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Ruan Y, Xu H, Ji X. High expression of NPM1 via the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway might predict poor prognosis for patients with prostate adenocarcinoma. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2022; 49:525-535. [PMID: 35108408 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.13628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Prostate adenocarcinoma (PRAD) occurs only in males and has a higher incidence rate than other cancers. NPM1 is a nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein that participates in the development of multiple tumours. The aim of this research was to explore the effect of the upregulation or downregulation of the NPM1 protein on the malignancy of prostate cancer and its possible signalling pathway. Prostate adenocarcinoma cell lines were used in this study, including RWPE-1, PC3, LNCap, and 22RV1 cells. Our research revealed that NPM1 was widely expressed in the PRAD cell lines, as determined by Western blotting, and that the levels of NPM1 protein were positively correlated with the degree of malignancy of the PRAD cell lines. Through interference and overexpression experiments, we found that PC3 cells growth was inhibited after NPM1 knockdown and that this inhibition was partly reversed by CTNNB1 overexpression; in contrast, PC3 cells growth was promoted after NPM1 overexpression, and this promotion was partly reversed by CTNNB1 knockdown, suggesting that NPM1 and CTNNB1 play important roles in the progression of prostate cancer cells via the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway. NPM1 may serve as an important biomarker and candidate therapeutic for patients with prostate cancer.
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- Yong Ruan
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, Guiyang, 550025, China.,College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China.,Medical College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, Guiyang, 550025, China.,College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China.,Medical College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China.,Medical College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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Shi D, Shi H, Sun D, Chen J, Zhang X, Wang X, Zhang J, Ji Z, Liu J, Cao L, Zhu X, Yuan J, Dong H, Wang X, Chang T, Liu Y, Feng L. Nucleocapsid Interacts with NPM1 and Protects it from Proteolytic Cleavage, Enhancing Cell Survival, and is Involved in PEDV Growth. Sci Rep 2017; 7:39700. [PMID: 28045037 PMCID: PMC5206633 DOI: 10.1038/srep39700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) replicates in the cytoplasm of infected cells, but its nucleocapsid (N) protein localizes specifically to the nucleolus. The mechanism of nuclear translocation, and whether N protein associates with particular nucleolar components, is unknown. In this study, we confirm that a nucleolar phosphoprotein nucleophosmin (NPM1) interacts and co-localizes with the N protein in the nucleolus. In vitro binding studies indicated that aa 148–294 of N and aa 118–188 of NPM1 were required for binding. Interestingly, N protein importation into the nucleolus is independent of the ability of NPM1 to shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Furthermore, overexpression of NPM1 promoted PEDV growth, while knockdown of NPM1 suppressed PEDV growth. In addition, binding of N protein to NPM1 protects it from proteolytic degradation by caspase-3, leading to increased cell survival. Taken together, our studies demonstrate a specific interaction of the N protein with the host cell protein NPM1 in the nucleolus. The results suggest potential linkages among viral strategies for the regulation of cell survival activities, possibly through an interaction of N protein with NPM1 which prevents its proteolytic cleavage and enhances cell survival, thus ultimately promoting the replication of PEDV.
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- Da Shi
- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, No. 2 Xinyang Road, Sartu District, Daqing 163319, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 678 Haping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150069, P. R. China
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Azevedo C, Livermore T, Saiardi A. Protein Polyphosphorylation of Lysine Residues by Inorganic Polyphosphate. Mol Cell 2015; 58:71-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Revised: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Muggenhumer D, Vesely C, Nimpf S, Tian N, Yongfeng J, Jantsch MF. Drosha protein levels are translationally regulated during Xenopus oocyte maturation. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2094-104. [PMID: 24829383 PMCID: PMC4072582 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-07-0386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ∼21-nucleotide-long, single-stranded noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression. Biogenesis of miRNAs is mediated by the two RNase III-like enzymes, Drosha and Dicer. Here we study miRNA biogenesis during maturation of Xenopus oocytes to eggs using microinjection of pri-miRNAs. We show that processing of exogenous and endogenous primary miRNAs (pri-miRNAs) is strongly enhanced upon maturation of oocytes to eggs. Overexpression of cloned Xenopus Drosha in oocytes, however, boosts pri-miRNA processing dramatically, indicating that Drosha is a rate-limiting factor in Xenopus oocytes. This developmental regulation of Drosha is controlled by poly(A) length addition to the Drosha mRNA, which boosts translation upon transition from oocytes to eggs. Processing of pri-miRNAs by Drosha and Dicer has been shown to be affected by adenosine-to-inosine deamination-type RNA editing. Using activated Xenopus eggs for microinjection experiments, we demonstrate that RNA editing can reduce pri-miRNA processing in vivo. This processing block is determined by the structural but not sequence changes introduced by RNA editing.
