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Kim S, Phan S, Tran HT, Shaw TR, Shahmoradian SH, Ellisman MH, Veatch SL, Barmada SJ, Pappas SS, Dauer WT. TorsinA is essential for neuronal nuclear pore complex localization and maturation. Nat Cell Biol 2024; 26:1482-1495. [PMID: 39117796 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01480-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
Abstract
As lifelong interphase cells, neurons face an array of unique challenges. A key challenge is regulating nuclear pore complex (NPC) biogenesis and localization, the mechanisms of which are largely unknown. Here we identify neuronal maturation as a period of strongly upregulated NPC biogenesis. We demonstrate that the AAA+ protein torsinA, whose dysfunction causes the neurodevelopmental movement disorder DYT-TOR1A dystonia and co-ordinates NPC spatial organization without impacting total NPC density. We generated an endogenous Nup107-HaloTag mouse line to directly visualize NPC organization in developing neurons and find that torsinA is essential for proper NPC localization. In the absence of torsinA, the inner nuclear membrane buds excessively at sites of mislocalized nascent NPCs, and the formation of complete NPCs is delayed. Our work demonstrates that NPC spatial organization and number are independently determined and identifies NPC biogenesis as a process vulnerable to neurodevelopmental disease insults.
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- Sumin Kim
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research on Biological Systems, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Program in Applied Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research on Biological Systems, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Program in Applied Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
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- Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Sarkar K, Kotb NM, Lemus A, Martin ET, McCarthy A, Camacho J, Iqbal A, Valm AM, Sammons MA, Rangan P. A feedback loop between heterochromatin and the nucleopore complex controls germ-cell-to-oocyte transition during Drosophila oogenesis. Dev Cell 2023; 58:2580-2596.e6. [PMID: 37673064 PMCID: PMC11301765 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
Abstract
Germ cells differentiate into oocytes that launch the next generation upon fertilization. How the highly specialized oocyte acquires this distinct cell fate is poorly understood. During Drosophila oogenesis, H3K9me3 histone methyltransferase SETDB1 translocates from the cytoplasm to the nucleus of germ cells concurrently with oocyte specification. Here, we discovered that nuclear SETDB1 is required for silencing a cohort of differentiation-promoting genes by mediating their heterochromatinization. Intriguingly, SETDB1 is also required for upregulating 18 of the ∼30 nucleoporins (Nups) that compose the nucleopore complex (NPC), promoting NPC formation. NPCs anchor SETDB1-dependent heterochromatin at the nuclear periphery to maintain H3K9me3 and gene silencing in the egg chambers. Aberrant gene expression due to the loss of SETDB1 or Nups results in the loss of oocyte identity, cell death, and sterility. Thus, a feedback loop between heterochromatin and NPCs promotes transcriptional reprogramming at the onset of oocyte specification, which is critical for establishing oocyte identity.
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- Kahini Sarkar
- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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Kuiper EFE, Prophet SM, Schlieker C. Coordinating nucleoporin condensation and nuclear pore complex assembly. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:2534-2545. [PMID: 37620293 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is among the most elaborate protein complexes in eukaryotes. While ribosomes and proteasomes are known to require dedicated assembly machinery, our understanding of NPC assembly is at a relatively early stage. Defects in NPC assembly or homeostasis are tied to movement disorders, including dystonia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as aging, requiring a better understanding of these processes to enable therapeutic intervention. Here, we discuss recent progress in the understanding of NPC assembly and highlight how related defects in human disorders can shed light on NPC biogenesis. We propose that the condensation of phenylalanine-glycine repeat nucleoporins needs to be carefully controlled during NPC assembly to prevent aberrant condensation, aggregation, or amyloid formation.
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- E F Elsiena Kuiper
- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Vidalle MC, Sheth B, Fazio A, Marvi MV, Leto S, Koufi FD, Neri I, Casalin I, Ramazzotti G, Follo MY, Ratti S, Manzoli L, Gehlot S, Divecha N, Fiume R. Nuclear Phosphoinositides as Key Determinants of Nuclear Functions. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1049. [PMID: 37509085 PMCID: PMC10377365 DOI: 10.3390/biom13071049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Polyphosphoinositides (PPIns) are signalling messengers representing less than five per cent of the total phospholipid concentration within the cell. Despite their low concentration, these lipids are critical regulators of various cellular processes, including cell cycle, differentiation, gene transcription, apoptosis and motility. PPIns are generated by the phosphorylation of the inositol head group of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns). Different pools of PPIns are found at distinct subcellular compartments, which are regulated by an array of kinases, phosphatases and phospholipases. Six of the seven PPIns species have been found in the nucleus, including the nuclear envelope, the nucleoplasm and the nucleolus. The identification and characterisation of PPIns interactor and effector proteins in the nucleus have led to increasing interest in the role of PPIns in nuclear signalling. However, the regulation and functions of PPIns in the nucleus are complex and are still being elucidated. This review summarises our current understanding of the localisation, biogenesis and physiological functions of the different PPIns species in the nucleus.
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- Magdalena C Vidalle
- Inositide Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Life Sciences Building 85, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Inositide Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Life Sciences Building 85, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Inositide Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Life Sciences Building 85, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Inositide Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Life Sciences Building 85, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Amm I, Weberruss M, Hellwig A, Schwarz J, Tatarek-Nossol M, Lüchtenborg C, Kallas M, Brügger B, Hurt E, Antonin W. Distinct domains in Ndc1 mediate its interaction with the Nup84 complex and the nuclear membrane. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202210059. [PMID: 37154843 PMCID: PMC10165475 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202210059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are embedded in the nuclear envelope and built from ∼30 different nucleoporins (Nups) in multiple copies, few are integral membrane proteins. One of these transmembrane nucleoporins, Ndc1, is thought to function in NPC assembly at the fused inner and outer nuclear membranes. Here, we show a direct interaction of Ndc1's transmembrane domain with Nup120 and Nup133, members of the pore membrane coating Y-complex. We identify an amphipathic helix in Ndc1's C-terminal domain binding highly curved liposomes. Upon overexpression, this amphipathic motif is toxic and dramatically alters the intracellular membrane organization in yeast. Ndc1's amphipathic motif functionally interacts with related motifs in the C-terminus of the nucleoporins Nup53 and Nup59, important for pore membrane binding and interconnecting NPC modules. The essential function of Ndc1 can be suppressed by deleting the amphipathic helix from Nup53. Our data indicate that nuclear membrane and presumably NPC biogenesis depends on a balanced ratio between amphipathic motifs in diverse nucleoporins.
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- Ingo Amm
- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (IZN), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Kim S, Phan S, Shaw TR, Ellisman MH, Veatch SL, Barmada SJ, Pappas SS, Dauer WT. TorsinA is essential for the timing and localization of neuronal nuclear pore complex biogenesis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.26.538491. [PMID: 37162852 PMCID: PMC10168336 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.26.538491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) regulate information transfer between the nucleus and cytoplasm. NPC defects are linked to several neurological diseases, but the processes governing NPC biogenesis and spatial organization are poorly understood. Here, we identify a temporal window of strongly upregulated NPC biogenesis during neuronal maturation. We demonstrate that the AAA+ protein torsinA, whose loss of function causes the neurodevelopmental movement disorder DYT-TOR1A (DYT1) dystonia, coordinates NPC spatial organization during this period without impacting total NPC density. Using a new mouse line in which endogenous Nup107 is Halo-Tagged, we find that torsinA is essential for correct localization of NPC formation. In the absence of torsinA, the inner nuclear membrane buds excessively at sites of mislocalized, nascent NPCs, and NPC assembly completion is delayed. Our work implies that NPC spatial organization and number are independently regulated and suggests that torsinA is critical for the normal localization and assembly kinetics of NPCs.
