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Lin J, Sumara I. Cytoplasmic nucleoporin assemblage: the cellular artwork in physiology and disease. Nucleus 2024; 15:2387534. [PMID: 39135336 PMCID: PMC11323873 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2024.2387534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 07/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Nucleoporins, essential proteins building the nuclear pore, are pivotal for ensuring nucleocytoplasmic transport. While traditionally confined to the nuclear envelope, emerging evidence indicates their presence in various cytoplasmic structures, suggesting potential non-transport-related roles. This review consolidates findings on cytoplasmic nucleoporin assemblies across different states, including normal physiological conditions, stress, and pathology, exploring their structural organization, formation dynamics, and functional implications. We summarize the current knowledge and the latest concepts on the regulation of nucleoporin homeostasis, aiming to enhance our understanding of their unexpected roles in physiological and pathological processes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Junyan Lin
- Department of Development and Stem Cells, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7104, Strasbourg, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U964, Strasbourg, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Development and Stem Cells, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7104, Strasbourg, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U964, Strasbourg, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Kalarikkal M, Saikia R, Oliveira L, Bhorkar Y, Lonare A, Varshney P, Dhamale P, Majumdar A, Joseph J. Nup358 restricts ER-mitochondria connectivity by modulating mTORC2/Akt/GSK3β signalling. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:4226-4251. [PMID: 39026009 PMCID: PMC11466962 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00204-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
Abstract
ER-mitochondria contact sites (ERMCSs) regulate processes, including calcium homoeostasis, energy metabolism and autophagy. Previously, it was shown that during growth factor signalling, mTORC2/Akt gets recruited to and stabilizes ERMCSs. Independent studies showed that GSK3β, a well-known Akt substrate, reduces ER-mitochondria connectivity by disrupting the VAPB-PTPIP51 tethering complex. However, the mechanisms that regulate ERMCSs are incompletely understood. Here we find that annulate lamellae (AL), relatively unexplored subdomains of ER enriched with a subset of nucleoporins, are present at ERMCSs. Depletion of Nup358, an AL-resident nucleoporin, results in enhanced mTORC2/Akt activation, GSK3β inhibition and increased ERMCSs. Depletion of Rictor, a mTORC2-specific subunit, or exogenous expression of GSK3β, was sufficient to reverse the ERMCS-phenotype in Nup358-deficient cells. We show that growth factor-mediated activation of mTORC2 requires the VAPB-PTPIP51 complex, whereas, Nup358's association with this tether restricts mTORC2/Akt signalling and ER-mitochondria connectivity. Expression of a Nup358 fragment that is sufficient for interaction with the VAPB-PTPIP51 complex suppresses mTORC2/Akt activation and disrupts ERMCSs. Collectively, our study uncovers a novel role for Nup358 in controlling ERMCSs by modulating the mTORC2/Akt/GSK3β axis.
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- Misha Kalarikkal
- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India.
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Zhao G, Liu S, Arun S, Renda F, Khodjakov A, Pellman D. A tubule-sheet continuum model for the mechanism of nuclear envelope assembly. Dev Cell 2023; 58:847-865.e10. [PMID: 37098350 PMCID: PMC10205699 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Nuclear envelope (NE) assembly defects cause chromosome fragmentation, cancer, and aging. However, major questions about the mechanism of NE assembly and its relationship to nuclear pathology are unresolved. In particular, how cells efficiently assemble the NE starting from vastly different, cell type-specific endoplasmic reticulum (ER) morphologies is unclear. Here, we identify a NE assembly mechanism, "membrane infiltration," that defines one end of a continuum with another NE assembly mechanism, "lateral sheet expansion," in human cells. Membrane infiltration involves the recruitment of ER tubules or small sheets to the chromatin surface by mitotic actin filaments. Lateral sheet expansion involves actin-independent envelopment of peripheral chromatin by large ER sheets that then extend over chromatin within the spindle. We propose a "tubule-sheet continuum" model that explains the efficient NE assembly from any starting ER morphology, the cell type-specific patterns of nuclear pore complex (NPC) assembly, and the obligatory NPC assembly defect of micronuclei.
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- Gengjing Zhao
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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McGoldrick P, Lau A, You Z, Durcan TM, Robertson J. Loss of C9orf72 perturbs the Ran-GTPase gradient and nucleocytoplasmic transport, generating compositionally diverse Importin β-1 granules. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112134. [PMID: 36821445 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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A hexanucleotide (GGGGCC)n repeat expansion in C9orf72 causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), eliciting toxic effects through generation of RNA foci, dipeptide repeat proteins, and/or loss of C9orf72 protein. Defects in nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT) have been implicated as a pathogenic mechanism underlying repeat expansion toxicity. Here, we show that loss of C9orf72 disrupts the Ran-GTPase gradient and NCT in vitro and in vivo. NCT disruption in vivo is enhanced by the presence of compositionally different types of cytoplasmic Importin β-1 granule that exhibit neuronal subtype-specific properties. We show that the abundance of Importin β-1 granules is increased in the context of C9orf72 deficiency, disrupting interactions with nuclear pore complex proteins. These granules appear to associate with the nuclear envelope and are co-immunoreactive for G3BP1 and K63-ubiquitin. These findings link loss of C9orf72 protein to gain-of-function mechanisms and defects in NCT.
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- Philip McGoldrick
- Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, 60 Leonard Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada.
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- Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, 60 Leonard Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada
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- The Neuro's Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU), McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- The Neuro's Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU), McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, 60 Leonard Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, 27 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
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Nuclear envelope assembly and dynamics during development. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023; 133:96-106. [PMID: 35249812 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The nuclear envelope (NE) protects but also organizes the eukaryotic genome. In this review we will discuss recent literature on how the NE disassembles and reassembles, how it varies in surface area and protein composition and how this translates into chromatin organization and gene expression in the context of animal development.
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The chaperone DNAJB6 surveils FG-nucleoporins and is required for interphase nuclear pore complex biogenesis. Nat Cell Biol 2022; 24:1584-1594. [PMID: 36302971 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-022-01010-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Biogenesis of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) includes the formation of the permeability barrier composed of phenylalanine-glycine-rich nucleoporins (FG-Nups) that regulate the selective passage of biomolecules across the nuclear envelope. The FG-Nups are intrinsically disordered and prone to liquid-liquid phase separation and aggregation when isolated. How FG-Nups are protected from making inappropriate interactions during NPC biogenesis is not fully understood. Here we find that DNAJB6, a molecular chaperone of the heat shock protein network, forms foci in close proximity to NPCs. The number of these foci decreases upon removal of proteins involved in the early steps of interphase NPC biogenesis. Conversely, when this process is stalled in the last steps, the number of DNAJB6-containing foci increases and these foci are identified as herniations at the nuclear envelope. Immunoelectron tomography shows that DNAJB6 localizes inside the lumen of the herniations arising at NPC biogenesis intermediates. Loss of DNAJB6 results in the accumulation of cytosolic annulate lamellae, which are structures containing partly assembled NPCs, a feature associated with disturbances in NPC biogenesis. We find that DNAJB6 binds to FG-Nups and can prevent the aggregation of the FG region of several FG-Nups in cells and in vitro. Together, our data show that the molecular chaperone DNAJB6 provides quality control during NPC biogenesis and is involved in the surveillance of native intrinsically disordered FG-Nups.
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Differential nuclear import sets the timing of protein access to the embryonic genome. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5887. [PMID: 36202846 PMCID: PMC9537182 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33429-z] [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: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The development of a fertilized egg to an embryo requires the proper temporal control of gene expression. During cell differentiation, timing is often controlled via cascades of transcription factors (TFs). However, in early development, transcription is often inactive, and many TF levels stay constant, suggesting that alternative mechanisms govern the observed rapid and ordered onset of gene expression. Here, we find that in early embryonic development access of maternally deposited nuclear proteins to the genome is temporally ordered via importin affinities, thereby timing the expression of downstream targets. We quantify changes in the nuclear proteome during early development and find that nuclear proteins, such as TFs and RNA polymerases, enter the nucleus sequentially. Moreover, we find that the timing of nuclear proteins' access to the genome corresponds to the timing of downstream gene activation. We show that the affinity of proteins to importin is a major determinant in the timing of protein entry into embryonic nuclei. Thus, we propose a mechanism by which embryos encode the timing of gene expression in early development via biochemical affinities. This process could be critical for embryos to organize themselves before deploying the regulatory cascades that control cell identities.