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- Dominik Muggenhumer
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University (Zijingang Campus), Hangzhou, Zhejiang ZJ310058, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University (Zijingang Campus), Hangzhou, Zhejiang ZJ310058, China
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Active liquid-like behavior of nucleoli determines their size and shape in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:4334-9. [PMID: 21368180 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017150108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 860] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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For most intracellular structures with larger than molecular dimensions, little is known about the connection between underlying molecular activities and higher order organization such as size and shape. Here, we show that both the size and shape of the amphibian oocyte nucleolus ultimately arise because nucleoli behave as liquid-like droplets of RNA and protein, exhibiting characteristic viscous fluid dynamics even on timescales of < 1 min. We use these dynamics to determine an apparent nucleolar viscosity, and we show that this viscosity is ATP-dependent, suggesting a role for active processes in fluidizing internal contents. Nucleolar surface tension and fluidity cause their restructuring into spherical droplets upon imposed mechanical deformations. Nucleoli exhibit a broad distribution of sizes with a characteristic power law, which we show is a consequence of spontaneous coalescence events. These results have implications for the function of nucleoli in ribosome subunit processing and provide a physical link between activity within a macromolecular assembly and its physical properties on larger length scales.
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NPM1/B23: A Multifunctional Chaperone in Ribosome Biogenesis and Chromatin Remodeling. Biochem Res Int 2010; 2011:195209. [PMID: 21152184 PMCID: PMC2989734 DOI: 10.1155/2011/195209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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At a first glance, ribosome biogenesis and chromatin remodeling are quite different processes, but they share a common problem involving interactions between charged nucleic acids and small basic proteins that may result in unwanted intracellular aggregations. The multifunctional nuclear acidic chaperone NPM1 (B23/nucleophosmin) is active in several stages of ribosome biogenesis, chromatin remodeling, and mitosis as well as in DNA repair, replication and transcription. In addition, NPM1 plays an important role in the Myc-ARF-p53 pathway as well as in SUMO regulation. However, the relative importance of NPM1 in these processes remains unclear. Provided herein is an update on the expanding list of the diverse activities and interacting partners of NPM1. Mechanisms of NPM1 nuclear export functions of NPM1 in the nucleolus and at the mitotic spindle are discussed in relation to tumor development. It is argued that the suggested function of NPM1 as a histone chaperone could explain several, but not all, of the effects observed in cells following changes in NPM1 expression. A future challenge is to understand how NPM1 is activated, recruited, and controlled to carry out its functions.
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Molecular Characterization and Functional Commonality of Nucleophosmin/Nucleoplasmin in Two Cyprinid Fish. Biochem Genet 2009; 47:749-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s10528-009-9274-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Peculis BA, Reynolds K, Cleland M. Metal Determines Efficiency and Substrate Specificity of the Nuclear NUDIX Decapping Proteins X29 and H29K (Nudt16). J Biol Chem 2007; 282:24792-805. [PMID: 17567574 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704179200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Xenopus X29 protein was identified by its high affinity binding to U8 small nucleolar RNA, a small nucleolar RNA required for ribosome biogenesis. X29 and its human homologue H29K (Nudt16) are nuclear nucleoside diphosphatase proteins localized within foci in the nucleolus and nucleoplasm. These proteins can remove m(7)G and m(227)G caps from RNAs, rendering them substrates for 5'-3' exonucleases for degradation in vivo. Here, a more complete characterization of these metal-dependent decapping proteins demonstrates that the metal identity determines both the efficiency of decapping and the RNA substrate specificity. In Mg(+2) the proteins hydrolyze the 5' cap from only one RNA substrate: U8 small nucleolar RNA. However, in the presence of Mn(+2) or Co(+2) all RNAs are substrates and the decapping efficiency is higher. The x-ray crystal structure of X29 facilitated structure-based mutagenesis. Mutation of single amino acids coordinating metal in the active site yielded mutant proteins confirming essential residues. In vitro assays with purified components are consistent with a lack of protein turnover, apparently due to an inability of the protein to release the decapped RNA, implicating critical in vivo interacting factors. Collectively, these studies indicate that the metal that binds the X29/H29K proteins in vivo may determine whether these decapping proteins function solely as a negative regulator of ribosome biogenesis or can decap a wider variety of nuclear-limited RNAs. With the potential broader RNA substrate specificity, X29/H29K may be the nuclear counterparts of the cytoplasmic decapping machinery, localized in specialized bodies involved in RNA decay.
