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Koch LB, Spanos C, Kelly V, Ly T, Marston AL. Rewiring of the phosphoproteome executes two meiotic divisions in budding yeast. EMBO J 2024; 43:1351-1383. [PMID: 38413836 PMCID: PMC10987667 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00059-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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The cell cycle is ordered by a controlled network of kinases and phosphatases. To generate gametes via meiosis, two distinct and sequential chromosome segregation events occur without an intervening S phase. How canonical cell cycle controls are modified for meiosis is not well understood. Here, using highly synchronous budding yeast populations, we reveal how the global proteome and phosphoproteome change during the meiotic divisions. While protein abundance changes are limited to key cell cycle regulators, dynamic phosphorylation changes are pervasive. Our data indicate that two waves of cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdc28Cdk1) and Polo (Cdc5Polo) kinase activity drive successive meiotic divisions. These two distinct phases of phosphorylation are ensured by the meiosis-specific Spo13 protein, which rewires the phosphoproteome. Spo13 binds to Cdc5Polo to promote phosphorylation in meiosis I, particularly of substrates containing a variant of the canonical Cdc5Polo motif. Overall, our findings reveal that a master regulator of meiosis directs the activity of a kinase to change the phosphorylation landscape and elicit a developmental cascade.
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- Lori B Koch
- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.
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Shah S, Mittal P, Kumar D, Mittal A, Ghosh SK. Evidence of kinesin motors involved in stable kinetochore assembly during early meiosis. Mol Biol Cell 2023; 34:ar107. [PMID: 37556230 PMCID: PMC10559306 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-12-0569] [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: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
Abstract
During mitosis, the budding yeast, kinetochores remain attached to microtubules, except for a brief period during S phase. Sister-kinetochores separate into two clusters (bilobed organization) upon stable end-on attachment to microtubules emanating from opposite spindle poles. However, in meiosis, the outer kinetochore protein (Ndc80) reassembles at the centromeres much later after prophase I, establishing new kinetochore-microtubule attachments. Perhaps due to this, despite homolog bi-orientation, we observed that the Ndc80 are linearly dispersed between spindle poles during metaphase I of meiosis. The presence of end-on attachment marker Dam1 as a cluster near each pole suggests one of the other possibilities that the pole-proximal and pole-distal kinetochores are attached end-on and laterally to the microtubules, respectively. Colocalization studies of kinetochores and kinesin motors suggest that budding yeast kinesin 5, Cin8, and Kip1 perhaps localize to the end-on attached kinetochores while kinesin 8 and Kip3 resides at all the kinetochores. Our findings, including kinesin 5 and Ndc80 coappearance after prophase I and reduced Ndc80 levels in cin8 null mutant, suggest that kinesin motors are crucial for kinetochore reassembly and stability during early meiosis. Thus, this work reports yet another meiosis specific function of kinesin motors.
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- Seema Shah
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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Ryczek N, Łyś A, Makałowska I. The Functional Meaning of 5'UTR in Protein-Coding Genes. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032976. [PMID: 36769304 PMCID: PMC9917990 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
As it is well known, messenger RNA has many regulatory regions along its sequence length. One of them is the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR), which itself contains many regulatory elements such as upstream ORFs (uORFs), internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs), microRNA binding sites, and structural components involved in the regulation of mRNA stability, pre-mRNA splicing, and translation initiation. Activation of the alternative, more upstream transcription start site leads to an extension of 5'UTR. One of the consequences of 5'UTRs extension may be head-to-head gene overlap. This review describes elements in 5'UTR of protein-coding transcripts and the functional significance of protein-coding genes 5' overlap with implications for transcription, translation, and disease.
