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Rangone H, Bond L, Weil TT, Glover DM. Greatwall-Endos-PP2A/B55 Twins network regulates translation and stability of maternal transcripts in the Drosophila oocyte-to-embryo transition. Open Biol 2024; 14:240065. [PMID: 38896085 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.240065] [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: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
Abstract
The transition from oocyte to embryo requires translation of maternally provided transcripts that in Drosophila is activated by Pan Gu kinase to release a rapid succession of 13 mitotic cycles. Mitotic entry is promoted by several protein kinases that include Greatwall/Mastl, whose Endosulfine substrates antagonize Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A), facilitating mitotic Cyclin-dependent kinase 1/Cyclin B kinase activity. Here we show that hyperactive greatwallScant can not only be suppressed by mutants in its Endos substrate but also by mutants in Pan Gu kinase subunits. Conversely, mutants in me31B or trailer hitch, which encode a complex that represses hundreds of maternal mRNAs, enhance greatwallScant . Me31B and Trailer Hitch proteins, known substrates of Pan Gu kinase, copurify with Endos. This echoes findings that budding yeast Dhh1, orthologue of Me31B, associates with Igo1/2, orthologues of Endos and substrates of the Rim15, orthologue of Greatwall. endos-derived mutant embryos show reduced Me31B and elevated transcripts for the mitotic activators Cyclin B, Polo and Twine/Cdc25. Together, our findings demonstrate a previously unappreciated conservation of the Greatwall-Endosulfine pathway in regulating translational repressors and its interactions with the Pan Gu kinase pathway to regulate translation and/or stability of maternal mRNAs upon egg activation.
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- Hélène Rangone
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street , Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street , Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street , Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street , Cambridge, UK
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd , Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Sperling AL, Fabian DK, Garrison E, Glover DM. A genetic basis for facultative parthenogenesis in Drosophila. Curr Biol 2023; 33:3545-3560.e13. [PMID: 37516115 PMCID: PMC11044649 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
Abstract
Facultative parthenogenesis enables sexually reproducing organisms to switch between sexual and asexual parthenogenetic reproduction. To gain insights into this phenomenon, we sequenced the genomes of sexually reproducing and parthenogenetic strains of Drosophila mercatorum and identified differences in the gene expression in their eggs. We then tested whether manipulating the expression of candidate gene homologs identified in Drosophila mercatorum could lead to facultative parthenogenesis in the non-parthenogenetic species Drosophila melanogaster. This identified a polygenic system whereby increased expression of the mitotic protein kinase polo and decreased expression of a desaturase, Desat2, caused facultative parthenogenesis in the non-parthenogenetic species that was enhanced by increased expression of Myc. The genetically induced parthenogenetic Drosophila melanogaster eggs exhibit de novo centrosome formation, fusion of the meiotic products, and the onset of development to generate predominantly triploid offspring. Thus, we demonstrate a genetic basis for sporadic facultative parthenogenesis in an animal.
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- Alexis L Sperling
- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK.
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- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, S Manassas Street, Memphis, TN 38103, USA
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- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK; Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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Emond-Fraser V, Larouche M, Kubiniok P, Bonneil É, Li J, Bourouh M, Frizzi L, Thibault P, Archambault V. Identification of PP2A-B55 targets uncovers regulation of emerin during nuclear envelope reassembly in Drosophila. Open Biol 2023; 13:230104. [PMID: 37463656 PMCID: PMC10353892 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.230104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Mitotic exit requires the dephosphorylation of many proteins whose phosphorylation was needed for mitosis. Protein phosphatase 2A with its B55 regulatory subunit (PP2A-B55) promotes this transition. However, the events and substrates that it regulates are incompletely understood. We used proteomic approaches in Drosophila to identify proteins that interact with and are dephosphorylated by PP2A-B55. Among several candidates, we identified emerin (otefin in Drosophila). Emerin resides in the inner nuclear membrane and interacts with the DNA-binding protein barrier-to-autointegration factor (BAF) via a LEM domain. We found that the phosphorylation of emerin at Ser50 and Ser54 near its LEM domain negatively regulates its association with BAF, lamin and additional emerin in mitosis. We show that dephosphorylation of emerin at these sites by PP2A-B55 determines the timing of nuclear envelope reformation. Genetic experiments indicate that this regulation is required during embryonic development. Phosphoregulation of the emerin-BAF complex formation by PP2A-B55 appears as a key event of mitotic exit that is likely conserved across species.
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- Virginie Emond-Fraser
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
- Département de chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3T 1J4, Quebec, Canada
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Lacroix B, Lorca T, Castro A. Structural, enzymatic and spatiotemporal regulation of PP2A-B55 phosphatase in the control of mitosis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:967909. [PMID: 36105360 PMCID: PMC9465306 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.967909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Cells require major physical changes to induce a proper repartition of the DNA. Nuclear envelope breakdown, DNA condensation and spindle formation are promoted at mitotic entry by massive protein phosphorylation and reversed at mitotic exit by the timely and ordered dephosphorylation of mitotic substrates. This phosphorylation results from the balance between the activity of kinases and phosphatases. The role of kinases in the control of mitosis has been largely studied, however, the impact of phosphatases has long been underestimated. Recent data have now established that the regulation of phosphatases is crucial to confer timely and ordered cellular events required for cell division. One major phosphatase involved in this process is the phosphatase holoenzyme PP2A-B55. This review will be focused in the latest structural, biochemical and enzymatic insights provided for PP2A-B55 phosphatase as well as its regulators and mechanisms of action.
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- Benjamin Lacroix
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR5237, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR5237Montpellier, France
- Équipe Labellisée “Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer”, Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR5237, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR5237Montpellier, France
- Équipe Labellisée “Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer”, Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), CNRS UMR5237, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR5237Montpellier, France
- Équipe Labellisée “Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer”, Paris, France
- *Correspondence: Anna Castro,
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Jang JK, Gladstein AC, Das A, Shapiro JG, Sisco ZL, McKim KS. Multiple pools of PP2A regulate spindle assembly, kinetochore attachments and cohesion in Drosophila oocytes. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:jcs254037. [PMID: 34297127 PMCID: PMC8325958 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.254037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Meiosis in female oocytes lacks centrosomes, the microtubule-organizing centers. In Drosophila oocytes, meiotic spindle assembly depends on the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC). To investigate the mechanisms that regulate Aurora B activity, we examined the role of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in Drosophila oocyte meiosis. We found that both forms of PP2A, B55 and B56, antagonize the Aurora B spindle assembly function, suggesting that a balance between Aurora B and PP2A activity maintains the oocyte spindle during meiosis I. PP2A-B56, which has a B subunit encoded by two partially redundant paralogs, wdb and wrd, is also required for maintenance of sister chromatid cohesion, establishment of end-on microtubule attachments, and metaphase I arrest in oocytes. WDB recruitment to the centromeres depends on BUBR1, MEI-S332 and kinetochore protein SPC105R. Although BUBR1 stabilizes microtubule attachments in Drosophila oocytes, it is not required for cohesion maintenance during meiosis I. We propose at least three populations of PP2A-B56 regulate meiosis, two of which depend on SPC105R and a third that is associated with the spindle.
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- Waksman Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Larouche M, Kachaner D, Wang P, Normandin K, Garrido D, Yao C, Cormier M, Johansen KM, Johansen J, Archambault V. Spatiotemporal coordination of Greatwall-Endos-PP2A promotes mitotic progression. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:211965. [PMID: 33836042 PMCID: PMC8042607 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202008145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Mitotic entry involves inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A bound to its B55/Tws regulatory subunit (PP2A-B55/Tws), which dephosphorylates substrates of mitotic kinases. This inhibition is induced when Greatwall phosphorylates Endos, turning it into an inhibitor of PP2A-Tws. How this mechanism operates spatiotemporally in the cell is incompletely understood. We previously reported that the nuclear export of Greatwall in prophase promotes mitotic progression. Here, we examine the importance of the localized activities of PP2A-Tws and Endos for mitotic regulation. We find that Tws shuttles through the nucleus via a conserved nuclear localization signal (NLS), but expression of Tws in the cytoplasm and not in the nucleus rescues the development of tws mutants. Moreover, we show that Endos must be in the cytoplasm before nuclear envelope breakdown (NEBD) to be efficiently phosphorylated by Greatwall and to bind and inhibit PP2A-Tws. Disrupting the cytoplasmic function of Endos before NEBD results in subsequent mitotic defects. Evidence suggests that this spatiotemporal regulation is conserved in humans.
