Chromosome clustering by Ki-67 excludes cytoplasm during nuclear assembly

Sara Cuylen-Haering (), Mina Petrovic, Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz, Maximilian W. G. Schneider, Matthias Samwer, Claudia Blaukopf, Liam J. Holt and Daniel W. Gerlich ()
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Sara Cuylen-Haering: Vienna BioCenter
Mina Petrovic: Vienna BioCenter
Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Maximilian W. G. Schneider: Vienna BioCenter
Matthias Samwer: Vienna BioCenter
Claudia Blaukopf: Vienna BioCenter
Liam J. Holt: New York University Langone Health
Daniel W. Gerlich: Vienna BioCenter

Nature, 2020, vol. 587, issue 7833, 285-290

Abstract: Abstract Gene expression in eukaryotes requires the effective separation of nuclear transcription and RNA processing from cytosolic translation1. This separation is achieved by the nuclear envelope, which controls the exchange of macromolecules through nuclear pores2. During mitosis, however, the nuclear envelope in animal and plant cells disassembles, allowing cytoplasmic and nuclear components to intermix3. When the nuclear envelope is reformed, cytoplasmic components are removed from the nucleus by receptor-mediated transport through nuclear pores2. These pores have a size limit of 39 nanometres4–7, which raises the question of how larger cytoplasmic molecules are cleared from the nucleus. Here we show in HeLa cells that large cytoplasmic components are displaced before nuclear envelope assembly by the movement of chromosomes to a dense cluster. This clustering occurs when chromosomes approach the poles of anaphase spindles, and is mediated by a microtubule-independent mechanism that involves the surfactant-like protein Ki-67. Ki-67 forms repulsive molecular brushes during the early stages of mitosis8, but during mitotic exit the brushes collapse and Ki-67 promotes chromosome clustering. We show that the exclusion of mature ribosomes from the nucleus after mitosis depends on Ki-67-regulated chromosome clustering. Thus, our study reveals that chromosome mechanics help to re-establish the compartmentalization of eukaryotic cells after open mitosis.

Date: 2020
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