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Vol. 16, Issue 3, 1095-1107, March 2005
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* Department of Cell Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany;
Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany; and
¶ University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Submitted October 28, 2004;
Revised December 10, 2004;
Accepted December 13, 2004
Monitoring Editor: Trisha Davis
We report the characterization of Cep170, a forkhead-associated (FHA) domain protein of previously unknown function. Cep170 was identified in a yeast two-hybrid screen for interactors of Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1). In human cells, Cep170 is constantly expressed throughout the cell cycle but phosphorylated during mitosis. It interacts with Plk1 in vivo and can be phosphorylated by Plk1 in vitro, suggesting that it is a physiological substrate of this kinase. Both overexpression and small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated depletion studies suggest a role for Cep170 in microtuble organization and cell morphology. Cep170 associates with centrosomes during interphase and with spindle microtubules during mitosis. As shown by immunoelectron microscopy, Cep170 associates with subdistal appendages, typical of the mature mother centriole. Thus, anti-Cep170 antibodies stain only one centriole during G1, S, and early G2, but two centrioles during late G2 phase of the cell cycle. We show that Cep170 labeling can be used to discriminate bona fide centriole overduplication from centriole amplification that results from aborted cell division.
Abbreviations used: Cep170, centrosomal protein 170; FHA, forkhead-associated; HPV-16, human papillomavirus-16; HU, hydroxyurea; IF, immunofluorescence; IP, immunoprecipitation; MT, microtubule; PCM, pericentriolar material; Plk1, polo-like kinase 1; siRNA, small interfering RNA.
Present address: Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, c/o University of Rome "La Sapienza", 00185 Rome, Italy
Present address: Nutrition Department, Nestlé Research Center, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
|| Present address: Turku Centre for Biotechnology, FIN-20521, Turku, Finland
Address correspondence to: Giulia Guarguaglini (giulia.guarguaglini{at}uniroma1.it).
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