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Kula A, Guerra J, Knezevich A, Kleva D, Myers MP, Marcello A. Characterization of the HIV-1 RNA associated proteome identifies Matrin 3 as a nuclear cofactor of Rev function. Retrovirology 2011; 8:60. [PMID: 21771346 PMCID: PMC3160904 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Central to the fully competent replication cycle of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is the nuclear export of unspliced and partially spliced RNAs mediated by the Rev posttranscriptional activator and the Rev response element (RRE). Results Here, we introduce a novel method to explore the proteome associated with the nuclear HIV-1 RNAs. At the core of the method is the generation of cell lines harboring an integrated provirus carrying RNA binding sites for the MS2 bacteriophage protein. Flag-tagged MS2 is then used for affinity purification of the viral RNA. By this approach we found that the viral RNA is associated with the host nuclear matrix component MATR3 (Matrin 3) and that its modulation affected Rev activity. Knockdown of MATR3 suppressed Rev/RRE function in the export of unspliced HIV-1 RNAs. However, MATR3 was able to associate with Rev only through the presence of RRE-containing viral RNA. Conclusions In this work, we exploited a novel proteomic method to identify MATR3 as a cellular cofactor of Rev activity. MATR3 binds viral RNA and is required for the Rev/RRE mediated nuclear export of unspliced HIV-1 RNAs.
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- Anna Kula
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano, 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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Yedavalli VSRK, Jeang KT. Matrin 3 is a co-factor for HIV-1 Rev in regulating post-transcriptional viral gene expression. Retrovirology 2011; 8:61. [PMID: 21771347 PMCID: PMC3160905 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Post-transcriptional regulation of HIV-1 gene expression is mediated by interactions between viral transcripts and viral/cellular proteins. For HIV-1, post-transcriptional nuclear control allows for the export of intron-containing RNAs which are normally retained in the nucleus. Specific signals on the viral RNAs, such as instability sequences (INS) and Rev responsive element (RRE), are binding sites for viral and cellular factors that serve to regulate RNA-export. The HIV-1 encoded viral Rev protein binds to the RRE found on unspliced and incompletely spliced viral RNAs. Binding by Rev directs the export of these RNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Previously, Rev co-factors have been found to include cellular factors such as CRM1, DDX3, PIMT and others. In this work, the nuclear matrix protein Matrin 3 is shown to bind Rev/RRE-containing viral RNA. This binding interaction stabilizes unspliced and partially spliced HIV-1 transcripts leading to increased cytoplasmic expression of these viral RNAs.
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- Venkat S R K Yedavalli
- Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0460, USA
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The nuclear matrix protein, MATR3, is a newly-described Rev cofactor whose mechanism of action is only starting to be revealed.
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- Andrew I Dayton
- FDA/CBER/OBRR/DETTD/LMV, HFM 315 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-1448, USA.
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The alphaherpesvirus US3/ORF66 protein kinases direct phosphorylation of the nuclear matrix protein matrin 3. J Virol 2010; 85:568-81. [PMID: 20962082 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01611-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The protein kinase found in the short region of alphaherpesviruses, termed US3 in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and pseudorabies virus (PRV) and ORF66 in varicella-zoster virus (VZV), affects several viral and host cell processes, and its specific targets remain an area of active investigation. Reports suggesting that HSV-1 US3 substrates overlap with those of cellular protein kinase A (PKA) prompted the use of an antibody specific for phosphorylated PKA substrates to identify US3/ORF66 targets. HSV-1, VZV, and PRV induced very different substrate profiles that were US3/ORF66 kinase dependent. The predominant VZV-phosphorylated 125-kDa species was identified as matrin 3, one of the major nuclear matrix proteins. Matrin 3 was also phosphorylated by HSV-1 and PRV in a US3 kinase-dependent manner and by VZV ORF66 kinase at a novel residue (KRRRT150EE). Since VZV-directed T150 phosphorylation was not blocked by PKA inhibitors and was not induced by PKA activation, and since PKA predominantly targeted matrin 3 S188, it was concluded that phosphorylation by VZV was PKA independent. However, purified VZV ORF66 kinase did not phosphorylate matrin 3 in vitro, suggesting that additional cellular factors were required. In VZV-infected cells in the absence of the ORF66 kinase, matrin 3 displayed intranuclear changes, while matrin 3 showed a pronounced cytoplasmic distribution in late-stage cells infected with US3-negative HSV-1 or PRV. This work identifies phosphorylation of the nuclear matrix protein matrin 3 as a new conserved target of this kinase group.
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Wang TY, Han ZM, Chai YR, Zhang JH. A mini review of MAR-binding proteins. Mol Biol Rep 2010; 37:3553-60. [PMID: 20174991 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Genomic DNA encompasses several levels of organization, the nuclear matrix mediates the formation of DNA loop domains that are anchored to matrix attachment regions (MARs). By means of specific interaction with MAR binding proteins (MARBPs), MAR plays an important regulation role in enhancing transgene expression, decreasing expression variation among individuals of different transformants and serving as the replication origin. Through these years, some MARBPs have been identified and characterized from humans, plants, animals and algae so far and the list is growing. Most of MARBPs exist in a co-repressor/co-activator complex and involve in chromosome folding, regulation of gene expression, influencing cell development and inducing cell apoptosis. This review covers recent advances that have contributed to our understanding of MARBPs.
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- Tian-Yun Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xinxiang Medical University, Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, People's Republic of China.
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Takata H, Nishijima H, Ogura SI, Sakaguchi T, Bubulya PA, Mochizuki T, Shibahara KI. Proteome analysis of human nuclear insoluble fractions. Genes Cells 2010; 14:975-90. [PMID: 19695025 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01324.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The interphase nucleus is a highly ordered and compartmentalized organelle. Little is known regarding what elaborate mechanisms might exist to explain these properties of the nucleus. Also unresolved is whether some architectural components might facilitate the formation of functional intranuclear compartments or higher order chromatin structure. As the first step to address these questions, we performed an in-depth proteome analysis of nuclear insoluble fractions of human HeLa-S3 cells prepared by two different approaches: a high-salt/detergent/nuclease-resistant fraction and a lithium 3,5-diiodosalicylate/nuclease-resistant fraction. Proteins of the fractions were analyzed by liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry, identifying 333 and 330 proteins from each fraction respectively. Among the insoluble nuclear proteins, we identified 37 hitherto unknown or functionally uncharacterized proteins. The RNA recognition motif, WD40 repeats, HEAT repeats and the SAP domain were often found in these identified proteins. The subcellular distribution of selected proteins, including DEK protein and SON protein, demonstrated their novel associations with nuclear insoluble materials, corroborating our MS-based analysis. This study establishes a comprehensive catalog of the nuclear insoluble proteins in human cells. Further functional analysis of the proteins identified in our study will significantly improve our understanding of the dynamic organization of the interphase nucleus.
