title: DNA replication checkpoint control mediated by the spindle checkpoint protein Mad2p in fission yeast.
abstract: The relationship between the DNA replication and spindle checkpoints of the cell cycle is unclear, given that in most eukaryotes, spindle formation occurs only after DNA replication is complete. Fission yeast rad3 mutant cells, which are deficient in DNA replication checkpoint function, enter, progress through, and exit mitosis even when DNA replication is blocked. In contrast, the entry of cds1 mutant cells into mitosis is delayed by several hours when DNA replication is inhibited. We show here that this delay in mitotic entry in cds1 cells is due in part to activation of the spindle checkpoint protein Mad2p. In the presence of the DNA replication inhibitor hydroxyurea (HU), cds1 mad2 cells entered and progressed through mitosis earlier than did cds1 cells. Overexpression of Mad2p or inactivation of Slp1p, a regulator of the anaphase-promoting complex, also rescued the checkpoint defect of HU-treated rad3 cells. Rad3p was shown to be involved in the physical interaction between Mad2p and Slp1p in the presence of HU. These results suggested that Mad2p and Slp1p act downstream of Rad3p in the DNA replication checkpoint and that Mad2p is required for the DNA replication checkpoint when Cds1p is compromised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya City University, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tonami
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D003470:Culture Media; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D064246:Mad2 Proteins; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate; D008938:Mitosis; D009153:Mutagens; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010641:Phenotype; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000502:physiology*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000737:chemistry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D007211:Indoles; D064246:Mad2 Proteins; D009153:Mutagens; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C577696:mad2 protein, S pombe; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; C007293:DAPI; D004247:DNA; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate; D011494:Protein Kinases; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; C578636:Cds1 protein, S pombe; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C456840:rad3 protein, S pombe; D006918:Hydroxyurea