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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 101, Issue 6, Pages 1584-1588Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0308205100
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM059057, GM 58025, GM 59057, R01 GM058025] Funding Source: Medline
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Understanding how cells regulate microtubule nucleation during the cell cycle has been limited by the inability to directly observe nucleation from the centrosome. To view nucleation in living cells, we imaged GFP-tagged EB1, a microtubule tip-binding protein, and determined rates of nucleation by counting the number of EB1-GFP comets emerging from the centrosome over time. Nucleation rate increased 4-fold between G(2) and prophase and continued to rise through anaphase and telophase, reaching a maximum of 7 times interphase rates. We tested several models for centrosome maturation, including gamma-tubulin recruitment and increased centrosome size. The centrosomal concentration of gamma-tubulin reached a maximum at metaphase, and centrosome size increased through anaphase, whereas nucleation remained high through telophase, implying the presence of additional regulatory processes. Injection of anti-gamma-tubulin antibodies significantly blocked nucleation during metaphase but was less effective during anaphase, suggesting that a nucleation mechanism independent of gamma-tubulin contributes to centrosome function after metaphase.
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