic subunit Ipl1/Aurora B. Although native Sli15 is not oligomeric, artificial dimerization suppressed the biorientation defect and lethality associated with deletion of a majority of its microtubule-binding domain. Dimerization did not act through a physical clustering-based kinase activation mechanism but instead promoted spindle association, likely via a putative helical domain in Sli15 that is essential even when dimerized and is required to target kinetochore substrates. Based on the engineering and characterization of a minimal CPC, we suggest that spindle association is important for active Ipl1/Aurora B complexes to preferentially destabilize misattached kinetochores.
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- Sarah Fink
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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The mitotic spindle has a crucial role in ensuring the accurate segregation of chromosomes into the two daughter cells during cell division, which is paramount for maintaining genome integrity. It is a self-organized and dynamic macromolecular structure that is constructed from microtubules, microtubule-associated proteins and motor proteins. Thirty years of research have led to the identification of centrosome-, chromatin- and microtubule-mediated microtubule nucleation pathways that each contribute to mitotic spindle assembly. Far from being redundant pathways, data are now emerging regarding how they function together to ensure the timely completion of mitosis. We are also beginning to comprehend the multiple mechanisms by which cells regulate spindle scaling. Together, this research has increased our understanding of how cells coordinate hundreds of proteins to assemble the dynamic, precise and robust structure that is the mitotic spindle.
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Manic G, Corradi F, Sistigu A, Siteni S, Vitale I. Molecular Regulation of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint by Kinases and Phosphatases. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 328:105-161. [PMID: 28069132 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2016.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is a surveillance mechanism contributing to the preservation of genomic stability by monitoring the microtubule attachment to, and/or the tension status of, each kinetochore during mitosis. The SAC halts metaphase to anaphase transition in the presence of unattached and/or untensed kinetochore(s) by releasing the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC) from these improperly-oriented kinetochores to inhibit the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). The reversible phosphorylation of a variety of substrates at the kinetochore by antagonistic kinases and phosphatases is one major signaling mechanism for promptly turning on or turning off the SAC. In such a complex network, some kinases act at the apex of the SAC cascade by either generating (monopolar spindle 1, MPS1/TTK and likely polo-like kinase 1, PLK1), or contributing to generate (Aurora kinase B) kinetochore phospho-docking sites for the hierarchical recruitment of the SAC proteins. Aurora kinase B, MPS1 and budding uninhibited by benzimidazoles 1 (BUB1) also promote sister chromatid biorientation by modulating kinetochore microtubule stability. Moreover, MPS1, BUB1, and PLK1 seem to play key roles in APC/C inhibition by mechanisms dependent and/or independent on MCC assembly. The protein phosphatase 1 and 2A (PP1 and PP2A) are recruited to kinetochores to oppose kinase activity. These phosphatases reverse the phosphorylation of kinetochore targets promoting the microtubule attachment stabilization, sister kinetochore biorientation and SAC silencing. The kinase-phosphatase network is crucial as it renders the SAC a dynamic, graded-signaling, high responsive, and robust process thereby ensuring timely anaphase onset and preventing the generation of proneoplastic aneuploidy.
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- G Manic
- Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy; Department of Biology, University of Rome "Roma Tre", Rome, Italy
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- Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy; Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
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Kowanda M, Bergalet J, Wieczorek M, Brouhard G, Lécuyer É, Lasko P. Loss of function of the Drosophila Ninein-related centrosomal protein Bsg25D causes mitotic defects and impairs embryonic development. Biol Open 2016; 5:1040-51. [PMID: 27422905 PMCID: PMC5004617 DOI: 10.1242/bio.019638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The centrosome-associated proteins Ninein (Nin) and Ninein-like protein (Nlp) play significant roles in microtubule stability, nucleation and anchoring at the centrosome in mammalian cells. Here, we investigate Blastoderm specific gene 25D (Bsg25D), which encodes the only Drosophila protein that is closely related to Nin and Nlp. In early embryos, we find that Bsg25D mRNA and Bsg25D protein are closely associated with centrosomes and astral microtubules. We show that sequences within the coding region and 3′UTR of Bsg25D mRNAs are important for proper localization of this transcript in oogenesis and embryogenesis. Ectopic expression of eGFP-Bsg25D from an unlocalized mRNA disrupts microtubule polarity in mid-oogenesis and compromises the distribution of the axis polarity determinant Gurken. Using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, we show that an N-terminal fragment of Bsg25D can bind microtubules in vitro and can move along them, predominantly toward minus-ends. While flies homozygous for a Bsg25D null mutation are viable and fertile, 70% of embryos lacking maternal and zygotic Bsg25D do not hatch and exhibit chromosome segregation defects, as well as detachment of centrosomes from mitotic spindles. We conclude that Bsg25D is a centrosomal protein that, while dispensable for viability, nevertheless helps ensure the integrity of mitotic divisions in Drosophila. Summary: In humans, mutations in Ninein or Ninein-like protein result in microcephaly and other severe diseases. We show that while flies lacking the Ninein orthologue can survive, many die as embryos with defects in mitosis.
