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J Cell Biol 1993 Nov 01;1233:681-9. doi: 10.1083/jcb.123.3.681.
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Roles of kinesin and kinesin-like proteins in sea urchin embryonic cell division: evaluation using antibody microinjection.

Wright BD , Terasaki M , Scholey JM .


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Previous studies suggest that kinesin heavy chain (KHC) is associated with ER-derived membranes that accumulate in the mitotic apparatus in cells of early sea urchin embryos (Wright, B. D., J. H. Henson, K. P. Wedaman, P. J. Willy, J. N. Morand, and J. M. Scholey. 1991. J. Cell Biol. 113:817-833). Here, we report that the microinjection of KHC-specific antibodies into these cells has no effect on mitosis or ER membrane organization, even though one such antibody, SUK4, blocks kinesin-driven motility in vitro and in mammalian cells. Microinjected SUK4 was localized to early mitotic figures, suggesting that it is able to access kinesin in spindles. In contrast to KHC-specific antibodies, two antibodies that react with kinesin-like proteins (KLPs), namely CHO1 and HD, disrupted mitosis and prevented subsequent cell division. CHO1 is thought to exert this effect by blocking the activity of a 110-kD KLP. The relevant target of HD, which was raised against the KHC motor domain, is unknown; HD may disrupt mitosis by interfering with an essential spindle KLP but not with KHC itself, as preabsorption of HD with KHC did not alter its ability to block mitosis. These data indicate that some KLPs have essential mitotic functions in early sea urchin embryos but KHC itself does not.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC105436823 LOC115919910
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References [+] :
Bukovsky, Simple and rapid purification of monoclonal antibodies from cell culture supernatants and ascites fluids by hydroxylapatite chromatography on analytical and preparative scales. 1987, Pubmed