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- Myreille Larouche
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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García-Blanco N, Vázquez-Bolado A, Moreno S. Greatwall-Endosulfine: A Molecular Switch that Regulates PP2A/B55 Protein Phosphatase Activity in Dividing and Quiescent Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20246228. [PMID: 31835586 PMCID: PMC6941129 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20246228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
During the cell cycle, hundreds of proteins become phosphorylated and dephosphorylated, indicating that protein kinases and protein phosphatases play a central role in its regulation. It has been widely recognized that oscillation in cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) activity promotes DNA replication, during S-phase, and chromosome segregation, during mitosis. Each CDK substrate phosphorylation status is defined by the balance between CDKs and CDK-counteracting phosphatases. In fission yeast and animal cells, PP2A/B55 is the main protein phosphatase that counteracts CDK activity. PP2A/B55 plays a key role in mitotic entry and mitotic exit, and it is regulated by the Greatwall-Endosulfine (ENSA) molecular switch that inactivates PP2A/B55 at the onset of mitosis, allowing maximal CDK activity at metaphase. The Greatwall-ENSA-PP2A/B55 pathway is highly conserved from yeast to animal cells. In yeasts, Greatwall is negatively regulated by nutrients through TORC1 and S6 kinase, and couples cell growth, regulated by TORC1, to cell cycle progression, driven by CDK activity. In animal cells, Greatwall is phosphorylated and activated by Cdk1 at G2/M, generating a bistable molecular switch that results in full activation of Cdk1/CyclinB. Here we review the current knowledge of the Greatwall-ENSA-PP2A/B55 pathway and discuss its role in cell cycle progression and as an integrator of nutritional cues.
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Kim SY, Hyun SY, Jang YJ. Dephosphorylation of Plk1 occurs through PP2A-B55/ENSA/Greatwall pathway during mitotic DNA damage recovery. Cell Cycle 2019; 18:1154-1167. [PMID: 31072185 PMCID: PMC6592230 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1617003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Recovery from DNA damage is critical for cell survival. However, serious damage cannot be repaired, leading to cell death for prevention of abnormal cell growth. Previously, we demonstrated that 4N-DNA accumulates via the initiation of an abnormal interphase without cytokinesis and that re-replication occurs during a prolonged recovery period in the presence of severe DNA damage in mitotic cells. Mitotic phosphorylated Plk1 is typically degraded during mitotic exit. However, Plk1 has unusually found to be dephosphorylated in mitotic slippage without cytokinesis during recovery from mitotic DNA damage. Here, we investigated how Plk1 dephosphorylation is established during recovery from mitotic DNA damage. Mitotic DNA damage activated ATM and Chk1/2 and repressed Cdk1 and Greatwall protein kinase, followed by PP2A activation through the dissociation of ENSA and PP2A-B55. Interaction between Plk1 and PP2A-B55α or PP2A-B55δ was strongly induced during recovery from mitotic DNA damage. Moreover, the depletion of PP2A-B55α and/or PP2A-B55δ by siRNA transfection led to the recovery of Plk1 phosphorylation and progression of the cell cycle into the G1 phase. Therefore, to adapt to severe DNA damage, the activated Greatwall/ENSA signaling pathway was repressed by ATM/Chk1/2, even in mitotic cells. Activation of the PP2A-B55 holoenzyme complex induced the dephosphorylation of Plk1 and Cdk1, and finally, mitotic slippage occurred without normal chromosome segregation and cytokinesis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shin-Young Kim
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science and BK21 PLUS Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea
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- Department of Nanobiomedical Science and BK21 PLUS Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea
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- Department of Nanobiomedical Science and BK21 PLUS Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea
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Aono S, Haruna Y, Watanabe YH, Mochida S, Takeda K. The fission yeast Greatwall-Endosulfine pathway is required for proper quiescence/G 0 phase entry and maintenance. Genes Cells 2019; 24:172-186. [PMID: 30584685 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Cell proliferation and cellular quiescence/G0 phase must be regulated in response to intra-/extracellular environments, and such regulation is achieved by the orchestration of protein kinases and protein phosphatases. Here, we investigated fission yeast potential orthologs (Cek1, Ppk18 and Ppk31) of the metazoan Greatwall kinase (Gwl), which inhibits type-2A protein phosphatase with B55 subunit (PP2AB55 ) by phosphorylating and activating the PP2AB55 inhibitors, α-endosulfine/ARPP-19 (Ensa/ARPP-19). Gwl and Ensa/ARPP-19 regulate mitosis; however, we found Ppk18, Cek1 and Mug134/Igo1, the counterpart of Ensa/ARPP-19, are not essential for normal mitosis but regulate nitrogen starvation (-N)-induced proper G0 entry and maintenance. Genetic and biochemical analyses indicated that the conserved Gwl site (serine 64) was phosphorylated in the G0 phase in a Ppk18-dependent manner, and the phosphorylated Mug134/Igo1 inhibited PP2AB55 in vitro. The alanine substitution of the serine 64 caused defects in G0 entry and maintenance as well as the mug134/igo1+ deletion. These results indicate that PP2AB55 activity must be regulated properly to establish the G0 phase. Consistently, simultaneous deletion of the B55 gene with mug134/igo1+ partially rescued the Mug134/Igo1 mutant phenotype. We suggest that in fission yeast, PP2AB55 regulation by the Ppk18-Mug134/Igo1 pathway is required for G0 entry and establishment of robust viability during the G0 phase.
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- Soma Aono
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan Uiversity, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan Uiversity, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan Uiversity, Kobe, Japan.,Institute for Integrative Neurobiology, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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- Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,PRESTO Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan Uiversity, Kobe, Japan.,Institute for Integrative Neurobiology, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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Mehsen H, Boudreau V, Garrido D, Bourouh M, Larouche M, Maddox PS, Swan A, Archambault V. PP2A-B55 promotes nuclear envelope reformation after mitosis in Drosophila. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:4106-4123. [PMID: 30309980 PMCID: PMC6279390 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201804018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
As a dividing cell exits mitosis and daughter cells enter interphase, many proteins must be dephosphorylated. The protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) with its B55 regulatory subunit plays a crucial role in this transition, but the identity of its substrates and how their dephosphorylation promotes mitotic exit are largely unknown. We conducted a maternal-effect screen in Drosophila melanogaster to identify genes that function with PP2A-B55/Tws in the cell cycle. We found that eggs that receive reduced levels of Tws and of components of the nuclear envelope (NE) often fail development, concomitant with NE defects following meiosis and in syncytial mitoses. Our mechanistic studies using Drosophila cells indicate that PP2A-Tws promotes nuclear envelope reformation (NER) during mitotic exit by dephosphorylating BAF and suggests that PP2A-Tws targets additional NE components, including Lamin and Nup107. This work establishes Drosophila as a powerful model to further dissect the molecular mechanisms of NER and suggests additional roles of PP2A-Tws in the completion of meiosis and mitosis.
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- Haytham Mehsen
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada .,Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Charrasse S, Gharbi-Ayachi A, Burgess A, Vera J, Hached K, Raynaud P, Schwob E, Lorca T, Castro A. Ensa controls S-phase length by modulating Treslin levels. Nat Commun 2017; 8:206. [PMID: 28785014 PMCID: PMC5547116 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00339-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The Greatwall/Ensa/PP2A-B55 pathway is essential for controlling mitotic substrate phosphorylation and mitotic entry. Here, we investigate the effect of the knockdown of the Gwl substrate, Ensa, in human cells. Unexpectedly, Ensa knockdown promotes a dramatic extension of S phase associated with a lowered density of replication forks. Notably, Ensa depletion results in a decrease of Treslin levels, a pivotal protein for the firing of replication origins. Accordingly, the extended S phase in Ensa-depleted cells is completely rescued by the overexpression of Treslin. Our data herein reveal a new mechanism by which normal cells regulate S-phase duration by controlling the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation of Treslin in a Gwl/Ensa-dependent pathway. The Greatwall/Ensa/PP2A-B55 pathway controls mitotic substrate phosphorylation and mitotic entry. Here the authors show that cells regulate S phase duration by controlling the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation of Treslin in a Gwl/Ensa-dependent pathway.