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- Brenda A Peculis
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri--Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
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Beenders B, Jones PL, Bellini M. The tripartite motif of nuclear factor 7 is required for its association with transcriptional units. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:2615-24. [PMID: 17261593 PMCID: PMC1899906 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01968-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In amphibian oocytes, the maternal nuclear factor NF7 associates with the elongating pre-mRNAs present on the numerous lateral loops of the lampbrush chromosomes. Here, we have purified NF7 from an oocyte extract by using a combination of ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration chromatography and demonstrated for the first time that nucleoplasmic NF7 exists primarily as free homotrimers. We confirmed the in vivo homotrimerization of NF7 by using a glutaraldehyde cross-linking assay, and we further showed that it only requires the coiled-coil domain of the NF7 tripartite motif/RBCC motif. Interestingly, we also obtained evidence that NF7 is recruited to the nucleus as a homotrimer, and expression of several mutated forms of NF7 in oocytes demonstrated that both the coiled coil and B box of NF7 are required for its chromosomal association. Together, these data strongly suggest that the interaction of NF7 with the active transcriptional units of RNA polymerase II is mediated by a trimeric B box. Finally, and in agreement with a role for NF7 in pre-mRNA maturation, we obtained evidence supporting the idea that NF7 associates with Cajal bodies.
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- Brent Beenders
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 601 South Goodwin Avenue, Room B107 CLSL, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Blazek E, Meisterernst M. A functional proteomics approach for the detection of nuclear proteins based on derepressed importin alpha. Proteomics 2006; 6:2070-8. [PMID: 16552788 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The identification of functional proteomes is a major challenge in proteomic research. Here we describe a method for the detection and isolation of nuclear (localization sequence containing) proteins using a derepressed import receptor (DIRE) as a synthetic antibody. We demonstrate that the DIRE method specifically detects nuclear localization sequence containing proteins. Application to activation of primary T-lymphocytes exemplifies the potential use of DIRE for comparative proteomics and for diagnostics.
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- Erik Blazek
- Department of Gene Expression, National Research Center for Environment and Health-GSF, Institute of Molecular Immunology, Munich, Germany
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Lipsius E, Walter K, Leicher T, Phlippen W, Bisotti MA, Kruppa J. Evolutionary conservation of nuclear and nucleolar targeting sequences in yeast ribosomal protein S6A. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 333:1353-60. [PMID: 15979583 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2005] [Accepted: 06/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Over 1 billion years ago, the animal kingdom diverged from the fungi. Nevertheless, a high sequence homology of 62% exists between human ribosomal protein S6 and S6A of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To investigate whether this similarity in primary structure is mirrored in corresponding functional protein domains, the nuclear and nucleolar targeting signals were delineated in yeast S6A and compared to the known human S6 signals. The complete sequence of S6A and cDNA fragments was fused to the 5'-end of the LacZ gene, the constructs were transiently expressed in COS cells, and the subcellular localization of the fusion proteins was detected by indirect immunofluorescence. One bipartite and two monopartite nuclear localization signals as well as two nucleolar binding domains were identified in yeast S6A, which are located at homologous regions in human S6 protein. Remarkably, the number, nature, and position of these targeting signals have been conserved, albeit their amino acid sequences have presumably undergone a process of co-evolution with their corresponding rRNAs.
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- Edgar Lipsius
- Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin, Institut für Molekulare Zellbiologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Namboodiri VMH, Akey IV, Schmidt-Zachmann MS, Head JF, Akey CW. The structure and function of Xenopus NO38-core, a histone chaperone in the nucleolus. Structure 2005; 12:2149-60. [PMID: 15576029 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2004.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2004] [Revised: 09/12/2004] [Accepted: 09/16/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Xenopus NO38 is an abundant nucleolar chaperone and a member of the nucleoplasmin (Np) family. Here, we report high-resolution crystal structures of the N-terminal domain of NO38, as a pentamer and a decamer. As expected, NO38 shares the Np family fold. In addition, NO38- and Np-core pentamers each use highly conserved residues and numerous waters to form their respective decamers. Further studies show that NO38 and Np each bind equal amounts of the four core histones. However, NO38 prefers the (H3-H4)(2) tetramer, while Np probably prefers H2A-H2B dimers. We also show that NO38 and Np will each bind noncognate histones when the preferred partner is absent. We suggest that these chaperones must form decamers in order to bind histones and differentiate between histone tetramers and dimers. When taken together, these data imply that NO38 may function as a histone chaperone in the nucleolus.
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- V M Haridasan Namboodiri
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Hitti EG, Sallacz NB, Schoft VK, Jantsch MF. Oligomerization activity of a double-stranded RNA-binding domain. FEBS Lett 2004; 574:25-30. [PMID: 15358534 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.07.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xenopus laevis RNA-binding protein A (Xlrbpa) is a highly conserved, ubiquitously expressed hnRNP- and ribosome-associated RNA-binding protein that contains three double stranded RNA-binding domains (dsRBDs) in tandem arrangement. A two-hybrid screen with Xlrbpa as a bait recovered Xlrbpa itself as the strongest interaction partner, indicating multimerization of this protein. To search for regions responsible for the observed interaction, we conducted two-hybrid assays with Xlrbpa deletion constructs and identified the third dsRBD of Xlrbpa as the exclusive interacting domain. Additionally, these results were confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation experiments with truncated proteins expressed both in yeast and Xenopus oocytes. In PACT, the human homologue of Xlrbpa, we could demonstrate that the third dsRBD displays the same multimerization activity. Interestingly, this domain is essential for the activation of the dsRNA-activated protein kinase PKR. Addition of RNAses to coimmunoprecipitation experiments did not affect the dimerization, suggesting that the interaction is independent of RNA-binding. We report here a homomultimerization activity of a type B dsRBD and suggest possible implications that include a model for PKR activation by PACT.
