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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2021

TRIM37 prevents formation of condensate-organized ectopic spindle poles to ensure mitotic fidelity.

Franz Meitinger, Dong Kong, Midori Ohta, Arshad Desai, Karen Oegema, Jadranka Loncarek

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mulibrey Nanism: Clinical Spectrum and Molecular Pathogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. TRIMming centrosomal assemblies.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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  16. Experimental and Natural Induction ofFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  17. TRIM37: a critical orchestrator of centrosome function.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Franz Meitinger *Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-8635-9078
Dong Kong *Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD.ORCID 0000-0002-7144-3808
Midori Ohta *Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA.
Arshad Desai *Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-5410-1830
Karen Oegema *Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA.ORCID 0000-0001-8515-7514
Jadranka Loncarek *Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD.ORCID 0000-0003-1879-5473
University of California San Diego · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Control of centrosome biogenesisZIABC011459 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LONCAREK, JADRANKA · 2012 to 2025
$16.1M
Kinetochore Specification and FunctionR01GM074215 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DESAI, ARSHAD · 2005 to 2025
$8.2M
Analysis of Centrosome DynamicsR01GM074207 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI OEGEMA, KAREN F · 2006 to 2025
$6.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM074207NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM074215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Centrosomes are composed of a centriolar core surrounded by pericentriolar material that nucleates microtubules. The ubiquitin ligase TRIM37 localizes to centrosomes, but its centrosomal roles are not yet defined. We show that TRIM37 does not control centriole duplication, structure, or the ability of centrioles to form cilia but instead prevents assembly of an ectopic centrobin-scaffolded structured condensate that forms by budding off of centrosomes. In ∼25% of TRIM37-deficient cells, the condensate organizes an ectopic spindle pole, recruiting other centrosomal proteins and acquiring microtubule nucleation capacity during mitotic entry. Ectopic spindle pole-associated transient multipolarity and multipolar segregation in TRIM37-deficient cells are suppressed by removing centrobin, which interacts with and is ubiquitinated by TRIM37. Thus, TRIM37 ensures accurate chromosome segregation by preventing the formation of centrobin-scaffolded condensates that organize ectopic spindle poles. Mutations in TRIM37 cause the disorder mulibrey nanism, and patient-derived cells harbor centrobin condensate-organized ectopic poles, leading us to propose that chromosome missegregation is a pathological mechanism in this disorder.

Indexed as

Cell Cycle ProteinsCentriolesCentrosomeChromosome SegregationHumansMicrotubulesMitosisMutationSpindle ApparatusSpindle PolesTripartite Motif ProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCell Cycle ProteinsTRIM37 protein, humanTripartite Motif ProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID33983387
PMCPMC8127006
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