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Mi o ic p og ession, a es , exi o dea h
elies on cen ome e s uc u al in eg i y,
a he han de no o ansc ip ion
Ma co No ais-C uz
1,2
, Ma ia Alba Abad
3
, Wil ed FJ an IJcken
4
, Niels Galja
5
,
A A ockia Jeyap akash
3
, Helde Maia o
1,2,6
*, C is ina Fe a
´s
1,2
*
1
Ch omosome Ins abili y & Dynamics Labo a o y, Ins i u o de Biologia Molecula e
Celula , Uni e sidade do Po o, Po o, Po ugal;
2
Ins i u o de In es igac¸a
˜o e
Ino ac¸a
˜o em Sau
´de (i3S), Uni e sidade do Po o, Po o, Po ugal;
3
Wellcome T us
Cen e o Cell Biology, Uni e si y o Edinbu gh, Edinbu gh, Uni ed Kingdom;
4
Cen e o Biomics, E asmus Medical Cen e , Ro e dam, Ne he lands;
5
Depa men o Cell Biology, E asmus Medical Cen e , Ro e dam, Ne he lands;
6
Cell Di ision G oup, Expe imen al Biology Uni , Depa men o Biomedicine,
Faculdade de Medicina, Uni e sidade do Po o, Po o, Po ugal
Abs ac Recen s udies ha e challenged he p e ailing dogma ha ansc ip ion is ep essed
du ing mi osis. T ansc ip ion was also p oposed o sus ain a obus spindle assembly checkpoin
(SAC) esponse. He e, we used li e-cell imaging o human cells, RNA-seq and qPCR o in es iga e
he equi emen o de no o ansc ip ion du ing mi osis. Unde condi ions o pe sis en ly
una ached kine ocho es, ansc ip ion inhibi ion wi h ac inomycin D, o ea men wi h o he DNA-
in e cala ing d ugs, delocalized he ch omosomal passenge complex (CPC) p o ein Au o a B om
cen ome es, comp omising SAC signaling and cell a e. Howe e , we we e unable o de ec
signi ican changes in mi o ic ansc ip le els. Mo eo e , inhibi ion o ansc ip ion independen ly
o DNA in e cala ion had no e ec on Au o a B cen ome ic localiza ion, SAC esponse, mi o ic
p og ession, exi o dea h. Mechanis ically, we show ha DNA in e cala ing agen s educe he
in e ac ion o he CPC wi h nucleosomes. Thus, mi o ic p og ession, a es , exi o dea h is
de e mined by cen ome e s uc u al in eg i y, a he han de no o ansc ip ion.
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In oduc ion
When cells commi o mi osis he nuclea en elope disassembles and ch oma in o ganizes in o highly
condensed ch omosomes. This causes he displacemen o se e al ansc ip ion ac o s om DNA
and he inac i a ion o he ansc ip ion machine y in a cell-cycle-dependen manne
(Go es eld and Fo bes, 1997;Kim e al., 1997;Kon ad, 1963;Ma ı´nez-Balba
´s e al., 1995;
Mu phy and A a di, 1973;Pa sons and Spence , 1997;P esco and Bende , 1962;
Rizkallah and Hu , 2009;Segil e al., 1996;She moen and O’Fa ell, 1991;Spence e al., 2000;
Taylo , 1960). Because he hal -li e o mos ansc ip s exceeds he no mal du a ion o mi osis
( ypically ~30 min in human cells), he p e ailing dogma was ha ansc ip ion is la gely ep essed
and dispensable du ing mi osis in highe euka yo es (Go es eld and Fo bes, 1997;Kon ad, 1963;
Ma ı´nez-Balba
´s e al., 1995;Mu phy and A a di, 1973;P esco and Bende , 1962;
Rizkallah and Hu , 2009;Spence e al., 2000;Taylo , 1960).
Se e al ecen s udies ha e challenged his no ion and p o ided e idence ha he le el o ch o-
ma in compac ion on mi o ic ch omosomes is highly he e ogeneous (Nishino e al., 2012), allowing
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accessibili y o some ansc ip ion ac o s and ch oma in-modi ying enzymes (Bu ke e al., 2005;
Chen e al., 2005;Dey e al., 2009;Egli e al., 2008;Gau hie -Rou ie
` e e al., 1991;
Michelo i e al., 1997;Segil e al., 1996;Yan e al., 2006). No ewo hy, a pos - ansla ionally
modi ied o m o RNA Polyme ase II ha is no mally associa ed wi h ansc ip ion elonga ion was
ound o bind mi o ic ch omosomes a hei cen ome es (Chan e al., 2012;Di ks and Snaa ,
1999;Liu e al., 2015;Molina e al., 2016), sugges ing ha some ansc ip ion is s ill aking place
du ing mi osis.
T ansc ip ion migh also play an ins umen al ole du ing a p olonged mi osis due o incapaci y o
sa is y he spindle assembly checkpoin (SAC), a signaling mechanism ha can delay mi osis up o
se e al hou s in he p esence o una ached kine ocho es (Musacchio, 2015b). In line wi h his
hypo hesis, he mas e mi o ic egula o Cyclin B1 was p oposed o be ac i ely ansc ibed du ing
mi osis and o be equi ed o sus ain a obus SAC esponse (Mena e al., 2010;Scio ino e al.,
2001).
Cen ome e assembly, which unde lies he ca aly ic mechanism behind he SAC, has also been
ecen ly p oposed o depend on ansc ip ion o cen ome ic a-sa elli e DNA and o be egula ed
by non-coding RNAs (Blowe , 2016;Ca one e al., 2009;Chan e al., 2012;Du e al., 2010;
G en ell e al., 2016;Li e al., 2008;Liu e al., 2015;Nakano e al., 2003;Peze and Uga ko ic
´,
2008;Ros
ˇic
´e al., 2014;Topp e al., 2004;Wong e al., 2007;Zhang e al., 2005). In pa icula ,
he cen ome ic localiza ion and ac i a ion o Au o a B, he ca aly ic subuni o he ch omosomal
passenge complex (CPC) equi ed o SAC esponse and e o co ec ion du ing mi osis
(Ca mena e al., 2012;San aguida e al., 2011) was shown o be dependen on cen ome ic an-
sc ip ion (Blowe , 2016;G en ell e al., 2016). Howe e , whe he cen ome ic ansc ip ion pe sis s
du ing mi osis emains deba able.
Finally, a ecen s udy using pulse-labeling o nascen ansc ip s and RNA-seq o mi o ic-en iched
cell popula ions epo ed ha o e 8000 ansc ip s a e exp essed de no o du ing mi osis and
mi o ic exi o p epa e cells o he subsequen in e phase (Palozola e al., 2017).
Al hough some le el o ansc ip ion migh s ill ake place du ing mi osis, he expe imen s sup-
po ing his conclusion we e based on he analysis o synch onized, ye impu e, mi o ic cell popula-
ions, ixed ma e ial and a di e se ange o ansc ip ion inhibi o s wi h imp ecise empo al con ol
o ansc ip ional ep ession. Mo eo e , i emains unclea whe he ansc ip ion is equi ed o no -
mal mi o ic p og ession and exi . Fo hese easons, we sough o in es iga e he equi emen o de
no o ansc ip ion du ing mi osis using di ec li e-cell imaging and a wide ange o ansc ip ion
inhibi o s. We ound ha he capaci y o human cells o p og ess, sus ain, exi o die in mi osis is
independen o de no o ansc ip ion. In ag eemen , quan i a i e RNA-seq and qPCR analysis ailed
o un eil po en ial ansc ip s p oduced de no o du ing mi osis. Finally, we unco e ed ha DNA-
in e cala ing agen s, which include well-es ablished ansc ip ion inhibi o s, such as ac inomycin D,
educe he in e ac ion o he CPC wi h nucleosomes and signi ican ly comp omise cen ome e s uc-
u al in eg i y and unc ion in a ansc ip ion-independen manne . Ou indings aise awa eness
abou he use o some ansc ip ion inhibi o s in li ing cells and shed ligh on a long-las ing
con o e sy.
Resul s
Ac inomycin D comp omises spindle assembly checkpoin obus ness in
a ansc ip ion-independen manne
We easoned ha i de no o ansc ip ion akes place du ing a no mal mi osis, i s ole would be
exace ba ed du ing a p olonged mi osis. To es his, we used li e-cell imaging o quan i y he du a-
ion o mi osis in human HeLa cells ea ed wi h he mic o ubule depolyme izing d ug nocodazole,
which gene a es pe sis en ly una ached kine ocho es ha p e en SAC sa is ac ion. A e 3 h in
nocodazole, we di ec ly moni o ed cells ha became commi ed o mi osis, as de e mined by ypical
cell ounding, and inhibi ed ansc ip ion wi h he well-es ablished DNA-in e cala ing d ug ac inomy-
cin D (Figu e 1A). Consis en wi h p e ious obse a ions in ixed cells (Becke e al., 2010), we
ound ha li e cells ea ed wi h nocodazole emained in mi osis o 19.2 ±7.0 h (median ±SD,
n = 386 cells), whe eas cells ea ed wi h nocodazole ollowed by ac inomycin D pe sis ed in mi osis
o only 16.1 ±5.6 h (n = 301 cells, p<0.0001, Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum Tes , Figu e 1B,C and
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Cyclin B1-Venus
Phase Con as
A
F
-00:15 00:00 03:00
DMSO
Ac D
-00:15 00:00 02:30
-00:15 00:00
Ac D + MG132
03:00
NOC + Ac D NOC
NOC + Ac D
+ MG132
19:00
14:15
24:45
0 100 200 300 400
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1 Cyclin B1-Venus
NOC
NOC + MG132
NOC + Ac D
NOC + Ac D + MG132
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**
*
NOC NOC +
MG132
NOC +
Mps1i
NOC +
Mps1i +
MG132
NOC +
Ac D
NOC +
Ac D +
MG132
0
20
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Cell a e (%)
Dea h Mi o ic slippage
C
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NOC NOC +
MG132
NOC +
Mps1i
NOC +
Mps1i +
MG132
NOC +
Ac D
NOC +
Ac D +
MG132
E
Li e-cell imaging
Time
T ansc ip ion inhibi ion
(Ac D)
Mi o ic a es
(NOC)
03:15 06:30
03:15 06:30
03:15 06:30
03:15 06:30
00:00
00:00
NOC + Ac D
00:00
00:00
NOC
Cyclin B1-Venus
Phase Con as
Rela i e luo escence in enis y
o o al Cyclin B1-Venus
Time in mi osis (min)
B
Figu e 1. Ac inomycin D comp omises SAC esponse. (A) Schema ic ep esen a ion o he expe imen al p o ocol used o s udy he e ec o
ac inomycin D (Ac D) on mi o ic cells by li e cell imaging. (B) Selec ed ime ames om phase con as mic oscopy o HeLa cells ea ed wi h
nocodazole and ei he DMSO (NOC), Ac D (NOC + Ac D) o Ac D wi h MG132 (NOC + Ac D + MG132). Images we e acqui ed e e y 15 min. A ows
highligh examples o con ol (NOC) and Ac D wi h MG132 (NOC + Ac D + MG132) cells en e ing and dying in mi osis a e a p olonged a es . In cells
Figu e 1 con inued on nex page
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Video 1). In e es ingly, app oxima ely 90% o nocodazole- ea ed cells died a e a p olonged
mi o ic delay, whe eas 54% o he cells ea ed wi h nocodazole and ac inomycin D unde wen
mi o ic slippage (Riede and Maia o, 2004) (Figu e 1B,D and Video 1). Thus, ea men wi h ac ino-
mycin D comp omises he capaci y o cells o sus ain a p olonged mi o ic delay and in e e es wi h
hei a e.
The ela ionship be ween he capaci y o sus ain a obus SAC esponse and he subsequen cell
a e a e a mi o ic delay has been shown o depend on he kine ics o anaphase-p omo ing complex
(APC)-media ed Cyclin B1 deg ada ion, wi h slowe deg ada ion p omo ing mi o ic cell dea h, and
as e deg ada ion p omo ing mi o ic slippage (B i o and Riede , 2006;Gascoigne and Taylo ,
2008). We he e o e es ed whe he inhibi ion o Cyclin B1 p o eolysis wi h he p o easome inhibi o
MG132 could escue he as e exi and di e en a e o cells ea ed wi h nocodazole and ac inomy-
cin D. As con ols, we modula ed mi o ic du a ion ei he by inhibi ion o he SAC kinase Mps1 ( o
accele a e mi o ic exi ), o inhibi ion o he p o easome wi h MG132 ( o delay mi o ic exi ) a e
nocodazole ea men . Acco dingly, cells ea ed wi h nocodazole and MG132 inc eased he mi o ic
delay ela i e o cells ea ed only wi h nocodazole ( om 19.2 ±7.0 h o 30.1 ±14.7 h , p<0.0001,
Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum Tes , Figu e 1C and Video 1), and caused cell dea h in mi osis in 100% o
he cases (Figu e 1D and Video 1). Con e sely, acu e SAC inac i a ion h ough Mps1 inhibi ion a e
nocodazole ea men signi ican ly dec eased he mi o ic delay ela i e o nocodazole- ea ed cells
( om 19.2 ±7.0 h o 5.4 ±2.6 h , p<0.0001, Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum Tes , Figu e 1C and Video 1),
and caused almos immedia e mi o ic slippage in 100% o he cells (Figu e 1D and Video 1). P o ea-
some inhibi ion wi h MG132 e e ed he Mps1
inhibi ion pheno ype, inc easing mi o ic du a ion
and swi ching cell a e om mi o ic slippage o
dea h (p<0.0001, Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum Tes ,
Figu e 1C,D and Video 1). Mos impo an , he
abili y o ac inomycin D o educe he mi o ic
delay and induce slippage in cells ea ed wi h
nocodazole was escued a e inhibi ion o p o-
easome ac i i y wi h MG132 (p0.01, Mann-
Whi ney Rank Sum Tes , Figu e 1C,D and
Video 1). O e all, hese expe imen s sugges
ha ac inomycin D comp omises SAC esponse
and he capaci y o sus ain a p olonged mi o ic
delay, in a p o easome-dependen manne .
The conclusions abo e a e a odds wi h mod-
els in which SAC esponse depends on de no o
ansc ip ion o Cyclin B1 du ing mi osis
(Mena e al., 2010;Scio ino e al., 2001). To
cla i y his issue, we used quan i a i e ime-lapse
Figu e 1 con inued
ea ed wi h Ac D (NOC + Ac D), a ow highligh s an example o a cell en e ing mi osis and hen exi ing mi osis h ough mi o ic slippage. Scale
ba = 10 mm. Time = h :min. (C) Sca e ed plo showing he du a ion o he mi o ic a es o HeLa cells ea ed wi h nocodazole and ei he Mps1
inhibi o (NOC + Mps1 i) o Ac D (NOC + Ac D) wi h o wi hou MG132. The ed line ep esen s he mean and he e o ba s ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion om a pool o a leas h ee independen expe imen s (NOC, 19.2 ±7.0 h , n = 386; NOC + MG132, 30.1 ±14.7 h , n = 108; NOC + Mps1 i,
5.4 ±2.6 h , n = 154; NOC + Mps1 i+MG132, 30.9 ±18.1 h , n = 150; NOC + Ac D, 16.1 ±5.6 h , n = 301; NOC + Ac D + MG132, 20.3 ±9.4 h , n = 65;
median ±SD; **p0.01, ****p0.0001, Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum Tes ). (D) Cell a e o mi o ic HeLa cells ea ed wi h he same d ugs as in 1C. (E)
Selec ed ime ames om phase con as and luo escence mic oscopy o Cyclin B1-Venus HeLa cells ea ed wi h DMSO o Ac D in he p esence o
nocodazole. Images we e acqui ed e e y 15 min. Fo Ac D- ea ed cells (NOC + Ac D) a ows highligh a mi o ic cell showing educ ion o Cyclin B1
o e ime. Scale ba = 10 mm. Time = h :min. (F) Cyclin B1 deg ada ion cu es o con ol and Ac D- ea ed Cyclin B1-Venus HeLa cells a e nocodazole
ea men wi h o wi hou MG132. Fluo escence in ensi ies we e no malized o he le el a ime = 0. The cu es depic mean Cyclin B1-Venus
luo escen in ensi y om all analyzed cells pe condi ion (NOC n = 12; NOC + MG132 n = 10; NOC + Ac D n = 9; NOC + Ac D + MG132 n = 10; om
ime = 0 o 26 ime ames), and e o ba s ep esen he s anda d de ia ion (*p0.05, **p0.01, ****p0.0001 ela i e o con ol, Analysis o
co a iance).
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Video 1. Phase con as mic oscopy o HeLa cells
ea ed wi h DMSO, Mps1 o Ac D a e nocodazole
(NOC) ea men wi h (+) o wi hou (-) MG132. Images
we e acqui ed e e y 15 min. Time = h:min.
