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Remaggi G, Barbaro F, Di Conza G, Trevisi G, Bergonzi C, Toni R, Elviri L. Decellularization Detergents As Methodological Variables in Mass Spectrometry of Stromal Matrices. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2022; 28:148-157. [PMID: 35357965 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2021.0191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Collagens, elastin, fibrillin, decorin, and laminin are key constituents of the extracellular matrix and basement membrane of mammalian organs. Thus, changes in their quantities may influence the mechanochemical regulation of resident cells. Since maintenance of a native stromal composition is a requirement for three-dimensional (3D) matrix-based recellularization techniques in tissue engineering, we studied the influence of the decellularization detergents on these proteins in porcine kidney, liver, pancreas, and skin. Using a quick thawing/quick microwave-assisted decellularization protocol and two different detergents, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) vs Triton X-100 (TX100), at identical concentration, variations in matrix conservation of stromal proteins were detected by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry coupled to light and scanning electron microscopies, in dependence on each detergent. In all organs tested except pancreas, collagens were retained to a statistically significant level using the TX100-based protocol. In contrast fibrillin, elastin (except in kidney), and decorin (only in liver) were better preserved with the SDS-dependent protocol. Irrespective of the detergent used, laminin always remained at an irrelevant level. Our results prompt attention to the type of detergent in organ decellularization, suggesting that its choice may influence morphoregulatory inputs peculiar to the type of 3D bioartificial mammalian organ to be reconstructed. Impact statement Simple change of the protocol's main detergent leads to a very substantial difference in the panel of the stromal proteins detected by qualitative and semiquantitative mass spectrometry in acellular porcine matrices. This remarkable methodological variable promises to yield proteomic reference panels in a number of different species-specific acellular matrices allowing for selective retainment of peculiar mechanochemical inputs, to differently address the development of the seeded cells in relation to the type of organ to be bioartificially reconstructed.
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- Giulia Remaggi
- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Laboratory of Regenerative Morphology and Bioartificial Structures, Unit of Biomedicine, Biotechnology, and Translational Sciences, DIMEC, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Laboratory of Regenerative Morphology and Bioartificial Structures, Unit of Biomedicine, Biotechnology, and Translational Sciences, DIMEC, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- IMEM Istituto dei Materiali per l'Elettronica ed il Magnetismo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Parma, Italy
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Laboratory of Regenerative Morphology and Bioartificial Structures, Unit of Biomedicine, Biotechnology, and Translational Sciences, DIMEC, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Nuclear Phosphoinositides-Versatile Regulators of Genome Functions. Cells 2019; 8:cells8070649. [PMID: 31261688 PMCID: PMC6678639 DOI: 10.3390/cells8070649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The many functions of phosphoinositides in cytosolic signaling were extensively studied; however, their activities in the cell nucleus are much less clear. In this review, we summarize data about their nuclear localization and metabolism, and review the available literature on their involvements in chromatin remodeling, gene transcription, and RNA processing. We discuss the molecular mechanisms via which nuclear phosphoinositides, in particular phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2), modulate nuclear processes. We focus on PI(4,5)P2’s role in the modulation of RNA polymerase I activity, and functions of the nuclear lipid islets—recently described nucleoplasmic PI(4,5)P2-rich compartment involved in RNA polymerase II transcription. In conclusion, the high impact of the phosphoinositide–protein complexes on nuclear organization and genome functions is only now emerging and deserves further thorough studies.
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Maraldi NM. In search of a primitive signaling code. Biosystems 2019; 183:103984. [PMID: 31201829 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2019.103984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cells must have preceded by simpler chemical systems (protocells) that had the capacity of a spontaneous self-assembly process and the ability to confine chemical reaction networks together with a form of information. The presence of lipid molecules in the early Earth conditions is sufficient to ensure the occurrence of spontaneous self-assembly processes, not defined by genetic information, but related to their chemical amphiphilic nature. Ribozymes are plausible molecules for early life, being the first small polynucleotides made up of random oligomers or formed by non-enzymatic template copying. Compartmentalization represents a strategy for the evolution of ribozymes; the attachment of ribozymes to surfaces, such as formed by lipid micellar aggregates may be particular relevant if the surface itself catalyzes RNA polymerization.It is conceivable that the transition from pre-biotic molecular aggregates to cellular life required the coevolution of the RNA world, capable of synthesizing specific, instead of statistical proteins, and of the Lipid world, with a transition from micellar aggregates to semipermeable vesicles. Small molecules available in the prebiotic inventory might promote RNA stability and the evolution of hydrophobic micellar aggregates into membrane-delimited vesicles. The transition from ribozymes catalyzing the assembly of statistical polypeptides to the synthesis of proteins, required the appearance of the genetic code; the transition from hydrophobic platforms favoring the stability of ribozymes and of nascent polypeptides to the selective transport of reagents through a membrane, required the appearance of the signal transduction code.A further integration between the RNA and Lipid worlds can be advanced, taking into account the emerging roles of phospholipid aggregates not only in ensuring stability to ribozymes by compartmentalization, but also in a crucial step of evolution through natural selection mechanisms, based on signal transduction pathways that convert environmental changes into biochemical responses that could vary according to the context. Here I present evidences on the presence of traces of the evolution of a signal transduction system in extant cells, which utilize a phosphoinositide signaling system located both at nucleoplasmic level as well as at the plasma membrane, based on the very same molecules but responding to different rules. The model herewith proposed is based on the following assumptions on the biomolecules of extant organisms: i) amphiphils can be converted into structured aggregates by hydrophobic forces thus giving rise to functional platforms for the interaction of other biomolecules and to their compartmentalization; ii) fundamental biochemical pathways, including protein synthesis, can be sustained by natural ribozymes of ancient origin; iii) ribozymes and nucleotide-derived coenzymes could have existed long before protein enzymes emerged; iv) signaling molecules, both derived from phospholipids and from RNAs could have guided the evolution of complex metabolic processes before the emergence of proteins.
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- Nadir M Maraldi
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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Phospholipids and inositol phosphates linked to the epigenome. Histochem Cell Biol 2018; 150:245-253. [DOI: 10.1007/s00418-018-1690-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Layerenza JP, González P, García de Bravo MM, Polo MP, Sisti MS, Ves-Losada A. Nuclear lipid droplets: a novel nuclear domain. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2012; 1831:327-40. [PMID: 23098923 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We investigated nuclear neutral-lipid (NL) composition and organization, as NL may represent an alternative source for providing fatty acids and cholesterol (C) to membranes, signaling paths, and transcription factors in the nucleus. We show here that nuclear NL were organized into nonpolar domains in the form of nuclear-lipid droplets (nLD). By fluorescent confocal microscopy, representative nLD were observed in situ within the nuclei of rat hepatocytes in vivo and HepG2 cells, maintained under standard conditions in culture, and within nuclei isolated from rat liver. nLD were resistant to Triton X-100 and became stained with Sudan Red, OsO4, and BODIPY493/503. nLD and control cytosolic-lipid droplets (cLD) were isolated from rat-liver nuclei and from homogenates, respectively, by sucrose-gradient sedimentation. Lipids were extracted, separated by thin-layer chromatography, and quantified. nLD were composed of 37% lipids and 63% proteins. The nLD lipid composition was as follows: 19% triacylglycerols (TAG), 39% cholesteryl esters, 27% C, and 15% polar lipids; whereas the cLD composition contained different proportions of these same lipid classes, in particular 91% TAG. The TAG fatty acids from both lipid droplets were enriched in oleic, linoleic, and palmitic acids. The TAG from the nLD corresponded to a small pool, whereas the TAG from the cLD constituted the main cellular pool (at about 100% yield from the total homogenate). In conclusion, nLD are a domain within the nucleus where NL are stored and organized and may be involved in nuclear lipid homeostasis.