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Role of Host Small GTPases in Apicomplexan Parasite Infection. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10071370. [PMID: 35889089 PMCID: PMC9319929 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10071370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The Apicomplexa are obligate intracellular parasites responsible for several important human diseases. These protozoan organisms have evolved several strategies to modify the host cell environment to create a favorable niche for their survival. The host cytoskeleton is widely manipulated during all phases of apicomplexan intracellular infection. Moreover, the localization and organization of host organelles are altered in order to scavenge nutrients from the host. Small GTPases are a class of proteins widely involved in intracellular pathways governing different processes, from cytoskeletal and organelle organization to gene transcription and intracellular trafficking. These proteins are already known to be involved in infection by several intracellular pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and protozoan parasites. In this review, we recapitulate the mechanisms by which apicomplexan parasites manipulate the host cell during infection, focusing on the role of host small GTPases. We also discuss the possibility of considering small GTPases as potential targets for the development of novel host-targeted therapies against apicomplexan infections.
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Dultz E, Wojtynek M, Medalia O, Onischenko E. The Nuclear Pore Complex: Birth, Life, and Death of a Cellular Behemoth. Cells 2022; 11:1456. [PMID: 35563762 PMCID: PMC9100368 DOI: 10.3390/cells11091456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are the only transport channels that cross the nuclear envelope. Constructed from ~500-1000 nucleoporin proteins each, they are among the largest macromolecular assemblies in eukaryotic cells. Thanks to advances in structural analysis approaches, the construction principles and architecture of the NPC have recently been revealed at submolecular resolution. Although the overall structure and inventory of nucleoporins are conserved, NPCs exhibit significant compositional and functional plasticity even within single cells and surprising variability in their assembly pathways. Once assembled, NPCs remain seemingly unexchangeable in post-mitotic cells. There are a number of as yet unresolved questions about how the versatility of NPC assembly and composition is established, how cells monitor the functional state of NPCs or how they could be renewed. Here, we review current progress in our understanding of the key aspects of NPC architecture and lifecycle.
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- Elisa Dultz
- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETHZ Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETHZ Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland;
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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Nup98, an essential component of the nuclear pore that also participates in annulate lamella pore structures localized in the cytosol, is involved in hepatitis C virus (HCV) assembly. Here, we combined confocal microscopy and biochemical assays to study the interplay between Nup98, core (i.e., the HCV capsid protein), and viral genomes. Our results show that in HCV-infected cells, core protein is necessary and sufficient to induce relocalization of Nup98 from annulate lamellae to lipid droplet-apposed areas in which core/NS5A and HCV genomic RNA [(+)RNA] are clustered to promote viral assembly. Furthermore, we found that Nup98 interacts with HCV RNA and that upon Nup98 downregulation, the viral (+)RNA genome was specifically excluded from areas that contain active translating ribosomes and the core and NS5A proteins. Altogether, these results indicate that Nup98 is recruited by HCV core from annulate lamellae to viral assembly sites to locally increase the concentration of (+)RNA genome, which may favor its encapsidation into nascent virions.
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Holzer G, De Magistris P, Gramminger C, Sachdev R, Magalska A, Schooley A, Scheufen A, Lennartz B, Tatarek‐Nossol M, Lue H, Linder MI, Kutay U, Preisinger C, Moreno‐Andres D, Antonin W. The nucleoporin Nup50 activates the Ran guanine nucleotide exchange factor RCC1 to promote NPC assembly at the end of mitosis. EMBO J 2021; 40:e108788. [PMID: 34725842 PMCID: PMC8634129 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021108788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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During mitotic exit, thousands of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) assemble concomitant with the nuclear envelope to build a transport-competent nucleus. Here, we show that Nup50 plays a crucial role in NPC assembly independent of its well-established function in nuclear transport. RNAi-mediated downregulation in cells or immunodepletion of Nup50 protein in Xenopus egg extracts interferes with NPC assembly. We define a conserved central region of 46 residues in Nup50 that is crucial for Nup153 and MEL28/ELYS binding, and for NPC interaction. Surprisingly, neither NPC interaction nor binding of Nup50 to importin α/β, the GTPase Ran, or chromatin is crucial for its function in the assembly process. Instead, an N-terminal fragment of Nup50 can stimulate the Ran GTPase guanine nucleotide exchange factor RCC1 and NPC assembly, indicating that Nup50 acts via the Ran system in NPC reformation at the end of mitosis. In support of this conclusion, Nup50 mutants defective in RCC1 binding and stimulation cannot replace the wild-type protein in in vitro NPC assembly assays, whereas excess RCC1 can compensate the loss of Nup50.
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- Guillaume Holzer
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck SocietyTübingenGermany
- Present address:
Department of BionanoscienceKavli Institute of NanoscienceDelftthe Netherlands
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck SocietyTübingenGermany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck SocietyTübingenGermany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck SocietyTübingenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryETH ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- Present address:
Department of PediatricsDr. von Hauner Children's Hospital and Gene CenterUniversity Hospital, LMUMunichGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryETH ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Proteomics FacilityInterdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF)Medical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell BiologyMedical SchoolRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermany
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Multifunctionality of F-rich nucleoporins. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 48:2603-2614. [PMID: 33336681 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Nucleoporins (Nups) represent a range of proteins most known for composing the macromolecular assembly of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Among them, the family of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) phenylalanine-glycine (FG) rich Nups, form the permeability barrier and coordinate the high-speed nucleocytoplasmic transport in a selective way. Those FG-Nups have been demonstrated to participate in various biological processes besides nucleocytoplasmic transport. The high number of accessible hydrophobic motifs of FG-Nups potentially gives rise to this multifunctionality, enabling them to form unique microenvironments. In this review, we discuss the multifunctionality of disordered and F-rich Nups and the diversity of their localizations, emphasizing the important roles of those Nups in various regulatory and metabolic processes.
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Gunkel P, Iino H, Krull S, Cordes VC. ZC3HC1 Is a Novel Inherent Component of the Nuclear Basket, Resident in a State of Reciprocal Dependence with TPR. Cells 2021; 10:1937. [PMID: 34440706 PMCID: PMC8393659 DOI: 10.3390/cells10081937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The nuclear basket (NB) scaffold, a fibrillar structure anchored to the nuclear pore complex (NPC), is regarded as constructed of polypeptides of the coiled-coil dominated protein TPR to which other proteins can bind without contributing to the NB's structural integrity. Here we report vertebrate protein ZC3HC1 as a novel inherent constituent of the NB, common at the nuclear envelopes (NE) of proliferating and non-dividing, terminally differentiated cells of different morphogenetic origin. Formerly described as a protein of other functions, we instead present the NB component ZC3HC1 as a protein required for enabling distinct amounts of TPR to occur NB-appended, with such ZC3HC1-dependency applying to about half the total amount of TPR at the NEs of different somatic cell types. Furthermore, pointing to an NB structure more complex than previously anticipated, we discuss how ZC3HC1 and the ZC3HC1-dependent TPR polypeptides could enlarge the NB's functional repertoire.
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany; (P.G.); (H.I.); (S.K.)
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Rossi LF, Solari AJ. Large lamellar bodies and their role in the growing oocytes of the armadillo Chaetophractus villosus. J Morphol 2021; 282:1330-1338. [PMID: 34164851 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Oogenesis in the armadillo Chaetophractus villosus, a representative species of a mammalian basal clade, was investigated by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and immunohistochemical localization of keratin. At the beginning of the growth phase, oocyte follicles showed one, and sometimes several, large bodies composed of lamellae (multilamellar bodies [MLBs]), which entrap other cytoplasmic organelles at more advanced stages. Lamellae diameter is described in cross-section (37 nm) and tangential sections (50 nm). The MLB of early oocytes is most frequently located close to the nucleus. In large oocytes, both, this body and the free organelles are relocated at the oocyte periphery. The MLB grows from the primary follicle up to its full development at the follicular phase characterized by tall granulosa cells. Mitochondria, smooth small vesicles, and lipofuscin granules are trapped between lamellae. MLBs engage in the formation of different sets of organelles, both trapped and free ones. When oocytes are well developed and the zona pellucida is formed, the MLB is reduced to small remnants detected only by transmission electron microscopy. The MLB disintegrates when an antrum develops. Immunohistochemical localization techniques showed the presence of cytokeratin in the MLBs. This cytokeratin pool may be involved in the filament and desmosome formation found in the periphery of late oocytes.
