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ArticleCommunications biology2021

AGO2 localizes to cytokinetic protrusions in a p38-dependent manner and is needed for accurate cell division.

Vasiliki I Pantazopoulou, Anastasios D Delis, Stella Georgiou, Stamatis N Pagakis, Vicky Filippa, Eleni Dragona, Ismini Kloukina, Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Jonel Trebicka, Athanassios D Velentzas and 6 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Vasiliki I PantazopoulouBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0959-0698
Anastasios D DelisBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Stella GeorgiouBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Stamatis N PagakisBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Vicky FilippaBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1705-1926
Eleni DragonaBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ismini KloukinaBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Elias ChatzitheodoridisNational Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Jonel TrebickaGoethe University Clinic, Frankfurt, Germany.
Athanassios D VelentzasNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9755-395X
Maja ThieleUniversity of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1854-1924
Sarantis GagosBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitris ThanosBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Sofia Tseleni-BalafoutaNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios J StravopodisNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ema AnastasiadouBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. anastasiadou@bioacademy.gr.ORCID 0000-0003-3419-2031
Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAcademy of Athens · GRGoethe University Frankfurt · DENational Technical University of Athens · GRUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Argonaute 2 (AGO2) is an indispensable component of the RNA-induced silencing complex, operating at the translational or posttranscriptional level. It is compartmentalized into structures such as GW- and P-bodies, stress granules and adherens junctions as well as the midbody. Here we show using immunofluorescence, image and bioinformatic analysis and cytogenetics that AGO2 also resides in membrane protrusions such as open- and close-ended tubes. The latter are cytokinetic bridges where AGO2 colocalizes at the midbody arms with cytoskeletal components such as α-Τubulin and Aurora B, and various kinases. AGO2, phosphorylated on serine 387, is located together with Dicer at the midbody ring in a manner dependent on p38 MAPK activity. We further show that AGO2 is stress sensitive and important to ensure the proper chromosome segregation and cytokinetic fidelity. We suggest that AGO2 is part of a regulatory mechanism triggered by cytokinetic stress to generate the appropriate micro-environment for local transcript homeostasis.

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Cell DivisionActinsArgonaute ProteinsCell LineCytokinesisCytoskeletonFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHCT116 CellsHep G2 CellsHumansp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPseudopodiaTubulinActinsAGO2 protein, humanArgonaute Proteinsp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesTubulin

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PMID34117353
PMCPMC8196063
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