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Hirsch SM, Edwards F, Shirasu-Hiza M, Dumont J, Canman JC. Functional midbody assembly in the absence of a central spindle. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 2022; 221:212948. [PMID: 34994802 PMCID: PMC8751756 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202011085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Contractile ring constriction during cytokinesis is thought to compact central spindle microtubules to form the midbody, an antiparallel microtubule bundle at the intercellular bridge. In Caenorhabditis elegans, central spindle microtubule assembly requires targeting of the CLASP family protein CLS-2 to the kinetochores in metaphase and spindle midzone in anaphase. CLS-2 targeting is mediated by the CENP-F–like HCP-1/2, but their roles in cytokinesis and midbody assembly are not known. We found that although HCP-1 and HCP-2 mostly function cooperatively, HCP-1 plays a more primary role in promoting CLS-2–dependent central spindle microtubule assembly. HCP-1/2 codisrupted embryos did not form central spindles but completed cytokinesis and formed functional midbodies capable of supporting abscission. These central spindle–independent midbodies appeared to form via contractile ring constriction–driven bundling of astral microtubules at the furrow tip. This work suggests that, in the absence of a central spindle, astral microtubules can support midbody assembly and that midbody assembly is more predictive of successful cytokinesis than central spindle assembly.
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- Sophia M Hirsch
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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Towlson EK, Barabási AL. Synthetic ablations in the C. elegans nervous system. Netw Neurosci 2020; 4:200-216. [PMID: 32166208 PMCID: PMC7055645 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Synthetic lethality, the finding that the simultaneous knockout of two or more individually nonessential genes leads to cell or organism death, has offered a systematic framework to explore cellular function, and also offered therapeutic applications. Yet the concept lacks its parallel in neuroscience—a systematic knowledge base on the role of double or higher order ablations in the functioning of a neural system. Here, we use the framework of network control to systematically predict the effects of ablating neuron pairs and triplets on the gentle touch response. We find that surprisingly small sets of 58 pairs and 46 triplets can reduce muscle controllability in this context, and that these sets are localized in the nervous system in distinct groups. Further, they lead to highly specific experimentally testable predictions about mechanisms of loss of control, and which muscle cells are expected to experience this loss. “Synthetic lethality” in cell biology is an extreme example of the effects of higher order genetic interactions: The simultaneous knockout of two or more individually nonessential genes leads to cell death. We define a neural analog to this concept in relation to the locomotor response to gentle touch in C. elegans. Two or more neurons are synthetic essential if individually they are not required for this behavior, yet their combination is. We employ a network control approach to systematically assess all pairs and triplets of neurons by their effect on body wall muscle controllability, and find that only surprisingly small sets of neurons are synthetic essential. They are highly localized in the nervous system and predicted to affect control over specific sets of muscles.
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- Emma K Towlson
- Network Science Institute and Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Network Science Institute and Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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Handling Noise in Protein Interaction Networks. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:8984248. [PMID: 31828144 PMCID: PMC6885184 DOI: 10.1155/2019/8984248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) can be conveniently represented as networks, allowing the use of graph theory for their study. Network topology studies may reveal patterns associated with specific organisms. Here, we propose a new methodology to denoise PPI networks and predict missing links solely based on the network topology, the organization measurement (OM) method. The OM methodology was applied in the denoising of the PPI networks of two Saccharomyces cerevisiae datasets (Yeast and CS2007) and one Homo sapiens dataset (Human). To evaluate the denoising capabilities of the OM methodology, two strategies were applied. The first strategy compared its application in random networks and in the reference set networks, while the second strategy perturbed the networks with the gradual random addition and removal of edges. The application of the OM methodology to the Yeast and Human reference sets achieved an AUC of 0.95 and 0.87, in Yeast and Human networks, respectively. The random removal of 80% of the Yeast and Human reference set interactions resulted in an AUC of 0.71 and 0.62, whereas the random addition of 80% interactions resulted in an AUC of 0.75 and 0.72, respectively. Applying the OM methodology to the CS2007 dataset yields an AUC of 0.99. We also perturbed the network of the CS2007 dataset by randomly inserting and removing edges in the same proportions previously described. The false positives identified and removed from the network varied from 97%, when inserting 20% more edges, to 89%, when 80% more edges were inserted. The true positives identified and inserted in the network varied from 95%, when removing 20% of the edges, to 40%, after the random deletion of 80% edges. The OM methodology is sensitive to the topological structure of the biological networks. The obtained results suggest that the present approach can efficiently be used to denoise PPI networks.
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Kinetochore Recruitment of the Spindle and Kinetochore-Associated (Ska) Complex Is Regulated by Centrosomal PP2A in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2019; 212:509-522. [PMID: 31018924 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.302105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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During mitosis, kinetochore-microtubule interactions ensure that chromosomes are accurately segregated to daughter cells. RSA-1 (regulator of spindle assembly-1) is a regulatory B″ subunit of protein phosphatase 2A that was previously proposed to modulate microtubule dynamics during spindle assembly. We have identified a genetic interaction between the centrosomal protein, RSA-1, and the spindle- and kinetochore-associated (Ska) complex in Caenorhabditis elegans In a forward genetic screen for suppressors of rsa-1(or598) embryonic lethality, we identified mutations in ska-1 and ska-3 Loss of SKA-1 and SKA-3, as well as components of the KMN (KNL-1/MIS-12/NDC-80) complex and the microtubule end-binding protein EBP-2, all suppressed the embryonic lethality of rsa-1(or598) These suppressors also disrupted the intracellular localization of the Ska complex, revealing a network of proteins that influence Ska function during mitosis. In rsa-1(or598) embryos, SKA-1 is excessively and prematurely recruited to kinetochores during spindle assembly, but SKA-1 levels return to normal just prior to anaphase onset. Loss of the TPX2 homolog, TPXL-1, also resulted in overrecruitment of SKA-1 to the kinetochores and this correlated with the loss of Aurora A kinase on the spindle microtubules. We propose that rsa-1 regulates the kinetochore localization of the Ska complex, with spindle-associated Aurora A acting as a potential mediator. These data reveal a novel mechanism of protein phosphatase 2A function during mitosis involving a centrosome-based regulatory mechanism for Ska complex recruitment to the kinetochore.
