A morphogenesis checkpoint in budding yeast delays cell cycle progression in response to perturbations of cell polarity that prevent bud formation (Lew, D.J., and S.I. Reed. 1995. J. Cell Biol. 129:739– 749). The cell cycle delay depends upon the tyrosine kinase Swe1p, which phosphorylates and inhibits the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28p (Sia, R.A.L., H.A. Herald, and D.J. Lew. 1996. Mol. Biol. Cell. 7:1657– 1666). In this report, we have investigated the nature of the defect(s) that trigger this checkpoint. A Swe1p- dependent cell cycle delay was triggered by direct perturbations of the actin cytoskeleton, even when polarity establishment functions remained intact. Furthermore, actin perturbation could trigger the checkpoint even in cells that had already formed a bud, suggesting that the checkpoint directly monitors actin organization, rather than (or in addition to) polarity establishment or bud formation. In addition, we show that the checkpoint could detect actin perturbations through most of the cell cycle. However, the ability to respond to such perturbations by delaying cell cycle progression was restricted to a narrow window of the cell cycle, delimited by the periodic accumulation of the checkpoint effector, Swe1p.
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September 21 1998
A Morphogenesis Checkpoint Monitors the Actin Cytoskeleton in Yeast
John N. McMillan,
John N. McMillan
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Rey A.L. Sia,
Rey A.L. Sia
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Daniel J. Lew
Daniel J. Lew
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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John N. McMillan
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
Rey A.L. Sia
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
Daniel J. Lew
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
J.N. McMillan was supported by National Research Service Award GM18455. This work was supported by U.S. Public Health Service grant GM53050 and by funds from the Searle Scholars Program/The Chicago Community Trust to D.J. Lew.
Address all correspondence to Daniel J. Lew, Room C359 LSRC, Box 3686, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. Tel.: (919) 613-8627. Fax: (919) 613-8642. E-mail: [email protected]
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January 08 1998
Revision Received:
August 11 1998
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
1998
J Cell Biol (1998) 142 (6): 1487–1499.
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Received:
January 08 1998
Revision Received:
August 11 1998
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John N. McMillan, Rey A.L. Sia, Daniel J. Lew; A Morphogenesis Checkpoint Monitors the Actin Cytoskeleton in Yeast . J Cell Biol 21 September 1998; 142 (6): 1487–1499. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.142.6.1487
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