title: Dissecting the role of MPS1 in chromosome biorientation and the spindle checkpoint through the small molecule inhibitor reversine.
abstract: The catalytic activity of the MPS1 kinase is crucial for the spindle assembly checkpoint and for chromosome biorientation on the mitotic spindle. We report that the small molecule reversine is a potent mitotic inhibitor of MPS1. Reversine inhibits the spindle assembly checkpoint in a dose-dependent manner. Its addition to mitotic HeLa cells causes the ejection of Mad1 and the ROD-ZWILCH-ZW10 complex, both of which are important for the spindle checkpoint, from unattached kinetochores. By using reversine, we also demonstrate that MPS1 is required for the correction of improper chromosome-microtubule attachments. We provide evidence that MPS1 acts downstream from the AURORA B kinase, another crucial component of the error correction pathway. Our experiments describe a very useful tool to interfere with MPS1 activity in human cells. They also shed light on the relationship between the error correction pathway and the spindle checkpoint and suggest that these processes are coregulated and are likely to share at least a subset of their catalytic machinery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, I-20139 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santaguida
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tighe
authors.forename: Anna Morena
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: D'Alise
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Musacchio
mesh_terms: D064107:Aurora Kinase B; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011687:Purines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D009025:Morpholines; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D011687:Purines; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C576921:AURKB protein, human; D064107:Aurora Kinase B; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C075840:TTK protein, human; C484369:2-(4-morpholinoanilino)-6-cyclohexylaminopurine