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- Luis F Rossi
- Laboratorio de Biología Cromosómica, Facultad de Medicina (C1121ABG), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (C1425FQB), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (C1425FQB), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Segunda Unidad Académica de Biología Celular, Histología, Embriología y Genética, Facultad de Medicina (C1121ABG), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Dymek AM, Pecio A, Piprek RP. Diversity of Balbiani body formation in internally and externally fertilizing representatives of Osteoglossiformes (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha). J Morphol 2021; 282:1313-1329. [PMID: 34145919 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
During the early stages of oogenesis, the Balbiani body is formed in the primary oocytes. It consists of the Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and numerous mitochondria aggregated with germ plasm, but its form may differ among animals. Hypothetically, during oogenesis oocytes become adapted to future development in two different environments depending on internal or external fertilization. We aimed to investigate, using light and transmission electron microscopy, the development of the Balbiani body during oogenesis in representatives of Osteoglossiformes, one of the most basal Teleostei groups. We analyzed the structure of oogonia and primary oocytes in the internally fertilizing butterflyfish Pantodon buchholzi and the externally fertilizing Osteoglossum bicirrhosum and Arapaima gigas to compare formation of the Balbiani body in relation to modes of fertilization. We demonstrated that the presence of the germ plasm as well as the fusion and fission of mitochondria are the conserved features of the Bb. However, each species exhibited also some peculiar features, including the presence of three types of ooplasm with different electron density and mitochondria-associated membranes in P. buchholzi; annulate lamellae, complexes of the Golgi apparatus, ER network, and lysosome-like bodies in O. bicirrhosum; as well as karmellae and whorls formed by the lamellae of the ER in A. gigas. Moreover, the form of the germ plasm observed in close contact with mitochondria differed between osteoglossiforms, with a "net-like" structure in P. buchholzi, the presence of numerous strings in O. bicirrhosum, and irregular accumulations in A. gigas. These unique features indicate that the extreme diversity of gamete structure observed so far only in the spermatozoa of osteoglossiforms is also characteristic for oocyte development in these basal teleosts. Possible reason of this variability is a period of about 150 million years of independent evolution of the lineages.
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- Anna M Dymek
- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Woods K, Perry C, Brühlmann F, Olias P. Theileria's Strategies and Effector Mechanisms for Host Cell Transformation: From Invasion to Immortalization. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:662805. [PMID: 33959614 PMCID: PMC8096294 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.662805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
One of the first events that follows invasion of leukocytes by Theileria sporozoites is the destruction of the surrounding host cell membrane and the rapid association of the intracellular parasite with host microtubules. This is essential for the parasite to establish its niche within the cytoplasm of the invaded leukocyte and sets Theileria spp. apart from other members of the apicomplexan phylum such as Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp., which reside within the confines of a host-derived parasitophorous vacuole. After establishing infection, transforming Theileria species (T. annulata, T. parva) significantly rewire the signaling pathways of their bovine host cell, causing continual proliferation and resistance to ligand-induced apoptosis, and conferring invasive properties on the parasitized cell. Having transformed its target cell, Theileria hijacks the mitotic machinery to ensure its persistence in the cytoplasm of the dividing cell. Some of the parasite and bovine proteins involved in parasite-microtubule interactions have been fairly well characterized, and the schizont expresses at least two proteins on its membrane that contain conserved microtubule binding motifs. Theileria-encoded proteins have been shown to be translocated to the host cell cytoplasm and nucleus where they have the potential to directly modify signaling pathways and host gene expression. However, little is known about their mode of action, and even less about how these proteins are secreted by the parasite and trafficked to their target location. In this review we explore the strategies employed by Theileria to transform leukocytes, from sporozoite invasion until immortalization of the host cell has been established. We discuss the recent description of nuclear pore-like complexes that accumulate on membranes close to the schizont surface. Finally, we consider putative mechanisms of protein and nutrient exchange that might occur between the parasite and the host. We focus in particular on differences and similarities with recent discoveries in T. gondii and Plasmodium species.
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- Kerry Woods
- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Eckelbarger KJ, Hodgson AN. Invertebrate oogenesis – a review and synthesis: comparative ovarian morphology, accessory cell function and the origins of yolk precursors. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2021.1927861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Kevin J. Eckelbarger
- Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, The University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, U.S.A
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Eymieux S, Blanchard E, Uzbekov R, Hourioux C, Roingeard P. Annulate lamellae and intracellular pathogens. Cell Microbiol 2021; 23:e13328. [PMID: 33740320 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.13328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Annulate lamellae (AL) have been observed many times over the years on electron micrographs of rapidly dividing cells, but little is known about these unusual organelles consisting of stacked sheets of endoplasmic reticulum-derived membranes with nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Evidence is growing for a role of AL in viral infection. AL have been observed early in the life cycles of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and, more recently, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), suggesting a specific induction of mechanisms potentially useful to these pathogens. Like other positive-strand RNA viruses, these viruses induce host cells membranes rearrangements. The NPCs of AL could potentially mediate exchanges between these partially sealed compartments and the cytoplasm. AL may also be involved in regulating Ca2+ homeostasis or cell cycle control. They were recently observed in cells infected with Theileria annulata, an intracellular protozoan parasite inducing cell proliferation. Further studies are required to clarify their role in intracellular pathogen/host-cell interactions.
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- Sébastien Eymieux
- Inserm U1259 MAVIVH, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.,Plate-Forme IBiSA de Microscopie Electronique, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- Inserm U1259 MAVIVH, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.,Plate-Forme IBiSA de Microscopie Electronique, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- Plate-Forme IBiSA de Microscopie Electronique, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- Inserm U1259 MAVIVH, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.,Plate-Forme IBiSA de Microscopie Electronique, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- Inserm U1259 MAVIVH, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.,Plate-Forme IBiSA de Microscopie Electronique, Université de Tours and CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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Kumanski S, Viart BT, Kossida S, Moriel-Carretero M. Lipid Droplets Are a Physiological Nucleoporin Reservoir. Cells 2021; 10:472. [PMID: 33671805 PMCID: PMC7926788 DOI: 10.3390/cells10020472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Lipid Droplets (LD) are dynamic organelles that originate in the Endoplasmic Reticulum and mostly bud off toward the cytoplasm, where they store neutral lipids for energy and protection purposes. LD also have diverse proteins on their surface, many of which are necessary for the their correct homeostasis. However, these organelles also act as reservoirs of proteins that can be made available elsewhere in the cell. In this sense, they act as sinks that titrate key regulators of many cellular processes. Among the specialized factors that reside on cytoplasmic LD are proteins destined for functions in the nucleus, but little is known about them and their impact on nuclear processes. By screening for nuclear proteins in publicly available LD proteomes, we found that they contain a subset of nucleoporins from the Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC). Exploring this, we demonstrate that LD act as a physiological reservoir, for nucleoporins, that impacts the conformation of NPCs and hence their function in nucleo-cytoplasmic transport, chromatin configuration, and genome stability. Furthermore, our in silico modeling predicts a role for LD-released fatty acids in regulating the transit of nucleoporins from LD through the cytoplasm and to nuclear pores.
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- Sylvain Kumanski
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34293 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France;
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- International ImMunoGeneTics Information System (IMGT®), Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34396 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France; (B.T.V.); (S.K.)
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- International ImMunoGeneTics Information System (IMGT®), Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34396 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France; (B.T.V.); (S.K.)
