Howell2020- Compartmental Logical model of mitotic exit
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ABSTRACT: This model represents the main aspects of regulation of mitotic exit in budding yeast, including the MEN and FEAR network. As a compartmental model, it represents spatial aspects of regulation alongside regulation of enzymatic activity.
Project description:Mitotic exit requires extensive dephosphorylation of Ser/Thr residues by the PP1 and PP2A-B55 protein phosphatases in human cells. Several aspects of this are poorly understood including specific substrates and determinants of phosphatase specificity. Here we develop a novel in vitro assay, MRBLE-dephos, that allows multiplexing of dephosphorylation reactions to determine phosphatase specificity. Using MRBLE-dephos, we establish amino acid preferences of the residues surrounding the phosphorylation site for PP1 and PP2A-B55, which reveals common and unique preferences for the two phosphatases. We use specific inhibition of PP1 and PP2A-B55 in mitotic exit lysates coupled with quantitative phosphoproteomics to identify more than 2000 regulated phosphorylation sites and integrate this with mitotic interactomes to obtain a comprehensive map of mitotic dephosphorylation events. Importantly, the sites dephosphorylated during mitotic exit reveal key signatures that are consistent with the MRBLE-dephos results. We use these insights to specifically alter INCENP dephosphorylation kinetics at mitotic exit resulting in defective cytokinesis underscoring the biological relevance of our determined specificity principles. Finally, we provide a comprehensive characterization of PP1 binding motifs and show how these can shape dephosphorylation and how PP1 primes its own association with these motifs at mitotic exit. Collectively we provide a framework for understanding mitotic exit regulation by dephosphorylation and novel approaches to dissect protein phosphatase specificity.
Project description:The genome is thought to be transcriptionally silent during mitosis. Technical limitations have prevented the sensitive mapping of mitotic transcription and transcription reactivation during mitotic exit, and thus the networks by which transcriptome dynamics govern the generation of daughter cells have been unclear. We used 5-ethynyluridine to pulse-label intact transcripts during mitosis and mitotic exit and find that the first round of transcription activates genes that are involved in macromolecular synthesis, rather than cell identity. Many interphase genes exhibit residual transcription in mitosis, as confirmed by different methods of assessment, and a subset of genes are more highly transcribed in mitosis than in interphase. We suggest that mitotic transcription may serve an epigenetic function in restoring proper transcription patterns during mitotic exit.
Project description:Identity-specific interphase chromosome conformation must be re-established each time a cell divides. To understand how interphase folding is inherited, we developed an experimental approach that physically segregates mediators of G1 folding that are intrinsic to mitotic chromosomes from cytoplasmic factors. Proteins essential for nuclear transport, RanGAP1 and Nup93, were degraded in pro-metaphase arrested DLD-1 cells to prevent the establishment of nucleo-cytoplasmic transport during mitotic exit and isolate the decondensing mitotic chromatin of G1 daughter cells from the cytoplasm. Using this approach, we discover a transient folding intermediate entirely driven by chromosome-intrinsic factors. In addition to conventional compartmental segregation, the chromosome-intrinsic folding program leads to prominent genome-scale microcompartmentalization of mitotically bookmarked and cell type-specific cis-regulatory elements. The microcompartment conformation is formed during telophase and subsequently modulated by a second folding program driven by factors inherited through the cytoplasm in G1. This nuclear import-dependent folding program includes cohesin and factors involved in transcription and RNA processing. The combined and inter-dependent action of chromosome-intrinsic and cytoplasmic inherited folding programs determines the interphase chromatin conformation as cells exit mitosis.
Project description:Identity-specific interphase chromosome conformation must be re-established each time a cell divides. To understand how interphase folding is inherited, we developed an experimental approach that physically segregates mediators of G1 folding that are intrinsic to mitotic chromosomes from cytoplasmic factors. Proteins essential for nuclear transport, RanGAP1 and Nup93, were degraded in pro-metaphase arrested DLD-1 cells to prevent the establishment of nucleo-cytoplasmic transport during mitotic exit and isolate the decondensing mitotic chromatin of G1 daughter cells from the cytoplasm. Using this approach, we discover a transient folding intermediate entirely driven by chromosome-intrinsic factors. In addition to conventional compartmental segregation, the chromosome-intrinsic folding program leads to prominent genome-scale microcompartmentalization of mitotically bookmarked and cell type-specific cis-regulatory elements. The microcompartment conformation is formed during telophase and subsequently modulated by a second folding program driven by factors inherited through the cytoplasm in G1. This nuclear import-dependent folding program includes cohesin and factors involved in transcription and RNA processing. The combined and inter-dependent action of chromosome-intrinsic and cytoplasmic inherited folding programs determines the interphase chromatin conformation as cells exit mitosis.
Project description:The cell division cycle culminates in mitosis when two daughter cells are born. As cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) activity reaches its peak, the Anaphase Promoting Complex (APC) is activated to trigger sister chromatid separation and mitotic spindle elongation, followed by spindle disassembly and cytokinesis. Degradation of mitotic cyclins and activation of Cdk-counteracting phosphatases are thought to cause protein dephosphorylation to control these sequential events. Here, we use budding yeast to analyze phosphorylation dynamics of 3456 phosphosites on 1101 proteins with high temporal resolution as cells progress synchronously through mitosis. This illustrates sequential protein dephosphorylation and reveals that the order arises from successive inactivation of S and M phase Cdks and of the mitotic kinase Polo. Unexpectedly, we detect as many new phosphorylation events as there are dephosphorylation events. These correlate with late mitotic kinase activation and identify numerous candidate targets of these kinases. Our findings revise our view of mitotic exit and portray it as a dynamic process in which a range of mitotic kinases instruct the order of both protein dephosphorylation as well as phosphorylation.
