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Published 13 March 2006. doi:10.1083/jcb.200509063
The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525 $8.00
JCB, Volume 172, Number 6, 885-897
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ERK1c regulates Golgi fragmentation during mitosis



Yoav D. Shaul and Rony Seger

Department of Biological Regulation, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

Correspondence to Rony Seger: rony.seger{at}weizmann.ac.il

Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1c (ERK1c) is an alternatively spliced form of ERK1 that is regulated differently than other ERK isoforms. We studied the Golgi functions of ERK1c and found that it plays a role in MEK-induced mitotic Golgi fragmentation. Thus, in late G2 and mitosis of synchronized cells, the expression and activity of ERK1c was increased and it colocalized mainly with Golgi markers. Small interfering RNA of ERK1c significantly attenuated, whereas ERK1c overexpression facilitated, mitotic Golgi fragmentation. These effects were also reflected in mitotic progression, indicating that ERK1c is involved in cell cycle regulation via modulation of Golgi fragmentation. Although ERK1 was activated in mitosis as well, it could not replace ERK1c in regulating Golgi fragmentation. Therefore, MEKs regulate mitosis via all three ERK isoforms, where ERK1c acts specifically in the Golgi, whereas ERK1 and 2 regulate other mitosis-related processes. Thus, ERK1c extends the specificity of the Ras-MEK cascade by activating ERK1/2-independent processes.

Abbreviations used in this paper: CA, constitutively active; ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase; gERK, general ERK; MBP, myelin basic protein; pERK, diphospho-ERK; Plk, polo-like kinase; pEGFP, plasmid of EGFP; si-ERK1c, siRNA of ERK1c; siRNA, small interfering RNA.


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