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Huang S, Suo NJ, Henderson TR, Macgregor RB, Henderson JT. Cellular transfection using rapid decrease in hydrostatic pressure. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4631. [PMID: 38409237 PMCID: PMC10897145 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54463-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Of all methods exercised in modern molecular biology, modification of cellular properties through the introduction or removal of nucleic acids is one of the most fundamental. As such, several methods have arisen to promote this process; these include the condensation of nucleic acids with calcium, polyethylenimine or modified lipids, electroporation, viral production, biolistics, and microinjection. An ideal transfection method would be (1) low cost, (2) exhibit high levels of biological safety, (3) offer improved efficacy over existing methods, (4) lack requirements for ongoing consumables, (5) work efficiently at any scale, (6) work efficiently on cells that are difficult to transfect by other methods, and (7) be capable of utilizing the widest array of existing genetic resources to facilitate its utility in research, biotechnical and clinical settings. To address such issues, we describe here Pressure-jump-poration (PJP), a method using rapid depressurization to transfect even difficult to modify primary cell types such as embryonic stem cells. The results demonstrate that PJP can be used to introduce an array of genetic modifiers in a safe, sterile manner. Finally, PJP-induced transfection in primary versus transformed cells reveals a surprising dichotomy between these classes which may provide further insight into the process of cellular transformation.
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- Shudi Huang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G5, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada.
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Jansen KI, Iwanski MK, Burute M, Kapitein LC. A live-cell marker to visualize the dynamics of stable microtubules throughout the cell cycle. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:213914. [PMID: 36880745 PMCID: PMC9998657 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202106105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton underlies processes such as intracellular transport and cell division. Immunolabeling for posttranslational modifications of tubulin has revealed the presence of different MT subsets, which are believed to differ in stability and function. Whereas dynamic MTs can readily be studied using live-cell plus-end markers, the dynamics of stable MTs have remained obscure due to a lack of tools to directly visualize these MTs in living cells. Here, we present StableMARK (Stable Microtubule-Associated Rigor-Kinesin), a live-cell marker to visualize stable MTs with high spatiotemporal resolution. We demonstrate that a rigor mutant of Kinesin-1 selectively binds to stable MTs without affecting MT organization and organelle transport. These MTs are long-lived, undergo continuous remodeling, and often do not depolymerize upon laser-based severing. Using this marker, we could visualize the spatiotemporal regulation of MT stability before, during, and after cell division. Thus, this live-cell marker enables the exploration of different MT subsets and how they contribute to cellular organization and transport.
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- Klara I Jansen
- Department of Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands
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Bunning AR, Gupta Jr. ML. The importance of microtubule-dependent tension in accurate chromosome segregation. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1096333. [PMID: 36755973 PMCID: PMC9899852 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1096333] [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: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Accurate chromosome segregation is vital for cell and organismal viability. The mitotic spindle, a bipolar macromolecular machine composed largely of dynamic microtubules, is responsible for chromosome segregation during each cell replication cycle. Prior to anaphase, a bipolar metaphase spindle must be formed in which each pair of chromatids is attached to microtubules from opposite spindle poles. In this bipolar configuration pulling forces from the dynamic microtubules can generate tension across the sister kinetochores. The tension status acts as a signal that can destabilize aberrant kinetochore-microtubule attachments and reinforces correct, bipolar connections. Historically it has been challenging to isolate the specific role of tension in mitotic processes due to the interdependency of attachment and tension status at kinetochores. Recent technical and experimental advances have revealed new insights into how tension functions during mitosis. Here we summarize the evidence that tension serves as a biophysical signal that unifies multiple aspects of kinetochore and centromere function to ensure accurate chromosome segregation.
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Conway W, Kiewisz R, Fabig G, Kelleher CP, Wu HY, Anjur-Dietrich M, Müller-Reichert T, Needleman DJ. Self-organization of kinetochore-fibers in human mitotic spindles. eLife 2022; 11:75458. [PMID: 35876665 PMCID: PMC9398449 DOI: 10.7554/elife.75458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
During eukaryotic cell division, chromosomes are linked to microtubules (MTs) in the spindle by a macromolecular complex called the kinetochore. The bound kinetochore microtubules (KMTs) are crucial to ensuring accurate chromosome segregation. Recent reconstructions by electron tomography (Kiewisz et al., 2022) captured the positions and configurations of every MT in human mitotic spindles, revealing that roughly half the KMTs in these spindles do not reach the pole. Here, we investigate the processes that give rise to this distribution of KMTs using a combination of analysis of large-scale electron tomography, photoconversion experiments, quantitative polarized light microscopy, and biophysical modeling. Our results indicate that in metaphase, KMTs grow away from the kinetochores along well-defined trajectories, with the speed of the KMT minus ends continually decreasing as the minus ends approach the pole, implying that longer KMTs grow more slowly than shorter KMTs. The locations of KMT minus ends, and the turnover and movements of tubulin in KMTs, are consistent with models in which KMTs predominately nucleate de novo at kinetochores in metaphase and are inconsistent with substantial numbers of non-KMTs being recruited to the kinetochore in metaphase. Taken together, this work leads to a mathematical model of the self-organization of kinetochore-fibers in human mitotic spindles.
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- William Conway
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- Experimental Center, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Experimental Center, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- Experimental Center, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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Hirsch SM, Edwards F, Shirasu-Hiza M, Dumont J, Canman JC. Functional midbody assembly in the absence of a central spindle. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 2022; 221:212948. [PMID: 34994802 PMCID: PMC8751756 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202011085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Contractile ring constriction during cytokinesis is thought to compact central spindle microtubules to form the midbody, an antiparallel microtubule bundle at the intercellular bridge. In Caenorhabditis elegans, central spindle microtubule assembly requires targeting of the CLASP family protein CLS-2 to the kinetochores in metaphase and spindle midzone in anaphase. CLS-2 targeting is mediated by the CENP-F–like HCP-1/2, but their roles in cytokinesis and midbody assembly are not known. We found that although HCP-1 and HCP-2 mostly function cooperatively, HCP-1 plays a more primary role in promoting CLS-2–dependent central spindle microtubule assembly. HCP-1/2 codisrupted embryos did not form central spindles but completed cytokinesis and formed functional midbodies capable of supporting abscission. These central spindle–independent midbodies appeared to form via contractile ring constriction–driven bundling of astral microtubules at the furrow tip. This work suggests that, in the absence of a central spindle, astral microtubules can support midbody assembly and that midbody assembly is more predictive of successful cytokinesis than central spindle assembly.
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- Sophia M Hirsch
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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The centromere serves as the binding site for the kinetochore and is essential for the faithful segregation of chromosomes throughout cell division. The point centromere in yeast is encoded by a ∼115 bp specific DNA sequence, whereas regional centromeres range from 6-10 kbp in fission yeast to 5-10 Mbp in humans. Understanding the physical structure of centromere chromatin (pericentromere in yeast), defined as the chromatin between sister kinetochores, will provide fundamental insights into how centromere DNA is woven into a stiff spring that is able to resist microtubule pulling forces during mitosis. One hallmark of the pericentromere is the enrichment of the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) proteins cohesin and condensin. Based on studies from population approaches (ChIP-seq and Hi-C) and experimentally obtained images of fluorescent probes of pericentromeric structure, as well as quantitative comparisons between simulations and experimental results, we suggest a mechanism for building tension between sister kinetochores. We propose that the centromere is a chromatin bottlebrush that is organized by the loop-extruding proteins condensin and cohesin. The bottlebrush arrangement provides a biophysical means to transform pericentromeric chromatin into a spring due to the steric repulsion between radial loops. We argue that the bottlebrush is an organizing principle for chromosome organization that has emerged from multiple approaches in the field.
