Cell division requires accurate DNA replication and cells develop checkpoint mechanisms toensure the correct passage of the genetic material. Cells arrest by a checkpoint when DNAdamage is found. After the checkpoint is silenced, the cell cycle can be resumed. Polo-likekinase 1 (Plk1) and Aurora A kinase (AurA) are both important regulators for checkpointrecovery. The question how AurA is activated was studied by many researchers, but the exactmechanism stays unclear.We developed a new setup to study AurA activation during checkpoint recovery. Quantitativeimmunofluorescence of fixed cells as well as a FRET probe that monitors Plk1 activity intime-lapse filming were applied in this study as indirect readouts of Aurora A activation. Theresult suggests that a Plk1-AurA feedback loop exists during checkpoint recovery. It can alsobe concluded that the inhibition of Cdk1 reduces Plk1 and AurA activity during checkpointrecovery. We also investigated the effect of calcium interfering drugs on AurA activation butno conclusive result was obtained.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-181746 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Zhou, Yan |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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