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34293 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France;
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Liu S, Pellman D. The coordination of nuclear envelope assembly and chromosome segregation in metazoans. Nucleus 2020; 11:35-52. [PMID: 32208955 PMCID: PMC7289584 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2020.1742064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) is composed of two lipid bilayer membranes that enclose the eukaryotic genome. In interphase, the NE is perforated by thousands of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), which allow transport in and out of the nucleus. During mitosis in metazoans, the NE is broken down and then reassembled in a manner that enables proper chromosome segregation and the formation of a single nucleus in each daughter cell. Defects in coordinating NE reformation and chromosome segregation can cause aberrant nuclear architecture. This includes the formation of micronuclei, which can trigger a catastrophic mutational process commonly observed in cancers called chromothripsis. Here, we discuss the current understanding of the coordination of NE reformation with chromosome segregation during mitotic exit in metazoans. We review differing models in the field and highlight recent work suggesting that normal NE reformation and chromosome segregation are physically linked through the timing of mitotic spindle disassembly.
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- Shiwei Liu
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Theileria schizonts are the only known eukaryotic organisms capable of transforming another eukaryotic cell; as such, probing of the interactions that occur at the host-parasite interface is likely to lead to novel insights into the cell biology underlying leukocyte proliferation and transformation. Little is known about how the parasite communicates with its host or by what route secreted parasite proteins are translocated into the host, and we propose that nuclear trafficking machinery at the parasite surface might play a role in this. The function of AL remains completely unknown, and our work provides a basis for further investigation into the contribution that these porous, cytomembranous structures might make to the survival of fast-growing transformed cells. Parasitic protozoans of the genus Theileria are intracellular pathogens that induce the cellular transformation of leukocytes, causing uncontrolled proliferation of the infected host cell. The transforming stage of the parasite has a strictly intracellular lifestyle and ensures its distribution to both daughter cells during host cell cytokinesis by aligning itself across the metaphase plate and by binding tightly to central spindle and astral microtubules. Given the importance of the parasite surface in maintaining interactions with host microtubules, we analyzed the ultrastructure of the host-parasite interface using transmission electron microscopy combined with high-resolution fluorescence microscopy and live-cell imaging. We show that porous membranes, termed annulate lamellae (AL), closely associate with the Theileria surface in infected T cells, B cells, and macrophages and are not detectable in noninfected bovine cell lines such as BL20 or BoMACs. AL are membranous structures found in the cytoplasm of fast-proliferating cells such as cancer cells, oocytes, and embryonic cells. Although AL were first observed more than 60 years ago, the function of these organelles is still not known. Indirect immunofluorescence analysis with a pan-nuclear pore complex antibody, combined with overexpression of a panel of nuclear pore proteins, revealed that the parasite recruits nuclear pore complex components close to its surface. Importantly, we show that, in addition to structural components of the nuclear pore complex, nuclear trafficking machinery, including importin beta 1, RanGAP1, and the small GTPase Ran, also accumulated close to the parasite surface. IMPORTANCETheileria schizonts are the only known eukaryotic organisms capable of transforming another eukaryotic cell; as such, probing of the interactions that occur at the host-parasite interface is likely to lead to novel insights into the cell biology underlying leukocyte proliferation and transformation. Little is known about how the parasite communicates with its host or by what route secreted parasite proteins are translocated into the host, and we propose that nuclear trafficking machinery at the parasite surface might play a role in this. The function of AL remains completely unknown, and our work provides a basis for further investigation into the contribution that these porous, cytomembranous structures might make to the survival of fast-growing transformed cells.
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Khalaf B, Roncador A, Pischedda F, Casini A, Thomas S, Piccoli G, Kiebler M, Macchi P. Ankyrin-G induces nucleoporin Nup358 to associate with the axon initial segment of neurons. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.222802. [PMID: 31427429 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.222802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nup358 (also known as RanBP2) is a member of the large nucleoporin family that constitutes the nuclear pore complex. Depending on the cell type and the physiological state, Nup358 interacts with specific partner proteins and influences distinct mechanisms independent of its role in nucleocytoplasmic transport. Here, we provide evidence that Nup358 associates selectively with the axon initial segment (AIS) of mature neurons, mediated by the AIS scaffold protein ankyrin-G (AnkG, also known as Ank3). The N-terminus of Nup358 is demonstrated to be sufficient for its localization at the AIS. Further, we show that Nup358 is expressed as two isoforms, one full-length and another shorter form of Nup358. These isoforms differ in their subcellular distribution in neurons and expression level during neuronal development. Overall, the present study highlights an unprecedented localization of Nup358 within the AIS and suggests its involvement in neuronal function.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Bouchra Khalaf
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology-CIBIO, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology-CIBIO, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Dulbecco Telethon Laboratory of Biology of Synapses, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology-CIBIO, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology-CIBIO, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Department for Cell Biology, Biomedical Center, Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Großhaderner Straße 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Dulbecco Telethon Laboratory of Biology of Synapses, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology-CIBIO, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Department for Cell Biology, Biomedical Center, Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Großhaderner Straße 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology-CIBIO, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
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Ren H, Xin G, Jia M, Zhu S, Lin Q, Wang X, Jiang Q, Zhang C. Postmitotic annulate lamellae assembly contributes to nuclear envelope reconstitution in daughter cells. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:10383-10391. [PMID: 31152066 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ac119.008171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In higher eukaryotic cells, the nuclear envelope (NE) is composed of double nuclear membranes studded with nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and undergoes dynamic disassembly and reassembly during the cell cycle. However, how the NE and NPC reassemble remains largely unclear. Here, using HeLa, HEK293, and Drosophila cells, along with immunofluorescence microscopy and transmission EM methods, we found that postmitotic annulate lamellae (AL) assembly contributes to NE and NPC assembly. We observed that the AL are parallel membrane-pair stacks and possess regularly spaced AL pore complexes (ALPCs) that are morphologically similar to the NPCs. We found that the AL assemble in the cytoplasm during mitotic exit simultaneously with NE re-formation in daughter cells. Then, the assembled AL either bound the decondensing chromatin to directly transform into the NE or bound and fused with the outer nuclear membrane to join the assembling NE. The AL did not colocalize with sheet and tubular endoplasmic reticulum (ER) marker proteins on the ER or the lamin B receptor-localized membrane in the cytoplasm, suggesting that postmitotic AL assembly occurs independently of the chromatin and ER. Collectively, our results indicate that postmitotic AL assembly is a common cellular event and an intermediate step in NE and NPC assembly and in NE expansion in higher eukaryotic cells.
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- He Ren
- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation and the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) mediate nucleocytoplasmic exchange. They are exceptionally large protein complexes that fuse the inner and outer nuclear membranes to form channels across the nuclear envelope. About 30 different protein components, termed nucleoporins, assemble in multiple copies into an intricate cylindrical architecture. Here, we review our current knowledge of the structure of nucleoporins and how those come together in situ. We delineate architectural principles on several hierarchical organization levels, including isoforms, posttranslational modifications, nucleoporins, and higher-order oligomerization of nucleoporin subcomplexes. We discuss how cells exploit this modularity to faithfully assemble NPCs.
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- Bernhard Hampoelz
- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; , ,
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; , , .,Current affiliation: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; , , .,Current affiliation: ZIK HALOmem, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; , , .,Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Elofsson R, Kröger RHH. A variation of pigmentation in the glabrous skin of dogs. J Morphol 2018; 279:1194-1198. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Rolf Elofsson
- Unit of Functional Zoology, Department of Biology; Lund University; Lund Sweden
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- Unit of Functional Zoology, Department of Biology; Lund University; Lund Sweden
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Lång A, Eriksson J, Schink KO, Lång E, Blicher P, Połeć A, Brech A, Dalhus B, Bøe SO. Visualization of PML nuclear import complexes reveals FG-repeat nucleoporins at cargo retrieval sites. Nucleus 2017; 8:404-420. [PMID: 28402725 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2017.1306161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Selective nuclear import in eukaryotic cells involves sequential interactions between nuclear import receptors and phenylalanine-glycine (FG)-repeat nucleoporins. Traditionally, binding of cargoes to import receptors is perceived as a nuclear pore complex independent event, while interactions between import complexes and nucleoporins are thought to take place at the nuclear pores. However, studies have shown that nucleoporins are mobile and not static within the nuclear pores, suggesting that they may become engaged in nuclear import before nuclear pore entry. Here we have studied post-mitotic nuclear import of the tumor suppressor protein PML. Since this protein forms nuclear compartments called PML bodies that persist during mitosis, the assembly of putative PML import complexes can be visualized on the surface of these protein aggregates as the cell progress from an import inactive state in mitosis to an import active state in G1. We show that these post-mitotic cytoplasmic PML bodies incorporate a multitude of peripheral nucleoporins, but not scaffold or nuclear basket nucleoporins, in a manner that depends on FG-repeats, the KPNB1 import receptor, and the PML nuclear localization signal. The study suggests that nucleoporins have the ability to target certain nuclear cargo proteins in a nuclear pore-uncoupled state, before nuclear pore entry.