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Tipton AR, Gorbsky GJ. More than two populations of microtubules comprise the dynamic mitotic spindle. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:273736. [PMID: 34907446 PMCID: PMC8918802 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.258745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The microtubules of the mitotic spindle mediate chromosome alignment to the metaphase plate, then sister chromatid segregation to the spindle poles in anaphase. Previous analyses of spindle microtubule kinetics utilizing fluorescence dissipation after photoactivation described two main populations, a slow and a fast turnover population, and these were ascribed as reflecting kinetochore versus non-kinetochore microtubules, respectively. Here, we test this categorization by disrupting kinetochores through depletion of the Ndc80 complex in U2OS cells. In the absence of functional kinetochores, microtubule dynamics still exhibit slow and fast turnover populations, although the proportion of each population and the timings of turnover are altered. Importantly, the data obtained following Hec1 (also known as Ndc80) depletion suggests that other subpopulations, in addition to kinetochore microtubules, contribute to the slow turnover population. Further manipulation of spindle microtubules revealed a complex landscape. For example, although Aurora B kinase functions to destabilize kinetochore bound microtubules it might also stabilize certain slow turnover non-kinetochore microtubules. Dissection of the dynamics of microtubule populations provides a greater understanding of mitotic spindle kinetics and insight into their roles in facilitating chromosome attachment, movement and segregation during mitosis.
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Vukušić K, Tolić IM. Anaphase B: Long-standing models meet new concepts. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 117:127-139. [PMID: 33849764 PMCID: PMC8406420 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Mitotic cell divisions ensure stable transmission of genetic information from a mother to daughter cells in a series of generations. To ensure this crucial task is accomplished, the cell forms a bipolar structure called the mitotic spindle that divides sister chromatids to the opposite sides of the dividing mother cell. After successful establishment of stable attachments of microtubules to chromosomes and inspection of connections between them, at the heart of mitosis, the cell starts the process of segregation. This spectacular moment in the life of a cell is termed anaphase, and it involves two distinct processes: depolymerization of microtubules bound to chromosomes, which is also known as anaphase A, and elongation of the spindle or anaphase B. Both processes ensure physical separation of disjointed sister chromatids. In this chapter, we review the mechanisms of anaphase B spindle elongation primarily in mammalian systems, combining different pioneering ideas and concepts with more recent findings that shed new light on the force generation and regulation of biochemical modules operating during spindle elongation. Finally, we present a comprehensive model of spindle elongation that includes structural, biophysical, and molecular aspects of anaphase B.
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- Kruno Vukušić
- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Bauer J, Lacroix L, Labbé JC. The primordial germ line is refractory to perturbations of actomyosin regulator function in C. elegans L1 larvae. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2021; 2021. [PMID: 34377962 PMCID: PMC8339912 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Cytokinesis, the separation of daughter cells at the end of mitosis, relies on the coordinated activity of several regulators of actomyosin assembly and contractility (Green et al. 2012). These include the small GTPase RhoA (RHO-1) and its guanine-nucleotide exchange factor Ect2 (ECT-2), the scaffold protein Anillin (ANI-1), the non-muscle myosin II (NMY-2), the formin CYK-1 and the centralspindlin complex components ZEN-4 and CYK-4. These regulators were also shown to be required for maintenance of C. elegans germline syncytial organization by stabilizing intercellular bridges in embryos and adults (Amini et al. 2014; Goupil et al. 2017; Green et al. 2011; Priti et al. 2018; Zhou et al. 2013). We recently demonstrated that many of these regulators are enriched at intercellular bridges in the small rachis (proto-rachis) of L1-stage larvae (Bauer et al. 2021). We sought to assess whether these contractility regulators are functionally required for stability of intercellular bridges and maintenance of the primordial germ line syncytial architecture in L1-stage C. elegans animals. Here we report that temperature-sensitive alleles, RNAi-mediated depletion and latrunculin A treatment are largely ineffective to perturb actomyosin function in the L1-stage primordial germ line.
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- Jack Bauer
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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Okamoto K, Watanabe TM, Horie M, Nishiyama M, Harada Y, Fujita H. Pressure-induced changes on the morphology and gene expression in mammalian cells. Biol Open 2021; 10:270921. [PMID: 34258610 PMCID: PMC8325925 DOI: 10.1242/bio.058544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
We evaluated the effect of high hydrostatic pressure on mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. Hydrostatic pressures of 15, 30, 60, and 90 MPa were applied for 10 min, and changes in gene expression were evaluated. Among genes related to mechanical stimuli, death-associated protein 3 was upregulated in MEF subjected to 90 MPa pressure; however, other genes known to be upregulated by mechanical stimuli did not change significantly. Genes related to cell differentiation did not show a large change in expression. On the other hand, genes related to pluripotency, such as Oct4 and Sox2, showed a twofold increase in expression upon application of 60 MPa hydrostatic pressure for 10 min. Although these changes did not persist after overnight culture, cells that were pressurized to 15 MPa showed an increase in pluripotency genes after overnight culture. When mouse ES cells were pressurized, they also showed an increase in the expression of pluripotency genes. These results show that hydrostatic pressure activates pluripotency genes in mammalian cells. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. Summary: Application of high hydrostatic pressure on somatic cells induce changes in gene expression including upregulation in pluripotency genes.
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- Kazuko Okamoto
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Laboratory for Comprehensive Bioimaging, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Laboratory for Comprehensive Bioimaging, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan
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- Radioisotope Research Center, Division of biochemical engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Protein Research, Laboratory of Nanobiology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Laboratory for Comprehensive Bioimaging, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan
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Nazockdast E, Redemann S. Mechanics of the spindle apparatus. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2020; 107:91-102. [PMID: 32747191 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
During mitosis microtubules self-organize to form a bipolar mitotic spindle structure, which positions the sister chromatids on the spindle mid-plane and separates them afterwards. Previous studies have identified many spindle associated proteins. Yet, we do not fully understand how these nanoscopic proteins lead to force generation through interactions of individual microtubules, motor proteins and chromosomes, and how a large number of these local interactions ultimately determine the structure and mechanics of the spindle in micron scale. Here we review the current understanding and open questions related to the structure and mechanics of the mitotic spindle. We then discuss how a combination of electron microscopy and computational modeling can be used to tackle some of these open questions.
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- Ehssan Nazockdast
- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3250, USA.
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- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology & Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Vukušić K, Buđa R, Tolić IM. Force-generating mechanisms of anaphase in human cells. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:132/18/jcs231985. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.231985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT
What forces drive chromosome segregation remains one of the most challenging questions in cell division. Even though the duration of anaphase is short, it is of utmost importance for genome fidelity that no mistakes are made. Seminal studies in model organisms have revealed different mechanisms operating during chromosome segregation in anaphase, but the translation of these mechanisms to human cells is not straightforward. Recent work has shown that kinetochore fiber depolymerization during anaphase A is largely motor independent, whereas spindle elongation during anaphase B is coupled to sliding of interpolar microtubules in human cells. In this Review, we discuss the current knowledge on the mechanisms of force generation by kinetochore, interpolar and astral microtubules. By combining results from numerous studies, we propose a comprehensive picture of the role of individual force-producing and -regulating proteins. Finally, by linking key concepts of anaphase to most recent data, we summarize the contribution of all proposed mechanisms to chromosome segregation and argue that sliding of interpolar microtubules and depolymerization at the kinetochore are the main drivers of chromosome segregation during early anaphase in human cells.
