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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7037
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Clathrin has an established function in the generation of vesicles that transfer membrane and proteins around the cell. The formation of clathrin-coated vesicles occurs continuously in non-dividing cells, but is shut down during mitosis, when clathrin concentrates at the spindle apparatus. Here, we show that clathrin stabilizes fibres of the mitotic spindle to aid congression of chromosomes. Clathrin bound to the spindle directly by the amino-terminal domain of clathrin heavy chain. Depletion of clathrin heavy chain using RNA interference prolonged mitosis; kinetochore fibres were destabilized, leading to defective congression of chromosomes to the metaphase plate and persistent activation of the spindle checkpoint. Normal mitosis was rescued by clathrin triskelia but not the N-terminal domain of clathrin heavy chain, indicating that stabilization of kinetochore fibres was dependent on the unique structure of clathrin. The importance of clathrin for normal mitosis may be relevant to understanding human cancers that involve gene fusions of clathrin heavy chain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
434
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1152-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Clathrin is required for the function of the mitotic spindle.
pubmed:affiliation
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK. sjr51@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't