Location and functional analysis of the Aspergillus nidulans Aurora kinase confirm mitotic functions and suggest non-mitotic roles.
Fungal Genet Biol
; 103: 1-15, 2017 06.
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ABSTRACT
Filamentous fungi have devastating negative impacts as pathogens and agents of food spoilage but also have critical ecological importance and are utilized for industrial applications. The characteristic multinucleate nature of filamentous fungi is facilitated by limiting if, when and where septation, the fungal equivalent of cytokinesis, occurs. In the model filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans septation does not occur immediately after mitosis and is an incomplete process resulting in the formation of a septal pore whose permeability is cell cycle regulated. How mitotic regulators, such as the Aurora kinase, contribute to the often unique biology of filamentous fungi is not well understood. The Aurora B kinase has not previously been investigated in any detail during hyphal growth. Here we demonstrate for the first time that Aurora displays cell cycle dependent locations to the region of forming septa, the septal pore and mature septa as well as the mitotic apparatus. To functionally analyze Aurora, we generated a temperature sensitive allele revealing essential mitotic and spindle assembly checkpoint functions consistent with its location to the kinetochore region and spindle midzone. Our analysis also reveals that cellular and kinetochore Aurora levels increase during a mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint arrest and we propose that this could be important for checkpoint inactivation when spindle formation is prevented. We demonstrate that Aurora accumulation at mature septa following mitotic entry does not require mitotic progression but is dependent upon a timing mechanism. Surprisingly we also find that Aurora inactivation leads to cellular swelling and lysis indicating an unexpected function for Aurora in fungal cell growth. Thus in addition to its conserved mitotic functions our data suggest that Aurora has the capacity to be an important regulator of septal biology and cell growth in filamentous fungi.
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Aspergillus nidulans
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Ciclo Celular
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Aurora Quinase B
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Mitose
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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En
Revista:
Fungal Genet Biol
Assunto da revista:
GENETICA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos