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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 112, Issue 14 2323-2334, Copyright © 1999 by Company of Biologists


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The role of anillin in meiotic cytokinesis of Drosophila males

MG Giansanti, S Bonaccorsi and M Gatti
Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti and Centro di Genetica Evoluzionistica del CNR, Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita' di Roma 'La Sapienza', P.le A. Moro 5, Italy.

Anillin is a 190 kDa actin-binding protein that concentrates in the leading edges of furrow canals during Drosophila cellularization and in the cleavage furrow of both somatic and meiotic cells. We analyzed anillin behavior during D. melanogaster spermatogenesis, and focused on the relationships between this protein and the F-actin enriched structures. In meiotic anaphases anillin concentrates in a narrow band around the cell equator. Cytological analysis of wild-type meiosis and examination of mutants defective in contractile ring assembly (chickadee and KLP3A), revealed that the formation of the anillin cortical band occurs before, and does not require the assembly of the F-actin based contractile ring. However, once the acto-myosin ring is assembled, the anillin band precisely colocalizes with this cytokinetic structure, accompanying its contraction throughout anaphase and telophase. In chickadee and KLP3A mutant ana-telophases the cortical anillin band fails to constrict, indicating that its contraction is normally driven by the cytokinetic ring. These findings, coupled with the analysis of anillin behavior in twinstar mutants, suggested a model on the role of anillin during cytokinesis. During anaphase anillin would concentrate in the cleavage furrow before the assembly of the contractile ring, binding the equatorial cortex, perhaps through its carboxy-terminal pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. Anillin would then interact with the actin filaments of the acto-myosin ring through its actin-binding domain, anchoring the contractile ring to the plasma membrane throughout cytokinesis.


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