scholarly journals Metazoan-like kinetochore arrangement masked by the interphase RabI configuration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Jiménez-Martín ◽  
Alberto Pineda-Santaella ◽  
Daniel León-Periñán ◽  
David Delgado-Gestoso ◽  
Laura Marín-Toral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Chromosome Configuration ◽  
Kinetochore Assembly ◽  
Entire Cell ◽  
Crucial Part

AbstractDuring cell cycle progression in metazoan, the kinetochore, the protein complex attached to centromeres which directly interacts with the spindle microtubules, the vehicle of chromosome segregation, is assembled at mitotic onset and disassembled during mitotic exit. This program is assumed to be absent in budding and fission yeast because kinetochore proteins are stably maintained at the centromeres throughout the entire cell cycle. In this work, we show that the assembly program at the mitotic onset of the Ndc80 complex, a crucial part of the outer kinetochore, is unexpectedly conserved in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We have identified this behavior by removing the Rabl chromosome configuration during interphase, in which centromeres are permanently associated with the nuclear envelope beneath the spindle pole body. Hence, the Rabl configuration masks the presence of a program to recruit Ndc80 at mitotic onset in fission yeast, similar to that taking place in metazoan. Besides the evolutionary implications of our observations, we think that our work will help understand the molecular processes behind the kinetochore assembly program during mitotic entry using fission yeast as the model organism.

scholarly journals Quantifying Tubulin Concentration and Microtubule Number Throughout the Fission Yeast Cell Cycle

Biomolecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Loiodice ◽  
Marcel Janson ◽  
Penny Tavormina ◽  
Sebastien Schaub ◽  
Divya Bhatt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Genetic Model ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Fluorescent Imaging ◽  
Mother And Daughter ◽  
In The Wild

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe serves as a good genetic model organism for the molecular dissection of the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton. However, analysis of the number and distribution of individual MTs throughout the cell cycle, particularly during mitosis, in living cells is still lacking, making quantitative modelling imprecise. We use quantitative fluorescent imaging and analysis to measure the changes in tubulin concentration and MT number and distribution throughout the cell cycle at a single MT resolution in living cells. In the wild-type cell, both mother and daughter spindle pole body (SPB) nucleate a maximum of 23 ± 6 MTs at the onset of mitosis, which decreases to a minimum of 4 ± 1 MTs at spindle break down. Interphase MT bundles, astral MT bundles, and the post anaphase array (PAA) microtubules are composed primarily of 1 ± 1 individual MT along their lengths. We measure the cellular concentration of αβ-tubulin subunits to be ~5 µM throughout the cell cycle, of which one-third is in polymer form during interphase and one-quarter is in polymer form during mitosis. This analysis provides a definitive characterization of αβ-tubulin concentration and MT number and distribution in fission yeast and establishes a foundation for future quantitative comparison of mutants defective in MTs.

Asymmetry of the spindle pole bodies and spg1p GAP segregation during mitosis in fission yeast

1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (14) ◽  
pp. 2313-2321 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Cerutti ◽  
V. Simanis
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Mitotic Cell ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
The Other ◽  
Septum Formation ◽  
Spindle Pole Bodies ◽  
Interphase Cells ◽  
Early Mitosis

In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the onset of septum formation is induced by a signal transduction network involving several protein kinases and a GTPase switch. One of the roles of the spg1p GTPase is to localise the cdc7p protein kinase to the poles of the mitotic spindle, from where the onset of septation is thought to be signalled at the end of mitosis. Immunofluorescence studies have shown that cdc7p is located on both spindle pole bodies early in mitosis, but only on one during the later stages of anaphase. This is mediated by inactivation of spg1p on one pole before the other. The GAP for spg1p is a complex of two proteins, cdc16p and byr4p. Localisation of cdc16p and byr4p by indirect immunofluorescence during the mitotic cell cycle showed that both proteins are present on the spindle pole body in interphase cells. During mitosis, byr4p is seen first on both poles of the spindle, then on only one. This occurs prior to cdc7p becoming asymmetric. In contrast, the signal due to cdc16p decreases to a low level during early mitosis, before being seen strongly on the same pole as byr4p. Double staining indicates that this is the opposite pole to that which retains cdc7p in late anaphase. Examination of the effect of inactivating cdc16p at various stages of the cell cycle suggests that cdc16p, together with cdc2p plays a role in restraining septum formation during interphase. The asymmetric inactivation of spg1p is mediated by recruitment of the cdc16p-byr4p GAP to one of the poles of the spindle before the other, and the asymmetry of the spindle pole bodies may be established early during mitosis. Moreover, the spindle pole bodies appear to be non-equivalent even after division has been completed.