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Cairo G, MacKenzie A, Tsuchiya D, Lacefield S. Use of Time-Lapse Microscopy and Stage-Specific Nuclear Depletion of Proteins to Study Meiosis in S. Cerevisiae. J Vis Exp 2022:10.3791/64580. [PMID: 36314815 PMCID: PMC10114469 DOI: 10.3791/64580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Time-lapse fluorescence microscopy has revolutionized the understanding of meiotic cell-cycle events by providing temporal and spatial data that is often not seen by imaging fixed cells. Budding yeast has proved to be an important model organism to study meiotic chromosome segregation because many meiotic genes are highly conserved. Time-lapse microscopy of meiosis in budding yeast allows the monitoring of different meiotic mutants to show how the mutation disrupts meiotic processes. However, many proteins function at multiple points in meiosis. The use of loss-of-function or meiotic null mutants can therefore disrupt an early process, blocking or disturbing the later process and making it difficult to determine the phenotypes associated with each individual role. To circumvent this challenge, this protocol describes how the proteins can be conditionally depleted from the nucleus at specific stages of meiosis while monitoring meiotic events using time-lapse microscopy. Specifically, this protocol describes how the cells are synchronized in prophase I, how the anchor away technique is used to deplete proteins from the nucleus at specific meiotic stages, and how time-lapse imaging is used to monitor meiotic chromosome segregation. As an example of the usefulness of the technique, the kinetochore protein Ctf19 was depleted from the nucleus at different time points during meiosis, and the number of chromatin masses was analyzed at the end of meiosis II. Overall, this protocol can be adapted to deplete different nuclear proteins from the nucleus while monitoring the meiotic divisions.
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University; Stowers Institute for Biomedical Research
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Sato M, Kakui Y, Toya M. Tell the Difference Between Mitosis and Meiosis: Interplay Between Chromosomes, Cytoskeleton, and Cell Cycle Regulation. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:660322. [PMID: 33898463 PMCID: PMC8060462 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.660322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Meiosis is a specialized style of cell division conserved in eukaryotes, particularly designed for the production of gametes. A huge number of studies to date have demonstrated how chromosomes behave and how meiotic events are controlled. Yeast substantially contributed to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of meiosis in the past decades. Recently, evidence began to accumulate to draw a perspective landscape showing that chromosomes and microtubules are mutually influenced: microtubules regulate chromosomes, whereas chromosomes also regulate microtubule behaviors. Here we focus on lessons from recent advancement in genetical and cytological studies of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, revealing how chromosomes, cytoskeleton, and cell cycle progression are organized and particularly how these are differentiated in mitosis and meiosis. These studies illuminate that meiosis is strategically designed to fulfill two missions: faithful segregation of genetic materials and production of genetic diversity in descendants through elaboration by meiosis-specific factors in collaboration with general factors.
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- Masamitsu Sato
- Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Logistics, Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.,Institute for Advanced Research of Biosystem Dynamics, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.,Institute for Medical-Oriented Structural Biology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Logistics, Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.,Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Logistics, Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.,Institute for Advanced Research of Biosystem Dynamics, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.,Major in Bioscience, Global Center for Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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Meyer RE, Tipton AR, LaVictoire R, Gorbsky GJ, Dawson DS. Mps1 promotes poleward chromosome movements in meiotic prometaphase. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:1020-1032. [PMID: 33788584 PMCID: PMC8101486 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-08-0525-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
In prophase of meiosis I, homologous chromosomes pair and become connected by cross-overs. Chiasmata, the connections formed by cross-overs, enable the chromosome pair, called a bivalent, to attach as a single unit to the spindle. When the meiotic spindle forms in prometaphase, most bivalents are associated with one spindle pole and then go through a series of oscillations on the spindle, attaching to and detaching from microtubules until the partners of the bivalent become bioriented—attached to microtubules from opposite sides of the spindle. The conserved kinase, Mps1, is essential for the bivalents to be pulled by microtubules across the spindle in prometaphase. Here we show that MPS1 is needed for efficient triggering of the migration of microtubule-attached kinetochores toward the poles and promotes microtubule depolymerization. Our data support the model Mps1 acts at the kinetochore to coordinate the successful attachment of a microtubule and the triggering of microtubule depolymerization to then move the chromosome.
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- Régis E Meyer
- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.,Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.,Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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Chen J, Ünal E. Meiotic regulation of the Ndc80 complex composition and function. Curr Genet 2021; 67:511-518. [PMID: 33745061 PMCID: PMC8254699 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01174-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This review describes the current models for how the subunit abundance of the Ndc80 complex, a key kinetochore component, is regulated in budding yeast and metazoan meiosis. The past decades of kinetochore research have established the Ndc80 complex to be a key microtubule interactor and a central hub for regulating chromosome segregation. Recent studies further demonstrate that Ndc80 is the limiting kinetochore subunit that dictates the timing of kinetochore activation in budding yeast meiosis. Here, we discuss the molecular circuits that regulate Ndc80 protein synthesis and degradation in budding yeast meiosis and compare the findings with those from metazoans. We envision the regulatory principles discovered in budding yeast to be conserved in metazoans, thereby providing guidance into future investigations on kinetochore regulation in human health and disease.
