title: Replication foci dynamics: replication patterns are modulated by S-phase checkpoint kinases in fission yeast.
abstract: Although the molecular enzymology of DNA replication is well characterised, how and why it occurs in discrete nuclear foci is unclear. Using fission yeast, we show that replication takes place in a limited number of replication foci, whose distribution changes with progression through S phase. These sites define replication factories which contain on average 14 replication forks. We show for the first time that entire foci are mobile, able both to fuse and re-segregate. These foci form distinguishable patterns during S phase, whose succession is reproducible, defining early-, mid- and late-S phase. In wild-type cells, this same temporal sequence can be detected in the presence of hydroxyurea (HU), despite the reduced rate of replication. In cells lacking the intra-S checkpoint kinase Cds1, replication factories dismantle on HU. Intriguingly, even in the absence of DNA damage, the replication foci in cds1 cells assume a novel distribution that is not present in wild-type cells, arguing that Cds1 kinase activity contributes to the spatio-temporal organisation of replication during normal cell growth.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meister
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taddei
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ponti
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baldacci
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gasser
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000071877:Checkpoint Kinase 1; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex / Q000235:genetics; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016196:S Phase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C045264:replication initiator protein; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D000071877:Checkpoint Kinase 1; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D004265:DNA Helicases; D006918:Hydroxyurea