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Choi JE, Chung WH. Synthetic lethal interaction between oxidative stress response and DNA damage repair in the budding yeast and its application to targeted anticancer therapy. J Microbiol 2018; 57:9-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-019-8475-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Silva RD, Mirkovic M, Guilgur LG, Rathore OS, Martinho RG, Oliveira RA. Absence of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Restores Mitotic Fidelity upon Loss of Sister Chromatid Cohesion. Curr Biol 2018; 28:2837-2844.e3. [PMID: 30122528 PMCID: PMC6191932 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The fidelity of mitosis depends on cohesive forces that keep sister chromatids together. This is mediated by cohesin that embraces sister chromatid fibers from the time of their replication until the subsequent mitosis [1, 2, 3]. Cleavage of cohesin marks anaphase onset, where single chromatids are dragged to the poles by the mitotic spindle [4, 5, 6]. Cohesin cleavage should only occur when all chromosomes are properly bio-oriented to ensure equal genome distribution and prevent random chromosome segregation. Unscheduled loss of sister chromatid cohesion is prevented by a safeguard mechanism known as the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) [7, 8]. To identify specific conditions capable of restoring defects associated with cohesion loss, we screened for genes whose depletion modulates Drosophila wing development when sister chromatid cohesion is impaired. Cohesion deficiency was induced by knockdown of the acetyltransferase separation anxiety (San)/Naa50, a cohesin complex stabilizer [9, 10, 11, 12]. Several genes whose function impacts wing development upon cohesion loss were identified. Surprisingly, knockdown of key SAC proteins, Mad2 and Mps1, suppressed developmental defects associated with San depletion. SAC impairment upon cohesin removal, triggered by San depletion or artificial removal of the cohesin complex, prevented extensive genome shuffling, reduced segregation defects, and restored cell survival. This counterintuitive phenotypic suppression was caused by an intrinsic bias for efficient chromosome biorientation at mitotic entry, coupled with slow engagement of error-correction reactions. Thus, in contrast to SAC’s role as a safeguard mechanism for mitotic fidelity, removal of this checkpoint alleviates mitotic errors when sister chromatid cohesion is compromised. A Drosophila screen identifies SAC genes as suppressors of cohesion-related defects SAC removal enhances mitotic fidelity upon premature cohesion loss SAC inactivation enhances cell survival and tissue homeostasis upon cohesion loss
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- Rui D Silva
- Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina and Center for Biomedical Research, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina and Center for Biomedical Research, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina and Center for Biomedical Research, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal; Institute of Biomedicine-iBiMED and Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, Agra do Crasto-Ed. 30, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal.
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VanderSluis B, Costanzo M, Billmann M, Ward HN, Myers CL, Andrews BJ, Boone C. Integrating genetic and protein-protein interaction networks maps a functional wiring diagram of a cell. Curr Opin Microbiol 2018; 45:170-179. [PMID: 30059827 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Systematic experimental approaches have led to construction of comprehensive genetic and protein-protein interaction networks for the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetic interactions capture functional relationships between genes using phenotypic readouts, while protein-protein interactions identify physical connections between gene products. These complementary, and largely non-overlapping, networks provide a global view of the functional architecture of a cell, revealing general organizing principles, many of which appear to be evolutionarily conserved. Here, we focus on insights derived from the integration of large-scale genetic and protein-protein interaction networks, highlighting principles that apply to both unicellular and more complex systems, including human cells. Network integration reveals fundamental connections involving key functional modules of eukaryotic cells, defining a core network of cellular function, which could be elaborated to explore cell-type specificity in metazoans.
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- Benjamin VanderSluis
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 200 Union Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 200 Union Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 200 Union Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 200 Union Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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Caenorhabditis elegans BUB-3 and SAN-1/MAD3 Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Components Are Required for Genome Stability in Response to Treatment with Ionizing Radiation. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2017; 7:3875-3885. [PMID: 29046436 PMCID: PMC5714485 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.1122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Relatively little is known about the cross-talk between the spindle assembly checkpoint and the DNA damage response, especially in multicellular organisms. We performed a Caenorhabditis elegans forward genetic screen to uncover new genes involved in the repair of DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation. We isolated a mutation, gt2000, which confers hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation and showed that gt2000 introduces a premature stop in bub-3. BUB-3 is a key component of the spindle assembly checkpoint. We provide evidence that BUB-3 acts during development and in the germline; irradiated bub-3(gt2000) larvae are developmentally retarded and form abnormal vulvae. Moreover, bub-3(gt2000) embryos sired from irradiated worms show increased levels of lethality. Both bub-3 and san-1 (the C. elegans homolog of MAD3) deletion alleles confer hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation, consistent with the notion that the spindle assembly checkpoint pathway is required for the DNA damage response. bub-3(gt2000) is moderately sensitive to the cross-linking drug cisplatin but not to ultraviolet light or methyl methanesulfonate. This is consistent with a role in dealing with DNA double-strand breaks and not with base damage. Double mutant analysis revealed that bub-3 does not act within any of the three major pathways involved in the repair of double-strand breaks. Finally, the cdc-20 gain-of-function mutant cdc-20/fzy-1(av15), which is refractory to the cell cycle delay conferred by the spindle checkpoint, showed phenotypes similar to bub-3 and san-1 mutants. We speculate that BUB-3 is involved in the DNA damage response through regulation of cell cycle timing.
