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text: The actin-homologue FtsA is essential for E. coli cell division, as it links
FtsZ filaments in the Z-ring to transmembrane proteins. FtsA is thought to initiate
cell constriction by switching from an inactive polymeric to an active monomeric
conformation, which recruits downstream proteins and stabilizes the Z-ring. However,
direct biochemical evidence for this mechanism is missing. Here, we use reconstitution
experiments and quantitative fluorescence microscopy to study divisome activation
in vitro. By comparing wild-type FtsA with FtsA R286W, we find that this hyperactive
mutant outperforms FtsA WT in replicating FtsZ treadmilling dynamics, FtsZ filament
stabilization and recruitment of FtsN. We could attribute these differences to
a faster exchange and denser packing of FtsA R286W below FtsZ filaments. Using
FRET microscopy, we also find that FtsN binding promotes FtsA self-interaction.
We propose that in the active divisome FtsA and FtsN exist as a dynamic copolymer
that follows treadmilling filaments of FtsZ.
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acknowledgement: We acknowledge members of the Loose laboratory at IST Austria for
helpful discussions—in particular L. Lindorfer for his assistance with cloning and
purifications. We thank J. Löwe and T. Nierhaus (MRC-LMB Cambridge, UK) for sharing
unpublished work and helpful discussions, as well as D. Vavylonis and D. Rutkowski
(Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA) and S. Martin (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
for sharing their code for FRAP analysis. We are also thankful for the support by
the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST Austria through resources provided by
the Imaging and Optics Facility (IOF) and the Lab Support Facility (LSF). This work
was supported by the European Research Council through grant ERC 2015-StG-679239
and by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) StandAlone P34607 to M.L. and HFSP LT 000824/2016-L4
to N.B. For the purpose of open access, we have applied a CC BY public copyright
licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.
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full_name: Baranova, Natalia S.
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last_name: Baranova
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of Escherichia coli divisome activation. Nature Communications. 2022;13.
doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30301-y
apa: Radler, P., Baranova, N. S., Dos Santos Caldas, P. R., Sommer, C. M., Lopez
Pelegrin, M. D., Michalik, D., & Loose, M. (2022). In vitro reconstitution
of Escherichia coli divisome activation. Nature Communications. Springer
Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30301-y
chicago: Radler, Philipp, Natalia S. Baranova, Paulo R Dos Santos Caldas, Christoph
M Sommer, Maria D Lopez Pelegrin, David Michalik, and Martin Loose. “In Vitro
Reconstitution of Escherichia Coli Divisome Activation.” Nature Communications.
Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30301-y.
ieee: P. Radler et al., “In vitro reconstitution of Escherichia coli divisome
activation,” Nature Communications, vol. 13. Springer Nature, 2022.
ista: Radler P, Baranova NS, Dos Santos Caldas PR, Sommer CM, Lopez Pelegrin MD,
Michalik D, Loose M. 2022. In vitro reconstitution of Escherichia coli divisome
activation. Nature Communications. 13, 2635.
mla: Radler, Philipp, et al. “In Vitro Reconstitution of Escherichia Coli Divisome
Activation.” Nature Communications, vol. 13, 2635, Springer Nature, 2022,
doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30301-y.
short: P. Radler, N.S. Baranova, P.R. Dos Santos Caldas, C.M. Sommer, M.D. Lopez
Pelegrin, D. Michalik, M. Loose, Nature Communications 13 (2022).
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text: Microtubule plus-end depolymerization rate is a potentially important target
of physiological regulation, but it has been challenging to measure, so its role
in spatial organization is poorly understood. Here we apply a method for tracking
plus ends based on time difference imaging to measure depolymerization rates in
large interphase asters growing in Xenopus egg extract. We observed strong spatial
regulation of depolymerization rates, which were higher in the aster interior
compared with the periphery, and much less regulation of polymerization or catastrophe
rates. We interpret these data in terms of a limiting component model, where aster
growth results in lower levels of soluble tubulin and microtubule-associated proteins
(MAPs) in the interior cytosol compared with that at the periphery. The steady-state
polymer fraction of tubulin was ∼30%, so tubulin is not strongly depleted in the
aster interior. We propose that the limiting component for microtubule assembly
is a MAP that inhibits depolymerization, and that egg asters are tuned to low
microtubule density.
acknowledgement: The authors thank the members of Mitchison, Brugués, and Jay Gatlin
groups (University of Wyoming) for discussions. We thank Heino Andreas (MPI-CBG)
for frog maintenance. We thank Nikon for microscopy support at Marine Biological
Laboratory (MBL). K.I. was supported by fellowships from the Honjo International
Scholarship Foundation and Center of Systems Biology Dresden. F.D. was supported
by the DIGGS-BB fellowship provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG). P.C.
is supported by a Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship. J.F.P. was supported
by a fellowship from the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. M.L.’s research is supported
by European Research Council (ERC) Grant no. ERC-2015-StG-679239. J.B.’s research
is supported by the Human Frontiers Science Program (CDA00074/2014). T.J.M.’s research
is supported by National Institutes of Health Grant no. R35GM131753.