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- Sophie Charrasse
- Université de Montpellier, Centre de Recherche de Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Equipe Labellisée 'Ligue Contre le Cancer', CNRS UMR 5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Université de Montpellier, Centre de Recherche de Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Equipe Labellisée 'Ligue Contre le Cancer', CNRS UMR 5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia.,St. Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Université de Montpellier, Centre de Recherche de Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Equipe Labellisée 'Ligue Contre le Cancer', CNRS UMR 5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Université de Montpellier, Centre de Recherche de Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Equipe Labellisée 'Ligue Contre le Cancer', CNRS UMR 5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Université de Montpellier, Centre de Recherche de Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Equipe Labellisée 'Ligue Contre le Cancer', CNRS UMR 5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, CNRS UMR 5535, University of Montpellier, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier, France
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- Université de Montpellier, Centre de Recherche de Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Equipe Labellisée 'Ligue Contre le Cancer', CNRS UMR 5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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- Université de Montpellier, Centre de Recherche de Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Equipe Labellisée 'Ligue Contre le Cancer', CNRS UMR 5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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Dupré AI, Haccard O, Jessus C. The greatwall kinase is dominant over PKA in controlling the antagonistic function of ARPP19 in Xenopus oocytes. Cell Cycle 2017; 16:1440-1452. [PMID: 28722544 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2017.1338985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The small protein ARPP19 plays a dual role during oocyte meiosis resumption. In Xenopus, ARPP19 phosphorylation at S109 by PKA is necessary for maintaining oocytes arrested in prophase of the first meiotic division. Progesterone downregulates PKA, leading to the dephosphorylation of ARPP19 at S109. This initiates a transduction pathway ending with the activation of the universal inducer of M-phase, the kinase Cdk1. This last step depends on ARPP19 phosphorylation at S67 by the kinase Greatwall. Hence, phosphorylated by PKA at S109, ARPP19 restrains Cdk1 activation while when phosphorylated by Greatwall at S67, ARPP19 becomes an inducer of Cdk1 activation. Here, we investigate the functional interplay between S109 and S67-phosphorylations of ARPP19. We show that both PKA and Gwl phosphorylate ARPP19 independently of each other and that Cdk1 is not directly involved in regulating the biological activity of ARPP19. We also show that the phosphorylation of ARPP19 at S67 that activates Cdk1, is dominant over the inhibitory S109 phosphorylation. Therefore our results highlight the importance of timely synchronizing ARPP19 phosphorylations at S109 and S67 to fully activate Cdk1.
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- Aude-Isabelle Dupré
- a Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Biologie du développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (LBD - IBPS) , Paris , France
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- a Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Biologie du développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (LBD - IBPS) , Paris , France
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- a Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Biologie du développement - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (LBD - IBPS) , Paris , France
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Musante V, Li L, Kanyo J, Lam TT, Colangelo CM, Cheng SK, Brody AH, Greengard P, Le Novère N, Nairn AC. Reciprocal regulation of ARPP-16 by PKA and MAST3 kinases provides a cAMP-regulated switch in protein phosphatase 2A inhibition. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28613156 PMCID: PMC5515580 DOI: 10.7554/elife.24998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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ARPP-16, ARPP-19, and ENSA are inhibitors of protein phosphatase PP2A. ARPP-19 and ENSA phosphorylated by Greatwall kinase inhibit PP2A during mitosis. ARPP-16 is expressed in striatal neurons where basal phosphorylation by MAST3 kinase inhibits PP2A and regulates key components of striatal signaling. The ARPP-16/19 proteins were discovered as substrates for PKA, but the function of PKA phosphorylation is unknown. We find that phosphorylation by PKA or MAST3 mutually suppresses the ability of the other kinase to act on ARPP-16. Phosphorylation by PKA also acts to prevent inhibition of PP2A by ARPP-16 phosphorylated by MAST3. Moreover, PKA phosphorylates MAST3 at multiple sites resulting in its inhibition. Mathematical modeling highlights the role of these three regulatory interactions to create a switch-like response to cAMP. Together, the results suggest a complex antagonistic interplay between the control of ARPP-16 by MAST3 and PKA that creates a mechanism whereby cAMP mediates PP2A disinhibition. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24998.001
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- Veronica Musante
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- W.M. Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, United states
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- W.M. Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, United states
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- W.M. Keck Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, United states
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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Distinct and Overlapping Requirements for Cyclins A, B, and B3 in Drosophila Female Meiosis. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2016; 6:3711-3724. [PMID: 27652889 PMCID: PMC5100870 DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.033050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Meiosis, like mitosis, depends on the activity of the cyclin dependent kinase Cdk1 and its cyclin partners. Here, we examine the specific requirements for the three mitotic cyclins, A, B, and B3 in meiosis of Drosophila melanogaster. We find that all three cyclins contribute redundantly to nuclear envelope breakdown, though cyclin A appears to make the most important individual contribution. Cyclin A is also required for biorientation of homologs in meiosis I. Cyclin B3, as previously reported, is required for anaphase progression in meiosis I and in meiosis II. We find that it also plays a redundant role, with cyclin A, in preventing DNA replication during meiosis. Cyclin B is required for maintenance of the metaphase I arrest in mature oocytes, for spindle organization, and for timely progression through the second meiotic division. It is also essential for polar body formation at the completion of meiosis. With the exception of its redundant role in meiotic maturation, cyclin B appears to function independently of cyclins A and B3 through most of meiosis. We conclude that the three mitotic cyclin-Cdk complexes have distinct and overlapping functions in Drosophila female meiosis.
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Ocasio CA, Rajasekaran MB, Walker S, Le Grand D, Spencer J, Pearl FM, Ward SE, Savic V, Pearl LH, Hochegger H, Oliver AW. A first generation inhibitor of human Greatwall kinase, enabled by structural and functional characterisation of a minimal kinase domain construct. Oncotarget 2016; 7:71182-71197. [PMID: 27563826 PMCID: PMC5342071 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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MASTL (microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinase-like), more commonly known as Greatwall (GWL), has been proposed as a novel cancer therapy target. GWL plays a crucial role in mitotic progression, via its known substrates ENSA/ARPP19, which when phosphorylated inactivate PP2A/B55 phosphatase. When over-expressed in breast cancer, GWL induces oncogenic properties such as transformation and invasiveness. Conversely, down-regulation of GWL selectively sensitises tumour cells to chemotherapy. Here we describe the first structure of the GWL minimal kinase domain and development of a small-molecule inhibitor GKI-1 (Greatwall Kinase Inhibitor-1). In vitro, GKI-1 inhibits full-length human GWL, and shows cellular efficacy. Treatment of HeLa cells with GKI-1 reduces ENSA/ARPP19 phosphorylation levels, such that they are comparable to those obtained by siRNA depletion of GWL; resulting in a decrease in mitotic events, mitotic arrest/cell death and cytokinesis failure. Furthermore, GKI-1 will be a useful starting point for the development of more potent and selective GWL inhibitors.
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- Cory A. Ocasio
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
- Sussex Drug Discovery Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Sussex Drug Discovery Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Sussex Drug Discovery Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Sussex Drug Discovery Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
- Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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Cundell MJ, Hutter LH, Nunes Bastos R, Poser E, Holder J, Mohammed S, Novak B, Barr FA. A PP2A-B55 recognition signal controls substrate dephosphorylation kinetics during mitotic exit. J Cell Biol 2016; 214:539-54. [PMID: 27551054 PMCID: PMC5004449 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201606033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PP2A-B55 is one of the major phosphatases regulating cell division. Despite its importance for temporal control during mitotic exit, how B55 substrates are recognized and differentially dephosphorylated is unclear. Using phosphoproteomics combined with kinetic modeling to extract B55-dependent rate constants, we have systematically identified B55 substrates and assigned their temporal order in mitotic exit. These substrates share a bipartite polybasic recognition determinant (BPR) flanking a Cdk1 phosphorylation site. Experiments and modeling show that dephosphorylation rate is encoded into B55 substrates, including its inhibitor ENSA, by cooperative action of basic residues within the BPR. A complementary acidic surface on B55 decodes this signal, supporting a cooperative electrostatic mechanism for substrate selection. A further level of specificity is encoded into B55 substrates because B55 displays selectivity for phosphothreonine. These simple biochemical properties, combined with feedback control of B55 activity by the phosphoserine-containing substrate/inhibitor ENSA, can help explain the temporal sequence of events during exit from mitosis.
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- Michael J Cundell
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, England, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK
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Bury L, Coelho PA, Glover DM. From Meiosis to Mitosis: The Astonishing Flexibility of Cell Division Mechanisms in Early Mammalian Development. Curr Top Dev Biol 2016; 120:125-71. [PMID: 27475851 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The execution of female meiosis and the establishment of the zygote is arguably the most critical stage of mammalian development. The egg can be arrested in the prophase of meiosis I for decades, and when it is activated, the spindle is assembled de novo. This spindle must function with the highest of fidelity and yet its assembly is unusually achieved in the absence of conventional centrosomes and with minimal influence of chromatin. Moreover, its dramatic asymmetric positioning is achieved through remarkable properties of the actin cytoskeleton to ensure elimination of the polar bodies. The second meiotic arrest marks a uniquely prolonged metaphase eventually interrupted by egg activation at fertilization to complete meiosis and mark a period of preparation of the male and female pronuclear genomes not only for their entry into the mitotic cleavage divisions but also for the imminent prospect of their zygotic expression.