scholarly journals Budding Yeast Bub2 Is Localized at Spindle Pole Bodies and Activates the Mitotic Checkpoint via a Different Pathway from Mad2

1999 ◽  
Vol 145 (5) ◽  
pp. 979-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Fraschini ◽  
Elisa Formenti ◽  
Giovanna Lucchini ◽  
Simonetta Piatti
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Mitotic Spindle ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Budding Yeast ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Mitotic Checkpoint ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Cycle Progression ◽  
Spindle Pole Bodies

The mitotic checkpoint blocks cell cycle progression before anaphase in case of mistakes in the alignment of chromosomes on the mitotic spindle. In budding yeast, the Mad1, 2, 3, and Bub1, 2, 3 proteins mediate this arrest. Vertebrate homologues of Mad1, 2, 3, and Bub1, 3 bind to unattached kinetochores and prevent progression through mitosis by inhibiting Cdc20/APC-mediated proteolysis of anaphase inhibitors, like Pds1 and B-type cyclins. We investigated the role of Bub2 in budding yeast mitotic checkpoint. The following observations indicate that Bub2 and Mad1, 2 probably activate the checkpoint via different pathways: (a) unlike the other Mad and Bub proteins, Bub2 localizes at the spindle pole body (SPB) throughout the cell cycle; (b) the effect of concomitant lack of Mad1 or Mad2 and Bub2 is additive, since nocodazole-treated mad1 bub2 and mad2 bub2 double mutants rereplicate DNA more rapidly and efficiently than either single mutant; (c) cell cycle progression of bub2 cells in the presence of nocodazole requires the Cdc26 APC subunit, which, conversely, is not required for mad2 cells in the same conditions. Altogether, our data suggest that activation of the mitotic checkpoint blocks progression through mitosis by independent and partially redundant mechanisms.

scholarly journals Regulation of spindle pole body assembly and cytokinesis by the centrin-binding protein Sfi1 in fission yeast

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (18) ◽  
pp. 2735-2749 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-Ju Lee ◽  
Ning Wang ◽  
Wen Hu ◽  
Kersey Schott ◽  
Jürg Bähler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Division ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Budding Yeast ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Centrosome Duplication ◽  
Pole Body ◽  
The Individual

Centrosomes play critical roles in the cell division cycle and ciliogenesis. Sfi1 is a centrin-binding protein conserved from yeast to humans. Budding yeast Sfi1 is essential for the initiation of spindle pole body (SPB; yeast centrosome) duplication. However, the recruitment and partitioning of Sfi1 to centrosomal structures have never been fully investigated in any organism, and the presumed importance of the conserved tryptophans in the internal repeats of Sfi1 remains untested. Here we report that in fission yeast, instead of doubling abruptly at the initiation of SPB duplication and remaining at a constant level thereafter, Sfi1 is gradually recruited to SPBs throughout the cell cycle. Like an sfi1Δ mutant, a Trp-to-Arg mutant (sfi1-M46) forms monopolar spindles and exhibits mitosis and cytokinesis defects. Sfi1-M46 protein associates preferentially with one of the two daughter SPBs during mitosis, resulting in a failure of new SPB assembly in the SPB receiving insufficient Sfi1. Although all five conserved tryptophans tested are involved in Sfi1 partitioning, the importance of the individual repeats in Sfi1 differs. In summary, our results reveal a link between the conserved tryptophans and Sfi1 partitioning and suggest a revision of the model for SPB assembly.

scholarly journals Cell cycle-dependent specific positioning and clustering of centromeres and telomeres in fission yeast.