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luo escence mic oscopy o moni o he le els and espec i e kine ics o deg ada ion o Cyclin B1
agged a i s endogenous genomic locus wi h Venus (Collin e al., 2013) (Figu e 1E). In ag eemen
wi h p e ious epo s, Cyclin B1-Venus luo escence decayed e y slowly in he p esence o nocoda-
zole, likely due o esidual APC ac i i y (Figu e 1F) (B i o and Riede , 2006). T ea men o nocoda-
zole-a es ed cells wi h ac inomycin D caused a as e decline in Cyclin B1-Venus (p<0.0001, Analysis
o Co a iance (ANCOVA), Figu e 1F). In e es ingly, Cyclin B1-Venus le els in nocodazole- ea ed
cells emained cons an o se e al hou s a e inhibi ion o he p o easome wi h MG132, ega dless
o he p esence o ac inomycin D (p0.05, ANCOVA, Figu e 1F). We concluded ha ac inomycin D
comp omises SAC obus ness and he capaci y o p e en APC-media ed Cyclin B1 deg ada ion,
independen ly o de no o ansc ip ion.
Ac inomycin D comp omises he localiza ion o Au o a B and Mad1 a
cen ome es/kine ocho es
To de e mine how ac inomycin D comp omises SAC obus ness du ing a p olonged mi osis, we
in es iga ed he localiza ion o he SAC- ela ed p o eins Au o a B (a cen ome es) and Mad1 (a
una ached kine ocho es). Acco dingly, we added ac inomycin D o 8 h in cells p e- ea ed wi h
nocodazole, which was kep h oughou he en i e du a ion o he expe imen . To assis in he iden i-
ica ion o mi o ic cells, while assessing Au o a B ac i i y on ch omosomes, we also in es iga ed he
phospho yla ion o His one H3 a Se ine 10 [pH3S10; (C osio e al., 2002)]. In con as wi h nocoda-
zole- ea men in which all mi o ic cells showed high le els o pH3S10, addi ion o ac inomycin D
educed o abolished pH3S10 accumula ion in app oxima ely 17% o he nocodazole- ea ed cells
(Figu e 2A,B). Impo an ly, hese cells s ill showed signs o ch omosome condensa ion (as de e -
mined by DAPI s aining o DNA) ha we e indis inguishable om neighbou ing cells wi h no mal le -
els o pH3S10 (Figu e 2A). Mo eo e , he obse ed educ ion/abolishmen o pH3S10 was no
associa ed wi h a p e-apop o ic s a e, as hose cells we e nega i e o a clea ed o m o caspase 3
(Figu e 2A). In line wi h he obse ed educ ion/abolishmen o pH3S10, hese cells also showed
abno mally low le els o o al Au o a B and i s ac i e phospho yla ed o m on Th eonine 232
(Yasui e al., 2004). No ewo hy, e en in hose nocodazole- and ac inomycin D- ea ed cells ha
showed high le els o pH3S10, Au o a B, including i s ac i e o m, was ound displaced along he
ch omosome a ms (Figu e 2A). Simila indings we e ound in non- ans o med RPE1 cells (Fig-
u e 2— igu e supplemen 1A–B). Thus, ac inomycin D comp omises no mal Au o a B localiza ion
and ac i i y.
In o de o ge spa io empo al insigh in o he e ec o ac inomycin D on Au o a B localiza ion,
we moni o ed GFP-Au o a B by quan i a i e luo escence li e-cell mic oscopy in nocodazole- ea ed
cells. Addi ionally, we u he es ed whe he Au o a B localiza ion was dependen on mi o ic ansla-
ion and on i s own kinase ac i i y by inhibi ing p o ein syn hesis wi h cycloheximide and ea ing
cells wi h he Au o a B inhibi o ZM447439, espec i ely. We ound ha while Au o a B cen ome ic
le els emained cons an o e a 5-h pe iod in cells ea ed ei he wi h nocodazole alone o nocoda-
zole and cycloheximide, ac inomycin D caused he displacemen o Au o a B om cen ome es on o
ch omosome a ms 2 h a e addi ion o ac inomycin D, leading o a 30% educ ion o cen ome ic
luo escence a e 4 h (p<0.0001, ANCOVA, Figu e 2— igu e supplemen 2A,B). Cu iously, Au o a
B inhibi ion led o an en ichmen o i s own le els a cen ome es, wi hou any de ec able displace-
men on o ch omosome a ms (Figu e 2— igu e supplemen 2A,B). These obse a ions we e con-
i med by immuno luo escence analysis in ixed cells (Figu e 2C,D and Figu e 2— igu e
supplemen 3A–C). These da a di ec ly demons a e ha ac inomycin D displaces Au o a B om
cen ome es.
We hen es ed whe he ac inomycin D ea men comp omised he localiza ion o Mad1 a una -
ached kine ocho es. We ound ha addi ion o ac inomycin D o 4 h o nocodazole- ea ed cells
led o a 45% educ ion o Mad1 a he ou e kine ocho e (Figu e 2C,E). Simila indings ha e p e i-
ously been epo ed o he SAC p o eins Bub1 and BubR1 (Becke e al., 2010). Impo an ly, ac i-
nomycin D ea men o 4 h did no a ec he kine ocho e localiza ion o ac i e Mps1 (Mps1
pT676; (Jelluma e al., 2008)) (Figu e 2— igu e supplemen 4A,B) o he phospho yla ion o his-
one H3 a h eonine 3 (H3T3p), a p oxy o Haspin ac i i y p e iously implica ed in Au o a B ec ui -
men o cen ome es (Kelly e al., 2010;Wang e al., 2010) (Figu e 2— igu e supplemen 4C,D).
Taken oge he , hese expe imen s show ha ac inomycin D comp omises he no mal localiza ion o
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Au B pT232H3-pS10 me ge w/ DAPI
NOC
Au B pT232H3-pS10 me ge w/ DAPI
To al Au BH3-pS10 me ge w/ DAPI
H3-pS10 me ge w/ DAPI
DAPI
DAPI
DAPI
DAPI Clea ed Casp 3
NOC + Ac D
A
ACA
ACA
Au B pT232
Au B pT232
ACA
ACA
C
Au B pT232H3-pS10ACA me ge w/ DAPI
Au B pT232H3-pS10ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC + Ac D NOC
Au B pT232ACA me ge w/ DAPI
Mad1Au B pT232ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC + Ac D NOC
Mad1
ACA
ACA
Mad1
ACA
ACA
Mad1
B
D
E
NOC NOC + Ac D
0
1
2
3****
NOC
NOC + Ac D
0
1
2
3
4
Fuo escence in ensi y
Cen ome ic Au B pT232/ACA
****
Fuo escence in ensi y
Mad1/ACA
NOC NOC + Ac D
**
0
5
10
15
20
25
H3-pS10 nega i e
mi o ic cells
Figu e 2. Ac inomycin D comp omises he localiza ion o Au o a B and Mad1 a cen ome es/kine ocho es. (A) Rep esen a i e immuno luo escence
images o HeLa cells ea ed wi h DMSO (NOC) o Ac D o 8 h (NOC + Ac D) a e nocodazole ea men wi h he indica ed an ibodies. In he
NOC + Ac D condi ion o ange a ows highligh a mi o ic cell wi h educed le els o phospho yla ed His one H3 (H3–pS10) and de oid o he ac i e
o m o Au o a B (Au B pT232). Yellow a ows highligh a mi o ic cell wi h abolished le els o phospho H3 (H3–pS10) and de oid o o al Au o a B. Scale
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Au o a B a cen ome es and SAC p o eins o una ached kine ocho es, independen ly o an e ec
o e Mps1 and Haspin kinase ac i i y.
Ac inomycin D o Au o a B inhibi ion dis u bs he kine ocho e
ec ui men o Knl1 and Mad1
Nex , we in es iga ed whe he he educ ion o Mad1 a una ached kine ocho es in he p esence o
ac inomycin D was induced by he pe u ba ion o Au o a B localiza ion and ac i i y a cen ome es.
To do so, we s a ed by e alua ing he s a us o known Au o a B subs a es wi hin he KMN ne wo k
(Welbu n e al., 2010) a e ac inomycin D ea men . Consis en wi h an a enua ion o Au o a B
ac i i y a cen ome es, we ound ha addi ion o ac inomycin D o 4 h o nocodazole- ea ed cells
led o a 22% and 43% educ ion on he phospho yla ion le els o Knl1 and Dsn1 (a membe o he
Mis12 complex), espec i ely (Figu e 3A–D). In e es ingly, we also ound a 29% educ ion in o al
Knl1 (Figu e 3E,F), whe eas o al Dsn1, Hec1 (a membe o he Ndc80 complex) and CENP-A we e
una ec ed by ac inomycin D ea men (Figu e 3G,H,Figu e 3— igu e supplemen 1A–D). Thus,
pe u ba ion o Au o a B cen ome ic localiza ion by ac inomycin D ansla es in o a local educ ion
o ac i i y and he consequen dec ease in phospho yla ion o key Au o a B subs a es a he kine o-
cho e. Mo eo e , while ac inomycin D ea men o 4 h does no pe u b he no mal localiza ion o
CENP-A and membe s o he Ndc80 and Mis12 complex, i comp omises he ec ui men o Knl1 o
una ached kine ocho es.
