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First published online 13 December 2005
doi: 10.1242/jcs.02737


Journal of Cell Science 119, 104-114 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
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Centralspindlin regulates ECT2 and RhoA accumulation at the equatorial cortex during cytokinesis

Yukako Nishimura and Shigenobu Yonemura*

Laboratory for Cellular Morphogenesis, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan

* Author for correspondence (e-mail: yonemura{at}cdb.riken.jp)

Accepted 4 October 2005

During determination of the cell division plane, an actomyosin contractile ring is induced at the equatorial cell cortex by signals from the mitotic apparatus and contracts to cause cleavage furrow progression. Although the small GTPase RhoA is known to regulate the progression, probably by controlling actin filament assembly and enhancing actomyosin interaction, any involvement of RhoA in division plane determination is unknown. In this study, using a trichloroacetic acid (TCA) fixation protocol we recently developed, we show that RhoA accumulates at the equatorial cortex before furrow initiation and continues to concentrate at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis. We also demonstrate that both Rho activity and microtubule organization are required for RhoA localization and proper furrowing. Selective disruption of microtubule organization revealed that both astral and central spindle microtubules can recruit RhoA at the equatorial cortex. We find that centralspindlin and ECT2 are required for RhoA localization and furrowing. Centralspindlin is localized both to central spindle microtubules and at the tips of astral microtubules near the equatorial cortex and recruits ECT2. Positional information for division plane determination from microtubules is transmitted to the cell cortex to organize actin cytoskeleton through a mechanism involving these proteins.

Key words: Cytokinesis, Microtubules, RhoA, Centralspindlin, ECT2


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