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- Sumin Kim
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research on Biological Systems, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Center for Research on Biological Systems, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
- Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
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- Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
- Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
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LaJoie D, Turkmen AM, Mackay DR, Jensen CC, Aksenova V, Niwa M, Dasso M, Ullman KS. A role for Nup153 in nuclear assembly reveals differential requirements for targeting of nuclear envelope constituents. Mol Biol Cell 2022; 33:ar117. [PMID: 36044344 PMCID: PMC9634965 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-05-0189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Assembly of the nucleus following mitosis requires rapid and coordinate recruitment of diverse constituents to the inner nuclear membrane. We have identified an unexpected role for the nucleoporin Nup153 in promoting the continued addition of a subset of nuclear envelope (NE) proteins during initial expansion of nascent nuclei. Specifically, disrupting the function of Nup153 interferes with ongoing addition of B-type lamins, lamin B receptor, and SUN1 early in telophase, after the NE has initially enclosed chromatin. In contrast, effects on lamin A and SUN2 were minimal, pointing to differential requirements for the ongoing targeting of NE proteins. Further, distinct mistargeting phenotypes arose among the proteins that require Nup153 for NE targeting. Thus, disrupting the function of Nup153 in nuclear formation reveals several previously undescribed features important for establishing nuclear architecture: 1) a role for a nuclear basket constituent in ongoing recruitment of nuclear envelope components, 2) two functionally separable phases of NE formation in mammalian cells, and 3) distinct requirements of individual NE residents for continued targeting during the expansion phase of NE reformation.
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- Dollie LaJoie
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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Kralt A, Wojtynek M, Fischer JS, Agote-Aran A, Mancini R, Dultz E, Noor E, Uliana F, Tatarek-Nossol M, Antonin W, Onischenko E, Medalia O, Weis K. An amphipathic helix in Brl1 is required for nuclear pore complex biogenesis in S. cerevisiae. eLife 2022; 11:78385. [PMID: 36000978 PMCID: PMC9402233 DOI: 10.7554/elife.78385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is the central portal for macromolecular exchange between the nucleus and cytoplasm. In all eukaryotes, NPCs assemble into an intact nuclear envelope (NE) during interphase, but the process of NPC biogenesis remains poorly characterized. Furthermore, little is known about how NPC assembly leads to the fusion of the outer and inner NE, and no factors have been identified that could trigger this event. Here, we characterize the transmembrane protein Brl1 as an NPC assembly factor required for NE fusion in budding yeast. Brl1 preferentially associates with NPC assembly intermediates and its depletion halts NPC biogenesis, leading to NE herniations that contain inner and outer ring nucleoporins but lack the cytoplasmic export platform. Furthermore, we identify an essential amphipathic helix in the luminal domain of Brl1 that mediates interactions with lipid bilayers. Mutations in this amphipathic helix lead to NPC assembly defects, and cryo-electron tomography analyses reveal multilayered herniations of the inner nuclear membrane with NPC-like structures at the neck, indicating a failure in NE fusion. Taken together, our results identify a role for Brl1 in NPC assembly and suggest a function of its amphipathic helix in mediating the fusion of the inner and outer nuclear membranes.
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- Annemarie Kralt
- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Nuclear pore complex maintenance and implications for age-related diseases. Trends Cell Biol 2021; 32:216-227. [PMID: 34782239 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2021.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) bridge the nucleus and the cytoplasm and are indispensable for crucial cellular activities, such as bidirectional molecular trafficking and gene transcription regulation. The discovery of long-lived proteins (LLPs) in NPCs from postmitotic cells raises the exciting possibility that the maintenance of NPC integrity might play an inherent role in lifelong cell function. Age-dependent deterioration of NPCs and loss of nuclear integrity have been linked to age-related decline in postmitotic cell function and degenerative diseases. In this review, we discuss our current understanding of NPC maintenance in proliferating and postmitotic cells, and how malfunction of nucleoporins (Nups) might contribute to the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases.
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Groth A, Schmitt K, Valerius O, Herzog B, Pöggeler S. Analysis of the Putative Nucleoporin POM33 in the Filamentous Fungus Sordaria macrospora. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7090682. [PMID: 34575720 PMCID: PMC8468769 DOI: 10.3390/jof7090682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
In the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora (Sm), the STRIPAK complex is required for vegetative growth, fruiting-body development and hyphal fusion. The SmSTRIPAK core consists of the striatin homolog PRO11, the scaffolding subunit of phosphatase PP2A, SmPP2AA, and its catalytic subunit SmPP2Ac1. Among other STRIPAK proteins, the recently identified coiled-coil protein SCI1 was demonstrated to co-localize around the nucleus. Pulldown experiments with SCI identified the transmembrane nucleoporin (TM Nup) SmPOM33 as a potential nuclear-anchor of SmSTRIPAK. Localization studies revealed that SmPOM33 partially localizes to the nuclear envelope (NE), but mainly to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We succeeded to generate a Δpom33 deletion mutant by homologous recombination in a new S. macrospora Δku80 recipient strain, which is defective in non-homologous end joining. Deletion of Smpom33 did neither impair vegetative growth nor sexual development. In pulldown experiments of SmPOM33 followed by LC/MS analysis, ER-membrane proteins involved in ER morphology, protein translocation, glycosylation, sterol biosynthesis and Ca2+-transport were significantly enriched. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD026253. Although no SmSTRIPAK components were identified as putative interaction partners, it cannot be excluded that SmPOM33 is involved in temporarily anchoring the SmSTRIPAK to the NE or other sites in the cell.
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- Anika Groth
- Department of Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (A.G.); (B.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Service Unit LCMS Protein Analytics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (K.S.); (O.V.)
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Service Unit LCMS Protein Analytics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (K.S.); (O.V.)
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- Department of Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (A.G.); (B.H.)
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- Department of Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; (A.G.); (B.H.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-551-391-3930
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Ramírez-Nuñez O, Jové M, Torres P, Sol J, Fontdevila L, Romero-Guevara R, Andrés-Benito P, Ayala V, Rossi C, Boada J, Povedano M, Ferrer I, Pamplona R, Portero-Otin M. Nuclear lipidome is altered in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A pilot study. J Neurochem 2021; 158:482-499. [PMID: 33905537 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nucleocytosolic transport, a membrane process, is impaired in motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This study analyzes the nuclear lipidome in motor neurons in ALS and examines molecular pathways linked to the major lipid alterations. Nuclei were obtained from the frozen anterior horn of the lumbar spinal cord of ALS patients and age-matched controls. Lipidomic profiles of this subcellular fraction were obtained using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. We validated the mechanisms behind presumable lipidomic changes by exploring ALS surrogate models including human motor neurons (derived from ALS lines and controls) subjected to oxidative stress, the hSOD-G93A transgenic mice, and samples from an independent cohort of ALS patients. Among the differential lipid species, we noted 41 potential identities, mostly belonging to phospholipids (particularly ether phospholipids, as plasmalogens), as well as diacylglycerols and triacylglycerides. Decreased expression of alkyldihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase (AGPS)-a critical peroxisomal enzyme in plasmalogen synthesis-is found in motor neuron disease models; this occurs in parallel with an increase in the expression of sterol carrier protein 2 (SCP2) mRNA in ALS and Scp2 levels in G93A transgenic mice. Further, we identified diminished expression of diacylglycerol-related enzymes, such as phospholipase C βI (PLCβI) and protein kinase CβII (PKCβII), linked to diacylglycerol metabolism. Finally, lipid droplets were recognized in the nuclei, supporting the identification of triacylglycerides as differential lipids. Our results point to the potentially pathogenic role of altered composition of nuclear membrane lipids and lipids in the nucleoplasm in the anterior horn of the spinal cord in ALS. Overall, these data support the usefulness of subcellular lipidomics applied to neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Omar Ramírez-Nuñez
- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain.,Institut Català de la Salut, Lleida, Spain.,Research Support Unit Lleida, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Departament of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Universitat de Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,CIBERNED (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Universitat de Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,CIBERNED (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas), Instituto Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, IRBLleida-UdL, Lleida, Spain
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He L, Shao W, Li J, Deng F, Wang H, Hu Z, Wang M. Systematic analysis of nuclear localization of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus proteins. J Gen Virol 2021; 102. [DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Baculoviruses are large DNA viruses that replicate within the nucleus of infected host cells. Therefore, many viral proteins must gain access to the nucleus for efficient viral genome replication, gene transcription and virion assembly. To date, the global protein localization pattern of baculoviral proteins is unknown. In this study, we systematically analysed the nuclear localization of 154 ORFs encoded by the prototypic baculovirus, Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), either during transient expression or with super-infection of the virus. By transient expression of vectors containing egfp-fused ORFs, we found that in the absence of virus infection, 25 viral proteins were localized in the nucleus. Most of these, which we called ‘auto-nuclear localization’ proteins, are related to virus replication, transcription or virion structure, and 20 of them contain predicted classical nuclear localization signal. Upon virus infection, 11 proteins, which originally localized in the cytoplasm or both cytoplasm and nucleus in the transfection assays, were completely translocated into the nucleus, suggesting that their nuclear import is facilitated by other viral or host proteins. Further co-transfection experiments identified that four of the 11 proteins, including P143, P33, AC73 and AC114, were imported into the nucleus with the assistance of the auto-nuclear localization proteins LEF-3 (for P143), TLP (for P33) and VP80 (for both AC73 and AC114). This study presents the first global nuclear localization profile of AcMNPV proteins and provides useful information for further elucidation of the mechanisms of baculovirus nuclear entry and gene functions.
