title: Lats2 is an essential mitotic regulator required for the coordination of cell division.
abstract: Tumor suppressor Lats2 is a member of the conserved Dbf2 kinase family. It localizes to the centrosome and has been implicated in regulation of the cell cycle and apoptosis. However, the in vivo function of this kinase remains unclear. Here, we show that complete disruption of the gene encoding Lats2 in mice causes developmental defects in the nervous system and embryonic lethality. Furthermore, mutant cells derived from total LATS2-knock-out embryos exhibit mitotic defects including centrosome fragmentation and cytokinesis defects, followed by nuclear enlargement and multinucleation. We show that the Mob1 family, a regulator of mitotic exit, associates with Lats2 to induce its activation. We also show that the complete LATS2-knock-out cells exhibit an acceleration of exit from mitosis and marked down-regulation of critical mitotic regulators. These results suggest that Lats2 plays an essential mitotic role in coordinating accurate cytokinesis completion, governing the stabilization of other mitotic regulators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yabuta
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosomi
authors.forename: Souichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasayama
authors.forename: Azumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Okuzaki
authors.forename: Hanjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikawa
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nojima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology; D018385:Centrosome / Q000502:physiology; D048749:Cytokinesis / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C522633:LATS2 protein, mouse; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases