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Higashida M, Niwa S. Dynein intermediate chains DYCI-1 and WDR-60 have specific functions in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes Cells 2023; 28:97-110. [PMID: 36461782 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Dynein is a microtubule-dependent motor protein required for cell division, retrograde intracellular transport, and intraflagellar transport (IFT). Dynein 1 and dynein 2 serve as molecular motors in the cytoplasm and cilia, respectively. Each dynein consists of multiple subunits. Although the components of dynein 1 and dynein 2 are different and specific in most species, a previous study has suggested that dynein intermediate chain subunit DYCI-1 is shared by both dynein 1 and 2 in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). Here, we show that C. elegans has two dynein intermediate chains-DYCI-1 and WDR-60-and their functions are different. Mutational analysis showed that dyci-1 is essential for the retrograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicles. In the same mutant allele, IFT is not affected at all. Instead, wdr-60 is essential for IFT. Thus, we suggest that dynein 1 and dynein 2 have specific intermediate chains in C. elegans as in other organisms.
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- Maki Higashida
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.,Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (FRIS), Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Yamada M, Hirotsune S, Wynshaw-Boris A. A novel strategy for therapeutic intervention for the genetic disease: preventing proteolytic cleavage using small chemical compound. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:1401-7. [PMID: 20541031 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2010] [Revised: 05/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Haploinsufficiency is a state of genetic disease, which is caused by hemizygous mutations of functional alleles. Lissencephaly is a typical example of haploinsufficiency disorders characterized by a smooth cerebral surface, thick cortex and dilated lateral ventricules associated with mental retardation and seizures due to defective neuronal migration. LIS1 was the first gene cloned in an organism, which was deleted or mutated in patients with lissencephaly in a heterozygous fashion. Series of studies uncovered that LIS1 is an essential regulator of cytoplasmic dynein. In particular, we reported that LIS1 is essential for dynein transport to the plus-end of microtubules by kinesin, which is essential for maintaining proper distribution of cytoplasmic dynein within the cell. Fortuitously, we found that a substantial fraction of LIS1 is degraded by the cystein protease, calpain after reaching the plus-end of microtubules. We further demonstrated that inhibition of calpain-mediated LIS1 degradation increased LIS1 level at the cortex of the cell, resulting in therapeutic benefit using genetic mouse models with reduced levels of LIS1. Our work might provide a potential therapeutic approach for the treatment of a fraction of haploinsufficiency disorders through augmenting reduced proteins by the targeting inhibition of degradation machinery.
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- Masami Yamada
- Department of Genetic Disease Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Asahimachi 1-4-3 Abeno, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Przewloka MR, Glover DM. The Kinetochore and the Centromere: A Working Long Distance Relationship. Annu Rev Genet 2009; 43:439-65. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Marcin R. Przewloka
- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom; ,
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- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom; ,
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A 15-month-old girl with Miller-Dieker syndrome, a contiguous gene deletion syndrome involving chromosome 17p13.3 and resulting in lissencephaly, was diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytogenetic analysis identified both the previously detected 17p13.3 deletion and additional complex numerical and structural abnormalities, including loss of chromosome 9, isochromosome 9q and interstitial deletion of 20q. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of acute leukemia in the setting of Miller-Dieker syndrome. Herein we review the literature regarding Miller-Dieker syndrome, with particular attention to the presence of several candidate tumor suppressor genes within the deleted material.
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Walczak CE, Heald R. Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and function. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2008; 265:111-58. [PMID: 18275887 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(07)65003-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The mitotic spindle is the macromolecular machine that segregates chromosomes to two daughter cells during mitosis. The major structural elements of the spindle are microtubule polymers, whose intrinsic polarity and dynamic properties are critical for bipolar spindle organization and function. In most cell types, spindle microtubule nucleation occurs primarily at two centrosomes, which define the spindle poles, but microtubules can also be generated by the chromosomes and within the spindle itself. Many associated factors help organize the spindle, including molecular motors and regulators of microtubule dynamics. The past decade has provided a wealth of information on the molecular players that are critical for spindle assembly as well as a high-resolution view of the intricate movements and dynamics of the spindle microtubules and the chromosomes. In this chapter we provide a historical account of the key observations leading to current models of spindle assembly, as well as an up-to-date status report on this exciting field.
