A novel checkpoint pathway controls actomyosin ring constriction trigger in fission yeast

Abstract

In fission yeast, the septation initiation network (SIN) ensures temporal coordination between actomyosin ring (CAR) constriction with membrane ingression and septum synthesis. However, questions remain about CAR regulation under stress conditions. We show that Rgf1p (Rho1p GEF), participates in a delay of cytokinesis under cell wall stress (blankophor, BP). BP did not interfere with CAR assembly or the rate of CAR constriction, but did delay the onset of constriction in the wild type cells but not in the rgf1Δ cells. This delay was also abolished in the absence of Pmk1p, the MAPK of the cell integrity pathway (CIP), leading to premature abscission and a multi-septated phenotype. Moreover, cytokinesis delay correlates with maintained SIN signaling and depends on the SIN to be achieved. Thus, we propose that the CIP participates in a checkpoint, capable of triggering a CAR constriction delay through the SIN pathway to ensure that cytokinesis terminates successfully.

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  1. Tomás Edreira

    Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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  2. Rubén Celador

    Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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  3. Elvira Manjón

    Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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  4. Yolanda Sánchez

    Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Regional Governmen of Castile and Leon co-financed by the European Social Fund

  • Tomás Edreira
  • Elvira Manjón

University of Salamanca

  • Rubén Celador

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Mohan K Balasubramanian, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

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  1. Received: May 26, 2020
  2. Accepted: October 24, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: October 26, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: November 12, 2020 (version 2)

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  1. Tomás Edreira
  2. Rubén Celador
  3. Elvira Manjón
  4. Yolanda Sánchez
(2020)
A novel checkpoint pathway controls actomyosin ring constriction trigger in fission yeast
eLife 9:e59333.
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