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Drosophila Nek2 protein kinase knockdown leads to centrosome maturation defects while overexpression causes centrosome fragmentation and cytokinesis failureClaude Prigent
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, CNRS Universite de Rennes 1, IFR97 Génomique Fonctionnelle et Santé, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Exp Cell Res 303:1-13. 2005..We discuss potential roles for DmNek2 in maintaining centrosome integrity in mitosis, during cytokinesis, and consequently for the fidelity of chromosome segregation...
Regulation of the Aurora-A gene following topoisomerase I inhibition: implication of the Myc transcription factorSandy Courapied
Cancer Center Paul Papin, INSERM U892, Angers, France
Mol Cancer 9:205. 2010..We therefore propose the hypothesis that the coordinated overexpression of Myc and Aurora-A, together with a downregulation of Mad and Miz-1 should be tested as a prognosis signature of poor responses to topoisomerase I inhibitors...
Phosphorylation of serine 10 in histone H3, what for?Claude Prigent
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, CNRS, 250 Université de Rennes I, IFR 97 Génomique Fonctionnelle et Santé, Faculte de Medecine, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
J Cell Sci 116:3677-85. 2003..What is the kinase and under what circumstances does Ser10 becomes phosphorylated? Most importantly, what are the consequences of phosphorylation of this residue?..
Two mammalian mitotic aurora kinases: who's who?S Descamps
the Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, CNRS Université de Rennes I, IFR 97 Génomique Fonctionnelle et Santé, Faculte de Medecine, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Sci STKE 2001:pe1. 2001..The Perspective by Descamps and Prigent delves into the latest observations on aurora kinases in humans and the specific roles of each kinase within the process of mitosis...
Dynactin targets Pavarotti-KLP to the central spindle during anaphase and facilitates cytokinesis in Drosophila S2 cellsJean Guy Delcros
CNRS UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, Faculte de Medecine, IFR 140 Génomique Fonctionnelle et Santé, Universite de Rennes I, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, CS 34317, F 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
J Cell Sci 119:4431-41. 2006..The contribution of the dynein-dynactin complex to synchronous chromosome segregation and cytokinesis is discussed...
Phosphorylation of maskin by Aurora-A participates in the control of sequential protein synthesis during Xenopus laevis oocyte maturationGaetan Pascreau
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, CNRS, Universite de Rennes 1, IFR97 Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculte de Medecine, 2 Av du Pr Leon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
J Biol Chem 280:13415-23. 2005..This result strongly suggests that phosphorylation of maskin by Aurora-A prevents meiosis II proteins from being produced during meiosis I...
Aurora-A kinase Ser349 phosphorylation is required during Xenopus laevis oocyte maturationGaetan Pascreau
CNRS UMR6061 Génétique et Développement, Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, IFR 140 GFAS, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Rennes 1, 2 Av du Pr Leon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Dev Biol 317:523-30. 2008..Since phosphorylation of Ser349 is responsible for a decrease in kinase activity, our results suggest that a down-regulation of Aurora-A activity involving Ser349 phosphorylation is required in the process of maturation...
Aurora-A overexpression leads to override of the microtubule-kinetochore attachment checkpointStéphanie Dutertre
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, UMR6061 CNRS Université de Rennes 1, Faculte de Medecine, 2 Avenue du Pr Léon Bernard CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Mol Interv 3:127-30. 2003..Thus, the design of new drugs that specifically target aurora-A rather than other checkpoint proteins might alleviate the resistance to Taxol-like clinical therapeutics observed in some tumors...
Aurora-C interacts with and phosphorylates the transforming acidic coiled-coil 1 proteinJean Charles Gabillard
CNRS UMR 6061, Institut Génétique et Développement, IFR 140, UEB Université Rennes 1, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, Rennes Cedex, France
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 408:647-53. 2011....
Aurora kinases, aneuploidy and cancer, a coincidence or a real link?Régis Giet
CNRS UMR6061 Université de Rennes 1, Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, Equipe Labellisée LNCC, Universite de Rennes 1, IFR140 GFAS, Faculte de Medecine, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, CS 3417, Rennes Cedex, France
Trends Cell Biol 15:241-50. 2005....
The absence of p53 aggravates polyploidy and centrosome number abnormality induced by Aurora-C overexpressionStéphanie Dutertre
CNRS UMR6061, Genetique et Developpement, Universite de Rennes 1, IFR140, Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, Equipe labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Faculte de Medecine, Rennes, France
Cell Cycle 4:1783-7. 2005....
[Centrosomes, mitotic spindle and cancer: find the odd one out!]Pierre Romé
Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, UMR 6061, Faculte de Medecine, professeur Léon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Med Sci (Paris) 26:377-83. 2010..It is thus understandable why any quantitative or qualitative dysfunction of centrioles contributes to genomic -instability and thus -tumorigenesis...
The non-catalytic domain of the Xenopus laevis auroraA kinase localises the protein to the centrosomeR Giet
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, , , , , , CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
J Cell Sci 114:2095-104. 2001....
Overexpression of active Aurora-C kinase results in cell transformation and tumour formationJabbar Khan
CNRS, UMR 6061, Institut Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France
PLoS ONE 6:e26512. 2011..Interestingly enough tumor aggressiveness was positively correlated with the quantity of active kinase, making Aurora-C a potential anti-cancer therapeutic target...
Aurora A and mitotic commitmentClaude Prigent
CNRS UMR6061 University of Rennes I, Equipe labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, 35043 cedex, Rennes, France
Cell 114:531-2. 2003..A remarkable study published in this issue of Cell reveals a key role of Aurora A protein kinase in G2/M progression. To achieve this role, Aurora A acts in conjunction with the LIM protein Ajuba, which functions as an activating factor...
Phosphorylation of histone and histone-like proteins by aurora kinases during mitosisGaetan Pascreau
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, , , , , , CS 34317, 35043 Rennes, France
Prog Cell Cycle Res 5:369-74. 2003..This finding has stimulated functional studies of the role(s) of Aurora kinases and H3 phosphorylation during mitosis, which are reviewed in this chapter...
Spatio-temporal expression patterns of aurora kinases a, B, and C and cytoplasmic polyadenylation-element-binding protein in bovine oocytes during meiotic maturationSvetlana Uzbekova
INRA, UMR85 Physiologie de Reproduction et des Comportements, CNRS, UMR6175, Universite de Tours, Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
Biol Reprod 78:218-33. 2008....
Identification of a functional destruction box in the Xenopus laevis aurora-A kinase pEg2Y Arlot-Bonnemains
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, CNRS Universite de Rennes 1, IFR 97 Génomique Fonctionnelle et Santé, Faculte de Medecine, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
FEBS Lett 508:149-52. 2001..The sequence RxxL corresponding to the pEg2 functional destruction box has been conserved throughout evolution in all aurora kinases including aurora-A, -B and -C...
Centrosome separation: respective role of microtubules and actin filamentsRustem Uzbekov
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, , , , 2, , CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Biol Cell 94:275-88. 2002..Our results clearly show that the actin microfilaments participate in centrosome separation at the G2/M transition and work in synergy with the microtubules to accelerate centrosome separation during mitosis...
Cell cycle. A trigger for centrosome duplicationYannick Arlot-Bonnemains
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, , , , , CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Science 295:455-6. 2002
On the role of aurora-A in centrosome functionStéphanie Dutertre
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, UMR 6061 Génétique et Développement, CNRS Université de Rennes I, IFR 97 Génomique Fonctionnelle et Santé, Faculte de Medecine, 2 Avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, CS 34317, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Oncogene 21:6175-83. 2002..Those transformed cells form tumours when implanted in immunodeficient mice, indicating that the kinase is an oncogene...
The Protein Kinase Resource: everything you always wanted to know about protein kinases but were afraid to askClotilde Petretti
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, , , CNRS, , , , 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
Biol Cell 97:113-8. 2005..This review describes such a web resource, 'The Protein Kinase Resource' (http://pkr.sdsc.edu/html/index.shtml), which serves as a repository for cellular and molecular data on protein kinases...
Preparation and characterization of a human aurora-A kinase monoclonal antibodyJean Yves Cremet
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, , , , , Rennes Cedex, France
Mol Cell Biochem 243:123-31. 2003....
Cloning of STK13, a third human protein kinase related to Drosophila aurora and budding yeast Ipl1 that maps on chromosome 19q13.3-terM Bernard
Departement de Biologie et Genetique du Developpement, Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, CNRS UPR 41, Rennes Cedex, 35042, France
Genomics 53:406-9. 1998..The localization of STK13 on human chromosome 19 was confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using a genomic clone containing STK13 as a probe...
Aurora/Ipl1p-related kinases, a new oncogenic family of mitotic serine-threonine kinasesR Giet
CNRS UPR41 Université de Rennes I, Groupe Cycle Cellulaire, Faculte de Medecine, CS 34317, France
J Cell Sci 112:3591-601. 1999..Because of the myriad of kinases identified, we suggest a generic name: Aurora/Ipl1p-related kinase (AIRK). We denote AIRKs with a species prefix and a number, e.g. HsAIRK1...
Cdc2-cyclin B triggers H3 kinase activation of Aurora-A in Xenopus oocytesGilliane Maton
, Unite Mixte de Recherche-CNRS 7622, , , 4 place Jussieu, Paris 75252 Cedex 05, France
J Biol Chem 278:21439-49. 2003..Therefore, Aurora-A is under the control of Cdc2 in the Xenopus oocyte and could be involved in meiotic spindle establishment...
[Control by centrosome of asymmetric repartition of cellular components]Régis Giet
Med Sci (Paris) 19:656-8. 2003
TACC1-chTOG-Aurora A protein complex in breast cancerNathalie Conte
Department of Molecular Oncology, U119 INSERM, Institut Paoli Calmettes, IFR57, Marseille, France
Oncogene 22:8102-16. 2003....