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- Anna Lång
- a Department of Medical Biochemistry , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.,b Institute of Clinical Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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- c Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research and Centre for Cancer Biomedicine , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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- c Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research and Centre for Cancer Biomedicine , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway
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Sahoo MR, Gaikwad S, Khuperkar D, Ashok M, Helen M, Yadav SK, Singh A, Magre I, Deshmukh P, Dhanvijay S, Sahoo PK, Ramtirtha Y, Madhusudhan MS, Gayathri P, Seshadri V, Joseph J. Nup358 binds to AGO proteins through its SUMO-interacting motifs and promotes the association of target mRNA with miRISC. EMBO Rep 2016; 18:241-263. [PMID: 28039207 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201642386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 11/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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MicroRNA (miRNA)-guided mRNA repression, mediated by the miRNA-induced silencing complex (miRISC), is an important component of post-transcriptional gene silencing. However, how miRISC identifies the target mRNA in vivo is not well understood. Here, we show that the nucleoporin Nup358 plays an important role in this process. Nup358 localizes to the nuclear pore complex and to the cytoplasmic annulate lamellae (AL), and these structures dynamically associate with two mRNP granules: processing bodies (P bodies) and stress granules (SGs). Nup358 depletion disrupts P bodies and concomitantly impairs the miRNA pathway. Furthermore, Nup358 interacts with AGO and GW182 proteins and promotes the association of target mRNA with miRISC A well-characterized SUMO-interacting motif (SIM) in Nup358 is sufficient for Nup358 to directly bind to AGO proteins. Moreover, AGO and PIWI proteins interact with SIMs derived from other SUMO-binding proteins. Our study indicates that Nup358-AGO interaction is important for miRNA-mediated gene silencing and identifies SIM as a new interacting motif for the AGO family of proteins. The findings also support a model wherein the coupling of miRISC with the target mRNA could occur at AL, specialized domains within the ER, and at the nuclear envelope.
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- Manas Ranjan Sahoo
- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- Division of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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- Division of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
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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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Schwarz DS, Blower MD. The endoplasmic reticulum: structure, function and response to cellular signaling. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73:79-94. [PMID: 26433683 PMCID: PMC4700099 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-2052-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 889] [Impact Index Per Article: 111.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a large, dynamic structure that serves many roles in the cell including calcium storage, protein synthesis and lipid metabolism. The diverse functions of the ER are performed by distinct domains; consisting of tubules, sheets and the nuclear envelope. Several proteins that contribute to the overall architecture and dynamics of the ER have been identified, but many questions remain as to how the ER changes shape in response to cellular cues, cell type, cell cycle state and during development of the organism. Here we discuss what is known about the dynamics of the ER, what questions remain, and how coordinated responses add to the layers of regulation in this dynamic organelle.
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- Dianne S Schwarz
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, 01938, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Weberruss M, Antonin W. Perforating the nuclear boundary – how nuclear pore complexes assemble. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:4439-4447. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.194753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The nucleus is enclosed by the nuclear envelope, a double membrane which creates a selective barrier between the cytoplasm and the nuclear interior. Its barrier and transport characteristics are determined by nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that are embedded within the nuclear envelope, and control molecular exchange between the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. In this Commentary, we discuss the biogenesis of these huge protein assemblies from approximately one thousand individual proteins. We will summarize current knowledge about distinct assembly modes in animal cells that are characteristic for different cell cycle phases and their regulation.
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- Marion Weberruss
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstraße 39, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstraße 39, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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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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Schooley A, Moreno-Andrés D, De Magistris P, Vollmer B, Antonin W. The lysine demethylase LSD1 is required for nuclear envelope formation at the end of mitosis. J Cell Sci 2015. [PMID: 26224877 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.173013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The metazoan nucleus breaks down and reassembles during each cell division. Upon mitotic exit, the successful reestablishment of an interphase nucleus requires the coordinated reorganization of chromatin and formation of a functional nuclear envelope. Here, we report that the histone demethylase LSD1 (also known as KDM1A) plays a crucial role in nuclear assembly at the end of mitosis. Downregulation of LSD1 in cells extends telophase and impairs nuclear pore complex assembly. In vitro, LSD1 demethylase activity is required for the recruitment of MEL28 (also known as ELYS and AHCTF1) and nuclear envelope precursor vesicles to chromatin, crucial steps in nuclear reassembly. Accordingly, the formation of a closed nuclear envelope and nuclear pore complex assembly are impaired upon depletion of LSD1 or inhibition of its activity. Our results identify histone demethylation by LSD1 as a new regulatory mechanism linking the chromatin state and nuclear envelope formation at the end of mitosis.
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- Allana Schooley
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstraße 39, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstraße 39, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstraße 39, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstraße 39, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Spemannstraße 39, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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Hooper SL, Burstein HJ. Minimization of extracellular space as a driving force in prokaryote association and the origin of eukaryotes. Biol Direct 2014; 9:24. [PMID: 25406691 PMCID: PMC4289276 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-9-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Internalization-based hypotheses of eukaryotic origin require close physical association of host and symbiont. Prior hypotheses of how these associations arose include chance, specific metabolic couplings between partners, and prey-predator/parasite interactions. Since these hypotheses were proposed, it has become apparent that mixed-species, close-association assemblages (biofilms) are widespread and predominant components of prokaryotic ecology. Which forces drove prokaryotes to evolve the ability to form these assemblages are uncertain. Bacteria and archaea have also been found to form membrane-lined interconnections (nanotubes) through which proteins and RNA pass. These observations, combined with the structure of the nuclear envelope and an energetic benefit of close association (see below), lead us to propose a novel hypothesis of the driving force underlying prokaryotic close association and the origin of eukaryotes. RESULTS Respiratory proton transport does not alter external pH when external volume is effectively infinite. Close physical association decreases external volume. For small external volumes, proton transport decreases external pH, resulting in each transported proton increasing proton motor force to a greater extent. We calculate here that in biofilms this effect could substantially decrease how many protons need to be transported to achieve a given proton motor force. Based as it is solely on geometry, this energetic benefit would occur for all prokaryotes using proton-based respiration. CONCLUSIONS This benefit may be a driving force in biofilm formation. Under this hypothesis a very wide range of prokaryotic species combinations could serve as eukaryotic progenitors. We use this observation and the discovery of prokaryotic nanotubes to propose that eukaryotes arose from physically distinct, functionally specialized (energy factory, protein factory, DNA repository/RNA factory), obligatorily symbiotic prokaryotes in which the protein factory and DNA repository/RNA factory cells were coupled by nanotubes and the protein factory ultimately internalized the other two. This hypothesis naturally explains many aspects of eukaryotic physiology, including the nuclear envelope being a folded single membrane repeatedly pierced by membrane-bound tubules (the nuclear pores), suggests that species analogous or homologous to eukaryotic progenitors are likely unculturable as monocultures, and makes a large number of testable predictions. REVIEWERS This article was reviewed by Purificación López-García and Toni Gabaldón.