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- Lihong He
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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Röhrl JM, Arnold R, Djabali K. Nuclear Pore Complexes Cluster in Dysmorphic Nuclei of Normal and Progeria Cells during Replicative Senescence. Cells 2021; 10:cells10010153. [PMID: 33466669 PMCID: PMC7828780 DOI: 10.3390/cells10010153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare premature aging disease caused by a mutation in LMNA. A G608G mutation in exon 11 of LMNA is responsible for most HGPS cases, generating a truncated protein called “progerin”. Progerin is permanently farnesylated and accumulates in HGPS cells, causing multiple cellular defects such as nuclear dysmorphism, a thickened lamina, loss of heterochromatin, premature senescence, and clustering of Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPC). To identify the mechanism of NPC clustering in HGPS cells, we evaluated post-mitotic NPC assembly in control and HGPS cells and found no defects. Next, we examined the occurrence of NPC clustering in control and HGPS cells during replicative senescence. We reported that NPC clustering occurs solely in the dysmorphic nuclei of control and HGPS cells. Hence, NPC clustering occurred at a higher frequency in HGPS cells compared to control cells at early passages; however, in late cultures with similar senescence index, NPCs clustering occurred at a similar rate in both control and HGPS. Our results show that progerin does not disrupt post-mitotic reassembly of NPCs. However, NPCs frequently cluster in dysmorphic nuclei with a high progerin content. Additionally, nuclear envelope defects that arise during replicative senescence cause NPC clustering in senescent cells with dysmorphic nuclei.
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High-Throughput Identification of Nuclear Envelope Protein Interactions in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Using an Arrayed Membrane Yeast-Two Hybrid Library. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:4649-4663. [PMID: 33109728 PMCID: PMC7718735 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The nuclear envelope (NE) contains a specialized set of integral membrane proteins that maintain nuclear shape and integrity and influence chromatin organization and gene expression. Advances in proteomics techniques and studies in model organisms have identified hundreds of proteins that localize to the NE. However, the function of many of these proteins at the NE remains unclear, in part due to a lack of understanding of the interactions that these proteins participate in at the NE membrane. To assist in the characterization of NE transmembrane protein interactions we developed an arrayed library of integral and peripheral membrane proteins from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe for high-throughput screening using the split-ubiquitin based membrane yeast two -hybrid system. We used this approach to characterize protein interactions for three conserved proteins that localize to the inner nuclear membrane: Cut11/Ndc1, Lem2 and Ima1/Samp1/Net5. Additionally, we determined how the interaction network for Cut11 is altered in canonical temperature-sensitive cut11-ts mutants. This library and screening approach is readily applicable to characterizing the interactomes of integral membrane proteins localizing to various subcellular compartments.
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Mossaid I, Chatel G, Martinelli V, Vaz M, Fahrenkrog B. Mitotic checkpoint protein Mad1 is required for early Nup153 recruitment to chromatin and nuclear envelope integrity. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs249243. [PMID: 33023979 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.249243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nucleoporin Nup153 is a multifunctional protein and a known binding partner of mitotic checkpoint protein Mad1 (also known as MAD1L1). The functional relevance of their interaction has remained elusive. Here, we have further dissected the interface and functional interplay of Nup153 and Mad1. Using in situ proximity ligation assays, we found that the presence of a nuclear envelope (NE) is a prerequisite for the Nup153-Mad1 association. Time-lapse microscopy revealed that depletion of Mad1 delayed recruitment of Nup153 to anaphase chromatin, which was often accompanied by a prolongation of anaphase. Furthermore, as seen by electron microscopic and three-dimensional structured illumination investigations, Nup153 and Mad1 depletion led to alterations in NE architecture, characterised by a change of membrane curvature at nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and an expansion of the spacing between inner and outer nuclear membranes. Nup153 depletion, but not Mad1 depletion, caused defects in interphase NPC assembly, with partial displacement of cytoplasmic nucleoporins and a reduction in NPC density. Taken together, our results suggest that Nup153 has separable roles in NE and NPC formation: in post-mitotic NE re-formation in concert with Mad1 and in interphase NPC assembly, independent of Mad1.
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- Ikram Mossaid
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory Biologie du Noyau, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 6041 Charleroi, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory Biologie du Noyau, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 6041 Charleroi, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory Biologie du Noyau, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 6041 Charleroi, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory Biologie du Noyau, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 6041 Charleroi, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, Laboratory Biologie du Noyau, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 6041 Charleroi, Belgium
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Alvarado-Kristensson M, Rosselló CA. The Biology of the Nuclear Envelope and Its Implications in Cancer Biology. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2586. [PMID: 31137762 PMCID: PMC6566445 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20102586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The formation of the nuclear envelope and the subsequent compartmentalization of the genome is a defining feature of eukaryotes. Traditionally, the nuclear envelope was purely viewed as a physical barrier to preserve genetic material in eukaryotic cells. However, in the last few decades, it has been revealed to be a critical cellular component in controlling gene expression and has been implicated in several human diseases. In cancer, the relevance of the cell nucleus was first reported in the mid-1800s when an altered nuclear morphology was observed in tumor cells. This review aims to give a current and comprehensive view of the role of the nuclear envelope on cancer first by recapitulating the changes of the nuclear envelope during cell division, second, by reviewing the role of the nuclear envelope in cell cycle regulation, signaling, and the regulation of the genome, and finally, by addressing the nuclear envelope link to cell migration and metastasis and its use in cancer prognosis.
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- Maria Alvarado-Kristensson
- Molecular Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, 20502 Malmö, Sweden.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biomedicine, University of the Balearic Islands, 07121 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
- Lipopharma Therapeutics, Isaac Newton, 07121 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Bilir Ş, Kojidani T, Mori C, Osakada H, Kobayashi S, Koujin T, Hiraoka Y, Haraguchi T. Roles of Nup133, Nup153 and membrane fenestrations in assembly of the nuclear pore complex at the end of mitosis. Genes Cells 2019; 24:338-353. [PMID: 30821042 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Reassembly of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) at the end of mitosis is an important event for eukaryotic nuclear function. In this study, we examined the dynamic behaviors of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by "Live CLEM" imaging. In metaphase, numerous fenestrations on the ER membrane were observed around chromosomes. In telophase, these fenestrations became filled at the region attached to chromosomes, whereas they remained open at the region unattached to chromosomes, suggesting that NPC assembly takes place at fenestrations on the membrane. To determine the roles of nucleoporins in postmitotic NPC formation, we used artificial beads conjugated with anti-GFP antibody, which captures GFP-fused proteins on the beads when incorporated into cells. Live CLEM imaging of telophase cells containing Nup133-coated beads or Nup153-coated beads showed that Nup133 and Nup153, as the sole effector molecules, assembled the NPC-like structure on the membrane fenestrations. Indirect immunofluorescence staining of the Nup133-coated beads showed that Nup133 effectively assembled Nup107 and ELYS, whereas minimal assembly of Nup98 and Nup62 was observed; the Nup153-coated bead effectively assembled Nup98, Nup62 and Pom121, but assembled neither Nup107 nor ELYS. Our results suggest that Nup133 and Nup153 play different roles in assembling the NPC on membrane fenestrations.