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- L Bury
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Wang P, Larouche M, Normandin K, Kachaner D, Mehsen H, Emery G, Archambault V. Spatial regulation of greatwall by Cdk1 and PP2A-Tws in the cell cycle. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:528-39. [PMID: 26761639 PMCID: PMC5056603 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1127476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Entry into mitosis requires the phosphorylation of multiple substrates by cyclin B-Cdk1, while exit from mitosis requires their dephosphorylation, which depends largely on the phosphatase PP2A in complex with its B55 regulatory subunit (Tws in Drosophila). At mitotic entry, cyclin B-Cdk1 activates the Greatwall kinase, which phosphorylates Endosulfine proteins, thereby activating their ability to inhibit PP2A-B55 competitively. The inhibition of PP2A-B55 at mitotic entry facilitates the accumulation of phosphorylated Cdk1 substrates. The coordination of these enzymes involves major changes in their localization. In interphase, Gwl is nuclear while PP2A-B55 is cytoplasmic. We recently showed that Gwl suddenly relocalizes from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in prophase, before nuclear envelope breakdown and that this controlled localization of Gwl is required for its function. We and others have shown that phosphorylation of Gwl by cyclin B-Cdk1 at multiple sites is required for its nuclear exclusion, but the precise mechanisms remained unclear. In addition, how Gwl returns to its nuclear localization was not explored. Here we show that cyclin B-Cdk1 directly inactivates a Nuclear Localization Signal in the central region of Gwl. This phosphorylation facilitates the cytoplasmic retention of Gwl, which is exported to the cytoplasm in a Crm1-dependent manner. In addition, we show that PP2A-Tws promotes the return of Gwl to its nuclear localization during cytokinesis. Our results indicate that the cyclic changes in Gwl localization at mitotic entry and exit are directly regulated by the antagonistic cyclin B-Cdk1 and PP2A-Tws enzymes.
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- Peng Wang
- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire; Université de Montréal; Québec, Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire; Université de Montréal; Québec, Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire; Université de Montréal; Québec, Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Département de pathologie et biologie cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire; Université de Montréal; Québec, Canada
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Kishimoto T. Entry into mitosis: a solution to the decades-long enigma of MPF. Chromosoma 2015; 124:417-28. [PMID: 25712366 PMCID: PMC4666901 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-015-0508-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Maturation or M phase-promoting factor (MPF) is the universal inducer of M phase common to eukaryotic cells. MPF was originally defined as a transferable activity that can induce the G2/M phase transition in recipient cells. Today, however, MPF is assumed to describe an activity that exhibits its effect in donor cells, and furthermore, MPF is consistently equated with the kinase cyclin B-Cdk1. In some conditions, however, MPF, as originally defined, is undetectable even though cyclin B-Cdk1 is fully active. For over three decades, this inconsistency has remained a long-standing puzzle. The enigma is now resolved through the elucidation that MPF, defined as an activity that exhibits its effect in recipient cells, consists of at least two separate kinases, cyclin B-Cdk1 and Greatwall (Gwl). Involvement of Gwl in MPF can be explained by its contribution to the autoregulatory activation of cyclin B-Cdk1 and by its stabilization of phosphorylations on cyclin B-Cdk1 substrates, both of which are essential when MPF induces the G2/M phase transition in recipient cells. To accomplish these tasks, Gwl helps cyclin B-Cdk1 by suppressing protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A)-B55 that counteracts cyclin B-Cdk1. MPF, as originally defined, is thus not synonymous with cyclin B-Cdk1, but is instead a system consisting of both cyclin B-Cdk1 that directs mitotic entry and Gwl that suppresses the anti-cyclin B-Cdk1 phosphatase. The current view that MPF is a synonym for cyclin B-Cdk1 in donor cells is thus imprecise; instead, MPF is best regarded as the entire pathway involved in the autoregulatory activation of cyclin B-Cdk1, with specifics depending on the experimental system.
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- Takeo Kishimoto
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
- Science and Education Center, Ochanomizu University, Ootsuka 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan.
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Quan Z, Cao L, Tang Y, Yan Y, Oliver SG, Zhang N. The Yeast GSK-3 Homologue Mck1 Is a Key Controller of Quiescence Entry and Chronological Lifespan. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005282. [PMID: 26103122 PMCID: PMC4477894 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Upon starvation for glucose or any other core nutrient, yeast cells exit from the mitotic cell cycle and acquire a set of G0-specific characteristics to ensure long-term survival. It is not well understood whether or how cell cycle progression is coordinated with the acquisition of different G0-related features during the transition to stationary phase (SP). Here, we identify the yeast GSK-3 homologue Mck1 as a key regulator of G0 entry and reveal that Mck1 acts in parallel to Rim15 to activate starvation-induced gene expression, the acquisition of stress resistance, the accumulation of storage carbohydrates, the ability of early SP cells to exit from quiescence, and their chronological lifespan. FACS and microscopy imaging analyses indicate that Mck1 promotes mother-daughter cell separation and together with Rim15, modulates cell size. This indicates that the two kinases coordinate the transition-phase cell cycle, cell size and the acquisition of different G0-specific features. Epistasis experiments place MCK1, like RIM15, downstream of RAS2 in antagonising cell growth and activating stress resistance and glycogen accumulation. Remarkably, in the ras2∆ cells, deletion of MCK1 and RIM15 together, compared to removal of either of them alone, compromises respiratory growth and enhances heat tolerance and glycogen accumulation. Our data indicate that the nutrient sensor Ras2 may prevent the acquisition of G0-specific features via at least two pathways. One involves the negative regulation of the effectors of G0 entry such as Mck1 and Rim15, while the other likely to involve its functions in promoting respiratory growth, a phenotype also contributed by Mck1 and Rim15.
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- Zhenzhen Quan
- Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Graduate school of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Beijing, PR China
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- Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Arquint C, Gabryjonczyk AM, Nigg EA. Centrosomes as signalling centres. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 369:rstb.2013.0464. [PMID: 25047618 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Centrosomes-as well as the related spindle pole bodies (SPBs) of yeast-have been extensively studied from the perspective of their microtubule-organizing roles. Moreover, the biogenesis and duplication of these organelles have been the subject of much attention, and the importance of centrosomes and the centriole-ciliary apparatus for human disease is well recognized. Much less developed is our understanding of another facet of centrosomes and SPBs, namely their possible role as signalling centres. Yet, many signalling components, including kinases and phosphatases, have been associated with centrosomes and spindle poles, giving rise to the hypothesis that these organelles might serve as hubs for the integration and coordination of signalling pathways. In this review, we discuss a number of selected studies that bear on this notion. We cover different processes (cell cycle control, development, DNA damage response) and organisms (yeast, invertebrates and vertebrates), but have made no attempt to be comprehensive. This field is still young and although the concept of centrosomes and SPBs as signalling centres is attractive, it remains primarily a concept-in need of further scrutiny. We hope that this review will stimulate thought and experimentation.
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- Christian Arquint
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Voets E, Wolthuis R. MASTL promotes cyclin B1 destruction by enforcing Cdc20-independent binding of cyclin B1 to the APC/C. Biol Open 2015; 4:484-95. [PMID: 25750436 PMCID: PMC4400591 DOI: 10.1242/bio.201410793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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When cells enter mitosis, the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is activated by phosphorylation and binding of Cdc20. The RXXL destruction box (D-box) of cyclin B1 only binds Cdc20 after release of the spindle checkpoint in metaphase, initiating cyclin B1 ubiquitination upon chromosome bi-orientation. However, we found that cyclin B1, through Cdk1 and Cks, is targeted to the phosphorylated APC/CCdc20 at the start of prometaphase, when the spindle checkpoint is still active. Here, we show that MASTL is essential for cyclin B1 recruitment to the mitotic APC/C and that this occurs entirely independently of Cdc20. Importantly, MASTL-directed binding of cyclin B1 to spindle checkpoint-inhibited APC/CCdc20 critically supports efficient cyclin B1 destruction after checkpoint release. A high incidence of anaphase bridges observed in response to MASTL RNAi may result from cyclin B1 remaining after securin destruction, which is insufficient to keep MASTL-depleted cells in mitosis but delays the activation of separase.
