Co-translational protein targeting facilitates centrosomal recruitment of PCNT during centrosome maturation in vertebrates
- University of California, Davis, United States
- University of California, San Francisco, United States
Abstract
As microtubule-organizing centers of animal cells, centrosomes guide the formation of the bipolar spindle that segregates chromosomes during mitosis. At mitosis onset, centrosomes maximize microtubule-organizing activity by rapidly expanding the pericentriolar material (PCM). This process is in part driven by the large PCM protein pericentrin (PCNT), as its level increases at the PCM and helps recruit additional PCM components. However, the mechanism underlying the timely centrosomal enrichment of PCNT remains unclear. Here we show that PCNT is delivered co-translationally to centrosomes during early mitosis by cytoplasmic dynein, as evidenced by centrosomal enrichment of PCNT mRNA, its translation near centrosomes, and requirement of intact polysomes for PCNT mRNA localization. Additionally, the microtubule minus-end regulator, ASPM, is also targeted co-translationally to mitotic spindle poles. Together, these findings suggest that co-translational targeting of cytoplasmic proteins to specific subcellular destinations may be a generalized protein targeting mechanism.
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All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. Source data files have been provided for Figure 2B, Figure 3C, Figure 3- figure supplement 2, Figure 4A, Figure 4D, Figure 4- figure supplement 2, Figure 4- figure supplement 3B, Figures 5A-5C, Figure 6, and Figure 6- figure supplement 1.
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University of California, Davis (New Faculty Startup Funds)
- Li-En Jao
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Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols (#20169) of the University of California, Davis.
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© 2018, Sepulveda et al.
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Co-translational protein targeting facilitates centrosomal recruitment of PCNT during centrosome maturation in vertebrates
eLife 7:e34959.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.34959