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- Şükriye Bilir
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan.,Japan Women's University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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Chen J, Gardner JM, Yu Z, Smith SE, McKinney S, Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, Jaspersen SL. Yeast centrosome components form a noncanonical LINC complex at the nuclear envelope insertion site. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:1478-1490. [PMID: 30862629 PMCID: PMC6504903 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201809045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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How the nuclear envelope is remodeled to facilitate insertion of large protein complexes is poorly understood. Chen et al. use superresolution imaging with bimolecular fluorescence complementation to show that a novel noncanonical linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex forms at sites of nuclear envelope fenestration in yeast. Bipolar spindle formation in yeast requires insertion of centrosomes (known as spindle pole bodies [SPBs]) into fenestrated regions of the nuclear envelope (NE). Using structured illumination microscopy and bimolecular fluorescence complementation, we map protein distribution at SPB fenestrae and interrogate protein–protein interactions with high spatial resolution. We find that the Sad1-UNC-84 (SUN) protein Mps3 forms a ring-like structure around the SPB, similar to toroids seen for components of the SPB insertion network (SPIN). Mps3 and the SPIN component Mps2 (a Klarsicht-ANC-1-Syne-1 domain [KASH]–like protein) form a novel noncanonical linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex that is connected in both luminal and extraluminal domains at the site of SPB insertion. The LINC complex also controls the distribution of a soluble SPIN component Bbp1. Taken together, our work shows that Mps3 is a fifth SPIN component and suggests both direct and indirect roles for the LINC complex in NE remodeling.
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- Jingjing Chen
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO .,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
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Wild P, Leisinger S, de Oliveira AP, Doehner J, Schraner EM, Fraevel C, Ackermann M, Kaech A. Nuclear envelope impairment is facilitated by the herpes simplex virus 1 Us3 kinase. F1000Res 2019; 8:198. [PMID: 31249678 PMCID: PMC6584977 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.17802.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background: Capsids of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) are assembled in the nucleus, translocated either to the perinuclear space by budding at the inner nuclear membrane acquiring tegument and envelope, or released to the cytosol in a "naked" state via impaired nuclear pores that finally results in impairment of the nuclear envelope. The Us3 gene encodes a protein acting as a kinase, which is responsible for phosphorylation of numerous viral and cellular substrates. The Us3 kinase plays a crucial role in nucleus to cytoplasm capsid translocation. We thus investigate the nuclear surface in order to evaluate the significance of Us3 in maintenance of the nuclear envelope during HSV-1 infection. Methods: To address alterations of the nuclear envelope and capsid nucleus to cytoplasm translocation related to the function of the Us3 kinase we investigated cells infected with wild type HSV-1 or the Us3 deletion mutant R7041(∆Us3) by transmission electron microscopy, focused ion-beam electron scanning microscopy, cryo-field emission scanning electron microscopy, confocal super resolution light microscopy, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Results: Confocal super resolution microscopy and cryo-field emission scanning electron microscopy revealed decrement in pore numbers in infected cells. Number and degree of pore impairment was significantly reduced after infection with R7041(∆Us3) compared to infection with wild type HSV-1. The nuclear surface was significantly enlarged in cells infected with any of the viruses. Morphometric analysis revealed that additional nuclear membranes were produced forming multiple folds and caveolae, in which virions accumulated as documented by three-dimensional reconstruction after ion-beam scanning electron microscopy. Finally, significantly more R7041(∆Us3) capsids were retained in the nucleus than wild-type capsids whereas the number of R7041(∆Us3) capsids in the cytosol was significantly lower. Conclusions: The data indicate that Us3 kinase is involved in facilitation of nuclear pore impairment and, concomitantly, in capsid release through impaired nuclear envelope.
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- Peter Wild
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Zuerich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Zuerich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Center for Microcopy and Image Analysis, Universit of Zürich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Zuerich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
- Instute of Virology, University of Zürich, Zürich, ZH-8057, Switzerland
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- Instute of Virology, University of Zürich, Zürich, ZH-8057, Switzerland
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- Instute of Virology, University of Zürich, Zürich, ZH-8057, Switzerland
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- Center for Microcopy and Image Analysis, Universit of Zürich, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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Kane M, Rebensburg SV, Takata MA, Zang TM, Yamashita M, Kvaratskhelia M, Bieniasz PD. Nuclear pore heterogeneity influences HIV-1 infection and the antiviral activity of MX2. eLife 2018; 7:e35738. [PMID: 30084827 PMCID: PMC6101944 DOI: 10.7554/elife.35738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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HIV-1 accesses the nuclear DNA of interphase cells via a poorly defined process involving functional interactions between the capsid protein (CA) and nucleoporins (Nups). Here, we show that HIV-1 CA can bind multiple Nups, and that both natural and manipulated variation in Nup levels impacts HIV-1 infection in a manner that is strikingly dependent on cell-type, cell-cycle, and cyclophilin A (CypA). We also show that Nups mediate the function of the antiviral protein MX2, and that MX2 can variably inhibit non-viral NLS function. Remarkably, both enhancing and inhibiting effects of cyclophilin A and MX2 on various HIV-1 CA mutants could be induced or abolished by manipulating levels of the Nup93 subcomplex, the Nup62 subcomplex, NUP88, NUP214, RANBP2, or NUP153. Our findings suggest that several Nup-dependent 'pathways' are variably exploited by HIV-1 to target host DNA in a cell-type, cell-cycle, CypA and CA-sequence dependent manner, and are differentially inhibited by MX2.
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- Melissa Kane
- Laboratory of RetrovirologyThe Rockefeller UniversityNew YorkUnited States
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- Division of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineAuroraUnited States
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- Laboratory of RetrovirologyThe Rockefeller UniversityNew YorkUnited States
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- Laboratory of RetrovirologyThe Rockefeller UniversityNew YorkUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNew YorkUnited States
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- Division of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineAuroraUnited States
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- Laboratory of RetrovirologyThe Rockefeller UniversityNew YorkUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNew YorkUnited States
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Odeh HM, Coyaud E, Raught B, Matunis MJ. The SUMO-specific isopeptidase SENP2 is targeted to intracellular membranes via a predicted N-terminal amphipathic α-helix. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:1878-1890. [PMID: 29874116 PMCID: PMC6085828 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-07-0445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sumoylation regulates a wide range of essential cellular functions, many of which are associated with activities in the nucleus. Although there is also emerging evidence for the involvement of the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) at intracellular membranes, the mechanisms by which sumoylation is regulated at membranes is largely unexplored. In this study, we report that the SUMO-specific isopeptidase, SENP2, uniquely associates with intracellular membranes. Using in vivo analyses and in vitro binding assays, we show that SENP2 is targeted to intracellular membranes via a predicted N-terminal amphipathic α-helix that promotes direct membrane binding. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SENP2 binding to intracellular membranes is regulated by interactions with the nuclear import receptor karyopherin-α. Consistent with membrane association, biotin identification (BioID) revealed interactions between SENP2 and endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, and inner nuclear membrane-associated proteins. Collectively, our findings indicate that SENP2 binds to intracellular membranes where it interacts with membrane-associated proteins and has the potential to regulate their sumoylation and membrane-associated functions.
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- Hana M Odeh
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Integrity of the Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton Is Required for Efficient Herpesvirus Nuclear Egress. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00330-17. [PMID: 28724767 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00330-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Herpesvirus capsids assemble in the nucleus, while final virion maturation proceeds in the cytoplasm. This requires that newly formed nucleocapsids cross the nuclear envelope (NE), which occurs by budding at the inner nuclear membrane (INM), release of the primary enveloped virion into the perinuclear space (PNS), and subsequent rapid fusion with the outer nuclear membrane (ONM). During this process, the NE remains intact, even at late stages of infection. In addition, the spacing between the INM and ONM is maintained, as is that between the primary virion envelope and nuclear membranes. The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex consists of INM proteins with a luminal SUN (Sad1/UNC-84 homology) domain connected to ONM proteins with a KASH (Klarsicht, ANC-1, SYNE homology) domain and is thought to be responsible for spacing the nuclear membranes. To investigate the role of the LINC complex during herpesvirus infection, we generated cell lines constitutively expressing dominant negative (dn) forms of SUN1 and SUN2. Ultrastructural analyses revealed a significant expansion of the PNS and the contiguous intracytoplasmic lumen, most likely representing endoplasmic reticulum (ER), especially in cells expressing dn-SUN2. After infection, primary virions accumulated in these expanded luminal regions, also very distant from the nucleus. The importance of the LINC complex was also confirmed by reduced progeny virus titers in cells expressing dn-SUN2. These data show that the intact LINC complex is required for efficient nuclear egress of herpesviruses, likely acting to promote fusion of primary enveloped virions with the ONM.IMPORTANCE While the viral factors for primary envelopment of nucleocapsids at the inner nuclear membrane are known to the point of high-resolution structures, the roles of cellular components and regulators remain enigmatic. Furthermore, the machinery responsible for fusion with the outer nuclear membrane is unsolved. We show here that dominant negative SUN2 interferes with efficient herpesvirus nuclear egress, apparently by interfering with fusion between the primary virion envelope and outer nuclear membrane. This identifies a new cellular component important for viral egress and implicates LINC complex integrity in nonconventional nuclear membrane trafficking.