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- Jingxun Chen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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The Proteomic Landscape of Centromeric Chromatin Reveals an Essential Role for the Ctf19 CCAN Complex in Meiotic Kinetochore Assembly. Curr Biol 2021; 31:283-296.e7. [PMID: 33157029 PMCID: PMC7846277 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kinetochores direct chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis. Faithful gamete formation through meiosis requires that kinetochores take on new functions that impact homolog pairing, recombination, and the orientation of kinetochore attachment to microtubules in meiosis I. Using an unbiased proteomics pipeline, we determined the composition of centromeric chromatin and kinetochores at distinct cell-cycle stages, revealing extensive reorganization of kinetochores during meiosis. The data uncover a network of meiotic chromosome axis and recombination proteins that bind to centromeres in the absence of the microtubule-binding outer kinetochore sub-complexes during meiotic prophase. We show that the Ctf19cCCAN inner kinetochore complex is essential for kinetochore organization in meiosis. Our functional analyses identify a Ctf19cCCAN-dependent kinetochore assembly pathway that is dispensable for mitotic growth but becomes critical upon meiotic entry. Therefore, changes in kinetochore composition and a distinct assembly pathway specialize meiotic kinetochores for successful gametogenesis. The composition of meiotic centromeres and kinetochores is revealed Kinetochores undergo extensive changes between meiotic prophase I and metaphase I The Ctf19CCAN orchestrates meiotic kinetochore specialization A Ctf19CCAN-directed kinetochore assembly pathway is uniquely critical in meiosis
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Meiotic CENP-C is a shepherd: bridging the space between the centromere and the kinetochore in time and space. Essays Biochem 2020; 64:251-261. [PMID: 32794572 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20190080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
While many of the proteins involved in the mitotic centromere and kinetochore are conserved in meiosis, they often gain a novel function due to the unique needs of homolog segregation during meiosis I (MI). CENP-C is a critical component of the centromere for kinetochore assembly in mitosis. Recent work, however, has highlighted the unique features of meiotic CENP-C. Centromere establishment and stability require CENP-C loading at the centromere for CENP-A function. Pre-meiotic loading of proteins necessary for homolog recombination as well as cohesion also rely on CENP-C, as do the main scaffolding components of the kinetochore. Much of this work relies on new technologies that enable in vivo analysis of meiosis like never before. Here, we strive to highlight the unique role of this highly conserved centromere protein that loads on to centromeres prior to M-phase onset, but continues to perform critical functions through chromosome segregation. CENP-C is not merely a structural link between the centromere and the kinetochore, but also a functional one joining the processes of early prophase homolog synapsis to late metaphase kinetochore assembly and signaling.
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Meyer RE, Dawson DS. Better safe than sorry-preventing mitotic segregation of meiotic chromosomes. Genes Dev 2020; 34:147-148. [PMID: 32015052 PMCID: PMC7000914 DOI: 10.1101/gad.336164.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This Outlook discusses Chen et al.’s finding describing an interconnected set of mechanisms that provides multiple layers of protection from the carryover of mitotic chromosome segregation patterns into meiotic cells. The distinctive segregation patterns of chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis are dictated in part by the kinetochores, the structures on chromosomes that attach them to the microtubules of the spindle. Inappropriate mitosis-like chromosome segregation in meiosis leads to gametes with incorrect chromosome numbers. New findings by Chen and colleagues (pp. 209–225) in this issue of Genes & Development reveal how cells restructure their kinetochores when they enter meiosis. Their results describe an interconnected set of mechanisms that provides multiple layers of protection from the carryover of mitotic chromosome segregation patterns into meiotic cells.
