Figure 2. Differential response of Mira localization in interphase and mitosis to disruption of the actin cytoskeleton.
(A) Stills from Video 3. LatA was added to a cycling NB in primary cell culture expressing Baz::GFP (green) and Mira::mCherry (red). Arrowheads point at cortical Mira after culturing ~1 hr with LatA (2:06). At 1 min to NEB, Mira::mCherry is cleared from the cortex (2:21). Mira forms no crescent in the next mitosis (2:33), but after cytokinesis fails (note bi-nucleated cell at 3:02), Mira is recruited to the cortex (arrowheads). Bottom panels: Colcemid-arrested NBs expressing Baz::GFP and Mira::mCherry. LatA was added at 5 µM prior to imaging at 15 s. intervals. Mira crescents (arrows) are lost upon LatA treatment. (B) Cycling NB in primary cell culture expressing Mira::mCherry, that remains cortical upon ML-7 addition (15 µM; interphase: 0’ and 138’, arrowheads), is cleared 1 min prior to NEB (174’), does not form a crescent after NEB (278’, arrow), but accumulates on the spindle (seen in cross section). After ML-7 washout, a basal Mira::mCherry crescent recovers (arrowhead, 328’). (C) Related to Video 5. Colcemid-arrested NB in primary cell culture expressing Baz::GFP (green) and Mira::mCherry (red). After addition of 20 µM ML-7 Mira (arrowhead, 0’) becomes cytoplasmic (arrow,+9’), but upon ML-7 washout a Mira crescent recovers. (D) The effect of 20 µM ML-7 can be quenched by overexpressing a phospho-mimetic form Sqh (SqhEE). Colcemid arrested NBs (ctrl: Mira::mCherry: SqhEE: Mira::mCherry co-expressing SqhEE by worniuGal4). Ctrl and SqhEE were co-cultured and ML-7 added (related to Video 6). Quantification of the time required to cause Mira::mCherry to become cytoplasmic shown on the left. Two-tailed t test for independent means revealed significance. BAC{mira::mcherry-MS2} was the source of Mira::mCherry. Scale bar: 10 µm.
Figure 2—figure supplement 1. Mira falls homogenously off the cortex upon LatA treatment, which is not driven by aPKC cortical displacement.