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- Hideaki Takata
- Department of Integrated Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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Toumpanaki A, Baltatzis GE, Gaitanarou E, Seretis E, Toumpanakis C, Aroni K, Kittas C, Voloudakis-Baltatzis IE. Two-Dimensional Electrophoretic Analysis of Nuclear Matrix Proteins in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma. Ultrastruct Pathol 2009; 33:83-91. [DOI: 10.1080/01913120802454355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dunham-Ems SM, Lee YW, Stachowiak EK, Pudavar H, Claus P, Prasad PN, Stachowiak MK. Fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 (FGFR1) nuclear dynamics reveal a novel mechanism in transcription control. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:2401-12. [PMID: 19261810 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-06-0600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Nuclear FGFR1 acts as a developmental gene regulator in cooperation with FGF-2, RSK1, and CREB-binding protein (CBP). FRAP analysis revealed three nuclear FGFR1 populations: i) a fast mobile, ii) a slower mobile population reflecting chromatin-bound FGFR1, and iii) an immobile FGFR1 population associated with the nuclear matrix. Factors (cAMP, CBP) that induce FGFR1-mediated gene activation shifted FGFR1 from the nuclear matrix (immobile) to chromatin (slow) and reduced the movement rate of the chromatin-bound population. Transcription inhibitors accelerated FGFR1 movement; the content of the chromatin-bound slow FGFR1 decreased, whereas the fast population increased. The transcriptional activation appears to involve conversion of the immobile matrix-bound and the fast nuclear FGFR1 into a slow chromatin-binding population through FGFR1's interaction with CBP, RSK1, and the high-molecular-weight form of FGF-2. Our findings support a general mechanism in which gene activation is governed by protein movement and collisions with other proteins and nuclear structures.
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- Star M Dunham-Ems
- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, and Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Adenosine triggers the nuclear translocation of protein kinase C epsilon in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts with the loss of phosphorylation at Ser729. J Cell Biochem 2009; 106:633-42. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Malyavantham KS, Bhattacharya S, Barbeitos M, Mukherjee L, Xu J, Fackelmayer FO, Berezney R. Identifying functional neighborhoods within the cell nucleus: proximity analysis of early S-phase replicating chromatin domains to sites of transcription, RNA polymerase II, HP1gamma, matrin 3 and SAF-A. J Cell Biochem 2009; 105:391-403. [PMID: 18618731 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Higher order chromatin organization in concert with epigenetic regulation is a key process that determines gene expression at the global level. The organization of dynamic chromatin domains and their associated protein factors is intertwined with nuclear function to create higher levels of functional zones within the cell nucleus. As a step towards elucidating the organization and dynamics of these functional zones, we have investigated the spatial proximities among a constellation of functionally related sites that are found within euchromatic regions of the cell nucleus including: HP1gamma, nascent transcript sites (TS), active DNA replicating sites in early S-phase (PCNA) and RNA polymerase II sites. We report close associations among these different sites with proximity values specific for each combination. Analysis of matrin 3 and SAF-A sites demonstrates that these nuclear matrix proteins are highly proximal with the functionally related sites as well as to each other and display closely aligned and overlapping regions following application of the minimal spanning tree (MST) algorithm to visualize higher order network-like patterns. Our findings suggest that multiple factors within the nuclear microenvironment collectively form higher order combinatorial arrays of function. We propose a model for the organization of these functional neighborhoods which takes into account the proximity values of the individual sites and their spatial organization within the nuclear architecture.
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Sankaran VG, Menne TF, Xu J, Akie TE, Lettre G, Van Handel B, Mikkola HKA, Hirschhorn JN, Cantor AB, Orkin SH. Human Fetal Hemoglobin Expression Is Regulated by the Developmental Stage-Specific Repressor BCL11A. Science 2008; 322:1839-42. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1165409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 647] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Differences in the amount of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) that persists into adulthood affect the severity of sickle cell disease and the β-thalassemia syndromes. Genetic association studies have identified sequence variants in the gene BCL11A that influence HbF levels. Here, we examine BCL11A as a potential regulator of HbF expression. The high-HbF BCL11A genotype is associated with reduced BCL11A expression. Moreover, abundant expression of full-length forms of BCL11A is developmentally restricted to adult erythroid cells. Down-regulation of BCL11A expression in primary adult erythroid cells leads to robust HbF expression. Consistent with a direct role of BCL11A in globin gene regulation, we find that BCL11A occupies several discrete sites in the β-globin gene cluster. BCL11A emerges as a therapeutic target for reactivation of HbF in β-hemoglobin disorders.
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Albrethsen J, Knol JC, Jimenez CR. Unravelling the nuclear matrix proteome. J Proteomics 2008; 72:71-81. [PMID: 18957335 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2008.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2008] [Revised: 09/29/2008] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The nuclear matrix (NM) model posits the presence of a protein/RNA scaffold that spans the mammalian nucleus. The NM proteins are involved in basic nuclear function and are a promising source of protein biomarkers for cancer. Importantly, the NM proteome is operationally defined as the proteins from cells and tissue that are extracted following a specific biochemical protocol; in brief, the soluble proteins and lipids, cytoskeleton, and chromatin elements are removed in a sequential fashion, leaving behind the proteins that compose the NM. So far, the NM has not been sufficiently verified as a biological entity and only preliminary at the molecular level. Here, we argue for a combined effort of proteomics, immunodetection and microscopy to unravel the composition and structure of the NM.
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- Jakob Albrethsen
- OncoProteomics Laboratory, CCA 1-60, Department Medical Oncology, VUmc-Cancer Center Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Kanai T, Imai K, Nakayasu H. Distribution of a brain-specific extracellular matrix protein in developing and adult zebrafish. Brain Res 2007; 1129:53-62. [PMID: 17150198 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2005] [Revised: 08/24/2006] [Accepted: 09/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A monoclonal antibody (IgG) that recognizes a 53-kDa zebrafish brain protein was isolated and used to characterize the distribution of this protein in zebrafish. (1) The antigen was found only in the brain and not in any other tissues such as muscle, dermis and cartilage. Within the brain, the antibody recognized extracellular matrix (ECM) outside neuronal cells. (2) Digestion by hyaluronidase released the antigen from brain tissue, and the monoclonal antibody staining was also decreased by the digestion by hyaluronidase. (3) The pattern of antigen distribution is not perineuronal, as the density of the antigen at the periphery of the cells was practically identical to that of the empty intercellular spaces. Therefore, this monoclonal antibody does not recognize the perineuronal glycocortex. (4) The antigen is distributed only in limited areas of the brain, namely in the periphery of the forebrain, the hypothalamus, the optic tectum, the interpeduncular nucleus, the cerebellum and the ventricular rim of the medulla. In the optic tectum, the antibody strongly stained the most superficial layer, and in the cerebellum, it stained the molecular but not the granular layer. These patterns of distribution are very different from those of other typical brain ECM proteins and suggest that this protein may play quite distinct roles in brain development and maintenance.
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- Takahiro Kanai
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-0082, Japan
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Ainscough JFX, Rahman FA, Sercombe H, Sedo A, Gerlach B, Coverley D. C-terminal domains deliver the DNA replication factor Ciz1 to the nuclear matrix. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:115-24. [PMID: 17182902 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cip1-interacting zinc finger protein 1 (Ciz1) stimulates DNA replication in vitro and is required for mammalian cells to enter S phase. Here, we show that a significant proportion of Ciz1 is retained in nuclear foci following extraction with nuclease and high salt. This suggests that Ciz1 is normally immobilized by interaction with non-chromatin nuclear structures, consistent with the nuclear matrix. Furthermore, matrix-associated Ciz1 foci strikingly colocalize with sites of newly synthesized DNA in S phase nuclei, suggesting that Ciz1 is present in DNA replication factories. Analysis of green fluorescent protein-tagged fragments indicates that nuclear immobilization of Ciz1 is mediated by sequences in its C-terminal third, encoded within amino acids 708-830. Immobilization occurs in a cell-cycle-dependent manner, most probably during late G1 or early S phase, to coincide with its reported point of action. Although C-terminal domains are sufficient for immobilization, N-terminal domains are also required to specify focal organization. Combined with previous work, which showed that the DNA replication activity of Ciz1 is encoded by N-terminal sequences, we suggest that Ciz1 is composed of two functionally distinct domains: an N-terminal replication domain and a C-terminal nuclear matrix anchor. This could contribute to the formation or function of DNA replication factories in mammalian cells.
