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AGO2 localizes to cytokinetic protrusions in a p38-dependent manner and is needed for accurate cell division

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COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02130-0

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  1. European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program [668031]
  2. Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund-ESF) through Operational Programme Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning [MIS-5000432]

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AGO2 is found in membrane protrusions and cytokinetic bridges, playing a crucial role in ensuring cell division fidelity, especially under stress conditions. It is part of a regulatory mechanism triggered by cytokinetic stress to maintain the homeostasis of local gene transcription.
Argonaute 2 (AGO2) is an indispensable component of the RNA-induced silencing complex, operating at the translational or posttranscriptional level. It is compartmentalized into structures such as GW- and P-bodies, stress granules and adherens junctions as well as the midbody. Here we show using immunofluorescence, image and bioinformatic analysis and cytogenetics that AGO2 also resides in membrane protrusions such as open- and close-ended tubes. The latter are cytokinetic bridges where AGO2 colocalizes at the midbody arms with cytoskeletal components such as alpha-Tau ubulin and Aurora B, and various kinases. AGO2, phosphorylated on serine 387, is located together with Dicer at the midbody ring in a manner dependent on p38 MAPK activity. We further show that AGO2 is stress sensitive and important to ensure the proper chromosome segregation and cytokinetic fidelity. We suggest that AGO2 is part of a regulatory mechanism triggered by cytokinetic stress to generate the appropriate micro-environment for local transcript homeostasis. Pantazopoulou et al. find that AGO2 resides in open-ended tunneling nanotubes and close-ended cytokinetic bridges. At the latter location, AGO2 colocalizes with cell division components and the authors show that AGO2 depletion impairs cell division fidelity.

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