MgcRacGAP controls the assembly of the contractile ring and the initiation of cytokinesis

被引:166
作者
Zhao, WM [1 ]
Fang, GW [1 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
关键词
ECT2; MKLP1; myosin; RhoA; cell division;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.0504145102
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Initiation of cytokinesis requires the establishment of the cleavage plane, the assembly of the contractile ring, and the ingression of the cleavage furrow. MgcRacGAP, a GTPase-activating protein for RhoA, is required for cytokinesis, but the mechanism of its action remains unknown. We report here that MgcRacGAP is required for the assembly of anillin and myosin into the contractile ring. In addition, MgcRacGAP is required for the localized activation of myosin through the RhoA-mediated phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain. Cells with MgcRacGAP RNA interference (RNAi) failed cytokinesis without any ingression of the cleavage furrow. Paradoxically, MgcRacGAP, a GTPase-activating protein, associates during cytokinesis with ECT2, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for RhoA, and the localization of ECT2 to both the central spindle and the contractile ring depends on MgcRacGAP. Knockdown of ECT2 phenocopies that of MgcRacGAP. We conclude that MgcRacGAP controls the initiation of cytokinesis by regulating ECT2, which in turn induces the assembly of the contractile ring and triggers the ingression of the cleavage furrow.
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页码:13158 / 13163
页数:6
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