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Evangelisti C, Riccio M, Faenza I, Zini N, Hozumi Y, Goto K, Cocco L, Martelli AM. Subnuclear localization and differentiation-dependent increased expression of DGK-zeta in C2C12 mouse myoblasts. J Cell Physiol 2006; 209:370-8. [PMID: 16897754 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Diacylglycerol kinases (DGKs) catalyze phosphorylation of diacylglycerol (DG) to yield phosphatidic acid (PA). Previous evidence has shown that the nucleus contains several DGK isoforms. In this study, we have analyzed the expression and subnuclear localization of DGK-zeta employing C2C12 mouse myoblasts. Immunocytochemistry coupled to confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that both endogenous and green fluorescent protein-tagged overexpressed DGK-zeta localized mostly to the nucleus. In contrast, overexpressed DGK-alpha, -beta, -delta, and -iota did not migrate to the nucleus. DGK-zeta was present in the nuclear speckle domains, as also revealed by immuno-electron microscopy analysis. Moreover, DGK-zeta co-localized and interacted with phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase Cbeta1 (PLCbeta1), that is involved in inositide-dependent signaling pathways important for the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. Furthermore, we report that DGK-zeta associated with nuclear matrix, the fundamental organizing principle of the nucleus where many cell functions take place, including DNA replication, gene expression, and protein phosphorylation. Nuclear DGK-zeta increased during myogenic differentiation of C2C12 cells, while DGK-zeta down-regulation by siRNA markedly impaired differentiation. Overall, our findings further support the importance of speckles and nuclear matrix in lipid-dependent signaling and suggest that nuclear DGK-zeta might play some fundamental role during myogenic differentiation of C2C12 cells.
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- Camilla Evangelisti
- Dipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche Umane e Fisiopatologia dell'Apparato Locomotore, Sezione di Anatomia, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Kathpalia VP, Mussak EN, Chow SS, Lam PH, Skelley N, Time M, Markelewicz RJ, Kanduc D, Lomas L, Xiang Z, Sinha AA. Genome-wide transcriptional profiling in human squamous cell carcinoma of the skin identifies unique tumor-associated signatures. J Dermatol 2006; 33:309-18. [PMID: 16700662 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The elucidation of specific genetic changes associated with human cancer pathogenesis has focused efforts to relate such changes to the neoplastic phenotype. To further our understanding of the genetic basis of human squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin, this study used a genome-wide (12 627 sequences) approach to determine transcriptional signatures in lesional and nonlesional sites from five SCC patients. Several novel genes involving the p53 pathway, anti-apoptotic pathways, signal transduction, structural loss and DNA replication, including BCL2A1, MUC4, PTPN11 (SHP2) and FGF9, are upregulated in SCC and could warrant further study regarding their role in disease pathogenesis. SCC pathology is likely combinatorial in nature involving the compounded changes from several cellular processes.
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- Vinnie P Kathpalia
- Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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Hibino Y, Usui T, Morita Y, Hirose N, Okazaki M, Sugano N, Hiraga K. Molecular properties and intracellular localization of rat liver nuclear scaffold protein P130. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 1759:195-207. [PMID: 16814881 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2006.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Revised: 04/12/2006] [Accepted: 04/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We examined the molecular basis of rat P130, a nuclear scaffold protein, and its functions. P130 comprising 845 amino acid residues possesses several functional domains and yields an electrophoretically distinctive isoform, P123, by altering its phosphorylation status in association with translocation across the nuclear membrane and from the digitonin-extractable fraction of the nucleus to the nuclear scaffold. The functional domains, NLS, NES, and zinc-finger bearing DNA-binding domains, ZF1 and ZF2, aid these translocations. P130 binds RNA through two RNA-binding domains (RB1 and RB2) similar to those of hnRNPs I and L. Microsome- and polysome-localized P130 and P123 were found in rat liver and Ac2F hepatoma cells. This localization required prior entry of P130 to the nucleus, but did not require RB1 and RB2. Thus, P130 initially purified from rat liver nuclear scaffold has the potential to play a variety of roles in biological events not only in the nuclear scaffold but also in various subcellular compartments. P130 (AB205483) is identical to matrin 3 (M63485 and BC062231), although the primary structure of rat matrin 3 has been revised, since it was first published.
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- Yasuhide Hibino
- The Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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Martelli AM, Evangelisti C, Nyakern M, Manzoli FA. Nuclear protein kinase C. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1761:542-51. [PMID: 16574477 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes constitute a family of ubiquitous phosphotransferases which act as key transducers in many agonist-induced signaling cascades. To date, at least 11 different PKC isotypes have been identified and are believed to play distinct regulatory roles. PKC isoforms are physiologically activated by a number of lipid cofactors. PKC is thought to reside in the cytoplasm in an inactive conformation and to translocate to the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic organelles upon cell activation by different stimuli. However, a sizable body of evidence collected over the last 20 years has shown PKC to be capable of translocating to the nucleus. Furthermore, PKC isoforms are resident within the nucleus. Studies from independent laboratories have to led to the identification of quite a few nuclear proteins which are PKC substrates and to the characterization of nuclear PKC-binding proteins which may be critical for finely tuning PKC function in this cell microenvironment. Several lines of evidence suggest that nuclear PKC isozymes are involved in the regulation of biological processes as important as cell proliferation and differentiation, gene expression, neoplastic transformation, and apoptosis. In this review, we shall highlight the most intriguing and updated findings about the functions of nuclear PKC isozymes.
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- Alberto M Martelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche Umane e Fisiopatologia dell'Apparato Locomotore, Sezione di Anatomia Umana, Cell Signalling Laboratory, Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Dinić S, Bogojević D, Petrović M, Poznanović G, Ivanovic-Matić S, Mihailović M. C/EBP alpha and C/EBP beta regulate haptoglobin gene expression during rat liver development and the acute-phase response. Mol Biol Rep 2006; 32:141-7. [PMID: 16172914 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-005-0750-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The participation of C/EBP alpha and C/EBP beta in the transcriptional regulation of the haptoglobin (Hp) gene throughout liver development and the acute-phase (AP) response was examined. Western immunoblot analysis revealed that the relative concentrations of C/EBP alpha and C/EBP beta increased during differentiation in two nuclear protein fractions - the nuclear extract and nuclear matrix. The AP reaction was accompanied by a decrease of the relative concentration of C/EBP alpha and an increase of C/EBP beta during development in both protein fractions. Using Western analysis after DNA-affinity chromatography it was observed that a 45 kDa C/EBP alpha isoform displayed a binding affinity towards the Hp gene hormone responsive element (HRE) in both pre- and postnatal livers. In the course of the AP response DNA binding of the 45 kDa isoform was detected only in the adult, when its binding affinity decreased. The 35 kDa C/EBP beta isoform exhibited a binding affinity towards the Hp HRE after the second week from birth, whereas the AP response promoted an enhanced binding of 35 kDa isoform after the first postnatal week. These results indicate that Hp gene transcription is regulated by C/EBP alpha during normal liver development, whereas C/EBP beta is involved in the AP regulation during the later phase of differentiation and in the adult.
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- Svetlana Dinić
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute for Biological Research, Despot Stefan Blvd 142, Belgrade 11060, Serbia and Montenegro
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Bode J, Winkelmann S, Götze S, Spiker S, Tsutsui K, Bi C, A K P, Benham C. Correlations between scaffold/matrix attachment region (S/MAR) binding activity and DNA duplex destabilization energy. J Mol Biol 2005; 358:597-613. [PMID: 16516920 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2005] [Revised: 11/02/2005] [Accepted: 11/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Scaffold or matrix-attachment regions (S/MARs) are thought to be involved in the organization of eukaryotic chromosomes and in the regulation of several DNA functions. Their characteristics are conserved between plants and humans, and a variety of biological activities have been associated with them. The identification of S/MARs within genomic sequences has proved to be unexpectedly difficult, as they do not appear to have consensus sequences or sequence motifs associated with them. We have shown that S/MARs do share a characteristic structural property, they have a markedly high predicted propensity to undergo strand separation when placed under negative superhelical tension. This result agrees with experimental observations, that S/MARs contain base-unpairing regions (BURs). Here, we perform a quantitative evaluation of the association between the ease of stress-induced DNA duplex destabilization (SIDD) and S/MAR binding activity. We first use synthetic oligomers to investigate how the arrangement of localized unpairing elements within a base-unpairing region affects S/MAR binding. The organizational properties found in this way are applied to the investigation of correlations between specific measures of stress-induced duplex destabilization and the binding properties of naturally occurring S/MARs. For this purpose, we analyze S/MAR and non-S/MAR elements that have been derived from the human genome or from the tobacco genome. We find that S/MARs exhibit long regions of extensive destabilization. Moreover, quantitative measures of the SIDD attributes of these fragments calculated under uniform conditions are found to correlate very highly (r2>0.8) with their experimentally measured S/MAR-binding strengths. These results suggest that duplex destabilization may be involved in the mechanisms by which S/MARs function. They suggest also that SIDD properties may be incorporated into an improved computational strategy to search genomic DNA sequences for sites having the necessary attributes to function as S/MARs, and even to estimate their relative binding strengths.
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- Jürgen Bode
- German Research Center for Biotechnology, RDIF/Epigenetic Regulation, D-38124 Braunschweig, Mascheroder Weg 1, Germany.
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Tramontano F, Di Meglio S, Quesada P. Co-localization of poly(ADPR)polymerase 1 (PARP-1) poly(ADPR)polymerase 2 (PARP-2) and related proteins in rat testis nuclear matrix defined by chemical cross-linking. J Cell Biochem 2005; 94:58-66. [PMID: 15517597 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Poly(ADPR)polymerase 1 and 2 (PARP-1, PARP-2) are nuclear enzymes which function is based on specific interactions with DNA and nuclear proteins. PARPs targets include proteins involved in DNA replication, repair, and transcription and their function can be modulated either by protein-protein interaction with native PARP-1 and by non-covalent interaction with poly(ADP-ribose) (pADPR) linked to the auto-modified PARP-1. Moreover, the association of pADPR and PARP-1 with the nuclear matrix (NM) has been reported, based on the poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of nuclear matrix proteins (NMPs). In the present article, by the use of DNA and protein cross-linking reactions, by cis-diamminedichloroplatinum II (cDDP) and sodium tetrathionate (NaTT) respectively, we present more evidences about the association of PARP-1, PARP-2, and PARPs related proteins with the NM. Our findings confirmed that NM could be seen as a fraction greatly enriched in transcription factors (i.e., C/EBP-beta) and enzymes (DNA Topo II, DNA PK) that co-localize with PARP-1 and -2 at the matrix associated regions (MARs) of chromatin. Moreover, pADPR contributes to PARP-1 localization at the NM, showing that PARP(s) activity co-operates to the functions of this nuclear fraction.
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- Filomena Tramontano
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University Federico II of Naples, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli, Italy
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Using a cell-free system that reconstitutes initiation of mammalian DNA replication, we identified a cyclin A-responsive protein, p21(Cip1)-interacting zinc finger protein 1 (Ciz1). In cell-free experiments, Ciz1 protein increases the number of nuclei that initiate DNA replication, and in intact cells GFP-tagged Ciz1 stimulates DNA synthesis, in both a wild-type and a p21(Cip1) null background. Furthermore, mutation of a putative cyclin-dependent kinase phosphorylation site at threonines 191/2 alters Ciz1 activity in vitro, indicating that this site plays a role in regulating Ciz1. Consistent with a role in DNA replication, endogenous Ciz1 is present in nuclear foci that co-localize with PCNA during S phase, and targeted depletion of Ciz1 transcripts restrains cell proliferation by inhibiting entry to S phase. Ciz1-depleted cells accumulate with chromatin bound Mcm3 and PCNA but fail to synthesize DNA efficiently. These cell-based and cell-free experiments suggest that Ciz1 functions to promote DNA replication after replication complex formation. Finally, alternatively spliced forms of Ciz1 occur in embryonic cells from mouse and man, raising the possibility that Ciz1 splicing contributes to the regulation of DNA replication during development.
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- Dawn Coverley
- Department of Biology (Area 9), University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK.
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Xu TR, Rumsby MG. Phorbol ester-induced translocation of PKC epsilon to the nucleus in fibroblasts: identification of nuclear PKC epsilon-associating proteins. FEBS Lett 2004; 570:20-4. [PMID: 15251432 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.05.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2004] [Revised: 05/21/2004] [Accepted: 05/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We show that phorbol ester treatment of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts induces rapid translocation of PKC from a perinuclear site to the nucleus, extending findings in PC12 and NG108-15 cells and in myocytes. We have immunoprecipitated the PKC from nuclei isolated from phorbol ester-treated fibroblasts and identified six proteins which associate with nuclear PKC. These have been characterised as matrin 3, transferrin, Rac GTPase activating protein 1, vimentin, beta-actin and annexin II by MALDI-TOF-MS. We have confirmed that these proteins associate with PKC by gel overlay and/or dot blotting assays. The role of these PKC-associating proteins in the nucleus and their interaction with PKC are considered.
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- Tian-Rui Xu
- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Saitoh N, Spahr CS, Patterson SD, Bubulya P, Neuwald AF, Spector DL. Proteomic analysis of interchromatin granule clusters. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:3876-90. [PMID: 15169873 PMCID: PMC491843 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-03-0253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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A variety of proteins involved in gene expression have been localized within mammalian cell nuclei in a speckled distribution that predominantly corresponds to interchromatin granule clusters (IGCs). We have applied a mass spectrometry strategy to identify the protein composition of this nuclear organelle purified from mouse liver nuclei. Using this approach, we have identified 146 proteins, many of which had already been shown to be localized to IGCs, or their functions are common to other already identified IGC proteins. In addition, we identified 32 proteins for which only sequence information is available and thus these represent novel IGC protein candidates. We find that 54% of the identified IGC proteins have known functions in pre-mRNA splicing. In combination with proteins involved in other steps of pre-mRNA processing, 81% of the identified IGC proteins are associated with RNA metabolism. In addition, proteins involved in transcription, as well as several other cellular functions, have been identified in the IGC fraction. However, the predominance of pre-mRNA processing factors supports the proposed role of IGCs as assembly, modification, and/or storage sites for proteins involved in pre-mRNA processing.