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A synthetic lethal interaction occurs between two genes when the perturbation of either gene alone is viable but the perturbation of both genes simultaneously results in the loss of viability. Key to exploiting synthetic lethality in cancer treatment are the identification and the mechanistic characterization of robust synthetic lethal genetic interactions. Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies are enabling the identification of hundreds of tumour-specific mutations and alterations in gene expression that could be targeted by a synthetic lethality approach. The translation of synthetic lethality to therapy will be assisted by the synthesis of genetic interaction data from model organisms, tumour genomes and human cell lines.
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Luo X, Ming Z, You Z, Li S, Xia Y, Leung H. Improving network topology-based protein interactome mapping via collaborative filtering. Knowl Based Syst 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Tarailo-Graovac M, Wong T, Qin Z, Flibotte S, Taylor J, Moerman DG, Rose AM, Chen N. Cyclin B3 and dynein heavy chain cooperate to increase fitness in the absence of mdf-1/MAD1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Cycle 2015; 13:3089-199. [PMID: 25486568 DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2014.949491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) ensures genome stability by delaying anaphase onset until all the chromosomes have achieved proper spindle attachment. Once correct attachment has been achieved, SAC must be silenced. In the absence of mdf-1/MAD1, an essential SAC component, Caenorhabditis elegans cannot propagate beyond 3 generations. Previously, in a dog-1(gk10)/FANCJ mutator background, we isolated a suppressor of mdf-1(gk2) sterility (such-4) which allowed indefinite propagation in the absence of MDF-1. We showed that such-4 is a Cyclin B3 (cyb-3) duplication. Here we analyze mdf-1 such-4; dog-1, which we propagated for 470 generations, with freezing of samples for long time storage at F170 and F270. Phenotypic analysis of this strain revealed additional suppression of sterility in the absence of MDF-1, beyond the effects of such-4. We applied oligonucleotide array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (oaCGH) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) and identified a further amplification of cyb-3 (triplication) and a new missense mutation in dynein heavy chain (dhc-1). We show that dhc-1(dot168) suppresses the mdf-1(gk2), and is the second cloned suppressor, next to cyb-3 duplication, that does not cause a delay in anaphase onset. We also show that amplification of cyb-3 and dhc-1(dot168) cooperate to increase fitness in the absence of MDF-1.
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- Maja Tarailo-Graovac
- a Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry ; Simon Fraser University ; Burnaby , BC Canada
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Paul JM, Templeton SD, Baharani A, Freywald A, Vizeacoumar FJ. Building high-resolution synthetic lethal networks: a 'Google map' of the cancer cell. Trends Mol Med 2014; 20:704-15. [PMID: 25446836 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2014.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The most commonly used therapies for cancer involve delivering high doses of radiation or toxic chemicals to the patient that also cause substantial damage to normal tissue. To overcome this, researchers have recently resorted to a basic biological concept called 'synthetic lethality' (SL) that takes advantage of interactions between gene pairs. The identification of SL interactions is of considerable therapeutic interest because if a particular gene is SL with a tumor-causing mutation, then the targeting that gene carries therapeutic advantages. Mapping these interactions in the context of human cancer cells could hold the key to effective, targeted cancer treatments. In this review, we cover the recent advances that aim to identify these SL interactions using unbiased genetic screens.
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- James M Paul
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E5 Canada; Department of Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 0W8 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E5 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E5 Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 0W8 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E5 Canada; Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Saskatoon, SK S7N 4H4, Canada.
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Synthetic lethal targeting of superoxide dismutase 1 selectively kills RAD54B-deficient colorectal cancer cells. Genetics 2013; 195:757-67. [PMID: 24002644 PMCID: PMC3813862 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.156836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Synthetic lethality is a rational approach to identify candidate drug targets for selective killing of cancer cells harboring somatic mutations that cause chromosome instability (CIN). To identify a set of the most highly connected synthetic lethal partner genes in yeast for subsequent testing in mammalian cells, we used the entire set of 692 yeast CIN genes to query the genome-wide synthetic lethal datasets. Hierarchical clustering revealed a highly connected set of synthetic lethal partners of yeast genes whose human orthologs are somatically mutated in colorectal cancer. Testing of a small matrix of synthetic lethal gene pairs in mammalian cells suggested that members of a pathway that remove reactive oxygen species that cause DNA damage would be excellent candidates for further testing. We show that the synthetic lethal interaction between budding yeast rad54 and sod1 is conserved within a human colorectal cancer context. Specifically, we demonstrate RAD54B-deficient cells are selectively killed relative to controls via siRNA-based silencing and chemical inhibition and further demonstrate that this interaction is conserved in an unrelated cell type. We further show that the DNA double strand breaks, resulting from increased reactive oxygen species following SOD1 inhibition, persist within the RAD54B-deficient cells and result in apoptosis. Collectively, these data identify SOD1 as a novel candidate cancer drug target and suggest that SOD1 inhibition may have broad-spectrum applicability in a variety of tumor types exhibiting RAD54B deficiencies.