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- Scott L Hooper
- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 USA
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Gilloteaux J, Jamison JM, Neal D, Summers JL. Synergistic antitumor cytotoxic actions of ascorbate and menadione on human prostate (DU145) cancer cells in vitro: nucleus and other injuries preceding cell death by autoschizis. Ultrastruct Pathol 2014; 38:116-40. [PMID: 24460713 DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2013.852645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Scanning (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize the cytotoxic effects of ascorbate (VC), menadione (VK3), or a VC:VK3 combination on a human prostate carcinoma cell line (DU145) following a 1-h vitamin treatment and a subsequent 24-h incubation in culture medium. Cell alterations examined by light and electron microscopy were treatment-dependent with VC + VK3 >VK3 > VC > Sham. Oxidative stress-induced damage was found in most organelles. This report describes injuries in the tumor cell nucleus (chromatin and nucleolus), mitochondria, endomembranes, lysosomal bodies (autophagocytoses) and inclusions. Morphologic alterations suggest that cytoskeleton damage is likely responsible for the superficial cytoplasmic changes, including major changes in cell shape and size and the self-excising phenomena. Unlike apoptotic bodies, the excised pieces contain ribonucleoproteins, but not organelles. These deleterious events cause a progressive, significant reduction in the tumor cell size. During nuclear alterations, the nuclei maintain their envelope during chromatolysis and karyolysis until cell death, while nucleoli undergo a characteristic segregation of their components. In addition, changes in fat and glycogen storage are consistent the cytotoxic and metabolic alterations caused by the respective treatments. All cellular ultrastructural changes are consistent with cell death by autoschizis and not apoptosis or other kinds of cell death.
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- Jacques Gilloteaux
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, St Georges' University International School of Medicine, K B Taylor Scholar's Programme , Newcastle upon Tyne , UK and
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Colombi P, Webster BM, Fröhlich F, Lusk CP. The transmission of nuclear pore complexes to daughter cells requires a cytoplasmic pool of Nsp1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 203:215-32. [PMID: 24165936 PMCID: PMC3812967 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201305115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are essential protein assemblies that span the nuclear envelope and establish nuclear-cytoplasmic compartmentalization. We have investigated mechanisms that control NPC number in mother and daughter cells during the asymmetric division of budding yeast. By simultaneously tracking existing NPCs and newly synthesized NPC protomers (nups) through anaphase, we uncovered a pool of the central channel nup Nsp1 that is actively targeted to the bud in association with endoplasmic reticulum. Bud targeting required an intact actin cytoskeleton and the class V myosin, Myo2. Selective inhibition of cytoplasmic Nsp1 or inactivation of Myo2 reduced the inheritance of NPCs in daughter cells, leading to a daughter-specific loss of viability. Our data are consistent with a model in which Nsp1 releases a barrier that otherwise prevents NPC passage through the bud neck. It further supports the finding that NPC inheritance, not de novo NPC assembly, is primarily responsible for controlling NPC number in daughter cells.
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- Paolo Colombi
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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Gil-Perotín S, Duran-Moreno M, Cebrián-Silla A, Ramírez M, García-Belda P, García-Verdugo JM. Adult neural stem cells from the subventricular zone: a review of the neurosphere assay. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2013; 296:1435-52. [PMID: 23904071 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The possibility of obtaining large numbers of cells with potential to become functional neurons implies a great advance in regenerative medicine. A source of cells for therapy is the subventricular zone (SVZ) where adult neural stem cells (NSCs) retain the ability to proliferate, self-renew, and differentiate into several mature cell types. The neurosphere assay, a method to isolate, maintain, and expand these cells has been extensively utilized by research groups to analyze the biological properties of aNSCs and to graft into injured brains from animal models. In this review we briefly describe the neurosphere assay and its limitations, the methods to optimize culture conditions, the identity and the morphology of aNSC-derived neurospheres (including new ultrastructural data). The controversy regarding the identity and "stemness" of cells within the neurosphere is revised. The fine morphology of neurospheres, described thoroughly, allows for phenotypical characterization of cells in the neurospheres and may reveal slight changes that indirectly inform about cell integrity, cell damage, or oncogenic transformation. Along this review we largely highlight the critical points that researchers have to keep in mind before extrapolating results or translating experimental transplantation of neurosphere-derived cells to the clinical setting.
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- Sara Gil-Perotín
- Laboratory of Comparative Neurobiology, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, University of Valencia, C/Catedratico Jose Beltran no 2, Paterna, Valencia, CIBERNED, Spain
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The nuclear envelope forms a cocoon that surrounds the cellular genome keeping it out of harm’s way and can be utilized by the cell as a means of functionally regulating chromatin structure and gene expression. At the same time, this double-layered membrane system constitutes a formidable obstacle to the unimpeded flow of genetic information between the genome and the rest of the cell. The nuclear pore has been long considered the sole passageway between nucleus and cytoplasm. A new report1 challenges this view and proposes a novel mechanism by which RNA transcripts destined for localized translation in highly polarized cell types, cross both inner and outer nuclear envelope membranes and reach the cytoplasm without utilizing the nuclear pore route.
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Spanel-Borowski K, Nowicki M, Borlak J, Trapphoff T, Eichenlaub-Ritter U. Endoplasmic Reticulum-Derived Multilamellar Bodies in Oocytes of Mouse Follicle Cultures under Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Treatment. Cells Tissues Organs 2013; 197:77-88. [DOI: 10.1159/000340039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Splinter D, Razafsky DS, Schlager MA, Serra-Marques A, Grigoriev I, Demmers J, Keijzer N, Jiang K, Poser I, Hyman AA, Hoogenraad CC, King SJ, Akhmanova A. BICD2, dynactin, and LIS1 cooperate in regulating dynein recruitment to cellular structures. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:4226-41. [PMID: 22956769 PMCID: PMC3484101 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e12-03-0210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study dissects the recruitment of dynein and dynactin to cargo by a conserved motor adaptor BICD2. It is shown that dynein, dynactin, and BICD2 form a triple complex in vitro and in vivo. Investigation of the properties of this complex by direct visualization of dynein in live cells shows that BICD2-induced dynein transport requires LIS1. Cytoplasmic dynein is the major microtubule minus-end–directed cellular motor. Most dynein activities require dynactin, but the mechanisms regulating cargo-dependent dynein–dynactin interaction are poorly understood. In this study, we focus on dynein–dynactin recruitment to cargo by the conserved motor adaptor Bicaudal D2 (BICD2). We show that dynein and dynactin depend on each other for BICD2-mediated targeting to cargo and that BICD2 N-terminus (BICD2-N) strongly promotes stable interaction between dynein and dynactin both in vitro and in vivo. Direct visualization of dynein in live cells indicates that by itself the triple BICD2-N–dynein–dynactin complex is unable to interact with either cargo or microtubules. However, tethering of BICD2-N to different membranes promotes their microtubule minus-end–directed motility. We further show that LIS1 is required for dynein-mediated transport induced by membrane tethering of BICD2-N and that LIS1 contributes to dynein accumulation at microtubule plus ends and BICD2-positive cellular structures. Our results demonstrate that dynein recruitment to cargo requires concerted action of multiple dynein cofactors.
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- Daniël Splinter
- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Centre, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Colony organization in the green alga Botryococcus braunii (Race B) is specified by a complex extracellular matrix. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2012; 11:1424-40. [PMID: 22941913 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00184-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Botryococcus braunii is a colonial green alga whose cells associate via a complex extracellular matrix (ECM) and produce prodigious amounts of liquid hydrocarbons that can be readily converted into conventional combustion engine fuels. We used quick-freeze deep-etch electron microscopy and biochemical/histochemical analysis to elucidate many new features of B. braunii cell/colony organization and composition. Intracellular lipid bodies associate with the chloroplast and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) but show no evidence of being secreted. The ER displays striking fenestrations and forms a continuous subcortical system in direct contact with the cell membrane. The ECM has three distinct components. (i) Each cell is surrounded by a fibrous β-1, 4- and/or β-1, 3-glucan-containing cell wall. (ii) The intracolonial ECM space is filled with a cross-linked hydrocarbon network permeated with liquid hydrocarbons. (iii) Colonies are enclosed in a retaining wall festooned with a fibrillar sheath dominated by arabinose-galactose polysaccharides, which sequesters ECM liquid hydrocarbons. Each cell apex associates with the retaining wall and contributes to its synthesis. Retaining-wall domains also form "drapes" between cells, with some folding in on themselves and penetrating the hydrocarbon interior of a mother colony, partitioning it into daughter colonies. We propose that retaining-wall components are synthesized in the apical Golgi apparatus, delivered to apical ER fenestrations, and assembled on the surfaces of apical cell walls, where a proteinaceous granular layer apparently participates in fibril morphogenesis. We further propose that hydrocarbons are produced by the nonapical ER, directly delivered to the contiguous cell membrane, and pass across the nonapical cell wall into the hydrocarbon-based ECM.