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- Noriko Saitoh
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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Myojin R, Kuwahara S, Yasaki T, Matsunaga T, Sakurai T, Kimura M, Uesugi S, Kurihara Y. Expression and functional significance of mouse paraspeckle protein 1 on spermatogenesis. Biol Reprod 2004; 71:926-32. [PMID: 15140795 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.028159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Paraspeckle protein 1 (PSP1) in humans is a recently identified component protein of a novel nuclear body, paraspeckle. The protein has a DBHS (Drosophila behavior, human splicing) motif that is found in PSF and p54(nrb)/NonO proteins. These DBHS-containing proteins have been reported to be involved in various nuclear events such as DNA replication, transcription, and mRNA processing. Here we show that mouse paraspeckle protein 1 (mPSP1; encoded by the Pspc1 gene) has two isoforms with different C-termini lengths. Abundant expression of the longer isoform (mPSP1-alpha) and the shorter one (mPSP1-beta) were observed in testis and kidney, respectively. Transiently expressed mPSP1-alpha was localized in nuclei, but mPSP1-beta was localized in both nuclei and cytoplasm. These observations suggest that alternative splicing regulates tissue distribution and subcellular localization. Like other DBHS-containing proteins, mPSP1 has RNA-binding activity. In mouse testis, mPSP1-alpha was found in the nuclear matrix fraction. Furthermore, by coimmunoprecipitation, we confirmed that mPSP1 interacts with other DBHS-containing proteins, PSF and p54(nrb)/NonO. Therefore, we conclude that mPSP1 may regulate multiple phases of important nuclear events during spermatogenesis.
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- Reiko Myojin
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-0851, Japan
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Yun JP, Chew EC, Liew CT, Chan JYH, Jin ML, Ding MX, Fai YH, Li HKR, Liang XM, Wu QL. Nucleophosmin/B23 is a proliferate shuttle protein associated with nuclear matrix. J Cell Biochem 2003; 90:1140-8. [PMID: 14635188 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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It has become obvious that a better understanding and potential elucidation of the nucleolar phosphoprotein B23 involving in functional interrelationship between nuclear organization and gene expression. In present study, protein B23 expression were investigated in the regenerative hepatocytes at different periods (at days 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7) during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy on the rats with immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. Another experiment was done with immunolabeling methods and two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis for identification of B23 in the regenerating hepatocytes and HepG2 cells (hepatoblastoma cell line) after sequential extraction with detergents, nuclease, and salt. The results showed that its expression in the hepatocytes had a locative move and quantitative change during the process of liver regeneration post-operation. Its immunochemical localization in the hepatocytes during the process showed that it moved from nucleoli of the hepatocytes in the stationary stage to nucleoplasm, cytoplasm, mitotic spindles, and mitotic chromosomes of the hepatocytes in the regenerating livers. It was quantitatively increased progressively to peak level at day 3 post-operation and declined gradually to normal level at day 7. It was detected in nuclear matrix protein (NMP) composition extracted from the regenerating hepatocytes and HepG2 cells and identified with isoelectric point (pI) value of 5.1 and molecular weight of 40 kDa. These results indicated that B23 was a proliferate shuttle protein involving in cell cycle and cell proliferation associated with nuclear matrix.
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- Jing-Ping Yun
- Department of Pathology, Cancer Center of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
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Borgatti P, Martelli AM, Tabellini G, Bellacosa A, Capitani S, Neri LM. Threonine 308 phosphorylated form of Akt translocates to the nucleus of PC12 cells under nerve growth factor stimulation and associates with the nuclear matrix protein nucleolin. J Cell Physiol 2003; 196:79-88. [PMID: 12767043 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We have examined the issue of whether or not in PC12 cells it may be observed a nerve growth factor (NGF) nuclear translocation of an active (phosphorylated) Akt. Western blot analysis with antibodies to either total or phosphorylated Akt showed a maximal nuclear translocation after 15 min of NGF stimulation. NGF increased rapidly and transiently the enzymatic activity of immunoprecipitable nuclear Akt and after 45 min the values returned to a level close to the basal one. Enzyme translocation was blocked by the selective phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, LY294002. Confocal microscopy of samples stained with antibody to Akt showed an evident increase in immunostaining intensity in the nuclear interior after NGF treatment. Treatment of cells with inhibitors of protein phosphatase PP2A, calyculin A, or okadaic acid, maintained the phosphorylation levels of nuclear Akt. Immunoprecipitation experiments revealed an association between Akt and PP2A that was maximal when nuclear Akt activity was decreased. Both total and active Akt associated with the nuclear matrix and, in particular, with the protein nucleolin, with which Akt co-immunoprecipitated. These findings strongly suggest that the intranuclear translocation of active Akt is an important step in the signaling pathways elicited by the neurotrophin NGF and that the intranuclear control of Akt is achieved through the action of PP2A.
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- Paola Borgatti
- Dipartimento di Morfologia ed Embriologia, Sezione di Anatomia Umana, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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With the sequence of the human genome now complete, studies must focus on how the genome is functionally organized within the confines of the cell nucleus and the dynamic interplay between the genome and its regulatory factors to effectively control gene expression and silencing. In this review I describe our current state of knowledge with regard to the organization of chromosomes within the nucleus and the positioning of active versus inactive genes. In addition, I discuss studies on the dynamics of chromosomes and specific genetic loci within living cells and its relationship to gene activity and the cell cycle. Furthermore, our current understanding of the distribution and dynamics of RNA polymerase II transcription factors is discussed in relation to chromosomal loci and other nuclear domains.
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- David L Spector
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
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Rose A, Gindullis F, Meier I. A novel alpha-helical protein, specific to and highly conserved in plants, is associated with the nuclear matrix fraction. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2003; 54:1133-1141. [PMID: 12654864 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A cDNA for a novel plant protein was isolated from tomato. Nuclear Matrix Protein 1 (NMP1) is a ubiquitously expressed 36 kDa protein, which has no homologues in animals and fungi, but is highly conserved among flowering and non-flowering plants, including gymnosperms, moss, and the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. NMP1 is predominantly alpha-helical with multiple stretches of short amphipathic regions. Cell fractionation, immunofluorescence, and GFP localization experiments showed that NMP1 is located both in the cytoplasm and nucleus and that the nuclear fraction is associated with the nuclear matrix. NMP1 is a candidate for a plant-specific structural protein with a function both in the nucleus and cytoplasm.
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- Annkatrin Rose
- Plant Biotechnology Center and Department of Plant Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Proteins are often referred to in accordance with the activity with which they were first associated or the organelle in which they were initially identified. However, a variety of nuclear factors act in multiple molecular reactions occurring simultaneously within the nucleus. This review describes the functions of the nuclear factors PSF (polypyrimidine tract-binding protein-associated splicing factor) and p54(nrb)/NonO. PSF was initially termed a splicing factor due to its association with the second step of pre-mRNA splicing while p54(nrb)/NonO was thought to participate in transcriptional regulation. Recent evidence shows that the simplistic categorization of PSF and its homolog p54(nrb)/NonO to any single nuclear activity is not possible and in fact these proteins exhibit multi-functional characteristics in a variety of nuclear processes.
