A model for the regulatory network controlling the dynamics of kinetochore microtubule plus-ends and poleward flux in metaphase
A model for the regulatory network controlling the dynamics of kinetochore microtubule plus-ends and poleward flux in metaphase
Tight regulation of kinetochore microtubule dynamics is required to generate the appropriate position and movement of chromosomes on the mitotic spindle. A widely studied but mysterious aspect of this regulation occurs during metaphase when polymerization of kinetochore microtubule plus-ends is balanced by depolymerization at their minus-ends. Thus, kinetochore microtubules maintain a constant net length, allowing chromosomes to persist at the spindle equator, but consist of tubulin subunits that continually flux toward spindle poles. Here, we construct a feasible network of regulatory proteins for controlling kinetochore microtubule plus-end dynamics, which was combined with a Monte Carlo algorithm to simulate metaphase tubulin flux. We also test the network model by combining it with a force-balancing model explicitly taking force generators into account. Our data reveal how relatively simple interrelationships among proteins that stimulate microtubule plus-end polymerization, depolymerization, and dynamicity can induce robust flux while accurately predicting apparently contradictory results of knockdown experiments. The model also provides a simple and robust physical mechanism through which the regulatory networks at kinetochore microtubule plus- and minus-ends could communicate.
- Yeshiva University United States
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine United States
Models, Statistical, Kinesins, Mitosis, Spindle Apparatus, Microtubules, Models, Biological, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Computer Simulation, Drosophila, RNA Interference, Kinetochores, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Algorithms, Metaphase
Models, Statistical, Kinesins, Mitosis, Spindle Apparatus, Microtubules, Models, Biological, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Computer Simulation, Drosophila, RNA Interference, Kinetochores, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Algorithms, Metaphase
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