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Nuclear Import of Hepatitis B Virus Capsids and Genome. Viruses 2017; 9:v9010021. [PMID: 28117723 PMCID: PMC5294990 DOI: 10.3390/v9010021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an enveloped pararetrovirus with a DNA genome, which is found in an up to 36 nm-measuring capsid. Replication of the genome occurs via an RNA intermediate, which is synthesized in the nucleus. The virus must have thus ways of transporting its DNA genome into this compartment. This review summarizes the data on hepatitis B virus genome transport and correlates the finding to those from other viruses.
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Underwood JM, Becker KA, Stein GS, Nickerson JA. The Ultrastructural Signature of Human Embryonic Stem Cells. J Cell Biochem 2016; 118:764-774. [PMID: 27632380 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The epigenetics and molecular biology of human embryonic stem cells (hES cells) have received much more attention than their architecture. We present a more complete look at hES cells by electron microscopy, with a special emphasis on the architecture of the nucleus. We propose that there is an ultrastructural signature of pluripotent human cells. hES cell nuclei lack heterochromatin, including the peripheral heterochromatin, that is common in most somatic cell types. The absence of peripheral heterochromatin may be related to the absence of lamins A and C, proteins important for linking chromatin to the nuclear lamina and envelope. Lamins A and C expression and the development of peripheral heterochromatin were early steps in the development of embryoid bodies. While hES cell nuclei had abundant nuclear pores, they also had an abundance of nuclear pores in the cytoplasm in the form of annulate lamellae. These were not a residue of annulate lamellae from germ cells or the early embryos from which hES cells were derived. Subnuclear structures including nucleoli, interchromatin granule clusters, and Cajal bodies were observed in the nuclear interior. The architectural organization of human ES cell nuclei has important implications for cell structure-gene expression relationships and for the maintenance of pluripotency. J. Cell. Biochem. 118: 764-774, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Jean M Underwood
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655.,Department of Biochemistry and Vermont Cancer Center for Basic and Translational Research, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
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Tanabe LM, Liang CC, Dauer WT. Neuronal Nuclear Membrane Budding Occurs during a Developmental Window Modulated by Torsin Paralogs. Cell Rep 2016; 16:3322-3333. [PMID: 27653693 PMCID: PMC5061049 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 06/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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DYT1 dystonia is a neurodevelopmental disease that manifests during a discrete period of childhood. The disease is caused by impaired function of torsinA, a protein linked to nuclear membrane budding. The relationship of NE budding to neural development and CNS function is unclear, however, obscuring its potential role in dystonia pathogenesis. We find NE budding begins and resolves during a discrete neurodevelopmental window in torsinA null neurons in vivo. The developmental resolution of NE budding corresponds to increased torsinB protein, while ablating torsinB from torsinA null neurons prevents budding resolution and causes lethal neural dysfunction. Developmental changes in torsinB also correlate with NE bud formation in differentiating DYT1 embryonic stem cells, and overexpression of torsinA or torsinB rescues NE bud formation in this system. These findings identify a torsinA neurodevelopmental window that is essential for normal CNS function and have important implications for dystonia pathogenesis and therapeutics.
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- Lauren M Tanabe
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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The nuclear envelope is a unique topological structure formed by lipid membranes in eukaryotic cells. Unlike other membrane structures, the nuclear envelope comprises two concentric membrane shells fused at numerous sites with toroid-shaped pores that impart a "geometric" genus on the order of thousands. Despite the intriguing architecture and vital biological functions of the nuclear membranes, how they achieve and maintain such a unique arrangement remains unknown. Here, we used the theory of elasticity and differential geometry to analyze the equilibrium shape and stability of this structure. Our results show that modest in- and out-of-plane stresses present in the membranes not only can define the pore geometry, but also provide a mechanism for destabilizing membranes beyond a critical size and set the stage for the formation of new pores. Our results suggest a mechanism wherein nanoscale buckling instabilities can define the global topology of a nuclear envelope-like structure.
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Otsuka S, Bui KH, Schorb M, Hossain MJ, Politi AZ, Koch B, Eltsov M, Beck M, Ellenberg J. Nuclear pore assembly proceeds by an inside-out extrusion of the nuclear envelope. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27630123 PMCID: PMC5065316 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The nuclear pore complex (NPC) mediates nucleocytoplasmic transport through the nuclear envelope. How the NPC assembles into this double membrane boundary has remained enigmatic. Here, we captured temporally staged assembly intermediates by correlating live cell imaging with high-resolution electron tomography and super-resolution microscopy. Intermediates were dome-shaped evaginations of the inner nuclear membrane (INM), that grew in diameter and depth until they fused with the flat outer nuclear membrane. Live and super-resolved fluorescence microscopy revealed the molecular maturation of the intermediates, which initially contained the nuclear and cytoplasmic ring component Nup107, and only later the cytoplasmic filament component Nup358. EM particle averaging showed that the evagination base was surrounded by an 8-fold rotationally symmetric ring structure from the beginning and that a growing mushroom-shaped density was continuously associated with the deforming membrane. Quantitative structural analysis revealed that interphase NPC assembly proceeds by an asymmetric inside-out extrusion of the INM.
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- Shotaro Otsuka
- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.,Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Jarsch IK, Daste F, Gallop JL. Membrane curvature in cell biology: An integration of molecular mechanisms. J Cell Biol 2016; 214:375-87. [PMID: 27528656 PMCID: PMC4987295 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201604003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Curving biological membranes establishes the complex architecture of the cell and mediates membrane traffic to control flux through subcellular compartments. Common molecular mechanisms for bending membranes are evident in different cell biological contexts across eukaryotic phyla. These mechanisms can be intrinsic to the membrane bilayer (either the lipid or protein components) or can be brought about by extrinsic factors, including the cytoskeleton. Here, we review examples of membrane curvature generation in animals, fungi, and plants. We showcase the molecular mechanisms involved and how they collaborate and go on to highlight contexts of curvature that are exciting areas of future research. Lessons from how membranes are bent in yeast and mammals give hints as to the molecular mechanisms we expect to see used by plants and protists.
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- Iris K Jarsch
- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, England, UK
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, England, UK
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, England, UK
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) perforate the nuclear envelope and serve as the primary transport gates for molecular exchange between nucleus and cytoplasm. Stripping the megadalton complex down to its most essential organizational elements, one can divide the NPC into scaffold components and the disordered elements attached to them that generate a selective barrier between compartments. These structural elements exhibit flexibility, which may hold a clue in understanding NPC assembly and function. Here we review the current status of NPC research with a focus on the functional implications of its structural and compositional heterogeneity.
