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GENETICS
Volume 192, Issue 2, Pages 441-+Publisher
GENETICS SOCIETY AMERICA
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.141465
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- Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Support Grant [P30 CA068485]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [CA68485, DK20593, DK58404, HD15052, DK59637, EY08126, 5R01 GM057438-13]
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research
- American Cancer Society [RSG-11-030-01-CSM]
- National Science Foundation [2011100772]
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The nuclear envelope in Saccharomyces cerevisiae harbors two essential macromolecular protein assemblies: the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that enable nucleocytoplasmic transport, and the spindle pole bodies (SPBs) that mediate chromosome segregation. Previously, based on metazoan and budding yeast studies, we reported that reticulons and Yop1/DP1 play a role in the early steps of de novo NPC assembly. Here, we examined if Rtn1 and Yop1 are required for SPB function in S. cerevisiae. Electron microscopy of rtn1 Delta yop1 Delta cells revealed lobular abnormalities in SPB structure. Using an assay that monitors lateral expansion of the SPB central layer, we found that rtn1 Delta yop1 Delta SPBs had decreased connections to the NE compared to wild type, suggesting that SPBs are less stable in the NE. Furthermore, large budded rtn1 Delta yop1 Delta cells exhibited a high incidence of short mitotic spindles, which were frequently misoriented with respect to the mother-daughter axis. This correlated with cytoplasmic microtubule defects. We found that overexpression of the SPB insertion factors NDC1, MPS2, or BBP1 rescued the SPB defects observed in rtn1 Delta yop1 Delta cells. However, only overexpression of NDC1, which is also required for NPC biogenesis, rescued both the SPB and NPC associated defects. Rtn1 and Yop1 also physically interacted with Ndc1 and other NPC membrane proteins. We propose that NPC and SPB biogenesis are altered in cells lacking Rtn1 and Yop1 due to competition between these complexes for Ndc1, an essential common component of both NPCs and SPBs.
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