title: Identification of a novel centrosomal protein CrpF46 involved in cell cycle progression and mitosis.
abstract: A novel centrosome-related protein CrpF46 was detected using a serum F46 from a patient suffering from progressive systemic sclerosis. We identified the protein by immunoprecipitation and Western blotting followed by tandem mass spectrometry sequencing. The protein CrpF46 has an apparent molecular mass of ~60 kDa, is highly homologous to a 527 amino acid sequence of the C-terminal portion of the protein Golgin-245, and appears to be a splice variant of Golgin-245. Immunofluorescence microscopy of synchronized HeLa cells labeled with an anti-CrpF46 monoclonal antibody revealed that CrpF46 localized exclusively to the centrosome during interphase, although it dispersed throughout the cytoplasm at the onset of mitosis. Domain analysis using CrpF46 fragments in GFP-expression vectors transformed into HeLa cells revealed that centrosomal targeting is conferred by a C-terminal coiled-coil domain. Antisense CrpF46 knockdown inhibited cell growth and proliferation and the cell cycle typically stalled at S phase. The knockdown also resulted in the formation of poly-centrosomal and multinucleate cells, which finally became apoptotic. These results suggest that CrpF46 is a novel centrosome-related protein that associates with the centrosome in a cell cycle-dependent manner and is involved in the progression of the cell cycle and M phase mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Enzhi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jinling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marc
authors.forename: Yongchao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Le
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Qianjin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D002453:Cell Cycle; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D018385:Centrosome / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008938:Mitosis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012326:RNA Splicing; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016372:RNA, Antisense; D014404:Tubulin; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1; C098772:GOLGA4 protein, human