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Campsteijn C, Vietri M, Stenmark H. Novel ESCRT functions in cell biology: spiraling out of control? Curr Opin Cell Biol 2016; 41:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2016.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hampoelz B, Mackmull MT, Machado P, Ronchi P, Bui KH, Schieber N, Santarella-Mellwig R, Necakov A, Andrés-Pons A, Philippe JM, Lecuit T, Schwab Y, Beck M. Pre-assembled Nuclear Pores Insert into the Nuclear Envelope during Early Development. Cell 2016; 166:664-678. [PMID: 27397507 PMCID: PMC4967450 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) span the nuclear envelope (NE) and mediate nucleocytoplasmic transport. In metazoan oocytes and early embryos, NPCs reside not only within the NE, but also at some endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane sheets, termed annulate lamellae (AL). Although a role for AL as NPC storage pools has been discussed, it remains controversial whether and how they contribute to the NPC density at the NE. Here, we show that AL insert into the NE as the ER feeds rapid nuclear expansion in Drosophila blastoderm embryos. We demonstrate that NPCs within AL resemble pore scaffolds that mature only upon insertion into the NE. We delineate a topological model in which NE openings are critical for AL uptake that nevertheless occurs without compromising the permeability barrier of the NE. We finally show that this unanticipated mode of pore insertion is developmentally regulated and operates prior to gastrulation. Annulate lamellae (AL) NPCs insert into the nuclear envelope during interphase AL-NPCs are pore scaffolds devoid of most transport channel nucleoporins NE-openings enable AL insertion, yet the permeability barrier remains unperturbed AL-NPC insertion operates only before gastrulation
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- Bernhard Hampoelz
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Electron Microscopy Core Facility, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Electron Microscopy Core Facility, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR 7288, 13009 Marseille, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Electron Microscopy Core Facility, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Soheilypour M, Peyro M, Jahed Z, Mofrad MRK. On the Nuclear Pore Complex and Its Roles in Nucleo-Cytoskeletal Coupling and Mechanobiology. Cell Mol Bioeng 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12195-016-0443-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Meseroll RA, Cohen-Fix O. The Malleable Nature of the Budding Yeast Nuclear Envelope: Flares, Fusion, and Fenestrations. J Cell Physiol 2016; 231:2353-60. [PMID: 26909870 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In eukaryotes, the nuclear envelope (NE) physically separates nuclear components and activities from rest of the cell. The NE also provides rigidity to the nucleus and contributes to chromosome organization. At the same time, the NE is highly dynamic; it must change shape and rearrange its components during development and throughout the cell cycle, and its morphology can be altered in response to mutation and disease. Here we focus on the NE of budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which has several unique features: it remains intact throughout the cell cycle, expands symmetrically during interphase, elongates during mitosis and, expands asymmetrically during mitotic delay. Moreover, its NE is safely breached during mating and when large structures, such as nuclear pore complexes and the spindle pole body, are embedded into its double membrane. The budding yeast NE lacks lamins and yet the nucleus is capable of maintaining a spherical shape throughout interphase. Despite these eccentricities, studies of the budding yeast NE have uncovered interesting, and likely conserved, processes that contribute to NE dynamics. In particular, we discuss the processes that drive and enable NE expansion and the dramatic changes in the NE that lead to extensions and fenestrations. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 2353-2360, 2016. Published 2016. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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- Rebecca A Meseroll
- The Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- The Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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The nuclear envelope segregates the nucleoplasm from the cytoplasm and is a key feature of eukaryotic cells. Nuclear envelope architecture is comprised of two concentric membrane shells which fuse at multiple sites and yet maintain a uniform separation of 30-50 nm over the rest of the membrane. Studies have revealed the roles for numerous nuclear proteins in forming and maintaining the architecture of the nuclear envelope. However, there is a lack of consensus on the fundamental forces and physical mechanisms that establish the geometry. The objective of this review is to discuss recent findings in the context of membrane mechanics in an effort to define open questions and possible answers.
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- Mehdi Torbati
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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Raghunayakula S, Subramonian D, Dasso M, Kumar R, Zhang XD. Molecular Characterization and Functional Analysis of Annulate Lamellae Pore Complexes in Nuclear Transport in Mammalian Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144508. [PMID: 26642330 PMCID: PMC4671610 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Annulate lamellae are cytoplasmic organelles containing stacked sheets of membranes embedded with pore complexes. These cytoplasmic pore complexes at annulate lamellae are morphologically similar to nuclear pore complexes at the nuclear envelope. Although annulate lamellae has been observed in nearly all types of cells, their biological functions are still largely unknown. Here we show that SUMO1-modification of the Ran GTPase-activating protein RanGAP1 not only target RanGAP1 to its known sites at nuclear pore complexes but also to annulate lamellae pore complexes through interactions with the Ran-binding protein RanBP2 and the SUMO-conjugating enzyme Ubc9 in mammalian cells. Furthermore, upregulation of annulate lamellae, which decreases the number of nuclear pore complexes and concurrently increases that of annulate lamellae pore complexes, causes a redistribution of nuclear transport receptors including importin α/β and the exportin CRM1 from nuclear pore complexes to annulate lamellae pore complexes and also reduces the rates of nuclear import and export. Moreover, our results reveal that importin α/β-mediated import complexes initially accumulate at annulate lamellae pore complexes upon the activation of nuclear import and subsequently disassociate for nuclear import through nuclear pore complexes in cells with upregulation of annulate lamellae. Lastly, CRM1-mediated export complexes are concentrated at both nuclear pore complexes and annulate lamellae pore complexes when the disassembly of these export complexes is inhibited by transient expression of a Ran GTPase mutant arrested in its GTP-bound form, suggesting that RanGAP1/RanBP2-activated RanGTP hydrolysis at these pore complexes is required for the dissociation of the export complexes. Hence, our findings provide a foundation for further investigation of how upregulation of annulate lamellae decreases the rates of nuclear transport and also for elucidation of the biological significance of the interaction between annulate lamellae pore complexes and nuclear transport complexes in mammalian cells.
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- Sarita Raghunayakula
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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Doucet CM, Esmery N, de Saint-Jean M, Antonny B. Membrane Curvature Sensing by Amphipathic Helices Is Modulated by the Surrounding Protein Backbone. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137965. [PMID: 26366573 PMCID: PMC4569407 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Membrane curvature is involved in numerous biological pathways like vesicle trafficking, endocytosis or nuclear pore complex assembly. In addition to its topological role, membrane curvature is sensed by specific proteins, enabling the coordination of biological processes in space and time. Amongst membrane curvature sensors are the ALPS (Amphipathic Lipid Packing Sensors). ALPS motifs are short peptides with peculiar amphipathic properties. They are found in proteins targeted to distinct curved membranes, mostly in the early secretory pathway. For instance, the ALPS motif of the golgin GMAP210 binds trafficking vesicles, while the ALPS motif of Nup133 targets nuclear pores. It is not clear if, besides curvature sensitivity, ALPS motifs also provide target specificity, or if other domains in the surrounding protein backbone are involved. To elucidate this aspect, we studied the subcellular localization of ALPS motifs outside their natural protein context. The ALPS motifs of GMAP210 or Nup133 were grafted on artificial fluorescent probes. Importantly, ALPS motifs are held in different positions and these contrasting architectures were mimicked by the fluorescent probes. The resulting chimeras recapitulated the original proteins localization, indicating that ALPS motifs are sufficient to specifically localize proteins. Modulating the electrostatic or hydrophobic content of Nup133 ALPS motif modified its avidity for cellular membranes but did not change its organelle targeting properties. In contrast, the structure of the backbone surrounding the helix strongly influenced targeting. In particular, introducing an artificial coiled-coil between ALPS and the fluorescent protein increased membrane curvature sensitivity. This coiled-coil domain also provided membrane curvature sensitivity to the amphipathic helix of Sar1. The degree of curvature sensitivity within the coiled-coil context remains correlated to the natural curvature sensitivity of the helices. This suggests that the chemistry of ALPS motifs is a key parameter for membrane curvature sensitivity, which can be further modulated by the surrounding protein backbone.
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- Christine M. Doucet
- IPMC, CNRS UMR 7275, 660 route de Valbonne, 06560 –Valbonne, France
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- IPMC, CNRS UMR 7275, 660 route de Valbonne, 06560 –Valbonne, France
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- IPMC, CNRS UMR 7275, 660 route de Valbonne, 06560 –Valbonne, France
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Casey AK, Chen S, Novick P, Ferro-Novick S, Wente SR. Nuclear pore complex integrity requires Lnp1, a regulator of cortical endoplasmic reticulum. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2833-44. [PMID: 26041935 PMCID: PMC4571342 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-01-0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are components of the same contiguous membrane system and yet have distinct cellular functions. Mounting evidence suggests roles for some ER proteins in the NE for proper nuclear pore complex (NPC) structure and function. In this study, we identify a NE role in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Lnp1 and Sey1, proteins required for proper cortical ER formation. Both lnp1Δ and sey1Δ mutants exhibit synthetic genetic interactions with mutants in genes encoding key NPC structural components. Both Lnp1 and Sey1 physically associate with other ER components that have established NPC roles, including Rtn1, Yop1, Pom33, and Per33. Of interest, lnp1Δ rtn1Δ mutants but not rtn1Δ sey1Δ mutants exhibit defects in NPC distribution. Furthermore, the essential NPC assembly factor Ndc1 has altered interactions in the absence of Sey1. Lnp1 dimerizes in vitro via its C-terminal zinc finger motif, a property that is required for proper ER structure but not NPC integrity. These findings suggest that Lnp1's role in NPC integrity is separable from functions in the ER and is linked to Ndc1 and Rtn1 interactions.
