Overexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.

BACKGROUND: Centrosomes have important roles in many aspects of cell organization, and aberrations in their number and function are associated with various diseases, including cancer. Centrosomes consist of a pair of centrioles surrounded by a pericentriolar matrix (PCM), and their replication is t...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Peel, N, Stevens, N, Basto, R, Raff, J
التنسيق: Journal article
اللغة:English
منشور في: 2007
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author Peel, N
Stevens, N
Basto, R
Raff, J
author_facet Peel, N
Stevens, N
Basto, R
Raff, J
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description BACKGROUND: Centrosomes have important roles in many aspects of cell organization, and aberrations in their number and function are associated with various diseases, including cancer. Centrosomes consist of a pair of centrioles surrounded by a pericentriolar matrix (PCM), and their replication is tightly regulated. Here, we investigate the effects of overexpressing the three proteins known to be required for centriole replication in Drosophila-DSas-6, DSas-4, and Sak. RESULTS: By directly observing centriole replication in living Drosophila embryos, we show that the overexpression of GFP-DSas-6 can drive extra rounds of centriole replication within a single cell cycle. Extra centriole-like structures also accumulate in brain cells that overexpress either GFP-DSas-6 or GFP-Sak, but not DSas-4-GFP. No extra centrioles accumulate in spermatocytes that overexpress any of these three proteins. Most remarkably, the overexpression of any one of these three proteins results in the rapid de novo formation of many hundreds of centriole-like structures in unfertilized eggs, which normally do not contain centrioles. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that the levels of centriolar DSas-6 determine the number of daughter centrioles formed during centriole replication. Overexpression of either DSas-6 or Sak can induce the formation of extra centrioles in some tissues but not others, suggesting that centriole replication is regulated differently in different tissues. The finding that the overexpression of DSas-4, DSas-6, or Sak can rapidly induce the de novo formation of centriole-like structures in Drosophila eggs suggests that this process results from the stabilization of centriole-precursors that are normally present in the egg.
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spelling oxford-uuid:2d92d64f-1f16-4b40-ac69-f5ce2c20d6a32022-03-26T12:43:47ZOverexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:2d92d64f-1f16-4b40-ac69-f5ce2c20d6a3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Peel, NStevens, NBasto, RRaff, J BACKGROUND: Centrosomes have important roles in many aspects of cell organization, and aberrations in their number and function are associated with various diseases, including cancer. Centrosomes consist of a pair of centrioles surrounded by a pericentriolar matrix (PCM), and their replication is tightly regulated. Here, we investigate the effects of overexpressing the three proteins known to be required for centriole replication in Drosophila-DSas-6, DSas-4, and Sak. RESULTS: By directly observing centriole replication in living Drosophila embryos, we show that the overexpression of GFP-DSas-6 can drive extra rounds of centriole replication within a single cell cycle. Extra centriole-like structures also accumulate in brain cells that overexpress either GFP-DSas-6 or GFP-Sak, but not DSas-4-GFP. No extra centrioles accumulate in spermatocytes that overexpress any of these three proteins. Most remarkably, the overexpression of any one of these three proteins results in the rapid de novo formation of many hundreds of centriole-like structures in unfertilized eggs, which normally do not contain centrioles. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that the levels of centriolar DSas-6 determine the number of daughter centrioles formed during centriole replication. Overexpression of either DSas-6 or Sak can induce the formation of extra centrioles in some tissues but not others, suggesting that centriole replication is regulated differently in different tissues. The finding that the overexpression of DSas-4, DSas-6, or Sak can rapidly induce the de novo formation of centriole-like structures in Drosophila eggs suggests that this process results from the stabilization of centriole-precursors that are normally present in the egg.
spellingShingle Peel, N
Stevens, N
Basto, R
Raff, J
Overexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.
title Overexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.
title_full Overexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.
title_fullStr Overexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.
title_full_unstemmed Overexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.
title_short Overexpressing centriole-replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation.
title_sort overexpressing centriole replication proteins in vivo induces centriole overduplication and de novo formation
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