1993 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 961-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Funabiki ◽  
I Hagan ◽  
S Uzawa ◽  
M Yanagida
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Topoisomerase Ii ◽  
Nuclear Periphery ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Critical Length ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Dna Topoisomerase ◽  
Motor Cells ◽  
Cycle Dependent

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) shows that fission yeast centromeres and telomeres make up specific spatial arrangements in the nucleus. Their positioning and clustering are cell cycle regulated. In G2, centromeres cluster adjacent to the spindle pole body (SPB), while in mitosis, their association with each other and with the SPB is disrupted. Similarly, telomeres cluster at the nuclear periphery in G2 and their associations are disrupted in mitosis. Mitotic centromeres interact with the spindle. They remain undivided until the spindle reaches a critical length, then separate and move towards the poles. This demonstrated, for the first time, that anaphase A occurs in fission yeast. The mode of anaphase A and B is similar to that of higher eukaryotes. In nda3 and cut7 mutants defective in tubulin of a kinesin-related motor, cells are blocked in early stages of mitosis due to the absence of the spindle, and centromeres dissociate but remain close to the SPB, whereas in a metaphase-arrested nuc2 mutant, they reside at the middle of the spindle. FISH is therefore a powerful tool for analyzing mitotic chromosome movement and disjunction using various mutants. Surprisingly, in top2 defective in DNA topoisomerase II, while most chromatid DNAs remain undivided, sister centromeres are separated. Significance of this finding is discussed. In contrast, most chromatid DNAs are separated but telomeric DNAs are not in cut1 mutant. In cut1, the dependence of SPB duplication on the completion of mitosis is abolished. In crm1 mutant cells defective in higher-order chromosome organization, the interphase arrangements of centromeres and telomeres are disrupted.

scholarly journals HIV-1 Vpr Induces Defects in Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Nuclear Structure, and Centrosomes

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 1793-1801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Chang ◽  
Fabio Re ◽  
Sarah Sebastian ◽  
Shelley Sazer ◽  
Jeremy Luban
Keyword(s):  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Human Cells ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
M Cell ◽  
Pole Body ◽  
And Function ◽  
Hiv 1

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr is a 15-kDa accessory protein that contributes to several steps in the viral replication cycle and promotes virus-associated pathology. Previous studies demonstrated that Vpr inhibits G2/M cell cycle progression in both human cells and in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Here, we report that, upon induction of vpr expression, fission yeast exhibited numerous defects in the assembly and function of the mitotic spindle. In particular, two spindle pole body proteins, sad1p and the polo kinase plo1p, were delocalized in vpr-expressing yeast cells, suggesting that spindle pole body integrity was perturbed. In addition, nuclear envelope structure, contractile actin ring formation, and cytokinesis were also disrupted. Similar Vpr-induced defects in mitosis and cytokinesis were observed in human cells, including aberrant mitotic spindles, multiple centrosomes, and multinucleate cells. These defects in cell division and centrosomes might account for some of the pathological effects associated with HIV-1 infection.

Cell cycle control of spindle pole body duplication and splitting by Sfi1 and Cdc31 in fission yeast

2015 ◽  
Vol 128 (8) ◽  
pp. 1481-1493 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. B. Bouhlel ◽  
M. Ohta ◽  
A. Mayeux ◽  
N. Bordes ◽  
F. Dingli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Cell Cycle Control ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Pole Body

Evidence for cell cycle-specific, spindle pole body-mediated, nuclear positioning in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

1997 ◽  
Vol 110 (16) ◽  
pp. 1851-1866 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Hagan ◽  
M. Yanagida
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Nuclear Positioning ◽  
Central Location ◽  
Pole Body ◽  
Spindle Pole Bodies ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Multiple Spindle