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- Régis E Meyer
- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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Bender D, Da Silva EML, Chen J, Poss A, Gawey L, Rulon Z, Rankin S. Multivalent interaction of ESCO2 with the replication machinery is required for sister chromatid cohesion in vertebrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:1081-1089. [PMID: 31879348 PMCID: PMC6969535 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1911936117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
The tethering together of sister chromatids by the cohesin complex ensures their accurate alignment and segregation during cell division. In vertebrates, sister chromatid cohesion requires the activity of the ESCO2 acetyltransferase, which modifies the Smc3 subunit of cohesin. It was shown recently that ESCO2 promotes cohesion through interaction with the MCM replicative helicase. However, ESCO2 does not significantly colocalize with the MCM complex, suggesting there are additional interactions important for ESCO2 function. Here we show that ESCO2 is recruited to replication factories, sites of DNA replication, through interaction with PCNA. We show that ESCO2 contains multiple PCNA-interaction motifs in its N terminus, each of which is essential to its ability to establish cohesion. We propose that multiple PCNA-interaction motifs embedded in a largely flexible and disordered region of the protein underlie the unique ability of ESCO2 to establish cohesion between sister chromatids precisely as they are born during DNA replication.
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- Dawn Bender
- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
- Department of Cell Biology, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104;
- Department of Cell Biology, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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Chen J, Liao A, Powers EN, Liao H, Kohlstaedt LA, Evans R, Holly RM, Kim JK, Jovanovic M, Ünal E. Aurora B-dependent Ndc80 degradation regulates kinetochore composition in meiosis. Genes Dev 2020; 34:209-225. [PMID: 31919192 PMCID: PMC7000919 DOI: 10.1101/gad.333997.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The kinetochore complex is a conserved machinery that connects chromosomes to spindle microtubules. During meiosis, the kinetochore is restructured to accommodate a specialized chromosome segregation pattern. In budding yeast, meiotic kinetochore remodeling is mediated by the temporal changes in the abundance of a single subunit called Ndc80. We previously described the regulatory events that control the timely synthesis of Ndc80. Here, we report that Ndc80 turnover is also tightly regulated in meiosis: Ndc80 degradation is active in meiotic prophase, but not in metaphase I. Ndc80 degradation depends on the ubiquitin ligase APCAma1 and is mediated by the proteasome. Importantly, Aurora B-dependent Ndc80 phosphorylation, a mark that has been previously implicated in correcting erroneous microtubule-kinetochore attachments, is essential for Ndc80 degradation in a microtubule-independent manner. The N terminus of Ndc80, including a 27-residue sequence and Aurora B phosphorylation sites, is both necessary and sufficient for kinetochore protein degradation. Finally, defects in Ndc80 turnover predispose meiotic cells to chromosome mis-segregation. Our study elucidates the mechanism by which meiotic cells modulate their kinetochore composition through regulated Ndc80 degradation, and demonstrates that Aurora B-dependent regulation of kinetochores extends beyond altering microtubule attachments.
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- Jingxun Chen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- UC Berkeley QB3 Proteomics Facility, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Biology, Columbia University, New York City, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biology, Columbia University, New York City, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Mehta G, Anbalagan GK, Bharati AP, Gadre P, Ghosh SK. An interplay between Shugoshin and Spo13 for centromeric cohesin protection and sister kinetochore mono-orientation during meiosis I in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 2018; 64:1141-1152. [PMID: 29644457 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-018-0832-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Revised: 03/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
Meiosis is a specialized cell division process by which haploid gametes are produced from a diploid mother cell. Reductional chromosome segregation during meiosis I (MI) is achieved by two unique and conserved events: centromeric cohesin protection (CCP) and sister kinetochore mono-orientation (SKM). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a meiosis-specific protein Spo13 plays a role in both these centromere-specific events. Despite genome-wide association of Spo13, we failed to detect its function in global processes such as cohesin loading, cohesion establishment and homologs pairing. While Shugoshin (Sgo1) and protein phosphatase 2A (PP2ARts1) play a central role in CCP, it is not fully understood whether Spo13 functions in the process through a Sgo1- PP2ARts1-dependent or -independent mechanism. To delineate this and to find the relative contribution of each of these proteins in CCP and SKM, we meticulously observed the sister chromatid segregation pattern in the wild type, sgo1Δ, rts1Δ and spo13Δ single mutants and in their respective double mutants. We found that Spo13 protects centromeric cohesin through a Sgo1- PP2ARts1-independent mechanism. To our surprise, we observed a hitherto unknown role of Sgo1 in SKM. Further investigation revealed that Sgo1-mediated recruitment of aurora kinase Ipl1 to the centromere facilitates monopolin loading at the kinetochore during MI. Hence, this study uncovers the role of Sgo1 in SKM and demonstartes how the regulators (Sgo1, PP2ARts1, Spo13) work in a coordinated manner to achieve faithful chromosome segregation during meiosis, the failure of which leads to aneuploidy and birth defects.