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- J P Layerenza
- INIBIOLP (CCT-La Plata-CONICET-UNLP), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Plasmalogens the neglected regulatory and scavenging lipid species. Chem Phys Lipids 2011; 164:573-89. [PMID: 21723266 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2011.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Plasmalogens are a class of phospholipids carrying a vinyl ether bond in sn-1 and an ester bond in sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone. Although they are widespread in all tissues and represent up to 18% of the total phospholipid mass in humans, their physiological function is still poorly understood. The aim of this review is to give an overview over the current knowledge in plasmalogen biology and pathology with an emphasis on neglected aspects of their involvement in neurological and metabolic diseases. Furthermore a better understanding of plasmalogen biology in health and disease could also lead to the development of better diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for vascular and metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes mellitus, inflammation, neuro-degeneration and cancer.
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Jang YH, Min DS. Nuclear localization of phospholipase D1 mediates the activation of nuclear protein kinase C(alpha) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathways. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:4680-9. [PMID: 21113078 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.162602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Recent studies highlight the existence of a nuclear lipid metabolism related to cellular proliferation. However, the importance of nuclear phosphatidylcholine (PC) metabolism is poorly understood. Therefore, we were interested in nuclear PC as a source of second messengers and, particularly, nuclear localization of PC-specific phospholipase D (PLD). In the present study we have identified the nuclear localization sequence (NLS) of PLD1 whose mutation abolished its nuclear import. Recently, we reported that caspase-mediated cleavage of PLD1 generates the N-terminal fragment (NF-PLD1) and C-terminal fragment (CF-PLD1). Here we show that CF-PLD1 but not NF-PLD1, is exclusively imported into the nucleus via its functional NLS, whereas only some portions of intact PLD1 were localized into the nucleus. The NLS of intact PLD1 or CF-PLD1 is required for interaction with importin-β, which is known to mediate nuclear import. The amount of intact PLD1 or CF-PLD1 translocated into nucleus is correlated with its binding affinity with importin-β. Ultimately, nuclear localization of intact PLD1 but not CF-PLD1 mediates the activation of nuclear protein kinase Cα and extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathways. Taken together, we propose that nuclear localization of PLD1 via the NLS and its interaction with importin-β may provide new insights on the functional role of nuclear PLD1 signaling.
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- Young Hoon Jang
- Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
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Farooqui AA. Lipid Mediators in the Neural Cell Nucleus: Their Metabolism, Signaling, and Association with Neurological Disorders. Neuroscientist 2009; 15:392-407. [DOI: 10.1177/1073858409337035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lipid mediators are important endogenous regulators of neural cell proliferation, differentiation, oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. They originate from enzymic degradation of glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol by phospholipases, sphingomyelinases, and cytochrome P450 hydroxylases, respectively. Arachidonic acid-derived lipid mediators are called eicosanoids. Eicosanoids have emerged as key regulators of cell proliferation, differentiation, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation. Another arachidonic acid-derived lipid mediator is lipoxin. Eicosanoids have proinflammatory effects, whereas lipoxins produce antiinflammatrory effects. The crossponding lipid mediators of docosahexaenoic acid metabolism are named docosanoids. They include resolvins, protectins, and neuroprotectins. Docosanoids produce antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic effects in the brain tissue. Other glycerophospholipid-derived lipid mediators are platelet-activating factor, lysophosphatidic acid, and endocannabinoids. Degradation of sphingolipids also results in the generation of sphingolipid-derived lipid mediators. Sphingolipid-derived lipid mediators are ceramide, ceramide 1-phosphate, sphingosine, and sphingosine 1-phosphate. They mediate cellular differentiation, cell growth, and apoptosis. Similarly, cholesterol-derived lipid mediators hydroxycholesterol and oxycholesterol produce apoptosis. Most of these mediators originate from the plasma membrane. The nucleus has its own set of enzymes and lipid mediators that originate from the nuclear envelope and matrix. The purpose of this commentary is to describe basic and clinical information on lipid mediators in the nucleus.
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- Akhlaq A. Farooqui
- Department of Molecular Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, Ohio,
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Lipids are not only components of cell nucleus membranes, but are also found in the membrane-depleted nuclei where they fulfill special functions. We have investigated the lipid composition of membrane-depleted rat liver nuclei obtained by incubation with low Triton X-100 concentrations of 0.04% and 0.08%, which rendered them unaltered or hardly altered. Under these conditions, 26% of proteins and 22% of phospholipids were recovered. The main phospholipids were phosphatidylcholine > phosphatidylethanolamine > phosphatidylinositol = or > phosphatidylserine and sphingomyelin (in decreasing concentrations). The fatty acid components of total lipids and phosphatidylcholine were mainly unsaturated. Over 40% belonged to the n-6 series (arachidonic > or = 25% and linoleic 15%); approximately 40% corresponded to saturated acids and <10% were monoenoic. Endonuclear phosphatidylcholine was built up by 16 molecular species, the most abundant being 18:0-20:4 (32%), 16:0-20:4 (19%), 16:0-18:2 (13%), and 18:0-18:2 (11%). The fatty acid composition and phosphatidylcholine molecular species distribution in the membrane-depleted nucleus of rat liver showed patterns similar to the whole nucleus, mitochondria, microsomes, and homogenate of the parent liver cells, suggesting that endonuclear lipid pool composition is mainly determined by a liver organ profile.
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- Sabina M Maté
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, UNLP-CONICET, calles 60 y 120, Argentina
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Szivak I, Lamb N, Heilmeyer LMG. Subcellular Localization and Structural Function of Endogenous Phosphorylated Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase (PI4K92). J Biol Chem 2006; 281:16740-9. [PMID: 16606619 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511645200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Anti-phosphopeptide antibodies were raised against phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (PI4K92) phosphorylation sites (Suer, S., Sickmann, A., Meyer, H. E., Herberg, F. W., and Heilmeyer, L. M. Jr. (2001) Eur. J. Biochem. 268, 2099-2106). Characterization proved three of them (anti-pSer-294, anti-pSer-496, and anti-pThr-504 antibody) to be highly specific, recognizing solely PI4K92 phosphorylated at these sites, respectively. Indirect immunofluorescence reveals that PI4K92 phosphorylated on Ser-294 localizes exclusively at the Golgi. The enzyme phosphorylated on Ser-496 and Thr-504 is detected in nuclear speckles. Phosphorylation of Ser-294 on PI4K92 increases the lipid kinase activity and thus serves better in maintaining Golgi function and morphology (compare Hausser, A., Storz, P., Martens, S., Link, G., Toker, A., and Pfizenmaier, K. (2005) Nat. Cell Biol. 7, 880-886). Microinjection of anti-pSer-496, but not of anti-pSer-294 or anti-pThr-504 antibody, into the cytoplasm or into the nucleus of HS68 cells leads to development of hotspots, probably representing aggregated PI4K92, and in later stages, cells become apoptotic and finally die. The association of phosphorylated PI4K92 with nuclear speckles is dynamic and follows the morphological alteration of speckles upon inhibition of mRNA transcription with alpha-amanitin. Overexpressed PI4K92 phosphorylated on Ser-294 is not transported to the nucleus, and that phosphorylated on Ser-496 is found in the nucleus and mislocalized at the Golgi complex. We conclude that nuclear phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate, and consequently, synthesis of polyphosphoinositides are required for a correct nuclear function.