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- Amanda K Casey
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 )
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Popken J, Graf A, Krebs S, Blum H, Schmid VJ, Strauss A, Guengoer T, Zakhartchenko V, Wolf E, Cremer T. Remodeling of the Nuclear Envelope and Lamina during Bovine Preimplantation Development and Its Functional Implications. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124619. [PMID: 25932910 PMCID: PMC4416817 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The present study demonstrates a major remodeling of the nuclear envelope and its underlying lamina during bovine preimplantation development. Up to the onset of major embryonic genome activation (MGA) at the 8-cell stage nuclei showed a non-uniform distribution of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). NPCs were exclusively present at sites where DNA contacted the nuclear lamina. Extended regions of the lamina, which were not contacted by DNA, lacked NPCs. In post-MGA nuclei the whole lamina was contacted rather uniformly by DNA. Accordingly, NPCs became uniformly distributed throughout the entire nuclear envelope. These findings shed new light on the conditions which control the integration of NPCs into the nuclear envelope. The switch from maternal to embryonic production of mRNAs was accompanied by multiple invaginations covered with NPCs, which may serve the increased demands of mRNA export and protein import. Other invaginations, as well as interior nuclear segments and vesicles without contact to the nuclear envelope, were exclusively positive for lamin B. Since the abundance of these invaginations and vesicles increased in concert with a massive nuclear volume reduction, we suggest that they reflect a mechanism for fitting the nuclear envelope and its lamina to a shrinking nuclear size during bovine preimplantation development. In addition, a deposit of extranuclear clusters of NUP153 (a marker for NPCs) without associated lamin B was frequently observed from the zygote stage up to MGA. Corresponding RNA-Seq data revealed deposits of spliced, maternally provided NUP153 mRNA and little unspliced, newly synthesized RNA prior to MGA, which increased strongly at the initiation of embryonic expression of NUP153 at MGA.
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- Jens Popken
- Division of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Biocenter, LMU Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- * E-mail: (JP); (EW); (TC)
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- Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Genetics, Biocenter, LMU Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- * E-mail: (JP); (EW); (TC)
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- Division of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Biocenter, LMU Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- * E-mail: (JP); (EW); (TC)
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Karg T, Warecki B, Sullivan W. Aurora B-mediated localized delays in nuclear envelope formation facilitate inclusion of late-segregating chromosome fragments. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2227-41. [PMID: 25877868 PMCID: PMC4462941 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-01-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Acentric chromosomes exhibit delayed segregation during mitosis. How these delays affect nuclear envelope reassembly is not fully understood. Lagging acentrics coated with Aurora B induce a highly localized gap in the nuclear envelope to allow acentric entry into daughter nuclei. Gap formation is decreased upon reduction of Aurora B. To determine how chromosome segregation is coordinated with nuclear envelope formation (NEF), we examined the dynamics of NEF in the presence of lagging acentric chromosomes in Drosophila neuroblasts. Acentric chromosomes often exhibit delayed but ultimately successful segregation and incorporation into daughter nuclei. However, it is unknown whether these late-segregating acentric fragments influence NEF to ensure their inclusion in daughter nuclei. Through live analysis, we show that acentric chromosomes induce highly localized delays in the reassembly of the nuclear envelope. These delays result in a gap in the nuclear envelope that facilitates the inclusion of lagging acentrics into telophase daughter nuclei. Localized delays of nuclear envelope reassembly require Aurora B kinase activity. In cells with reduced Aurora B activity, there is a decrease in the frequency of local nuclear envelope reassembly delays, resulting in an increase in the frequency of acentric-bearing, lamin-coated micronuclei. These studies reveal a novel role of Aurora B in maintaining genomic integrity by promoting the formation of a passageway in the nuclear envelope through which late-segregating acentric chromosomes enter the telophase daughter nucleus.
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- Travis Karg
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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VanGompel MJW, Nguyen KCQ, Hall DH, Dauer WT, Rose LS. A novel function for the Caenorhabditis elegans torsin OOC-5 in nucleoporin localization and nuclear import. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:1752-63. [PMID: 25739455 PMCID: PMC4436785 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-07-1239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Mutation in the human AAA+ protein torsinA leads to DYT1 dystonia. Loss of a Caenorhabditis elegans torsin, OOC-5, leads to defects in nucleoporin localization and nuclear import, a novel phenotype for a torsin mutant. NE ultrastructural defects similar to those in mouse and fly torsin mutants are also found, showing conservation of function. Torsin proteins are AAA+ ATPases that localize to the endoplasmic reticular/nuclear envelope (ER/NE) lumen. A mutation that markedly impairs torsinA function causes the CNS disorder DYT1 dystonia. Abnormalities of NE membranes have been linked to torsinA loss of function and the pathogenesis of DYT1 dystonia, leading us to investigate the role of the Caenorhabditis elegans torsinA homologue OOC-5 at the NE. We report a novel role for torsin in nuclear pore biology. In ooc-5–mutant germ cell nuclei, nucleoporins (Nups) were mislocalized in large plaques beginning at meiotic entry and persisted throughout meiosis. Moreover, the KASH protein ZYG-12 was mislocalized in ooc-5 gonads. Nups were mislocalized in adult intestinal nuclei and in embryos from mutant mothers. EM analysis revealed vesicle-like structures in the perinuclear space of intestinal and germ cell nuclei, similar to defects reported in torsin-mutant flies and mice. Consistent with a functional disruption of Nups, ooc-5–mutant embryos displayed impaired nuclear import kinetics, although the nuclear pore-size exclusion barrier was maintained. Our data are the first to demonstrate a requirement for a torsin for normal Nup localization and function and suggest that these functions are likely conserved.
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- Michael J W VanGompel
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Center for C. elegans Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461
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- Center for C. elegans Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461
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- Departments of Neurology and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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Goodwin EC, Motamedi N, Lipovsky A, Fernández-Busnadiego R, DiMaio D. Expression of DNAJB12 or DNAJB14 causes coordinate invasion of the nucleus by membranes associated with a novel nuclear pore structure. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94322. [PMID: 24732912 PMCID: PMC3986390 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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DNAJB12 and DNAJB14 are transmembrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that serve as co-chaperones for Hsc70/Hsp70 heat shock proteins. We demonstrate that over-expression of DNAJB12 or DNAJB14 causes the formation of elaborate membranous structures within cell nuclei, which we designate DJANGOS for DNAJ-associated nuclear globular structures. DJANGOS contain DNAJB12, DNAJB14, Hsc70 and markers of the ER lumen and ER and nuclear membranes. Strikingly, they are evenly distributed underneath the nuclear envelope and are of uniform size in any one nucleus. DJANGOS are composed primarily of single-walled membrane tubes and sheets that connect to the nuclear envelope via a unique configuration of membranes, in which the nuclear pore complex appears anchored exclusively to the outer nuclear membrane, allowing both the inner and outer nuclear membranes to flow past the circumference of the nuclear pore complex into the nucleus. DJANGOS break down rapidly during cell division and reform synchronously in the daughter cell nuclei, demonstrating that they are dynamic structures that undergo coordinate formation and dissolution. Genetic studies showed that the chaperone activity of DNAJ/Hsc70 is required for the formation of DJANGOS. Further analysis of these structures will provide insight into nuclear pore formation and function, activities of molecular chaperones, and mechanisms that maintain membrane identity.