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- Gunjan Mehta
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 41 Medlars Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- B231, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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Otto GM, Brar GA. Seq-ing answers: uncovering the unexpected in global gene regulation. Curr Genet 2018; 64:1183-1188. [PMID: 29675618 PMCID: PMC6223828 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-018-0839-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The development of techniques for measuring gene expression globally has greatly expanded our understanding of gene regulatory mechanisms in depth and scale. We can now quantify every intermediate and transition in the canonical pathway of gene expression—from DNA to mRNA to protein—genome-wide. Employing such measurements in parallel can produce rich datasets, but extracting the most information requires careful experimental design and analysis. Here, we argue for the value of genome-wide studies that measure multiple outputs of gene expression over many timepoints during the course of a natural developmental process. We discuss our findings from a highly parallel gene expression dataset of meiotic differentiation, and those of others, to illustrate how leveraging these features can provide new and surprising insight into fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation.
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- George Maxwell Otto
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Meyer RE, Brown J, Beck L, Dawson DS. Mps1 promotes chromosome meiotic chromosome biorientation through Dam1. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 29:479-489. [PMID: 29237818 PMCID: PMC6014172 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-08-0503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
During meiosis, chromosomes attach to microtubules at their kinetochores and are moved by microtubule depolymerization. The Mps1 kinase is essential for this process. Phosphorylation of Dam1 by Mps1 allows kinetochores to move processively poleward along microtubules during the biorientation process. In budding yeast meiosis, homologous chromosomes become linked by chiasmata and then move back and forth on the spindle until they are bioriented, with the kinetochores of the partners attached to microtubules from opposite spindle poles. Certain mutations in the conserved kinase, Mps1, result in catastrophic meiotic segregation errors but mild mitotic defects. We tested whether Dam1, a known substrate of Mps1, was necessary for its critical meiotic role. We found that kinetochore–microtubule attachments are established even when Dam1 is not phosphorylated by Mps1, but that Mps1 phosphorylation of Dam1 sustains those connections. But the meiotic defects when Dam1 is not phosphorylated are not nearly as catastrophic as when Mps1 is inactivated. The results demonstrate that one meiotic role of Mps1 is to stabilize connections that have been established between kinetochores and microtubles by phosphorylating Dam1.
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- Régis E Meyer
- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 .,Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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Marston AL, Wassmann K. Multiple Duties for Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Kinases in Meiosis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2017; 5:109. [PMID: 29322045 PMCID: PMC5733479 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2017.00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Cell division in mitosis and meiosis is governed by evolutionary highly conserved protein kinases and phosphatases, controlling the timely execution of key events such as nuclear envelope breakdown, spindle assembly, chromosome attachment to the spindle and chromosome segregation, and cell cycle exit. In mitosis, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) controls the proper attachment to and alignment of chromosomes on the spindle. The SAC detects errors and induces a cell cycle arrest in metaphase, preventing chromatid separation. Once all chromosomes are properly attached, the SAC-dependent arrest is relieved and chromatids separate evenly into daughter cells. The signaling cascade leading to checkpoint arrest depends on several protein kinases that are conserved from yeast to man. In meiosis, haploid cells containing new genetic combinations are generated from a diploid cell through two specialized cell divisions. Though apparently less robust, SAC control also exists in meiosis. Recently, it has emerged that SAC kinases have additional roles in executing accurate chromosome segregation during the meiotic divisions. Here, we summarize the main differences between mitotic and meiotic cell divisions, and explain why meiotic divisions pose special challenges for correct chromosome segregation. The less-known meiotic roles of the SAC kinases are described, with a focus on two model systems: yeast and mouse oocytes. The meiotic roles of the canonical checkpoint kinases Bub1, Mps1, the pseudokinase BubR1 (Mad3), and Aurora B and C (Ipl1) will be discussed. Insights into the molecular signaling pathways that bring about the special chromosome segregation pattern during meiosis will help us understand why human oocytes are so frequently aneuploid.
