Faculty Opinions recommendation of Axin-dependent phosphorylation of the adenomatous polyposis coli protein mediated by casein kinase 1epsilon.

Author(s):  
Daniel Kalderon
2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 2978-2991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Dikovskaya ◽  
Ian P. Newton ◽  
Inke S. Näthke

Mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein occur early in colon cancer and correlate with chromosomal instability. Here, we show that depletion of APC from cystostatic factor (CSF) Xenopus extracts leads to a decrease in microtubule density and changes in tubulin distribution in spindles and asters formed in such extracts. Addition of full-length APC protein or a large, N-terminally truncated APC fragment to APC-depleted extracts restored normal spindle morphology and the intact microtubule-binding site of APC was necessary for this rescue. These data indicate that the APC protein plays a role in the formation of spindles that is dependent on its effect on microtubules. Spindles formed in cycled extracts were not sensitive to APC depletion. In CSF extracts, spindles predominantly formed from aster-like intermediates, whereas in cycled extracts chromatin was the major site of initial microtubule polymerization. These data suggest that APC is important for centrosomally driven spindle formation, which was confirmed by our finding that APC depletion reduced the size of asters nucleated from isolated centrosomes. We propose that lack of microtubule binding in cancer-associated mutations of APC may contribute to defects in the assembly of mitotic spindles and lead to missegregation of chromosomes.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. e38102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Dikovskaya ◽  
Guennadi Khoudoli ◽  
Ian P. Newton ◽  
Gaganmeet S. Chadha ◽  
Daniel Klotz ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 282 (17) ◽  
pp. 12661-12668 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Moseley ◽  
Francesca Bartolini ◽  
Kyoko Okada ◽  
Ying Wen ◽  
Gregg G. Gundersen ◽  
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