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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 204, Issue 9, Pages 2213-2224Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062324
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- BBSRC [BB/E012965/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [G0401026] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E012965/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0401026] Funding Source: researchfish
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E012965/1] Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [G0401026] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [070613] Funding Source: Medline
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Specific mutations in the human gene encoding the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein ( WASp) that compromise normal auto-inhibition of WASp result in unregulated activation of the actin-related protein 2/ 3 complex and increased actin polymerizing activity. These activating mutations are associated with an X-linked form of neutropenia with an intrinsic failure of myelopoiesis and an increase in the incidence of cytogenetic abnormalities. To study the underlying mechanisms, active mutant WASp(I294T) was expressed by gene transfer. This caused enhanced and delocalized actin polymerization throughout the cell, decreased proliferation, and increased apoptosis. Cells became binucleated, suggesting a failure of cytokinesis, and micronuclei were formed, indicative of genomic instability. Live cell imaging demonstrated a delay in mitosis from prometaphase to anaphase and confirmed that multinucleation was a result of aborted cytokinesis. During mitosis, filamentous actin was abnormally localized around the spindle and chromosomes throughout their alignment and separation, and it accumulated within the cleavage furrow around the spindle midzone. These findings reveal a novel mechanism for inhibition of myelopoiesis through defective mitosis and cytokinesis due to hyperactivation and mislocalization of actin polymerization.
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