The spindle apparatus that form during prophase is the one that facilitates the alignment of chromosomes at the equatorial region.
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Since our results contrasted with recent hypotheses that suggest that correct force generation at kinetochores is locally regulated and does not require a direct connection between kinetochores and centrosomes Sikirzhytski et al. For this purpose, we used laser-microsurgery to ablate one daughter centriole in cells that had already reached metaphase. As in Sasdepleted cells, cells generated by microsurgery resulted in an asymmetric plate location, as, on average, R increased from 1.
These cells displayed a reduced inter-kinetochore distance mean of 1. This confirmed that loss of a single daughter centriole can directly affect force generation at sister-kinetochores, consistent with our findings that Sasdepleted cells show defects in the quality of kinetochore—microtubule attachments. We also conclude that an acute laser-ablation of a daughter centriole in metaphase has a more severe effect on the forces acting on kinetochore than Sas-6 depletion.
Possible explanations for this difference could be that Sasdepleted cells might have more time to adapt to the lack of a missing centriole as they progressively build up the spindle, or that the laser-ablation destroys not just a centriole but also part of enzymatic activities in the vicinity of the centriole, such as minus-end depolymerases, which in normal cells are known to exert a pulling force on kinetochore-fibers Meunier and Vernos, Note the asymmetric metaphase plate position after the ablation of a single centriole.
To confirm the presence of partially destabilized kinetochore—microtubule attachments in siSas-6 -treated cells and test whether they are the cause of the SAC response, we used the Aurora-B inhibitor ZM1. Aurora-B inhibition does not overcome a SAC-dependent mitotic arrest caused by unattached kinetochores nocodazole treatment , but overcomes a mitotic arrest caused by insufficient tension at sister-kinetochores in monopolar spindles monastrol treatment , as Aurora-B inhibition stabilizes kinetochore—microtubules and prevents loss of kinetochore—microtubule attachment Figure 5A ; Ditchfield et al.
We therefore tested whether the depletion of MCAK alone in cells is sufficient to suppress the mitotic delay. As this was not the case, we conclude that depletion of both MT-depolymerases is necessary to overcome the instability of kinetochore—microtubules in cells Figure 5—figure supplement 1C. Data from Figure 1E without Aurora-B inhibition are shown for comparison. This suggested that an asymmetric metaphase plate position leads to asymmetric cell division.
A recent study, however, demonstrated that asymmetric position of the entire spindle can also lead to asymmetric cell divisions in HeLa cells Kiyomitsu and Cheeseman, To discriminate between the two possibilities, we quantified the position of the spindle center in relationship to the cell center at anaphase onset, which was often not centered in the middle of the cell at anaphase onset, as has been previously reported Figure 6D ; Collins et al.
We conclude that entry into anaphase with an asymmetric position of the metaphase plate results in an asymmetric cell division. Phase contrast images were used to quantify the ratio of the two daughter cell sizes, which was plotted as a histogram in C.
See also Videos 5, 6. Shown is the ratio of the two daughter cell sizes. See also Videos 7, 8. Note how the cell divides in a symmetric manner. Note how the cell divides in an asymmetric manner. Here, we show that an equatorial position of the metaphase plate in the middle of the spindle is necessary for symmetric cell divisions and demonstrate that cells actively center the metaphase plate before anaphase onset.
Metaphase plate centering requires the SAC, which provides cells with enough time to correct metaphase plate position. The SAC responds to subtle defects in kinetochore—microtubule stability that arise in cells with an asymmetric plate position and an imbalance of centrioles, implying that the SAC is more sensitive than previously assumed. Recent studies have shown that proper positioning of the spindle ensures symmetric cell divisions, and that, deviations from a symmetric position are corrected by dynein-dependent cortical forces and membrane elongation during anaphase Kiyomitsu and Cheeseman, Here, we find that this external cortical correction mechanism in anaphase is complemented in metaphase by an internal centering mechanism that ensures a symmetric position of the metaphase plate within the spindle with the help of the SAC.
This centering mechanism is particularly visible in cells with an asymmetric distribution of centrioles cells , but it also acts in wild-type cells, indicating that it is active in every cell division. We thus postulate that a symmetric metaphase plate position is essential for symmetric cell divisions, explaining why it is conserved in all metazoans, plants, and many fungi.
Control of this parameter is essential, since differences in cell size have been linked to cell fate Kiyomitsu and Cheeseman, Metaphase plate position may also play a crucial role in asymmetric cell divisions that depend on asymmetric spindles in anaphase, such as in embryonic D.
