De novo centriole formation in human cells is error-prone and does not require SAS-6 self-assembly

  1. Won-Jing Wang
  2. Devrim Acehan
  3. Chien-Han Kao
  4. Wann-Neng Jane
  5. Kunihiro Uryu
  6. Meng-Fu (Bryan) Tsou  Is a corresponding author
  1. National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
  2. The Rockefeller University, United States
  3. Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  4. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, United States

Abstract

Vertebrate centrioles normally propagate through duplication, but in the absence of preexisting centrioles, de novo synthesis can occur. Consistently, centriole formation is thought to strictly rely on self-assembly, involving self-oligomerization of the centriolar protein SAS-6. Here, through reconstitution of de novo synthesis in human cells, we surprisingly found that normal looking centrioles capable of duplication and ciliation can arise in the absence of SAS-6 self-oligomerization. Moreover, whereas canonically duplicated centrioles always form correctly, de novo centrioles are prone to structural errors, even in the presence of SAS-6 self-oligomerization. These results indicate that centriole biogenesis does not strictly depend on SAS-6 self-assembly, and may require preexisting centrioles to ensure structural accuracy, fundamentally deviating from the current paradigm.

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  1. Won-Jing Wang

    Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  2. Devrim Acehan

    Electron Microscopy Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  3. Chien-Han Kao

    Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  4. Wann-Neng Jane

    Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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  5. Kunihiro Uryu

    Electron Microscopy Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  6. Meng-Fu (Bryan) Tsou

    Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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    tsoum@mskcc.org
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© 2015, Wang et al.

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  1. Won-Jing Wang
  2. Devrim Acehan
  3. Chien-Han Kao
  4. Wann-Neng Jane
  5. Kunihiro Uryu
  6. Meng-Fu (Bryan) Tsou
(2015)
De novo centriole formation in human cells is error-prone and does not require SAS-6 self-assembly
eLife 4:e10586.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10586

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