Because Knl1 is known o ec ui se e al SAC p o eins (including Mad1) o kine ocho es
(Musacchio, 2015a), we es ed whe he Knl1 and Mad1 ec ui men o kine ocho es depends on
Au o a B ac i i y a cen ome es. We ound ha , simila o ac inomycin D ea men , Au o a B inhibi-
ion in nocodazole- ea ed cells caused a 38% and 28% educ ion o Mad1 and Knl1 a una ached
kine ocho es, espec i ely (Figu e 3— igu e supplemen 2A–D). Impo an ly, i has p e iously been
shown ha cons i u i e a ge ing o Au o a B o cen ome es by exp essing a Cenp-B-INCENP
usion p o ein was able o escue SAC esponse in ac inomycin D- ea ed cells (Becke e al., 2010).
O e all, hese da a sugges ha pe u ba ion o Au o a B localiza ion and consequen dec ease in
ac i i y a cen ome es is he p ima y e ec o Ac inomycin D ea men and his likely accoun s o
he weakened SAC esponse due o a downs eam e ec o e Knl1 and Mad1 ec ui men .
Figu e 2 con inued
ba = 5 mm. (B) Pe cen age o mi o ic phospho H3-nega i e cells in con ol (NOC) and 8 h ac inomycin D (NOC + Ac D)- ea ed HeLa cells. The ba
g aph ep esen s he mean and he s anda d de ia ion om h ee independen expe imen s (NOC 0.0 ±0.0, n = 600; NOC + Ac D, 16.1 ±4.5, n = 600;
**p0.01 ela i e o con ol, es ) (C) Rep esen a i e immuno luo escence images o Hela cells ea ed wi h DMSO (NOC) o Ac D o 4 h
(NOC + Ac D) a e nocodazole ea men wi h he indica ed an ibodies. Scale ba = 5 mm. 10x magni ica ion o a pai o kine ocho es a e shown in he
igh . Dashed ci cle encompasses a single kine ocho e and he a ow indica es he posi ion o cen ome ic Au o a B. Scale ba = 0.5 mm. (D)
No malized a io o pAu o a B/ACA luo escence signal a inne cen ome e o NOC and NOC + Ac D. Each do ep esen s an indi idual kine ocho e.
The ed line ep esen s he mean o all quan i ied kine ocho es and he e o ba s ep esen he s anda d de ia ion om a pool o a leas wo
independen expe imen s. (NOC, 1.00 ±0.48, n = 474; NOC + Ac D, 0.63 ±0.23, n = 309; ****p0.0001 ela i e o con ol, Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum
Tes ). (E) No malized a io o Mad1/ACA luo escence signal a ou e kine ocho es o NOC and NOC + Ac D cells. Each do ep esen s an indi idual
kine ocho e. The ed line ep esen s he mean o all quan i ied kine ocho es and he e o ba s ep esen he s anda d de ia ion om a pool o a leas
wo independen expe imen s. (NOC, 1.00 ±0.39, n = 261; NOC + Ac D, 0.55 ±0.39, n = 258; ****p0.0001 ela i e o con ol, Mann-Whi ney Rank
Sum Tes ).
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Figu e supplemen 1. Ac inomycin D comp omise Au o a B localiza ion in RPE1 cells.
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Figu e supplemen 2. Ac inomycin D causes Au o a B displacemen om cen ome es on o ch omosome a ms.
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Figu e supplemen 3. Inhibi ion o mi o ic ansla ion o Au o a B kinase ac i i y du ing p ome aphase does no a ec Au o a B localiza ion.
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Figu e supplemen 4. Ac inomycin D does no comp omise pMPS1 localiza ion a kine ocho es and pH3T3 le els.
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pKNL1ACA me ge w/ DAPI
ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC + Ac D NOC
To al Au B
pKNL1
To al Au B
A
B
NOC NOC + Ac D
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Fluo escence in ensi y
pKNL1/ACA
****
DSN1ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC
ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC + Ac D
DSN1
Au B pT232
Au B pT232
G H
NOC NOC + Ac D
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Fluo escence in ensi y
DSN1/ACA
n.s.
pDSN1ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC
To al Au B
ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC + Ac D
pDSN1To al Au B
C D
NOC NOC + Ac D
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Fluo escence in ensi y
pDSN1/ACA
****
KNL1ACA me ge w/ DAPI
ACA me ge w/ DAPI
NOC + Ac D NOC
KNL1
To al Au B
To al Au B
E F
NOC NOC + Ac D
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5 ****
Fluo escence in ensi y
KNL1/ACA
Figu e 3. Ac inomycin D a ec ec ui men o KNL1 and pDSN1 o kine ocho es. (A) Rep esen a i e immuno luo escence images o HeLa cells ea ed
wi h DMSO (NOC) o Ac D o 4 h (NOC + Ac D) a e nocodazole ea men wi h he indica ed an ibodies. Scale ba = 5 mm. (B) No malized a io o
pKNL1/ACA luo escence signal a ou e kine ocho es o NOC and NOC + Ac D cells. Each do ep esen s an indi idual kine ocho e. The ed line
ep esen s he mean o all quan i ied kine ocho es and he e o ba s ep esen he s anda d de ia ion om a pool o wo echnical eplica es (NOC,
Figu e 3 con inued on nex page
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Ac inomycin D does no a ec o al CPC p o ein le els no he le els o
mi o ic ansc ip s
Wes e n blo analysis e ealed ha Au o a B, as well as he o al p o ein le els o he CPC egula o y
subuni s Su i in and Bo ealin emained unchanged ela i e o con ols (including inhibi ion o ans-
la ion du ing mi osis wi h cycloheximide o Au o a B inhibi ion wi h ZM447439) a e 4 h ea men
wi h ac inomycin D (Figu e 4A–C). To es whe he Au o a B was egula ed by an e ec o ac inomy-
cin D o e mi o ic ansc ip ion, we pe o med a compa a i e genome-wide RNA-seq analysis
be ween cells ea ed ei he wi h nocodazole alone o nocodazole and ac inomycin D. Impo an ly,
only mi o ic cells we e analyzed, as hey we e ob ained by shake-o a e nocodazole ea men and
subsequen ly ans e ed o new cul u e lasks be o e addi ion o ac inomycin D (Figu e 4A). Ou
quan i a i e ansc ip ome analysis did no e eal any signi ican changes ei he in anno a ed o
no el assembled ansc ip s (including all bio ypes) upon ac inomycin D ea men , uling ou di e -
en ial gene exp ession a e ansc ip ion inhibi ion du ing mi osis. Impo an ly, we con i med ha
Cyclin B1, as well as all key mi o ic egula o s, including Au o a B, we e no de no o ansc ibed
e en du ing a p olonged mi osis (Figu e 4D; see Ma e ials and me hods).
Due o he low mappabili y o he cen ome e, RNA-seq eads could no be p ope ly aligned o
hese egions. Consequen ly, he ole o cen ome ic ansc ip ion, namely o egula o y non-coding
RNAs, could no be p ope ly assessed in he p e ious expe imen . Ne e heless, we we e able o
di ec ly measu e by qPCR he exp ession o cen ome ic a-sa elli e RNA ela i e o a con ol house-
keeping gene (GAPDH) in cells ha had been a es ed in mi osis wi h nocodazole, in he p esence
o absence o ac inomycin D. We ound ha ac inomycin D ea men did no educe he le el o
cen ome ic a-sa elli e RNA (Figu e 4E,F). Taken oge he , ou esul s demons a e ha inhibi ion o
ansc ip ion wi h ac inomycin D du ing a p olonged mi osis caused by pe sis en ly una ached kine -
ocho es does no impai no mal ansc ip le els, including cen ome ic a-sa elli e RNA, no he no -
mal le els o CPC p o eins.
Inhibi ion o ansc ip ion independen ly o DNA-in e cala ion does no
a ec spindle assembly checkpoin obus ness no he capaci y o
igge mi o ic cell dea h
So a , ou esul s indica ed ha ac inomycin D comp omises SAC esponse and Au o a B cen o-
me ic localiza ion independen ly o de no o ansc ip ion. The e o e, we easoned ha ac inomycin
D could displace Au o a B om cen ome es, no by inhibi ing mi o ic ansc ip ion, bu h ough i s
Figu e 3 con inued
1.00 ±0.40, n = 126; NOC + Ac D, 0.79 ±0.35, n = 126; ****p0.0001 ela i e o con ol, es ). (C) Rep esen a i e immuno luo escence images o Hela
cells ea ed wi h DMSO (NOC) o Ac D o 4 h (NOC + Ac D) a e nocodazole ea men wi h he indica ed an ibodies. Scale ba = 5 mm. (D)
No malized a io o pDNS1/ACA luo escence signal a ou e kine ocho es o NOC and NOC + Ac D cells. Each do ep esen s an indi idual
kine ocho e. The ed line ep esen s he mean o all quan i ied kine ocho es and he e o ba s ep esen he s anda d de ia ion om a pool o wo
echnical eplica es (NOC, 1.00 ±0.37, n = 116; NOC + Ac D, 0.57 ±0.29, n = 116; ****p0.0001 ela i e o con ol, Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum Tes ). (E)
Rep esen a i e immuno luo escence images o HeLa cells ea ed wi h DMSO (NOC) o Ac D o 4 h (NOC + Ac D) a e nocodazole ea men wi h
he indica ed an ibodies. Scale ba = 5 mm. (F) No malized a io o KNL1/ACA luo escence signal a ou e kine ocho es o NOC and NOC + Ac D cells.
Each do ep esen s an indi idual kine ocho e. The ed line ep esen s he mean o all quan i ied kine ocho es and he e o ba s ep esen he
s anda d de ia ion om a pool o wo echnical eplica es (NOC, 1.00 ±0.34, n = 160; NOC + Ac D, 0.71 ±0.34, n = 160; ****p0.0001 ela i e o
con ol, Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum Tes ). (G) Rep esen a i e immuno luo escence images o HeLa cells ea ed wi h DMSO (NOC) o Ac D o 4 h
(NOC + Ac D) a e nocodazole ea men wi h he indica ed an ibodies. Scale ba = 5 mm. (H) No malized a io o DSN1/ACA luo escence signal a
ou e kine ocho es o NOC and NOC + Ac D cells. Each do ep esen s an indi idual kine ocho e. The ed line ep esen s he mean o all quan i ied
kine ocho es and he e o ba s ep esen he s anda d de ia ion om a pool o wo echnical eplica es (NOC, 1.00 ±0.34, n = 110; NOC + Ac D,
0.96 ±0.32, n = 110; n.s. p>0.05 ela i e o con ol, es ).
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The ollowing igu e supplemen s a e a ailable o igu e 3:
Figu e supplemen 1. Ac inomycin D does no a ec le els o HEC1 and CENP-A (A) Rep esen a i e immuno luo escence images o HeLa cells ea ed
wi h DMSO (NOC) o Ac D o 4 h (NOC + Ac D) a e nocodazole ea men wi h he indica ed an ibodies.
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Figu e supplemen 2. Au o a B inhibi ion a ec s ec ui men o Mad1 and KNL1 o kine ocho es.
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isola ed 40 min a e nocodazole washou migh ha e de i ed om cells ha had al eady exi ed
mi osis and eached ea ly G1 s age whe e ansc ip ion is expec ed o be pe missi e (Hsiung e al.,
2016). Thus, he use o synch onized, ye impu e, cell popula ions, as opposed o moni o ing an-
sc ip ion inhibi ion only a e cells commi o mi osis by di ec li e-cell imaging, migh accoun o
he di e ences obse ed be ween s udies. Ne e heless, i emains possible ha , as cells p og ess
h ough mi osis and en e anaphase, de no o ansc ip ion s a s o be pe missi e, despi e i s dis-
pensabili y o he comple ion o and exi om mi osis.
Consis en wi h a global shu -down o ansc ip ion du ing p ome aphase ( he physiological
equi alen o nocodazole-a es ed cells), RNA Polyme ase II is gene ally ound displaced om
A
00:00 00:20 01:00
00:00 01:20 02:00
00:00 00:40 01:20
Ac D DMSOT ip olide
C
D
DMSO T ip olide
0
20
40
60
80
100
Cell a e (%)
No mal di ision
Mul ipola di ision
Mi o ic slippage
Ci okinesis ailu e
Mi o ic dea h
Ac D
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
NOC washou - AO (min)
**** ****
n.s.
DMSO T ip olide Ac D
3h 2h Time
Mi o ic a es
(NOC)
T ansc ip ion inhibi ion
(Ac D o T ip olide)
Mi o ic elease
(NOC Washou )
Li e-cell imaging
NOC washou
B
Figu e 7. Mi o ic p og ession and cy okinesis a e nocodazole washou does no equi e de no o ansc ip ion. (A) Schema ic ep esen a ion o he
expe imen al p o ocol used o s udy he e ec o he ansc ip ion inhibi o s Ac D and ip olide on mi o ic p og ession. (B) Selec ed ime ames om
phase con as mic oscopy o HeLa cells ea ed a e he NOC washou wi h DMSO, Ac D o T ip olide. Images we e acqui ed e e y 20 min. Fo
con ol (DMSO) and T ip olide (T ip olide), a ows highligh a no mal mi o ic p og ession a e nocodazole washou . Fo Ac D- ea ed cells (Ac D),
a ows highligh a cell ha ails o di ide a e elease om nocodazole a es . Scale ba = 10 mm. Time = h :min. (C) Sca e ed plo showing he mi o ic
du a ion be ween nocodazole washou and anaphase onse in con ol (DMSO), Ac D and T ip olide ea ed HeLa cells (DMSO, 79.1 ±28.8 min, n = 116;
Ac D, 140.5 ±55.7 h , n = 79; T ip olide, 86.2 ±31.9 h , n = 113, median ±SD om a pool o wo echnical eplica es, n.s. p>0.05, ****p0.0001, Mann-
Whi ney Rank Sum Tes ). (D) Cell a e o mi o ic HeLa cells ea ed wi h he same d ugs as in 7B.
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Figu e supplemen 1. Ac inomycin D p omo es cy okinesis ailu e.
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ch oma in (Hsiung e al., 2016), wi h he no o i-
ous excep ion o he cen ome ic egion
(Chan e al., 2012). Because ecen s udies ha e
sugges ed ha non-coding RNAs associa e wi h
cen ome e and kine ocho e p o eins, including
CENP-A, CENP-C and Au o a B (Blowe , 2016;
Ca one e al., 2009;Du e al., 2010;Fe i e al.,
2009;Molina e al., 2017, 2016;Ros
ˇic
´e al.,
2014;Wong e al., 2007), i is possible ha an-
sc ip ion o non-coding RNAs plays a ole in cen-
ome e assembly and unc ion. Howe e ,
whe he his occu s du ing mi osis o du ing G1,
when cen ome e assembly akes place in mam-
malian cells (Jansen e al., 2007) emains
unclea . Cen ome ic ansc ip ion is in ol ed in nucleosome disassembly du ing in e phase
(Boege e al., 2003) o acili a e he eplacemen o his one H3 by CENP-A (McKi ick e al.,
2004;Tagami e al., 2004). In iguingly, he obse a ion ha he elonga ing o m o RNA Polyme -
ase II is p esen a cen ome es du ing mi osis (Chan e al., 2012) lea e open he possibili y ha
some le el o local ansc ip ion o non-coding RNAs migh s ill ake place. Howe e , i should be
no ed ha a ecen s udy in S. pombe indica ed ha RNA Polyme ase II s alls a cen ome ic DNA
and he le el o s alling is di ec ly p opo ional o he le el o cnp1p (cen ome e-speci ic his one
H3) nucleosome assembly (Ca ania e al., 2015).
While we we e unable o expe imen ally exclude ha non-coding RNAs a e being ansc ibed
om he cen ome e du ing a p olonged mi osis, we ailed o de ec any signi ican change in he
o al le els o a-sa elli e RNA a e ansc ip ion inhibi ion, in ag eemen wi h p e ious epo s
(Liu e al., 2015). Indeed, expe imen al inc ease o a-sa elli e RNA le els we e shown o educe he
binding o Sgo1 o nucleosomes (Liu e al., 2015) and led o p oblems in ch omosome seg ega ion
(Chan e al., 2017;Zhu e al., 2011), sugges ing ha he le els o a-sa elli e RNA mus be igh ly
egula ed o ensu e a ai h ul mi osis.
O e all, ou esul s demons a e ha , ega dless o ou capaci y o de ec esidual ansc ip ion
ha migh s ill ake place on speci ic ch omosomal loci du ing mi osis, his is no equi ed o human
cells o sus ain, p og ess, exi o die in mi osis.
Ma e ials and me hods
Key esou ces able
Reagen ype Designa ion Sou ce o e e ence Iden i ie s Addi ional in o ma ion
Cell line
(human)
HeLa pa en al P o ided by
Y. Mimo i-Kiyosue
Cell line
(human)
GFP-Au o a
B HeLa
P o ided by
M. Lampson
Cell line
(human)
Cyclin B1-
Venus HeLa
P o ided by
J. Pines
An ibody an i-Au o a B
pT232 (Rabbi
Polyclonal)
Rockland
Immuno
chemicals
Ca #600-401-677 IF: (1:500)
An ibody an i-Aim1
(Mouse Monoclonal)
BD Biosciences Ca #611083 IF: (1:500)
WB: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-Mad1
(Mouse Monoclonal)
Me ck Millipo e Ca #MABE867 IF: (1:500)
An ibody an i-phospho-
His one
H3 Se 10
(Mouse Monoclonal)
Abcam Ca #ab14955 IF: (1:100,000)
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Video 3. Phase con as mic oscopy o HeLa cells
ea ed wi h DMSO, Ac D o T ip olide a e NOC
washou . Images we e acqui ed e e y 20 min. Time =
h :min.
