scholarly journals PP1 promotes cyclin B destruction and the metaphase-anaphase transition by dephosphorylating CDC20

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Bancroft ◽  
James Holder ◽  
Zoë Geraghty ◽  
Tatiana Alfonso-Pérez ◽  
Daniel Murphy ◽  
...  

AbstractUbiquitin-dependent proteolysis of cyclin B and securin initiates sister chromatid segregation and anaphase. The anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) and its co-activator CDC20 form the main ubiquitin E3 ligase for these proteins. APC/CCDC20 is regulated by CDK1-cyclin B and counteracting PP1 and PP2A family phosphatases through modulation of both activating and inhibitory phosphorylations. Here we report that PP1 promotes cyclin B destruction at the onset of anaphase by removing specific inhibitory phosphorylation in the N-terminus of CDC20. Depletion or chemical inhibition of PP1 stabilises cyclin B and results in a pronounced delay at the metaphase-to-anaphase transition after chromosome alignment. This requirement for PP1 is lost in cells expressing CDK1-phosphorylation defective CDC206A mutants. These CDC206A cells show a normal spindle checkpoint response, but once all chromosomes have aligned rapidly degrade cyclin B and enter into anaphase in the absence of PP1 activity. PP1 therefore facilitates the metaphase-to-anaphase by promoting APC/CCDC20-dependent destruction of cyclin B in human cells.

Open Biology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 150160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina V. Caldas ◽  
Tina R. Lynch ◽  
Ryan Anderson ◽  
Sana Afreen ◽  
Dileep Varma ◽  
...  

The spindle assembly checkpoint is a surveillance mechanism that blocks anaphase onset until all chromosomes are properly attached to microtubules of the mitotic spindle. Checkpoint activity requires kinetochore localization of Mad1/Mad2 to inhibit activation of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome in the presence of unattached kinetochores. In budding yeast and Caenorhabditis elegans , Bub1, recruited to kinetochores through KNL1, recruits Mad1/Mad2 by direct linkage with Mad1. However, in human cells it is not yet established which kinetochore protein(s) function as the Mad1/Mad2 receptor. Both Bub1 and the RZZ complex have been implicated in Mad1/Mad2 kinetochore recruitment; however, their specific roles remain unclear. Here, we investigate the contributions of Bub1, RZZ and KNL1 to Mad1/Mad2 kinetochore recruitment. We find that the RZZ complex localizes to the N-terminus of KNL1, downstream of Bub1, to mediate robust Mad1/Mad2 kinetochore localization. Our data also point to the existence of a KNL1-, Bub1-independent mechanism for RZZ and Mad1/Mad2 kinetochore recruitment. Based on our results, we propose that in humans, the primary mediator for Mad1/Mad2 kinetochore localization is the RZZ complex.


1999 ◽  
Vol 146 (4) ◽  
pp. 791-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuji Kotani ◽  
Hirofumi Tanaka ◽  
Hideyo Yasuda ◽  
Kazuo Todokoro

Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of Cut2/Pds1 and Cyclin B is required for sister chromatid separation and exit from mitosis, respectively. Anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC) specifically ubiquitinates Cut2/Pds1 at metaphase–anaphase transition, and ubiquitinates Cyclin B in late mitosis and G1 phase. However, the exact regulatory mechanism of substrate-specific activation of mammalian APC with the right timing remains to be elucidated. We found that not only the binding of the activators Cdc20 and Cdh1 and the inhibitor Mad2 to APC, but also the phosphorylation of Cdc20 and Cdh1 by Cdc2-Cyclin B and that of APC by Polo-like kinase and cAMP-dependent protein kinase, regulate APC activity. The cooperation of the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation and the regulatory factors in regulation of APC activity may thus control the precise progression of mitosis.