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- Kruno Vukušić
- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Lawrimore J, Bloom K. The regulation of chromosome segregation via centromere loops. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 54:352-370. [PMID: 31573359 PMCID: PMC6856439 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2019.1670130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Biophysical studies of the yeast centromere have shown that the organization of the centromeric chromatin plays a crucial role in maintaining proper tension between sister kinetochores during mitosis. While centromeric chromatin has traditionally been considered a simple spring, recent work reveals the centromere as a multifaceted, tunable shock absorber. Centromeres can differ from other regions of the genome in their heterochromatin state, supercoiling state, and enrichment of structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes. Each of these differences can be utilized to alter the effective stiffness of centromeric chromatin. In budding yeast, the SMC protein complexes condensin and cohesin stiffen chromatin by forming and cross-linking chromatin loops, respectively, into a fibrous structure resembling a bottlebrush. The high density of the loops compacts chromatin while spatially isolating the tension from spindle pulling forces to a subset of the chromatin. Paradoxically, the molecular crowding of chromatin via cohesin and condensin also causes an outward/poleward force. The structure allows the centromere to act as a shock absorber that buffers the variable forces generated by dynamic spindle microtubules. Based on the distribution of SMCs from bacteria to human and the conserved distance between sister kinetochores in a wide variety of organisms (0.4 to 1 micron), we propose that the bottlebrush mechanism is the foundational principle for centromere function in eukaryotes.
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- Josh Lawrimore
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Brooker HR, Gyamfi IA, Wieckowska A, Brooks NJ, Mulvihill DP, Geeves MA. A novel live-cell imaging system reveals a reversible hydrostatic pressure impact on cell-cycle progression. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.212167. [PMID: 29930079 PMCID: PMC6104828 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.212167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Life is dependent upon the ability of a cell to rapidly respond to changes in the environment. Small perturbations in local environments change the ability of molecules to interact and, hence, communicate. Hydrostatic pressure provides a rapid non-invasive, fully reversible method for modulating affinities between molecules both in vivo and in vitro. We have developed a simple fluorescence imaging chamber that allows intracellular protein dynamics and molecular events to be followed at pressures <200 bar in living cells. By using yeast, we investigated the impact of hydrostatic pressure upon cell growth and cell-cycle progression. While 100 bar has no effect upon viability, it induces a delay in chromosome segregation, resulting in the accumulation of long undivided cells that are also bent, consistent with disruption of the cytoskeletons. This delay is independent of stress signalling and induces synchronisation of cell-cycle progression. Equivalent effects were observed in Candida albicans, with pressure inducing a reversible cell-cycle delay and hyphal growth. We present a simple novel non-invasive fluorescence microscopy-based approach to transiently impact molecular dynamics in order to visualise, dissect and study signalling pathways and cellular processes in living cells. Summary: Development of a simple fluorescence imaging chamber allowing observation of intracellular protein dynamics and molecular events in living cells at pressure up to 200 bar.
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- Holly R Brooker
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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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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DeLuca KF, Herman JA, DeLuca JG. Measuring Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment Stability in Cultured Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1413:147-168. [PMID: 27193848 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3542-0_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Duplicated sister chromatids connect to the mitotic spindle through kinetochores, large proteinaceous structures built at sites of centromeric heterochromatin. Kinetochores are responsible for harnessing the forces generated by microtubule polymerization and depolymerization to power chromosome movements. The fidelity of chromosome segregation relies on proper kinetochore function, as precise regulation of the attachment between kinetochores and microtubules is essential to prevent mitotic errors, which are linked to the initiation and progression of cancer and the formation of birth defects (Godek et al., Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 16(1):57-64, 2014; Ricke and van Deursen, Semin Cell Dev Biol 22(6):559-565, 2011; Holland and Cleveland, EMBO Rep 13(6):501-514, 2012). Here we describe assays to quantitatively measure kinetochore-microtubule attachment stability in cultured cells.
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- Keith F DeLuca
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, MRB 237, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, MRB 237, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, MRB 237, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
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Gabbs M, Leng S, Devassy JG, Monirujjaman M, Aukema HM. Advances in Our Understanding of Oxylipins Derived from Dietary PUFAs. Adv Nutr 2015; 6:513-40. [PMID: 26374175 PMCID: PMC4561827 DOI: 10.3945/an.114.007732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 462] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Oxylipins formed from polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are the main mediators of PUFA effects in the body. They are formed via cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and cytochrome P450 pathways, resulting in the formation of prostaglandins, thromboxanes, mono-, di-, and tri-hydroxy fatty acids (FAs), epoxy FAs, lipoxins, eoxins, hepoxilins, resolvins, protectins (also called neuroprotectins in the brain), and maresins. In addition to the well-known eicosanoids derived from arachidonic acid, recent developments in lipidomic methodologies have raised awareness of and interest in the large number of oxylipins formed from other PUFAs, including those from the essential FAs and the longer-chain n-3 (ω-3) PUFAs. Oxylipins have essential roles in normal physiology and function, but can also have detrimental effects. Compared with the oxylipins derived from n-3 PUFAs, oxylipins from n-6 PUFAs generally have greater activity and more inflammatory, vasoconstrictory, and proliferative effects, although there are notable exceptions. Because PUFA composition does not necessarily reflect oxylipin composition, comprehensive analysis of the oxylipin profile is necessary to understand the overall physiologic effects of PUFAs mediated through their oxylipins. These analyses should include oxylipins derived from linoleic and α-linolenic acids, because these largely unexplored bioactive oxylipins constitute more than one-half of oxylipins present in tissues. Because collated information on oxylipins formed from different PUFAs is currently unavailable, this review provides a detailed compilation of the main oxylipins formed from PUFAs and describes their functions. Much remains to be elucidated in this emerging field, including the discovery of more oxylipins, and the understanding of the differing biological potencies, kinetics, and isomer-specific activities of these novel PUFA metabolites.
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- Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; and Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
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Centromeres are specialized domains of heterochromatin that provide the foundation for the kinetochore. Centromeric heterochromatin is characterized by specific histone modifications, a centromere-specific histone H3 variant (CENP-A), and the enrichment of cohesin, condensin, and topoisomerase II. Centromere DNA varies orders of magnitude in size from 125 bp (budding yeast) to several megabases (human). In metaphase, sister kinetochores on the surface of replicated chromosomes face away from each other, where they establish microtubule attachment and bi-orientation. Despite the disparity in centromere size, the distance between separated sister kinetochores is remarkably conserved (approximately 1 μm) throughout phylogeny. The centromere functions as a molecular spring that resists microtubule-based extensional forces in mitosis. This review explores the physical properties of DNA in order to understand how the molecular spring is built and how it contributes to the fidelity of chromosome segregation.
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- Kerry S Bloom
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280;
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Heiligenstein X, Heiligenstein J, Delevoye C, Hurbain I, Bardin S, Paul-Gilloteaux P, Sengmanivong L, Régnier G, Salamero J, Antony C, Raposo G. The CryoCapsule: simplifying correlative light to electron microscopy. Traffic 2014; 15:700-16. [PMID: 24533564 PMCID: PMC4064126 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Correlating complementary multiple scale images of the same object is a straightforward means to decipher biological processes. Light microscopy and electron microscopy are the most commonly used imaging techniques, yet despite their complementarity, the experimental procedures available to correlate them are technically complex. We designed and manufactured a new device adapted to many biological specimens, the CryoCapsule, that simplifies the multiple sample preparation steps, which at present separate live cell fluorescence imaging from contextual high-resolution electron microscopy, thus opening new strategies for full correlative light to electron microscopy. We tested the biological application of this highly optimized tool on three different specimens: the in vitro Xenopus laevis mitotic spindle, melanoma cells over-expressing YFP-langerin sequestered in organized membranous subcellular organelles and a pigmented melanocytic cell in which the endosomal system was labeled with internalized fluorescent transferrin.
