Binding partner switching on microtubules and aurora-B in the mitosis to cytokinesis transition

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2010 Feb;9(2):336-50. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M900308-MCP200. Epub 2009 Sep 28.

Abstract

The cytoskeleton globally reorganizes between mitosis (M phase) and cytokinesis (C phase), which presumably requires extensive regulatory changes. To reveal these changes, we undertook a comparative proteomics analysis of cells tightly drug-synchronized in each phase. We identified 25 proteins that bind selectively to microtubules in C phase and identified several novel binding partners including nucleolar and spindle-associated protein. C phase-selective microtubule binding of many of these proteins depended on activity of Aurora kinases as assayed by treatment with the drug VX680. Aurora-B binding partners switched dramatically between M phase to C phase, and we identified several novel C phase-selective Aurora-B binding partners including PRC1, KIF4, and anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome. Our approach can be extended to other cellular compartments and cell states, and our data provide the first broad biochemical framework for understanding C phase. Concretely, we report a central role for Aurora-B in regulating the C phase cytoskeleton.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aurora Kinase B
  • Aurora Kinases
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / chemistry
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism
  • Cysteine / analogs & derivatives
  • Cysteine / pharmacology
  • Cytokinesis* / drug effects
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Interphase / drug effects
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Microtubules / drug effects
  • Microtubules / metabolism*
  • Mitosis* / drug effects
  • Models, Biological
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Protein Binding / drug effects
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • 3-tritylthio-L-alanine
  • AURKB protein, human
  • Aurora Kinase B
  • Aurora Kinases
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Cysteine