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- Erik Voets
- Division of Cell Biology I (B5) and Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (B7), The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AvL), Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology I (B5) and Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (B7), The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AvL), Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands Section of Oncogenetics, Department of Clinical Genetics and CCA/V-ICI Research Program Oncogenesis, VUmc Medical Faculty, van de Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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In this article, we will discuss the biochemistry of mitosis in eukaryotic cells. We will focus on conserved principles that, importantly, are adapted to the biology of the organism. It is vital to bear in mind that the structural requirements for division in a rapidly dividing syncytial Drosophila embryo, for example, are markedly different from those in a unicellular yeast cell. Nevertheless, division in both systems is driven by conserved modules of antagonistic protein kinases and phosphatases, underpinned by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, which create molecular switches to drive each stage of division forward. These conserved control modules combine with the self-organizing properties of the subcellular architecture to meet the specific needs of the cell. Our discussion will draw on discoveries in several model systems that have been important in the long history of research on mitosis, and we will try to point out those principles that appear to apply to all cells, compared with those in which the biochemistry has been specifically adapted in a particular organism.
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- Samuel Wieser
- The Gurdon Institute, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
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Analysis by live imaging of effects of the adenovirus E4orf4 protein on passage through mitosis of H1299 tumor cells. J Virol 2015; 89:4685-9. [PMID: 25653433 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03437-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The adenovirus E4orf4 protein expressed at high levels kills cancer cells but not normal human primary cells. Previous studies suggested that disruption of processes that regulate mitosis may underlie E4orf4 toxicity. Here we have used live imaging to show that E4orf4 induces a slowed defective transit through mitosis, exhibiting a delay or often failure in cytokinesis that may account for an accumulation of G1 tetraploids in the population of dying E4orf4-expressing cells.
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Adhikari D, Diril MK, Busayavalasa K, Risal S, Nakagawa S, Lindkvist R, Shen Y, Coppola V, Tessarollo L, Kudo NR, Kaldis P, Liu K. Mastl is required for timely activation of APC/C in meiosis I and Cdk1 reactivation in meiosis II. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 206:843-53. [PMID: 25246615 PMCID: PMC4178961 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201406033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Greatwall kinase orthologue Mastl regulates timely activation of APC/C to allow meiosis I exit and suppresses PP2A activity and thereby allows the rapid rise of Cdk1 activity that is necessary for meiosis II entry in mouse oocytes. In mitosis, the Greatwall kinase (called microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinase like [Mastl] in mammals) is essential for prometaphase entry or progression by suppressing protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity. PP2A suppression in turn leads to high levels of Cdk1 substrate phosphorylation. We have used a mouse model with an oocyte-specific deletion of Mastl to show that Mastl-null oocytes resume meiosis I and reach metaphase I normally but that the onset and completion of anaphase I are delayed. Moreover, after the completion of meiosis I, Mastl-null oocytes failed to enter meiosis II (MII) because they reassembled a nuclear structure containing decondensed chromatin. Our results show that Mastl is required for the timely activation of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome to allow meiosis I exit and for the rapid rise of Cdk1 activity that is needed for the entry into MII in mouse oocytes.
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- Deepak Adhikari
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore 138673, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, England, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- National Cancer Institute, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- National Cancer Institute, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, England, UK
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore 138673, Republic of Singapore Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Sarkar S, Dalgaard JZ, Millar JBA, Arumugam P. The Rim15-endosulfine-PP2ACdc55 signalling module regulates entry into gametogenesis and quiescence via distinct mechanisms in budding yeast. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004456. [PMID: 24968058 PMCID: PMC4072559 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Quiescence and gametogenesis represent two distinct survival strategies in response to nutrient starvation in budding yeast. Precisely how environmental signals are sensed by yeast cells to trigger quiescence and gametogenesis is not fully understood. A conserved signalling module consisting of Greatwall kinase, Endosulfine and Protein Phosphatase PP2ACdc55 proteins regulates entry into mitosis in Xenopus egg extracts and meiotic maturation in flies. We report here that an analogous signalling module consisting of the serine-threonine kinase Rim15, the Endosulfines Igo1 and Igo2 and the Protein Phosphatase PP2ACdc55, regulates entry into both quiescence and gametogenesis in budding yeast. PP2ACdc55 inhibits entry into gametogenesis and quiescence. Rim15 promotes entry into gametogenesis and quiescence by converting Igo1 into an inhibitor of PP2ACdc55 by phosphorylating at a conserved serine residue. Moreover, we show that the Rim15-Endosulfine-PP2ACdc55 pathway regulates entry into quiescence and gametogenesis by distinct mechanisms. In addition, we show that Igo1 and Igo2 are required for pre-meiotic autophagy but the lack of pre-meiotic autophagy is insufficient to explain the sporulation defect of igo1Δ igo2Δ cells. We propose that the Rim15-Endosulfine-PP2ACdc55 signalling module triggers entry into quiescence and gametogenesis by regulating dephosphorylation of distinct substrates. The fundamental property of a cell is to sense changes in the environment and then respond in a way that maximizes its chances of survival. When diploid budding yeast cells are subjected to complete nutrient starvation they have two possible fates, namely quiescence and gametogenesis. Quiescent cells have reduced rates of transcription and translation and increased stress tolerance. Gametogenesis results in production of haploid spores that can survive for long periods of time. In this paper, we report a signalling module that regulates entry into both quiescence and gametogenesis in budding yeast. The module consists of three molecular components namely a serine-threonine kinase Rim15, a phosphatase PP2ACdc55 and a conserved protein called as endosulfine. PP2ACdc55 negatively regulates entry into gametogenesis and quiescence. Upon nutrient starvation, Rim15 becomes active and phosphorylates endosulfine. This converts endosulfine to an inhibitor of PP2ACdc55 and thereby leading to entry into quiescence and gametogenesis. Remarkably, an analogous module consisting of Greatwall kinase, PP2A-B55δ and endosulfine regulates entry into mitosis in frog egg extracts and meiotic maturation in flies suggesting that this signalling module is highly conserved and co-opted during evolution to control distinct biological processes in different organisms.
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- Sourav Sarkar
- Division of Biomedical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biomedical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biomedical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biomedical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Alvarez-Fernández M, Malumbres M. Preparing a cell for nuclear envelope breakdown: Spatio-temporal control of phosphorylation during mitotic entry. Bioessays 2014; 36:757-65. [PMID: 24889070 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chromosome segregation requires the ordered separation of the newly replicated chromosomes between the two daughter cells. In most cells, this requires nuclear envelope (NE) disassembly during mitotic entry and its reformation at mitotic exit. Nuclear envelope breakdown (NEB) results in the mixture of two cellular compartments. This process is controlled through phosphorylation of multiple targets by cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1)-cyclin B complexes as well as other mitotic enzymes. Experimental evidence also suggests that nucleo-cytoplasmic transport of critical cell cycle regulators such as Cdk1-cyclin B complexes or Greatwall, a kinase responsible for the inactivation of PP2A phosphatases, plays a major role in maintaining the boost of mitotic phosphorylation thus preventing the potential mitotic collapse derived from NEB. These data suggest the relevance of nucleo-cytoplasmic transport not only to communicate cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments during interphase, but also to prepare cells for the mixture of these two compartments during mitosis.
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Matthews LM, Evans JP. α-endosulfine (ENSA) regulates exit from prophase I arrest in mouse oocytes. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:1639-49. [PMID: 24675883 DOI: 10.4161/cc.28606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mammalian oocytes in ovarian follicles are arrested in meiosis at prophase I. This arrest is maintained until ovulation, upon which the oocyte exits from this arrest, progresses through meiosis I and to metaphase of meiosis II. The progression from prophase I to metaphase II, known as meiotic maturation, is mediated by signals that coordinate these transitions in the life of the oocyte. ENSA (α-endosulfine) and ARPP19 (cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein-19) have emerged as regulators of M-phase, with function in inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity. Inhibition of PP2A maintains the phosphorylated state of CDK1 substrates, thus allowing progression into and/or maintenance of an M-phase state. We show here ENSA in mouse oocytes plays a key role in the progression from prophase I arrest into M-phase of meiosis I. The majority of ENSA-deficient oocytes fail to exit from prophase I arrest. This function of ENSA in oocytes is dependent on PP2A, and specifically on the regulatory subunit PPP2R2D (also known as B55δ). Treatment of ENSA-deficient oocytes with Okadaic acid to inhibit PP2A rescues the defect in meiotic progression, with Okadaic acid-treated, ENSA-deficient oocytes being able to exit from prophase I arrest. Similarly, oocytes deficient in both ENSA and PPP2R2D are able to exit from prophase I arrest to an extent similar to wild-type oocytes. These data are evidence of a role for ENSA in regulating meiotic maturation in mammalian oocytes, and also have potential relevance to human oocyte biology, as mouse and human have genes encoding both Arpp19 and Ensa.
