Spindle pole body duplication in fission yeast occurs at the G1/S boundary but maturation is blocked until exit from S by an event downstream of cdc10+.
The regulation and timing of spindle pole body (SPB) duplication and maturation in fission yeast was examined by transmission electron microscopy. When cells are arrested at G1 by nitrogen starvation, the SPB is unduplicated. On release from G1, the SPBs were duplicated after 1-2 h. In cells arrested at S by hydroxyurea, SPBs are duplicated but not mature. In G1 arrest/release experiments with cdc2.33 cells at the restrictive temperature, SPBs remained single, whereas in cells at the permissive temperature, SPBs were duplicated. In cdc10 mutant cells, the SPBs seem not only to be duplicated but also to undergo partial maturation, including invagination of the nuclear envelope underneath the SPB. There may be an S-phase-specific inhibitor of SPB maturation whose expression is under control of cdc10(+). This model was examined by induction of overreplication of the genome by overexpression of rum1p or cdc18p. In cdc18p-overexpressing cells, the SPBs are duplicated but not mature, suggesting that cdc18p is one component of this feedback mechanism. In contrast, cells overexpressing rum1p have large, deformed SPBs accompanied by other features of maturation and duplication. We propose a feedback mechanism for maturation of the SPB that is coupled with exit from S to trigger morphological changes.
Uzawa
Satoru
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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Li
Fei
F
Jin
Ye
Y
McDonald
Kent L
KL
Braunfeld
Michael B
MB
Agard
David A
DA
Cande
W Zacheus
WZ
D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism; D016196:S Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C061178:cdc10 protein, S pombe; C082462:cdc18 protein, S pombe; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; C469447:cdc2 protein, S pombe; D009584:Nitrogen; D006918:Hydroxyurea