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- Michelle Kowanda
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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- RNA Biology Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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- RNA Biology Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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Doherty K, Meere M, Piiroinen PT. A mathematical model of Aurora B activity in prophase and metaphase. Math Biosci 2016; 277:153-65. [PMID: 27155569 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2016.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Aurora B kinase is a protein that controls several processes in mitosis when it is found associated with INCENP, Survivin and Borealin in a complex known as the Chromosomal Passenger Complex. Aurora B in complex with INCENP is phosphorylated on three sites, resulting in the full activation of Aurora B. In prophase and metaphase, Aurora B is activated at centromeres, the region of chromatin linking sister chromatids, due to an autophosphorylation mechanism, and it has been hypothesised that Aurora B is activated throughout the cytoplasm due to its concentration at centromeres. In this article, we first develop a time-dependent model of Aurora B activation that does not incorporate spatial variation. This model is used to demonstrate the various qualitative behaviours that the activation of Aurora B is capable of displaying for different model parameters. Next, we develop a spatio-temporal model of Aurora B activation that includes diffusion of soluble Aurora B and binding of Aurora B to immobile centromeric binding sites. This model describes the activation of Aurora B throughout the cytoplasm due to its concentration-dependent activation at centromeres. The models demonstrate the effects that a soluble phosphatase concentration, multisite phosphorylation and diffusion have on the activation of Aurora B.
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- Kevin Doherty
- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland; AgroParisTech, CRNH-IdF, UMR914, Nutrition Physiology and Ingestive Behavior, Paris F-75005, France; INRA, CRNH-IdF, UMR914 Nutrition Physiology and Ingestive Behavior, Paris F-75005, France.
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
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Late mitotic functions of Aurora kinases. Chromosoma 2016; 126:93-103. [DOI: 10.1007/s00412-016-0594-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Landino J, Ohi R. The Timing of Midzone Stabilization during Cytokinesis Depends on Myosin II Activity and an Interaction between INCENP and Actin. Curr Biol 2016; 26:698-706. [PMID: 26898472 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The final steps of cell division are tightly coordinated in space and time, but whether mechanisms exist to couple the actin and microtubule (MT) cytoskeletons during anaphase and cytokinesis (C phase) is largely unknown. During anaphase, MTs are incorporated into an anti-parallel array termed the spindle midzone (midzone MTs), whereas F-actin and non-muscle myosin II, together with other factors, organize into the cleavage furrow [1]. Previous studies in somatic cells have shown that midzone MTs become highly stable after furrows have begun ingression [2], indicating that furrow-to-MT communication may occur. Midzone formation is also inhibited in fly spermatocytes that fail to form a cleavage furrow [3] and during monopolar cytokinesis when myosin contractility is blocked by blebbistatin [4]. We show here that midzone MT stabilization is dependent on actomyosin contraction, suggesting that there is active coordination between furrow ingression and microtubule dynamics. Midzone microtubule stabilization also depends on the kinase activity of Aurora B, the catalytic subunit of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC), uncovering a feedback mechanism that couples furrowing with microtubule dynamics. We further show that the CPC scaffolding protein INCENP (inner centromere protein) binds actin, an interaction that is important for cytokinesis and for midzone MT stabilization following furrow ingression. Stabilization of midzone MTs with low amounts of Taxol rescues cytokinesis in INCENP actin-binding mutant-expressing cells. Collectively, our work demonstrates that the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons are coordinated during cytokinesis and suggests that the CPC is integral for coupling furrow ingression with midzone microtubule stabilization.