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- Xavier Heiligenstein
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Structure and Membrane Compartments, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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- Processes and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 8006, CER de Paris, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Paris, France
- CryoCapCell, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Structure and Membrane Compartments, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Structure and Membrane Compartments, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (PICT-IBiSA), CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Molecular Mechanisms of Intracellular Transport, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Spatio-temporal modeling Imaging and cellular dynamics, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (PICT-IBiSA), CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Spatio-temporal modeling Imaging and cellular dynamics, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (PICT-IBiSA), CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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- Processes and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 8006, CER de Paris, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Spatio-temporal modeling Imaging and cellular dynamics, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (PICT-IBiSA), CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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- Department of Structural Biology and Genomics, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM, U964, CNRS, UMR7104, Illkirch BP10142, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris 75248, France
- Structure and Membrane Compartments, CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (PICT-IBiSA), CNRS UMR144, Paris 75248, France
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Tranfield EM, Heiligenstein X, Peristere I, Antony C. Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy for a Free-Floating Spindle in Xenopus laevis Egg Extracts. Methods Cell Biol 2014; 124:111-28. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801075-4.00006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Haase J, Stephens A, Verdaasdonk J, Yeh E, Bloom K. Bub1 kinase and Sgo1 modulate pericentric chromatin in response to altered microtubule dynamics. Curr Biol 2012; 22:471-81. [PMID: 22365852 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tension sensing of bioriented chromosomes is essential for the fidelity of chromosome segregation. The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) conveys lack of tension or attachment to the anaphase promoting complex. Components of the SAC (Bub1) phosphorylate histone H2A (S121) and recruit the protector of cohesin, Shugoshin (Sgo1), to the inner centromere. How the chromatin structural modifications of the inner centromere are integrated into the tension sensing mechanisms and the checkpoint are not known. RESULTS We have identified a Bub1/Sgo1-dependent structural change in the geometry and dynamics of kinetochores and the pericentric chromatin upon reduction of microtubule dynamics. The cluster of inner kinetochores contract, whereas the pericentric chromatin and cohesin that encircle spindle microtubules undergo a radial expansion. Despite its increased spatial distribution, the pericentric chromatin is less dynamic. The change in dynamics is due to histone H2A phosphorylation and Sgo1 recruitment to the pericentric chromatin, rather than microtubule dynamics. CONCLUSIONS Bub1 and Sgo1 act as a rheostat to regulate the chromatin spring and maintain force balance. Through histone H2A S121 phosphorylation and recruitment of Sgo1, Bub1 kinase softens the chromatin spring in response to changes in microtubule dynamics. The geometric alteration of all 16 kinetochores and pericentric chromatin reflect global changes in the pericentromeric region and provide mechanisms for mechanically amplifying damage at a single kinetochore microtubule.
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- Julian Haase
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA
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Mitosis is the process by which eukaryotic cells organize and segregate their chromosomes in preparation for cell division. It is accomplished by a cellular machine composed largely of microtubules (MTs) and their associated proteins. This article reviews literature on mitosis from a biophysical point of view, drawing attention to the assembly and motility processes required to do this complex job with precision. Work from both the recent and the older literature is integrated into a description of relevant biological events and the experiments that probe their mechanisms. Theoretical work on specific subprocesses is also reviewed. Our goal is to provide a document that will expose biophysicists to the fascination of this quite amazing process and provide them with a good background from which they can pursue their own research interests in the subject.
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Hu CK, Coughlin M, Field CM, Mitchison TJ. KIF4 regulates midzone length during cytokinesis. Curr Biol 2011; 21:815-24. [PMID: 21565503 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2011] [Revised: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Midzones, also called central spindles, are an array of antiparallel microtubules that form during cytokinesis between the separated chromosomes. Midzones can be considered to be platforms that recruit specific proteins and orchestrate cytokinetic events, such as sister nuclei being kept apart, furrow ingression, and abscission. Despite this important role, many aspects of midzone biology remain unknown, including the dynamic organization of midzone microtubules. Investigating midzone microtubule dynamics has been difficult in part because their plus ends are interdigitated and buried in a dense matrix, making them difficult to observe. RESULT We employed monopolar cytokinesis to reveal that midzone plus ends appear to be nondynamic. We identified the chromokinesin KIF4 as a negative regulator of midzone plus-end dynamics whose activity controls midzone length but not stability. KIF4 is required to terminate midzone elongation in late anaphase. In the absence of KIF4, midzones elongate abnormally, and their overlap regions are unfocused. Electron-dense material and midbodies are both absent from the elongated midzones, and actin filaments from the furrow cortex are not disassembled after ingression. CONCLUSION KIF4-mediated midzone length regulation appears to occur by terminating midzone elongation at a specific time during cytokinesis, making midzones and mitotic spindles differ in their dynamics and length-regulating mechanisms.
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- Chi-Kuo Hu
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Hsu KS, Toda T. Ndc80 internal loop interacts with Dis1/TOG to ensure proper kinetochore-spindle attachment in fission yeast. Curr Biol 2011; 21:214-20. [PMID: 21256022 PMCID: PMC3049873 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The Ndc80 complex, a conserved outer kinetochore complex, comprising four components (Ndc80/Hec1, Nuf2, Spc24, and Spc25), constitutes one of the core microtubule-binding sites within the kinetochore. Despite this knowledge, molecular mechanisms by which this complex contributes to establishment of correct bipolar attachment of the kinetochore to the spindle microtubule remain largely elusive. Here we show that the conserved internal loop of fission yeast Ndc80 directly binds the Dis1/TOG microtubule-associated protein, thereby coupling spindle microtubule dynamics with kinetochore capture. Ndc80 loop mutant proteins fail to recruit Dis1 to kinetochores, imposing unstable attachment and frequent spindle collapse. In these mutants, mitotic progression is halted attributable to spindle assembly checkpoint activation, and chromosomes remain in the vicinity of the spindle poles without congression. dis1 deletion precisely phenocopies the loop mutants. Intriguingly, forced targeting of Dis1 to the Ndc80 complex rescues loop mutant's defects. We propose that Ndc80 comprises two microtubule-interacting interfaces: the N-terminal region directly binds the microtubule lattice, while the internal loop interacts with the plus end of microtubules via Dis1/TOG. Therefore, our results provide a crucial insight into how the Ndc80 complex establishes stable bipolar attachment to the spindle microtubule.
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- Kuo-Shun Hsu
- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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Division plane specification in animal cells has long been presumed to involve direct contact between microtubules of the anaphase mitotic spindle and the cell cortex. In this issue, von Dassow et al. (von Dassow et al. 2009. J. Cell. Biol. doi:10.1083/jcb.200907090) challenge this assumption by showing that spindle microtubules can effectively position the division plane at a distance from the cell cortex.
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- Julie C Canman
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Mitosis is the process by which a cell divides its genetic material equally into two daughter cells. Successful division requires that the two identical sister chromatids of a mitotic chromosome attach to the plus-ends of spindle microtubules (MTs) via their kinetochores, which are large protein structures built on centromeric DNA. Attachments between kinetochores and MTs must be persistent so that forces can be generated for chromosome movements, but at the same time they must be compliant, because attached MT plus-ends continuously polymerize and depolymerize to provide force for chromosome congression to the spindle equator. Both the attachment stability of kinetochore-MTs and the degree of dynamic instability exhibited by kinetochore-MTs must be precisely controlled to avoid errors in chromosome segregation. This chapter provides an overview of techniques used in cultured mammalian cells that measure stability and polymerization/depolymerization dynamics of kinetochore-MTs during mitosis.