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Baryshnikova A, Costanzo M, Myers CL, Andrews B, Boone C. Genetic Interaction Networks: Toward an Understanding of Heritability. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2013; 14:111-33. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-082509-141730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Anastasia Baryshnikova
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3E1, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3E1, Canada;
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3E1, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3E1, Canada;
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Lee SJ, Seo E, Cho Y. Proposal for a new therapy for drug-resistant malaria using Plasmodium synthetic lethality inference. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-DRUGS AND DRUG RESISTANCE 2013; 3:119-28. [PMID: 24533301 PMCID: PMC3862410 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2013.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Many antimalarial drugs kill malaria parasites, but antimalarial drug resistance (ADR) and toxicity to normal cells limit their usefulness. To solve this problem, we suggest a new therapy for drug-resistant malaria. The approach consists of data integration and inference through homology analysis of yeast-human-Plasmodium. If one gene of a Plasmodium synthetic lethal (SL) gene pair has a mutation that causes ADR, a drug targeting the other gene of the SL pair might be used as an effective treatment for drug-resistant strains of malaria. A simple computational tool to analyze the inferred SL genes of Plasmodium species (malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax for human malarial therapy, and rodent parasite Plasmodium berghei for in vivo studies of human malarias) was established to identify SL genes that can be used as drug targets. Information on SL gene pairs with ADR genes and their first neighbors was inferred from yeast SL genes to search for pertinent antimalarial drug targets. We not only suggest drug target gene candidates for further experimental validation, but also provide information on new usage for already-described drugs. The proposed specific antimalarial drug candidates can be inferred by searching drugs that cause a fitness defect in yeast SL genes.
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- Sang Joon Lee
- Center for Biofluid and Biomimic Research, Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), San 31, Hyoja Dong, Namgu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Biofluid and Biomimic Research, Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), San 31, Hyoja Dong, Namgu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Samsumg SDS, Trade Center ASEM Tower, Samseong 1-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-798, Republic of Korea
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Sajesh BV, Guppy BJ, McManus KJ. Synthetic genetic targeting of genome instability in cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2013; 5:739-61. [PMID: 24202319 PMCID: PMC3795363 DOI: 10.3390/cancers5030739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Revised: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cancer is a leading cause of death throughout the World. A limitation of many current chemotherapeutic approaches is that their cytotoxic effects are not restricted to cancer cells, and adverse side effects can occur within normal tissues. Consequently, novel strategies are urgently needed to better target cancer cells. As we approach the era of personalized medicine, targeting the specific molecular defect(s) within a given patient's tumor will become a more effective treatment strategy than traditional approaches that often target a given cancer type or sub-type. Synthetic genetic interactions are now being examined for their therapeutic potential and are designed to target the specific genetic and epigenetic phenomena associated with tumor formation, and thus are predicted to be highly selective. In general, two complementary approaches have been employed, including synthetic lethality and synthetic dosage lethality, to target aberrant expression and/or function associated with tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes, respectively. Here we discuss the concepts of synthetic lethality and synthetic dosage lethality, and explain three general experimental approaches designed to identify novel genetic interactors. We present examples and discuss the merits and caveats of each approach. Finally, we provide insight into the subsequent pre-clinical work required to validate novel candidate drug targets.
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- Babu V Sajesh
- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0V9, Canada.
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van Pel DM, Barrett IJ, Shimizu Y, Sajesh BV, Guppy BJ, Pfeifer T, McManus KJ, Hieter P. An evolutionarily conserved synthetic lethal interaction network identifies FEN1 as a broad-spectrum target for anticancer therapeutic development. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003254. [PMID: 23382697 PMCID: PMC3561056 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Harnessing genetic differences between cancerous and noncancerous cells offers a strategy for the development of new therapies. Extrapolating from yeast genetic interaction data, we used cultured human cells and siRNA to construct and evaluate a synthetic lethal interaction network comprised of chromosome instability (CIN) genes that are frequently mutated in colorectal cancer. A small number of genes in this network were found to have synthetic lethal interactions with a large number of cancer CIN genes; these genes are thus attractive targets for anticancer therapeutic development. The protein product of one highly connected gene, the flap endonuclease FEN1, was used as a target for small-molecule inhibitor screening using a newly developed fluorescence-based assay for enzyme activity. Thirteen initial hits identified through in vitro biochemical screening were tested in cells, and it was found that two compounds could selectively inhibit the proliferation of cultured cancer cells carrying inactivating mutations in CDC4, a gene frequently mutated in a variety of cancers. Inhibition of flap endonuclease activity was also found to recapitulate a genetic interaction between FEN1 and MRE11A, another gene frequently mutated in colorectal cancers, and to lead to increased endogenous DNA damage. These chemical-genetic interactions in mammalian cells validate evolutionarily conserved synthetic lethal interactions and demonstrate that a cross-species candidate gene approach is successful in identifying small-molecule inhibitors that prove effective in a cell-based cancer model.