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- Adele L Marston
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, UMR7622, Paris, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, UMR7622 Developmental Biology Lab, Paris, France
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One-two punch mechanism of gene repression: a fresh perspective on gene regulation. Curr Genet 2017; 64:581-588. [PMID: 29218463 PMCID: PMC5948300 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0793-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Cellular differentiation depends on temporally controlled waves of gene activation and inactivation that ultimately transform one cell type into another. It is well established that transcription factor cascades coordinate the timely activation of gene expression clusters during development. In comparison, much less is understood about how gene repression events are coordinated with the transcription factor-driven waves of gene activation and how this repression is achieved at a mechanistic level. Using budding yeast as a model, we recently discovered a new gene regulatory event, whereby a central meiotic transcription factor induces the expression of an mRNA isoform to repress gene expression through an integrated transcriptional and translational mechanism. This new model could explain how gene activation and inactivation waves can be temporally coordinated. In this review, we discuss our findings and their potential implications.
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Hildreth AE, Arndt KM. A transcriptional switch controls meiosis. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 29063829 PMCID: PMC5655149 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A key protein involved in the segregation of meiotic chromosomes is produced 'just in time' by the regulated expression of two mRNA isoforms.
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- A Elizabeth Hildreth
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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Schmitzberger F, Richter MM, Gordiyenko Y, Robinson CV, Dadlez M, Westermann S. Molecular basis for inner kinetochore configuration through RWD domain-peptide interactions. EMBO J 2017; 36:3458-3482. [PMID: 29046335 PMCID: PMC5709738 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201796636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Kinetochores are dynamic cellular structures that connect chromosomes to microtubules. They form from multi‐protein assemblies that are evolutionarily conserved between yeasts and humans. One of these assemblies—COMA—consists of subunits Ame1CENP‐U, Ctf19CENP‐P, Mcm21CENP‐O and Okp1CENP‐Q. A description of COMA molecular organization has so far been missing. We defined the subunit topology of COMA, bound with inner kinetochore proteins Nkp1 and Nkp2, from the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis, with nanoflow electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and mapped intermolecular contacts with hydrogen‐deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry. Our data suggest that the essential Okp1 subunit is a multi‐segmented nexus with distinct binding sites for Ame1, Nkp1‐Nkp2 and Ctf19‐Mcm21. Our crystal structure of the Ctf19‐Mcm21 RWD domains bound with Okp1 shows the molecular contacts of this important inner kinetochore joint. The Ctf19‐Mcm21 binding motif in Okp1 configures a branch of mitotic inner kinetochores, by tethering Ctf19‐Mcm21 and Chl4CENP‐N‐Iml3CENP‐L. Absence of this motif results in dependence on the mitotic checkpoint for viability.
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- Florian Schmitzberger
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA .,Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Biology Department, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
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Kinetochore Function from the Bottom Up. Trends Cell Biol 2017; 28:22-33. [PMID: 28985987 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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During a single human lifetime, nearly one quintillion chromosomes separate from their sisters and transit to their destinations in daughter cells. Unlike DNA replication, chromosome segregation has no template, and, unlike transcription, errors frequently lead to a total loss of cell viability. Rapid progress in recent years has shown how kinetochores enable faithful execution of this process by connecting chromosomal DNA to microtubules. These findings have transformed our idea of kinetochores from cytological features to immense molecular machines and now allow molecular interpretation of many long-appreciated kinetochore functions. In this review we trace kinetochore protein connectivity from chromosomal DNA to microtubules, relating new findings to important points of regulation and function.