PRP4 is a spindle assembly checkpoint protein required for MPS1, MAD1, and MAD2 localization to the kinetochoresEmilie Montembault
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6061, Universite de Rennes I, Institut de Génétique et Développement, 35043 Rennes, France
J Cell Biol 179:601-9. 2007..Our data clearly identify PRP4 as a previously unrecognized kinetochore component that is necessary to establish a functional SAC...
ASAP is a novel substrate of the oncogenic mitotic kinase Aurora-A: phosphorylation on Ser625 is essential to spindle formation and mitosisMagali Venoux
Groupe Microtubules et Cycle Cellulaire, Institut de Genetique Humaine, CNRS UPR 1142, rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Hum Mol Genet 17:215-24. 2008..All together, these results suggest that we have identified a novel AurA substrate, pointing out ASAP as a new potential target for antitumoral drugs...
Drosophila Aurora A kinase is required to localize D-TACC to centrosomes and to regulate astral microtubulesRégis Giet
Department of Genetics, Cancer Research Campaign Cell Cycle Genetics Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK
J Cell Biol 156:437-51. 2002....
APC/Fizzy-Related targets Aurora-A kinase for proteolysisAnna Castro
, CNRS UPR 1086, 1919 Route de Mende, F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
EMBO Rep 3:457-62. 2002..Aurora-A is thus the first protein, at least in our assay system, that undergoes a D-Box-dependent degradation mediated by APC/Fizzy-Related but not by APC/Fizzy...
CDC25B phosphorylation by Aurora-A occurs at the G2/M transition and is inhibited by DNA damageMartine Cazales
LBCMCP CNRS UMR5088 IFR109, Institut d Exploration Fonctionnelle des Génomes, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Cell Cycle 4:1233-8. 2005..These results strongly suggest that Aurora-A-mediated phosphorylation of CDC25B at the centrosome is an important step contributing to the earliest events inducing mitosis, upstream of CDK1-cyclin B1 activation...
The PITSLRE/CDK11p58 protein kinase promotes centrosome maturation and bipolar spindle formationClotilde Petretti
, , IFR140 GFAS, , France
EMBO Rep 7:418-24. 2006..This work demonstrates for the first time the role of CDK11(p58) in centrosome maturation and bipolar spindle morphogenesis...
A Ran signalling pathway mediated by the mitotic kinase Aurora A in spindle assemblyMing-Ying Tsai
Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington/Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
Nat Cell Biol 5:242-8. 2003....
Aurora B -TACC1 protein complex in cytokinesisBenedicte Delaval
Department of Molecular Oncology, U119 INSERM, Institut Paoli Calmettes, IFR57, Marseille, France
Oncogene 23:4516-22. 2004..We further show that Aurora B knocked down by RNA-mediated interference prevents the formation of the midbody - and consequently affects TACC1 localization at this site - and leads to abnormal cell division and multinucleated cells...
The D-Box-activating domain (DAD) is a new proteolysis signal that stimulates the silent D-Box sequence of Aurora-AAnna Castro
, CNRS UPR 1086, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
EMBO Rep 3:1209-14. 2002..The first one, which we designated D-Box-activating domain, within the N-terminal domain of Aurora-A confers the functionality to the second, a silent D-Box, present within the C-terminus of the kinase...
Phosphorylation of CDC25B by Aurora-A at the centrosome contributes to the G2-M transitionStéphanie Dutertre
Groupe Cycle Cellulaire CNRS UMR6061 IFR97, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Santé, Universite de Rennes I, 35043 Rennes, France
J Cell Sci 117:2523-31. 2004..This phosphorylation might locally participate in the control of the onset of mitosis. These findings re-emphasise the role of the centrosome as a functional integrator of the pathways contributing to the triggering of mitosis...
Cdk1, Plks, Auroras, and Neks: the mitotic bodyguardsPatrick Salaun
Universite Rennes Fac. de Medecine, Rennes, France
Adv Exp Med Biol 617:41-56. 2008
Expression of Aurora kinases in human thyroid carcinoma cell lines and tissuesSalvatore Ulisse
Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Int J Cancer 119:275-82. 2006..These results suggest that the Aurora kinases may play a relevant role in malignant thyroid cancers, and may represent a putative therapeutic target for thyroid neoplasms...
Spindle pole regulation by a discrete Eg5-interacting domain in TPX2Frank Eckerdt
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Curr Biol 18:519-25. 2008..Importantly, injection of Eg5 into TPX2-CT-arrested blastomeres causes resumption of cleavage. These results define a discrete domain within the C terminus of TPX2 that exerts a novel Eg5-dependent function in spindle pole segregation...
Ca2+ homeostasis regulates Xenopus oocyte maturationLu Sun
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
Biol Reprod 78:726-35. 2008..These findings argue that Ca2+ homeostasis is important in establishing the oocyte's competence to undergo maturation in preparation for fertilization and embryonic development...
Oocyte maturation and cell cycle control: a farewell symposium for Pr Marcel DoréeClaude Prigent
Biol Cell 96:181-5. 2004....