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- Edward G Hitti
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Paine PL. Nuclear protein accumulation by facilitated transport and intranuclear binding. Trends Cell Biol 2004; 3:325-9. [PMID: 14731900 DOI: 10.1016/0962-8924(93)90096-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nuclear proteins are transported from the cytoplasm into the nucleus via nuclear envelope pore complexes (NPCs). At the molecular level, the mechanisms responsible for this transport remain obscure. However, it is known that, for many proteins, the process requires ATP and proceeds against formidable nucleocytoplasmic concentration gradients. Therefore, the NPC is often thought of as an active transport site. In this article, Philip Paine presents the alternative hypothesis that, on current evidence, protein translocation across the nuclear envelope and accumulation in the nucleus can equally well be explained by facilitated transport through the NPC and subsequent intranuclear binding.
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- P L Paine
- Laboratory of Intracellular Biophysics, Department of Biological Sciences, St John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkways, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
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Doyle M, Jantsch MF. Distinct in vivo roles for double-stranded RNA-binding domains of the Xenopus RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 in chromosomal targeting. J Cell Biol 2003; 161:309-19. [PMID: 12719472 PMCID: PMC2172894 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200301034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The RNA-editing enzyme adenosine deaminase that acts on RNA (ADAR1) deaminates adenosines to inosines in double-stranded RNA substrates. Currently, it is not clear how the enzyme targets and discriminates different substrates in vivo. However, it has been shown that the deaminase domain plays an important role in distinguishing various adenosines within a given substrate RNA in vitro. Previously, we could show that Xenopus ADAR1 is associated with nascent transcripts on transcriptionally active lampbrush chromosomes, indicating that initial substrate binding and possibly editing itself occurs cotranscriptionally. Here, we demonstrate that chromosomal association depends solely on the three double-stranded RNA-binding domains (dsRBDs) found in the central part of ADAR1, but not on the Z-DNA-binding domain in the NH2 terminus nor the catalytic deaminase domain in the COOH terminus of the protein. Most importantly, we show that individual dsRBDs are capable of recognizing different chromosomal sites in an apparently specific manner. Thus, our results not only prove the requirement of dsRBDs for chromosomal targeting, but also show that individual dsRBDs have distinct in vivo localization capabilities that may be important for initial substrate recognition and subsequent editing specificity.
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- Michael Doyle
- Dept. of Cell Biology and Genetics, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Zhao X, Li ZH, Terns RM, Terns MP, Yu YT. An H/ACA guide RNA directs U2 pseudouridylation at two different sites in the branchpoint recognition region in Xenopus oocytes. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2002; 8:1515-1525. [PMID: 12515384 PMCID: PMC1370357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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U2 is the most extensively modified of all spliceosomal snRNAs. We previously showed that at least some of the internally modified nucleotides in U2 snRNA are required for snRNP biogenesis and pre-mRNA splicing. Recent work from several laboratories suggests that nuclear guide RNAs facilitate U2 snRNA internal modification, including pseudouridylation and 2'-O-methylation. Here, we present a novel approach to identifying guide RNAs for U2 pseudouridylation. Several Xenopus oocyte nuclear RNAs were affinity selected with U2 snRNA substituted with 5-fluorouridine, a pseudouridylation inhibitor that sequesters pseudouridylases. One of these RNAs was sequenced and found to be a novel RNA of 134 nt. This small RNA contains an H/ACA motif and folds into a typical H/ACA RNA structure, and its authenticity as an H/ACA RNA was confirmed by immunoprecipitation analysis. The RNA contains two guide sequences for pseudouridylation (psi) of U2 snRNA at positions 34 and 44 in the branch-site recognition region, and we demonstrate that this RNA indeed guides the formation of psi34 and psi44 in U2 using a Xenopus oocyte reconstitution system. Therefore, this novel RNA was designated pugU2-34/44, for pseudouridylation guide for U2 snRNA U34 and U44. Intranuclear localization analyses indicate that pugU2-34/44 resides within the nucleoplasm rather than nucleoli or Cajal bodies where other guide RNAs have been localized. Our results clarify the mechanism of U2 snRNA pseudouridylation in Xenopus oocytes, and have interesting implications with regard to the intranuclear localization of U2 snRNA pseudouridylation.