2000 ◽  
Vol 151 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Sumara ◽  
Elisabeth Vorlaufer ◽  
Christian Gieffers ◽  
Beate H. Peters ◽  
Jan-Michael Peters

In eukaryotes, sister chromatids remain connected from the time of their synthesis until they are separated in anaphase. This cohesion depends on a complex of proteins called cohesins. In budding yeast, the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) pathway initiates anaphase by removing cohesins from chromosomes. In vertebrates, cohesins dissociate from chromosomes already in prophase. To study their mitotic regulation we have purified two 14S cohesin complexes from human cells. Both complexes contain SMC1, SMC3, SCC1, and either one of the yeast Scc3p orthologs SA1 and SA2. SA1 is also a subunit of 14S cohesin in Xenopus. These complexes interact with PDS5, a protein whose fungal orthologs have been implicated in chromosome cohesion, condensation, and recombination. The bulk of SA1- and SA2-containing complexes and PDS5 are chromatin-associated until they become soluble from prophase to telophase. Reconstitution of this process in mitotic Xenopus extracts shows that cohesin dissociation does neither depend on cyclin B proteolysis nor on the presence of the APC. Cohesins can also dissociate from chromatin in the absence of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 activity. These results suggest that vertebrate cohesins are regulated by a novel prophase pathway which is distinct from the APC pathway that controls cohesins in yeast.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cerys E. Currie ◽  
Mar Mora-Santos ◽  
Chris Smith ◽  
Andrew D. McAinsh ◽  
Jonathan B.A. Millar

AbstractError-free chromosome segregation during mitosis depends on a functional spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). The SAC is a multi-component signaling system that is recruited to incorrectly attached kinetochores to catalyze the formation of a soluble inhibitor, known as the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC), which binds and inhibits the anaphase promoting complex [1]. We have previously proposed that two separable pathways, composed of KNL1-Bub3-Bub1 (KBB) and Rod-Zwilch-Zw10 (RZZ), recruit Mad1-Mad2 complexes to human kinetochores to activate the SAC [2]. We refer to this as the dual pathway model. Although Bub1 is absolutely required for MCC formation in yeast (which lack RZZ), there is conflicting evidence as to whether this is also the case in human cells based on siRNA studies [2–5]. Here we report, using genome editing, that Bub1 is not strictly required for the SAC response to unattached kinetochores in human diploid hTERT-RPE1 cells, consistent with the dual pathway model.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew V. Grassetti ◽  
Rufus Hards ◽  
Scott A. Gerber

Wee1 kinase plays a central role in the eukaryotic cell cycle via its well-known negative regulation of Cdk1 activity at the G2/M transition, preventing progression into mitosis until DNA replication and/or DNA damage repair is complete. Recent genetic evidence in yeast, flies and human cells have suggested additional functions of Wee1 in mitosis and during mitotic exit, respectively. To discover new candidate substrates of Wee1 kinase, we used SILAC-based phosphoproteomics and selective chemical inhibition to quantitatively compare phosphorylation site abundances in the presence and absence of Wee1 activity. Unexpectedly, we uncovered a role for the Wee1-dependent phosphorylation of Cdk1-cyclin B at tyrosine 15 (Y15) in facilitating chemical inhibition of Cdk1-cyclin B by the inhibitor RO3306. Thermal shift stability assays demonstrated greater binding affinity of RO3306 for Y15-phosphorylated Cdk1-cyclin B versus unphosphorylated complex, providing an additional molecular basis for the observed Wee1 inhibitor-based toxicity in human cells. In addition, our experiments identified Cdk5-CABLES and Cdk5-cyclin B as novel substrates of Wee1 during chemically induced exit from mitosis. Collectively, these experiments facilitate a greater understanding of the Wee1-Cdk1 signaling axis and uncover new candidate substrates for Wee1.


Genetics ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 160 (2) ◽  
pp. 805-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward S Davis ◽  
Lucia Wille ◽  
Barry A Chestnut ◽  
Penny L Sadler ◽  
Diane C Shakes ◽  
...  

Abstract Two genes, originally identified in genetic screens for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants that arrest in metaphase of meiosis I, prove to encode subunits of the anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C). RNA interference studies reveal that these and other APC/C subunits are essential for the segregation of chromosomal homologs during meiosis I. Further, chromosome segregation during meiosis I requires APC/C functions in addition to the release of sister chromatid cohesion.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariadna Recasens ◽  
Sean J. Humphrey ◽  
Michael Ellis ◽  
Monira Hoque ◽  
Ramzi H. Abbassi ◽  
...  

