scholarly journals Alp7-Mto1 and Alp14 synergize to promote interphase microtubule regrowth from the nuclear envelope

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 944-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenyue Liu ◽  
Fan Zheng ◽  
Yucai Wang ◽  
Chuanhai Fu
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Microtubule Assembly ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Microtubule Nucleation ◽  
Microtubule Organizing Centers ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Microtubule Growth ◽  
In Cells

Abstract Microtubules grow not only from the centrosome but also from various noncentrosomal microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs), including the nuclear envelope (NE) and pre-existing microtubules. The evolutionarily conserved proteins Mto1/CDK5RAP2 and Alp14/TOG/XMAP215 have been shown to be involved in promoting microtubule nucleation. However, it has remained elusive as to how the microtubule nucleation promoting factors are specified to various noncentrosomal MTOCs, particularly the NE, and how these proteins coordinate to organize microtubule assembly. Here, we demonstrate that in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, efficient interphase microtubule growth from the NE requires Alp7/TACC, Alp14/TOG/XMAP215, and Mto1/CDK5RAP2. The absence of Alp7, Alp14, or Mto1 compromises microtubule regrowth on the NE in cells undergoing microtubule repolymerization. We further demonstrate that Alp7 and Mto1 interdependently localize to the NE in cells without microtubules and that Alp14 localizes to the NE in an Alp7 and Mto1-dependent manner. Tethering Mto1 to the NE in cells lacking Alp7 partially restores microtubule number and the efficiency of microtubule generation from the NE. Hence, our study delineates that Alp7, Alp14, and Mto1 work in concert to regulate interphase microtubule regrowth on the NE.

scholarly journals Assembly of normal actomyosin rings in the absence of Mid1p and cortical nodes in fission yeast

2008 ◽  
Vol 183 (6) ◽  
pp. 979-988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinyi Huang ◽  
Hongyan Yan ◽  
Mohan K. Balasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Ring Structure ◽  
Contractile Ring ◽  
Ring Assembly ◽  
Cell Biol ◽  
In Cells

Cytokinesis in many eukaryotes depends on the function of an actomyosin contractile ring. The mechanisms regulating assembly and positioning of this ring are not fully understood. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe divides using an actomyosin ring and is an attractive organism for the study of cytokinesis. Recent studies in S. pombe (Wu, J.Q., V. Sirotkin, D.R. Kovar, M. Lord, C.C. Beltzner, J.R. Kuhn, and T.D. Pollard. 2006. J. Cell Biol. 174:391–402; Vavylonis, D., J.Q. Wu, S. Hao, B. O'Shaughnessy, and T.D. Pollard. 2008. Science. 319:97–100) have suggested that the assembly of the actomyosin ring is initiated from a series of cortical nodes containing several components of this ring. These studies have proposed that actomyosin interactions bring together the cortical nodes to form a compacted ring structure. In this study, we test this model in cells that are unable to assemble cortical nodes. Although the cortical nodes play a role in the timing of ring assembly, we find that they are dispensable for the assembly of orthogonal actomyosin rings. Thus, a mechanism that is independent of cortical nodes is sufficient for the assembly of normal actomyosin rings.

scholarly journals The Melaminophenyl Arsenicals Melarsoprol and Melarsen Oxide Interfere with Thiamine Metabolism in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 3268-3271 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ernst Schweingruber
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Trypanosoma Brucei ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Active Metabolite ◽  
Vitamin B ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Pyrimidine Moiety ◽  
Thiamine Analogues

ABSTRACT The melaminophenyl arsenical melarsoprol is the main drug used against late-stage sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei subspecies. Its active metabolite in the human body is melarsen oxide. Here, it is shown that this metabolite inhibits growth of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and that its toxicity can be abolished efficiently by thiamine (vitamin B1), thiamine analogues, and the pyrimidine moiety of the thiamine molecule. Uptake of melarsen oxide is mediated by a membrane protein (car1p), which is involved in the uptake of thiamine and its pyrimidine moiety. Melarsoprol is taken up by cells in a thiamine- and car1p-dependent manner but is not toxic to cells.

scholarly journals The Fission Yeast Transforming Acidic Coiled Coil–related Protein Mia1p/Alp7p Is Required for Formation and Maintenance of Persistent Microtubule-organizing Centers at the Nuclear Envelope

