title: Myosin phosphatase-targeting subunit 1 regulates mitosis by antagonizing polo-like kinase 1.
abstract: Myosin phosphatase-targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) binds to the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1C). This binding is believed to target PP1C to specific substrates including myosin II, thus controlling cellular contractility. Surprisingly, we found that during mitosis, mammalian MYPT1 binds to polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1). MYPT1 is phosphorylated during mitosis by proline-directed kinases including cdc2, which generates the binding motif for the polo box domain of PLK1. Depletion of PLK1 by small interfering RNAs is known to result in loss of gamma-tubulin recruitment to the centrosomes, blocking centrosome maturation and leading to mitotic arrest. We found that codepletion of MYPT1 and PLK1 reinstates gamma-tubulin at the centrosomes, rescuing the mitotic arrest. MYPT1 depletion increases phosphorylation of PLK1 at its activating site (Thr210) in vivo, explaining, at least in part, the rescue phenotype by codepletion. Taken together, our results identify a previously unrecognized role for MYPT1 in regulating mitosis by antagonizing PLK1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. yamashiro@biology.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Shigeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamakita
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Totsukawa
authors.forename: Hidemasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaibuchi
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hartshorne
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matsumura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D019556:COS Cells; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival; D018385:Centrosome / Q000201:enzymology; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000201:enzymology; D008938:Mitosis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D043263:Myosin-Light-Chain Phosphatase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010769:Phosphothreonine / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1
chemical_list: D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D043263:Myosin-Light-Chain Phosphatase; D010769:Phosphothreonine; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D014404:Tubulin; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1; C490372:PPP1R12A protein, human