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Eukaryotic Cell, April 2005, p. 755-764, Vol. 4, No. 4
1535-9778/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.4.4.755-764.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Pairwise Knockdowns of cdc2-Related Kinases (CRKs) in Trypanosoma brucei Identified the CRKs for G1/S and G2/M Transitions and Demonstrated Distinctive Cytokinetic Regulations between Two Developmental Stages of the Organism

Xiaoming Tu and Ching C. Wang*

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California

Received 7 February 2005/ Accepted 15 February 2005

Expression of the cdc2-related kinase 3 (CRK3) together with expression of CRK1, -2, -4, or -6, were knocked down in pairs in the procyclic and bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei, using the RNA interference technique. Double knockdowns of CRK3 and CRK2, CRK4, or CRK6 exerted significant growth inhibition and enriched the cells in G2/M phase, whereas a CRK3 plus CRK1 (CRK3 + CRK1) knockdown arrested cells in both G1/S and G2/M transitions. Thus, CRK1 and CRK3 are apparently the kinases regulating the G1/S and G2/M checkpoint passages, respectively, whereas the other CRKs are probably playing only minor roles in cell cycle regulation. A CRK1 + CRK2 knockdown in the procyclic form was found to cause aberrant posterior cytoskeletal morphogenesis (X. M. Tu and C. C. Wang, Mol. Biol. Cell 16:97-105, 2005). A CRK3 + CRK2 knockdown, however, did not lead to such a change, suggesting that CRK2 depletion can lead to the abnormal morphogenesis only when procyclic-form cells are arrested in the G1 phase. The G2/M-arrested procyclic form produces up to 20% stumpy anucleated cells (zoids) in the population, suggesting that cytokinesis and cell division are not blocked by mitotic arrest but are apparently driven to completion by the kinetoplast cycle. In the bloodstream form, however, G2/M arrest resulted in little zoid formation but, instead, enriched a population of cells each containing multiple kinetoplasts, basal bodies, and flagella and an aggregate of multiple nuclei, indicating failure in entering cytokinesis. The two different cytokinetic regulations between two distinct stage-specific forms of the same organism may provide an interesting and useful model for further understanding the evolution of cytokinetic control among eukaryotes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143-2280. Phone: (415) 476-1321. Fax: (415) 476-3382. E-mail: ccwang{at}cgl.ucsf.edu.

Eukaryotic Cell, April 2005, p. 755-764, Vol. 4, No. 4
1535-9778/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.4.4.755-764.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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