Septins are evolutionarily conserved proteins with roles in chromosome congression and segregation, cytokinesis and microtubule destabilization. Septins form homo- and hetero-oligomeric complexes, which are thought to act as dynamic scaffolds. We identified SEPT2/9/11/10 as novel interacting partners of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), a bona fide tumor suppressor. Since septins and APC have similar roles and knockdown phenotypes, I sought to determine if they work together to perform their cellular functions. I showed that APC co-immunoprecipitates with endogenous septins in colon cancer cell lines. Using siRNA, I found that SEPT2 and APC may function within the same pathway to regulate DNA congression and segregation. Co-depleting SEPT9 with APC slightly alleviates the chromosome congression and segregation defects caused by siAPC alone. siSEPT9 increased abscission times, which was rescued by co-depleting APC. Future studies should elucidate the significance of the rescue data obtained upon APC and SEPT9 co-depletion and APC’s interactions with SEPT10/11.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/25426 |
| Date | 14 December 2010 |
| Creators | Bejide, Margaret Temitope |
| Contributors | Trimble, William S. |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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