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 2212-2222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liling Zheng ◽  
Cindi Schwartz ◽  
Liangmeng Wee ◽  
Snezhana Oliferenko
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Coiled Coil ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Microtubule Organizing Centers ◽  
Nucleation Sites ◽  
Rich Material

Microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs) concentrate microtubule nucleation, attachment and bundling factors and thus restrict formation of microtubule arrays in spatial and temporal manner. How MTOCs occur remains an exciting question in cell biology. Here, we show that the transforming acidic coiled coil–related protein Mia1p/Alp7p functions in emergence of large MTOCs in interphase fission yeast cells. We found that Mia1p was a microtubule-binding protein that preferentially localized to the minus ends of microtubules and was associated with the sites of microtubule attachment to the nuclear envelope. Cells lacking Mia1p exhibited less microtubule bundles. Microtubules could be nucleated and bundled but were frequently released from the nucleation sites in mia1Δ cells. Mia1p was required for stability of microtubule bundles and persistent use of nucleation sites both in interphase and postanaphase array dynamics. The γ-tubulin–rich material was not organized in large perinuclear or microtubule-associated structures in mia1Δ cells. Interestingly, absence of microtubules in dividing wild-type cells prevented appearance of large γ-tubulin–rich MTOC structures in daughters. When microtubule polymerization was allowed, MTOCs were efficiently assembled de novo. We propose a model where MTOC emergence is a self-organizing process requiring the continuous association of microtubules with nucleation sites.

scholarly journals Intramitotic controls in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: the effect of cell size on spindle length and the timing of mitotic events.

1990 ◽  
Vol 110 (5) ◽  
pp. 1617-1621 ◽  
Author(s):  
I M Hagan ◽  
P N Riddle ◽  
J S Hyams
Keyword(s):  
Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Nuclear Migration ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Reverse Direction ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Spindle Elongation ◽  
Anaphase B ◽  
In Cells

We have used a new cinemicroscopy technique in combination with antitubulin immunofluorescence microscopy to investigate the timing of mitotic events in cells of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe having lengths at division between 7 and 60 microns. Wild-type fission yeast cells divide at a length of 14 microns. Separation of daughter nuclei (anaphase B) proceeds at a rate of 1.6 +/- 0.2 microns min-1, until the spindle extends the length of the cell. Coincident with spindle depolymerization, the nuclei reverse direction and take up positions that will become the center of the two daughter cells. This post-mitotic nuclear migration occurs at a rate of 1.4 +/- 0.5 microns-1. In cells in which the weel+ gene is overexpressed fivefold and that have an average length at mitosis of 28 microns, the rate of nuclear separation was only slightly reduced but, as spindles in these cells measure 20-22 microns, the duration of anaphase B was extended by approximately 40%. By contrast, in the mutant weel.50, which divides at 7 microns, both the rate and duration of anaphase B were indistinguishable from wild type. Nuclei reach the ends of these cells earlier but remain there until a point corresponding to the time of postmitotic nuclear migration in wild type. Thus, the events of mitosis can be extended but not abbreviated. These results are discussed in terms of a mitotic termination control that monitors many different events, one of which is spindle elongation.

scholarly journals Perturbation of Enzyme Activity in Cells of the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Subjected to Continuous-flow Centrifugation

Microbiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 543-546
Author(s):  
G. M. WALKER ◽  
J. C. THOMPSON ◽  
J. C. SLAUGHTER ◽  
J. H. DUFFUS
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Continuous Flow ◽  
In Cells

scholarly journals The concerted actions of Tip1/CLIP-170, Klp5/Kinesin-8, and Alp14/XMAP215 regulate microtubule catastrophe at the cell end

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 956-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojia Niu ◽  
Fan Zheng ◽  
Chuanhai Fu
Keyword(s):  
Cell Growth ◽  
Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Cell Polarity ◽  
Residence Time ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Spatial Regulation ◽  
Live Cell Microscopy ◽  
Stabilizing Factors ◽  
Cell Microscopy

