title: Membrane traffic in cytokinesis.
abstract: A crucial facet of mammalian cell division is the separation of two daughter cells by a process known as cytokinesis. An early event in cytokinesis is the formation of an actomyosis contractile ring, which functions like a purse string in the constriction of the forming furrow between the cells. Far less well characterized are the membrane-trafficking steps which deliver new membrane to the cell surface during the plasma membrane expansion known to accompany furrow formation. It is now clearly established that the plasma membrane at the cleavage furrow of mammalian cells has a distinct lipid and protein composition from the rest of the plasma membrane. This may reflect a requirement for both increased surface area during furrowing and for the co-ordinated delivery of intracellular signalling or membrane re-modelling activities to the correct spatial coordinates during cleavage. In this review, we discuss recent work within the area of membrane traffic and cytokinesis.
authors.affiliation: Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matheson
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fielding
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D000089982:ADP-Ribosylation Factor 6; D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D048749:Cytokinesis / Q000502:physiology*; D022162:Cytoplasmic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000099193:rab11 GTP-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D000089982:ADP-Ribosylation Factor 6; D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins; D000099193:rab11 GTP-Binding Proteins; C491731:IKBKG protein, human