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- Derek M. van Pel
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Screening, Centre for Drug Research and Development, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Screening, Centre for Drug Research and Development, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Screening, Centre for Drug Research and Development, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Screening, Centre for Drug Research and Development, Vancouver, Canada
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- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Proper cyclin B3 dosage is important for precision of metaphase-to-anaphase onset timing in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2012; 2:865-71. [PMID: 22908035 PMCID: PMC3411242 DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.002782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) and their compulsory cofactors, the cyclins, are the two key classes of regulatory molecules that determine the eukaryotic cell's progress through the cell cycle by substrate phosphorylation. Cdk1 forms complexes with B-type cyclins and phosphorylates a number of substrates as cells prepare to enter mitosis. CYB-3 (Cyclin B3) is a B-type cyclin that has been recently shown to be required for the timely metaphase-to-anaphase transition, presumably by alleviating a spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) block. Previously, we have shown that doubling the CYB-3 dosage suppresses sterility in the absence of the essential SAC component MDF-1/Mad1. Here we demonstrate the importance of the Mos1-mediated single-copy insertion method for understanding the effects of gene dosage by generating strains that have more (two or three) copies of the cyb-3 in wild-type and mdf-1(gk2) backgrounds to investigate dosage effect of CYB-3 on mitotic progression as well as development and fertility in the absence and the presence of the MDF-1 checkpoint component. We show that tripling the dosage of CYB-3 results in a significantly variable metaphase-to-anaphase transition, both in wild-type and mdf-1(gk2) mutant backgrounds. Although a majority of embryos initiate anaphase onset normally, a significant number of embryos initiate anaphase with a delay. We also show that tripling the dosage of CYB-3 has no effect on viability in the wild-type background; however, it does reduce the sterility caused by the absence of MDF-1. Together, these data reveal that proper dosage of CYB-3 is important for precision of timely execution of anaphase onset regardless of the presence of the MDF-1 checkpoint component.
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Beltrao P, Ryan C, Krogan NJ. Comparative interaction networks: bridging genotype to phenotype. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 751:139-56. [PMID: 22821457 PMCID: PMC3518490 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3567-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Over the past decade, biomedical research has witnessed an exponential increase in the throughput of the characterization of biological systems. Here we review the recent progress in large-scale methods to determine protein-protein, genetic and chemical-genetic interaction networks. We discuss some of the limitations and advantages of the different methods and give examples of how these networks are being used to study the evolutionary process. Comparative studies have revealed that different types of protein-protein interactions diverge at different rates with high conservation of co-complex membership but rapid divergence of more promiscuous interactions like those that mediate post-translational modifications. These evolutionary trends have consistent genetic consequences with highly conserved epistatic interactions within complex subunits but faster divergence of epistatic interactions across complexes or pathways. Finally, we discuss how these evolutionary observations are being used to interpret cross-species chemical-genetic studies and how they might shape therapeutic strategies. Together, these interaction networks offer us an unprecedented level of detail into how genotypes are translated to phenotypes, and we envision that they will be increasingly useful in the interpretation of genetic and phenotypic variation occurring within populations as well as the rational design of combinatorial therapeutics.
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- Pedro Beltrao
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Dixon SJ, Andrews BJ, Boone C. Exploring the conservation of synthetic lethal genetic interaction networks. Commun Integr Biol 2011; 2:78-81. [PMID: 19704894 DOI: 10.4161/cib.7501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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High-throughput studies have enabled the large-scale mapping of synthetic lethal genetic interaction networks in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae). Recently, complementary high-throughput methods have been developed to map genetic interactions in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. pombe), enabling comparative analyses of genetic interaction networks between S. pombe and S. cerevisiae, two species separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution. The resultant data has providing our first view of a possible core genetic interaction network shared between two distantly related eukaryotes, and identified numerous species-specific interactions that may contribute to the unique biology of these two different organisms. These and other results suggest that comparative interactomic studies will provide novel insights into the structure of genetic interaction networks.
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- Scott J Dixon
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research; Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research; University of Toronto; Toronto, ON CA
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Costanzo M, Baryshnikova A, Myers CL, Andrews B, Boone C. Charting the genetic interaction map of a cell. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2010; 22:66-74. [PMID: 21111604 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Genome sequencing projects have revealed a massive catalog of genes and astounding genetic diversity in a variety of organisms. We are now faced with the formidable challenge of assigning functions to thousands of genes, and how to use this information to understand how genes interact and coordinate cell function. Studies indicate that the majority of eukaryotic genes are dispensable, highlighting the extensive buffering of genomes against genetic and environmental perturbations. Such robustness poses a significant challenge to those seeking to understand the wiring diagram of the cell. Genome-scale screens for genetic interactions are an effective means to chart the network that underlies this functional redundancy. A complete atlas of genetic interactions offers the potential to assign functions to most genes identified by whole genome sequencing projects and to delineate a functional wiring diagram of the cell. Perhaps more importantly, mapping genetic networks on a large-scale will shed light on the general principles and rules governing genetic networks and provide valuable information regarding the important but elusive relationship between genotype and phenotype.
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- Michael Costanzo
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research and Department of Molecular Genetics, Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Nijman SMB. Synthetic lethality: general principles, utility and detection using genetic screens in human cells. FEBS Lett 2010; 585:1-6. [PMID: 21094158 PMCID: PMC3018572 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Synthetic lethality occurs when the simultaneous perturbation of two genes results in cellular or organismal death. Synthetic lethality also occurs between genes and small molecules, and can be used to elucidate the mechanism of action of drugs. This area has recently attracted attention because of the prospect of a new generation of anti-cancer drugs. Based on studies ranging from yeast to human cells, this review provides an overview of the general principles that underlie synthetic lethality and relates them to its utility for identifying gene function, drug action and cancer therapy. It also identifies the latest strategies for the large-scale mapping of synthetic lethalities in human cells which bring us closer to the generation of comprehensive human genetic interaction maps.
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- Sebastian M B Nijman
- Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (CeMM), Vienna, Austria.
