scholarly journals Chromosome biorientation and APC activity remain uncoupled in oocytes with reduced volume

2017 ◽  
Vol 216 (12) ◽  
pp. 3949-3957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon I.R. Lane ◽  
Keith T. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Cell Volume ◽  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Anaphase Promoting Complex ◽  
Chromosome Missegregation ◽  
Anaphase Onset ◽  
Reduced Volume ◽  
Chromosome Attachment ◽  
Meiosis I

The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) prevents chromosome missegregation by coupling anaphase onset with correct chromosome attachment and tension to microtubules. It does this by generating a diffusible signal from free kinetochores into the cytoplasm, inhibiting the anaphase-promoting complex (APC). The volume in which this signal remains effective is unknown. This raises the possibility that cell volume may be the reason the SAC is weak, and chromosome segregation error-prone, in mammalian oocytes. Here, by a process of serial bisection, we analyzed the influence of oocyte volume on the ability of the SAC to inhibit bivalent segregation in meiosis I. We were able to generate oocytes with cytoplasmic volumes reduced by 86% and observed changes in APC activity consistent with increased SAC control. However, bivalent biorientation remained uncoupled from APC activity, leading to error-prone chromosome segregation. We conclude that volume is one factor contributing to SAC weakness in oocytes. However, additional factors likely uncouple chromosome biorientation with APC activity.

scholarly journals Spindle checkpoint activation at meiosis I advances anaphase II onset via meiosis-specific APC/C regulation

2008 ◽  
Vol 182 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayumu Yamamoto ◽  
Kenji Kitamura ◽  
Daisuke Hihara ◽  
Yukinobu Hirose ◽  
Satoshi Katsuyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Anaphase Promoting Complex ◽  
Checkpoint Activation ◽  
Anaphase Onset ◽  
Yeast Meiosis ◽  
Meiosis I

During mitosis, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) inhibits the Cdc20-activated anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/CCdc20), which promotes protein degradation, and delays anaphase onset to ensure accurate chromosome segregation. However, the SAC function in meiotic anaphase regulation is poorly understood. Here, we examined the SAC function in fission yeast meiosis. As in mitosis, a SAC factor, Mad2, delayed anaphase onset via Slp1 (fission yeast Cdc20) when chromosomes attach to the spindle improperly. However, when the SAC delayed anaphase I, the interval between meiosis I and II shortened. Furthermore, anaphase onset was advanced and the SAC effect was reduced at meiosis II. The advancement of anaphase onset depended on a meiosis-specific, Cdc20-related factor, Fzr1/Mfr1, which contributed to anaphase cyclin decline and anaphase onset and was inefficiently inhibited by the SAC. Our findings show that impacts of SAC activation are not confined to a single division at meiosis due to meiosis-specific APC/C regulation, which has probably been evolved for execution of two meiotic divisions.

scholarly journals The copy-number and varied strengths of MELT motifs in Spc105 balance the strength and responsiveness the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babhrubahan Roy ◽  
Simon JY Han ◽  
Adrienne N. Fontan ◽  
Ajit P. Joglekar
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Copy Number ◽  
Genome Stability ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Evolutionary Trend ◽  
Binding Affinities ◽  
Chromosome Missegregation ◽  
Anaphase Onset ◽  
Maintain Genome Stability

SummaryThe Spindle Assembly Checkpoint (SAC) maintains genome stability while enabling timely anaphase onset. To maintain genome stability, the SAC must be strong so that it delays cell division even if one chromosome is unattached, but for timely anaphase onset, it must be responsive to silencing mechanisms. How it meets these potentially antagonistic requirements is unclear. Here we show that the balance between SAC strength and responsiveness is determined by the number of ‘MELT’ motifs in the kinetochore protein Spc105/KNL1 and their Bub3-Bub1 binding affinities. Spc105/KNL1 must contain many strong MELT motifs to prevent chromosome missegregation, but not too many, because this delays SAC silencing and anaphase onset. We demonstrate this by constructing a Spc105 variant that trades SAC responsiveness for significantly improved chromosome segregation accuracy. We propose that the necessity of balancing SAC strength with responsiveness drives the evolutionary trend of MELT motif number amplification and degeneration of their functionally optimal amino acid sequence.

