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ArticlePLoS genetics2015

Lateral and End-On Kinetochore Attachments Are Coordinated to Achieve Bi-orientation in Drosophila Oocytes.

Sarah J Radford, Tranchau L Hoang, A Agata Głuszek, Hiroyuki Ohkura, Kim S McKim

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah J RadfordWaksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America.
Tranchau L HoangWaksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America; Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America.
A Agata GłuszekThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Hiroyuki OhkuraThe Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Kim S McKimWaksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America; Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USWellcome Centre for Cell Biology · GB

Funding

Homolog orientation and segregation in acentrosomal meiosisR01GM101955 · NIGMS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI MCKIM, KIM S · 2013 to 2024
$4.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM101955NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM101955Wellcome Trust 086574Wellcome Trust 092076Wellcome Trust 098030Wellcome Trust 98030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In oocytes, where centrosomes are absent, the chromosomes direct the assembly of a bipolar spindle. Interactions between chromosomes and microtubules are essential for both spindle formation and chromosome segregation, but the nature and function of these interactions is not clear. We have examined oocytes lacking two kinetochore proteins, NDC80 and SPC105R, and a centromere-associated motor protein, CENP-E, to characterize the impact of kinetochore-microtubule attachments on spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in Drosophila oocytes. We found that the initiation of spindle assembly results from chromosome-microtubule interactions that are kinetochore-independent. Stabilization of the spindle, however, depends on both central spindle and kinetochore components. This stabilization coincides with changes in kinetochore-microtubule attachments and bi-orientation of homologs. We propose that the bi-orientation process begins with the kinetochores moving laterally along central spindle microtubules towards their minus ends. This movement depends on SPC105R, can occur in the absence of NDC80, and is antagonized by plus-end directed forces from the CENP-E motor. End-on kinetochore-microtubule attachments that depend on NDC80 are required to stabilize bi-orientation of homologs. A surprising finding was that SPC105R but not NDC80 is required for co-orientation of sister centromeres at meiosis I. Together, these results demonstrate that, in oocytes, kinetochore-dependent and -independent chromosome-microtubule attachments work together to promote the accurate segregation of chromosomes.

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KinetochoresAnimalsCentrosomeChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneChromosomesChromosome SegregationDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsMeiosisMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMicrotubulesOocytesSpindle Apparatuscentromere protein EChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNdc80 protein, DrosophilaSpc105R protein, Drosophila

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PMID26473960
PMCPMC4608789
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