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- Jennifer G DeLuca
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Bouck DC, Joglekar AP, Bloom KS. Design features of a mitotic spindle: balancing tension and compression at a single microtubule kinetochore interface in budding yeast. Annu Rev Genet 2009; 42:335-59. [PMID: 18680435 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.42.110807.091620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Accurate segregation of duplicated chromosomes ensures that daughter cells get one and only one copy of each chromosome. Errors in chromosome segregation result in aneuploidy and have severe consequences on human health. Incorrect chromosome number and chromosomal instability are hallmarks of tumor cells. Hence, segregation errors are thought to be a major cause of tumorigenesis. A study of the physical mechanical basis of chromosome segregation is essential to understand the processes that can lead to errors. Tremendous progress has been made in recent years in identifying the proteins necessary for chromosome movement and segregation, but the mechanism and structure of critical force generating components and the molecular basis of centromere stiffness remain poorly understood.
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- David C Bouck
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA.
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Durcan TM, Halpin ES, Rao T, Collins NS, Tribble EK, Hornick JE, Hinchcliffe EH. Tektin 2 is required for central spindle microtubule organization and the completion of cytokinesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 181:595-603. [PMID: 18474621 PMCID: PMC2386100 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200711160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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During anaphase, the nonkinetochore microtubules in the spindle midzone become compacted into the central spindle, a structure which is required to both initiate and complete cytokinesis. We show that Tektin 2 (Tek2) associates with the spindle poles throughout mitosis, organizes the spindle midzone microtubules during anaphase, and assembles into the midbody matrix surrounding the compacted midzone microtubules during cytokinesis. Tek2 small interfering RNA (siRNA) disrupts central spindle organization and proper localization of MKLP1, PRC1, and Aurora B to the midzone and prevents the formation of a midbody matrix. Video microscopy revealed that loss of Tek2 results in binucleate cell formation by aberrant fusion of daughter cells after cytokinesis. Although a myosin II inhibitor, blebbistatin, prevents actin-myosin contractility, the microtubules of the central spindle are compacted. Strikingly, Tek2 siRNA abolishes this actin-myosin-independent midzone microtubule compaction. Thus, Tek2-dependent organization of the central spindle during anaphase is essential for proper midbody formation and the segregation of daughter cells after cytokinesis.
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- Thomas M Durcan
- Department of Biological Sciences and Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Myers KA, Rattner JB, Shrive NG, Hart DA. Hydrostatic pressure sensation in cells: integration into the tensegrity model. Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 85:543-51. [PMID: 17901896 DOI: 10.1139/o07-108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hydrostatic pressure (HP) is a mechanical stimulus that has received relatively little attention in the field of the cell biology of mechanotransduction. Generalized models, such as the tensegrity model, do not provide a detailed explanation of how HP might be detected. This is significant, because HP is an important mechanical stimulus, directing cell behaviour in a variety of tissues, including cartilage, bone, airways, and the vasculature. HP sensitivity may also be an important factor in certain clinical situations, as well as under unique environmental conditions such as microgravity. While downstream cellular effects have been well characterized, the initial HP sensation mechanism remains unclear. In vitro evidence shows that HP affects cytoskeletal polymerization, an effect that may be crucial in triggering the cellular response. The balance between free monomers and cytoskeletal polymers is shifted by alterations in HP, which could initiate a cellular response by releasing and (or) activating cytoskeleton-associated proteins. This new model fits well with the basic tenets of the existing tensegrity model, including mechanisms in which cellular HP sensitivity could be tuned to accommodate variable levels of stress.
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- Kenneth A Myers
- McCaig Centre For Joint Injury & Arthritis Research, 4th floor Heritage Medical Research Building, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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Matuliene J, Kuriyama R. Role of the midbody matrix in cytokinesis: RNAi and genetic rescue analysis of the mammalian motor protein CHO1. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:3083-94. [PMID: 15075367 PMCID: PMC452566 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-12-0888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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CHO1 is a kinesin-like motor protein essential for cytokinesis in mammalian cells. To analyze how CHO1 functions, we established RNAi and genetic rescue assays. CHO1-depleted cells reached a late stage of cytokinesis but fused back to form binucleate cells because of the absence of the midbody matrix in the middle of the intercellular bridge. Expression of exogenous CHO1 restored the formation of the midbody matrix and rescued cytokinesis in siRNA-treated cells. By analyzing phenotypes rescued with different constructs, it was shown that both motor and stalk domains function in midbody formation, whereas the tail is essential for completion of cytokinesis after the midbody matrix has formed. During the terminal stage of cytokinesis, different subregions of the tail play distinctive roles in stabilizing the midbody matrix and maintaining an association between the midbody and cell cortex. These results demonstrate that CHO1 consists of functionally differentiated subregions that act in concert to ensure complete cell separation.
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- Jurgita Matuliene
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Matuliene J, Kuriyama R. Kinesin-like protein CHO1 is required for the formation of midbody matrix and the completion of cytokinesis in mammalian cells. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:1832-45. [PMID: 12058052 PMCID: PMC117607 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.01-10-0504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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CHO1 is a mammalian kinesin-like motor protein of the MKLP1 subfamily. It associates with the spindle midzone during anaphase and concentrates to a midbody matrix during cytokinesis. CHO1 was originally implicated in karyokinesis, but the invertebrate homologues of CHO1 were shown to function in the midzone formation and cytokinesis. To analyze the role of the protein in mammalian cells, we mutated the ATP-binding site of CHO1 and expressed it in CHO cells. Mutant protein (CHO1F') was able to interact with microtubules via ATP-independent microtubule-binding site(s) but failed to accumulate at the midline of the central spindle and affected the localization of endogenous CHO1. Although the segregation of chromosomes, the bundling of midzone microtubules, and the initiation of cytokinesis proceeded normally in CHO1F'-expressing cells, the completion of cytokinesis was inhibited. Daughter cells were frequently entering interphase while connected by a microtubule-containing cytoplasmic bridge from which the dense midbody matrix was missing. Depletion of endogenous CHO1 via RNA-mediated interference also affected the formation of midbody matrix in dividing cells, caused the disorganization of midzone microtubules, and resulted in abortive cytokinesis. Thus, CHO1 may not be required for karyokinesis, but it is essential for the proper midzone/midbody formation and cytokinesis in mammalian cells.
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- Jurgita Matuliene
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Mentré P, Hui Bon Hoa G. Effects of high hydrostatic pressures on living cells: a consequence of the properties of macromolecules and macromolecule-associated water. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2001; 201:1-84. [PMID: 11057830 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)01001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sixty percent of the Earth's biomass is found in the sea, at depths greater than 1000 m, i.e., at hydrostatic pressures higher than 100 atm. Still more surprising is the fact that living cells can reversibly withstand pressure shifts of 1000 atm. One explanation lies in the properties of cellular water. Water forms a very thin film around macromolecules, with a heterogeneous structure that is an image of the heterogeneity of the macromolecular surface. The density of water in contact with macromolecules reflects the physical properties of their different domains. Therefore, any macromolecular shape variations involving the reorganization of water and concomitant density changes are sensitive to pressure (Le Chatelier's principle). Most of the pressure-induced changes to macromolecules are reversible up to 2000 atm. Both the effects of pressure shifts on living cells and the characteristics of pressure-adapted species are opening new perspectives on fundamental problems such as regulation and adaptation.