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- Claire E Walczak
- Medical Sciences Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Joglekar AP, Hunt AJ. A simple, mechanistic model for directional instability during mitotic chromosome movements. Biophys J 2002; 83:42-58. [PMID: 12080099 PMCID: PMC1302126 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75148-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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During mitosis, chromosomes become attached to microtubules that emanate from the two spindle poles. Thereafter, a chromosome moves along these microtubule "tracks" as it executes a series of movements that bring it to the spindle equator. After the onset of anaphase, the sister chromatids separate and move to opposite spindle poles. These movements are often characterized by "directional instability" (a series of runs with approximately constant speed, punctuated by sudden reversals in the direction of movement). To understand mitosis, it is critical to describe the physical mechanisms that underlie the coordination of the forces that drive directional instability. We propose a simple mechanistic model that describes the origin of the forces that move chromosomes and the coordination of these forces to produce directional instability. The model demonstrates that forces, speeds, and direction of motion associated with prometaphase through anaphase chromosome movements can be predicted from the molecular kinetics of interactions between dynamic microtubules and arrays of microtubule binding sites that are linked to the chromosome by compliant elements.
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- Ajit P Joglekar
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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Barton NR, Goldstein LS. Going mobile: microtubule motors and chromosome segregation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:1735-42. [PMID: 8700828 PMCID: PMC39850 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.5.1735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Proper chromosome segregation in eukaryotes depends upon the mitotic and meiotic spindles, which assemble at the time of cell division and then disassemble upon its completion. These spindles are composed in large part of microtubules, which either generate force by controlled polymerization and depolymerization or transduce force generated by molecular microtubule motors. In this review, we discuss recent insights into chromosome segregation mechanisms gained from the analyses of force generation during meiosis and mitosis. These analyses have demonstrated that members of the kinesin superfamily and the dynein family are essential in all organisms for proper chromosome and spindle behavior. It is also apparent that forces generated by microtubule polymerization and depolymerization are capable of generating forces sufficient for chromosome movement in vitro; whether they do so in vivo is as yet unclear. An important realization that has emerged is that some spindle activities can be accomplished by more than one motor so that functional redundancy is evident. In addition, some meiotic or mitotic movements apparently occur through the cooperative action of independent semiredundant processes. Finally, the molecular characterization of kinesin-related proteins has revealed that variations both in primary sequence and in associations with other proteins can produce motor complexes that may use a variety of mechanisms to transduce force in association with microtubules. Much remains to be learned about the regulation of these activities and the coordination of opposing and cooperative events involved in chromosome segregation; this set of problems represents one of the most important future frontiers of research.
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- N R Barton
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0683, USA
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Paolucci F, Cinti S, Cangiotti A, Oggiano N, Giorgi PL, Mancini R, Jezequel AM, Orlandi F. Steatosis associated with immotile cilia syndrome: an unrecognized relationship? J Hepatol 1992; 14:317-24. [PMID: 1500695 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8278(92)90177-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The present study deals with a case of hepatic parenchymal steatosis in a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia (immotile cilia syndrome) well documented by functional and ultrastructural evaluation of the ciliary epithelia. Hepatic steatosis was associated with ultrastructural evidence of retention of material either in the cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum or in proximity of the Golgi apparatus of hepatocytes. It is suggested that the absence of dynein in the axoneme is probably part of a diffuse genetic defect which may extend to cytoplasmic, non axonemal, dynein and lead to a disturbance of various microtubule-dependent cell activities.