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- Xinliang Zhao
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Nishimura Y, Ohkubo T, Furuichi Y, Umekawa H. Tryptophans 286 and 288 in the C-terminal region of protein B23.1 are important for its nucleolar localization. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002; 66:2239-42. [PMID: 12450141 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nucleolar protein B23 can shuttle between the nucleolus and cytoplasm. However, the mechanism involved in the protein moving and staying in the nucleolus is not fully understood. To identify the nucleolar localization signal sequence of protein B23, we examined the subnuclear location of B23.1 mutant proteins fused with green fluorescent protein in HeLa cells. The results suggested that the two C-terminal tryptophan residues (Trp-286 and Trp-288) of protein B23.1 were important in this phenomenon.
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- Yuki Nishimura
- Department of Sustainable Resource Science, Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, 1515 Kamihama, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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Okuwaki M, Tsujimoto M, Nagata K. The RNA binding activity of a ribosome biogenesis factor, nucleophosmin/B23, is modulated by phosphorylation with a cell cycle-dependent kinase and by association with its subtype. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:2016-30. [PMID: 12058066 PMCID: PMC117621 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.02-03-0036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Nucleophosmin/B23 is a nucleolar phosphoprotein. It has been shown that B23 binds to nucleic acids, digests RNA, and is localized in nucleolar granular components from which preribosomal particles are transported to cytoplasm. The intracellular localization of B23 is significantly changed during the cell cycle. Here, we have examined the cellular localization of B23 proteins and the effect of mitotic phosphorylation of B23.1 on its RNA binding activity. Two splicing variants of B23 proteins, termed B23.1 and B23.2, were complexed both in vivo and in vitro. The RNA binding activity of B23.1 was impaired by hetero-oligomer formation with B23.2. Both subtypes of B23 proteins were phosphorylated during mitosis by cyclin B/cdc2. The RNA binding activity of B23.1 was repressed through cyclin B/cdc2-mediated phosphorylation at specific sites in B23. Thus, the RNA binding activity of B23.1 is stringently modulated by its phosphorylation and subtype association. Interphase B23.1 was mainly localized in nucleoli, whereas B23.2 and mitotic B23.1, those of which were incapable of binding to RNA, were dispersed throughout the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm, respectively. These results suggest that nucleolar localization of B23.1 is mediated by its ability to associate with RNA.
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- Mitsuru Okuwaki
- Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan
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Tomasevic N, Peculis BA. Xenopus LSm proteins bind U8 snoRNA via an internal evolutionarily conserved octamer sequence. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:4101-12. [PMID: 12024024 PMCID: PMC133881 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.12.4101-4112.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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U8 snoRNA plays a unique role in ribosome biogenesis: it is the only snoRNA essential for maturation of the large ribosomal subunit RNAs, 5.8S and 28S. To learn the mechanisms behind the in vivo role of U8 snoRNA, we have purified to near homogeneity and characterized a set of proteins responsible for the formation of a specific U8 RNA-binding complex. This 75-kDa complex is stable in the absence of added RNA and binds U8 with high specificity, requiring the conserved octamer sequence present in all U8 homologues. At least two proteins in this complex can be cross-linked directly to U8 RNA. We have identified the proteins as Xenopus homologues of the LSm (like Sm) proteins, which were previously reported to be involved in cytoplasmic degradation of mRNA and nuclear stabilization of U6 snRNA. We have identified LSm2, -3, -4, -6, -7, and -8 in our purified complex and found that this complex associates with U8 RNA in vivo. This purified complex can bind U6 snRNA in vitro but does not bind U3 or U14 snoRNA in vitro, demonstrating that the LSm complex specifically recognizes U8 RNA.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cells, Cultured
- Conserved Sequence
- Cross-Linking Reagents/chemistry
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Molecular Sequence Data
- N-Terminal Acetyltransferase C
- Oocytes
- RNA, Small Nuclear/chemistry
- RNA, Small Nuclear/metabolism
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/chemistry
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear/immunology
- Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear/isolation & purification
- Ribonucleoprotein, U4-U6 Small Nuclear/metabolism
- Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear
- Xenopus/genetics
- Xenopus Proteins/genetics
- Xenopus Proteins/metabolism
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- Nenad Tomasevic
- Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1766, USA
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Olson MOJ, Hingorani K, Szebeni A. Conventional and nonconventional roles of the nucleolus. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2002; 219:199-266. [PMID: 12211630 PMCID: PMC7133188 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)19014-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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As the most prominent of subnuclear structures, the nucleolus has a well-established role in ribosomal subunit assembly. Additional nucleolar functions, not related to ribosome biogenesis, have been discovered within the last decade. Built around multiple copies of the genes for preribosomal RNA (rDNA), nucleolar structure is largely dependent on the process of ribosome assembly. The nucleolus is disassembled during mitosis at which time preribosomal RNA transcription and processing are suppressed; it is reassembled at the end of mitosis in part from components preserved from the previous cell cycle. Expression of preribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) is regulated by the silencing of individual rDNA genes via alterations in chromatin structure or by controlling RNA polymerase I initiation complex formation. Preribosomal RNA processing and posttranscriptional modifications are guided by a multitude of small nucleolar RNAs. Nearly completed ribosomal subunits are exported to the cytoplasm by an established nuclear export system with the aid of specialized adapter molecules. Some preribosomal and nucleolar components are transiently localized in Cajal bodies, presumably for modification or assembly. The nonconventional functions of nucleolus include roles in viral infections, nuclear export, sequestration of regulatory molecules, modification of small RNAs, RNP assembly, and control of aging, although some of these functions are not well established. Additional progress in defining the mechanisms of each step in ribosome biogenesis as well as clarification of the precise role of the nucleolus in nonconventional activities is expected in the next decade.