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- Yaron Shav-Tal
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Tolstonog GV, Sabasch M, Traub P. Cytoplasmic intermediate filaments are stably associated with nuclear matrices and potentially modulate their DNA-binding function. DNA Cell Biol 2002; 21:213-39. [PMID: 12015898 DOI: 10.1089/10445490252925459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The tight association of cytoplasmic intermediate filaments (cIFs) with the nucleus and the isolation of crosslinkage products of vimentin with genomic DNA fragments, including nuclear matrix attachment regions (MARs) from proliferating fibroblasts, point to a participation of cIFs in nuclear activities. To test the possibility that cIFs are complementary nuclear matrix elements, the nuclei of a series of cultured cells were subjected to the Li-diiodosalicylate (LIS) extraction protocol developed for the preparation of nuclear matrices and analyzed by immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting with antibodies directed against lamin B and cIF proteins. When nuclei released from hypotonically swollen L929 suspension cells in the presence of digitonin or Triton X-100 were exposed to such strong shearing forces that a considerable number were totally disrupted, a thin, discontinuous layer of vimentin IFs remained tenaciously adhering to still intact nuclei, in apparent coalignment with the nuclear lamina. Even in broken nuclei, the distribution of vimentin followed that of lamin B in areas where the lamina still appeared intact. The same retention of vimentin together with desmin and glial IFs was observed on the nuclei isolated from differentiating C2C12 myoblast and U333 glioma cells, respectively. Nuclei from epithelial cells shed their residual perinuclear IF layers as coherent cytoskeletal ghosts, except for small fractions of vimentin and cytokeratin IFs, which remained in a dot-to cap-like arrangement on the nuclear surface, in apparent codistribution with lamin B. LIS extraction did not bring about a reduction in the cIF protein contents of such nuclei upon their transformation into nuclear matrices. Moreover, in whole mount preparations of mouse embryo fibroblasts, DNA/chromatin emerging from nuclei during LIS extraction mechanically and chemically cleaned the nuclear surface and perinuclear area from loosely anchored cytoplasmic material with the production of broad, IF-free annular spaces, but left substantial fractions of the vimentin IFs in tight association with the nuclear surface. Accordingly, double-immunogold electron microscopy of fixed and permeabilized fibroblasts disclosed a close neighborhood of vimentin IFs and lamin B, with a minimal distance between the nanogold particles of ca. 30 nm. These data indicate an extremely solid interconnection of cIFs with structural elements of the nuclear matrix, and make them, together with their susceptibility to crosslinkage to MARs and other genomic DNA sequences under native conditions, complementary or even integral constituents of the karyoskeleton.
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Willsie JK, Clegg JS. Small heat shock protein p26 associates with nuclear lamins and HSP70 in nuclei and nuclear matrix fractions from stressed cells. J Cell Biochem 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kawai H, Arata N, Nakayasu H. Three-dimensional distribution of astrocytes in zebrafish spinal cord. Glia 2001; 36:406-13. [PMID: 11746776 DOI: 10.1002/glia.1126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We prepared a monoclonal antibody (A-22) that recognizes a 60-kDa protein in the zebrafish brain. The antigen is distributed throughout the brain but is not found outside it. The antibody recognizes star-shaped cells with long processes in the spinal cord. All A-22-positive cells are also GFAP-immunopositive, but there are GFAP-positive cells that are A-22-negative. The cells are connected to small veins and to the surface of the spinal cord. Immunopositive cells are generally homogeneous in size and shape and are found not only in the spinal cord but also in several areas of the brain. These results indicate that the stained cell is an astrocyte. Most of these cells (88%) are distributed in the gray matter of the spinal cord; the remainder (12%) are found in the white matter. Most of the cells in the gray matter are found in the ventral and dorsal horns, but some are also present in the central area along the ventricle. Glial cell bodies form an array along the longitudinal axis and are connected to each other by thick projections. The cellular array is not visible in coronal sections. In contrast, thin processes from the cells extend to the surfaces of veins, to neurons, and to the periphery of the spinal cord. We estimate that there are about 13,500 A-22-positive astrocytes in the spinal cord; however, this represents only 26% of the total number of astrocytes in the spinal cord (approximately 52,000).
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- H Kawai
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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Stauffer DR, Howard TL, Nyun T, Hollenberg SM. CHMP1 is a novel nuclear matrix protein affecting chromatin structure and cell-cycle progression. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:2383-93. [PMID: 11559747 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.13.2383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Polycomb-group (PcG) is a diverse set of proteins required for maintenance of gene silencing during development. In a screen for conserved partners of the PcG protein Polycomblike (Pcl), we have identified a new protein, human CHMP1 (CHromatin Modifying Protein; CHarged Multivesicular body Protein), which is encoded by an alternative open reading frame in the PRSM1 gene and is conserved in both complex and simple eukaryotes. CHMP1 contains a predicted bipartite nuclear localization signal and distributes as distinct forms to the cytoplasm and the nuclear matrix in all cell lines tested. We have constructed a stable HEK293 cell line that inducibly overexpresses CHMP1 under ecdysone control. Overexpressed CHMP1 localizes to a punctate subnuclear pattern, encapsulating regions of nuclease-resistant, condensed chromatin. These novel structures are also frequently surrounded by increased histone H3 phosphorylation and acetylation. CHMP1 can recruit a PcG protein, BMI1, to these regions of condensed chromatin and can cooperate with co-expressed vertebrate Pcl in a Xenopus embryo PcG assay; this is consistent with a role in PcG function. In combination, these observations suggest that CHMP1 plays a role in stable gene silencing within the nucleus.
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- D R Stauffer
- Vollum Institute, L474, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S. W. Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97201-3098, USA.
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We have succeeded in culturing whole zebrafish brains ex vivo for 1 week. While isolated cells and tissue slices have previously been employed for neurobiological studies, these techniques are limited, because while local networks may be preserved, their original context in the whole brain is lost. Culture of the whole brain would facilitate the study of cells and systems within an intact brain infrastructure. Our culture method entailed isolating the whole brain and placing it on a sterile and porous membrane, after which it was maintained with a conditioned medium in a six-well plate in a CO2 incubator at 28.5 degrees C. Whole brains cultured by this simple method were relatively unaltered in terms of their morphology, cytoarchitecture, immunohistochemistry and ability to transport horse radish peroxidase (HRP). This method of cultivation may be very useful for neurobiological research.
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- K Tomizawa
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, 700-8530, Okayama, Japan
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Amir-Ahmady B, Salati LM. Regulation of the processing of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA by nutritional status. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:10514-23. [PMID: 11124967 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010535200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Expression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) gene during starvation and refeeding is regulated by a posttranscriptional mechanism occurring in the nucleus. The amount of G6PD mRNA at different stages of processing was measured in RNA isolated from the nuclear matrix fraction of mouse liver. This nuclear fraction contains nascent transcripts and RNA undergoing processing. Using a ribonuclease protection assay with probes that cross an exon-intron boundary in the G6PD transcript, the abundance of mRNAs that contain the intron (unspliced) and without the intron (spliced) was measured. Refeeding resulted in 6- and 8-fold increases in abundance of G6PD unspliced and spliced RNA, respectively, in the nuclear matrix fraction. However, the amount of G6PD unspliced RNA was at most 15% of the amount of spliced RNA. During refeeding, G6PD spliced RNA accumulated at a rate significantly greater than unspliced RNA. Further, the amount of partially spliced RNA exceeded the amount of unspliced RNA indicating that the enhanced accumulation occurs early in processing. Starvation and refeeding did not regulate either the rate of polyadenylation or the length of the poly(A) tail. Thus, the G6PD gene is regulated during refeeding by enhanced efficiency of splicing of its RNA, and this processing protects the mRNA from decay, a novel mechanism for nutritional regulation of gene expression.
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- B Amir-Ahmady
- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506, USA
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Kosova B, Panté N, Rollenhagen C, Podtelejnikov A, Mann M, Aebi U, Hurt E. Mlp2p, a component of nuclear pore attached intranuclear filaments, associates with nic96p. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:343-50. [PMID: 10617624 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.1.343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A fraction of the yeast nucleoporin Nic96p is localized at the terminal ring of the nuclear basket. When Nic96p was affinity purified from glutaraldehyde-treated spheroplasts, it was found to be associated with Mlp2p. Mlp2p, together with Mlp1p, are the yeast Tpr homologues, which form the nuclear pore-attached intranuclear filaments (Strambio-de-Castillia, C., Blobel, G., and Rout, M. P. (1999) J. Cell Biol. 144, 839-855). Double disruption mutants of MLP1 and MLP2 are viable and apparently not impaired in nucleocytoplasmic transport. However, overproduction of MLP1 causes nuclear accumulation of poly(A)(+) RNA in a chromatin-free area of the nucleus.