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Tarailo-Graovac M, Wang J, Chu JSC, Tu D, Baillie DL, Chen N. Spindle assembly checkpoint genes reveal distinct as well as overlapping expression that implicates MDF-2/Mad2 in postembryonic seam cell proliferation in Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Cell Biol 2010; 11:71. [PMID: 20858267 PMCID: PMC2955571 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-11-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) delays anaphase onset by inhibiting the activity of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) until all of the kinetochores have properly attached to the spindle. The importance of SAC genes for genome stability is well established; however, the roles these genes play, during postembryonic development of a multicellular organism, remain largely unexplored. Results We have used GFP fusions of 5' upstream intergenic regulatory sequences to assay spatiotemporal expression patterns of eight conserved genes implicated in the spindle assembly checkpoint function in Caenorhabditis elegans. We have shown that regulatory sequences for all of the SAC genes drive ubiquitous GFP expression during early embryonic development. However, postembryonic spatial analysis revealed distinct, tissue-specific expression of SAC genes with striking co-expression in seam cells, as well as in the gut. Additionally, we show that the absence of MDF-2/Mad2 (one of the checkpoint genes) leads to aberrant number and alignment of seam cell nuclei, defects mainly attributed to abnormal postembryonic cell proliferation. Furthermore, we show that these defects are completely rescued by fzy-1(h1983)/CDC20, suggesting that regulation of the APC/CCDC20 by the SAC component MDF-2 is important for proper postembryonic cell proliferation. Conclusion Our results indicate that SAC genes display different tissue-specific expression patterns during postembryonic development in C. elegans with significant co-expression in hypodermal seam cells and gut cells, suggesting that these genes have distinct as well as overlapping roles in postembryonic development that may or may not be related to their established roles in mitosis. Furthermore, we provide evidence, by monitoring seam cell lineage, that one of the checkpoint genes is required for proper postembryonic cell proliferation. Importantly, our research provides the first evidence that postembryonic cell division is more sensitive to SAC loss, in particular MDF-2 loss, than embryonic cell division.
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- Maja Tarailo-Graovac
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
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Voloshin O, Gocheva Y, Gutnick M, Movshovich N, Bakhrat A, Baranes-Bachar K, Bar-Zvi D, Parvari R, Gheber L, Raveh D. Tubulin chaperone E binds microtubules and proteasomes and protects against misfolded protein stress. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:2025-38. [PMID: 20204449 PMCID: PMC11115895 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0308-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2009] [Revised: 01/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mutation of tubulin chaperone E (TBCE) underlies hypoparathyroidism, retardation, and dysmorphism (HRD) syndrome with defective microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton. TBCE/yeast Pac2 comprises CAP-Gly, LRR (leucine-rich region), and UbL (ubiquitin-like) domains. TBCE folds alpha-tubulin and promotes alpha/beta dimerization. We show that Pac2 functions in MT dynamics: the CAP-Gly domain binds alpha-tubulin and MTs, and functions in suppression of benomyl sensitivity of pac2Delta mutants. Pac2 binds proteasomes: the LRR binds Rpn1, and the UbL binds Rpn10; the latter interaction mediates Pac2 turnover. The UbL also binds the Skp1-Cdc53-F-box (SCF) ubiquitin ligase complex; these competing interactions for the UbL may impact on MT dynamics. pac2Delta mutants are sensitive to misfolded protein stress. This is suppressed by ectopic PAC2 with both the CAP-Gly and UbL domains being essential. We propose a novel role for Pac2 in the misfolded protein stress response based on its ability to interact with both the MT cytoskeleton and the proteasomes.
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- Olga Voloshin
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- National Institute of Biotechnology Negev and Department of Virology and Developmental Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beersheba, Israel
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Tops BBJ, Gauci S, Heck AJR, Krijgsveld J. Worms from venus and mars: proteomics profiling of sexual differences in Caenorhabditis elegans using in vivo 15N isotope labeling. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:341-51. [PMID: 19916504 DOI: 10.1021/pr900678j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Hermaphrodites of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans produce both sperm and oocytes in the same germline. To investigate the process underlying spermatogenesis and oogenesis separately, we used a quantitative proteomics approach applied to two mutant worm lines (fem-3(q20) and fem-1(hc17)) developing only male and female germlines, respectively. We used stable isotopic labeling of whole animals by feeding them either (14)N or (15)N labeled Escherichia coli. This way, we could confidently identify and quantify 1040 proteins in two independent experiments. Of these, approximately 400 proteins showed significant differential expression between female-like and male-like animals. As expected, proteins linked to oogenesis were found to be highly upregulated in the feminized worms, whereas proteins involved in spermatogenesis were found to be highly upregulated in the masculinized worms. This was complemented by many proteins strongly enriched in either mutant. Although the function of the majority of these proteins is unknown, their expression profile indicates that they have an as yet unrecognized role in the development and/or function of the female- and male germline in C. elegans. We show that members of several protein complexes as well as functionally similar proteins show comparable abundance ratios, indicating coregulation of protein expression. Additional analysis comparing our protein data to a previously published microarray data set shows that mRNA and protein expression are poorly correlating. We provide one of the first examples of a large-scale quantitative proteomics experiment in C. elegans and show the potential and feasibility of an approach enabling system-wide accurate quantitative proteomics experiments in this model organism.