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Con inued
Reagen ype Designa ion Sou ce o e e ence Iden i ie s Addi ional in o ma ion
An ibody an i-Clea ed
Caspase-3
(Rabbi Polyclonal)
Cell Signaling
Technology
Ca #9661 IF: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-Cen ome e
an ibody (Human)
Fi zge ald Ca #90C-CS1058 IF: (1:500)
An ibody an i-phospho-
Mps1
Th 676 (Rabbi
Polyclonal)
a gi om G. Kops IF: (1:2,000)
An ibody an i-phospho-
His one
H3 Th 3 (Mouse
Monoclonal)
a gi om
J. Higgins
IF: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-HEC1
(Mouse
Monoclonal)
a gi om
R. Gassmann
IF: (1:2,000)
An ibody an i-KNL1
(Rabbi
Polyclonal)
a gi om
R. Gassmann
IF: (1:500)
An ibody an i-phosho
DSN1
(Rabbi
Polyclonal)
a gi om
I. Cheeseman
IF: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-phospho
KNL1
(Rabbi
Polyclonal)
a gi om
I. Cheeseman
IF: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-CENPA
(Mouse
Monoclonal)
a gi om
L. Jansen
IF: (1:200)
An ibody an i-DSN1
(Mouse
Monoclonal)
a gi om
A. Musacchio
IF: (1:200)
An ibody Alexa 488- o
568-o 647
seconda ies
In i ogen IF: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-Su i in
(Rabbi
Polyclonal)
No us
Biologicals
Ca #NB500-201 WB: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-Bo ealin
(Rabbi
Polyclonal)
a gi om
R. Gassmann
WB: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-a- ubulin
clone
B-512 (Mouse
Monoclonal)
Sigma-Ald ich Ca #T5168 WB: (1:5,000)
An ibody an i-RNA Pol
II S2
(Rabbi
Polyclonal)
Abcam Ca #ab5095 WB: (1:1,000)
An ibody an i-mouse o
an i- abbi
Jackson
Immuno
Resea ch
WB: (1:5,000)
Chemical
compound, d ug
Nocodazole Sigma-Ald ich Ca #M1404 1 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
MG132 EMD Millipo e Ca #133407-82-6 5 mM
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Con inued
Reagen ype Designa ion Sou ce o e e ence Iden i ie s Addi ional in o ma ion
Chemical
compound, d ug
Mps1-IN-1 P o ided
by N. G ay
10 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
RO3306 Roche Ca #SML0569 10 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
Ac inomycin D Sigma-Ald ich Ca #A9415 8 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
a-amani in Sigma-Ald ich Ca #A2263 2 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
T ip olide Sigma-Ald ich Ca #T3652 1 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
Cycloheximide Sigma-Ald ich Ca #01810 35.5 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
E hidium
B omide
Sigma-Ald ich Ca #E8751 25 mM
Chemical
compound, d ug
ZM447439
(Au o a B
inhibi o )
Selleckchem.com Ca #S1103 3.3 mM
Cell cul u e and eagen s
GFP-Au o a B exp essing HeLa cells and Cyclin B1-Venus exp essing HeLa cells we e p o ided by M.
Lampson and J. Pines, espec i ely. All cell lines including pa en al HeLa cells we e g own in DMEM
o L15 medium supplemen ed wi h 10% FBS (In i ogen) and penicillin/s ep omycin (100 IU/ml and
100 mg/ml) in a 37˚C incuba o wi h 5% CO2. Mic o ubule depolyme iza ion was induced by nocoda-
zole (Sigma-Ald ich) a 1 mM o 2–16 h , acco ding o he expe imen . To inhibi he p o easome,
induce a me aphase a es , and p e en exi due o a comp omised SAC, cells we e ea ed wi h 5
mM MG132 (EMD Millipo e). Fo Mps1 inhibi ion, cells we e ea ed wi h 10 mM Mps1-IN-1 (p o ided
by N. G ay). Fo Au o a B inhibi ion, cells we e ea ed wi h 3.3 mM ZM447439 o 4 h p io o
immuno luo escence. G2-en iched ex ac s we e de i ed om cells incuba ed o 16 h wi h he
Cdk1 inhibi o RO3306 (Roche) a 10 mM, whe eas mi o ic ex ac s we e ob ained by shake-o upon
nocodazole ea men . Fo ansc ip ion inhibi ion, ac inomycin D, a-amani in and ip olide (all om
Sigma-Ald ich) we e added o inal concen a ion o 8 mM, 2 mM and 1 mM, espec i ely. To inhibi
ansla ion, cells we e ea ed wi h 35.5 mM cycloheximide (Sigma-Ald ich). E hidium b omide
(Sigma-Ald ich) was used a inal concen a ion o 25 mM. The cell lines we e ou inely es ed nega-
i e o mycoplasma con amina ion.
Li e cell imaging
Con ol and ansc ip ionally ep essed HeLa cells we e imaged wi h phase-con as mic oscopy (Axi-
o e 200M; Ca l Zeiss; 20 objec i e lens; A-Plan Ph1; 0.3 NA) equipped wi h a CCD came a (Cool-
SNAP HQ2; Pho ome ics) a 37˚C in DMEM supplemen ed wi h 10% FBS. To de e mine mi o ic
iming, images we e cap u ed e e y 15 min o 72 h using he Mic o-Manage 1.3 so wa e (www.
mic o-manage .o g). In he washou expe imen , images we e cap u ed e e y 20 min o 24 h . HeLa
cells s ably exp essing GFP-Au o a B (LAP-Au o a B) we e imaged wi h an in e ed mic oscope
(TE2000U; Nikon; 20 objec i e lens; LWD; 0.4 NA) equipped wi h an elec on-mul iplying cha ge-
coupled de ice (CCD) came a (iXonEM+; Ando Technology) a 37˚C in DMEM phenol ed ee
medium (In i ogen) supplemen ed wi h 10% FBS and 25 mM HEPES. Ele en 1 mm sepa a ed
z-planes co e ing he en i e olume o he mi o ic spindle we e collec ed e e y hou o 6 h using
he NIS-Elemen s Viewe so wa e (Nikon). Cyclin B1-Venus we e imaged e e y 15 min o 7 h using
an IN Cell Analyze 2000 mic oscope (GE Heal hca e) a 37˚C in phenol ed DMEM ee medium sup-
plemen ed wi h 10% FBS. The du a ion o all d ug ea men s in li e-cell expe imen s a e schema i-
cally illus a ed in each espec i e igu e. All images we e analyzed wi h open sou ce image analysis
so wa e ImageJ and cell p o ile .
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Immuno luo escence mic oscopy
HeLa cells we e ixed wi h 4% pa a o maldehyde o 10 min and subsequen ly ex ac ed in 0.3% T i-
on X-100 in 1 x PBS o 10 min. A e sho washes in PBS wi h 0.1% T i on X-100 and blocking wi h
10% FBS in PBS wi h 0.1% T i on X-100, all p ima y an ibodies we e incuba ed a 4˚C o e nigh .
Then, he cells we e washed wi h PBS con aining 0.1% T i on X-100 and incuba ed wi h he espec-
i e seconda y an ibodies o 1 h a oom empe a u e. DNA was coun e s ained wi h DAPI (1 mg/
ml; Sigma-Ald ich) be o e co e slips we e moun ed in 90% glyce ol +10% T is, pH 8.5,+0.5% N-p o-
pyl galla e on glass slides. Rabbi an i-Au o a B pT232 (1:500; Rockland Immunochemicals Inc.),
mouse an i-Aim1 (1:500; BD Biosciences), mouse an i-Mad1 (1:500; Me ck Millipo e), mouse an i-
phospho-His one H3 Se 10 (1:100,000; Abcam), abbi an i-Clea ed Caspase-3 (1:1,000; Cell Signal-
ing Technology), human an i-cen ome e an ibody (ACA; 1:500, Fi zge ald Indus ies In e na ional),
abbi an i-phospho-Mps1 Th 676 (1:2000, a gi om G. Kops), mouse an i-phospho-His one H3
Th 3 (1:1000, a gi om J. Higgins), mouse an i-HEC1 (1:2000, a gi om R. Gassmann), abbi an i-
KNL1 (1:500, a gi om R. Gassmann), abbi an i-phosho-DSN1 and an i-phospho-KNL1 (1:1000, a
gi om I. Cheeseman), mouse an i-CENPA (1:200, a gi om L. Jansen) and mouse DSN1 (1:200, a
gi om A. Musacchio) we e used as p ima y an ibodies, and Alexa Fluo 488, 568, and 647 (In i o-
gen) we e used as seconda y an ibodies (1:1,000). Images we e acqui ed on an AxioImage Z1 (63,
Plan oil di e en ial in e e ence con as objec i e lens, 1.4 NA; all om Ca l Zeiss) equipped wi h a
cha ge-coupled de ice (CCD) came a (ORCA-R2; Hamama su Pho onics) using he Zen so wa e
(Ca l Zeiss) and blind decon ol ed using Au oquan X (Media Cybe ne ics). Fo y-one 0.2 mm sepa-
a ed z-planes co e ing he en i e mi o ic cell we e collec ed. Images we e analyzed in ImageJ, p oc-
essed in Pho oshop CS4 (Adobe) and ep esen ed wi h a maximum in ensi y p ojec ion o a
decon ol ed z s ack.
Fluo escence quan i ica ion
Fo quan i a i e measu emen s, all images compa ed we e acqui ed using iden ical acquisi ion se -
ings. Image analysis was pe o med using ImageJ. B ie ly, indi idual kine ocho es we e iden i ied by
ACA s aining and ma ked by a egion o in e es (ROI). The a e age luo escence in ensi y o signals
(pixel g ay le els) o pAu o a B a he inne cen ome e and Mad1 a kine ocho es we e measu ed
on he ocused z plan, and he backg ound luo escence was measu ed ou side he ROI and sub-
ac ed. Fluo escence in ensi y measu emen s we e no malized o he ACA signals. The esul s a e
epo ed a e no malized o ela i e luo escence le els in con ol samples. App oxima ely 1,300 KT
pai s om 140 cells we e analyzed o pAu o a B and o Mad1, app oxima ely 500 KT pai s om 50
cells we e analyzed. The mean luo escence in ensi y o LAP-Au o a B signals (pixel g ay le els) om
he li e cell imaging was measu ed on he sum p ojec ion and he backg ound luo escence was
measu ed ou side he ROI and sub ac ed. Fluo escence in ensi ies we e no malized o he le el a
ime = 0 and ep esen ed as a unc ion o ime. App oxima ely eigh cells we e analyzed pe
condi ion.
Wes e n blo
HeLa cells we e essuspended and lysed in NP-40 lysis bu e (20 mM HEPES-KOH pH 7.9, 1 mM
EDTA, 1 mM EGTA, 150 mM NaCl, 0.5% ( / ) NP-40, 20% ( / ) Glyce ol, 2 mM DTT, 1 mM PMSF)
supplemen ed wi h p o ease and phospha ase inhibi o s. The p o ein concen a ion was measu ed
using he B ad o d p o ein assay and 50 mg o p o eins we e esuspended in P o ein Loading Bu e .
P o eins we e sepa a ed in o a 4–20% SDS-PAGE and ans e ed o a ni ocellulose Hybond-C
memb ane using an iBlo Gel T ans e De ice (The mo Scien i ic). The memb anes we e blocked
wi h 5% milk in PBS wi h 0.1% Tween-20 (PBST) a oom empe a u e du ing 1 h , and all p ima y
an ibodies we e incuba ed a 4˚C o e nigh . A e i e washes in PBST, he memb anes we e incu-
ba ed wi h he seconda y an ibodies du ing 1 h a oom empe a u e. The memb anes we e washed
in he same condi ions han p e iously and he de ec ion was pe o med wi h Cla i y Wes e n ECL
Subs a e (Bio-Rad). The ollowing an ibodies we e used o wes e n blo : abbi an i-Su i in
(1:1000; No us Biologicals), mouse an i-Aim1 (1:1000; BD Biosciences), abbi an i-Bo ealin (1:1000;
p o ided by R. Gassmann), mouse an i-a- ubulin (clone B-512, 1:5,000; Sigma-Ald ich) and abbi
RNA Pol II S2 (1:1000; Abcam) we e used as p ima y an ibodies, and an i– abbi and an i–mouse
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an ibodies we e used as seconda y an ibodies (1:5,000; Jackson ImmunoResea ch Labo a o ies,
Inc.).
RNA ex ac ion and ansc ip ion analysis by RT-qPCR
To al RNA was isola ed om in e phase and mi o ic HeLa cells (shake-o ) using izol (Li e echnolo-
gies). Re e se ansc ip ase eac ion was pe o med wi h 500 ng o o al RNA wi h isc ip (Bio- ad)
using he andom p ime s and oligo(dTs) supplied, ollowing he manu ac u e ’s ins uc ions. All
p ime sequences a e in Supplemen al Ma e ial. Fo each analysis, gapdh was used o no maliza-
ion. RT-qPCRs we e pe o med in he iCycle iQ5 Real-Time PCR De ec ion Sys em (Bio-Rad Labo-
a o ies). The da a ob ained we e analyzed using he Bio-Rad iQ5 Op ical Sys em So wa e 2.1
(BioRad Labo a o ies). The ampli ied p oduc s we e addi ionally analyzed on aga ose gel
elec opho esis.
RNA lib a y p epa a ion o RNAome sequencing
Quan i y and o al RNA in eg i y was checked ollowing isola ion using an Agilen Technologies
2100 Bioanalyze . Sample wi h RNA In eg i y Numbe (RIN) alue g ea e han eigh we e selec ed.
The RNA samples we e p epa ed as desc ibed be o e in (De ks e al., 2015) wi h he ollowing
modi ica ions. Fi e mic og ams o o al RNA we e deple ed acco ding o he Illumina Ribo-ze o
magne ic p o ocol (www.illumina.com). The Ribo-ze o- ea ed RNA was pu i ied using Agencou
RNAClean XP Beads. RNA was agmen ed on a Co a is S220. One mic oli e o he shea ed RNA
deple ed RNA was loaded on an Agilen Technologies 21000 Bioanalyze RNA Pico chip o de e -
mine success ul ibosomal RNA deple ion. The shea ed RNA sample was concen a ed in a The mo
scien i ic SPD100 speed ac o 5 ml and a sequencing lib a y was p epa ed acco ding o he Illumina
T uSeq Small RNA p o ocol (www.illumina.com). In sho , adap e s a e subsequen ly liga ed o he
3’end and he 5’end o he RNA. The RNA is e e se ansc ibed, ampli ied by PCR and un on SDS-
PAGE gel. RNA agmen s be ween 140 and500 bp a e cu ou o he gel and pu i ied. One mic oli-
e was loaded on an Agilen Technologies 2100 Bioanalyze using a DNA 1000 assay o de e mine
he lib a y concen a ion and quali y.
B idge ampli ica ion and sequencing by syn hesis
Clus e gene a ion was pe o med acco ding o he Illumina T uSeq SR Clus e ki 2 (cBo ) Reagen s
P epa a ion Guide (www.illumina.com). B ie ly, six RNAome lib a ies we e pooled oge he o ge a
s ock o 2 nM. Fi e mic oli e o he 2 nM s ock was dena u a ed wi h NaOH, dilu ed o 11 pM and
hyb idized on o he lowcell. The hyb idized p oduc s we e sequen ially ampli ied, linea ized and
end-blocked acco ding o he Illumina Single Read Mul iplex Sequencing use guide. A e hyb idiza-
ion o he sequencing p ime , sequencing-by-syn hesis was pe o med using he HiSeq 2000 wi h a
36-cycle p o ocol. The sequenced agmen s we e dena u a ed wi h NaOH using he HiSeq 2000
and he index-p ime was hyb idized on o he agmen s. The index was sequenced wi h a six-cycle
p o ocol.
Bioin o ma ics analysis
Raw FASTQ iles we e aligned o he human genome (NCBI/build37.1) and anno a ed using Gen-
code e sion 25. De no o ansc ip ome assembly was pe o med using Gencode anno a ion and
he S ingTie assemble (Pe ea e al., 2015). Mapping o sequence eads was pe o med using
STAR aligne and ansc ip de ec ion and quan i ica ion was pe o med using Cu links. Gene/ an-
sc ip le els we e compa ed be ween con ol and ac inomycin D- ea ed samples using he ballgown
p og am (F azee e al., 2014).
Da a deposi ion
P ocessed RNA-seq ha e been deposi ed and can be consul ed a A ayExp ess unde accession
numbe E-MTAB-6661 (h p://www.ebi.ac.uk/ g/anno a e/).