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- P Mentré
- Station INRA 806, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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Paluh JL, Nogales E, Oakley BR, McDonald K, Pidoux AL, Cande WZ. A mutation in gamma-tubulin alters microtubule dynamics and organization and is synthetically lethal with the kinesin-like protein pkl1p. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:1225-39. [PMID: 10749926 PMCID: PMC14843 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mitotic segregation of chromosomes requires spindle pole functions for microtubule nucleation, minus end organization, and regulation of dynamics. gamma-Tubulin is essential for nucleation, and we now extend its role to these latter processes. We have characterized a mutation in gamma-tubulin that results in cold-sensitive mitotic arrest with an elongated bipolar spindle but impaired anaphase A. At 30 degrees C cytoplasmic microtubule arrays are abnormal and bundle into single larger arrays. Three-dimensional time-lapse video microscopy reveals that microtubule dynamics are altered. Localization of the mutant gamma-tubulin is like the wild-type protein. Prediction of gamma-tubulin structure indicates that non-alpha/beta-tubulin protein-protein interactions could be affected. The kinesin-like protein (klp) Pkl1p localizes to the spindle poles and spindle and is essential for viability of the gamma-tubulin mutant and in multicopy for normal cell morphology at 30 degrees C. Localization and function of Pkl1p in the mutant appear unaltered, consistent with a redundant function for this protein in wild type. Our data indicate a broader role for gamma-tubulin at spindle poles in regulating aspects of microtubule dynamics and organization. We propose that Pkl1p rescues an impaired function of gamma-tubulin that involves non-tubulin protein-protein interactions, presumably with a second motor, MAP, or MTOC component.
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- J L Paluh
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA.
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Zeng X, Kahana JA, Silver PA, Morphew MK, McIntosh JR, Fitch IT, Carbon J, Saunders WS. Slk19p is a centromere protein that functions to stabilize mitotic spindles. J Cell Biol 1999; 146:415-25. [PMID: 10427094 PMCID: PMC3206577 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.2.415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/1999] [Accepted: 06/21/1999] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We have identified a novel centromere-associated gene product from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that plays a role in spindle assembly and stability. Strains with a deletion of SLK19 (synthetic lethal Kar3p gene) exhibit abnormally short mitotic spindles, increased numbers of astral microtubules, and require the presence of the kinesin motor Kar3p for viability. When cells are deprived of both Slk19p and Kar3p, rapid spindle breakdown and mitotic arrest is observed. A functional fusion of Slk19p to green fluorescent protein (GFP) localizes to kinetochores and, during anaphase, to the spindle midzone, whereas Kar3p-GFP was found at the nuclear side of the spindle pole body. Thus, these proteins seem to play overlapping roles in stabilizing spindle structure while acting from opposite ends of the microtubules.
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- X Zeng
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Savoian MS, Earnshaw WC, Khodjakov A, Rieder CL. Cleavage furrows formed between centrosomes lacking an intervening spindle and chromosomes contain microtubule bundles, INCENP, and CHO1 but not CENP-E. Mol Biol Cell 1999; 10:297-311. [PMID: 9950678 PMCID: PMC25170 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.2.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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PtK1 cells containing two independent mitotic spindles can cleave between neighboring centrosomes, in the absence of an intervening spindle, as well as at the spindle equators. We used same-cell video, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy to compare the structure and composition of normal equatorial furrows with that of ectopic furrows formed between spindles. As in controls, ectopic furrows contained midbodies composed of microtubule bundles and an electron-opaque matrix. Despite the absence of an intervening spindle and chromosomes, the midbodies associated with ectopic furrows also contained the microtubule-bundling protein CHO1 and the chromosomal passenger protein INCENP. However, CENP-E, another passenger protein, was not found in ectopic furrows but was always present in controls. We also examined cells in which the ectopic furrow initiated but relaxed. Although relaxing furrows contained overlapping microtubules from opposing centrosomes, they lacked microtubule bundles as well as INCENP and CHO1. Together these data suggest that the mechanism defining the site of furrow formation during mitosis in vertebrates does not depend on the presence of underlying microtubule bundles and chromosomes or on the stable association of INCENP or CHO1. The data also suggest that the completion of cytokinesis requires the presence of microtubule bundles and specific proteins (e.g., INCENP, CHO1, etc.) that do not include CENP-E.
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- M S Savoian
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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Inoué S, Salmon ED. Force generation by microtubule assembly/disassembly in mitosis and related movements. Mol Biol Cell 1995; 6:1619-40. [PMID: 8590794 PMCID: PMC301321 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.6.12.1619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 451] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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In this article, we review the dynamic nature of the filaments (microtubules) that make up the labile fibers of the mitotic spindle and asters, we discuss the roles that assembly and disassembly of microtubules play in mitosis, and we consider how such assembling and disassembling polymer filaments can generate forces that are utilized by the living cell in mitosis and related movements.
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- S Inoué
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
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Zhai Y, Kronebusch PJ, Borisy GG. Kinetochore microtubule dynamics and the metaphase-anaphase transition. J Cell Biol 1995; 131:721-34. [PMID: 7593192 PMCID: PMC2120628 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.131.3.721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We have quantitatively studied the dynamic behavior of kinetochore fiber microtubules (kMTs); both turnover and poleward transport (flux) in metaphase and anaphase mammalian cells by fluorescence photoactivation. Tubulin derivatized with photoactivatable fluorescein was microinjected into prometaphase LLC-PK and PtK1 cells and allowed to incorporate to steady-state. A fluorescent bar was generated across the MTs in a half-spindle of the mitotic cells using laser irradiation and the kinetics of fluorescence redistribution were determined in terms of a double exponential decay process. The movement of the activated zone was also measured along with chromosome movement and spindle elongation. To investigate the possible regulation of MT transport at the metaphase-anaphase transition, we performed double photoactivation analyses on the same spindles as the cell advanced from metaphase to anaphase. We determined values for the turnover of kMTs (t1/2 = 7.1 +/- 2.4 min at 30 degrees C) and demonstrated that the turnover of kMTs in metaphase is approximately an order of magnitude slower than that for non-kMTs. In anaphase, kMTs become dramatically more stable as evidenced by a fivefold increase in the fluorescence redistribution half-time (t1/2 = 37.5 +/- 8.5 min at 30 degrees C). Our results also indicate that MT transport slows abruptly at anaphase onset to one-half the metaphase value. In early anaphase, MT depolymerization at the kinetochore accounted, on average, for 84% of the rate of chromosome movement toward the pole whereas the relative contribution of MT transport and depolymerization at the pole contributed 16%. These properties reflect a dramatic shift in the dynamic behavior of kMTs at the metaphase-anaphase transition. A release-capture model is presented in which the stability of kMTs is increased at the onset of anaphase through a reduction in the probability of MT release from the kinetochore. The reduction in MT transport at the metaphase-anaphase transition suggests that motor activity and/or subunit dynamics at the centrosome are subject to modulation at this key cell cycle point.
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- Y Zhai
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706, USA
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The assembly of a bipolar spindle is essential for the accurate segregation of replicated chromosomes during cell division. Do chromosomes rely solely on other cellular components to regulate the assembly of the bipolar spindle or are they masters of their own fate? In the Zhang and Nicklas(1) study reviewed here, micromanipulation techniques and video microscopy were used to demonstrate the different roles that chromosome arms, kinetochores and centrosomes play in bipolar spindle assembly.
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- J C Waters
- University of North Carolina, Biology Dept. Chapel Hill 27599-328, USA
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Julian M, Tollon Y, Lajoie-Mazenc I, Moisand A, Mazarguil H, Puget A, Wright M. gamma-Tubulin participates in the formation of the midbody during cytokinesis in mammalian cells. J Cell Sci 1993; 105 ( Pt 1):145-56. [PMID: 8360269 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.105.1.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Animal cells undergoing cytokinesis form an inter-cellular bridge containing two bundles of microtubules interdigitated at their plus ends, which constitute the midbody. Polyclonal antibodies raised against three specific amino acid sequences of gamma-tubulin (EEFATEGGDRKDV, NIIQGEADPTDVHKSL and EYHAATRPDYISWGTQEQ) specifically stained the centrosome in interphase, the spindle poles in all stages of mitosis, and the extremities of the midbody in mammalian cells (Potorous, human, Chinese hamster, mouse). This staining was prevented by the corresponding peptides, by Xenopus gamma-tubulin, but was not modified by purified alpha beta-tubulin heterodimer. An identical staining was obtained with affinity-purified antibodies against the carboxyl-terminal amino acid sequence of human gamma-tubulin. No gamma-tubulin could be detected in the interzone during anaphase and early telophase. Material containing gamma-tubulin first appeared in the two daughter cells on each side of the division plane in late telophase, and accumulated transiently at the minus ends of the two microtubule bundles constituting the midbody for one hour after metaphase. Micro-injection of gamma-tubulin antibodies into anaphase cells prevented the subsequent formation of the microtubule bundles between the two daughter cells. In contrast with previous views, these observations suggest that the microtubules constituting the midbody may be nucleated on special microtubule organizing centres, active during late telophase only, and assembled on each side of the dividing plane between the daughter cells.
