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Front Cell Dev Biol ; 10: 854373, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35433674

RESUMO

Epithelial tissues are vital to the function of most organs, providing critical functions such as secretion, protection, and absorption. Cells within an epithelial layer must coordinate to create functionally distinct apical, lateral, and basal surfaces in order to maintain proper organ function and organism viability. This is accomplished through the careful targeting of polarity factors to their respective locations within the cell, as well as the strategic placement of post-mitotic cells within the epithelium during tissue morphogenesis. The process of establishing and maintaining epithelial tissue integrity is conserved across many species, as important polarity factors and spindle orientation mechanisms can be found in many phyla. However, most of the information gathered about these processes and players has been investigated in bilaterian organisms such as C. elegans, Drosophila, and vertebrate species. This review discusses the advances made in the field of epithelial polarity establishment from more basal organisms, and the advantages to utilizing these simpler models. An increasing number of cnidarian model organisms have been sequenced in recent years, such as Hydra vulgaris and Nematostella vectensis. It is now feasible to investigate how polarity is established and maintained in basal organisms to gain an understanding of the most basal requirements for epithelial tissue morphogenesis.

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Life Sci Alliance ; 5(7)2022 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35304423

RESUMO

The last stage of cell division involves two daughter cells remaining interconnected by a cytokinetic bridge that is cleaved during abscission. Conserved between the zebrafish embryo and human cells, we found that the oldest centrosome moves in a Rab11-dependent manner towards the cytokinetic bridge sometimes followed by the youngest. Rab11-endosomes are organized in a Rab11-GTP dependent manner at the mother centriole during pre-abscission, with Rab11 endosomes at the oldest centrosome being more mobile compared with the youngest. The GTPase activity of Rab11 is necessary for the centrosome protein, Pericentrin, to be enriched at the centrosome. Reduction in Pericentrin expression or optogenetic disruption of Rab11-endosome function inhibited both centrosome movement towards the cytokinetic bridge and abscission, resulting in daughter cells prone to being binucleated and/or having supernumerary centrosomes. These studies suggest that Rab11-endosomes contribute to centrosome function during pre-abscission by regulating Pericentrin organization resulting in appropriate centrosome movement towards the cytokinetic bridge and subsequent abscission.


Assuntos
Peixe-Zebra , Proteínas rab de Ligação ao GTP , Animais , Antígenos , Centrossomo/metabolismo , Endossomos/metabolismo , Proteínas rab de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Proteínas rab de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo
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STAR Protoc ; 2(1): 100293, 2021 03 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33554134

RESUMO

During the earliest division stages, zebrafish embryos have large cells that divide rapidly and synchronously to create a cellular layer on top of the yolk. Here, we describe a protocol for monitoring spindle dynamics during these early embryonic divisions. We outline techniques for injecting zebrafish embryos with small-molecule inhibitors toward polo-like kinases, preparing and mounting embryos for three-dimensional imaging using confocal microscopy. These techniques are used to understand how the early zebrafish embryo's centrosome constructs the mitotic spindle. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Rathbun et al. (2020).


Assuntos
Centrossomo/metabolismo , Embrião não Mamífero/embriologia , Mitose/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Fuso Acromático/metabolismo , Peixe-Zebra/embriologia , Animais , Microscopia Confocal
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Curr Biol ; 30(22): 4519-4527.e3, 2020 11 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32916112

RESUMO

Factors that regulate mitotic spindle positioning remain unclear within the confines of extremely large embryonic cells, such as the early divisions of the vertebrate embryo, Danio rerio (zebrafish). We find that the mitotic centrosome, a structure that assembles the mitotic spindle [1], is notably large in the zebrafish embryo (246.44 ± 11.93 µm2 in a 126.86 ± 0.35 µm diameter cell) compared to a C. elegans embryo (5.78 ± 0.18 µm2 in a 55.83 ± 1.04 µm diameter cell). During embryonic cell divisions, cell size changes rapidly in both C. elegans and zebrafish [2, 3], where mitotic centrosome area scales more closely with changes in cell size compared to changes in spindle length. Embryonic zebrafish spindles contain asymmetrically sized mitotic centrosomes (2.14 ± 0.13-fold difference between the two), with the larger mitotic centrosome placed toward the embryo center in a polo-like kinase (PLK) 1- and PLK4-dependent manner. We propose a model in which uniquely large zebrafish embryonic centrosomes direct spindle placement within disproportionately large cells.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Centrossomo/metabolismo , Desenvolvimento Embrionário , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Fuso Acromático/metabolismo , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Animais , Animais Geneticamente Modificados , Caenorhabditis elegans , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Tamanho Celular , Embrião não Mamífero , Microscopia Intravital , Microscopia Confocal , Mitose , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Peixe-Zebra , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/genética , Quinase 1 Polo-Like
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Elife ; 82019 12 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31872801

