1. Phosphorylation of keratin 18 serine 52 regulates mother-daughter centriole engagement and microtubule nucleation by cell cycle-dependent accumulation at the centriole.
- Author
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Yu H, Yang X, Wu H, Li C, Shi J, Xu B, and Mao J
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- Animals, Cells, Cultured, HeLa Cells, Humans, Mice, NIH 3T3 Cells, Phosphorylation, Cell Cycle, Centrioles metabolism, Keratin-18 metabolism, Microtubules metabolism, Serine metabolism
- Abstract
Serine-52 (Ser52) is the major physiologic site of keratin 18 (K18) phosphorylation. Here, we report that serine-52 phosphorylated K18 (phospho-Ser52 K18) accumulated on centrosomes in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Moreover, we found that phospho-Ser52 K18 was located at the proximal end of the mother centriole. Transfection with the K18 Ser52 → Ala (K18 S52A) mutant prevented centriole localization of phospho-Ser52 K18 and resulted in separation of the mother-daughter centrioles. Inhibition of microtubule polymerization led to the disappearance of aggregated phospho-Ser52 K18 on the centrosome; removal of inhibitors resulted in reaccumulation of phospho-Ser52 K18 in microtubule-organizing centers. Transfection with a K18 S52A mutant inhibited microtubule nucleation. These results reveal a cell cycle-dependent change in centrosome localization of phospho-Ser52 k18 and strongly suggest that the phosphorylation status of Ser52 K18 of mother centrioles plays a critical role in maintaining a tight engagement between mother and daughter centrioles and also contributes to microtubule nucleation.
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- 2020
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