Aurora B controls microtubule stability to regulate abscission dynamics in stem cells.

Abscission is the last step of cell division. It separates the two sister cells and consists of cutting the cytoplasmic bridge. Abscission is mediated by the ESCRT membrane remodeling machinery, which also triggers the severing of a thick bundle of microtubules. Here, we show that rather than being passive actors in abscission, microtubules control abscission speed. Using mouse embryonic stem cells, which transition from slow to fast abscission during exit from naive pluripotency, we investigate the molecular mechanism for the regulation of abscission dynamics and identify crosstalk between Aurora B activity and microtubule stability. We demonstrate that naive stem cells maintain high Aurora B activity on the bridge after cytokinesis. This high Aurora B activity leads to transient microtubule stabilization that delays abscission by decreasing MCAK recruitment to the midbody. In turn, stable microtubules promote the activity of Aurora B. Overall, our data demonstrate that Aurora B-dependent microtubule stability controls abscission dynamics. Copyright © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Snježana Kodba, Amber Öztop, Eri van Berkum, Eugene A Katrukha, Malina K Iwanski, Wilco Nijenhuis, Lukas C Kapitein, Agathe Chaigne. Aurora B controls microtubule stability to regulate abscission dynamics in stem cells. Cell reports. 2025 Feb 25;44(2):115238

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