scholarly journals The copy-number and varied strengths of MELT motifs in Spc105 balance the strength and responsiveness of the spindle assembly checkpoint

eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babhrubahan Roy ◽  
Simon JY Han ◽  
Adrienne Nicole Fontan ◽  
Ajit P Joglekar
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Copy Number ◽  
Genome Stability ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Evolutionary Trend ◽  
Binding Affinities ◽  
Chromosome Missegregation ◽  
Anaphase Onset ◽  
Maintain Genome Stability

During mitosis, the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint (SAC) maintains genome stability while also ensuring timely anaphase onset. To maintain genome stability, the SAC must be strong to delay anaphase even if just one chromosome is unattached, but for timely anaphase onset, it must promptly respond to silencing mechanisms. How the SAC meets these potentially antagonistic requirements is unclear. Here we show that the balance between SAC strength and responsiveness is determined by the number of ‘MELT’ motifs in the kinetochore protein Spc105/KNL1 and their Bub3-Bub1 binding affinities. Many strong MELT motifs per Spc105/KNL1 minimize chromosome missegregation, but too many delay anaphase onset. We demonstrate this by constructing a Spc105 variant that trades SAC responsiveness for much more accurate chromosome segregation. We propose that the necessity of balancing SAC strength and responsiveness drives the dual evolutionary trend of the amplification of MELT motif number, but degeneration of their functionally optimal amino acid sequence.

scholarly journals Centromere-localized Aurora B kinase is required for the fidelity of chromosome segregation

2019 ◽  
Vol 219 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cai Liang ◽  
Zhenlei Zhang ◽  
Qinfu Chen ◽  
Haiyan Yan ◽  
Miao Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Histone H3 ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Aurora B ◽  
Aurora B Kinase ◽  
Chromosome Missegregation ◽  
Proper Timing ◽  
Segregation Of Chromosomes

Aurora B kinase plays an essential role in chromosome bi-orientation, which is a prerequisite for equal segregation of chromosomes during mitosis. However, it remains largely unclear whether centromere-localized Aurora B is required for faithful chromosome segregation. Here we show that histone H3 Thr-3 phosphorylation (H3pT3) and H2A Thr-120 phosphorylation (H2ApT120) can independently recruit Aurora B. Disrupting H3pT3-mediated localization of Aurora B at the inner centromere impedes the decline in H2ApT120 during metaphase and causes H2ApT120-dependent accumulation of Aurora B at the kinetochore-proximal centromere. Consequently, silencing of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is delayed, whereas the fidelity of chromosome segregation is negligibly affected. Further eliminating an H2ApT120-dependent pool of Aurora B restores proper timing for SAC silencing but increases chromosome missegregation. Our data indicate that H2ApT120-mediated localization of Aurora B compensates for the loss of an H3pT3-dependent pool of Aurora B to correct improper kinetochore–microtubule attachments. This study provides important insights into how centromeric Aurora B regulates SAC and kinetochore attachment to microtubules to ensure error-free chromosome segregation.

scholarly journals The HECT E3 ligase Smurf2 is required for Mad2-dependent spindle assembly checkpoint

2008 ◽  
Vol 183 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan C. Osmundson ◽  
Dipankar Ray ◽  
Finola E. Moore ◽  
Qingshen Gao ◽  
Gerald H. Thomsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Spindle Checkpoint ◽  
E3 Ligase ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Cyclin B ◽  
Carboxyl Terminus ◽  
Anaphase Promoting Complex ◽  
Mitotic Spindles ◽  
Anaphase Onset