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- Mark O J Olson
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA
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Lukowiak AA, Narayanan A, Li ZH, Terns RM, Terns MP. The snoRNA domain of vertebrate telomerase RNA functions to localize the RNA within the nucleus. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2001; 7:1833-1844. [PMID: 11780638 PMCID: PMC1370221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Telomerase RNA is an essential component of the ribonucleoprotein enzyme involved in telomere length maintenance, a process implicated in cellular senescence and cancer. Vertebrate telomerase RNAs contain a box H/ACA snoRNA motif that is not required for telomerase activity in vitro but is essential in vivo. Using the Xenopus oocyte system, we have found that the box H/ACA motif functions in the subcellular localization of telomerase RNA. We have characterized the transport and biogenesis of telomerase RNA by injecting labeled wild-type and variant RNAs into Xenopus oocytes and assaying nucleocytoplasmic distribution, intranuclear localization, modification, and protein binding. Although yeast telomerase RNA shares characteristics of spliceosomal snRNAs, we show that human telomerase RNA is not associated with Sm proteins or efficiently imported into the nucleus. In contrast, the transport properties of vertebrate telomerase RNA resemble those of snoRNAs; telomerase RNA is retained in the nucleus and targeted to nucleoli. Furthermore, both nuclear retention and nucleolar localization depend on the box H/ACA motif. Our findings suggest that the H/ACA motif confers functional localization of vertebrate telomerase RNAs to the nucleus, the compartment where telomeres are synthesized. We have also found that telomerase RNA localizes to Cajal bodies, intranuclear structures where it is thought that assembly of various cellular RNPs takes place. Our results identify the Cajal body as a potential site of telomerase RNP biogenesis.
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- A A Lukowiak
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA
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Shackleford GM, Ganguly A, MacArthur CA. Cloning, expression and nuclear localization of human NPM3, a member of the nucleophosmin/nucleoplasmin family of nuclear chaperones. BMC Genomics 2001; 2:8. [PMID: 11722795 PMCID: PMC60000 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2001] [Accepted: 11/06/2001] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies suggest that the related proteins nucleoplasmin and nucleophosmin (also called B23, NO38 or numatrin) are nuclear chaperones that mediate the assembly of nucleosomes and ribosomes, respectively, and that these activities are accomplished through the binding of basic proteins via their acidic domains. Recently discovered and less well characterized members of this family of acidic phosphoproteins include mouse nucleophosmin/nucleoplasmin 3 (Npm3) and Xenopus NO29. Here we report the cloning and initial characterization of the human ortholog of Npm3. RESULTS Human genomic and cDNA clones of NPM3 were isolated and sequenced. NPM3 lies 5.5 kb upstream of FGF8 and thus maps to chromosome 10q24-26. In addition to amino acid similarities, NPM3 shares many physical characteristics with the nucleophosmin/nucleoplasmin family, including an acidic domain, multiple potential phosphorylation sites and a putative nuclear localization signal. Comparative analyses of 14 members of this family from various metazoans suggest that Xenopus NO29 is a candidate ortholog of human and mouse NPM3, and they further group both proteins closer with the nucleoplasmins than with the nucleophosmins. Northern blot analysis revealed that NPM3 was strongly expressed in all 16 human tissues examined, with especially robust expression in pancreas and testis; lung displayed the lowest level of expression. An analysis of subcellular fractions of NIH3T3 cells expressing epitope-tagged NPM3 revealed that NPM3 protein was localized solely in the nucleus. CONCLUSIONS Human NPM3 is an abundant and widely expressed protein with primarily nuclear localization. These biological activities, together with its physical relationship to the chaparones nucleoplasmin and nucleophosmin, are consistent with the proposed function of NPM3 as a molecular chaperone functioning in the nucleus.
