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The Rangtp Gradient – a GPS for the Mitotic Spindle Commentary 1577 The RanGTP gradient – a GPS for the mitotic spindle Petr Kalab1,2,* and Rebecca Heald2 1Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4256, USA 2Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA *Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) Accepted 27 March 2008 Journal of Cell Science 121, 1577-1586 Published by The Company of Biologists 2008 doi:10.1242/jcs.005959 Summary The GTPase Ran has a key role in nuclear import and export, mitotic spindle during mitosis. Through exportin 1, RanGTP mitotic spindle assembly and nuclear envelope formation. The recruits essential centrosome and kinetochore components, cycling of Ran between its GTP- and GDP-bound forms is whereas the RanGTP-induced release of spindle assembly catalyzed by the chromatin-bound guanine nucleotide exchange factors (SAFs) from importins activates SAFs to nucleate, bind factor RCC1 and the cytoplasmic Ran GTPase-activating and organize nascent spindle microtubules. Although a protein RanGAP. The result is an intracellular concentration considerable fraction of cytoplasmic SAFs is active and RanGTP gradient of RanGTP that equips eukaryotic cells with a induces only partial further activation near chromatin, bipolar ‘genome-positioning system’ (GPS). The binding of RanGTP to spindle assembly is robustly induced by cooperativity and nuclear transport receptors (NTRs) of the importin β positive-feedback mechanisms within the network of Ran- superfamily mediates the effects of the gradient and generates activated SAFs. The RanGTP gradient is conserved, although further downstream gradients, which have been elucidated by its roles vary among different cell types and species, and much fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) imaging and remains to be learned regarding its functions. computational modeling. The Ran-dependent GPS spatially directs many functions required for genome segregation by the Key words: Ran, Importin, Exportin, Mitotic spindle, Cancer Introduction 2004; Rodriguez et al., 2004; Stewart, 2007). NTRs are classified The Ras-related GTPase Ran controls many aspects of genome as either importins or exportins, depending on whether their cargos compartmentalization in the nucleus in eukaryotes, including the are imported into or exported from the nucleus. For simplicity, the regulation of nucleo-cytoplasmic transport and formation of the term ‘cargo’ will be used here for any molecule or complex having nuclear envelope, as well as genome segregation to daughter cells an interaction with NTRs that is regulated by RanGTP binding Journal of Cell Science by the mitotic spindle (Clarke and Zhang, 2004; Goodman and (Table 1). The binding of RanGTP to importins dissociates nuclear Zheng, 2006; Pemberton and Paschal, 2005; Terry et al., 2007). import complexes that contain nuclear localization signal (NLS)- The cycling of Ran between its GTP- and GDP-bound forms is bearing cargos, resulting in the nuclear accumulation of the cargos. controlled by a pair of exquisitely Ran-specific regulators with RanGTP binding is required to stabilize the interaction of exportins distinct localizations: Ran’s guanine nucleotide exchange factor with their nuclear export signal (NES)-containing cargo. Upon entry (GEF) regulator of chromatin condensation 1 (RCC1) is imported into the cytoplasm, the complex is disassembled owing to GTP to the nucleus and binds to chromatin, whereas its GTPase- hydrolysis on Ran that is stimulated by RanGAP (Weis, 2003). activating protein RanGAP is cytoplasmic. RanGAP accelerates RanGTP-gradient-regulated NTR-cargo-complex assembly and GTP hydrolysis by purified Ran 105-fold , and RCC1 increases the disassembly reactions continue after nuclear envelope breakdown rate of GTP-for-GDP exchange on Ran by about the same factor in Metazoa and perform essential mitotic roles. This Commentary in vitro (Klebe et al., 1995). The localization of its regulators, focuses on how the RanGTP gradient is generated in mitotic cells therefore, dynamically regulates Ran’s guanine-nucleotide charge and how it functions in spindle assembly by spatially directing the – RanGTP is formed at a higher rate around chromosomes than at activity and/or localization of spindle assembly factors (SAFs) and the cell periphery, where more GTP hydrolysis on Ran occurs. In mitotic regulators (Table 1). We discuss both conserved and cell consequence, a diffusion-limited gradient of RanGTP surrounds type-specific mechanisms of mitotic Ran function and highlight the chromosomes in metazoan cells that are undergoing open mitosis emerging connection between the Ran pathway and cancer cell following nuclear envelope breakdown, and a steep gradient of proliferation. Unless