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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
卷 25, 期 25, 页码 4049-4062出版社
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E14-04-0859
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- National Science Foundation [MCB-0917887, MCB-1041200]
- EMBO [ASTF 245-2012]
- National Institutes of Health [GM52932]
- Cancer Research UK
- EMBO Young Investigator Programme
Cytokinesis in animal cells depends on spindle-derived spatial cues that culminate in Rho activation, and thereby actomyosin assembly, in a narrow equatorial band. Although the nature, origin, and variety of such cues have long been obscure, one component is certainly the Rho activator Ect2. Here we describe the behavior and function of Ect2 in echinoderm embryos, showing that Ect2 migrates from spindle midzone to astral microtubules in anaphase and that Ect2 shapes the pattern of Rho activation in incipient furrows. Our key finding is that Ect2 and its binding partner Cyk4 accumulate not only at normal furrows, but also at furrows that form in the absence of associated spindle, midzone, or chromosomes. In all these cases, the cell assembles essentially the same cytokinetic signaling ensemble-opposed astral microtubules decorated with Ect2 and Cyk4. We conclude that if multiple signals contribute to furrow induction in echinoderm embryos, they likely converge on the same signaling ensemble on an analogous cytoskeletal scaffold.
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