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- Jennifer Landino
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Reithmann E, Reese L, Frey E. Quantifying protein diffusion and capture on filaments. Biophys J 2015; 108:787-790. [PMID: 25692582 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.12.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The functional relevance of regulating proteins is often limited to specific binding sites such as the ends of microtubules or actin-filaments. A localization of proteins on these functional sites is of great importance. We present a quantitative theory for a diffusion and capture process, where proteins diffuse on a filament and stop diffusing when reaching the filament's end. It is found that end-association after one-dimensional diffusion is the main source for tip-localization of such proteins. As a consequence, diffusion and capture is highly efficient in enhancing the reaction velocity of enzymatic reactions, where proteins and filament ends are to each other as enzyme and substrate. We show that the reaction velocity can effectively be described within a Michaelis-Menten framework. Together, one-dimensional diffusion and capture beats the (three-dimensional) Smoluchowski diffusion limit for the rate of protein association to filament ends.
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- Emanuel Reithmann
- Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; Nanosystems Initiative Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; Nanosystems Initiative Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; Nanosystems Initiative Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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Chromosomes are not only carriers of the genetic material, but also actively regulate the assembly of complex intracellular architectures. During mitosis, chromosome-induced microtubule polymerisation ensures spindle assembly in cells without centrosomes and plays a supportive role in centrosome-containing cells. Chromosomal signals also mediate post-mitotic nuclear envelope (NE) re-formation. Recent studies using novel approaches to manipulate histones in oocytes, where functions can be analysed in the absence of transcription, have established that nucleosomes, but not DNA alone, mediate the chromosomal regulation of spindle assembly and NE formation. Both processes require the generation of RanGTP by RCC1 recruited to nucleosomes but nucleosomes also acquire cell cycle stage specific regulators, Aurora B in mitosis and ELYS, the initiator of nuclear pore complex assembly, at mitotic exit. Here, we review the mechanisms by which nucleosomes control assembly and functions of the spindle and the NE, and discuss their implications for genome maintenance.
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- Christian Zierhut
- Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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Samejima K, Platani M, Wolny M, Ogawa H, Vargiu G, Knight PJ, Peckham M, Earnshaw WC. The Inner Centromere Protein (INCENP) Coil Is a Single α-Helix (SAH) Domain That Binds Directly to Microtubules and Is Important for Chromosome Passenger Complex (CPC) Localization and Function in Mitosis. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:21460-72. [PMID: 26175154 PMCID: PMC4571873 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.645317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The chromosome passenger complex (CPC) is a master regulator of mitosis. Inner centromere protein (INCENP) acts as a scaffold regulating CPC localization and activity. During early mitosis, the N-terminal region of INCENP forms a three-helix bundle with Survivin and Borealin, directing the CPC to the inner centromere where it plays essential roles in chromosome alignment and the spindle assembly checkpoint. The C-terminal IN box region of INCENP is responsible for binding and activating Aurora B kinase. The central region of INCENP has been proposed to comprise a coiled coil domain acting as a spacer between the N- and C-terminal domains that is involved in microtubule binding and regulation of the spindle checkpoint. Here we show that the central region (213 residues) of chicken INCENP is not a coiled coil but a ∼ 32-nm-long single α-helix (SAH) domain. The N-terminal half of this domain directly binds to microtubules in vitro. By analogy with previous studies of myosin 10, our data suggest that the INCENP SAH might stretch up to ∼ 80 nm under physiological forces. Thus, the INCENP SAH could act as a flexible "dog leash," allowing Aurora B to phosphorylate dynamic substrates localized in the outer kinetochore while at the same time being stably anchored to the heterochromatin of the inner centromere. Furthermore, by achieving this flexibility via an SAH domain, the CPC avoids a need for dimerization (required for coiled coil formation), which would greatly complicate regulation of the proximity-induced trans-phosphorylation that is critical for Aurora B activation.
