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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 108, Issue 7 2645-2653, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists
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A Debec, C Detraves, C Montmory, G Geraud and M Wright
Groupe de Genetique Cellulaire et Moleculaire, Unite Associee du CNRS 1135, Universite Paris 6, France.
The spindle pole localization of gamma-tubulin was compared in wild type and acentriolar cultured Drosophila cells using polyclonal antibodies specifically raised against the carboxy terminal amino acid sequence of Drosophila gamma-tubulin-1 (-KSEDSRSVTSAGS). During interphase, gamma-tubulin was present in the centrosome of wild type cells and accumulated around this organelle in a cell cycle dependent manner. In contrast, no such structure was observed in acentriolar cells. Wild type mitoses were homogeneously composed of biconical spindles, with two centrosome-associated gamma-tubulin spots at the poles. The mitotic apparatuses observed in the acentriolar cells were heterogeneous; multipolar mitoses, bipolar mitoses with a barrel-shaped spindle and bipolar mitoses with biconical spindles were observed. In acentriolar cells, gamma-tubulin accumulation at mitotic poles was dependent on spindle microtubule integrity. Most acentriolar spindles presented a dispersed gamma-tubulin labeling at the poles. Only well polarized and biconical acentriolar spindles showed a strong gamma-tubulin polar spot. Finally, acentriolar mitotic poles were not organized around true centrosomes. In contrast to wild type cells, in acentriolar cells the Bx63 centrosome-associated antigen was absent and the gamma-tubulin containing material dispersed readily following microtubule disassembly. These observations confirm that gamma-tubulin plays an essential role in the nucleation of microtubules even in the absence of mitotic polar organelles. In addition the data suggest that the mechanisms involved in the bipolarization of wild type and acentriolar mitoses are different, and that centrioles play a role in the spatial organization of the nucleating material containing gamma-tubulin.
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