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Salvatori L, Caporuscio F, Verdina A, Starace G, Crispi S, Nicotra MR, Russo A, Calogero RA, Morgante E, Natali PG, Russo MA, Petrangeli E. Cell-to-cell signaling influences the fate of prostate cancer stem cells and their potential to generate more aggressive tumors. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31467. [PMID: 22328933 PMCID: PMC3273473 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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An increasing number of malignancies has been shown to be initiated and propelled by small subpopulations of cancer stem cells (CSC). However, whether tumor aggressiveness is driven by CSC and by what extent this property may be relevant within the tumor mass is still unsettled. To address this issue, we isolated a rare tumor cell population on the basis of its CD44+CD24− phenotype from the human androgen-independent prostate carcinoma cell line DU145 and established its CSC properties. The behavior of selected CSC was investigated with respect to the bulk DU145 cells. The injection of CSC in nude mice generated highly vascularized tumors infiltrating the adjacent tissues, showing high density of neuroendocrine cells and expressing low levels of E-cadherin and β-catenin as well as high levels of vimentin. On the contrary, when a comparable number of unsorted DU145 cells were injected the resulting tumors were less aggressive. To investigate the different features of tumors in vivo, the influence of differentiated tumor cells on CSC was examined in vitro by growing CSC in the absence or presence of conditioned medium from DU145 cells. CSC grown in permissive conditions differentiated into cell populations with features similar to those of cells held in aggressive tumors generated from CSC injection. Differently, conditioned medium induced CSC to differentiate into a cell phenotype comparable to cells of scarcely aggressive tumors originated from bulk DU145 cell injection. These findings show for the first time that CSC are able to generate differentiated cells expressing either highly or scarcely aggressive phenotype, thus influencing prostate cancer progression. The fate of CSC was determined by signals released from tumor environment. Moreover, using microarray analysis we selected some molecules which could be involved in this cell-to-cell signaling, hypothesizing their potential value for prognostic or therapeutic applications.
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- Luisa Salvatori
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, Rome, Italy.
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Schisa JA. New insights into the regulation of RNP granule assembly in oocytes. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 295:233-89. [PMID: 22449492 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394306-4.00013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In a variety of cell types in plants, animals, and fungi, ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes play critical roles in regulating RNA metabolism. These RNP granules include processing bodies and stress granules that are found broadly across cell types, as well as RNP granules unique to the germline, such as P granules, polar granules, sponge bodies, and germinal granules. This review focuses on RNP granules localized in oocytes of the major model systems, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, Xenopus, mouse, and zebrafish. The signature families of proteins within oocyte RNPs include Vasa and other RNA-binding proteins, decapping activators and enzymes, Argonaute family proteins, and translation initiation complex proteins. This review describes the many recent insights into the dynamics and functions of RNP granules, including their roles in mRNA degradation, mRNA localization, translational regulation, and fertility. The roles of the cytoskeleton and cell organelles in regulating RNP granule assembly are also discussed.
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- Jennifer A Schisa
- Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
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Czaker R. Dicyemid's dilemma: structure versus genes. The unorthodox structure of dicyemid reproduction. Cell Tissue Res 2011; 343:649-58. [PMID: 21258944 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1124-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The clear phylogenetic status of the enigmatic Phylum Dicyemida is still uncertain. Their primitive body plan lacks essential metazoan synapomorphies, while genetic data favor a kinship with higher lophotrochozoans. This ultrastructural study increases the confusion about this phylum by presenting an unusual gonad and sperm structure lacking all synapomorphies essential for the various phyla of the lophotrochozoans, either free-living ones or parasites. In Dicyema typus, gonadogenesis is reduced to a single somatic cell, i.e., the infusorigen's axial cell that functions as a somatic gonadal founder cell as soon as a spermatogonium takes residence in its cytoplasm. The spermiogenic cells resulting therefrom are not connected by intercellular bridges and permanently contain a bundle of microtubules in their cytoplasm, obviously a kind of "dormant" spindle having assembled without centrosomes. Primary spermatocytes develop so-called polycomplexes, multiple synaptinemal complexes. The structure of the sperm is based on a certain kind of somatic cell that has been minimally adapted to function as a sperm. The mature sperm consists in only three organelles: an ovoid nucleus with a somatic chromatin structure, numerous pore complexes and a centrally arranged cluster of coiled tubular structures; a bundle of microtubules embedded into a rim running along the nucleus longitudinal surface, projecting out of the cell like a spear; and a lipid vesicle tightly attached to one pole of the nucleus, touching there the adjacent bundle of microtubules. Immunelectron microscopy confirms the somatic condition of mature sperm, revealing somatic histone H1 immunoreactivity over the nucleus, which can be interpreted as synapomorphy shared with Protozoa, Porifera and Cnidaria. Fertilization occurs as selfing, where the sperm penetrates, "bundle of microtubules first", a primary oocyte attached vis-à-vis on the other side of the plasma membrane of the infusorigen's axial cell. This somatic situation points to an ancient evolutionary model rather than to a condition caused by retrogression due to their life as commensals.
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- Renate Czaker
- Center of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Laboratory of Comparative Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Schwarzspanierstr. 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Splinter D, Tanenbaum ME, Lindqvist A, Jaarsma D, Flotho A, Yu KL, Grigoriev I, Engelsma D, Haasdijk ED, Keijzer N, Demmers J, Fornerod M, Melchior F, Hoogenraad CC, Medema RH, Akhmanova A. Bicaudal D2, dynein, and kinesin-1 associate with nuclear pore complexes and regulate centrosome and nuclear positioning during mitotic entry. PLoS Biol 2010; 8:e1000350. [PMID: 20386726 PMCID: PMC2850381 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2009] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Mammalian Bicaudal D2 is the missing molecular link between cytoplasmic motor proteins and the nucleus during nuclear positioning prior to the onset of mitosis. BICD2 is one of the two mammalian homologues of the Drosophila Bicaudal D, an evolutionarily conserved adaptor between microtubule motors and their cargo that was previously shown to link vesicles and mRNP complexes to the dynein motor. Here, we identified a G2-specific role for BICD2 in the relative positioning of the nucleus and centrosomes in dividing cells. By combining mass spectrometry, biochemical and cell biological approaches, we show that the nuclear pore complex (NPC) component RanBP2 directly binds to BICD2 and recruits it to NPCs specifically in G2 phase of the cell cycle. BICD2, in turn, recruits dynein-dynactin to NPCs and as such is needed to keep centrosomes closely tethered to the nucleus prior to mitotic entry. When dynein function is suppressed by RNA interference-mediated depletion or antibody microinjection, centrosomes and nuclei are actively pushed apart in late G2 and we show that this is due to the action of kinesin-1. Surprisingly, depletion of BICD2 inhibits both dynein and kinesin-1-dependent movements of the nucleus and cytoplasmic NPCs, demonstrating that BICD2 is needed not only for the dynein function at the nuclear pores but also for the antagonistic activity of kinesin-1. Our study demonstrates that the nucleus is subject to opposing activities of dynein and kinesin-1 motors and that BICD2 contributes to nuclear and centrosomal positioning prior to mitotic entry through regulation of both dynein and kinesin-1. Bidirectional microtubule-based transport is responsible for the positioning of a large variety of cellular organelles, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the recruitment of microtubule-based motors to their cargoes and their activation remain poorly understood. In particular, the molecular players involved in the important processes of nuclear and centrosomal positioning prior to the onset of cell division are not known. In this study we focus on the function of one of the mammalian homologues of Drosophila Bicaudal D, an adaptor for the microtubule minus-end-directed dynein-dynactin motor complex. Previously, Drosophila Bicaudal D and its mammalian homologues were shown to act as linkers between the dynein motor and mRNP complexes or secretory vesicles. Here, we identify a new cargo for mammalian Bicaudal D2 (BICD2)–the nucleus. We show that BICD2 specifically binds to nuclear pore complexes in cells in G2 phase of the cell division cycle. We also show that this interaction is required for G2-specific recruitment of dynein to the nuclear envelope and thus for proper positioning of the nucleus relative to centrosomes prior to the onset of mitosis. Further, our findings demonstrate that the motor protein kinesin-1 opposes dynein's activity during this process and requires BICD2 for its activity. Our study therefore reveals BICD2 as the critical molecular adaptor that allows molecular motors to regulate nuclear and centrosomal positioning before cell division.