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- Ilona Szivak
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Ruhruniversität Bochum, Universitätstrasse 150, MA 2/141, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Woscholski R. Phospholipid signalling: mediators in need of interdisciplinary techniques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/sita.200690018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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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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Hunt AN. Completing the cycles; the dynamics of endonuclear lipidomics. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1761:577-87. [PMID: 16581290 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2006] [Revised: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Signal transductions via periodic generation and mobilisation of lipid second messengers within the nuclear matrix of eukaryotic cells have focused renewed attention on their precursor phospholipids' location, structure, form and function. The nuclear matrix contains and supports dynamic pools of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol which serve as parent molecules of lipid second messengers but also of other phospholipids requiring cyclical replacement as cells proliferate. Applications of new, highly sensitive and specific analytical methodologies based on tandem electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry and the use of stable isotopes have allowed both static and dynamic lipidomic profiling of these endonuclear phospholipid pools. Together with more conventional enzymatic analyses and evaluation of the effect of specific "knock-out" of phospholipid transfer capacity, a number of important principles have been established. Specifically, a compartmental capacity to synthesise and remodel highly saturated phosphatidylcholine exists alongside transport mechanisms that facilitate the nuclear import of phosphatidylinositol and other phospholipids synthesised elsewhere within the cell. Subnuclear fractionation and the use of newly emerging techniques for sensitive lipidomic profiling of polyphosphoinositides, diacylglycerols and phosphatidate molecular species offer the potential for further significant advances in the near future.
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- Alan N Hunt
- Allergy and Inflammation Research, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
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Dehghani H, Hahnel AC. Expression profile of protein kinase C isozymes in preimplantation mouse development. Reproduction 2006; 130:441-51. [PMID: 16183862 DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00571] [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: 12/21/2022]
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In the preimplantation mouse embryo, the protein kinase C (PKC) family has been implicated in regulation of egg activation, progression of meiotic and mitotic cell cycles, embryo compaction, and blastulation, but the involvement of the individual isozymes is largely unknown. Here, using semiquantitative immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy we analyze the relative amount and subcellular distribution of ten isozymes of PKC (alpha, betaI, betaII, gamma, delta, epsilon, eta, theta, zeta, iota/lambda) and a PKC-anchoring protein, receptor for activated C-kinase 1 (RACK1). Our results show that all of these isoforms of PKC are present between the two-cell and blastocyst stages of mouse preimplantation development, and that each has a distinct, dynamic pattern and level of expression. The data suggest that different complements of the isozymes are involved in various steps of preimplantation development, and will serve as a framework for further functional studies of the individual isozymes. In particular, there was a transient increase in the nuclear concentration of several isozymes at the early four-cell stage, suggesting that some of the PKC isozymes might be involved in regulation of nuclear organization and function in the early mouse embryo.
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- Hesam Dehghani
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Canada
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Dehghani H, Reith C, Hahnel AC. Subcellular localization of protein kinase C delta and epsilon affects transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes in four-cell mouse embryos. Reproduction 2006; 130:453-65. [PMID: 16183863 DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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During mouse preimplantation development, two isozymes of protein kinase C (PKC), delta and epsilon, transiently localize to nuclei at the early four-cell stage. In order to study their functions at this stage, we altered the subcellular localization of these isozymes (ratio of nuclear to cytoplasmic concentrations) with peptides that specifically activate or inhibit translocation of each isozyme. The effects of altering nuclear concentration of each isozyme on transcription (5-bromouridine 5'-triphosphate (BrUTP) incorporation), amount and distribution of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), nucleolar dynamics (immunocytochemistry for Smith antigen (Sm) protein) and the activity of embryonic alkaline phosphatase (EAP; histochemistry) were examined. We found that nuclear concentration of PKC epsilon correlated with total mRNA transcription. Higher nuclear concentrations of both PKC delta and epsilon decreased storage of snRNPs in Cajal bodies and decreased the number of nucleoli, but did not affect the nucleoplasmic concentration of snRNPs. Inhibiting translocation of PKC delta out of the nucleus at the early four-cell stage decreased cytoplasmic EAP activity, whereas inhibiting translocation of PKC epsilon increased EAP activity slightly. These results indicate that translocation of PKC delta and epsilon in and out of nuclei at the early four-cell stage in mice can affect transcription or message processing, and that sequestration of these PKC in nuclei can also affect the activity of a cytoplasmic protein (EAP).
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- Hesam Dehghani
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Canada
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Cárdenas C, Liberona JL, Molgó J, Colasante C, Mignery GA, Jaimovich E. Nuclear inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors regulate local Ca2+ transients and modulate cAMP response element binding protein phosphorylation. J Cell Sci 2006; 118:3131-40. [PMID: 16014380 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several lines of evidence indicate that increases in nuclear Ca(2+) have specific biological effects that differ from those of cytosolic Ca(2+), suggesting that they occur independently. The mechanisms involved in controlling nuclear Ca(2+) signaling are both controversial and still poorly understood. Using hypotonic shock combined with mechanical disruption, we obtained and characterized a fraction of purified nuclei from cultured rat skeletal myotubes. Both immunoblot studies and radiolabeled inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [IP(3)] binding revealed an important concentration of IP(3) receptors in the nuclear fraction. Immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy studies localized type-1 and type-3 IP(3) receptors in the nucleus with type-1 receptors preferentially localized in the inner nuclear membrane. Type-2 IP(3) receptor was confined to the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Isolated nuclei responded to IP(3) with rapid and transient Ca(2+) concentration elevations, which were inhibited by known blockers of IP(3) signals. Similar results were obtained with isolated nuclei from the 1B5 cell line, which does not express ryanodine receptors but releases nuclear Ca(2+) in an IP(3)-dependent manner. Nuclear Ca(2+) increases triggered by IP(3) evoked phosphorylation of cAMP response element binding protein with kinetics compatible with sequential activation. These results support the idea that Ca(2+) signals, mediated by nuclear IP(3) receptors in muscle cells, are part of a distinct Ca(2+) release component that originates in the nucleus and probably participates in gene regulation mediated by cAMP response element binding protein.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/biosynthesis
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism
- Fluorometry
- Immunohistochemistry
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Nuclear Envelope/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Isoforms
- Rats
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
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- Cesar Cárdenas
- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago 7, Chile
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Marchisio M, Santavenere E, Paludi M, Gaspari AR, Lanuti P, Bascelli A, Ercolino E, Di Baldassarre A, Miscia S. Erythroid cell differentiation is characterized by nuclear matrix localization and phosphorylation of protein kinases C (PKC) alpha, delta, and zeta. J Cell Physiol 2005; 205:32-6. [PMID: 15880451 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Protein kinases C (PKC) zeta expression and phosphorylation at nuclear level during dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-induced differentiation in Friend erythroleukemia cells have been previously reported, suggesting a possible role of this PKC isoform in the DMSO-related signaling. In order to shed more light on this tantalizing topic, we investigated PKC intracellular and sub-cellular localization and activity during DMSO-induced erythroid differentiation. Results indicated that at least PKC alpha, zeta, and delta are strongly and temporally involved in the DMSO-induced differentiation signals since their expression and phosphorylation, though at different extents, were observed during treatments. Intriguingly, while PKC alpha and zeta associate to the nuclear matrix during the differentiation event, PKC delta appears to be residentially associated to the nuclear matrix. Furthermore, an evident downregulation of the beta-globin gene transcription (differentiation hallmark) was detected upon a progressive inhibition of these PKC isoforms by means of specific inhibitors, indicating, therefore, that PKC alpha, zeta, and delta phosphorylation play a crucial role in the control of erythroid differentiation.