To form asymmetric spindles in a controlled and stereotypical manner, cells need an internal reference in space: breaking an existing symmetry, that is, a symmetric metaphase plate position, provides such a reference point. This is consistent with the progression of embryonic fly neuroblasts, which first align the metaphase plate in the middle of the spindle, before undergoing an asymmetric elongation of the spindle in anaphase.
Our results also shed light on the mechanisms controlling the position of the cytokinetic furrow. Original studies in sand dollar eggs showed that the position of the centrosomes is a key determinant of the cytokinetic furrow position Rappaport, ; later studies in C.
A role for chromosomes was, however, discarded in these two organisms, since midzone formation and cytokinesis did not require them. In contrast, in human cells, chromosomes stabilize microtubules of the midzone and thus favor the formation of a cytokinetic furrow Canman et al.
Here, we show that cells only misplace the cytokinetic furrow in the presence of an asymmetric plate position in metaphase, implying that the position of the metaphase plate plays a crucial fine-tuning role in the positioning of the cytokinetic furrow.
Future studies will have to test whether the metaphase plate acts via the microtubules of the midzone, or as recently postulated, by influencing the cortical populations of Anillin and Myosin in anaphase in a Ran-GTP-dependent manner Kiyomitsu and Cheeseman, What might be these defects? Kinetochores in cells bind a sufficient number of microtubules to form amphitelic attachments and stretch the two sister-kinetochores apart, but a number of kinetochores do not bind the full complement of stable microtubules required for SKAP loading.
It is established that the SAC responds to detached kinetochores and is satisfied when kinetochores have bound the full set of microtubules. Based on our results, we postulate that the SAC also responds if a kinetochore is only bound by a fraction of the full set of microtubules. This suggests a SAC that is more sensitive than a checkpoint that only senses detached kinetochores or kinetochores that become detached due to a tension defect.
A SAC that detects such minor defects in kinetochore—microtubule occupancy caused by an imbalance of microtubule stability within the spindle would be able to indirectly probe for plate positioning, giving cells time to correct this imbalance and ensure a symmetric metaphase plate position. Such graded response to microtubule occupancy within a kinetochore complements studies showing that the SAC acts in a graded manner when it comes to the number of unattached kinetochores Collin et al.
Mad2 and Kid1 depletion had been previously validated in our laboratory Meraldi et al. For the cold-stable assay, cells were incubated in cold medium whilst placed on ice for 7 min. Cross-adsorbed secondary antibodies were used Invitrogen. Three-dimensional image stacks of mitotic cells were acquired in 0. Images were mounted as figures using Adobe Illustrator.
To monitor the polar ejection force, the distance between centrosomes and kinetochores was measured as described Wandke et al. To monitor cell contours, cells were illuminated with white light and recorded by phase-contrast microscopy.
Time-lapse videos were visualized in Softworx to quantify mitotic timing and to detect rotating spindles. The tracking assay was also used to quantify the length of the two half-spindles: the tracking assay estimates the metaphase plate by fitting a plane to the calculated kinetochore positions; metaphase plate position relative to the spindle poles was calculated using a custom MATLAB function that detects centrioles and calculates plate position as the intersection of the fitted plane with the spindle axis.
The earliest time point data of each cell imaged was used for plate position and inter-kinetochore distance analysis to ensure that data come from early metaphase cells. To measure plate position at anaphase and to better visualize the centering mechanisms, we used a temporal resolution of 30 s and applied our combined kinetochore and centrosome tracking analysis.
Videos were manually screened for the presence of chromosome segregation errors. To determine spindle positions within cells, we used the centrosome positions to determine the center of the spindle equidistant to both centrosomes and compared it to the cell center, which was determined using phase contrast images point on the spindle axis that is equidistant to both cell cortexes. Three-dimensional image stacks of fixed cells were subjected to the kinetochore tracking assay for sister—kinetochore pair identification.
The pulse width was 8 ns and the pulse energy used was 1. A more detailed description of the laser-microsurgery unit can be found in Pereira et al.
Statistical analyses were performed in R 2. Unpaired t-tests with Welch's correction and Mann—Whitney U tests against cells were carried out to check for the statistical significance of normal and non-normal distributed data, respectively. Count data were analyzed using the Fisher's Exact test. Graphs were plotted in R using the ggplot2 package and mounted in Adobe Illustrator. An edited version of the letter sent to the authors after peer review is shown, indicating the substantive concerns or comments; minor concerns are not usually shown.
Reviewers have the opportunity to discuss the decision before the letter is sent see review process. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Metaphase is the third phase of mitosis, the process that separates duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus of a parent cell into two identical daughter cells.
During metaphase, the cell's chromosomes align themselves in the middle of the cell through a type of cellular "tug of war. Prior to metaphase, protein formations called kinetochores formed around the centromere.
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