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- Daniël Splinter
- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Genomics Center, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Genomics Center, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Gene Regulation, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Proteomics Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Gene Regulation, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Genomics Center, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- * E-mail: (RHM); (AA)
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An unusual membrane system in the oocyte of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Tissue Cell 2009; 26:403-12. [PMID: 18621273 DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(94)90023-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/1993] [Accepted: 01/21/1994] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During vitellogenesis, oocytes of Botryllus schlosseri always exhibit an unusual system scattered in the cytoplasm. It consists of an association between a single fenestrated endoplasmic reticulum cisterna and one or a few smooth vesicles (cisterna vesicle association: CVA) containing a dense core facing the cisterna itself. The latter is smooth and perforated by numerous small pores (about 25 nm in diameter) in the area of association; towards the periphery, it extends into several branches with ribosomes bound to their membranes. In the vesicles, fibrillar material radiates from the dense core and is sometimes organized into a long, dense lamina. The membranes of both cisterna and vesicles appear to be coupled, but are in fact separated by a constant narrow space occupied by short densities. The presence in B. schlosseri of this unusual fenestrated membrane system contrasts with the absence of a typical porous cytoplasmic organelle, the annulate lamellae (ALs), which is widely distributed in female gametes. However, as in other animals, B. schlosseri oocytes possess intranuclear annulate lamellae (IALs) and vesicles. Comparative observations extended to the oocytes of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis have shown that the latter species exhibits typical ALs and IALs, but not the CVA. The morphology of the CVA is analysed here in detail, and similarities and differences with ALs are pointed out. Hypotheses regarding CVA function are discussed in terms of possible relations with ALs.
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Diambra L, Marchant JS. Localization and socialization: experimental insights into the functional architecture of IP3 receptors. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037103. [PMID: 19792028 PMCID: PMC2771704 DOI: 10.1063/1.3147425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3))-evoked Ca(2+) signals display great spatiotemporal malleability. This malleability depends on diversity in both the cellular organization and in situ functionality of IP(3) receptors (IP(3)Rs) that regulate Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Recent experimental data imply that these considerations are not independent, such that-as with other ion channels-the local organization of IP(3)Rs impacts their functionality, and reciprocally IP(3)R activity impacts their organization within native ER membranes. Here, we (i) review experimental data that lead to our understanding of the "functional architecture" of IP(3)Rs within the ER, (ii) propose an updated terminology to span the organizational hierarchy of IP(3)Rs observed in intact cells, and (iii) speculate on the physiological significance of IP(3)R socialization in Ca(2+) dynamics, and consequently the emerging need for modeling studies to move beyond gridded, planar, and static simulations of IP(3)R clustering even over short experimental timescales.
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- Luis Diambra
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, CREG-UNLP, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Jul-Larsen A, Grudic A, Bjerkvig R, Bøe SO. Cell-cycle regulation and dynamics of cytoplasmic compartments containing the promyelocytic leukemia protein and nucleoporins. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:1201-10. [PMID: 19339552 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.040840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Nucleoporins and the promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) represent structural entities of nuclear pore complexes and PML nuclear bodies, respectively. In addition, these proteins might function in a common biological mechanism, because at least two different nucleoporins, Nup98 and Nup214, as well as PML, can become aberrantly expressed as oncogenic fusion proteins in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. Here we show that PML and nucleoporins become directed to common cytoplasmic compartments during the mitosis-to-G1 transition of the cell cycle. These protein assemblies, which we have termed CyPNs (cytoplasmic assemblies of PML and nucleoporins), move on the microtubular network and become stably connected to the nuclear membrane once contact with the nucleus has been made. The ability of PML to target CyPNs depends on its nuclear localization signal, and loss of PML causes an increase in cytoplasmic-bound versus nuclear-membrane-bound nucleoporins. CyPNs are also targeted by the acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) fusion protein PML-RARalpha and can be readily detected within the APL cell line NB4. These results provide insight into a dynamic pool of cytoplasmic nucleoporins that form a complex with the tumor suppressor protein PML during the G1 phase of the cell cycle.
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- Asne Jul-Larsen
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Almsherqi ZA, Landh T, Kohlwein SD, Deng Y. Chapter 6: cubic membranes the missing dimension of cell membrane organization. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 274:275-342. [PMID: 19349040 PMCID: PMC7105030 DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)02006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Biological membranes are among the most fascinating assemblies of biomolecules: a bilayer less than 10 nm thick, composed of rather small lipid molecules that are held together simply by noncovalent forces, defines the cell and discriminates between “inside” and “outside”, survival, and death. Intracellular compartmentalization—governed by biomembranes as well—is a characteristic feature of eukaryotic cells, which allows them to fulfill multiple and highly specialized anabolic and catabolic functions in strictly controlled environments. Although cellular membranes are generally visualized as flat sheets or closely folded isolated objects, multiple observations also demonstrate that membranes may fold into “unusual”, highly organized structures with 2D or 3D periodicity. The obvious correlation of highly convoluted membrane organizations with pathological cellular states, for example, as a consequence of viral infection, deserves close consideration. However, knowledge about formation and function of these highly organized 3D periodic membrane structures is scarce, primarily due to the lack of appropriate techniques for their analysis in vivo. Currently, the only direct way to characterize cellular membrane architecture is by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). However, deciphering the spatial architecture solely based on two-dimensionally projected TEM images is a challenging task and prone to artifacts. In this review, we will provide an update on the current progress in identifying and analyzing 3D membrane architectures in biological systems, with a special focus on membranes with cubic symmetry, and their potential role in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Proteomics and lipidomics approaches in defined experimental cell systems may prove instrumental to understand formation and function of 3D membrane morphologies.
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- Zakaria A Almsherqi
- Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597 Singapore
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Rasala BA, Ramos C, Harel A, Forbes DJ. Capture of AT-rich chromatin by ELYS recruits POM121 and NDC1 to initiate nuclear pore assembly. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:3982-96. [PMID: 18596237 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-01-0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Assembly of the nuclear pore, gateway to the genome, from its component subunits is a complex process. In higher eukaryotes, nuclear pore assembly begins with the binding of ELYS/MEL-28 to chromatin and recruitment of the large critical Nup107-160 pore subunit. The choreography of steps that follow is largely speculative. Here, we set out to molecularly define early steps in nuclear pore assembly, beginning with chromatin binding. Point mutation analysis indicates that pore assembly is exquisitely sensitive to the change of only two amino acids in the AT-hook motif of ELYS. The dependence on AT-rich chromatin for ELYS binding is borne out by the use of two DNA-binding antibiotics. AT-binding Distamycin A largely blocks nuclear pore assembly, whereas GC-binding Chromomycin A(3) does not. Next, we find that recruitment of vesicles containing the key integral membrane pore proteins POM121 and NDC1 to the forming nucleus is dependent on chromatin-bound ELYS/Nup107-160 complex, whereas recruitment of gp210 vesicles is not. Indeed, we reveal an interaction between the cytoplasmic domain of POM121 and the Nup107-160 complex. Our data thus suggest an order for nuclear pore assembly of 1) AT-rich chromatin sites, 2) ELYS, 3) the Nup107-160 complex, and 4) POM121- and NDC1-containing membrane vesicles and/or sheets, followed by (5) assembly of the bulk of the remaining soluble pore subunits.
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- Beth A Rasala
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0347, USA
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