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- F Paolucci
- Clinica di Gastroenterologia, Università di Ancona, Italy
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Alexander SP, Rieder CL. Chromosome motion during attachment to the vertebrate spindle: initial saltatory-like behavior of chromosomes and quantitative analysis of force production by nascent kinetochore fibers. J Cell Biol 1991; 113:805-15. [PMID: 2026651 PMCID: PMC2288984 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.113.4.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Before forming a monopolar attachment to the closest spindle pole, chromosomes attaching in newt (Taricha granulosa) pneumocytes generally reside in an optically clear region of cytoplasm that is largely devoid of cytoskeletal components, organelles, and other chromosomes. We have previously demonstrated that chromosome attachment in these cells occurs when an astral microtubule contacts one of the kinetochores (Hayden, J., S. S. Bowser, and C. L. Rieder. 1990. J. Cell Biol. 111:1039-1045), and that once this association is established the chromosome can be transported poleward along the surface of the microtubule (Rieder, C. L., and S. P. Alexander. 1990. J. Cell Biol. 110:81-95). In the study reported here we used video enhanced differential interference contrast light microscopy and digital image processing to compare, at high spatial and temporal resolution (0.1 microns and 0.93 s, respectively), the microtubule-mediated poleward movement of attaching chromosomes and poleward moving particles on the spindle. The results of this analysis demonstrate obvious similarities between minus end-directed particle motion on the newt pneumocyte spindle and the motion of attaching chromosomes. This is consistent with the hypothesis that both are driven by a similar force-generating mechanism. We then used the Brownian displacements of particles in the vicinity of attaching chromosomes to calculate the apparent viscosity of cytoplasm through which the chromosomes were moving. From these data, and that from our kinetic analyses and previous work, we calculate the force-producing potential of nascent kinetochore fibers in newt pneumocytes to be approximately 0.1-7.4 x 10(-6) dyn/microtubule) This is essentially equivalent to that calculated by Nicklas (Nicklas, R.B. 1988. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biophys. Chem. 17:431-449) for prometaphase (4 x 10(-6) dyn/microtubule) and anaphase (5 x 10(-6) dyn/microtubule) chromosomes in Melanoplus. Thus, within the limits of experimental error, there appears to be a remarkable consistency in force production per microtubule throughout the various stages of mitosis and between groups of diverse taxonomic affinities.
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- S P Alexander
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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Microtubules are ubiquitous cellular components involved in the control of cell structure and functions, such as cell division, regulation of shape and polarity, intracellular transport, etc. Consequently, any alteration affecting them in structure or function has a good chance of affecting the cell and generally leads to cell dysfunctions. This has been shown for instance, after treatment with microtubule-interacting drugs. Cellular aging is also characterized by the appearance of various cell dysfunctions, but the possible involvement of the microtubules in the aging process, although a rather tempting hypothesis, has not yet been extensively investigated. In this paper, I will first rapidly review the different components that build, organize and control the microtubules in normal cells, independently of the aging process. I will then consider the possible involvement of the microtubules in the aging process, more particularly in models of cells aging in vitro and in aging neuronal cells, which have been the most extensively investigated. There is some evidence for alterations in the microtubule organization both in cells aging in vitro and in the aging brain. But the interpretation of these data awaits further experiments, taking into account the latest progress in tubulin genetics and in microtubule biochemistry. Microtubules could also represent one of the cellular targets affected after signal transduction and could thus be involved in the resulting cellular responses. This hypothesis will be discussed, as it offers new insights into the regulation of microtubule organization, dynamics and functions in normal cells, which will be worthwhile to investigate during the aging process.
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- M Raes
- Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium
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The centromere is the major cis-acting genetic locus involved in chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis. The mammalian centromere is characterized by large amounts of tandemly repeated satellite DNA and by a number of specific centromere proteins, at least one of which has been shown to interact directly with centromeric satellite DNA sequences. Although direct functional assays of chromosome segregation are still lacking, the data are most consistent with a structural and possibly functional role for satellite DNA in the mammalian centromere.
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- H F Willard
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, CA 94305
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- G Piperno
- The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
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