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- Bastiaan B J Tops
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Conde-Pueyo N, Munteanu A, Solé RV, Rodríguez-Caso C. Human synthetic lethal inference as potential anti-cancer target gene detection. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2009; 3:116. [PMID: 20015360 PMCID: PMC2804737 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-3-116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Background Two genes are called synthetic lethal (SL) if mutation of either alone is not lethal, but mutation of both leads to death or a significant decrease in organism's fitness. The detection of SL gene pairs constitutes a promising alternative for anti-cancer therapy. As cancer cells exhibit a large number of mutations, the identification of these mutated genes' SL partners may provide specific anti-cancer drug candidates, with minor perturbations to the healthy cells. Since existent SL data is mainly restricted to yeast screenings, the road towards human SL candidates is limited to inference methods. Results In the present work, we use phylogenetic analysis and database manipulation (BioGRID for interactions, Ensembl and NCBI for homology, Gene Ontology for GO attributes) in order to reconstruct the phylogenetically-inferred SL gene network for human. In addition, available data on cancer mutated genes (COSMIC and Cancer Gene Census databases) as well as on existent approved drugs (DrugBank database) supports our selection of cancer-therapy candidates. Conclusions Our work provides a complementary alternative to the current methods for drug discovering and gene target identification in anti-cancer research. Novel SL screening analysis and the use of highly curated databases would contribute to improve the results of this methodology.
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- Nuria Conde-Pueyo
- ICREA-Complex Systems Lab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona, Dr Aiguader 88, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain.
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McLellan J, O'Neil N, Tarailo S, Stoepel J, Bryan J, Rose A, Hieter P. Synthetic lethal genetic interactions that decrease somatic cell proliferation in Caenorhabditis elegans identify the alternative RFC CTF18 as a candidate cancer drug target. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:5306-13. [PMID: 19846659 PMCID: PMC2793303 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-08-0699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2009] [Revised: 09/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Somatic mutations causing chromosome instability (CIN) in tumors can be exploited for selective killing of cancer cells by knockdown of second-site genes causing synthetic lethality. We tested and statistically validated synthetic lethal (SL) interactions between mutations in six Saccharomyces cerevisiae CIN genes orthologous to genes mutated in colon tumors and five additional CIN genes. To identify which SL interactions are conserved in higher organisms and represent potential chemotherapeutic targets, we developed an assay system in Caenorhabditis elegans to test genetic interactions causing synthetic proliferation defects in somatic cells. We made use of postembryonic RNA interference and the vulval cell lineage of C. elegans as a readout for somatic cell proliferation defects. We identified SL interactions between members of the cohesin complex and CTF4, RAD27, and components of the alternative RFC(CTF18) complex. The genetic interactions tested are highly conserved between S. cerevisiae and C. elegans and suggest that the alternative RFC components DCC1, CTF8, and CTF18 are ideal therapeutic targets because of their mild phenotype when knocked down singly in C. elegans. Furthermore, the C. elegans assay system will contribute to our knowledge of genetic interactions in a multicellular animal and is a powerful approach to identify new cancer therapeutic targets.
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- Jessica McLellan
- Departments of *Medical Genetics and
- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4; and
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4; and
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Life Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z3
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- Statistics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z2
- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4; and
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- Departments of *Medical Genetics and
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- Departments of *Medical Genetics and
- Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4; and
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Life Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z3
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Dixon SJ, Costanzo M, Baryshnikova A, Andrews B, Boone C. Systematic Mapping of Genetic Interaction Networks. Annu Rev Genet 2009; 43:601-25. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.39.073003.114751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Scott J. Dixon
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada;
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada;
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada;
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada;
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada;
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Kitagawa R. The spindle assembly checkpoint in Caenorhabditis elegans: one who lacks Mad1 becomes mad one. Cell Cycle 2009; 8:338-44. [PMID: 19177000 DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.3.7448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) monitors the microtubule attachment status of the kinetochore and arrests cells before anaphase until all pairs of sister kinetochores achieve bipolar attachment of microtubules, thereby ensuring faithful chromosome transmission. The evolutionarily conserved coiled-coil protein MAD1 has been implicated in the SAC signaling pathway. MAD1 forms a complex with another SAC component MAD2 and specifically localizes to unattached kinetochores to facilitate efficient binding of MAD2 to its target, CDC20, the mitotic substrate-specific activator of the anaphase promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C). Thus, MAD1 connects 2 sequential events in the SAC signaling pathway-recognition of unattached kinetochores and inhibition of APC/C activity. However, the molecular mechanisms by which it specifically localizes to unattached kinetochores are largely unknown. Studies in multicellular organisms have revealed the role of MAD1 in development and tumor suppression, but the precise time at which MAD1 activity is required is unknown. Investigation of cellular and organismic functions of MAD1 in the simple multicellular organism C. elegans identified functional interactors of MAD1 in both kinetochore-oriented SAC signaling and kinetochore-independent cell cycle regulation. Studying the function of SAC components in C. elegans provides a new molecular insight into the SAC-regulated cell cycle progression in a context of a multicellular organism.
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- Risa Kitagawa
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
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Essex A, Dammermann A, Lewellyn L, Oegema K, Desai A. Systematic analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals that the spindle checkpoint is composed of two largely independent branches. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 20:1252-67. [PMID: 19109417 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-10-1047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Kinetochores use the spindle checkpoint to delay anaphase onset until all chromosomes have formed bipolar attachments to spindle microtubules. Here, we use controlled monopolar spindle formation to systematically define the requirements for spindle checkpoint signaling in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. The results, when interpreted in light of kinetochore assembly epistasis analysis, indicate that checkpoint activation is coordinately directed by the NDC-80 complex, the Rod/Zwilch/Zw10 complex, and BUB-1-three components independently targeted to the outer kinetochore by the scaffold protein KNL-1. These components orchestrate the integration of a core Mad1(MDF-1)/Mad2(MDF-2)-based signal, with a largely independent Mad3(SAN-1)/BUB-3 pathway. Evidence for independence comes from the fact that subtly elevating Mad2(MDF-2) levels bypasses the requirement for BUB-3 and Mad3(SAN-1) in kinetochore-dependent checkpoint activation. Mad3(SAN-1) does not accumulate at unattached kinetochores and BUB-3 kinetochore localization is independent of Mad2(MDF-2). We discuss the rationale for a bipartite checkpoint mechanism in which a core Mad1(MDF-1)/Mad2(MDF-2) signal generated at kinetochores is integrated with a separate cytoplasmic Mad3(SAN-1)/BUB-3-based pathway.