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- Lauren M Matthews
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD USA
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Okumura E, Morita A, Wakai M, Mochida S, Hara M, Kishimoto T. Cyclin B-Cdk1 inhibits protein phosphatase PP2A-B55 via a Greatwall kinase-independent mechanism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 204:881-9. [PMID: 24616226 PMCID: PMC3998810 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201307160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The role of Greatwall kinase in autoregulatory activation of cyclin B–Cdk1 at M phase onset can be bypassed by cyclin B–Cdk1–mediated direct phosphorylation of Arpp19, leading to PP2A-B55 inhibition. Entry into M phase is governed by cyclin B–Cdk1, which undergoes both an initial activation and subsequent autoregulatory activation. A key part of the autoregulatory activation is the cyclin B–Cdk1–dependent inhibition of the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A)–B55, which antagonizes cyclin B–Cdk1. Greatwall kinase (Gwl) is believed to be essential for the autoregulatory activation because Gwl is activated downstream of cyclin B–Cdk1 to phosphorylate and activate α-endosulfine (Ensa)/Arpp19, an inhibitor of PP2A-B55. However, cyclin B–Cdk1 becomes fully activated in some conditions lacking Gwl, yet how this is accomplished remains unclear. We show here that cyclin B–Cdk1 can directly phosphorylate Arpp19 on a different conserved site, resulting in inhibition of PP2A-B55. Importantly, this novel bypass is sufficient for cyclin B–Cdk1 autoregulatory activation. Gwl-dependent phosphorylation of Arpp19 is nonetheless necessary for downstream mitotic progression because chromosomes fail to segregate properly in the absence of Gwl. Such a biphasic regulation of Arpp19 results in different levels of PP2A-B55 inhibition and hence might govern its different cellular roles.
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- Eiichi Okumura
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Mochida S. Regulation of α-endosulfine, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A, by multisite phosphorylation. FEBS J 2014; 281:1159-69. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Satoru Mochida
- Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence; Kumamoto University; Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) Program; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Tokyo Japan
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Hégarat N, Vesely C, Vinod PK, Ocasio C, Peter N, Gannon J, Oliver AW, Novák B, Hochegger H. PP2A/B55 and Fcp1 regulate Greatwall and Ensa dephosphorylation during mitotic exit. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004004. [PMID: 24391510 PMCID: PMC3879168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Entry into mitosis is triggered by activation of Cdk1 and inactivation of its counteracting phosphatase PP2A/B55. Greatwall kinase inactivates PP2A/B55 via its substrates Ensa and ARPP19. Both Greatwall and Ensa/ARPP19 are regulated by phosphorylation, but the dynamic regulation of Greatwall activity and the phosphatases that control Greatwall kinase and its substrates are poorly understood. To address these questions we applied a combination of mathematical modelling and experiments using phospho-specific antibodies to monitor Greatwall, Ensa/ARPP19 and Cdk substrate phosphorylation during mitotic entry and exit. We demonstrate that PP2A/B55 is required for Gwl dephosphorylation at the essential Cdk site Thr194. Ensa/ARPP19 dephosphorylation is mediated by the RNA Polymerase II carboxy terminal domain phosphatase Fcp1. Surprisingly, inhibition or depletion of neither Fcp1 nor PP2A appears to block dephosphorylation of the bulk of mitotic Cdk1 substrates during mitotic exit. Taken together our results suggest a hierarchy of phosphatases coordinating Greatwall, Ensa/ARPP19 and Cdk substrate dephosphorylation during mitotic exit.
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- Nadia Hégarat
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Genome Stability, Cancer Research UK, Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms, Herts, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Cell cycle progression is largely controlled by reversible protein phosphorylation mediated by cyclically activated kinases and phosphatases. It has long been known that cyclin B-Cdk1 activation triggers mitotic entry, and the enzymatic network controlling its activation and inactivation has been well characterized. Much more recently protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) together with its B55 regulatory subunit has been recognized as the major activity dephosphorylating Cdk1 targets. Moreover, PP2A-B55 activity is high in late M phase and interphase, but low at mitotic entry. A series of discoveries in the fly and frog model systems have uncovered the molecular mechanism mediating this regulation. The Greatwall (Gwl) kinase activates endosulfines, which become specific inhibitors of PP2A-B55. Cdk1-dependent activation of Gwl at mitotic entry leads to PP2A-B55 downregulation, which synergizes with Cdk1 activation to promote the phosphorylated states of several mitotic substrates. Much less is known on the mechanisms inactivating Gwl and endosulfines at mitotic exit. Recent reports show the importance of spatiotemporal regulation of Gwl, endosulfines, and PP2A-B55 for cell cycle progression. The various systems and cell types differ in their dependence on the Gwl-PP2A axis for cell cycle progression. Moreover, this pathway also regulates gene expression in yeast, and this function could be conserved in metazoans.
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- Peng Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie, Université de Montréal, Édouard-Montpetit Blvd., Montréal, QC, Canada, H3T 1J4
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Role for regulated phosphatase activity in generating mitotic oscillations in Xenopus cell-free extracts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:20539-44. [PMID: 24297885 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318065110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although current textbook explanations of cell-cycle control in eukaryotes emphasize the periodic activation of cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs), recent experimental observations suggest a significant role for the periodic activation and inactivation of a CDK-counteracting protein phosphatase 2A with a B55δ subunit (PP2A:B55δ), during mitotic cycles in frog-egg extracts and early embryos. In this paper, we extend an earlier mathematical model of embryonic cell cycles to include experimentally motivated roles for PP2A:B55δ and its regulation by Greatwall kinase. Our model is consistent with what is already known about the regulation of CDK and PP2A:B55δ in frog eggs, and it suggests a previously undescribed role for the Greatwall-PP2A:B55δ interaction in creating a toggle switch for activation of the anaphase-promoting complex as embryonic cells exit mitosis and return to interphase.
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Qian J, Winkler C, Bollen M. 4D-networking by mitotic phosphatases. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2013; 25:697-703. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Cundell M, Bastos R, Zhang T, Holder J, Gruneberg U, Novak B, Barr F. The BEG (PP2A-B55/ENSA/Greatwall) pathway ensures cytokinesis follows chromosome separation. Mol Cell 2013; 52:393-405. [PMID: 24120663 PMCID: PMC3898901 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cytokinesis follows separase activation and chromosome segregation. This order is ensured in budding yeast by the mitotic exit network (MEN), where Cdc14p dephosphorylates key conserved Cdk1-substrates exemplified by the anaphase spindle-elongation protein Ase1p. However, in metazoans, MEN and Cdc14 function is not conserved. Instead, the PP2A-B55α/ENSA/Greatwall (BEG) pathway controls the human Ase1p ortholog PRC1. In this pathway, PP2A-B55 inhibition is coupled to Cdk1-cyclin B activity, whereas separase inhibition is maintained by cyclin B concentration. This creates two cyclin B thresholds during mitotic exit. Simulation and experiments using PRC1 as a model substrate show that the first threshold permits separase activation and chromosome segregation, and the second permits PP2A-B55 activation and initiation of cytokinesis. Removal of the ENSA/Greatwall (EG) timer module eliminates this second threshold, as well as associated delay in PRC1 dephosphorylation and initiation of cytokinesis, by uncoupling PP2A-B55 from Cdk1-cyclin B activity. Therefore, temporal order during mitotic exit is promoted by the metazoan BEG pathway.
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- Michael J. Cundell
- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Greatwall is essential to prevent mitotic collapse after nuclear envelope breakdown in mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:17374-9. [PMID: 24101512 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310745110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Greatwall is a protein kinase involved in the inhibition of protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A)-B55 complexes to maintain the mitotic state. Although its biochemical activity has been deeply characterized in Xenopus, its specific relevance during the progression of mitosis is not fully understood. By using a conditional knockout of the mouse ortholog, Mastl, we show here that mammalian Greatwall is essential for mouse embryonic development and cell cycle progression. Yet, Greatwall-null cells enter into mitosis with normal kinetics. However, these cells display mitotic collapse after nuclear envelope breakdown (NEB) characterized by defective chromosome condensation and prometaphase arrest. Intriguingly, Greatwall is exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in a CRM1-dependent manner before NEB. This export occurs after the nuclear import of cyclin B-Cdk1 complexes, requires the kinase activity of Greatwall, and is mediated by Cdk-, but not Polo-like kinase 1-dependent phosphorylation. The mitotic collapse observed in Greatwall-deficient cells is partially rescued after concomitant depletion of B55 regulatory subunits, which are mostly cytoplasmic before NEB. These data suggest that Greatwall is an essential protein in mammals required to prevent mitotic collapse after NEB.
