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JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 124, Issue 3, Pages 394-404Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.063347
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Aurora-A; Kinetochore-microtubule attachment; Mitosis; Nucleolin; SAF-A; Spindle assembly; TPX2
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists
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Segregation of chromosomes during cell division requires correct formation of mitotic spindles. Here, we show that a scaffold attachment factor A (SAF-A), also known as heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein-U, contributes to the attachment of spindle microtubules (MTs) to kinetochores and spindle organization. During mitosis, SAF-A was localized at the spindles, spindle midzone and cytoplasmic bridge. Depletion of SAF-A by RNA interference induced mitotic delay and defects in chromosome alignment and spindle assembly. We found that SAF-A specifically co-immunoprecipitated with the chromosome peripheral protein nucleolin and the spindle regulators Aurora-A and TPX2, indicating that SAF-A is associated with nucleolin and the Aurora-A-TPX2 complex. SAF-A was colocalized with TPX2 and Aurora-A in spindle poles and MTs. Elimination of TPX2 or Aurora-A from cells abolished the association of SAF-A with the mitotic spindle. Interestingly, SAF-A can bind to MTs and contributes to the targeting of Aurora-A to mitotic spindle MTs. Our finding indicates that SAF-A is a novel spindle regulator that plays an essential role in kinetochore-MT attachment and mitotic spindle organization.
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