title: Differential regulation of centrosome integrity by DNA damage response proteins.
abstract: MDC1 and BRIT1 have been shown to function as key regulators in response to DNA damage. However, their roles in centrosomal regulation haven't been elucidated. In this study, we demonstrated the novel functions of these two molecules in regulating centrosome duplication and mitosis. We found that MDC1 and BRIT1 were integral components of the centrosome that colocalize with gamma-tubulin. Depletion of either protein led to centrosome amplification. However, the mechanisms that allow them to maintain centrosome integrity are different. MDC1-depleted cells exhibited centrosome overduplication, leading to multipolar mitosis, chromosome missegregation, and aneuploidy, whereas BRIT1 depletion led to misaligned spindles and/or lagging chromosomes with defective spindle checkpoint activation that resulted in defective cytokinesis and polyploidy. We further illustrated that both MDC1 and BRIT1 were negative regulators of Aurora A and Plk1, two centrosomal kinases involved in centrosome maturation and spindle assembly. Moreover, the levels of MDC1 and BRIT1 inversely correlated with centrosome amplification, defective mitosis and cancer metastasis in human breast cancer. Together, MDC1 and BRIT1 may function as tumor-suppressor genes, at least in part by orchestrating proper centrosome duplication and mitotic spindle assembly.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Center, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. rrai@actrec.gov.in
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Ashwini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phadnis
authors.forename: Sharda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haralkar
authors.forename: Rajendra A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Badwe
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Kaiyi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shiaw-Yih
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D018385:Centrosome / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D048749:Cytokinesis; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004249:DNA Damage; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1; C460645:MCPH1 protein, human; C413163:MDC1 protein, human