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- M Julian
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie fondamentales, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Rieder CL. Formation of the astral mitotic spindle: ultrastructural basis for the centrosome-kinetochore interaction. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY REVIEWS 1990; 3:269-300. [PMID: 2103345 DOI: 10.1016/0892-0354(90)90005-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The formation of the astral mitotic spindle is initiated at the time of nuclear envelope breakdown from an interaction between the replicated spindle poles (i.e. centrosomes) and the chromosomes. As a result of this interaction bundles of microtubules are generated which firmly attach the kinetochores on each chromosome to opposite spindle poles. Since these kinetochore fibers are also involved in moving the chromosomes, the mechanism by which they are formed is of paramount importance to understanding the etiology of force production within the spindle. As a prelude to outlining such a mechanism, the dynamics of spindle formation and chromosome behavior are examined in the living cell. Next, the properties of centrosomes and kinetochores are reviewed with particular emphasis on the structural and functional changes that occur within these organelles as the cell transits from interphase to mitosis. Finally, a number of recent observations relevant to the mechanism by which these organelles interact are detailed and discussed. From these diverse data it can be concluded that kinetochore fiber microtubules are derived from dynamically unstable astral microtubules that grow into, or grow by and then interact laterally with, the kinetochore. Moreover, the data clearly demonstrate that the interaction of a single astral microtubule with one of the kinetochores on an unattached chromosome is sufficient to attach the chromosome to the spindle, orient it towards a pole, and initiate poleward motion. As the chromosomes move into the region of the forming spindle more astral microtubules become incorporated into the nascent kinetochore fibers and chromosome velocity decreases dramatically. During this time the distribution of spindle microtubules changes from two overlapping radial arrays to the fusiform array characteristic of metaphase cells.
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- C L Rieder
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509
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Wilson PJ, Forer A. Acetylated ?-tubulin in spermatogenic cells of the crane flyNephrotoma suturalis: Kinetochore microtubules are selectively acetylated. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.970140210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cassimeris L, Inoué S, Salmon ED. Microtubule dynamics in the chromosomal spindle fiber: analysis by fluorescence and high-resolution polarization microscopy. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1988; 10:185-96. [PMID: 3180243 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970100123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We describe preliminary results from two studies exploring the dynamics of microtubule assembly and organization within chromosomal spindle fibers. In the first study, we microinjected fluorescently labeled tubulin into mitotic PtK1 cells and measured fluorescence redistribution after photobleaching (FRAP) to determine the assembly dynamics of the microtubules within the chromosomal fibers in metaphase cells depleted of nonkinetochore microtubules by cooling to 23-24 degrees C. FRAP measurements showed that the tubulin throughout at least 72% of the microtubules within the chromosomal fibers exchanges with the cellular tubulin pool with a half-time of 77 sec. There was no observable poleward flux of subunits. If the assembly of the kinetochore microtubules is governed by dynamic instability, our results indicate that the half-life of microtubule attachment to the kinetochore is less than several min at 23-24 degrees C. In the second study, we used high-resolution polarization microscopy to observe microtubule dynamics during mitosis in newt lung epithelial cells. We obtained evidence from 150-nm-thick optical sections that microtubules throughout the spindle laterally associate for several sec into "rods" composed of a few microtubules. These transient lateral associations between microtubules appeared to produce the clustering of nonkinetochore and kinetochore microtubules into the chromosomal fibers. Our results indicate that the chromosomal fiber is a dynamic structure, because microtubule assembly is transient, lateral interactions between microtubules are transient, and the attachment of the kinetochores to microtubules may also be transient.
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- L Cassimeris
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3280
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Bourns B, Franklin S, Cassimeris L, Salmon ED. High hydrostatic pressure effects in vivo: changes in cell morphology, microtubule assembly, and actin organization. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1988; 10:380-90. [PMID: 3052872 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970100305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We present the first study of the changes in the assembly and organization of actin filaments and microtubules that occur in epithelial cells subjected to the hydrostatic pressures of the deep sea. Interphase BSC-1 epithelial cells were pressurized at physiological temperature and fixed while under pressure. Changes in cell morphology and cytoskeletal organization were followed over a range of pressures from 1 to 610 atm. At atmospheric pressure, cells were flat and well attached. Exposure of cells to pressures of 290 atm or greater caused cell rounding and retraction from the substrate. This response became more pronounced with increased pressure, but the degree of response varied within the cell population in the pressure range of 290-400 atm. Microtubule assembly was not noticeably affected by pressures up to 290 atm, but by 320 atm, few microtubules remained. Most actin stress fibers completely disappeared by 290 atm. High pressure did not simply induce the overall depolymerization of actin filaments for, concurrent with cell rounding, the number of visible microvilli present on the cell surface increased dramatically. These effects of high pressure were reversible. Cells re-established their typical morphology, microtubule arrays appeared normal, and stress fibers reformed after approximately 1 hour at atmospheric pressure. High pressure may disrupt the normal assembly of microtubules and actin filaments by affecting the cellular regulatory mechanisms that control cytological changes during the transition from interphase into mitosis.
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- B Bourns
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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Microtubule (MT) number, axonal area, and MT density were examined in unmyelinated axons of rat cervical vagus nerve. Study of nerve regions proximal (1-5 mm) and distal (35-40 mm) to the nodosum ganglion in controls (incubation at 37 degrees C for 1 h) showed that the number of MT per axon is significantly less in distal than in proximal nerve regions. Cooling (incubation at 0 degree C for 1 h) caused a significant reduction in the number of MT per axon in both nerve regions. The unmyelinated axons from both nerve regions showed a comparable reduction in MT number by cooling, indicating that axonal MT stability to cold was not significantly different between these two nerve regions. In these nerves no detectable changes were found in cross-axonal area of unmyelinated axons between distal and proximal nerve regions. In another experimental series, in distal nerve regions (35-40 mm from the nodosum ganglion) the number of MT was not further reduced in nerves incubated at 0 degree C by increasing the incubation time. Similar results were obtained from colchicine treated nerves (incubation at 37 degrees C, with 10 mM colchicine for 1 and 2 h). Distal nerve regions (35-40 mm from the nodosum ganglion) showed a similar reduction in the number of MT per axon when nerves were incubated at 0 degree C or with colchicine, suggesting that this drug, as well as cold, may be affecting a similar population of axonal MT, i.e., MT susceptible to anti-MT agents. These results indicate that approximately one-half of the axonal MT are stable to cold as well as to colchicine in rat unmyelinated axons.
