Publication Date:
2009-01-20
Description:
Successful cell division requires that chromosomes attach to opposite poles of the mitotic spindle (bi-orientation). Aurora B kinase regulates chromosome-spindle attachments by phosphorylating kinetochore substrates that bind microtubules. Centromere tension stabilizes bi-oriented attachments, but how physical forces are translated into signaling at individual centromeres is unknown. Using fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based biosensors to measure localized phosphorylation dynamics in living cells, we found that phosphorylation of an Aurora B substrate at the kinetochore depended on its distance from the kinase at the inner centromere. Furthermore, repositioning Aurora B closer to the kinetochore prevented stabilization of bi-oriented attachments and activated the spindle checkpoint. Thus, centromere tension can be sensed by increased spatial separation of Aurora B from kinetochore substrates, which reduces phosphorylation and stabilizes kinetochore microtubules.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713345/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713345/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Dan -- Vader, Gerben -- Vromans, Martijn J M -- Lampson, Michael A -- Lens, Susanne M A -- GM083988/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM083988/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM083988-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Mar 6;323(5919):1350-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1167000. Epub 2009 Jan 15.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19150808" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Aurora Kinase B
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Aurora Kinases
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Autoantigens/metabolism
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Biosensing Techniques
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Centromere/enzymology/*metabolism
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Chromatids/metabolism
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Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/metabolism
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Chromosomes, Human/*metabolism
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Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
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HeLa Cells
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Humans
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Kinetochores/*metabolism
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Microtubules/*metabolism
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Mitosis
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Models, Biological
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Phosphorylation
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Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Spindle Apparatus/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