RESUMO

Deciphering how signaling enzymes operate within discrete microenvironments is fundamental to understanding biological processes. A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) restrict the range of action of protein kinases within intracellular compartments. We exploited the AKAP targeting concept to create genetically encoded platforms that restrain kinase inhibitor drugs at distinct subcellular locations. Local Kinase Inhibition (LoKI) allows us to ascribe organelle-specific functions to broad specificity kinases. Using chemical genetics, super resolution microscopy, and live-cell imaging we discover that centrosomal delivery of Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) and Aurora A (AurA) inhibitors attenuates kinase activity, produces spindle defects, and prolongs mitosis. Targeted inhibition of Plk1 in zebrafish embryos illustrates how centrosomal Plk1 underlies mitotic spindle assembly. Inhibition of kinetochore-associated pools of AurA blocks phosphorylation of microtubule-kinetochore components. This versatile precision pharmacology tool enhances investigation of local kinase biology.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ancoragem à Quinase A/genética , Aurora Quinase A/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Mitose/genética , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Animais , Aurora Quinase A/química , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Centrossomo/química , Centrossomo/ultraestrutura , Desenvolvimento Embrionário/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Humanos , Cinetocoros/química , Microtúbulos/genética , Fosforilação/genética , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/química , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/química , Peixe-Zebra/genética , Peixe-Zebra/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Quinase 1 Polo-Like
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Mol Biol Cell ; 30(13): 1598-1609, 2019 06 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31042116

RESUMO

The mitotic kinase, polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1), facilitates the assembly of the two mitotic spindle poles, which are required for the formation of the microtubule-based spindle that ensures appropriate chromosome distribution into the two forming daughter cells. Spindle poles are asymmetric in composition. One spindle pole contains the oldest mitotic centriole, the mother centriole, where the majority of cenexin, the mother centriole appendage protein and PLK1 binding partner, resides. We hypothesized that PLK1 activity is greater at the cenexin-positive older spindle pole. Our studies found that PLK1 asymmetrically localizes between spindle poles under conditions of chromosome misalignment, and chromosomes tend to misalign toward the oldest spindle pole in a cenexin- and PLK1-dependent manner. During chromosome misalignment, PLK1 activity is increased specifically at the oldest spindle pole, and this increase in activity is lost in cenexin-depleted cells. We propose a model where PLK1 activity elevates in response to misaligned chromosomes at the oldest spindle pole during metaphase.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Segregação de Cromossomos/fisiologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Polos do Fuso/metabolismo , Animais , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Centríolos/metabolismo , Centrossomo/metabolismo , Cromossomos/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/fisiologia , Humanos , Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Mitose/fisiologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Fuso Acromático/metabolismo , Polos do Fuso/enzimologia , Peixe-Zebra , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/genética , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Quinase 1 Polo-Like
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Curr Opin Cell Biol ; 56: 45-52, 2019 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30268802

RESUMO

The ability to divide is a fundamental property of a living cell. The 3D orientation of cell division is essential for embryogenesis, maintenance of tissue organization and architecture, as well as controlling cell fate. Much attention has been placed on the mitotic spindle's role in placing itself along the cell's longest axis, where a shape sensing mechanism between a population of microtubules extending from mitotic centrosomes to the cell cortex occurs. However, contractile forces at the cell cortex also likely play a decisive role in determining the final placement of daughter cells following division. In this review, we discuss recent literature that describes the role of these contractile forces and how these forces could be balanced by mitotic adhesion complexes.


Assuntos
Adesão Celular , Mitose , Fuso Acromático/metabolismo , Animais , Centrossomo/metabolismo , Humanos , Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais
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Sci Rep ; 6: 29846, 2016 07 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27432211

RESUMO

The geometry of the cleavage furrow during mitosis is often asymmetric in vivo and plays a critical role in stem cell differentiation and the relative positioning of daughter cells during development. Early observations of adhesive cell lines revealed asymmetry in the shape of the cleavage furrow, where the bottom (i.e., substrate attached side) of the cleavage furrow ingressed less than the top (i.e., unattached side). This data suggested substrate attachment could be regulating furrow ingression. Here we report a population of mitotic focal adhesions (FAs) controls the symmetry of the cleavage furrow. In single HeLa cells, stronger adhesion to the substrate directed less ingression from the bottom of the cell through a pathway including paxillin, focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and vinculin. Cell-cell contacts also direct ingression of the cleavage furrow in coordination with FAs in epithelial cells-MDCK-within monolayers and polarized cysts. In addition, mitotic FAs established 3D orientation of the mitotic spindle and the relative positioning of mother and daughter centrosomes. Therefore, our data reveals mitotic FAs as a key link between mitotic cell shape and spindle orientation, and may have important implications in our understanding stem cell homeostasis and tumorigenesis.


Assuntos
Forma Celular/genética , Adesões Focais/genética , Mitose/genética , Fuso Acromático/genética , Animais , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Centrossomo/metabolismo , Cães , Proteína-Tirosina Quinases de Adesão Focal/genética , Células HeLa , Humanos , Células Madin Darby de Rim Canino , Vinculina/genética
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