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- Marco Marchisio
- Cell Signalling Unit, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Biomorfologia, University "G.d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Zini N, Lisignoli G, Solimando L, Bavelloni A, Valmori A, Cristino S, Martelli AM, Facchini A, Maraldi NM. Quantitative immunodetection of key elements of polyphosphoinositide signal transduction in osteoblasts from arthritic patients shows a direct correlation with cell proliferation. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 124:131-7. [PMID: 16052323 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0022-z] [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: 05/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Phosphoinositides play an essential role in diverse cellular functions such as cell proliferation, cytoskeletal regulation, intracellular vesicle trafficking, motility, cell metabolism and death. Alteration of these pathways is common to many diseases. In this study, we show that osteoblasts from patients affected by osteoarthritis (OA) and by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) present a decreased cell proliferation and a reduced expression of the key elements of polyphosphoinositide signal transduction such as phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI 3K), phospholipase C gamma1 (PLCgamma1), and protein kinase C zeta (PKCzeta) compared to the post-traumatic (PT) patients. Our results suggest that a correlation may exist between the reduced osteoblast proliferation observed in OA and RA patients and the lowered expression of PI 3K, PLCgamma1, and PKCzeta enzymes. The reduced proliferation rate of osteoblasts in response to these signal transduction effectors could counteract the evolution of arthritic disease.
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- Nicoletta Zini
- ITOI--CNR, Sezione di Bologna c/o IOR, via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Quantitative immunodetection of key elements of polyphosphoinositide signal transduction in osteoblasts from arthritic patients shows a direct correlation with cell proliferation. Biotechnol Lett 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-005-0227-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mortier E, Wuytens G, Leenaerts I, Hannes F, Heung MY, Degeest G, David G, Zimmermann P. Nuclear speckles and nucleoli targeting by PIP2-PDZ domain interactions. EMBO J 2005; 24:2556-65. [PMID: 15961997 PMCID: PMC1176451 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2004] [Accepted: 05/30/2005] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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PDZ (Postsynaptic density protein, Disc large, Zona occludens) domains are protein-protein interaction modules that predominate in submembranous scaffolding proteins. Recently, we showed that the PDZ domains of syntenin-1 also interact with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) and that this interaction controls the recruitment of the protein to the plasma membrane. Here we evaluate the general importance of PIP2-PDZ domain interactions. We report that most PDZ proteins bind weakly to PIP2, but that syntenin-2, the closest homolog of syntenin-1, binds with high affinity to PIP2 via its PDZ domains. Surprisingly, these domains target syntenin-2 to nuclear PIP2 pools, in nuclear speckles and nucleoli. Targeting to these sites is abolished by treatments known to affect these PIP2 pools. Mutational and domain-swapping experiments indicate that high-affinity binding to PIP2 requires both PDZ domains of syntenin-2, but that its first PDZ domain contains the nuclear PIP2 targeting determinants. Depletion of syntenin-2 disrupts the nuclear speckles-PIP2 pattern and affects cell survival and cell division. These findings show that PIP2-PDZ domain interactions can directly contribute to subnuclear assembly processes.
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- Eva Mortier
- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Herestraat 49 (0&N), 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel.: +32 16 34 72 10; Fax: +32 16 34 71 66; E-mail:
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Seguí-Simarro JM, Testillano PS, Jouannic S, Henry Y, Risueño MC. Mitogen-activated protein kinases are developmentally regulated during stress-induced microspore embryogenesis in Brassica napus L. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 123:541-51. [PMID: 15895239 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0749-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Plant mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are involved in extracellular stress signalling pathways, leading to different cellular responses. Stress-induced microspore embryogenesis involves the internalization of an extracellular stress signal, generating a number of cellular responses where MAPK cascades might be involved. These responses include a change of the developmental programme, the entry into an early proliferative stage and, subsequently, into differentiation stages during haploid embryogenesis. In this work we studied the expression during microspore embryogenesis of several kinases, to assess their putative role in these events. The known Brassica napus MAP kinase kinase kinases (MAP3Ks BnMAP3Kalpha1, BnMAP3Kbeta1 and BnMAP3Kepsilon, the BnBSKtheta kinase and B. napus extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) homologues were analysed by electron microscope (EM) in situ hybridization, immuno-gold labelling, immunofluorescence and western blotting. The differential in situ expression of these kinases suggests a role for them during embryogenesis. Two different expression patterns were observed, indicating a different regulation. BnMAP3Kalpha1, BnMAP3Kepsilon, and the ERKs showed a pattern consistent with a role mainly in proliferative events. Conversely, BnMAP3Kbeta1 and BnBSKtheta, presented a pattern that suggested an involvement in differentiation stages. In addition, ERK homologues migrate to the nucleus immediately after induction, being found in a phosphorylated state in a larger amount.
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- José M Seguí-Simarro
- Plant Development and Nuclear Organization Unit, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-C.S.I.C. C, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Tabellini G, Billi AM, Falà F, Cappellini A, Evagelisti C, Manzoli L, Cocco L, Martelli AM. Nuclear diacylglycerol kinase-theta is activated in response to nerve growth factor stimulation of PC12 cells. Cell Signal 2005; 16:1263-71. [PMID: 15337525 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2004.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2004] [Accepted: 03/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Previous evidence from independent laboratories has shown that the nucleus contains diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) isoforms, i.e., the enzymes, which yield phosphatidic acid from diacylglycerol, thus terminating protein kinase C-mediated signaling events. A DGK isoform, which resides in the nucleus of PC12 cells, is DGK-theta. Here, we show that nerve growth factor (NGF) treatment of serum-starved PC12 cells results in the stimulation of both a cytoplasmic and a nuclear DGK activity. However, time course analysis shows that cytoplasmic DGK activity peaked earlier than its nuclear counterpart. While nuclear DGK activity was dramatically down-regulated by a monoclonal antibody known for selectively inhibiting DGK-theta, cytoplasmic DGK activity was not. Moreover, nuclear DGK activity was stimulated by phosphatidylserine, an anionic phospholipid that had no effect on cytoplasmic DGK activity. Upon NGF stimulation, the amount and the activity of DGK-theta, which was bound to the insoluble nuclear matrix fraction, substantially increased. Epidermal growth factor up-regulated a nuclear DGK activity insensitive to anti-DGK-theta monoclonal antibody. Overall, our findings identify nuclear DGK-theta as a down-stream target of NGF signaling in PC12 cells.
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- Giovanna Tabellini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche Umane e Fisiopatologia dell'Apparato Locomotore, Cell Signalling Laboratory, Università degli Studi di Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126, Italy
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Maraldi NM, Squarzoni S, Sabatelli P, Capanni C, Mattioli E, Ognibene A, Lattanzi G. Laminopathies: Involvement of structural nuclear proteins in the pathogenesis of an increasing number of human diseases. J Cell Physiol 2005; 203:319-27. [PMID: 15389628 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Just at the beginning of the millennium the neologism laminopathies has been introduced in the scientific vocabulary. An exponential increase of interest on the subject started concomitantly, so that a formerly quite neglected group of rare human diseases is now widely investigated. This review will cover the history of the identification of the molecular basis for fourteen (since now) hereditary diseases arising from defects in genes that encode nuclear envelope and nuclear lamina-associated proteins and will also consider the hypotheses that can account for the role of structural nuclear proteins in the pathogenesis of diseases affecting a wide spectrum of tissues.