Project description:In budding yeast, the Mitotic Exit Network (MEN), a GTPase signaling cascade integrates spatial and temporal signals to promote exit from mitosis. This signal integration requires transmission of a signal created on the cytoplasmic face of the spindle pole bodies (SPBs, functional equivalent of the centrosome in yeast) to the nucleolus, where the MEN effector protein Cdc14 resides. In this study, we show that the MEN activating signal at SPBs is relayed to Cdc14 in the nucleolus through the dynamic localization of its terminal kinase complex Dbf2-Mob1. Cdc15, the protein kinase that activates Dbf2-Mob1 at SPBs, also regulates its nuclear access. Once in the nucleus, priming phosphorylation by the Polo kinase Cdc5 targets Dbf2-Mob1 to the nucleolus. Cdc5 phosphorylates the Cdc14 nucleolar anchor Cfi1/Net1 creating a phospho-binding site for Dbf2-Mob1 which allows Dbf2-Mob1 to phosphorylate Cfi1/Net1 and Cdc14, which activates Cdc14. The mechanisms governing intracellular signal transmission that we uncovered in the MEN – regulated nuclear access and effector activation through priming kinases - may well serve as paradigms for intracellular signal transmission in general. As for phosphoproteomics, our analyses suggest a simple model where Cdc5 and Dbf2-Mob1 phosphorylate Cfi1/Net1 to bring about the release of Cdc14 from its inhibitor. Previous studies have shown that Cfi1/Net1 is a highly phosphorylated protein. To map sites in Cfi1/Net1 that are phosphorylated in a CDC5 or MEN-dependent manner, we performed phosphoproteomics analyses on wild-type anaphase cells and cells in which Cdc5 or Cdc15 were inhibited. We synchronized wild-type, cdc5-as1 and cdc15-as1 cells in G1 with α-factor pheromone and released them into the cell cycle with the corresponding inhibitors. Cultures enriched in anaphase cells as judged by anaphase spindle formation (~70% for wild-type cells and ~95% for cdc5-as1 and cdc15-as1 cells) were collected and processed for a reproducible data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS) analysis with 7 technical replicates for each sample. Also, 10 out of 12 CDC5-only sites identified in anaphase cells are already phosphorylated in cells arrested in metaphase using the microtubule depolymerizing drug nocodazole with 6 of them were also determined to be CDC5-dependent in metaphase, which is consistent with the finding that Cdc5 is already active in metaphase.
Project description:Temporal control over protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation is crucial for accurate chromosome segregation and for completion of the cell division cycle during exit from mitosis. In budding yeast, the Cdc14 phosphatase is thought to be a major regulator at this time, while in higher eukaryotes PP2A phosphatases take a dominant role. Here, we use time-resolved phosphoproteome analysis in budding yeast to evaluate the respective contributions of Cdc14 and the two main PP2A isoforms, PP2A(Cdc55) and PP2A(Rts1). This reveals an overlapping requirement for all three phosphatases during mitotic progression. Cdc14 instructs the sequential pattern of phosphorylation changes, in part through its preferential recognition of serine-based cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) substrates. PP2A(Cdc55) and PP2A(Rts1) in turn exhibit a broad substrate spectrum with some selectivity for phospho-threonines and a role for PP2A(Rts1) in sustaining Aurora kinase activity. Our results illustrate synergy and coordination between phosphatases as they orchestrate phosphoproteome dynamics during mitotic progression.
Project description:Identity-specific interphase chromosome conformation must be re-established each time a cell divides. To understand how interphase folding is inherited, we developed an experimental approach that segregates chromosome-intrinsic factors from those inherited through the cytoplasm during the establishment of G1 nuclear architecture. Endogenous RanGAP1 or Nup93 proteins were degraded in pro-metaphase arrested DLD-1 cells to prevent the establishment of nucleo-cytoplasmic transport during mitotic exit and isolate the decondensing mitotic chromatin of G1 daughter cells from the cytoplasm. Using this approach, we uncovered a transient folding intermediate entirely driven by chromosome-intrinsic factors. In addition to conventional compartmental segregation, this chromosome-intrinsic folding program leads to prominent genome-scale microcompartmentalization of mitotically bookmarked and cell type-specific cis-regulatory elements. The microcompartment conformation is formed during telophase and subsequently modulated by a second folding program driven by factors inherited through the cytoplasm in G1. The nuclear import-dependent folding program includes cohesin and factors involved in transcription and RNA processing. The combined and inter-dependent action of chromosome-intrinsic and cytoplasmic inherited folding programs determines the interphase chromatin conformation as cells exit mitosis.
Project description:Identity-specific interphase chromosome conformation must be re-established each time a cell divides. To understand how interphase folding is inherited, we developed an experimental approach that segregates chromosome-intrinsic factors from those inherited through the cytoplasm during the establishment of G1 nuclear architecture. Endogenous RanGAP1 or Nup93 proteins were degraded in pro-metaphase arrested DLD-1 cells to prevent the establishment of nucleo-cytoplasmic transport during mitotic exit and isolate the decondensing mitotic chromatin of G1 daughter cells from the cytoplasm. Using this approach, we uncovered a transient folding intermediate entirely driven by chromosome-intrinsic factors. In addition to conventional compartmental segregation, this chromosome-intrinsic folding program leads to prominent genome-scale microcompartmentalization of mitotically bookmarked and cell type-specific cis-regulatory elements. The microcompartment conformation is formed during telophase and subsequently modulated by a second folding program driven by factors inherited through the cytoplasm in G1. The nuclear import-dependent folding program includes cohesin and factors involved in transcription and RNA processing. The combined and inter-dependent action of chromosome-intrinsic and cytoplasmic inherited folding programs determines the interphase chromatin conformation as cells exit mitosis.