Arabidopsis MZT1 homologs GIP1 and GIP2 are essential for centromere architecture
Centromeres play a pivotal role in maintaining genome integrity by facilitating the recruitment of kinetochore and sister-chromatid cohesion proteins, both required for correct chromosome segregation. Centromeres are epigenetically specified by the presence of the histone H3 variant (CENH3). In this...
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| Published in: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 112; no. 28; pp. 8656 - 8660 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
14-07-2015
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| Summary: | Centromeres play a pivotal role in maintaining genome integrity by facilitating the recruitment of kinetochore and sister-chromatid cohesion proteins, both required for correct chromosome segregation. Centromeres are epigenetically specified by the presence of the histone H3 variant (CENH3). In this study, we investigate the role of the highly conserved γ-tubulin complex protein 3-interacting proteins (GIPs) in Arabidopsis centromere regulation. We show that GIPs form a complex with CENH3 in cycling cells. GIP depletion in the gip1gip2 knockdown mutant leads to a decreased CENH3 level at centromeres, despite a higher level of Mis18BP1/KNL2 present at both centromeric and ectopic sites. We thus postulate that GIPs are required to ensure CENH3 deposition and/or maintenance at centromeres. In addition, the recruitment at the centromere of other proteins such as the CENP-C kinetochore component and the cohesin subunit SMC3 is impaired in gip1gip2 . These defects in centromere architecture result in aneuploidy due to severely altered centromeric cohesion. Altogether, we ascribe a central function to GIPs for the proper recruitment and/or stabilization of centromeric proteins essential in the specification of the centromere identity, as well as for centromeric cohesion in somatic cells.
Centromeres are crucial as they avoid genomic instability during mitosis, but the mechanisms involved in their assembly and maintenance are not yet fully elucidated in eukaryotes. Here, we describe a previously unidentified aspect of centromere regulation mediated by γ-tubulin complex protein 3-interacting proteins (GIPs). Our data correlate centromere assembly and cohesion through the recruitment of specific protein complexes in the nucleus. Due to the conservation of GIPs/mitotic spindle organizing protein 1 among fungi, mammals, and plants, our results open a new field of investigation for centromere regulation. |
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| Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506351112 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 PMCID: PMC4507256 Edited by James A. Birchler, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, and approved May 12, 2015 (received for review April 2, 2015) Author contributions: A.-C.S. and M.-E.C. designed research; M.B., V.S., J.F., M.A.K., G.H., E.H., T.R., A.A., A.-C.S., and M.-E.C. performed research; I.L., G.H., and M.-E.C. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; M.B., I.L., V.S., J.F., A.B., M.A.K., G.H., E.H., P.F., A.-C.S., and M.-E.C. analyzed data; A.B., P.F., A.-C.S., and M.-E.C. wrote the paper; and M.-E.C. is the coordinator of the collaborative project. |
| ISSN: | 0027-8424 1091-6490 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1506351112 |