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- Nadir M Maraldi
- ITOI-CNR, Unit of Bologna via di Barbiano 1/10 c/o IOR, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Miller AL, Suntharalingam M, Johnson SL, Audhya A, Emr SD, Wente SR. Cytoplasmic inositol hexakisphosphate production is sufficient for mediating the Gle1-mRNA export pathway. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:51022-32. [PMID: 15459192 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409394200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Production of inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) by Ipk1, the inositol-1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate 2-kinase, is required for Gle1-mediated mRNA export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. To examine the network of interactions that require IP6 production, an analysis of fitness defects was conducted in mutants harboring both an ipk1 null allele and a mutant allele in genes encoding nucleoporins or transport factors. Enhanced lethality was observed with a specific subset of mutants, including nup42, nup116, nup159, dbp5, and gle2, all of which had been previously connected to Gle1 function. Complementation of the nup116Deltaipk1Delta and nup42Deltaipk1Delta double mutants did not require the Phe-Gly repeat domains in the respective nucleoporins, suggesting that IP6 was acting subsequent to heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein targeting to the nuclear pore complex. With Nup42 and Nup159 localized exclusively to the nuclear pore complex cytoplasmic side, we speculated that IP6 may regulate a cytoplasmic step in mRNA export. To test this prediction, the spatial requirements for the production of IP6 were investigated. Restriction of Ipk1 to the cytoplasm did not block IP6 production. Moreover, coincident sequestering of both Ipk1 and Mss4 (an enzyme required for phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate production) to the cytoplasm also did not block IP6 production. Given that the kinase required for inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate production (Ipk2) is localized in the nucleus, these results indicated that soluble inositides were diffusing between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Additionally, the cytoplasmic production of IP6 by plasma membrane-anchored Ipk1 rescued a gle1-2 ipk1-4 synthetic lethal mutant. Thus, cytoplasmic IP6 production is sufficient for mediating the Gle1-mRNA export pathway.
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- Aimee L Miller
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8240, USA
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Avazeri N, Courtot AM, Lefevre B. Regulation of spontaneous meiosis resumption in mouse oocytes by various conventional PKC isozymes depends on cellular compartmentalization. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:4969-78. [PMID: 15367584 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the spatio-temporal distribution of conventional protein kinases C (cPKC) isoforms PKC-alpha, PKC-betaI, PKC-betaII and PKC-gamma in mouse oocytes. The cPKCs were present in the cytoplasm at the start of the process and migrated to the nucleus (or germinal vesicle) before germinal vesicle breakdown, except for PKC-gamma which remained cytoplasmic. In both compartments, the fully phosphorylated form corresponding to the 'mature' enzyme was revealed for PKC-alpha, PKC-betaI and PKC-betaII. Microinjection of specific antibodies against each isozyme in one or the other cell compartment at different times of the meiotic process, permitted us to observe the following: (1) When located in the cytoplasm at the beginning of the process, PKC-alpha is not implicated in germinal vesicle breakdown, PKC-betaI and PKC-gamma are involved in maintaining the meiotic arrest, and PKC-betaII plays a role in meiosis reinitiation. Furthermore, just before germinal vesicle breakdown, these cytoplasmic cPKCs were no longer implicated. (2) When located in the germinal vesicle, PKC-alpha, PKC-betaI and PKC-betaII are involved in meiosis reinitiation. Our data highlight not only the importance of the nuclear pathways in the cell cycle progression, but also their independence of the cytoplasmic ones. Further investigations are however necessary to discover the molecular targets of these cPKCs to better understand the links with the cell cycle progression.
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- Nathalie Avazeri
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 566 Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses CEDEX, France
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Cocco L, Manzoli L, Barnabei O, Gilmour RS, Martelli AM. Re-examination of the significance of nuclear localization of PLCbeta1 in the likelihood of its involvement in neoplastic cell growth. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2004; 43:1-13. [PMID: 12791378 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(02)00025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Lucio Cocco
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, I-40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase enhancer (PIKE) is a brain-specific GTPase that binds to PI 3-kinase and stimulates its lipid kinase activity. It exists in two forms: the first to be identified, PIKE-S, is shorter and exclusively nuclear; by contrast, the longer form, PIKE-L, resides in multiple intracellular compartments. Nerve growth factor treatment leads to PIKE-S activation by triggering the nuclear translocation of phospholipase C (PLC)-γ1, which acts as a physiological guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for PIKE-S through its Src-homlogy 3 (SH3) domain. Cytoplasmic PI 3-kinase and its lipid product phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P3] regulate the membrane translocation and activation of many signaling molecules by binding to their pleckstrin homology (PH) domains. However, little is known about the physiological roles of their nuclear counterparts. The nuclear PLC-γ1/PIKE-S/PI 3-kinase signaling pathway seems to be an extension of the crosstalk between cytoplasmic PLC-γ1 and PI 3-kinase. PIKE-L contains a C-terminal extension consisting of an ADP ribosylation-GTPase-activating protein (ArfGAP) domain and two ankyrin repeats in addition to the N-terminal GTPase domain. PIKE-L could have additional, extranuclear functions, including regulation of postsynaptic signaling by metabotropic glutamate receptors.
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- Keqiang Ye
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Ramírez C, Testillano PS, Pintos B, Moreno-Risueño MA, Bueno MA, Risueño MC. Changes in pectins and MAPKs related to cell development during early microspore embryogenesis in Quercus suber L. Eur J Cell Biol 2004; 83:213-25. [PMID: 15346811 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The occurrence and significance of changes in cell wall components and signalling molecules has been investigated during early microspore embryogenesis in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) in relation to cell proliferation and cell differentiation. Microspore embryogenesis has been induced in in vitro anther cultures of Q. suber by the application of a stress treatment of 33 degrees C. After the treatment, microspores at the responsive developmental stage of vacuolate microspore switched towards proliferation and the embryogenesis pathway to further produce haploid plantlets. Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical analysis revealed changes in cell organisation after induction at different developmental stages, the cellular features displayed being in relation to the activation of proliferative activity and the beginning of differentiation in young and late proembryos. Immunogold labelling with JIM5 and JIM7 antibodies showed a different presence of pectin and level of its esterification in cell walls at different developmental stages. Non-esterified pectins were found in higher proportions in cells of late proembryos, suggesting that pectin de-esterification could be related to the beginning of differentiation. The presence and subcellular distribution of Erk 1/2 MAPK homologues have been investigated by immunoblotting, immunofluorescence and immunogold labelling. The results showed an increase in the expression of these proteins with a high presence in the nucleus, during early microspore proembryos development. The reported changes during early microspore embryogenesis are modulated in relation to proliferation and differentiation events. These findings provided new evidences for a role of MAPK signalling pathways in early microspore embryogenesis, specifically in proliferation, and would confer information for the cell fate and the direction of the cell development.
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- Carmen Ramírez
- Plant Development and Nuclear Organisation, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Maté SM, Brenner RR, Ves-Losada A. Phosphatidyl choline fatty acid remodeling in the hepatic cell nuclei. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2004; 70:49-57. [PMID: 14643179 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2003.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study was performed to determine whether fatty acids incorporated into liver cell nuclei phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) could be remodeled in the isolated nuclear. For this reason, rat liver cell nuclei were incubated in vitro with [1-14C]20:4n-6-CoA. PtdCho molecular species with the highest specific activity had an unsaturated fatty acid at sn-1 and sn-2 positions (20:4-20:4>18:2-20:4>18:1-20:4). 16:0-20:4 and 18:0-20:4 PtdChos showed a minor specific activity. When labeled nuclei were reincubated in the absence of labeled substrate with the addition of cytosol, ATP and CoA, the specific activity of 20:4-20:4, 18:2-20:4 and 18:1-20:4 species decreased, while that of 16:0-20:4 and 18:0-20:4 increased. In conclusion, the asymmetric fatty acid distribution of saturated fatty acids at sn-1 position, and unsaturated fatty acids at sn-2 position of nuclear PtdCho molecular species was re-established by an acyl-CoA-dependent remodeling process.
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- S M Maté
- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata, UNLP-CONICET, calles 60 y 120, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
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Strong evidence has been accumulating over the last 15 years suggesting that phosphoinositides, which are involved in the regulation of a large variety of cellular processes in the cytoplasm and in the plasma membrane, are present within the nucleus. Several advances have resulted in the discovery that nuclear phosphoinositides are involved in cell growth and differentiation. Remarkably, the nuclear inositide metabolism is regulated independently from that present elsewhere in the cell. Although nuclear inositol lipids generate second messengers such as diacylglycerol and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, it is becoming increasingly clear that in the nucleus polyphosphoinositides may act by themselves to influence pre-mRNA splicing and chromatin structure. This review aims at highlighting the most significant and updated findings about inositol lipid metabolism in the nucleus.