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- B Kosova
- BZH, Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Weipoltshammer K, Schöfer C, Almeder M, Philimonenko VV, Frei K, Wachtler F, Hozák P. Intranuclear anchoring of repetitive DNA sequences: centromeres, telomeres, and ribosomal DNA. J Cell Biol 1999; 147:1409-18. [PMID: 10613900 PMCID: PMC2174248 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.7.1409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/1999] [Accepted: 11/18/1999] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Centromeres, telomeres, and ribosomal gene clusters consist of repetitive DNA sequences. To assess their contributions to the spatial organization of the interphase genome, their interactions with the nucleoskeleton were examined in quiescent and activated human lymphocytes. The nucleoskeletons were prepared using "physiological" conditions. The resulting structures were probed for specific DNA sequences of centromeres, telomeres, and ribosomal genes by in situ hybridization; the electroeluted DNA fractions were examined by blot hybridization. In both nonstimulated and stimulated lymphocytes, centromeric alpha-satellite repeats were almost exclusively found in the eluted fraction, while telomeric sequences remained attached to the nucleoskeleton. Ribosomal genes showed a transcription-dependent attachment pattern: in unstimulated lymphocytes, transcriptionally inactive ribosomal genes located outside the nucleolus were eluted completely. When comparing transcription unit and intergenic spacer, significantly more of the intergenic spacer was removed. In activated lymphocytes, considerable but similar amounts of both rDNA fragments were eluted. The results demonstrate that: (a) the various repetitive DNA sequences differ significantly in their intranuclear anchoring, (b) telomeric rather than centromeric DNA sequences form stable attachments to the nucleoskeleton, and (c) different attachment mechanisms might be responsible for the interaction of ribosomal genes with the nucleoskeleton.
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- K Weipoltshammer
- Institute for Histology and Embryology, University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Ma H, Siegel AJ, Berezney R. Association of chromosome territories with the nuclear matrix. Disruption of human chromosome territories correlates with the release of a subset of nuclear matrix proteins. J Cell Biol 1999; 146:531-42. [PMID: 10444063 PMCID: PMC2150557 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.3.531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/1998] [Accepted: 07/02/1999] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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To study the possible role of the nuclear matrix in chromosome territory organization, normal human fibroblast cells are treated in situ via classic isolation procedures for nuclear matrix in the absence of nuclease (e.g., DNase I) digestion, followed by chromosome painting. We report for the first time that chromosome territories are maintained intact on the nuclear matrix. In contrast, complete extraction of the internal nuclear matrix components with RNase treatment followed by 2 M NaCl results in the disruption of higher order chromosome territory architecture. Correlative with territorial disruption is the formation of a faint DNA halo surrounding the nuclear lamina and a dispersive effect on the characteristically discrete DNA replication sites in the nuclear interior. Identical results were obtained using eight different human chromosome paints. Based on these findings, we developed a fractionation strategy to release the bulk of nuclear matrix proteins under conditions where the chromosome territories are maintained intact. A second treatment results in disruption of the chromosome territories in conjunction with the release of a small subset of acidic proteins. These proteins are distinct from the major nuclear matrix proteins and may be involved in mediating chromosome territory organization.
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- Hong Ma
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
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Zeng XL, Jiao MD, Xing M, Wang XG, Hao S. Tropomyosin is localized in the nuclear matrix and chromosome scaffold of Physarum polycephalum. Cell Res 1999; 9:61-9. [PMID: 10321689 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The nuclei and chromosomes were isolated from plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. The nuclear matrix and chromosome scaffold were obtained after the DNA and most of the proteins were extracted with DNase I and 2 M NaCl. SDS-PAGE analyses revealed that the nuclear matrix and chromosome scaffold contained a 37 kD polypeptide which is equivalent to tropomyosin in molecular weight. Immunofluorescence observations upon slide preparations labeled with anti-tropomyosin antibody showed that the nuclear matrix and chromosome scaffold emanated bright fluorescence, suggesting the presence of the antigen in them. Immunodotting results confirmed the presence of tropomyosin in the nuclear matrix and chromosome scaffold. Immunoelectron microscopic observations further demonstrated that tropomyosin was dispersively distributed in the interphase nuclei and metaphase chromosomes.
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- X L Zeng
- Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- T J Barrett
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Topper JN, Cai J, Stavrakis G, Anderson KR, Woolf EA, Sampson BA, Schoen FJ, Falb D, Gimbrone MA. Human prostaglandin transporter gene (hPGT) is regulated by fluid mechanical stimuli in cultured endothelial cells and expressed in vascular endothelium in vivo. Circulation 1998; 98:2396-403. [PMID: 9832484 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.98.22.2396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND biomechanical forces generated by blood flow within the cardiovascular system have been proposed as important modulators of regional endothelial phenotype and function. This process is thought to involve the regulation of vascular gene expression by physiological fluid mechanical stimuli such as fluid shear stresses. METHODS AND RESULTS We demonstrate sustained upregulation of a recently identified gene encoding a human prostaglandin transporter (hPGT) in cultured human vascular endothelium exposed to a physiological fluid mechanical stimulus in vitro. This biomechanical induction is selective in that steady laminar shear stress is sufficient to upregulate the hPGT gene at the level of transcriptional activation, whereas a comparable level of turbulent shear stress (a nonphysiological stimulus) is not. Various biochemical stimuli, such as bacterial endotoxin and the inflammatory cytokines recombinant human interleukin 1beta cytokines (rhIL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), did not significantly induce hPGT. Using a specific antiserum to hPGT, we demonstrate endothelial expression within the arterial vasculature and the microcirculation of highly vascularized tissues such as the heart. CONCLUSIONS Our results identify hPGT as an inducible gene in vascular endothelium and suggest that biomechanical stimuli generated by blood flow in vivo may be important determinants of hPGT expression. Furthermore, this demonstration of regulated endothelial expression of hPGT implicates this molecule in the regional metabolism of prostanoids within the cardiovascular system.
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- J N Topper
- Vascular Research Division, Department of Pathology, and the Cardiovascular Division Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Yu E, Song K, Moon H, Maul GG, Lee I. Characteristic immunolocalization of Ku protein as nuclear matrix. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 1998; 17:413-20. [PMID: 9873986 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.1998.17.413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Two hybridoma clones, NMB1 and NML90, were established using nuclear matrix proteins from normal human thymi or malignant lymphoma as immunogens. They reacted with human Ku70 and Ku80, respectively, by immunoblotting. When HeLa cell nuclear proteins were fractionated and applied to immunoblotting, both Ku70 and Ku80 were detected in the nuclear matrix as well as the soluble nuclear protein fractions. By confocal scanning microscopy, the immunoreactivity of Ku70 and Ku80 was localized to distinct nucleoplasmic fibrillar network and fine granules in the interphase cell nuclei. When HeLa cells were fractionated in situ using DNase I and buffers containing 0.25 M (NH4)2SO4 and 2 M NaCl, the nucleoplasmic reticular structure was largely preserved, but granules disappeared. The nucleoplasmic distribution of Ku in the tissue and in cultured cells was distinct from each other. In the adult tissue, it consisted mostly of either distinct curvilinear lines along the nuclear periphery or of tangled, beaded lines throughout the nuclei. When xenotransplants of HeLa cell in Scid mice were examined, the "tissue type" immunolocalization pattern was reproduced consistently. In most fetal tissues, "tissue type" and "cell type" patterns were admixed. Monoclonal antibodies described here are useful tools for studying the structure and function of the nuclear matrix.