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Chia M, Tresenrider A, Chen J, Spedale G, Jorgensen V, Ünal E, van Werven FJ. Transcription of a 5' extended mRNA isoform directs dynamic chromatin changes and interference of a downstream promoter. eLife 2017; 6:e27420. [PMID: 28906248 PMCID: PMC5655139 DOI: 10.7554/elife.27420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cell differentiation programs require dynamic regulation of gene expression. During meiotic prophase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, expression of the kinetochore complex subunit Ndc80 is downregulated by a 5' extended long undecoded NDC80 transcript isoform. Here we demonstrate a transcriptional interference mechanism that is responsible for inhibiting expression of the coding NDC80 mRNA isoform. Transcription from a distal NDC80 promoter directs Set1-dependent histone H3K4 dimethylation and Set2-dependent H3K36 trimethylation to establish a repressive chromatin state in the downstream canonical NDC80 promoter. As a consequence, NDC80 expression is repressed during meiotic prophase. The transcriptional mechanism described here is rapidly reversible, adaptable to fine-tune gene expression, and relies on Set2 and the Set3 histone deacetylase complex. Thus, expression of a 5' extended mRNA isoform causes transcriptional interference at the downstream promoter. We demonstrate that this is an effective mechanism to promote dynamic changes in gene expression during cell differentiation.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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Chen J, Tresenrider A, Chia M, McSwiggen DT, Spedale G, Jorgensen V, Liao H, van Werven FJ, Ünal E. Kinetochore inactivation by expression of a repressive mRNA. eLife 2017; 6:e27417. [PMID: 28906249 PMCID: PMC5655150 DOI: 10.7554/elife.27417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Differentiation programs such as meiosis depend on extensive gene regulation to mediate cellular morphogenesis. Meiosis requires transient removal of the outer kinetochore, the complex that connects microtubules to chromosomes. How the meiotic gene expression program temporally restricts kinetochore function is unknown. We discovered that in budding yeast, kinetochore inactivation occurs by reducing the abundance of a limiting subunit, Ndc80. Furthermore, we uncovered an integrated mechanism that acts at the transcriptional and translational level to repress NDC80 expression. Central to this mechanism is the developmentally controlled transcription of an alternate NDC80 mRNA isoform, which itself cannot produce protein due to regulatory upstream ORFs in its extended 5' leader. Instead, transcription of this isoform represses the canonical NDC80 mRNA expression in cis, thereby inhibiting Ndc80 protein synthesis. This model of gene regulation raises the intriguing notion that transcription of an mRNA, despite carrying a canonical coding sequence, can directly cause gene repression.
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- Jingxun Chen
- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing CenterUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- The Paul F. Glenn Center for Aging ResearchUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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Vincenten N, Kuhl LM, Lam I, Oke A, Kerr AR, Hochwagen A, Fung J, Keeney S, Vader G, Marston AL. The kinetochore prevents centromere-proximal crossover recombination during meiosis. eLife 2015. [PMID: 26653857 DOI: 10.7554/elife.10850.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
During meiosis, crossover recombination is essential to link homologous chromosomes and drive faithful chromosome segregation. Crossover recombination is non-random across the genome, and centromere-proximal crossovers are associated with an increased risk of aneuploidy, including Trisomy 21 in humans. Here, we identify the conserved Ctf19/CCAN kinetochore sub-complex as a major factor that minimizes potentially deleterious centromere-proximal crossovers in budding yeast. We uncover multi-layered suppression of pericentromeric recombination by the Ctf19 complex, operating across distinct chromosomal distances. The Ctf19 complex prevents meiotic DNA break formation, the initiating event of recombination, proximal to the centromere. The Ctf19 complex independently drives the enrichment of cohesin throughout the broader pericentromere to suppress crossovers, but not DNA breaks. This non-canonical role of the kinetochore in defining a chromosome domain that is refractory to crossovers adds a new layer of functionality by which the kinetochore prevents the incidence of chromosome segregation errors that generate aneuploid gametes.
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- Nadine Vincenten
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Center of Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Center of Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Vincenten N, Kuhl LM, Lam I, Oke A, Kerr AR, Hochwagen A, Fung J, Keeney S, Vader G, Marston AL. The kinetochore prevents centromere-proximal crossover recombination during meiosis. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26653857 PMCID: PMC4749563 DOI: 10.7554/elife.10850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
During meiosis, crossover recombination is essential to link homologous chromosomes and drive faithful chromosome segregation. Crossover recombination is non-random across the genome, and centromere-proximal crossovers are associated with an increased risk of aneuploidy, including Trisomy 21 in humans. Here, we identify the conserved Ctf19/CCAN kinetochore sub-complex as a major factor that minimizes potentially deleterious centromere-proximal crossovers in budding yeast. We uncover multi-layered suppression of pericentromeric recombination by the Ctf19 complex, operating across distinct chromosomal distances. The Ctf19 complex prevents meiotic DNA break formation, the initiating event of recombination, proximal to the centromere. The Ctf19 complex independently drives the enrichment of cohesin throughout the broader pericentromere to suppress crossovers, but not DNA breaks. This non-canonical role of the kinetochore in defining a chromosome domain that is refractory to crossovers adds a new layer of functionality by which the kinetochore prevents the incidence of chromosome segregation errors that generate aneuploid gametes.
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- Nadine Vincenten
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Center of Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Center of Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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