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- Alberto M Martelli
- Cellular Signalling Laboratory, Department of Human Anatomical Sciences, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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Cocco L, Manzoli L, Barnabei O, Martelli AM. Significance of subnuclear localization of key players of inositol lipid cycle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 44:51-60. [PMID: 15581482 DOI: 10.1016/j.advenzreg.2003.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Lucio Cocco
- Cellular Signaling Laboratory, Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, Bologna 40126, Italy.
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Lipids have long been recognized as quantitatively minor components of the nucleus, where they were initially thought to have little functional importance; but they now command growing interest, with recognition of their diverse signaling and modulating properties in that organelle. This applies to the lipid-poor compartments of the nucleoplasm as well as the relatively lipid-rich nuclear envelope. Phosphoglycerides and sphingomyelin, as the predominant lipids, have attracted the most interest among researchers, but some of the less-abundant lipids such as gangliosides, sphingosine, and sphingosine phosphate are now becoming recognized as functionally important nuclear constituents. Among recent advances in this emerging field are detailed findings on the metabolic enzymes that synthesize and catabolize nuclear lipids; the fact that these are localized primarily within the nucleus itself indicates considerable autonomy with respect to lipid metabolism. Current studies suggest several key processes involving RNA and DNA reactivity that are dependent on these lipid-initiated events. Neural cell nuclei have been the subject of such investigations, with results that closely parallel the more numerous studies on nuclei of extraneural cells. This review attempts to outline some of the major findings on nuclear lipids of diverse cell types; results with nonneural nuclei will hopefully provide useful guideposts to further studies of neural systems.
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- Robert W Ledeen
- Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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Sánchez-Velar N, Udofia EB, Yu Z, Zapp ML. hRIP, a cellular cofactor for Rev function, promotes release of HIV RNAs from the perinuclear region. Genes Dev 2003; 18:23-34. [PMID: 14701878 PMCID: PMC314270 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1149704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Human immunodeficiency virus Rev facilitates the cytoplasmic accumulation of viral RNAs that contain a Rev binding site. A human Rev-interacting protein (hRIP) was originally identified based on its ability to interact with the Rev nuclear export signal (NES) in yeast two-hybrid assays. To date, however, the function of hRIP and a role for hRIP in Rev-directed RNA export have remained elusive. Here we ablate hRIP activity with a dominant-negative mutant or RNA interference and analyze Rev function by RNA in situ hybridization. We find, unexpectedly, that in the absence of functional hRIP, Rev-directed RNAs mislocalize and aberrantly accumulate at the nuclear periphery, where hRIP is localized. In contrast, in the absence of Rev or the Rev cofactor CRM1, Rev-directed RNAs remain nuclear. We further show that the RNA mislocalization pattern resulting from loss of hRIP activity is highly specific to Rev function: the intracellular distribution of cellular poly(A)(+) mRNA, nuclear proteins, and, most important, NES-containing proteins, are unaffected. Thus, hRIP is an essential cellular Rev cofactor, which acts at a previously unanticipated step in HIV-1 RNA export: movement of RNAs from the nuclear periphery to the cytoplasm.
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- Nuria Sánchez-Velar
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Program in Molecular Medicine and the UMASS Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Zini N, Lisignoli G, Solimando L, Bavelloni A, Grassi F, Guidotti L, Trimarchi C, Facchini A, Maraldi NM. IL1-beta and TNF-alpha induce changes in the nuclear polyphosphoinositide signalling system in osteoblasts similar to that occurring in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an immunochemical and immunocytochemical study. Histochem Cell Biol 2003; 120:243-50. [PMID: 12915944 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-003-0563-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are common joint diseases that can lead to destruction of cartilage and structural changes in the subchondral bone. In this study we show by western blot and quantitative immunocytochemistry that nuclear phospholipase C beta(1) (PLC beta(1)) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)), two key elements of the polyphosphoinositide signal transduction system that regulate different cellular processes, increase in primary osteoblast cultures of RA patients when compared with post-traumatic after fall (PT) patients, whilst those of OA are not significantly affected. Moreover, we demonstrate that these alterations could be induced in PT osteoblasts by proinflammatory cytokines IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha. This suggests that proinflammatory cytokines, highly produced by RA infiltrating mononuclear cells, can modulate the nuclear polyphosphoinositide signalling pathway of the osteoblasts involved in bone remodelling.
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- Nicoletta Zini
- Sezioni di Bologna c/o IOR, ITOI-CNR, via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Tabellini G, Bortul R, Santi S, Riccio M, Baldini G, Cappellini A, Billi AM, Berezney R, Ruggeri A, Cocco L, Martelli AM. Diacylglycerol kinase-theta is localized in the speckle domains of the nucleus. Exp Cell Res 2003; 287:143-54. [PMID: 12799190 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4827(03)00115-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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It is well established that the nucleus is endowed with enzymes that are involved in lipid-dependent signal transduction pathways. Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a fundamental lipid second messenger that is produced in the nucleus. Previous reports have shown that the nucleus contains diacylglycerol kinases (DGKs), i.e., the enzymes that, by converting DAG into phosphatidic acid (PA), terminate DAG-dependent events. Here, we show, by immunofluorescence staining and confocal analysis, that DGK-theta localizes mainly to the nucleus of various cell lines, such as MDA-MB-453, MCF-7, PC12, and HeLa. Nuclear DGK-theta co-localizes with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) in domains that correspond to nuclear speckles, as revealed by the use of an antibody to the splicing factor SC-35, a well-established marker for these structures. The spatial distribution of nuclear DGK-theta was dynamic in that it was affected by inhibition of mRNA transcription with alpha-amanitin. Immuno-electron microscopy analysis demonstrated that DGK-theta, PIP(2), and phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase Cbeta1 (PLCbeta1) associated with electron-dense particles within the nucleus that correspond to interchromatin granule clusters. Cell fractionation experiments performed in MDA-MB-453, HeLa, and PC12 cells showed a preferential association of DGK-theta with the nucleus. Western blots demonstrated that DGK-theta was enriched in the nuclear matrix fraction prepared from MDA-MB-453 cells. Immunoprecipitation experiments with an antibody to PLCbeta1 revealed in MDA-MB-453 cells an association between this enzyme and both DGK-theta and phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase Ialpha (PIPKIalpha). Our findings strengthen the contention that speckles represent a crucial site for the nuclear-based inositol lipid cycle. We may speculate that nuclear speckle-located DGK-theta, on cell stimulation with an agonist, converts to PA the DAG derived from PLCbeta1-dependent PIP(2) hydrolysis.