otherwise specified, the discussion refers to RanGTP exists across the nuclear envelope during interphase open mitosis in animal cells. For the functions of Ran in the mitotic (Hetzer et al., 2002). Because the concentration of RanGTP checkpoint we refer readers to recent reviews (Dasso, 2006; increases with proximity to chromatin, such a gradient can be said Goodman and Zheng, 2006). to act as a ‘genome-positioning system’ (GPS). The functions of Ran are mediated by the binding of RanGTP Binding of RCC1 to chromatin drives RanGTP-gradient to nuclear transport receptors (NTRs) of the importin β superfamily formation (Mans et al., 2004; Pemberton and Paschal, 2005). NTRs are RCC1 binds directly to dsDNA through its unusually processed N- structurally diverse proteins that are responsible for the Ran- terminal tail (in which the N-terminal serine or proline residue is regulated transport of proteins and of several classes of RNAs methylated) (Chen et al., 2007) and to histones H2A or H2B on the through the nuclear pore channel (Conti et al., 2006; Mans et al., nucleosome (Nemergut et al., 2001) by an adjacent domain 1578 Journal of Cell Science 121 (10) Table 1. Functions and interactions of RanGTP-regulated NTR cargos Nuclear transport Interacting spindle RanGTP- and NTR- Cargo Class of protein receptors components or regulators* regulated function Reference RCC1 RanGEF Importin 3, Histones H2A and H2B, Binding to histones (Nemergut et al., 2001; Chen et al., importin DNA, Ran H2A/H2B 2007) TPX2 Spindle MAP Importin 1, Microtubules, Xklp2, MT nucleation, Aurora A (Gruss et al., 2001; Groen et al., importin Aurora A, activation 2004; Joukov et al., 2006; Koffa BRCA1/BARD1, et al., 2006) RHAMM, Eg5, XMAP215, HURP NuMA Spindle pole MAP Importin 1, Dynein, BRCA1/BARD1, Unknown (Nachury et al., 2001; Wiese et al., importin Rae1 2001; Joukov et al., 2006; Wong et al., 2006) Xnf7 MAP Importin 1, Microtubules, anaphase- Unknown (Maresca et al., 2005) importin promoting complex XCTK2 Spindle kinesin Importin 1, Microtubules Microtubule binding (Ems-McClung et al., 2004) importin Kid Chromosomal Importin 1, Chromosomes, Microtubule binding, (Trieselman et al., 2003; Tahara et kinesin importin microtubules loading on al., 2008) chromosomes Lamin B Nuclear envelope Importin 1, Spindle membranes, Spindle matrix (Tsai et al., 2006) scaffold importin NuMA, TPX2, Eg5, PAR Cdk11 Cyclin-L- Importin , Unknown Microtubule stabilization (Yokoyama et al., 2008) dependent kinase importin microtubule- kinetochore interaction HURP MAP Importin TPX2, AuroraA, Microtubule binding, (Koffa et al., 2006; Sillje et al., XMAP215, Eg5 stabilization of k-fibers 2006; Wong et al., 2006; Wong (kinetochore et al., 2008) microtubules), spindle bipolarization Maskin Spindle pole MAP Importin XMAP215 (TOG), Phosphorylation by (Blower et al., 2005; Albee et al., (TACC, Aurora A, Rae1, TPX2, Aurora A; mitotic 2006; Koffa et al., 2006; Sato et Alp7) Eg5 nuclear import of Alp7 al., 2007) in S. pombe Rae1 RNP adaptor, Importin , RNP, Maskin, NuMA Indirect: microtubule (Blower et al., 2005; Wong et al., nucleoporin Nup98 polymerization 2006) NuSAP Spindle MAP Importin 1, Chromosomes, Microtubule stabilization (Ribbeck et al., 2006; Ribbeck et importin and microtubules and crosslinking; al., 2007) importin 7 chromatin binding CRB3-CLP1 Ciliar membrane Importin β Unknown Importin- -dependent (Fan et al., 2007) Journal of Cell Science protein (possibly targeting to spindle through an pole adaptor) RanBP2- Multifunctional Exportin 1 Kinetochore-bound Formation of k-fibers (Arnaoutov et al., 2005) RanGAP- Nup107-Nup160 SUMO complex NPM1 Multifunctional Exportin 1 Centrosome Centrosome integrity (Wang et al., 2005) Survivin CPC component, Exportin 1 Aurora B, INCENP CPC recruitment; (Knauer et al., 2006) Antiapoptotic indirect: microtubule factor polymerization *Direct interactions are shown in red. (Hutchins et al., 2004; Li and Zheng, 2004a). Both modes of RCC1- Interestingly, the histone-binding domain of RCC1 overlaps with chromatin interaction are required for correct spindle assembly in its NLS, which is recognized by a complex between importin α3 tissue culture cells (Chen et al., 2007; Hutchins et al., 2004; Li and and importin β that imports RCC1 into the nucleus during Zheng, 2004a) and probably function simultaneously to strengthen interphase. In mitosis, bound importins can block the interaction the interaction of RCC1 with chromatin during the nucleotide- between RCC1 and chromatin in the absence of mitotic cyclin- exchange reaction (Chen et al., 2007). Ran binds directly to dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1)-dependent phosphorylation of serine histones H3 and H4 on chromatin (Bilbao-Cortes et al., 2002), residues that are adjacent to
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