Figure 4.
Mps1 protects cyclin B and securin from premature destruction. (A) Cells of the indicated genotypes were treated with or without 3MB-PP1, fixed, and stained with antibodies to serine 10–phosphorylated histone H3 (pH3) and securin (left) or cyclin B (right). Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI. Prophase cells were identified by their uniform pH3 staining (Hendzel et al., 1997), partially condensed chromatin (left), and nuclear import of cyclin B (right; Hagting et al., 1999). Note that cyclin B staining used methanol fixation, which preserves chromatin condensation less well than aldehyde fixation. (B) Cells were treated with both 3MB-PP1 and MG132 for 2 h and analyzed as in A. Asterisks indicate statistically significant deviation (P < 0.01 by one-way analysis of variance) from Mps1wt cells treated with 3MB-PP1. Error bars indicate SEM. Bars, 10 µm.