title: Aurora B -TACC1 protein complex in cytokinesis.
abstract: Taxins are a family of centrosomal proteins important for the regulation of mitosis and microtubule dynamics. Cytokinesis, the last step of M phase, is essential for chromosomal integrity and cell division. It is highly regulated and involves a reorganization of microtubules and actin filaments. We show here that TACC1 localizes diffusely to the midzone spindle in anaphase and strongly to the midbody during cytokinesis, indicating a possible involvement of this protein in the exit of M phase. TACC1 also relocalizes to the nucleolus in interphase. We demonstrate that TACC1 and the mitotic kinase Aurora B belong to the same complex during cytokinesis. We further show that Aurora B knocked down by RNA-mediated interference prevents the formation of the midbody - and consequently affects TACC1 localization at this site - and leads to abnormal cell division and multinucleated cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Oncology, U119 Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, IFR57, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delaval
authors.forename: Alexia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrand
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larroque
authors.forename: Danièle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Verdun
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prigent
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000705:Anaphase; D064107:Aurora Kinase B; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics; D005326:Fetal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D034622:RNA Interference; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005326:Fetal Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C120584:TACC1 protein, human; C576921:AURKB protein, human; D064107:Aurora Kinase B; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases