Journal: Molecular cell
Article Title: A tethering mechanism controls the processivity and kinetochore-microtubule plus-end enrichment of the kinesin-8 Kif18A
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.07.022
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Photobleaching of Kif18A-GFP in a metaphase HeLa cell. Irradiation was targeted to the indicated region (dashed yellow line). Enlarged images show K-MT plus-end fluorescence before and after photobleaching. Time is indicated in seconds and is relative to irradiation. Scale bars, 10 µm and 2 µm (enlarged images). B) Kinetics of Kif18A-GFP fluorescence recovery at a K-MT plus-end. A representative plot of normalized Kif18A-GFP fluorescence at a single kinetochore against time is shown. The recovery of Kif18A-GFP at K-MT plus-ends fit a single exponential (black line). C) Taxol causes equatorial enrichment of Kif18A-GFP. Still images from a video of a HeLa cell stably expressing Kif18A-GFP treated with 10 µM taxol. Time is indicated in min and is relative to taxol addition. Scale bar, 10 µm. D) Kif18A is enriched at kinetochores in taxol-treated HeLa cells. The localizations of endogenous Kif18A (red) and kinetochores (green) in a control HeLa cell or in a cell treated with 10 µM taxol for 15 min are shown. Insets are higher magnification views of the boxed regions. Scale bars, 10 µm and 1 µm (enlarged images). E) Photobleaching of Kif18A-GFP in a taxol-treated metaphase HeLa cell. Time is indicated in seconds and is relative to irradiation. Scale bars, 10 µm and 2 µm (enlarged images). F) Kinetics of Kif18A-GFP fluorescence recovery at a K-MT plus-end in a cell treated with 10 µM taxol. A representative plot of normalized Kif18A-GFP fluorescence at a single kinetochore against time is shown.
Article Snippet: Graphs of fluorescence intensities versus time were generated in SigmaPlot (Systat Software), and the resulting data fit to a single exponential, F t =F 0 +F inf *(1-e −kt ), essentially as described ( Howell et al., 2000 ).
Techniques: Irradiation, Fluorescence, Stable Transfection, Expressing, Control