The Caenorhabditis elegans pericentriolar material components SPD-2 and SPD-5 are monomeric in the cytoplasm before incorporation into the PCM matrix

Oliver Wueseke, Jakob Bunkenborg, Marco Y Hein, Andrea Zinke, Valeria Viscardi, Jeffrey B Woodruff, Karen Oegema, Matthias Mann, Jens S Andersen, Anthony A Hyman

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Abstract

Centrosomes are the main microtubule-organizing centers in animal cells. Centrosomes consist of a pair of centrioles surrounded by a matrix of pericentriolar material (PCM) that assembles from cytoplasmic components. In Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, interactions between the coiled-coil proteins SPD-5 and SPD-2 and the kinase PLK-1 are critical for PCM assembly. However, it is not known whether these interactions promote the formation of cytoplasmic complexes that are added to the PCM or whether the components interact only during incorporation into the PCM matrix. Here we address this problem by using a combination of live-cell fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and hydrodynamic techniques to investigate the native state of PCM components in the cytoplasm. We show that SPD-2 is monomeric, and neither SPD-2 nor SPD-5 exists in complex with PLK-1. SPD-5 exists mostly as a monomer but also forms complexes with the PP2A-regulatory proteins RSA-1 and RSA-2, which are required for microtubule organization at centrosomes. These results suggest that the interactions between SPD-2, SPD-5, and PLK-1 do not result in formation of cytoplasmic complexes, but instead occur in the context of PCM assembly.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftMolecular Biology of the Cell
Vol/bind25
Udgave nummer19
Sider (fra-til)2984-92
Antal sider9
ISSN1939-4586
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 okt. 2014
Udgivet eksterntJa

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