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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 279, Issue 13, 13076-13085, March 26, 2004
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From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
Proper kinetochore function is essential for the accurate segregation of chromosomes during mitosis. Kinetochores provide the attachment sites for spindle microtubules and are required for the alignment of chromosomes at the metaphase plate (chromosome congression). Components of the conserved NDC80 complex are required for chromosome congression, and their disruption results in mitotic arrest accompanied by multiple spindle aberrations. To better understand the function of the NDC80 complex, we have identified two novel subunits of the human NDC80 complex, termed human SPC25 (hSPC25) and human SPC24 (hSPC24), using an immunoaffinity approach. hSPC25 interacted with HEC1 (human homolog of yeast Ndc80) throughout the cell cycle and localized to kinetochores during mitosis. RNA interference-mediated depletion of hSPC25 in HeLa cells caused aberrant mitosis, followed by cell death, a phenotype similar to that of cells depleted of HEC1. Loss of hSPC25 also caused multiple spindle aberrations, including elongated, multipolar, and fractured spindles. In the absence of hSPC25, MAD1 and HEC1 failed to localize to kinetochores during mitosis, whereas the kinetochore localization of BUB1 and BUBR1 was largely unaffected. Interestingly, the kinetochore localization of MAD1 in cells with a compromised NDC80 function was restored upon microtubule depolymerization. Thus, hSPC25 is an essential kinetochore component that plays a significant role in proper execution of mitotic events.
Received for publication, September 15, 2003 , and in revised form, December 22, 2003.
* This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant GM61542, the Packard Foundation, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the March of Dimes Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, and Robert A. Welch Foundation Grant I-1441 (to H. Y.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains Supplemental Figs. S1 and S2.
Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar in biomedical research. To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390. Tel.: 214-648-9697; Fax: 214-648-2971; E-mail: hongtao.yu{at}utsouthwestern.edu.
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