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; O; P) b0 Z: Z' \One RanGTP gradient builds on another to spatially guide mitotic spindle assembly, say Ma?wen Caudron, Eric Karsenti (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany), and colleagues.; T5 p" b: S/ x4 V
- u9 ^# Z# i# M! ~- K* fChromatin was known to promote spindle assembly via its effects on the Ran GTPase. RanGTP is abundant near chromosomes due to activation by a Ran–guanosine nucleotide exchange factor localized on chromosomes, but the extent of RanGTP localization and its function remained unknown. "Researchers suspected that long-range spindle effects were being mediated by chromosomes, but they couldn't prove this for certain," says Karsenti.0 ?- J! V ]( U* o6 a
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Combining mathematical modeling and fluorescent microscopy, Karsenti's group now shows that RanGTP diffusion away from chromosomes creates an interrelated series of short- and long-range protein gradients. The gradient of free RanGTP is very steep, but built upon it are shallower gradients of RanGTP–importin ? and RanGTP–importin ?–RanBP1. The RanGTP–importin ? complex helps build the spindle. But binding of RanBP1 to RanGTP–importin ? inactivates the complex.' D: d! ^7 S% `$ V
1 A+ @/ j$ ~5 i" I9 mThis inactivation helps shape the RanGTP–importin ? gradient. It is the RanGTP–importin ? that ultimately promotes two different behaviors: microtubule nucleation at chromosomes; and stabilization of growing tubules within the spindle. It does so by activating the release of nuclear localization signal (NLS)-containing proteins that regulate microtubules. "It is really the free NLS proteins that are important for driving spindle formation," says Karsenti.
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One NLS protein, TPX2, facilitates microtubule nucleation in an all-or-nothing manner that occurs only when the amount of RanGTP–importin ? is above a certain threshold〞that is, right around chromosomes. Release of another yet-unidentified NLS protein increases linearly with RanGTP–importin ? concentrations and promotes microtubule stabilization. Thus, microtubules emanating from centrosomes become increasingly stabilized the closer they get to chromosomes.; G3 n& ?$ m8 Q9 X7 Z" n
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The next goal in Karsenti's view is to identify the NLS protein gradients to better understand how they promote local nucleation and biased microtubule growth toward chromosomes.
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( k" i0 Z! O6 o) b& nCaudron, M., et al. 2005. Science. 309:1373–1376.(The RanGTP-importin ? gradient (red) pro) |
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