AbstractBoth tumour suppressive and oncogenic functions have been reported for dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A (DYRK1A). Herein, we performed a detailed investigation to delineate the role of DYRK1A in glioblastoma. Our phosphoproteomic and mechanistic studies show that DYRK1A induces degradation of cyclin B by phosphorylating CDC23, which is necessary for the function of the anaphase-promoting complex, a ubiquitin ligase that degrades mitotic proteins. DYRK1A inhibition leads to the accumulation of cyclin B and activation of CDK1. Importantly, we established that the phenotypic response of glioblastoma cells to DYRK1A inhibition depends on both retinoblastoma (RB) expression and the degree of residual DYRK1A activity. Moderate DYRK1A inhibition leads to moderate cyclin B accumulation, CDK1 activation and increased proliferation in RB-deficient cells. In RB-proficient cells, cyclin B/CDK1 activation in response to DYRK1A inhibition is neutralized by the RB pathway, resulting in an unchanged proliferation rate. In contrast, complete DYRK1A inhibition with high doses of inhibitors results in massive cyclin B accumulation, saturation of CDK1 activity and cell cycle arrest, regardless of RB status. These findings provide new insights into the complexity of context-dependent DYRK1A signalling in cancer cells.


2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (24) ◽  
pp. 5608-5620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna K. Ahlskog ◽  
Johanna K. Björk ◽  
Alexandra N. Elsing ◽  
Camilla Aspelin ◽  
Marko Kallio ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The ubiquitin E3 ligase anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) drives degradation of cell cycle regulators in cycling cells by associating with the coactivators Cdc20 and Cdh1. Although a plethora of APC/C substrates have been identified, only a few transcriptional regulators are described as direct targets of APC/C-dependent ubiquitination. Here we show that APC/C, through substrate recognition by both Cdc20 and Cdh1, mediates ubiquitination and degradation of heat shock factor 2 (HSF2), a transcription factor that binds to the Hsp70 promoter. The interaction between HSF2 and the APC/C subunit Cdc27 and coactivator Cdc20 is enhanced by moderate heat stress, and the degradation of HSF2 is induced during the acute phase of the heat shock response, leading to clearance of HSF2 from the Hsp70 promoter. Remarkably, Cdc20 and the proteasome 20S core α2 subunit are recruited to the Hsp70 promoter in a heat shock-inducible manner. Moreover, the heat shock-induced expression of Hsp70 is increased when Cdc20 is silenced by a specific small interfering RNA (siRNA). Our results provide the first evidence for participation of APC/C in the acute response to protein-damaging stress.


2018 ◽  
Vol 217 (10) ◽  
pp. 3343-3353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Carvalhal ◽  
Alexandra Tavares ◽  
Mariana B. Santos ◽  
Mihailo Mirkovic ◽  
Raquel A. Oliveira

Sister chromatid cohesion mediated by cohesin is essential for mitotic fidelity. It counteracts spindle forces to prevent premature chromatid individualization and random genome segregation. However, it is unclear what effects a partial decline of cohesin may have on chromosome organization. In this study, we provide a quantitative analysis of cohesin decay by inducing acute removal of defined amounts of cohesin from metaphase-arrested chromosomes. We demonstrate that sister chromatid cohesion is very resistant to cohesin loss as chromatid disjunction is only observed when chromosomes lose >80% of bound cohesin. Removal close to this threshold leads to chromosomes that are still cohered but display compromised chromosome alignment and unstable spindle attachments. Partial cohesin decay leads to increased duration of mitosis and susceptibility to errors in chromosome segregation. We propose that high cohesin density ensures centromeric chromatin rigidity necessary to maintain a force balance with the mitotic spindle. Partial cohesin loss may lead to chromosome segregation errors even when sister chromatid cohesion is fulfilled.


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