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PHB2 Protects Sister-Chromatid Cohesion in Mitosis
Hideaki Takata,1 Sachihiro Matsunaga,1 Akihiro Morimoto,1 Nan Ma,1 Daisuke Kurihara,1 Rika Ono-Maniwa,1 Masatoshi Nakagawa,2 Takachika Azuma,2 Susumu Uchiyama,1 and Kiichi Fukui1,
1 Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
2 Division of Biosignaling, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2669 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
Corresponding author
Kiichi Fukui
Cohesion between sister chromatids is essential for proper chromosome segregation in mitosis. In vertebrate mitotic cells, most cohesin is removed from the chromosome arms [1, 2, 3, 4], but centromeric cohesin is protected by shugoshin until the onset of anaphase [5]. However, the mechanism of this protection of centromeric cohesion is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that prohibitin 2 (PHB2) is involved in the regulation of sister-chromatid cohesion during mitosis in HeLa cells. PHB2 is an evolutionarily conserved protein in eukaryotes and has multiple functions, such as transcriptional regulation and cell viability and development [6, 7, 8]. However, its functions in mitosis have not yet been determined. We show that depletion of PHB2 by RNA interference (RNAi) causes premature sister-chromatid separation and defects in chromosome congression accompanied by mitotic arrest by spindle-checkpoint activation. In the absence of PHB2, cohesin is dissociated from centromeres during early mitosis, although the centromeric localization of shugoshin is preserved. Thus, our findings suggest that, in addition to the shugoshin, PHB2 is also required to protect the centromeric cohesion from phosphorylation by Plk1 during early mitosis and that its function is essential for proper mitotic progression.