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- first_name: Franziska
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- first_name: Paulo R
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ama: Ishihara K, Decker F, Dos Santos Caldas PR, et al. Spatial variation of microtubule
depolymerization in large asters. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2021;32(9):869-879.
doi:10.1091/MBC.E20-11-0723
apa: Ishihara, K., Decker, F., Dos Santos Caldas, P. R., Pelletier, J. F., Loose,
M., Brugués, J., & Mitchison, T. J. (2021). Spatial variation of microtubule
depolymerization in large asters. Molecular Biology of the Cell. American
Society for Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1091/MBC.E20-11-0723
chicago: Ishihara, Keisuke, Franziska Decker, Paulo R Dos Santos Caldas, James F.
Pelletier, Martin Loose, Jan Brugués, and Timothy J. Mitchison. “Spatial Variation
of Microtubule Depolymerization in Large Asters.” Molecular Biology of the
Cell. American Society for Cell Biology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1091/MBC.E20-11-0723.
ieee: K. Ishihara et al., “Spatial variation of microtubule depolymerization
in large asters,” Molecular Biology of the Cell, vol. 32, no. 9. American
Society for Cell Biology, pp. 869–879, 2021.
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J, Mitchison TJ. 2021. Spatial variation of microtubule depolymerization in large
asters. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 32(9), 869–879.
mla: Ishihara, Keisuke, et al. “Spatial Variation of Microtubule Depolymerization
in Large Asters.” Molecular Biology of the Cell, vol. 32, no. 9, American
Society for Cell Biology, 2021, pp. 869–79, doi:10.1091/MBC.E20-11-0723.
short: K. Ishihara, F. Decker, P.R. Dos Santos Caldas, J.F. Pelletier, M. Loose,
J. Brugués, T.J. Mitchison, Molecular Biology of the Cell 32 (2021) 869–879.
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text: "During bacterial cell division, the tubulin-homolog FtsZ forms a ring-like
structure at the center of the cell. This so-called Z-ring acts as a scaffold
recruiting several division-related proteins to mid-cell and plays a key role
in distributing proteins at the division site, a feature driven by the treadmilling
motion of FtsZ filaments around the septum. What regulates the architecture, dynamics
and stability of the Z-ring is still poorly understood, but FtsZ-associated proteins
(Zaps) are known to play an important role. \r\nAdvances in fluorescence microscopy
and in vitro reconstitution experiments have helped to shed light into some of
the dynamic properties of these complex systems, but methods that allow to collect
and analyze large quantitative data sets of the underlying polymer dynamics are
still missing.\r\nHere, using an in vitro reconstitution approach, we studied
how different Zaps affect FtsZ filament dynamics and organization into large-scale
patterns, giving special emphasis to the role of the well-conserved protein ZapA.
For this purpose, we use high-resolution fluorescence microscopy combined with
novel image analysis workfows to study pattern organization and polymerization
dynamics of active filaments. We quantified the influence of Zaps on FtsZ on three
diferent spatial scales: the large-scale organization of the membrane-bound filament
network, the underlying\r\npolymerization dynamics and the behavior of single
molecules.\r\nWe found that ZapA cooperatively increases the spatial order of
the filament network, binds only transiently to FtsZ filaments and has no effect
on filament length and treadmilling velocity. Our data provides a model for how
FtsZ-associated proteins can increase the precision and stability of the bacterial
cell division machinery in a\r\nswitch-like manner, without compromising filament
dynamics. Furthermore, we believe that our automated quantitative methods can
be used to analyze a large variety of dynamic cytoskeletal systems, using standard
time-lapse\r\nmovies of homogeneously labeled proteins obtained from experiments
in vitro or even inside the living cell.\r\n"
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acknowledgement: I should also express my gratitude to the bioimaging facility at
IST Austria, for their assistance with the TIRF setup over the years, and especially
to Christoph Sommer, who gave me a lot of input when I was starting to dive into
programming.
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- ISTA Thesis
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chicago: Dos Santos Caldas, Paulo R. “Organization and Dynamics of Treadmilling
Filaments in Cytoskeletal Networks of FtsZ and Its Crosslinkers.” Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8358.
ieee: P. R. Dos Santos Caldas, “Organization and dynamics of treadmilling filaments
in cytoskeletal networks of FtsZ and its crosslinkers,” Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2020.
ista: Dos Santos Caldas PR. 2020. Organization and dynamics of treadmilling filaments
in cytoskeletal networks of FtsZ and its crosslinkers. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria.
mla: Dos Santos Caldas, Paulo R. Organization and Dynamics of Treadmilling Filaments
in Cytoskeletal Networks of FtsZ and Its Crosslinkers. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8358.
short: P.R. Dos Santos Caldas, Organization and Dynamics of Treadmilling Filaments
in Cytoskeletal Networks of FtsZ and Its Crosslinkers, Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: The polymerization–depolymerization dynamics of cytoskeletal proteins play
essential roles in the self-organization of cytoskeletal structures, in eukaryotic
as well as prokaryotic cells. While advances in fluorescence microscopy and in
vitro reconstitution experiments have helped to study the dynamic properties of
these complex systems, methods that allow to collect and analyze large quantitative
datasets of the underlying polymer dynamics are still missing. Here, we present
a novel image analysis workflow to study polymerization dynamics of active filaments
in a nonbiased, highly automated manner. Using treadmilling filaments of the bacterial
tubulin FtsZ as an example, we demonstrate that our method is able to specifically
detect, track and analyze growth and shrinkage of polymers, even in dense networks
of filaments. We believe that this automated method can facilitate the analysis
of a large variety of dynamic cytoskeletal systems, using standard time-lapse
movies obtained from experiments in vitro as well as in the living cell. Moreover,
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apa: Dos Santos Caldas, P. R., Radler, P., Sommer, C. M., & Loose, M. (2020).