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- Kumiko Samejima
- From The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, United Kingdom and
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- From The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, United Kingdom and
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- The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- From The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, United Kingdom and
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- From The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, United Kingdom and
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- The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- From The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, United Kingdom and
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van der Horst A, Vromans MJM, Bouwman K, van der Waal MS, Hadders MA, Lens SMA. Inter-domain Cooperation in INCENP Promotes Aurora B Relocation from Centromeres to Microtubules. Cell Rep 2015; 12:380-7. [PMID: 26166576 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The chromosomal passenger complex is essential for error-free chromosome segregation and proper execution of cytokinesis. To coordinate nuclear division with cytoplasmic division, its enzymatic subunit, Aurora B, relocalizes from centromeres in metaphase to the spindle midzone in anaphase. In budding yeast, this requires dephosphorylation of the microtubule-binding (MTB) domain of the INCENP analog Sli15. The mechanistic basis for this relocalization in metazoans is incompletely understood. We demonstrate that the putative coiled-coil domain within INCENP drives midzone localization of Aurora B via a direct, electrostatic interaction with microtubules. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the CPC multimerizes via INCENP's centromere-targeting domain (CEN box), which increases the MTB affinity of INCENP. In (pro)metaphase, the MTB affinity of INCENP is outcompeted by the affinity of its CEN box for centromeres, while at anaphase onset—when the histone mark H2AT120 is dephosphorylated—INCENP and Aurora B switch from centromere to microtubule localization.
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- Armando van der Horst
- Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Molecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Molecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Molecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Molecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Molecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Department of Molecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Microtubule-associated proteins control the kinetics of microtubule nucleation. Nat Cell Biol 2015; 17:907-16. [PMID: 26098575 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Microtubules are born and reborn continuously, even during quiescence. These polymers are nucleated from templates, namely γ-tubulin ring complexes (γ-TuRCs) and severed microtubule ends. Using single-molecule biophysics, we show that nucleation from γ-TuRCs, axonemes and seed microtubules requires tubulin concentrations that lie well above the critical concentration. We measured considerable time lags between the arrival of tubulin and the onset of steady-state elongation. Microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) alter these time lags. Catastrophe factors (MCAK and EB1) inhibited nucleation, whereas a polymerase (XMAP215) and an anti-catastrophe factor (TPX2) promoted nucleation. We observed similar phenomena in cells. We conclude that GTP hydrolysis inhibits microtubule nucleation by destabilizing the nascent plus ends required for persistent elongation. Our results explain how MAPs establish the spatial and temporal profile of microtubule nucleation.
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Aiken J, Sept D, Costanzo M, Boone C, Cooper JA, Moore JK. Genome-wide analysis reveals novel and discrete functions for tubulin carboxy-terminal tails. Curr Biol 2014; 24:1295-1303. [PMID: 24835459 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Microtubules (MTs) support diverse transport and force generation processes in cells. Both α- and β-tubulin proteins possess carboxy-terminal tail regions (CTTs) that are negatively charged, intrinsically disordered, and project from the MT surface where they interact with motors and other proteins. Although CTTs are presumed to play important roles in MT networks, these roles have not been determined in vivo. RESULTS We examined the function of CTTs in vivo by using a systematic collection of mutants in budding yeast. We find that CTTs are not essential; however, loss of either α- or β-CTT sensitizes cells to MT-destabilizing drugs. β-CTT, but not α-CTT, regulates MT dynamics by increasing frequencies of catastrophe and rescue events. In addition, β-CTT is critical for the assembly of the mitotic spindle and its elongation during anaphase. We use genome-wide genetic interaction screens to identify roles for α- and β-CTTs, including a specific role for β-CTT in supporting kinesin-5/Cin8. Our genetic screens also identified novel interactions with pathways not related to canonical MT functions. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that α- and β-CTTs play important and largely discrete roles in MT networks. β-CTT promotes MT dynamics. β-CTT also regulates force generation in the mitotic spindle by supporting kinesin-5/Cin8 and dampening dynein. Our genetic screens identify links between α- and β-CTT and additional cellular pathways and suggest novel functions.
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- Jayne Aiken
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada; Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada; Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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