A Mammalian KASH Domain Protein Coupling Meiotic Chromosomes to the Cytoskeleton

Overview

Journal J Cell Biol

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2013 Sep 25

PMID 24062341

Citations 117

Authors

Henning F Horn

Dae In Kim

Graham D Wright

Esther Sook Miin Wong

Colin L Stewart

Brian Burke

Kyle J Roux

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Abstract

Chromosome pairing is an essential meiotic event that ensures faithful haploidization and recombination of the genome. Pairing of homologous chromosomes is facilitated by telomere-led chromosome movements and formation of a meiotic bouquet, where telomeres cluster to one pole of the nucleus. In metazoans, telomere clustering is dynein and microtubule dependent and requires Sun1, an inner nuclear membrane protein. Here we provide a functional analysis of KASH5, a mammalian dynein-binding protein of the outer nuclear membrane that forms a meiotic complex with Sun1. This protein is related to zebrafish futile cycle (Fue), a nuclear envelope (NE) constituent required for pronuclear migration. Mice deficient in this Fue homologue are infertile. Males display meiotic arrest in which pairing of homologous chromosomes fails. These findings demonstrate that telomere attachment to the NE is insufficient to promote pairing and that telomere attachment sites must be coupled to cytoplasmic dynein and the microtubule system to ensure meiotic progression.

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