Computational analysis of filament polymerization dynamics in cytoskeletal networks.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.01.006
chicago: Dos Santos Caldas, Paulo R, Philipp Radler, Christoph M Sommer, and Martin
Loose. “Computational Analysis of Filament Polymerization Dynamics in Cytoskeletal
Networks.” In Methods in Cell Biology, edited by Phong Tran, 158:145–61.
Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.01.006.
ieee: P. R. Dos Santos Caldas, P. Radler, C. M. Sommer, and M. Loose, “Computational
analysis of filament polymerization dynamics in cytoskeletal networks,” in Methods
in Cell Biology, vol. 158, P. Tran, Ed. Elsevier, 2020, pp. 145–161.
ista: 'Dos Santos Caldas PR, Radler P, Sommer CM, Loose M. 2020.Computational analysis
of filament polymerization dynamics in cytoskeletal networks. In: Methods in Cell
Biology. Methods in Cell Biology, vol. 158, 145–161.'
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Dynamics in Cytoskeletal Networks.” Methods in Cell Biology, edited by
Phong Tran, vol. 158, Elsevier, 2020, pp. 145–61, doi:10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.01.006.
short: P.R. Dos Santos Caldas, P. Radler, C.M. Sommer, M. Loose, in:, P. Tran (Ed.),
Methods in Cell Biology, Elsevier, 2020, pp. 145–161.
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text: During bacterial cell division, the tubulin-homolog FtsZ forms a ring-like
structure at the center of the cell. This Z-ring not only organizes the division
machinery, but treadmilling of FtsZ filaments was also found to play a key role
in distributing proteins at the division site. What regulates the architecture,
dynamics and stability of the Z-ring is currently unknown, but FtsZ-associated
proteins are known to play an important role. Here, using an in vitro reconstitution
approach, we studied how the well-conserved protein ZapA affects FtsZ treadmilling
and filament organization into large-scale patterns. Using high-resolution fluorescence
microscopy and quantitative image analysis, we found that ZapA cooperatively increases
the spatial order of the filament network, but binds only transiently to FtsZ
filaments and has no effect on filament length and treadmilling velocity. Together,
our data provides a model for how FtsZ-associated proteins can increase the precision
and stability of the bacterial cell division machinery in a switch-like manner.
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ama: Dos Santos Caldas PR, Lopez Pelegrin MD, Pearce DJG, Budanur NB, Brugués J,
Loose M. Cooperative ordering of treadmilling filaments in cytoskeletal networks
of FtsZ and its crosslinker ZapA. Nature Communications. 2019;10. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13702-4
apa: Dos Santos Caldas, P. R., Lopez Pelegrin, M. D., Pearce, D. J. G., Budanur,
N. B., Brugués, J., & Loose, M. (2019). Cooperative ordering of treadmilling
filaments in cytoskeletal networks of FtsZ and its crosslinker ZapA. Nature
Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13702-4
chicago: Dos Santos Caldas, Paulo R, Maria D Lopez Pelegrin, Daniel J. G. Pearce,
Nazmi B Budanur, Jan Brugués, and Martin Loose. “Cooperative Ordering of Treadmilling
Filaments in Cytoskeletal Networks of FtsZ and Its Crosslinker ZapA.” Nature
Communications. Springer Nature, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13702-4.
ieee: P. R. Dos Santos Caldas, M. D. Lopez Pelegrin, D. J. G. Pearce, N. B. Budanur,
J. Brugués, and M. Loose, “Cooperative ordering of treadmilling filaments in cytoskeletal
networks of FtsZ and its crosslinker ZapA,” Nature Communications, vol.
10. Springer Nature, 2019.
ista: Dos Santos Caldas PR, Lopez Pelegrin MD, Pearce DJG, Budanur NB, Brugués J,
Loose M. 2019. Cooperative ordering of treadmilling filaments in cytoskeletal
networks of FtsZ and its crosslinker ZapA. Nature Communications. 10, 5744.
mla: Dos Santos Caldas, Paulo R., et al. “Cooperative Ordering of Treadmilling Filaments
in Cytoskeletal Networks of FtsZ and Its Crosslinker ZapA.” Nature Communications,
vol. 10, 5744, Springer Nature, 2019, doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13702-4.
short: P.R. Dos Santos Caldas, M.D. Lopez Pelegrin, D.J.G. Pearce, N.B. Budanur,
J. Brugués, M. Loose, Nature Communications 10 (2019).
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