Mechanisms behind Topoisomerase II SUMOylation in chromosome segregation.
Mechanisms behind Topoisomerase II SUMOylation in chromosome segregation.
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染色体分离中拓扑异构酶 II SUMO 化背后的机制。
DOI:
10.1080/15384101.2016.1216928
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2016
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Azuma,Yoshiaki
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Yoshida,MakotoM;Azuma,Yoshiaki
One of the major substrates discovered to be SUMOylated during mitosis is DNA topoisomerase IIa (TOP2A), an enzyme that regulates the topology of genomic DNA. Interestingly, while TOP2A binds throughout the chromosome the majority of the SUMOylated TOP2A is likely clustered at the mitotic centromeres during early mitosis when SUMOylation occurs. 1 Genetic studies in budding yeast on the SUMOylation sites of TOP2 have revealed the importance of TOP2A SUMOylation during mitosis. TOP2 CTD has been found to be SUMOylated at multiple lysines, and mutations to prevent SUMOylation at the CTD led to defects in the cohesion of the centromeric DNA in budding yeast, and led to a defect in the spindle checkpoint that senses tension at the microtubules-kinetochore attachment sites. 2, 3 This suggests that TOP2A CTD SUMOylation may regulate Aurora B kinase, the key regulator of the spindle checkpoint and metaphase-to-anaphase progression. An additional site discovered to be SUMOylated during mitosis is on Xenopus laevis TOP2A lysine 660 (K660) that is within the catalytic core of the enzyme. 1 SUMOylation of K660 greatly inhibits TOP2A decatenation activity. The function of this inhibition is likely to maintain the cohesion of the sister chromatids by keeping the entangled centromeric DNA of the sister chromatids from being resolved. Interestingly, biochemical analysis of TOP2A SUMOylation has determined that SUMOylating the CTD lysine sites does not affect TOP2A decatenation activity. 4 Therefore, the mechanism behind the regulation of the spindle checkpoint through TOP2A CTD SUMOylation has remained unknown. Not until recently was the pathway of TOP2A CTD SUMOylation in the regulation of Aurora B discovered. Recent work from our laboratory determined that the atypical histone H3 kinase Haspin interacts with TOP2A as a SUMO-binding protein. 5 Haspin phosphorylates centromeric histone H3 at threonine 3 (H3T3), which provides a binding site for the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) including Aurora B at the mitotic centromeres. Our results determined that TOP2A CTD SUMOylation can regulate Haspin, whose centromeric localization mechanism was previously unclear, by recruiting it onto the mitotic chromosomes, and that inhibition of SUMOylation mis-localizes Haspin off of the centromeres in the Xenopus egg extract model system. Additionally, a concurrent study in budding yeast showed that both TOP2 mutant strain lacking the CTD and non-SUMOylatable TOP2 CTD mutant strain yielded failure in the proper localization of Aurora B at the centromeres, which suggests a conserved role of the TOP2 CTD between yeast and vertebrates through SUMO conjugation. 6 It is interesting to think about how the SUMO modification on TOP2A can regulate different functions during the same stage in mitosis. The SUMOylation of the K660 within the catalytic core inhibits TOP2A decatenation activity necessary to resolve the entangled centromeric DNA, and therefore, maintains the cohesion of the sister chromatids. 4 On the other hand, SUMOylation of the CTD recruits CPC including Aurora B to the centromere via the Haspin-H3T3p pathway for a successful metaphase-to-anaphase transition. 5, 6 At first glance, these 2 functions of SUMO modification on TOP2A act in opposite manners: one that prevents the sister chromatids from being separated, and one that promotes the transition to anaphase for chromosome segregation. How can these 2 functions of TOP2A SUMO modifications that occur during early mitosis coordinate to lead to the proper segregation of chromosomes into the daughter cells? While they act …