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Originally published as MBC in Press, 10.1091/mbc.E08-12-1253 on April 8, 2009

Vol. 20, Issue 11, 2722-2730, June 1, 2009

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Kinesin-1 and Cytoplasmic Dynein Act Sequentially to Move the Meiotic Spindle to the Oocyte Cortex in Caenorhabditis elegans

Marina L. Ellefson, and Francis J. McNally

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616

Submitted January 2, 2009; Revised March 12, 2009; Accepted March 27, 2009
Monitoring Editor: Tim Stearns

During female meiosis in animals, the meiotic spindle is attached to the egg cortex by one pole during anaphase to allow selective disposal of half the chromosomes in a polar body. In Caenorhabditis elegans, this anaphase spindle position is achieved sequentially through kinesin-1–dependent early translocation followed by anaphase-promoting complex (APC)-dependent spindle rotation. Partial depletion of cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain by RNA interference blocked spindle rotation without affecting early translocation. Dynein depletion also blocked the APC-dependent late translocation that occurs in kinesin-1–depleted embryos. Time-lapse imaging of green fluorescent protein-tagged dynein heavy chain as well as immunofluorescence with dynein-specific antibodies revealed that dynein starts to accumulate at spindle poles just before the initiation of rotation or late translocation. Accumulation of dynein at poles was kinesin-1 independent and APC dependent, just like dynein driven spindle movements. This represents a case of kinesin-1/dynein coordination in which these two motors of opposite polarity act sequentially and independently on a cargo to move it in the same direction.

This was published online ahead of print in MBC in Press (http://www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1091/mbc.E08-12-1253) on April 8, 2009.

Address correspondence to: Francis J. McNally (fjmcnally{at}ucdavis.edu)

Abbreviations used: APC, anaphase-promoting complex.






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