Activation of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) by Cdc20 is critical for the metaphase–anaphase transition. APC/C-Cdc20 is required for polyubiquitination and degradation of securin and cyclin B at anaphase onset. The spindle assembly checkpoint delays APC/C-Cdc20 activation until all kinetochores attach to mitotic spindles. In this study, we demonstrate that a HECT (homologous to the E6-AP carboxyl terminus) ubiquitin ligase, Smurf2, is required for the spindle checkpoint. Smurf2 localizes to the centrosome, mitotic midbody, and centromeres. Smurf2 depletion or the expression of a catalytically inactive Smurf2 results in misaligned and lagging chromosomes, premature anaphase onset, and defective cytokinesis. Smurf2 inactivation prevents nocodazole-treated cells from accumulating cyclin B and securin and prometaphase arrest. The silencing of Cdc20 in Smurf2-depleted cells restores mitotic accumulation of cyclin B and securin. Smurf2 depletion results in enhanced polyubiquitination and degradation of Mad2, a critical checkpoint effector. Mad2 is mislocalized in Smurf2-depleted cells, suggesting that Smurf2 regulates the localization and stability of Mad2. These data indicate that Smurf2 is a novel mitotic regulator.

Evidence that the spindle assembly checkpoint does not regulate APCFzy activity in Drosophila female meiosis

Genome ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamah Batiha ◽  
Andrew Swan
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Cyclin B ◽  
Meiotic Spindle ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Female Meiosis ◽  
Chromosome Attachment ◽  
Spindle Microtubules ◽  
Made In

The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) plays an important role in mitotic cells to sense improper chromosome attachment to spindle microtubules and to inhibit APCFzy-dependent destruction of cyclin B and Securin; consequent initiation of anaphase until correct attachments are made. In Drosophila , SAC genes have been found to play a role in ensuring proper chromosome segregation in meiosis, possibly reflecting a similar role for the SAC in APCFzy inhibition during meiosis. We found that loss of function mutations in SAC genes, Mad2, zwilch, and mps1, do not lead to the predicted rise in APCFzy-dependent degradation of cyclin B either globally throughout the egg or locally on the meiotic spindle. Further, the SAC is not responsible for the inability of APCFzy to target cyclin B and promote anaphase in metaphase II arrested eggs from cort mutant females. Our findings support the argument that SAC proteins play checkpoint independent roles in Drosophila female meiosis and that other mechanisms must function to control APC activity.

scholarly journals Interactions between N-Terminal Modules in MPS1 Enable Spindle Checkpoint Silencing

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyridon T. Pachis ◽  
Yoshitaka Hiruma ◽  
Anastassis Perrakis ◽  
Geert J.P.L. Kops
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Mitotic Spindle ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Intramolecular Interactions ◽  
Mitotic Progression ◽  
Microtubule Attachment ◽  
Anaphase Onset ◽  
Regulatory Input ◽  
Tpr Domain

ABSTRACTFaithful chromosome segregation relies on the ability of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) to delay anaphase onset until all chromosomes are attached to the mitotic spindle via their kinetochores. MPS1 kinase is recruited to unattached kinetochores to initiate SAC signaling, and is removed from kinetochores once stable microtubule attachments have been formed to allow normal mitotic progression. Here we show that a helical fragment within the kinetochore-targeting NTE module of MPS1 is required for interactions with kinetochores, and also forms intramolecular interactions with its adjacent TPR domain. Bypassing this NTE-TPR interaction results in high MPS1 levels at kinetochores due to loss of regulatory input into MPS1 localization, ineffecient MPS1 delocalization from kinetochores upon microtubule attachment, and SAC silencing defects. These results show that SAC responsiveness to attachments relies on regulated intramolecular interactions in MPS1 and highlight the sensitivity of mitosis to perturbations in the dynamics of the MSP1-NDC80-C interactions.

scholarly journals BUB-1 promotes amphitelic chromosome biorientation via multiple activities at the kinetochore

eLife ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Edwards ◽  
Gilliane Maton ◽  
Nelly Gareil ◽  
Julie C Canman ◽  
Julien Dumont
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Microtubule Assembly ◽  
Spindle Poles ◽  
Microtubule Attachment ◽  
Anaphase Onset ◽  
Chromatid Segregation ◽  
Associated Proteins ◽  
Chromosome Attachment

