HP1α targets the chromosomal passenger complex for activation at heterochromatin before mitotic entry

Jan G Ruppert, Kumiko Samejima, Melpomeni Platani, Oscar Molina, Hiroshi Kimura, A Arockia Jeyaprakash, Shinya Ohta, William C Earnshaw

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Abstract

The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) is directed to centromeres during mitosis via binding to H3T3ph and Sgo1. Whether and how heterochromatin protein 1α (HP1α) influences CPC localisation and function during mitotic entry is less clear. Here, we alter HP1α dynamics by fusing it to a CENP-B DNA-binding domain. Tethered HP1 strongly recruits the CPC, destabilising kinetochore-microtubule interactions and activating the spindle assembly checkpoint. During mitotic exit, the tethered HP1 traps active CPC at centromeres. These HP1-CPC clusters remain catalytically active throughout the subsequent cell cycle. We also detect interactions between endogenous HP1 and the CPC during G2HP1α and HP1γ cooperate to recruit the CPC to active foci in a CDK1-independent process. Live cell tracking with Fab fragments reveals that H3S10ph appears well before H3T3 is phosphorylated by Haspin kinase. Our results suggest that HP1 may concentrate and activate the CPC at centromeric heterochromatin in G2before Aurora B-mediated phosphorylation of H3S10 releases HP1 from chromatin and allows pathways dependent on H3T3ph and Sgo1 to redirect the CPC to mitotic centromeres.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages18
JournalEMBO Journal
Volume37
Issue number6
Early online date21 Feb 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2018

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • CENP‐B
  • Chromosomal Passenger Complex
  • Heterochromatin Protein 1
  • Histone H3S10 Phosphorylation

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