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- Giovanna Tabellini
- 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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Li G, Tolstonog GV, Traub P. Interaction in vitro of type III intermediate filament proteins with Z-DNA and B-Z-DNA junctions. DNA Cell Biol 2003; 22:141-69. [PMID: 12804114 DOI: 10.1089/104454903321655783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The selection of DNA fragments containing simple d(GT)(n) and composite d(GT)(m). d(GA)(n) microsatellites during affinity binding of mouse genomic DNA to type III cytoplasmic intermediate filaments (cIFs) in vitro, and the detection of such repeats, often as parts of nuclear matrix attachment region (MAR)-like DNA, in SDS-stable DNA-vimentin crosslinkage products isolated from intact fibroblasts, prompted a detailed study of the interaction of type III cIF proteins with left-handed Z-DNA formed from d(GT)(17) and d(CG)(17) repeats under the topological tension of negatively supercoiled plasmids. Although d(GT)(n) tracts possess a distinctly lower Z-DNA-forming potential than d(CG)(n) tracts, the filament proteins produced a stronger electrophoretic mobility shift with a plasmid carrying a d(GT)(17) insert than with plasmids containing different d(CG)(n) inserts, consistent with the facts that the B-Z transition of d(GT)(n) repeats requires a higher negative superhelical density than that of d(CG)(n) repeats and the affinity of cIF proteins for plasmid DNA increases with its superhelical tension. That both types of dinucleotide repeat had indeed undergone B-Z transition was confirmed by S1 nuclease and chemical footprinting analysis of the plasmids, which also demonstrated efficient protection by cIF proteins from nucleolytic and chemical attack of the Z-DNA helices as such, as well as of the flanking B-Z junctions. The analysis also revealed sensibilization of nucleotides in the center of one of the two strands of a perfect d(CG)(17) insert toward S1 nuclease, indicating cIF protein-induced bending of the repeat. In all these assays, vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) showed comparable activities, versus desmin, which was almost inactive. In addition, vimentin and GFAP exhibited much higher affinities for the Z-DNA conformation of brominated, linear d(CG)(25) repeats than for the B-DNA configuration of the unmodified oligonucleotides. While double-stranded DNA was incapable of chasing the Z-DNA from its protein complexes, and Holliday junction and single-stranded (ss)DNA were distinguished by reasonable competitiveness, phosphatidylinositol (PI) and, particularly, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-diphosphate (PIP(2)) turned out to be extremely potent competitors. Because PIP(2) is an important member of the nuclear PI signal transduction cascade, it might exert a regulatory influence on the binding of cIF proteins to Z- and other DNA conformations. From this interaction of cIF proteins with Z- and bent DNA and their previously detected affinities for MAR-like, ss, triple helical, and four-way junction DNA, it may be concluded that the filament proteins play a general role in such nuclear matrix-associated processes as DNA replication, recombination, repair, and transcription.
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- Guohong Li
- Max-Planck Institut für Zellbiologie, Rosenhof, 68526 Ladenburg, Germany
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Cocco L, Martelli AM, Vitale M, Falconi M, Barnabei O, Stewart Gilmour R, Manzoli FA. Inositides in the nucleus: regulation of nuclear PI-PLCbeta1. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2002; 42:181-93. [PMID: 12123715 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(01)00030-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Lucio Cocco
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Cellular Signaling Laboratory, University of Bologna, Italy.
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Maraldi NM, Squarzoni S, Sabatelli P, Lattanzi G, Ognibene A, Manzoli FA. Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, nuclear cell signaling and chromatin remodeling. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2002; 42:1-18. [PMID: 12123703 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(01)00022-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Nadir M Maraldi
- Institute of Citomorfologia Normale e Patologica C.N.R. and Laboratory of Biologia Cellulare e Microscopia Elettronica, I. O. R., Bologna, Italy
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Grewal S, Morrison EE, Ponnambalam S, Walker JH. Nuclear localisation of cytosolic phospholipase A2-alpha in the EA.hy.926 human endothelial cell line is proliferation dependent and modulated by phosphorylation. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:4533-43. [PMID: 12414998 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cytosolic phospholipase A(2)-alpha (cPLA(2)-alpha) is a calcium-sensitive enzyme involved in receptor-mediated eicosanoid production. In resting cells, cPLA(2)-alpha is present in the cytosol and nucleus and translocates to membranes via its calcium-dependent lipid-binding (CaLB) domain following stimulation. cPLA(2)-alpha is also regulated by phosphorylation on several residues, which results in enhanced arachidonic acid release. Little is known about the factors controlling the nuclear localisation of cPLA(2)-alpha. Here the nuclear localisation of cPLA(2)-alpha in the EA.hy.926 human endothelial cell line was investigated. Nuclear localisation was dependent on proliferation, with subconfluent cells containing higher levels of nuclear cPLA(2)-alpha than contact-inhibited confluent or serum-starved cells. The broad-range protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine caused a decrease in the nuclear level of cPLA(2)-alpha, whereas the protein phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid increased the level of nuclear cPLA(2)-alpha. Using inhibitors for specific mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, both p42/44(MAPK) and p38(MAPK) were shown to be important in modulating nuclear localisation. Finally, inhibition of nuclear import and export using Agaricus bisporus lectin and leptomycin B, respectively, demonstrated that cPLA(2)-alpha contains functional nuclear localisation and export signals. Thus we have identified a novel mode of regulation of cPLA(2)-alpha. This, together with the increasing body of evidence supporting the role of nuclear lipid second messengers in gene expression and proliferation, may have important implications for controlling the growth of endothelial cells in angiogenesis and tumour progression.
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- Seema Grewal
- School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Coronado MJ, González-Melendi P, Seguí JM, Ramírez C, Bárány I, Testillano PS, Risueño MC. MAPKs entry into the nucleus at specific interchromatin domains in plant differentiation and proliferation processes. J Struct Biol 2002; 140:200-13. [PMID: 12490168 DOI: 10.1016/s1047-8477(02)00542-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are involved in the signaling of extracellular stimuli in eukaryotes, including plants. Different MAPKs have recently been shown to be expressed during plant cell proliferation and developmental processes such as pollen development and embryogenesis, but the structural subdomain where these MAPKs are targeted in the nucleus has not yet been characterized. We have determined the changes in the expression and subcellular localization of ERK homologues, proteins belonging to the MAPK family, and MAPK-active forms in two plant developmental processes which involved differentiation (pollen maturation) and proliferation (the initials of pollen embryogenesis). Immunofluorescence and immunogold labeling in the species studied showed that the progression of differentiation and proliferation was accompanied by an increase in the expression of ERKs and MAPK activation together with a translocation to the nucleus. Combining ultrastructural cytochemistry and immunogold for RNA and phosphorylated proteins we have identified the nuclear sites housing these MAPKs in areas of the interchromatin region enriched in RNA and phosphoproteins that include clusters of interchromatin granules. This could suggest a role of these MAPKs in the early events of activation of the transcription and processing machinery, via phosphorylation, which subsequently would be recruited to the transcription sites. The association of the nuclear localization of MAPKs with the progression through the cell cycle and the commitment toward differentiation in the two plant developmental processes can be correlated.
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- M J Coronado
- Plant Development and Nuclear Organization, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Velázquez 144, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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French SW, Shen RR, Koh PJ, Malone CS, Mallick P, Teitell MA. A modeled hydrophobic domain on the TCL1 oncoprotein mediates association with AKT at the cytoplasmic membrane. Biochemistry 2002; 41:6376-82. [PMID: 12009899 DOI: 10.1021/bi016068o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AKT has a critical role in relaying cell survival and proliferation signals initiated by ligand binding to surface receptors in mammalian cells. Induction of AKT serine/threonine kinase activity is augmented by the T-cell leukemia-1 (TCL1) oncoprotein through a physical association requiring the AKT pleckstrin homology domain. Here, we used molecular modeling and identified an exposed hydrophobic patch composed of two discontinuous amino acid stretches near one end of the TCL1 beta-barrel that was required for a TCL1-AKT association. Site-directed mutations of this region did not affect TCL1 secondary structure, yet they disrupted interactions with AKT. This region was found in other members of the TCL1 oncoprotein family, such as TCL1b and MTCP1, and suggested a conserved, novel AKT binding domain. Interestingly, TCL1 and AKT co-localize in multiple cell compartments, but only extracts from the plasma membrane stimulate optimal complex formation in vitro. Identification of an AKT binding domain on TCL1 is an important step in deciphering the complex interactions that regulate AKT kinase activity in lymphocyte development and neoplasia within the immune system.
