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Insufficiency of BUBR1, a mitotic spindle checkpoint regulator, causes impaired ciliogenesis in vertebrates

Miyamoto, Tatsuo; Porazinski, Sean; Wang, Huijia; Borovina, Antonia; Ciruna, Brian; Shimizu, Atsushi; Kajii, Tadashi; Kikuchi, Akira; Furutani-Seiki, Makoto; Matsuura, Shinya

Authors

Tatsuo Miyamoto

Sean Porazinski

Huijia Wang

Antonia Borovina

Brian Ciruna

Atsushi Shimizu

Tadashi Kajii

Akira Kikuchi

Makoto Furutani-Seiki

Shinya Matsuura



Abstract

Budding uninhibited by benzimidazole-related 1 (BUBR1) is a central molecule of the spindle assembly checkpoint. Germline mutations in the budding uninhibited by benzimidazoles 1 homolog beta gene encoding BUBR1 cause premature chromatid separation (mosaic variegated aneuploidy) [PCS (MVA)] syndrome, which is characterized by constitutional aneuploidy and a high risk of childhood cancer. Patients with the syndrome often develop Dandy-Walker complex and polycystic kidneys; implying a critical role of BUBR1 in morphogenesis. However, little is known about the function of BUBR1 other than mitotic control. Here, we report that BUBR1 is essential for the primary cilium formation, and that the PCS (MVA) syndrome is thus a novel ciliopathy. Morpholino knockdown of bubr1 in medaka fish also caused ciliary dysfunction characterized by defects in cerebellar development and perturbed left-right asymmetry of the embryo. Biochemical analyses demonstrated that BUBR1 is required for ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation of cell division cycle protein 20 in the G0 phase and maintains anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome-CDC20 homolog 1 activity that regulates the optimal level of dishevelled for ciliogenesis. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Citation

Miyamoto, T., Porazinski, S., Wang, H., Borovina, A., Ciruna, B., Shimizu, A., …Matsuura, S. (2011). Insufficiency of BUBR1, a mitotic spindle checkpoint regulator, causes impaired ciliogenesis in vertebrates. Human Molecular Genetics, 20(10), 2058-2070. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddr090

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 28, 2011
Publication Date May 1, 2011
Journal Human Molecular Genetics
Print ISSN 0964-6906
Electronic ISSN 1460-2083
Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 10
Pages 2058-2070
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddr090
Keywords insufficiency, BUBR1, mitotic, spindle, checkpoint, regulator, impaired, ciliogenesis, vertebrates
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/962621
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddr090



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