Mechanisms underlying spindle assembly and robustness

VA Valdez, L Neahring, S Petry… - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
The microtubule-based spindle orchestrates chromosome segregation during cell division.
Following more than a century of study, many components and pathways contributing to …

Applications of brain organoids in neurodevelopment and neurological diseases

N Sun, X Meng, Y Liu, D Song, C Jiang… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
A brain organoid is a self-organizing three-dimensional tissue derived from human
embryonic stem cells or pluripotent stem cells and is able to simulate the architecture and …

Dynein–Dynactin–NuMA clusters generate cortical spindle-pulling forces as a multi-arm ensemble

M Okumura, T Natsume, MT Kanemaki, T Kiyomitsu - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
To position the mitotic spindle within the cell, dynamic plus ends of astral microtubules are
pulled by membrane-associated cortical force-generating machinery. However, in contrast to …

Microtubule minus-end regulation at a glance

A Akhmanova, MO Steinmetz - Journal of cell science, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Microtubules are cytoskeletal filaments essential for numerous aspects of cell physiology.
They are polarized polymeric tubes with a fast growing plus end and a slow growing minus …

Co-translational protein targeting facilitates centrosomal recruitment of PCNT during centrosome maturation in vertebrates

G Sepulveda, M Antkowiak, I Brust-Mascher, K Mahe… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
As microtubule-organizing centers of animal cells, centrosomes guide the formation of the
bipolar spindle that segregates chromosomes during mitosis. At mitosis onset, centrosomes …

Coming into focus: mechanisms of microtubule minus-end organization

M Martin, A Akhmanova - Trends in cell biology, 2018 - cell.com
Microtubule organization has a crucial role in regulating cell architecture. The geometry of
microtubule arrays strongly depends on the distribution of sites responsible for microtubule …

Comprehensive review on the molecular genetics of autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH)

M Naveed, SK Kazmi, M Amin, Z Asif, U Islam… - Genetics …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Primary microcephaly (MCPH) is an autosomal recessive sporadic neurodevelopmental
ailment with a trivial head size characteristic that is below 3–4 standard deviations. MCPH is …

The neurological and non-neurological roles of the primary microcephaly-associated protein ASPM

X Wu, Z Li, ZQ Wang, X Xu - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Primary microcephaly (MCPH), is a neurological disorder characterized by small brain size
that results in numerous developmental problems, including intellectual disability, motor and …

Centriole and PCM cooperatively recruit CEP192 to spindle poles to promote bipolar spindle assembly

T Chinen, K Yamazaki, K Hashimoto, K Fujii… - Journal of Cell …, 2021 - rupress.org
The pericentriolar material (PCM) that accumulates around the centriole expands during
mitosis and nucleates microtubules. Here, we show the cooperative roles of the centriole …

NuMA deficiency causes micronuclei via checkpoint-insensitive k-fiber minus-end detachment from mitotic spindle poles

M van Toorn, A Gooch, S Boerner, T Kiyomitsu - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Micronuclei resulting from improper chromosome segregation foster chromosome
rearrangements. 1, 2 To prevent micronuclei formation in mitosis, the dynamic plus ends of …