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- Gregory M Shackleford
- Departments of Pediatrics, and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, CA, USA
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Children's Hematology and Oncology Associates, 5325 Greenwood Ave. #306, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Huang WH, Yung BY, Syu WJ, Lee YH. The nucleolar phosphoprotein B23 interacts with hepatitis delta antigens and modulates the hepatitis delta virus RNA replication. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:25166-75. [PMID: 11309377 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010087200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) encodes two isoforms of delta antigens (HDAgs). The small form of HDAg is required for HDV RNA replication, while the large form of HDAg inhibits the viral replication and is required for virion assembly. In this study, we found that the expression of B23, a nucleolar phosphoprotein involved in disparate functions including nuclear transport, cellular proliferation, and ribosome biogenesis, is up-regulated by these two HDAgs. Using in vivo and in vitro experimental approaches, we have demonstrated that both isoforms of HDAg can interact with B23 and their interaction domains were identified as the NH(2)-terminal fragment of each molecule encompassing the nuclear localization signal but not the coiled-coil region of HDAg. Sucrose gradient centrifugation analysis indicated that the majority of small HDAg, but a lesser amount of the large HDAg, co-sedimented with B23 and nucleolin in the large nuclear complex. Transient transfection experiments also indicated that introducing exogenous full-length B23, but not a mutated B23 defective in HDAg binding, enhanced HDV RNA replication. All together, our results reveal that HDAg has two distinct effects on nucleolar B23, up-regulation of its gene expression and the complex formation, which in turn regulates HDV RNA replication. Therefore, this work demonstrates the important role of nucleolar protein in regulating the HDV RNA replication through the complex formation with the key positive regulator being small HDAg.
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- W H Huang
- Institute of Biochemistry and Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Eckmann CR, Neunteufl A, Pfaffstetter L, Jantsch MF. The human but not the Xenopus RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 has an atypical nuclear localization signal and displays the characteristics of a shuttling protein. Mol Biol Cell 2001; 12:1911-24. [PMID: 11451992 PMCID: PMC55639 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.7.1911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 (adenosine deaminase that acts on RNA) is a bona fide nuclear enzyme that has been cloned from several vertebrate species. Putative nuclear localization signals (NLSs) have been identified in the aminoterminal regions of both human and Xenopus ADAR1. Here we show that neither of these predicted NLSs is biologically active. Instead, we could identify a short basic region located upstream of the RNA-binding domains of Xenopus ADAR1 to be necessary and sufficient for nuclear import. In contrast, the homologous region in human ADAR1 does not display NLS activity. Instead, we could map an NLS in human ADAR1 that overlaps with its third double-stranded RNA-binding domain. Interestingly, the NLS activity displayed by this double-stranded RNA-binding domain does not depend on RNA binding, therefore showing a dual function for this domain. Furthermore, nuclear accumulation of human (hs) ADAR1 is transcription dependent and can be stimulated by LMB, an inhibitor of Crm1-dependent nuclear export, indicating that hsADAR1 can move between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Regulated nuclear import and export of hsADAR1 can provide an excellent mechanism to control nuclear concentration of this editing enzyme thereby preventing hyperediting of structured nuclear RNAs.
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- C R Eckmann
- Department of Cytology and Genetics, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Briggs LJ, Johnstone RW, Elliot RM, Xiao CY, Dawson M, Trapani JA, Jans DA. Novel properties of the protein kinase CK2-site-regulated nuclear- localization sequence of the interferon-induced nuclear factor IFI 16. Biochem J 2001; 353:69-77. [PMID: 11115400 PMCID: PMC1221544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Members of the interferon-induced class of nuclear factors possess a putative CcN motif, comparable with that within proteins such as the simian virus 40 large tumour antigen (T-ag), which confers phosphorylation-mediated regulation of nuclear-localization sequence (NLS)-dependent nuclear import. Here we examine the functionality of the interferon-induced factor 16 (IFI 16) CcN motif, demonstrating its ability to target a heterologous protein to the nucleus, and to be phosphorylated specifically by the CcN-motif-phosphorylating protein kinase CK2 (CK2). The IFI 16 NLS, however, has novel properties, conferring ATP-dependent nuclear import completely independent of cytosolic factors, as well as binding to nuclear components. The IFI 16 NLS is not recognized with high affinity by the NLS-binding importin heterodimer, and transport mediated by it is insensitive to non-hydrolysable GTP analogues. The IFI 16 NLS thus mediates nuclear import through a pathway completely distinct from that of conventional NLSs, such as that of T-ag, but intriguingly resembling that of the NLS of the HIV-1 transactivator protein Tat. Since the IFI 16 CK2 site enhances nuclear import through facilitating binding to nuclear components, this represents a novel mechanism by which the site regulates nuclear-protein import, and constitutes a difference between the IFI 16 and Tat NLSs that may be of importance in the immune response.