CPC-CTM exp ession and pu i ica ion
Full leng h ( .l.) Su i in was cloned as a 3C-clea able His-GFP agged p o ein in a pRSET ec o
(The mo Fishe Scien i ic), .l. Bo ealin was cloned as a TEV-clea able His- agged p o ein in a pETM
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ec o (gi om C. Romie , IGBMC, S asbou g), and INCENP
1-58
was cloned as an un agged p o-
ein in a pMCNcs ec o . The complex o .l. Su i in, .l. Bo ealin and INCENP
1-58
was p epa ed by
co-exp essing he subuni s in E. Coli s ain BL21 pLysS wi h an o e nigh induc ion a 18˚C. Cells
we e lysed in lysis bu e con aining 25 mM Hepes pH 7.5, 500 mM NaCl, 25 mM Imidazole, 2 mM
b-me cap oe hanol (Bme). The complex was pu i ied by a ini y ch oma og aphy using a HisT ap HP
column (GE Heal hca e). The p o ein-bound column was washed wi h lysis bu e , ollowed by 25
mM Hepes pH 7.5, 1 M NaCl, 50 mM KCl, 10 mM MgCl, 25 mM Imidazole, 2 mM ATP, 2 mM Bme
and p o eins we e elu ed using 25 mM Hepes pH 7.5, 500 mM NaCl, 500 mM Imidazole, 2 mM
Bme. Tags we e clea ed du ing an o e nigh incuba ion wi h 3C and TEV while dialysing agains 25
mM Hepes pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 4 mM di hio h ei ol (DTT) a 4˚C. The complex was u he pu i-
ied by a ca ion exchange ch oma og aphy (HiT ap SP, GE Heal hca e) ollowed by gel il a ion
using a Supe dex 200 inc ease 10/300 column (GE Heal hca e) equilib a ed wi h 25 mM Hepes pH 8,
200 mM NaCl, 4 mM DTT.
Exp ession and pu i ica ion o ecombinan his ones and e olding o
his one oc ame s
Human H2A and H2B and Xenopus lae is H3 and H4 we e pu i ied as desc ibed be o e
(Luge e al., 1999, Me hods Mol Biol) wi h mino changes. LB media was used ins ead o 2X TY-AC
media o exp ession o H2A, H2B and H3 in E. coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS cells and H4 in E. coli BL21
cells. The p epa a ion o inclusion bodies was pe o med using a Dounce glass/glass homogenize .
A e solubilisa ion o he inclusion bodies and he h ee-s ep dialysis agains U ea dialysis bu e (7
M U ea, 100 mM NaCl, 10 mM T is pH 8, 1 mM EDTA, 5 mM Bme), he sample was applied o a
HiT ap Q anion exchange column and hen o a HiT ap SP ca ion exchange column (GE Heal hca e).
The his ones we e elu ed om he HiT ap SP column using a linea g adien om 100 mM o 1 M
NaCl in 7 M U ea, 10 mM T is pH 8, 1 mM EDTA and 1 mM DTT. A e he ion exchange s ep, pu i-
ied ecombinan his ones we e dialyzed agains wa e wi h 5 mM Bme, lyophilized and s o ed a
80˚C. Re olding o his one oc ame s was pe o med as p e iously desc ibed (Luge e al., 1999,
Me hods Mol Biol). B ie ly, lyophilized co e his ones we e esuspended in un olding bu e (7M Gua-
nidine HCl, 20 mM T is pH 7.5, 10 mM DTT) and mixed o equimola a ios. The his one mix was
hen dialyzed agains h ee changes o 500 ml e olding bu e (10 mM T is pH 8, 2M NaCl, 1 mM
EDTA, 5 mM Bme) and he oc ame s we e pu i ied by size exclusion ch oma og aphy using a Supe -
dex 200 inc ease 10/300 column (GE Heal hca e) equilib a ed wi h e olding bu e . Pooled ac ions
wi h equimola a ios o his ones we e s o ed a 80˚C.
Nucleosome co e pa icle econs i u ion and d ug ea men
The 147 bp 601 Widom posi ioning sequence was ampli ied om a pBS-601Widom ec o wi h 5’
IR700 labelled p ime s. Mononucleosome econs i u ion was ca ied ou using he sal g adien dialy-
sis me hod (Luge e al., 1999, Me hods Mol Biol). His one oc ame s we e added o DNA o a 0.9
mola a io o oc ame o DNA a e adjus ing he sal concen a ion o 2 M NaCl. The mix u e was
hen dialysed agains TE bu e (10 mM T is pH 8, 1 mM EDTA, 50 mM NaCl) by g adually dec eas-
ing he ionic s eng h om 2 M o 50 mM NaCl o e a pe iod o 20 h using a pe is al ic pump.
Recons i u ed NCPs we e ea ed wi h DMSO, 80 mm Ac inomycin D, 10 mm T ip olide o 25 mm
E hidium B omide o 1 h a 4˚C be o e incuba ing hem wi h he CPC-CTM ecombinan p o ein.
Elec opho e ic mobili y shi assay
Elec opho e ic mobili y assay (EMSA) was used o de ec speci ic in e ac ion be ween CPC and he
nucleosome co e pa icles (NCPs). 25 and 50 nM ecombinan CPC-CTM was added o 5 nM IR700-
labelled NCPs in eac ion bu e (25 mM Hepes pH 7.5, 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM DTT, 10% Glyce ol).
Reac ions we e incuba ed 30 min a 4˚C and esol ed in a 0.5% aga ose gel in 1X T is-CAPS bu e
(60 mM T is, 40 mM CAPS pH 9.3). The luo escen bound and unbound NCPs we e de ec ed wi h
Odyssey CLx In a ed Imaging Sys em (LI-COR Biosciences). The a io o CPC-bound NCPs o ee
NCPs was quan i ied using he Image S udio so wa e (LI-COR Biosciences). Signal a he 0 nM CPC
lane was sub ac ed om all alues o accoun o any e ec on NCPs des abiliza ion upon d ug
ea men (E B - ea ed nucleosomes showed a ain smea abo e he unbound-NCP band indica ing
a sligh NCP des abiliza ion upon E B ea men ).
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S a is ical analysis
Fo s a is ical analysis, we i s pe o med a p opo ion es o unpai ed S uden ’s - es o con i m
using p alues ha we ha e sampled a su icien numbe o cells o kine ocho es o concluding on
he epo ed di e ences. Second, we measu ed s anda d e o o he mean (SEM) ac oss expe imen-
al epea s o ac oss cells and con i med ha he epo ed di e ences we e no only based on di e -
ences in mean alues, bu also he sp ead o he mean alues be ween expe imen s, cells o
kine ocho es. SD alues we e ob ained ac oss expe imen s o cells as indica ed in he igu e legend.
S a is ical analysis was pe o med using G aphpad P ism e sion 5. p-Values we e calcula ed wi h a
S uden ’s es . Fo da a ha did no ollow a no mal dis ibu ion, s a is ical analysis was pe o med
using a Mann-Whi ney Rank Sum es .
Acknowledgemen s
We hank Jona han Pines (ICR, London, UK), Ben Black and Michael Lampson (Uni e si y o Pennsyl-
ania, Pennsyl ania, USA) o p o iding he cyclin B1- enus and LAP-Au o a B HeLa cells, espec-
i ely, Re o Gassmann (i3S, Po o, Po ugal), Iain Cheeseman (MIT, Camb idge, USA), And ea
Musacchio (MIP, Do mund, Ge many), Jona han Higgins (Ins i u e o Cell and Molecula Bioscien-
ces, Newcas le, UK), La s Jansen (IGC, Oei as, Po ugal) and Gee Kops (Hub ech Ins i u e, U ech ,
The Ne he lands) o he gene ous gi o an ibodies, Na hanael G ay (Ha a d Uni e si y, USA) o
he gi o Mps1-IN-1, Paula Sampaio (i3S, Po o, Po ugal) and And e´ Maia (i3S, Po o, Po ugal) o
assis ance wi h mic oscopy, Pa icia Oli ei a and Ped o Fe ei a om Bioin 2Bio o bioin o ma ics
and da a analysis, and Be na d O o he c i ical eading o he manusc ip and help ul sugges ions.
We also hank Jose´ Sil a o inspi ing discussions and CID Lab membe s o eedback du ing he
cou se o his p ojec . The au ho s decla e no con lic ing inancial in e es s. MC holds a doc o al el-
lowship (SFRH/BD/117063/2016) and CF has an In es iga o s a ing g an (IF/00765/2014) om Fun-
dac¸a
˜o pa a a Cieˆncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) o Po ugal. This p ojec has been unded by No e-01–
0145-FEDER-000029 and No e-07–0124-FEDER-000003 om No e 2020 and EXPL/IF/00765/2014/
CP1241/CT0003 om FCT. Wo k in he labo a o y o HM is unded by he Eu opean Resea ch Coun-
cil (ERC) unde he Eu opean Union’s Ho izon 2020 esea ch and inno a ion p og amme (g an
ag eemen No 681443) and FLAD Li e Science 2020.
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