Specific changes in spatial order occur during cell cycle progression in fission yeast. Growth of the rod-shaped cells is highly regulated and undergoes a cell cycle and size-regulated switch from monopolar to bipolar tip extension. During both phases of growth, the interphase nucleus is maintained in a central location. Following the separation of the genome to the cell tips in mitosis, the two nuclei migrate back towards the cell equator before stopping in two new positions that will become the middle of the two new cells. Here we use simultaneous labeling of microtubules, chromatin and spindle pole bodies in wild-type and cdc mutants, to show that nuclear positioning is achieved by regulation of spindle pole body-mediated nuclear migration. We show that the number and location of nuclear positioning signals is regulated in a cell cycle-specific manner and that spindle pole body-mediated forces are likely to be responsible for maintaining correct nuclear position once the nuclei have reached the appropriate position in the cell. Accentuating the movement of the nuclei back towards the cell equator after mitosis by artificially increasing cell length shows that the spindle pole body leads the nucleus during this migration. When multiple spindle pole bodies are associated with the same or different nuclei they all go to the same point indicating that the different spindle pole bodies are responding to the same positional cue. In a septation-defective mutant cell, which contains four nuclei, the spindle pole bodies on the four different nuclei initially group as two pairs in regions that would become the middle of the new cells, were the cell able to divide. In the subsequent interphase, the nuclei aggregate as a group of four in the centre of the cell. The presence of two or three clusters of spindle pole bodies in larger cells with eight nuclei suggests that the mechanisms specifying the normally central location for multiple nuclei may be unable to operate properly as the cells get larger. Perturbation of microtubules with the microtubule poison thiabendazole prevents the spindle pole body clustering in septation mutants, demonstrating that nuclear positioning requires a functional microtubule cytoskeleton.

scholarly journals Measuring Affinities of Fission Yeast Spindle Pole Body Proteins in Live Cells across the Cell Cycle

2013 ◽  
Vol 105 (6) ◽  
pp. 1324-1335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad D. McCormick ◽  
Matthew S. Akamatsu ◽  
Shih-Chieh Ti ◽  
Thomas D. Pollard
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Live Cells ◽  
Pole Body

scholarly journals A Proteasome Cap Subunit Required for Spindle Pole Body Duplication in Yeast

1997 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather B. McDonald ◽  
Breck Byers
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Spindle Pole Body ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Restrictive Temperature ◽  
Protein Fusion ◽  
Pole Body

Proteasome-mediated protein degradation is a key regulatory mechanism in a diversity of complex processes, including the control of cell cycle progression. The selection of substrates for degradation clearly depends on the specificity of ubiquitination mechanisms, but further regulation may occur within the proteasomal 19S cap complexes, which attach to the ends of the 20S proteolytic core and are thought to control entry of substrates into the core. We have characterized a gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that displays extensive sequence similarity to members of a family of ATPases that are components of the 19S complex, including human subunit p42 and S. cerevisiae SUG1/ CIM3 and CIM5 products. This gene, termed PCS1 (for proteasomal cap subunit), is identical to the recently described SUG2 gene (Russell, S.J., U.G. Sathyanarayana, and S.A. Johnston. 1996. J. Biol. Chem. 271:32810– 32817). We have shown that PCS1 function is essential for viability. A temperature-sensitive pcs1 strain arrests principally in the second cycle after transfer to the restrictive temperature, blocking as large-budded cells with a G2 content of unsegregated DNA. EM reveals that each arrested pcs1 cell has failed to duplicate its spindle pole body (SPB), which becomes enlarged as in other monopolar mutants. Additionally, we have shown localization of a functional Pcs1–green fluorescent protein fusion to the nucleus throughout the cell cycle. We hypothesize that Pcs1p plays a role in the degradation of certain potentially nuclear component(s) in a manner that specifically is required for SPB duplication.

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