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- E Yu
- Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Lindenmuth D, van Wijnen AJ, Penman S, Stein JL, Stein GS, Lian JB. TGF-beta1 modifications in nuclear matrix proteins of osteoblasts during differentiation. J Cell Biochem 1998; 69:291-303. [PMID: 9581868 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19980601)69:3<291::aid-jcb7>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nuclear matrix protein (NMP) composition of osteoblasts shows distinct two-dimensional gel electrophoretic profiles of labeled proteins as a function of stages of cellular differentiation. Because NMPs are involved in the control of gene expression, we examined modifications in the representation of NMPs induced by TGF-beta1 treatment of osteoblasts to gain insight into the effects of TGF-beta on development of the osteoblast phenotype. Exposure of proliferating fetal rat calvarial derived primary cells in culture to TGF-beta1 for 48 h (day 4-6) modifies osteoblast cell morphology and proliferation and blocks subsequent formation of mineralized nodules. Nuclear matrix protein profiles were very similar between control and TGF-beta-treated cultures until day 14, but subsequently differences in nuclear matrix proteins were apparent in TGF-beta-treated cultures. These findings support the concept that TGF-beta1 modifies the final stage of osteoblast mineralization and alters the composition of the osteoblast nuclear matrix as reflected by selective and TGF-beta-dependent modifications in the levels of specific nuclear matrix proteins. The specific changes induced by TGF-beta in nuclear matrix associated proteins may reflect specialized mechanisms by which TGF-beta signalling mediates the alterations in cell organization and nodule formation and/or the consequential block in extracellular mineralization.
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- D Lindenmuth
- Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA
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Kim TA, Lim J, Ota S, Raja S, Rogers R, Rivnay B, Avraham H, Avraham S. NRP/B, a novel nuclear matrix protein, associates with p110(RB) and is involved in neuronal differentiation. J Cell Biol 1998; 141:553-66. [PMID: 9566959 PMCID: PMC2132755 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.3.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The nuclear matrix is defined as the insoluble framework of the nucleus and has been implicated in the regulation of gene expression, the cell cycle, and nuclear structural integrity via linkage to intermediate filaments of the cytoskeleton. We have discovered a novel nuclear matrix protein, NRP/B (nuclear restricted protein/brain), which contains two major structural elements: a BTB domain-like structure in the predicted NH2 terminus, and a "kelch motif" in the predicted COOH-terminal domain. NRP/B mRNA (5.5 kb) is predominantly expressed in human fetal and adult brain with minor expression in kidney and pancreas. During mouse embryogenesis, NRP/B mRNA expression is upregulated in the nervous system. The NRP/B protein is expressed in rat primary hippocampal neurons, but not in primary astrocytes. NRP/B expression was upregulated during the differentiation of murine Neuro 2A and human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Overexpression of NRP/B in these cells augmented neuronal process formation. Treatment with antisense NRP/B oligodeoxynucleotides inhibited the neurite development of rat primary hippocampal neurons as well as the neuronal process formation during neuronal differentiation of PC-12 cells. Since the hypophosphorylated form of retinoblastoma protein (p110(RB)) is found to be associated with the nuclear matrix and overexpression of p110(RB) induces neuronal differentiation, we investigated whether NRP/B is associated with p110(RB). Both in vivo and in vitro experiments demonstrate that NRP/B can be phosphorylated and can bind to the functionally active hypophosphorylated form of the p110(RB) during neuronal differentiation of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells induced by retinoic acid. Our studies indicate that NRP/B is a novel nuclear matrix protein, specifically expressed in primary neurons, that interacts with p110(RB) and participates in the regulation of neuronal process formation.
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- T A Kim
- Divisions of Experimental Medicine and Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Tan SH, Bartsch D, Schwarz E, Bernard HU. Nuclear matrix attachment regions of human papillomavirus type 16 point toward conservation of these genomic elements in all genital papillomaviruses. J Virol 1998; 72:3610-22. [PMID: 9557642 PMCID: PMC109582 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.3610-3622.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The gene functions, transcriptional regulation, and genome replication of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been extensively studied. Thus far, however, there has been little research on the organization of HPV genomes in the nuclei of infected cells. As a first step to understand how chromatin and suprachromatin structures may modulate the life cycles of these viruses, we have identified and mapped interactions of HPV DNAs with the nuclear matrix. The endogenous genomes of HPV type 16 (HPV-16) which are present in SiHa, HPKI, and HPKII cells, adhere in vivo to the nuclear matrixes of these cell lines. A tight association with the nuclear matrix in vivo may be common to all genital HPV types, as the genomes of HPV-11, HPV-16, HPV-18, and HPV-33 showed high affinity in vitro to preparations of the nuclear matrix of C33A cells, as did the well-known nuclear matrix attachment region (MAR) of the cellular beta interferon gene. Affinity to the nuclear matrix is not evenly spread over the HPV-16 genome. Five genomic segments have strong MAR properties, while the other parts of the genome have low or no affinity. Some of the five MARs correlate with known cis-responsive elements: a strong MAR lies in the 5' segment of the long control region (LCR), and another one lies in the E6 gene, flanking the HPV enhancer, the replication origin, and the E6 promoter. The strongest MAR coincides with the E5 gene and the early-late intergenic region. Weak MAR activity is present in the E1 and E2 genes and in the 3' part of L2. The in vitro map of MAR activity appears to reflect MAR properties in vivo, as we found for two selected fragments with and without MAR activity. As is typical for many MARs, the two segments with highest affinity, namely, the 5' LCR and the early-late intergenic region, have an extraordinarily high A-T content (up to 85%). It is likely that these MARs have specific functions in the viral life cycle, as MARs predicted by nucleotide sequence analysis, patterns of A-T content, transcription factor YY1 binding sites, and likely topoisomerase II cleavage sites are conserved in similar positions throughout all genital HPVs.
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- S H Tan
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Mortillaro MJ, Berezney R. Matrin CYP, an SR-rich cyclophilin that associates with the nuclear matrix and splicing factors. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:8183-92. [PMID: 9525923 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.14.8183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We report the identification and cloning of a nuclear matrix protein termed matrin cyclophilin or matrin CYP. The derived sequence of matrin cyp encodes a protein of 752 amino acids with a predicted mass of 88 kDa. A 172-residue stretch at the amino terminus shows high identity with the ubiquitous family of cyclophilins. Clustered throughout the carboxyl half of the protein are a series of serine-arginine (SR) repeats that are a characteristic feature of many RNA splicing factors. Antibodies raised against matrin CYP recognize a 106-kDa antigen that is detected in isolated nuclei and quantitatively subfractionates in the nuclear matrix. Laser scanning confocal microscopy localizes most of the anti-matrin CYP-specific antigen within the nucleus in a pattern of large bright speckles that co-localize with splicing factors and diffuse nucleoplasmic staining. A strikingly similar pattern of staining is observed in cells extracted for in situ nuclear matrices. A fusion protein containing the cyclophilin domain of matrin CYP exhibits cyclosporin A (CsA)-sensitive, peptidylprolyl cis-trans-isomerase activity that is characteristic of native cyclophilins. Although total rat liver nuclei contains predominantly CsA-resistant PPIase activity, the corresponding activity in the nuclear matrix is largely CsA-sensitive.
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- M J Mortillaro
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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