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- Edward C. Goodwin
- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Stelter P, Hurt E. A pulse-chase epitope labeling to study cellular dynamics of newly synthesized proteins: a novel strategy to characterize NPC biogenesis and ribosome maturation/export. Methods Cell Biol 2014; 122:147-63. [PMID: 24857729 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-417160-2.00007-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The vast number of cellular proteins performs their roles within macromolecular assemblies and functional cell networks. Hence, an understanding of how multiprotein complexes are formed and modified during biogenesis is a key problem in cell biology. Here, we describe a detailed protocol for a nonradioactive pulse-chase in vivo-labeling approach. The method is based on the incorporation of an unnatural amino acid (O-methyl-tyrosine) by the nonsense suppression of an amber stop codon that quickly fuses an affinity tag of choice to a protein of interest. This affinity tag could be used to directly isolate the newly synthesized proteins and hence allows for the characterization of early complex biogenesis intermediates. Combined with a tetracycline controllable riboswitch in the 5'-UTR of the respective mRNA, this approach became a versatile tool to study dynamic protein assembly within cellular networks (Stelter et al., 2012). In the context of this volume, this method notably provides a suitable approach to study NPC, ribosome and mRNP biogenesis, or nuclear protein translocation. This chapter includes detailed protocols to track newly synthesized, epitope pulsed-chased proteins by western blot, their assembly within complexes using immunoprecipitation, and their subcellular localization using indirect immunofluorescence or subcellular fractionation. While these protocols use budding yeast as model system, this method can be adapted to other model systems.
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- Philipp Stelter
- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany
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In eukaryotic cells, the nucleus is a complex and sophisticated organelle that organizes genomic DNA to support essential cellular functions. The nuclear surface contains many nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), channels for macromolecular transport between the cytoplasm and nucleus. It is well known that the number of NPCs almost doubles during interphase in cycling cells. However, the mechanism of NPC formation is poorly understood, presumably because a practical system for analysis does not exist. The most difficult obstacle in the visualization of interphase NPC formation is that NPCs already exist after nuclear envelope formation, and these existing NPCs interfere with the observation of nascent NPCs. To overcome this obstacle, we developed a novel system using the cell-fusion technique (heterokaryon method), previously also used to analyze the shuttling of macromolecules between the cytoplasm and the nucleus, to visualize the newly synthesized interphase NPCs. In addition, we used a photobleaching approach that validated the cell-fusion method. We recently used these methods to demonstrate the role of cyclin-dependent protein kinases and of Pom121 in interphase NPC formation in cycling human cells. Here, we describe the details of the cell-fusion approach and compare the system with other NPC formation visualization methods.
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- Kazuhiro Maeshima
- Cellular Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan; Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Cellular Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
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- Cellular Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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Floch AG, Palancade B, Doye V. Fifty years of nuclear pores and nucleocytoplasmic transport studies: multiple tools revealing complex rules. Methods Cell Biol 2014; 122:1-40. [PMID: 24857723 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-417160-2.00001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are multiprotein assemblies embedded within the nuclear envelope and involved in the control of the bidirectional transport of proteins and ribonucleoparticles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Since their discovery more than 50 years ago, NPCs and nucleocytoplasmic transport have been the focus of intense research. Here, we review how the use of a multiplicity of structural, biochemical, genetic, and cell biology approaches have permitted the deciphering of the main features of this macromolecular complex, its mode of assembly as well as the rules governing nucleocytoplasmic exchanges. We first present the current knowledge of the ultrastructure of NPCs, which reveals that they are modular and repetitive assemblies of subunits referred to as nucleoporins, associated into stable subcomplexes and composed of a limited set of protein domains, including phenylalanine-glycine (FG) repeats and membrane-interacting domains. The outcome of investigations on nucleocytoplasmic trafficking will then be detailed, showing how it involves a limited number of molecular factors and common mechanisms, namely (i) indirect association of cargos with nuclear pores through receptors in the donor compartment, (ii) progression within the channel through dynamic hydrophobic interactions with FG-Nups, and (iii) NTPase-driven remodeling of transport complexes in the target compartment. Finally, we also discuss the outcome of more recent studies, which indicate that NPCs and the transport machinery are dynamic and versatile devices, whose biogenesis is tightly coordinated with the cell cycle, and which carry nonconventional duties, in particular, in mitosis, gene expression, and genetic stability.
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- Aurélie G Floch
- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR 7592, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris, France; Ecole Doctorale Gènes Génomes Cellules, Université Paris Sud-11, Orsay, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR 7592, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, UMR 7592, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75205 Paris, France
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Effects of therapeutic ultrasound on the nuclear envelope and nuclear pore complexes. J Appl Biomed 2013. [DOI: 10.2478/v10136-012-0042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Poring over pores: nuclear pore complex insertion into the nuclear envelope. Trends Biochem Sci 2013; 38:292-301. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2013] [Revised: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is the sole gateway between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. NPCs fuse the inner and outer nuclear membranes to form aqueous translocation channels that allow the free diffusion of small molecules and ions, as well as receptor-mediated transport of large macromolecules. The NPC regulates nucleocytoplasmic transport of macromolecules, utilizing soluble receptors that identify and present cargo to the NPC, in a highly selective manner to maintain cellular functions. The NPC is composed of multiple copies of approximately 30 different proteins, termed nucleoporins, which assemble to form one of the largest multiprotein assemblies in the cell. In this review, we address structural and functional aspects of this fundamental cellular machinery.
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- Einat Grossman
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva 84105, Israel
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Bilokapic S, Schwartz TU. Structural and functional studies of the 252 kDa nucleoporin ELYS reveal distinct roles for its three tethered domains. Structure 2013; 21:572-80. [PMID: 23499022 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In metazoa, the nuclear envelope (NE), together with the embedded nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), breaks down and reassembles during cell division. It is suggested that ELYS, a nucleoporin, binds to chromatin in an initial step of postmitotic NPC assembly and subsequently recruits the essential Y-subcomplex, the major scaffolding unit of the NPC. Here, we show that ELYS contains three domains: an N-terminal β-propeller domain, a central α-helical domain, and a C-terminal disordered region. While the disordered region is responsible for the interactions with chromatin, the two preceding domains synergistically mediate tethering to the NPC. We present the crystal structure of the seven-bladed β-propeller domain at 1.9 Å resolution. Analysis of the β-propeller surface reveals the regions that are required for NPC anchorage. We discuss the possible roles of ELYS in the context of the NPC scaffold architecture.
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- Silvija Bilokapic
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Clever M, Mimura Y, Funakoshi T, Imamoto N. Regulation and coordination of nuclear envelope and nuclear pore complex assembly. Nucleus 2013; 4:105-14. [PMID: 23412657 PMCID: PMC3621742 DOI: 10.4161/nucl.23796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In metazoans with “open” mitosis, cells undergo structural changes involving the complete disassembly of the nuclear envelope (NE). In post-mitosis, the dividing cell faces the difficulty to reassemble NE structures in a highly regulated fashion around separated chromosomes. The de novo formation of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), which are gateways between the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm across the nuclear membrane, is an archetype of macromolecular assembly and is therefore of special interest. The reformation of a functional NE further involves the reassembly and organization of other NE components, the nuclear membrane and NE proteins, around chromosomes in late mitosis.
Here, we discuss the function of NE components, such as lamins and INM proteins, in NE reformation and highlight recent results on coordination of NPC and NE assembly.
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- Michaela Clever
- Cellular Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Japan
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Rothballer A, Schwartz TU, Kutay U. LINCing complex functions at the nuclear envelope: what the molecular architecture of the LINC complex can reveal about its function. Nucleus 2013; 4:29-36. [PMID: 23324460 PMCID: PMC3585024 DOI: 10.4161/nucl.23387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complexes span the double membrane of the nuclear envelope (NE) and physically connect nuclear structures to cytoskeletal elements. LINC complexes are envisioned as force transducers in the NE, which facilitate processes like nuclear anchorage and migration, or chromosome movements. The complexes are built from members of two evolutionary conserved families of transmembrane (TM) proteins, the SUN (Sad1/UNC-84) domain proteins in the inner nuclear membrane (INM) and the KASH (Klarsicht/ANC-1/SYNE homology) domain proteins in the outer nuclear membrane (ONM). In the lumen of the NE, the SUN and KASH domains engage in an intimate assembly to jointly form a NE bridge. Detailed insights into the molecular architecture and atomic structure of LINC complexes have recently revealed the molecular basis of nucleo-cytoskeletal coupling. They bear important implications for LINC complex function and suggest new potential and as yet unexplored roles, which the complexes may play in the cell.
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