Accurate chromosome segregation relies on bioriented amphitelic attachments of chromosomes to microtubules of the mitotic spindle, in which sister chromatids are connected to opposite spindle poles. BUB-1 is a protein of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint (SAC) that coordinates chromosome attachment with anaphase onset. BUB-1 is also required for accurate sister chromatid segregation independently of its SAC function, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here we show that, in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, BUB-1 accelerates the establishment of non-merotelic end-on kinetochore-microtubule attachments by recruiting the RZZ complex and its downstream partner dynein-dynactin at the kinetochore. In parallel, BUB-1 limits attachment maturation by the SKA complex. This activity opposes kinetochore-microtubule attachment stabilisation promoted by CLS-2CLASP-dependent kinetochore-microtubule assembly. BUB-1 is therefore a SAC component that coordinates the function of multiple downstream kinetochore-associated proteins to ensure accurate chromosome segregation.

scholarly journals DNA damage responses in mammalian oocytes

Reproduction ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. R15-R22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josie K Collins ◽  
Keith T Jones
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Spindle Assembly Checkpoint ◽  
Germinal Vesicle ◽  
Spindle Assembly ◽  
Stages Of Growth ◽  
Microtubule Attachment ◽  
Dna Damage Responses ◽  
Chromosome Attachment ◽  
Spindle Microtubules ◽  
Meiosis I

DNA damage acquired during meiosis can lead to infertility and miscarriage. Hence, it should be important for an oocyte to be able to detect and respond to such events in order to make a healthy egg. Here, the strategies taken by oocytes during their stages of growth to respond to DNA damaging events are reviewed. In particular, recent evidence of a novel pathway in fully grown oocytes helps prevent the formation of mature eggs with DNA damage. It has been found that fully grown germinal vesicle stage oocytes that have been DNA damaged do not arrest at this point in meiosis, but instead undergo meiotic resumption and stall during the first meiotic division. The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint, which is a well-known mitotic pathway employed by somatic cells to monitor chromosome attachment to spindle microtubules, appears to be utilised by oocytes also to respond to DNA damage. As such maturing oocytes are arrested at metaphase I due to an active Spindle Assembly Checkpoint. This is surprising given this checkpoint has been previously studied in oocytes and considered to be weak and ineffectual because of its poor ability to be activated in response to microtubule attachment errors. Therefore, the involvement of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint in DNA damage responses of mature oocytes during meiosis I uncovers a novel second function for this ubiquitous cellular checkpoint.

scholarly journals Bipolar spindle attachments affect redistributions of ZW10, a Drosophila centromere/kinetochore component required for accurate chromosome segregation.

1996 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 1127-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
B C Williams ◽  
M Gatti ◽  
M L Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Male Meiosis ◽  
Chromosome Behavior ◽  
Bipolar Spindle ◽  
Chromosome Missegregation ◽  
Spindle Poles ◽  
Anaphase Onset ◽  
Sister Chromatids ◽  
Chromosome Separation ◽  
Meiosis I

Previous efforts have shown that mutations in the Drosophila ZW10 gene cause massive chromosome missegregation during mitotic divisions in several tissues. Here we demonstrate that mutations in ZW10 also disrupt chromosome behavior in male meiosis I and meiosis II, indicating that ZW10 function is common to both equational and reductional divisions. Divisions are apparently normal before anaphase onset, but ZW10 mutants exhibit lagging chromosomes and irregular chromosome segregation at anaphase. Chromosome missegregation during meiosis I of these mutants is not caused by precocious separation of sister chromatids, but rather the nondisjunction of homologs. ZW10 is first visible during prometaphase, where it localizes to the kinetochores of the bivalent chromosomes (during meiosis I) or to the sister kinetochores of dyads (during meiosis II). During metaphase of both divisions, ZW10 appears to move from the kinetochores and to spread toward the poles along what appear to be kinetochore microtubules. Redistributions of ZW10 at metaphase require bipolar attachments of individual chromosomes or paired bivalents to the spindle. At the onset of anaphase I or anaphase II, ZW10 rapidly relocalizes to the kinetochore regions of the separating chromosomes. In other mutant backgrounds in which chromosomes lag during anaphase, the presence or absence of ZW10 at a particular kinetochore predicts whether or not the chromosome moves appropriately to the spindle poles. We propose that ZW10 acts as part of, or immediately downstream of, a tension-sensing mechanism that regulates chromosome separation or movement at anaphase onset.

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