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ArticleJournal of molecular cell biology2025

Aurora B/AIR-2 regulates sister centromere resolution and CENP-A/HCP-3 organization to prevent merotelic attachments.

Yue Wang, Charmaine Yan Yu Wong, Karen Wing Yee Yuen

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Article in Journal of molecular cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yue WangSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Charmaine Yan Yu WongSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Karen Wing Yee YuenSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2139-5465

Funding

General Research Fund 17124922Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and the University of Hong Kong Seed Funds for Basic Research 2019National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFA0909300
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Abstract

During cell division, the accurate capture of sister kinetochores that are built on the centromeres of chromosomes by microtubules emanating from opposite spindle poles governs faithful chromosome segregation. To ensure sister chromatids separate correctly, sister centromeres undergo resolution to achieve bipolar orientation prior to microtubule attachments. Failure of centromere resolution increases the frequency of merotelic attachments, with microtubules from opposite poles attaching to the same sister kinetochore, causing lagging chromosome, aneuploidy, and even cancer progression. The Aurora B-mediated tension-sensing machinery to correct erroneous kinetochore-microtubule attachments has been well studied. However, preventative mechanisms to avoid merotelic attachments that occur in the earlier mitotic stage are poorly understood. In this study, we found that inactivation of mitotic kinase Aurora B/AIR-2 increases merotelic attachments in Caenorhabditis elegans. On one hand, Aurora B/AIR-2-deficient cells exhibit a delay in the occurrence of centromere resolution and a disruption in targeting condensin II components to chromatin. On the other hand, loss of Aurora B/AIR-2 results in an increased localization of centromeric proteins CENP-A/HCP-3 and M18BP1/KNL-2 as well as the kinetochore protein MIS-12 on chromatin, which may generate ectopic kinetochores causing erroneous attachments. To conclude, this study elucidated that Aurora B/AIR-2 regulates sister centromere resolution and CENP-A/HCP-3 deposition to actively prevent merotely and chromosome instability in cells.

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Aurora Kinase BCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCentromereCentromere Protein AChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneAdenosine TriphosphatasesAnimalsChromatinChromosome SegregationDNA-Binding ProteinsKinetochoresMicrotubulesMitosisMultiprotein ComplexesAdenosine Triphosphatasesair-2 protein, C elegansAurora Kinase BCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCentromere Protein AChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-Histonecondensin complexesDNA-Binding ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesAurora B/AIR-2centromere organizationchromosome segregationmerotelic attachmentssister centromere resolution

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PMCPMC12080226

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