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ArticleNature communications2024

Ran-GTP assembles a specialized spindle structure for accurate chromosome segregation in medaka early embryos.

Ai Kiyomitsu, Toshiya Nishimura, Shiang Jyi Hwang, Satoshi Ansai, Masato T Kanemaki, Minoru Tanaka, Tomomi Kiyomitsu

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ai KiyomitsuOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan.ORCID 0009-0001-1281-6520
Toshiya NishimuraDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
Shiang Jyi HwangOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan.
Satoshi AnsaiGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2683-0160
Masato T KanemakiDepartment of Chromosome Science, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), and Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7657-1649
Minoru TanakaDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9100-1487
Tomomi KiyomitsuOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan. tomomi.kiyomitsu@oist.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-2280-4611
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University · JPHokkaido University · JPNagoya University · JPNational Institute of Genetics · JPTohoku University · JP

Funding

MEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJFR224OMEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 17H05002MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21H02481MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP21H0419MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H04925MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR21E6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite drastic cellular changes during cleavage, a mitotic spindle assembles in each blastomere to accurately segregate duplicated chromosomes. Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly have been extensively studied using small somatic cells. However, mechanisms of spindle assembly in large vertebrate embryos remain little understood. Here, we establish functional assay systems in medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos by combining CRISPR knock-in with auxin-inducible degron technology. Live imaging reveals several unexpected features of microtubule organization and centrosome positioning that achieve rapid, accurate cleavage. Importantly, Ran-GTP assembles a dense microtubule network at the metaphase spindle center that is essential for chromosome segregation in early embryos. This unique spindle structure is remodeled into a typical short, somatic-like spindle after blastula stages, when Ran-GTP becomes dispensable for chromosome segregation. We propose that despite the presence of centrosomes, the chromosome-derived Ran-GTP pathway has essential roles in functional spindle assembly in large, rapidly dividing vertebrate early embryos, similar to acentrosomal spindle assembly in oocytes.

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OryziasAnimalsCentrosomeChromosome SegregationGuanosine TriphosphateMicrotubulesMitosisSpindle ApparatusVertebratesGuanosine Triphosphate

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PMID38302485
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