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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 98, Issue 2 151-158, Copyright © 1991 by Company of Biologists
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L Cassimeris and ED Salmon
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3280.
The site of tubulin subunit dissociation was determined during poleward chromosome movement in prometaphase newt lung cell mitotic spindles using fluorescence photobleaching techniques and nocodazole-induced spindle shortening. Synchronous shortening of all kinetochore microtubules was produced by incubating cells in 17 microM nocodazole to block microtubule assembly. Under these conditions the spindle poles moved towards the metaphase plate at a rate of 3.6 +/- 0.4 microns min-1 (n = 3). On the basis of anti-tubulin immunofluorescent staining of cells fixed after incubation in nocodazole, we found that nonkinetochore microtubules rapidly disappeared and only kinetochore fibers were present after 60-90 s in nocodazole. To localize the site of tubulin subunit dissociation, a narrow bar pattern was photobleached across one half-spindle in prometaphase-metaphase cells previously microinjected with 5-(4,6-dichlorotriazin-2-yl) amino fluorescein (DTAF)-labeled tubulin. Immediately after photobleaching, cells were perfused with 17 microM nocodazole to produce shortening of kinetochore microtubules. Shortening was accompanied by a decrease in the distance between the bleach bar and the kinetochores. In contrast, there was little or no decrease in the distance between the bleach bar and the pole. Compared to their initial lengths, the average kinetochore to pole distance shortened by 18%, the bleach bar to kinetochore distance shortened by 28% and the average bleached bar to pole distance shortened by 1.6%. The data provide evidence that tubulin subunits dissociate from kinetochore microtubules at a site near the kinetochore during poleward chromosome movement. These results are consistent with models of poleward force generation for chromosome movement in which prometaphase-metaphase poleward force is generated in association with the kinetochore.
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