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- Anthony Essex
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Yamamoto TG, Watanabe S, Essex A, Kitagawa R. SPDL-1 functions as a kinetochore receptor for MDF-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 183:187-94. [PMID: 18936247 PMCID: PMC2568016 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200805185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) ensures faithful chromosome segregation by delaying anaphase onset until all sister kinetochores are attached to bipolar spindles. An RNA interference screen for synthetic genetic interactors with a conserved SAC gene, san-1/MAD3, identified spdl-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of Spindly. SPDL-1 protein localizes to the kinetochore from prometaphase to metaphase, and this depends on KNL-1, a highly conserved kinetochore protein, and CZW-1/ZW10, a component of the ROD–ZW10–ZWILCH complex. In two-cell–stage embryos harboring abnormal monopolar spindles, SPDL-1 is required to induce the SAC-dependent mitotic delay and localizes the SAC protein MDF-1/MAD1 to the kinetochore facing away from the spindle pole. In addition, SPDL-1 coimmunoprecipitates with MDF-1/MAD1 in vivo. These results suggest that SPDL-1 functions in a kinetochore receptor of MDF-1/MAD1 to induce SAC function.
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- Takaharu G Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Significant conservation of synthetic lethal genetic interaction networks between distantly related eukaryotes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:16653-8. [PMID: 18931302 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806261105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Synthetic lethal genetic interaction networks define genes that work together to control essential functions and have been studied extensively in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the synthetic genetic array (SGA) analysis technique (ScSGA). The extent to which synthetic lethal or other genetic interaction networks are conserved between species remains uncertain. To address this question, we compared literature-curated and experimentally derived genetic interaction networks for two distantly related yeasts, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and S. cerevisiae. We find that 23% of interactions in a novel, high-quality S. pombe literature-curated network are conserved in the existing S. cerevisiae network. Next, we developed a method, called S. pombe SGA analysis (SpSGA), enabling rapid, high-throughput isolation of genetic interactions in this species. Direct comparison by SpSGA and ScSGA of approximately 220 genes involved in DNA replication, the DNA damage response, chromatin remodeling, intracellular transport, and other processes revealed that approximately 29% of genetic interactions are common to both species, with the remainder exhibiting unique, species-specific patterns of genetic connectivity. We define a conserved yeast network (CYN) composed of 106 genes and 144 interactions and suggest that this network may help understand the shared biology of diverse eukaryotic species.
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Pisabarro AG, Perez G, Lavin JL, Ramirez L. Genetic networks for the functional study of genomes. BRIEFINGS IN FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 7:249-63. [DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/eln026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hajeri VA, Stewart AM, Moore LL, Padilla PA. Genetic analysis of the spindle checkpoint genes san-1, mdf-2, bub-3 and the CENP-F homologues hcp-1 and hcp-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Div 2008; 3:6. [PMID: 18248670 PMCID: PMC2265278 DOI: 10.1186/1747-1028-3-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2007] [Accepted: 02/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The spindle checkpoint delays the onset of anaphase until all sister chromatids are aligned properly at the metaphase plate. To investigate the role san-1, the MAD3 homologue, has in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos we used RNA interference (RNAi) to identify genes synthetic lethal with the viable san-1(ok1580) deletion mutant. Results The san-1(ok1580) animal has low penetrating phenotypes including an increased incidence of males, larvae arrest, slow growth, protruding vulva, and defects in vulva morphogenesis. We found that the viability of san-1(ok1580) embryos is significantly reduced when HCP-1 (CENP-F homologue), MDF-1 (MAD-1 homologue), MDF-2 (MAD-2 homologue) or BUB-3 (predicted BUB-3 homologue) are reduced by RNAi. Interestingly, the viability of san-1(ok1580) embryos is not significantly reduced when the paralog of HCP-1, HCP-2, is reduced. The phenotype of san-1(ok1580);hcp-1(RNAi) embryos includes embryonic and larval lethality, abnormal organ development, and an increase in abnormal chromosome segregation (aberrant mitotic nuclei, anaphase bridging). Several of the san-1(ok1580);hcp-1(RNAi) animals displayed abnormal kinetochore (detected by MPM-2) and microtubule structure. The survival of mdf-2(RNAi);hcp-1(RNAi) embryos but not bub-3(RNAi);hcp-1(RNAi) embryos was also compromised. Finally, we found that san-1(ok1580) and bub-3(RNAi), but not hcp-1(RNAi) embryos, were sensitive to anoxia, suggesting that like SAN-1, BUB-3 has a functional role as a spindle checkpoint protein. Conclusion Together, these data suggest that in the C. elegans embryo, HCP-1 interacts with a subset of the spindle checkpoint pathway. Furthermore, the fact that san-1(ok1580);hcp-1(RNAi) animals had a severe viability defect whereas in the san-1(ok1580);hcp-2(RNAi) and san-1(ok1580);hcp-2(ok1757) animals the viability defect was not as severe suggesting that hcp-1 and hcp-2 are not completely redundant.
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- Vinita A Hajeri
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
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