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- Title
Cyclin B degradation leads to NuMA release from dynein/dynactin and from spindle poles.
- Authors
Gehmlich, Katja; Haren, Laurence; Merdes, Andreas
- Abstract
The protein NuMA localizes to mitotic spindle poles where it contributes to the organization of microtubules. In this study, we demonstrate that NuMA loses its stable association with the spindle poles after anaphase onset. Using extracts from Xenopus laevis eggs, we show that NuMA is dephosphorylated in anaphase and released from dynein and dynactin. In the presence of a nondegradable form of cyclin B (Δ90), NuMA remains phosphorylated and associated with dynein and dynactin, and remains localized to stable spindle poles that fail to disassemble at the end of mitosis. Inhibition of NuMA or dynein allows completion of mitosis, despite inducing spindle pole abnormalities. We propose that NuMA functions early in mitosis during the formation of spindle poles, but is released from the spindle after anaphase, to allow spindle disassembly and remodelling of the microtubule network.
- Subjects
PROTEINS; DYNEIN; XENOPUS; PIPIDAE; THIAMIN pyrophosphate; XENOPUS laevis
- Publication
EMBO Reports, 2004, Vol 5, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
1469-221X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.embor.7400046