Abstract Spatial regulation of microtubule catastrophe is important for controlling microtubule length and consequently contributes to the proper establishment of cell polarity and cell growth. The +TIP proteins including Tip1/CLIP-170, Klp5/Kinesin-8, and Alp14/XMAP215 reside at microtubule plus ends to regulate microtubule dynamics. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Tip1 and Alp14 serve as microtubule-stabilizing factors, while Klp5 functions oppositely as a catastrophe-promoting factor. Despite that Tip1 has been shown to play a key role in restricting microtubule catastrophe to the cell end, how Tip1 fulfills the role remains to be determined. Employing live-cell microscopy, we showed that the absence of Tip1 impairs the localization of both Klp5 and Alp14 at microtubule plus ends, but the absence of Klp5 prolongs the residence time of Tip1 at microtubule plus ends. We further revealed that Klp5 accumulates behind Tip1 at microtubule plus ends in a Tip1-dependent manner. In addition, artificially tethering Klp5 to microtubule plus ends promotes premature microtubule catastrophe, while tethering Alp14 to microtubule plus ends in the cells lacking Tip1 rescues the phenotype of short microtubules. These findings establish that Tip1 restricts microtubule catastrophe to the cell end likely by spatially restricting the microtubule catastrophe activity of Klp5 and stabilizing Alp14 at microtubule plus ends. Thus, the work demonstrates the orchestration of Tip1, Alp14, and Klp5 in ensuring microtubule catastrophe at the cell end.

scholarly journals Loss of Regulators of Vacuolar ATPase Function and Ceramide Synthesis Results in Multidrug Sensitivity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 926-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keren Dawson ◽  
W. Mark Toone ◽  
Nic Jones ◽  
Caroline R. M. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Vacuolar Atpase ◽  
Ceramide Synthase ◽  
Fluorescent Properties ◽  
Ceramide Synthesis ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
In Cells

ABSTRACT We undertook a screen to isolate determinants of drug resistance in fission yeast and identified two genes that, when mutated, result in sensitivity to a range of structurally unrelated compounds, some of them commonly used in the clinic. One gene, rav1, encodes the homologue of a budding yeast protein which regulates the assembly of the vacuolar ATPase. The second gene, lac1, encodes a homologue of genes that are required for ceramide synthesis. Both mutants are sensitive to the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin, and using the naturally fluorescent properties of this compound, we found that both rav1 and lac1 mutations result in an increased accumulation of the drug in cells. The multidrug-sensitive phenotype of rav1 mutants can be rescued by up-regulation of the lag1 gene which encodes a homologue of lac1, whereas overexpression of either lac1 or lag1 confers multidrug resistance on wild-type cells. These data suggest that changing the amount of ceramide synthase activity in cells can influence innate drug resistance. The function of Rav1 appears to be conserved, as we show that SpRav1 is part of a RAVE-like complex in fission yeast and that loss of rav1 results in defects in vacuolar (H+)-ATPase activity. Thus, we conclude that loss of normal V-ATPase function results in an increased sensitivity of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells to drugs. The rav1 and lac1 genes are conserved in both higher eukaryotes and various pathogenic fungi. Thus, our data could provide the basis for strategies to sensitize tumor cells or drug-resistant pathogenic fungi to drugs.

scholarly journals The Structure of the γ-Tubulin Small Complex: Implications of Its Architecture and Flexibility for Microtubule Nucleation

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin M. Kollman ◽  
Alex Zelter ◽  
Eric G.D. Muller ◽  
Bethany Fox ◽  
Luke M. Rice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
The Other ◽  
Microtubule Nucleation ◽  
Small Complex ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Microtubule Growth ◽  
Order Complexes

The γ-tubulin small complex (γ-TuSC) is an evolutionarily conserved heterotetramer essential for microtubule nucleation. We have determined the structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae γ-TuSC at 25-Å resolution by electron microscopy. γ-TuSC is Y-shaped, with an elongated body connected to two arms. Gold labeling showed that the two γ-tubulins are located in lobes at the ends of the arms, and the relative orientations of the other γ-TuSC components were determined by in vivo FRET. The structures of different subpopulations of γ-TuSC indicate flexibility in the connection between a mobile arm and the rest of the complex, resulting in variation of the relative positions and orientations of the γ-tubulins. In all of the structures, the γ-tubulins are distinctly separated, a configuration incompatible with the microtubule lattice. The separation of the γ-tubulins in isolated γ-TuSC likely plays a role in suppressing its intrinsic microtubule-nucleating activity, which is relatively weak until the γ-TuSC is incorporated into higher order complexes or localized to microtubule-organizing centers. We propose that further movement of the mobile arm is required to bring the γ-tubulins together in microtubule-like interactions, and provide a template for microtubule growth.

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