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Glover DM. The overlooked greatwall: a new perspective on mitotic control. Open Biol 2013; 2:120023. [PMID: 22754657 PMCID: PMC3382961 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The role of the dual specificity protein phosphatase, Cdc25, in activating the cyclin-dependent kinase-cyclin B complex (Cdk1-CycB) by overcoming the inhibitory Wee1 kinase is a long-established principle for mitotic entry. Recently, however, evidence has emerged of a regulatory network that facilitates Cdk1-CycB activity by inhibiting the form of protein phosphatase 2A having a B55 regulatory subunit (PP2A-B55). Here, I review the genetic and biochemical evidence for Greatwall kinase and its substrate Endosulphine as the key components of this previously obscure regulatory network. Not only is the inhibition of PP2A-B55 by phospho-endosulphine required to prevent dephosphorylation of Cdk1-CycB substrates until mitotic exit, but it is also required to promote Cdc25 activity and inhibit Wee1 at mitotic entry. I discuss how these alternating states of preferential PP2A-B55 or Cdk1-CycB activity can have an impact upon the regulation of Polo kinase and its ability to bind different partner proteins as mitosis progresses.
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- David M Glover
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB3 9JW, UK.
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Wang P, Galan JA, Normandin K, Bonneil É, Hickson GR, Roux PP, Thibault P, Archambault V. Cell cycle regulation of Greatwall kinase nuclear localization facilitates mitotic progression. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 202:277-93. [PMID: 23857770 PMCID: PMC3718974 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201211141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Greatwall kinase relocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is required at mitotic entry and is mediated by a phosphorylation-dependent mechanism targeting its central region. Cell division requires the coordination of critical protein kinases and phosphatases. Greatwall (Gwl) kinase activity inactivates PP2A-B55 at mitotic entry to promote the phosphorylation of cyclin B–Cdk1 substrates, but how Gwl is regulated is poorly understood. We found that the subcellular localization of Gwl changed dramatically during the cell cycle in Drosophila. Gwl translocated from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in prophase. We identified two critical nuclear localization signals in the central, poorly characterized region of Gwl, which are required for its function. The Polo kinase associated with and phosphorylated Gwl in this region, promoting its binding to 14-3-3ε and its localization to the cytoplasm in prophase. Our results suggest that cyclin B–Cdk1 phosphorylation of Gwl is also required for its nuclear exclusion by a distinct mechanism. We show that the nucleo-cytoplasmic regulation of Gwl is essential for its functions in vivo and propose that the spatial regulation of Gwl at mitotic entry contributes to the mitotic switch.
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- Peng Wang
- Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Juanes MA, Khoueiry R, Kupka T, Castro A, Mudrak I, Ogris E, Lorca T, Piatti S. Budding yeast greatwall and endosulfines control activity and spatial regulation of PP2A(Cdc55) for timely mitotic progression. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003575. [PMID: 23861665 PMCID: PMC3701715 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Entry into mitosis is triggered by cyclinB/Cdk1, whose activity is abruptly raised by a positive feedback loop. The Greatwall kinase phosphorylates proteins of the endosulfine family and allows them to bind and inhibit the main Cdk1-counteracting PP2A-B55 phosphatase, thereby promoting mitotic entry. In contrast to most eukaryotic systems, Cdc14 is the main Cdk1-antagonizing phosphatase in budding yeast, while the PP2ACdc55 phosphatase promotes, instead of preventing, mitotic entry by participating to the positive feedback loop of Cdk1 activation. Here we show that budding yeast endosulfines (Igo1 and Igo2) bind to PP2ACdc55 in a cell cycle-regulated manner upon Greatwall (Rim15)-dependent phosphorylation. Phosphorylated Igo1 inhibits PP2ACdc55 activity in vitro and induces mitotic entry in Xenopus egg extracts, indicating that it bears a conserved PP2A-binding and -inhibitory activity. Surprisingly, deletion of IGO1 and IGO2 in yeast cells leads to a decrease in PP2A phosphatase activity, suggesting that endosulfines act also as positive regulators of PP2A in yeast. Consistently, RIM15 and IGO1/2 promote, like PP2ACdc55, timely entry into mitosis under temperature-stress, owing to the accumulation of Tyr-phosphorylated Cdk1. In addition, they contribute to the nuclear export of PP2ACdc55, which has recently been proposed to promote mitotic entry. Altogether, our data indicate that Igo proteins participate in the positive feedback loop for Cdk1 activation. We conclude that Greatwall, endosulfines, and PP2A are part of a regulatory module that has been conserved during evolution irrespective of PP2A function in the control of mitosis. However, this conserved module is adapted to account for differences in the regulation of mitotic entry in different organisms. In all eukaryotic cells chromosome partition during mitosis requires a number of processes, including the formation of the mitotic spindle, i.e. the machinery that drives chromosome segregation to the daughter cells. Mitotic entry requires a delicate balance between protein phosphorylation, driven by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), and protein dephosphorylation, carried out by specific phosphatases that counteract CDK activity. A critical threshold in CDK activity is indeed required for mitotic entry. In the past few years the Greatwall kinase has also been implicated in mitotic entry through phosphorylation of proteins of the endosulfine family, which in turn inhibit the activity of the PP2A phosphatase that would otherwise dephosphorylate CDK targets. Whether Greatwall and endosulfines have a mitotic function in budding yeast, where PP2A promotes, rather than inhibits, mitotic entry has not been established. Here we show that the Greatwall-endosulfine-PP2A regulatory module is conserved also in budding yeast and that endosulfines from different species are interchangeable for their mitotic function. However, in budding yeast cells endosulfines contribute to full activation and proper localization of PP2A, suggesting that they act as both inhibitors and activators of PP2A. Our data emphasize how the same regulatory module is adapted to meet specific mitotic features in different organisms.
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- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Montpellier, France
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Montpellier, France
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Montpellier, France
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Dupré A, Buffin E, Roustan C, Nairn AC, Jessus C, Haccard O. The phosphorylation of ARPP19 by Greatwall renders the auto-amplification of MPF independently of PKA in Xenopus oocytes. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:3916-26. [PMID: 23781026 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.126599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Entry into mitosis or meiosis relies on the coordinated action of kinases and phosphatases that ultimately leads to the activation of Cyclin-B-Cdk1, also known as MPF for M-phase promoting factor. Vertebrate oocytes are blocked in prophase of the first meiotic division, an arrest that is tightly controlled by high PKA activity. Re-entry into meiosis depends on activation of Cdk1, which obeys a two-step mechanism: a catalytic amount of Cdk1 is generated in a PKA and protein-synthesis-dependent manner; then a regulatory network known as the MPF auto-amplification loop is initiated. This second step is independent of PKA and protein synthesis. However, none of the molecular components of the auto-amplification loop identified so far act independently of PKA. Therefore, the protein rendering this process independent of PKA in oocytes remains unknown. Using a physiologically intact cell system, the Xenopus oocyte, we show that the phosphorylation of ARPP19 at S67 by the Greatwall kinase promotes its binding to the PP2A-B55δ phosphatase, thus inhibiting its activity. This process is controlled by Cdk1 and has an essential role within the Cdk1 auto-amplification loop for entry into the first meiotic division. Moreover, once phosphorylated by Greatwall, ARPP19 escapes the negative regulation exerted by PKA. It also promotes activation of MPF independently of protein synthesis, provided that a small amount of Mos is present. Taken together, these findings reveal that PP2A-B55δ, Greatwall and ARPP19 are not only required for entry into meiotic divisions, but are also pivotal effectors within the Cdk1 auto-regulatory loop responsible for its independence with respect to the PKA-negative control.
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- Aude Dupré
- UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR7622-Biologie du Développement, 9 quai Saint Bernard, 75005, Paris, France
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Lorca T, Castro A. Deciphering the New Role of the Greatwall/PP2A Pathway in Cell Cycle Control. Genes Cancer 2013; 3:712-20. [PMID: 23634258 DOI: 10.1177/1947601912473478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mitotic division is induced by protein phosphorylation. For a long time the supported hypothesis was that mitotic entry and exit were the exclusive result of cyclin B-Cdk1 kinase activation and inactivation, whereas the phosphatase activity required to dephosphorylate mitotic substrates was thought to be constant during mitosis. Recent data demonstrate that phosphatase activity must also be tightly regulated to promote correct cell division. Here we describe the new pathway involved in phosphatase regulation and the questions that this discovery raises concerning the classic view of cell cycle regulation.
