Actin-mediated delivery of astral microtubules instructs Kar9p asymmetric loading to the bud-ward spindle pole.
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kar9p, one player in spindle alignment, guides the bud-ward spindle pole by linking astral microtubule plus ends to Myo2p-based transport along actin cables generated by the formins Bni1p and Bnr1p and the polarity determinant Bud6p. Initially, Kar9p labels both poles but progressively singles out the bud-ward pole. Here, we show that this polarization requires cell polarity determinants, actin cables, and microtubules. Indeed, in a bud6 Delta bni1 Delta mutant or upon direct depolymerization of actin cables Kar9p symmetry increased. Furthermore, symmetry was selectively induced by myo2 alleles, preventing Kar9p binding to the Myo2p cargo domain. Kar9p polarity was rebuilt after transient disruption of microtubules, dependent on cell polarity and actin cables. Symmetry breaking also occurred after transient depolymerization of actin cables, with Kar9p increasing at the spindle pole engaging in repeated cycles of Kar9p-mediated transport. Kar9p returning to the spindle pole on shrinking astral microtubules may contribute toward this bias. Thus, Myo2p transport along actin cables may support a feedback loop by which delivery of astral microtubule plus ends sustains Kar9p polarized recruitment to the bud-ward spindle pole. Our findings also explain the link between Kar9p polarity and the choice setting aside the old spindle pole for daughter-bound fate.
Cepeda-García
Cristina
C
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom.
Delgehyr
Nathalie
N
Juanes Ortiz
M Angeles
MA
ten Hoopen
Rogier
R
Zhiteneva
Alisa
A
Segal
Marisa
M
D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000187:drug effects; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D015739:Nocodazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D053778:Thiazolidines / Q000494:pharmacology
D000199:Actins; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; C110443:KAR9 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D053778:Thiazolidines; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; C037068:latrunculin B; D015739:Nocodazole