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Goode D, Sarma V. Incorporation and turnover of labeled exogenous tubulin in the mitotic spindles of Chaetopterus oocytes and HeLa cells. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1986; 6:114-21. [PMID: 3708703 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970060208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The incorporation of tubulin into mitotic spindles in situ was studied by incubating permeabilized mitotic cells in solutions containing [3H]GTP-labeled or dichlorotriazinylamino fluorescein (DTAF)-labeled tubulin. Metaphase HeLa cells or spindle-containing "minicells" from Chaetopterus oocytes were lysed in a microtubule-assembly buffer plus 0.5% Nonidet P-40, 1 mg/ml 120,000g supernatant mammalian brain tubulin, and [3H]GTP. After different periods of incubation, mitotic spindles were isolated in 2 M-glycerol-containing assembly buffer and separated from unbound counts by centrifugation through a 4 M-glycerol cushion; 3H counts per mg protein increase linearly for 8-12 min and then reach a plateau or steady state in both Chaetopterus oocytes and HeLa cells. Addition of 4 mM CaCl2 blocks or reverses incorporation. Little or no [3H]GTP is incorporated if exogenous tubulin or lysed cells are omitted from the assembly mixture. To measure the loss rate of [3H]GTP-tubulin from mitotic spindles, cells were incubated in tubulin plus [3H]GTP for 30 min, and a 20-fold excess of cold GTP (2 mM) was added. Samples were removed after incubation for different periods, and spindles were isolated as described above and counted for 3H content. [3H]GTP is lost from spindles at a rate of about 16%/min until a new steady state is reached in about 8 min. These results are consistent with an incorporation and turnover of [3H]GTP-tubulin in spindle microtubules of these lysed-cell models. The location of this newly incorporated tubulin in the spindle was investigated by incorporating fluorescent DTAF-tubulin into mitotic spindles of these lysed cell types.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Heidemann SR, Joshi HC, Schechter A, Fletcher JR, Bothwell M. Synergistic effects of cyclic AMP and nerve growth factor on neurite outgrowth and microtubule stability of PC12 cells. J Cell Biol 1985; 100:916-27. [PMID: 2982887 PMCID: PMC2113527 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.100.3.916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The outgrowth of neurites from rat PC12 cells stimulated by combined treatment of nerve growth factor (NGF) with cAMP is significantly more rapid and extensive than the outgrowth induced by either factor alone. We have compared the responses of PC12 cells under three different growth conditions, NGF alone, cAMP alone, and combined treatment, with respect to surface morphology, rapidity of neurite outgrowth, and stability of neurite microtubules, to understand the synergistic action of NGF and cAMP on PC12. Surface events at early times in these growth conditions varied, suggesting divergent pathways of action of NGF and cAMP. This suggestion is strongly supported by the finding that cells exposed to saturating levels of dibutyryl cAMP without substantial neurite outgrowth initiated neurites within 5 min of NGF. This response has been adopted as a convenient assay for NGF. Neurites that regenerated in the three growth conditions showed marked differences in stability to treatments that depolymerize microtubules. The results indicate that microtubules in cells treated with both NGF and cAMP are significantly more stable than in either growth factor alone. We suggest that a shift of the assembly equilibrium favoring tubulin assembly is a necessary prerequisite for the initiation of neurites by PC12.
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Begg DA, Salmon ED, Hyatt HA. The changes in structural organization of actin in the sea urchin egg cortex in response to hydrostatic pressure. J Cell Biol 1983; 97:1795-805. [PMID: 6643578 PMCID: PMC2112726 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.97.6.1795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We have used hydrostatic pressure to study the structural organization of actin in the sea urchin egg cortex and the role of cortical actin in early development. Pressurization of Arbacia punctulata eggs to 6,000 psi at the first cleavage division caused the regression of the cleavage furrow and the disappearance of actin filament bundles from the microvilli. Within 30 s to 1 min of decompression these bundles reformed and furrowing resumed. Pressurization of dividing eggs to 7,500 psi caused both the regression of the cleavage furrow and the complete loss of microvilli from the egg surface. Following release from this higher pressure, the eggs underwent extensive, uncoordinated surface contractions, but failed to cleave. The eggs gradually regained their spherical shape and cleaved directly into four cells at the second cleavage division. Microvilli reformed on the egg surface over a period of time corresponding to that required for the recovery of normal egg shape and stability. During the initial stages of their regrowth the microvilli contained a network of actin filaments that began to transform into bundles when the microvilli had reached approximately 2/3 of their final length. These results demonstrate that moderate levels of hydrostatic pressure cause the reversible disruption of cortical actin organization, and suggest that this network of actin stabilizes the egg surface and participates in the formation of the contractile ring during cytokinesis. The results also demonstrate that actin filament bundles are not required for the regrowth of microvilli after their removal by pressurization. Preliminary experiments demonstrate that F-actin is not depolymerized in vitro by pressures up to 10,000 psi and suggest that pressure may act indirectly in vivo, either by changing the intracellular ionic environment or by altering the interaction of actin binding proteins with actin.
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Midbodies were isolated from synchronized cultures of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and their protein composition was studied by means of SDS PAGE. Gels of the midbodies included alpha and beta tubulins as major bands (approximately 30% of the total protein) and approximately 35 other bands, none of which constituted greater than 3.5% of the total protein. Extraction of the isolated midbodies with Sarkosyl NL-30- solubilized the midbody microtubules but left the central, dense matrix zone of the midbody intact. A protein doublet of approximately 115,000 mol wt was retained preferentially by the particulate fraction containing the matrix zones, indicating it to be a component of the matrix. The 115,000 mol wt doublet was also present in gels of isolated mitotic spindles from CHO cells. The overall protein composition of the isolated spindles was very similar to that of the isolated midbodies.
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Eichenlaub-Ritter U, Ruthmann A. Evidence for three "classes" of microtubules in the interpolar space of the mitotic micronucleus of a ciliate and the participation of the nuclear envelope in conferring stability to microtubules. Chromosoma 1982; 85:687-706. [PMID: 6813060 DOI: 10.1007/bf00330781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Exposure of Nyctotherus ovalis to low temperatures or vinblastine caused similar reactions of "classes" of microtubules (mt) present in the mitotic micronucleus of this ciliate towards both treatments. However, differences of sensitivity between certain "classes" of mt at individual mitotic stages exist. Unlike the kinetochore mt (kmt) of most other eukaryotic cells, kmt in Nyctotherus completely disassemble after incubation at 6-8 degrees C (60 min) and most disappear after prolonged exposure to vinblastine (10(-5) M, 16 h). The depolymerization of kmt causes the collapse of the spindle and a dislocation of chromosomes at metaphase, yet the reduced number of kmt after vinblastine-treatment still allows an alignment of composite complexes at the spindle equator. The data suggest that three individual sets of mt exist in the interpolar spindle region during ana- and telophase: 1) interpolar mt (int mt), which are assembled during anaphase, are cold- and vinblastine sensitive; 2) manchette mt (ma mt), which are first observed underneath the nuclear envelope during mid-anaphase, are cold-stable and insensitive to vinblastine treatment (10(-5) M); after prolonged treatment (16 h) they form spiral structures; 3) stembody mt (st mt), comprising the interpolar region of the nucleus during telophase, are cold- and vinblastine insensitive. Paracrystalline structures resembling a stembody are formed in telophase-like division stages after prolonged vinblastine exposure (16 h, 10(-5) M). Since kmt and int mt possess the same sensitivity under depolymerizing conditions, they probably have a similar composition. Thus the idea that the int mt in this organism arise by elongation of kmt is supported. However, st mt apparently do not originate from an extension of preexistent int mt, but appear to represent a new set of stable mt. This is emphasized not only by their greater stability compared to the int mt but also by the distribution of cold-stable mt in late anaphase micronuclei. The ma mt may be an intermediary step in formation of st mt since their stability resembles that of the st mt. A comparison of the substructure of vinblastine-induced paracrystals in Nyctotherus with those observed in in vitro systems with known composition suggests that a turnover of MAPs may be responsible for the different stability of mt and thus could specify and regulate mt sensitivity and function. Another organelle, possibly involved in conferring stability to mt, is the nuclear membrane. The assumption that the nuclear envelope possesses an intrinsic property to nucleate mt and thus aid in the alignment of mt is supported.
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