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- Samuel W French
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1732, USA
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Watt SA, Kular G, Fleming IN, Downes CP, Lucocq JM. Subcellular localization of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate using the pleckstrin homology domain of phospholipase C delta1. Biochem J 2002; 363:657-66. [PMID: 11964166 PMCID: PMC1222518 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3630657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ptd(4,5)P(2) is thought to promote and organize a wide range of cellular functions, including vesicular membrane traffic and cytoskeletal dynamics, by recruiting functional protein complexes to restricted locations in cellular membranes. However, little is known about the distribution of PtdIns(4,5)P(2) in the cell at high resolution. We have used the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain of phospholipase delta(1) (PLCdelta(1)), narrowly specific for PtdIns(4,5)P(2), to map the distribution of the lipid in astrocytoma and A431 cells. We applied the glutathione S-transferase-tagged PLCdelta(1) PH domain (PLCdelta(1)PH-GST) in an on-section labelling approach which avoids transfection procedures. Here we demonstrate PtdIns(4,5)P(2) labelling in the plasma membrane, and also in intracellular membranes, including Golgi (mainly stack), endosomes and endoplasmic reticulum, as well as in electron-dense structures within the nucleus. At the plasma membrane, labelling was more concentrated over lamellipodia, but not in caveolae, which contained less than 10% of the total cell-surface labelling. A dramatic decrease in signal over labelled compartments was observed on preincubation with the cognate headgroup [Ins(1,4,5)P(3)], and plasma-membrane labelling was substantially decreased after stimulation with thrombin-receptor-activating peptide (SFLLRN in the one-letter amino acid code), a treatment which markedly diminishes PtdIns(4,5)P(2) levels. Thus we have developed a highly selective method for mapping the PtdIns(4,5)P(2) distribution within cells at high resolution, and our data provide direct evidence for this lipid at key functional locations.
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- Stephen A Watt
- School of Life Sciences, MSI/WTB Complex, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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Antony P, Farooqui AA, Horrocks LA, Freysz L. Effect of D609 on phosphatidylcholine metabolism in the nuclei of LA-N-1 neuroblastoma cells: a key role for diacylglycerol. FEBS Lett 2001; 509:115-8. [PMID: 11734217 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)03149-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In our previous studies, TPA treatment of LA-N-1 cells stimulated the production of diacylglycerol in nuclei, probably through the activation of a phospholipase C. Stimulation of the synthesis of nuclear phosphatidylcholine by the activation of CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase was also observed. The present data show that both effects were inhibited by the pretreatment of the cells with D609, a selective phosphatidylcholine-phospholipase C inhibitor, indicating that the diacylglycerol produced through the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine in the nuclei is reutilized for the synthesis of nuclear phosphatidylcholine and is required for the activation of CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase.
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- P Antony
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Moléculaire des Interactions Cellulaires, Institut de Chimie Biologique, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France
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Cocco L, Martelli AM, Barnabei O, Manzoli FA. Nuclear inositol lipid signaling. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2001; 41:361-84. [PMID: 11384755 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(00)00017-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- L Cocco
- Cellular Signaling Laboratory, Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio, 48, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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Osborne SL, Thomas CL, Gschmeissner S, Schiavo G. Nuclear PtdIns(4,5)P2 assembles in a mitotically regulated particle involved in pre-mRNA splicing. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:2501-11. [PMID: 11559758 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.13.2501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositide turnover regulates multiple cellular processes. Compared with their well-known cytosolic roles, limited information is available on the functions of nuclear phosphoinositides. Here, we show that phosphatidylinositol(4,5)-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2) stably associates with electron-dense particles within the nucleus that resemble interchromatin granule clusters. These PtdIns(4,5)P2-containing structures have a distribution which is cell-cycle dependent and contain components of both the transcriptional and pre-mRNA processing machinery, including RNA polymerase II and the splicing factor SC-35. Immunodepletion and add-back experiments demonstrate that PtdIns(4,5)P2 and associated factors are necessary but not sufficient for pre-mRNA splicing in vitro, indicating a crucial role for PtdIns(4,5)P2-containing complexes in nuclear pre-mRNA processing.
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- S L Osborne
- Molecular Neuropathobiology Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK
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Cocco L, Martelli AM, Gilmour RS, Rhee SG, Manzoli FA. Nuclear phospholipase C and signaling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1530:1-14. [PMID: 11341954 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(00)00169-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- L Cocco
- Cellular Signaling Laboratory, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Skeletal Muscle Pathophysiology, University of Bologna, Italy.
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Faenza I, Matteucci A, Manzoli L, Billi AM, Aluigi M, Peruzzi D, Vitale M, Castorina S, Suh PG, Cocco L. A role for nuclear phospholipase Cbeta 1 in cell cycle control. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:30520-4. [PMID: 10913438 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004630200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositide signaling resides in the nucleus, and among the enzymes of the cycle, phospholipase C (PLC) appears as the key element both in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in mammalian cells. The yeast PLC pathway produces multiple inositol polyphosphates that modulate distinct nuclear processes. The mammalian PLCbeta(1), which localizes in the nucleus, is activated in insulin-like growth factor 1-mediated mitogenesis and undergoes down-regulation during murine erythroleukemia differentiation. PLCbeta(1) exists as two polypeptides of 150 and 140 kDa generated from a single gene by alternative RNA splicing, both of them containing in the COOH-terminal tail a cluster of lysine residues responsible for nuclear localization. These clues prompted us to try to establish the critical nuclear target(s) of PLCbeta(1) subtypes in the control of cell cycle progression. The results reveal that the two subtypes of PLCbeta(1) that localize in the nucleus induce cell cycle progression in Friend erythroleukemia cells. In fact when they are overexpressed in the nucleus, cyclin D3, along with its kinase (cdk4) but not cyclin E is overexpressed even though cells are serum-starved. As a consequence of this enforced expression, retinoblastoma protein is phosphorylated and E2F-1 transcription factor is activated as well. On the whole the results reveal a direct effect of nuclear PLCbeta(1) signaling in G(1) progression by means of a specific target, i.e. cyclin D3/cdk4.
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- I Faenza
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Cellular Signalling Laboratory, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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Gillooly DJ, Morrow IC, Lindsay M, Gould R, Bryant NJ, Gaullier JM, Parton RG, Stenmark H. Localization of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in yeast and mammalian cells. EMBO J 2000; 19:4577-88. [PMID: 10970851 PMCID: PMC302054 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.17.4577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 857] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) regulates several vital cellular processes, including signal transduction and membrane trafficking. In order to study the intracellular localization of the PI3K product, phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate [PI(3)P], we constructed a probe consisting of two PI(3)P-binding FYVE domains. The probe was found to bind specifically, and with high affinity, to PI(3)P both in vitro and in vivo. When expressed in fibroblasts, a tagged probe localized to endosomes, as detected by fluorescence microscopy. Electron microscopy of untransfected fibroblasts showed that PI(3)P is highly enriched on early endosomes and in the internal vesicles of multivesicular endosomes. While yeast cells deficient in PI3K activity (vps15 and vps34 mutants) were not labelled, PI(3)P was found on intralumenal vesicles of endosomes and vacuoles of wild-type yeast. vps27Delta yeast cells, which have impaired endosome to vacuole trafficking, showed a decreased vacuolar labelling and increased endosome labelling. Thus PI(3)P follows a conserved intralumenal degradation pathway, and its generation, accessibility and turnover are likely to play a crucial role in defining the early endosome and the subsequent steps leading to multivesicular endosome formation.
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- D J Gillooly
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, 0310 Oslo, Norway
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Maraldi NM, Zini N, Santi S, Riccio M, Falconi M, Capitani S, Manzoli FA. Nuclear domains involved in inositol lipid signal transductionmaltese cross. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2000; 40:219-53. [PMID: 10828353 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(99)00032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- N M Maraldi
- Institute of Cytomorphology, CNR Chieti and Bologna, c/o IOR, Bologna, Italy
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- T H Chi
- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, Ca 94305, USA
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