Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

p120-catenin prevents multinucleation through control of MKLP1-dependent RhoA activity during cytokinesis

  • Robert A.H. van de Ven,
  • Jolien S. de Groot,
  • Danielle Park,
  • Robert van Domselaar,
  • Danielle de Jong,
  • Karoly Szuhai,
  • Elsken van der Wall,
  • Oscar M. Rueda,
  • H. Raza Ali,
  • Carlos Caldas,
  • Paul J. van Diest,
  • Martin W. Hetzer,
  • Erik Sahai,
  • Patrick W.B. Derksen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13874
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The tumour suppressor p120-catenin (p120) controls cadherin-based adhesion. Here, the authors demonstrate that p120 regulates cytokinesis through binding to the centralspindlin component MKLP1 and controls RhoA activity. Loss of p120 in cancer induces multinucleation and chromosomal instability, independent of cell-cell adhesion.