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- Thierry Lorca
- Universités Montpellier 2 et 1, Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, CNRS UMR, Montpellier, France
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Cell cycle transitions depend on protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. The discovery of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their mode of activation by their cyclin partners explained many important aspects of cell cycle control. As the cell cycle is basically a series of recurrences of a defined set of events, protein phosphatases must obviously be as important as kinases. However, our knowledge about phosphatases lags well behind that of kinases. We still do not know which phosphatase(s) is/are truly responsible for dephosphorylating CDK substrates, and we know very little about whether and how protein phosphatases are regulated. Here, we summarize our present understanding of the phosphatases that are important in the control of the cell cycle and pose the questions that need to be answered as regards the regulation of protein phosphatases.
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Bypassing the Greatwall-Endosulfine pathway: plasticity of a pivotal cell-cycle regulatory module in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2012; 191:1181-97. [PMID: 22649080 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.140574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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In vertebrates, mitotic and meiotic M phase is facilitated by the kinase Greatwall (Gwl), which phosphorylates a conserved sequence in the effector Endosulfine (Endos). Phosphorylated Endos inactivates the phosphatase PP2A/B55 to stabilize M-phase-specific phosphorylations added to many proteins by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). We show here that this module functions essentially identically in Drosophila melanogaster and is necessary for proper mitotic and meiotic cell division in a wide variety of tissues. Despite the importance and evolutionary conservation of this pathway between insects and vertebrates, it can be bypassed in at least two situations. First, heterozygosity for loss-of-function mutations of twins, which encodes the Drosophila B55 protein, suppresses the effects of endos or gwl mutations. Several types of cell division occur normally in twins heterozygotes in the complete absence of Endos or the near absence of Gwl. Second, this module is nonessential in the nematode Caenorhaditis elegans. The worm genome does not contain an obvious ortholog of gwl, although it encodes a single Endos protein with a surprisingly well-conserved Gwl target site. Deletion of this site from worm Endos has no obvious effects on cell divisions involved in viability or reproduction under normal laboratory conditions. In contrast to these situations, removal of one copy of twins does not completely bypass the requirement for endos or gwl for Drosophila female fertility, although reducing twins dosage reverses the meiotic maturation defects of hypomorphic gwl mutants. These results have interesting implications for the function and evolution of the mechanisms modulating removal of CDK-directed phosphorylations.
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New data have recently established that protein phosphorylation during mitosis is the result of a controlled balance between kinase and phosphatase activities and that, as for mitotic kinases, phosphatases are also regulated during cell division. This regulation is at least in part induced by the activation of the Greatwall (Gwl) kinase at mitotic entry. Activated Gwl phosphorylates its substrates cAMP-regulated phospho protein 19 (Arpp19) and α-endosulfine (ENSA), promoting their binding to and the inhibition of PP2A. Interestingly, besides the role of the Gwl-Arpp19/ENSA in the control of mitotic division, new data in yeast support the involvement of this pathway in mRNA stabilization during G(0) program initiation, although in this case the phosphatase PP2A appears not to be implicated. Finally, Gwl activity has been shown to be required for DNA checkpoint recovery. These new findings support the view that Gwl, Arpp19 and ENSA could function as the core of a new signalization pathway that, by targeting different final substrates, could participate in a variety of physiological functions.
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Kolupaeva V, Janssens V. PP1 and PP2A phosphatases--cooperating partners in modulating retinoblastoma protein activation. FEBS J 2012; 280:627-43. [PMID: 22299668 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The retinoblastoma/pocket protein family is one of the master regulators of the eukaryotic cell cycle. It includes the retinoblastoma protein (Rb) and the related p107 and p130 proteins. The importance of the Rb pathway for homeostasis and tumour suppression is evident from the fact that inactivating mutations in Rb are frequently associated with many cancers. Rbs regulate the cell cycle by controlling the activity of the E2F family of transcription factors. The activity of Rb proteins themselves is modulated by their phosphorylation status at several Ser/Thr residues: phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent kinases inactivates Rb proteins and positively influences the transcription of genes necessary for cell cycle progression. Although the mechanisms of cyclin-dependent kinase-mediated inactivation of Rb proteins are understood in great detail, our knowledge of the process that counteracts Rb phosphorylation is still quite limited. The present review focuses on the Ser/Thr phosphatases that are responsible for the dephosphorylation and thus activation of Rb proteins. Two major scenarios are considered: (a) when pocket proteins are dephosphorylated during regular cell cycle progression and (b) when rapid dephosphorylation is dictated by external stress or growth inhibitory conditions, such as oxidative stress, UV radiation or other DNA-damaging stimuli, and cell differentiation factors. It transpires that protein phosphatase 1 and protein phosphatase 2A can efficiently modulate pocket protein activity in a highly context-dependent manner and both are tightly regulated by the presence of different regulatory subunits or interacting proteins.
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- Victoria Kolupaeva
- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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A Genetic Screen for Dominant Enhancers of the Cell-Cycle Regulator α-Endosulfine Identifies Matrimony as a Strong Functional Interactor in Drosophila. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2011; 1:607-13. [PMID: 22384372 PMCID: PMC3276179 DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.001438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The coordination of cell-cycle events with developmental processes is essential for the reproductive success of organisms. In Drosophila melanogaster, meiosis is tightly coupled to oocyte development, and early embryos undergo specialized S-M mitoses that are supported by maternal products. We previously showed that the small phosphoprotein α-endosulfine (Endos) is required for normal oocyte meiotic maturation and early embryonic mitoses in Drosophila. In this study, we performed a genetic screen for dominant enhancers of endos(00003) and identified several genomic regions that, when deleted, lead to impaired fertility of endos(00003)/+ heterozygous females. We uncovered matrimony (mtrm), which encodes a Polo kinase inhibitor, as a strong dominant enhancer of endos. mtrm(126) +/+ endos(00003) females are sterile because of defects in early embryonic mitoses, and this phenotype is reverted by removal of one copy of polo. These results provide compelling genetic evidence that excessive Polo activity underlies the strong functional interaction between endos(00003) and mtrm(126). Moreover, we show that endos is required for the increased expression of Mtrm in mature oocytes, which is presumably loaded into early embryos. These data are consistent with the model that maternal endos antagonizes Polo function in the early embryo to ensure normal mitoses through its effects on Mtrm expression during late oogenesis. Finally, we also identified genomic deletions that lead to loss of viability of endos(00003)/+ heterozygotes, consistent with recently published studies showing that endos is required zygotically to regulate the cell cycle during development.
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PP2A-twins is antagonized by greatwall and collaborates with polo for cell cycle progression and centrosome attachment to nuclei in drosophila embryos. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1002227. [PMID: 21852958 PMCID: PMC3154958 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cell division and development are regulated by networks of kinases and phosphatases. In early Drosophila embryogenesis, 13 rapid nuclear divisions take place in a syncytium, requiring fine coordination between cell cycle regulators. The Polo kinase is a conserved, crucial regulator of M-phase. We have recently reported an antagonism between Polo and Greatwall (Gwl), another mitotic kinase, in Drosophila embryos. However, the nature of the pathways linking them remained elusive. We have conducted a comprehensive screen for additional genes functioning with polo and gwl. We uncovered a strong interdependence between Polo and Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A) with its B-type subunit Twins (Tws). Reducing the maternal contribution of Polo and PP2A-Tws together is embryonic lethal. We found that Polo and PP2A-Tws collaborate to ensure centrosome attachment to nuclei. While a reduction in Polo activity leads to centrosome detachments observable mostly around prophase, a reduction in PP2A-Tws activity leads to centrosome detachments at mitotic exit, and a reduction in both Polo and PP2A-Tws enhances the frequency of detachments at all stages. Moreover, we show that Gwl antagonizes PP2A-Tws function in both meiosis and mitosis. Our study highlights how proper coordination of mitotic entry and exit is required during embryonic cell cycles and defines important roles for Polo and the Gwl-PP2A-Tws pathway in this process. The development and survival of all living organisms relies on the fine regulation of cell division at the molecular level. This coordination depends on kinases and phosphatases, enzymes that catalyze the addition and removal of phosphate groups on specific target proteins. The genes encoding these enzymes have been largely conserved between species during evolution. In a previous paper published in PLoS Genetics, we found an antagonism between the Polo and Greatwall mitotic kinases in the fruit fly model. In this study, we have used fly genetics to identify additional genes that function with polo and greatwall during early embryogenesis. We have found a specific form of the Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A-Tws) that collaborates with the Polo kinase at a stage when multiple nuclei rapidly divide in a large, single-cell early embryo. We found that Polo and PP2A-Tws are both required for the proper cohesion between nuclei and the centrosomes, which are essential structures for mitosis and embryonic development. We also found that the Greatwall kinase antagonizes the PP2A-Tws phosphatase to promote mitosis and meiosis. Our genetic study sheds new light on cell cycle regulation and is consistent with recent results from biochemical studies using frog cell extracts.
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