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- L J Briggs
- Nuclear Signalling Laboratory, Division for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, P.O. Box 334, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601, Australia
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Snaar S, Wiesmeijer K, Jochemsen AG, Tanke HJ, Dirks RW. Mutational analysis of fibrillarin and its mobility in living human cells. J Cell Biol 2000; 151:653-62. [PMID: 11062265 PMCID: PMC2185578 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.151.3.653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Cajal bodies (CBs) are subnuclear organelles that contain components of a number of distinct pathways in RNA transcription and RNA processing. CBs have been linked to other subnuclear organelles such as nucleoli, but the reason for the presence of nucleolar proteins such as fibrillarin in CBs remains uncertain. Here, we use full-length fibrillarin and truncated fibrillarin mutants fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) to demonstrate that specific structural domains of fibrillarin are required for correct intranuclear localization of fibrillarin to nucleoli and CBs. The second spacer domain and carboxy terminal alpha-helix domain in particular appear to target fibrillarin, respectively, to the nucleolar transcription centers and CBs. The presence of the RNP domain seems to be a prerequisite for correct targeting of fibrillarin. Time-lapse confocal microscopy of human cells that stably express fibrillarin-GFP shows that CBs fuse and split, albeit at low frequencies. Recovered fluorescence of fibrillarin-GFP in nucleoli and CBs after photobleaching indicates that it is highly mobile in both organelles (estimated diffusion constant approximately 0.02 microm(2) s(-1)), and has a significantly larger mobile fraction in CBs than in nucleoli.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Cell Nucleolus/chemistry
- Cell Nucleolus/metabolism
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/chemistry
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/genetics
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/metabolism
- Coiled Bodies/chemistry
- Coiled Bodies/metabolism
- Diffusion
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Motion
- Mutation/genetics
- Protein Sorting Signals/genetics
- Protein Sorting Signals/physiology
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Deletion/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- S Snaar
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sylvius Laboratories, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Hingorani K, Szebeni A, Olson MO. Mapping the functional domains of nucleolar protein B23. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:24451-7. [PMID: 10829026 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003278200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein B23 is a multifunctional nucleolar protein whose cellular location and characteristics strongly suggest that it is a ribosome assembly factor. The protein has nucleic acid binding, ribonuclease, and molecular chaperone activities. To determine the contributions of unique polypeptide segments enriched in certain classes of amino acid residues to the respective activities, several constructs that produced N- and C-terminal deletion mutant proteins were prepared. The C-terminal quarter of the protein was shown to be necessary and sufficient for nucleic acid binding. Basic and aromatic segments at the N- and C-terminal ends, respectively, of the nucleic acid binding region were required for activity. The molecular chaperone activity was contained in the N-terminal half of the molecule, with important contributions from both nonpolar and acidic regions. The chaperone activity also correlated with the ability of the protein to form oligomers. The central portion of the molecule was required for ribonuclease activity and possibly contains the catalytic site; this region overlapped with the chaperone-containing segment of the molecule. The C-terminal, nucleic acid-binding region enhanced the ribonuclease activity but was not essential for it. These data suggest that the three activities reside in mainly separate but partially overlapping segments of the polypeptide chain.
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- K Hingorani
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA
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Matoba K, Matsumoto Y, Hongo T, Nagamatsu Y, Sugino H, Shimizu T, Takao T, Shimonishi Y, Ikegami S. Chemical structure of nuclear proteins which are phosphorylated during meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes. Biochemistry 2000; 39:6390-400. [PMID: 10828953 DOI: 10.1021/bi992759x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oocytes of the starfish, Asterina pectinifera, are arrested at the G2 phase of meiosis I and possess a prominent germinal vesicle in which maternal stores of nuclear proteins which are destined for use primarily by the early embryo are stored. Germinal vesicle breakdown and subsequent oocyte maturation is triggered by activation of the p34(cdc2)/cyclin B complex, which is present as the preform in the cytoplasm. The aim of the present study was to identify and biochemically characterize in vivo substrates of the kinase. Two nucleic acid binding nuclear proteins designated NAAP1 and NAAP2 were found, both of which contain 345 amino acid residues with pI 3. 6 and which serve as substrates. The only difference between the two proteins was in the primary amino acid sequence at position 51, which is Asn in NAAP1 but Thr in NAAP2. NAAPs are phosphorylated in vivo during oocyte maturation but not at the meiotic G(2) stage. NAAPs are phosphorylated in vitro by the cdc2 kinase on the same site as in vivo. Although there are other evolutionarily conserved consensus sequences for phosphorylation by mitotically active cdc2 kinase in NAAPs and NAAP-derived fragments containing the sequences were efficiently phosphorylated in vitro, these sites in the intact NAAPs were not phosphorylated either in vivo or in vitro. These results suggest that the tertiary structure of NAAPs affects the target specificity of the cdc2 kinase.
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- K Matoba
- Department of Applied Biochemistry, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Japan
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Jiang PS, Chang JH, Yung BY. Different kinases phosphorylate nucleophosmin/B23 at different sites during G(2) and M phases of the cell cycle. Cancer Lett 2000; 153:151-60. [PMID: 10779644 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00362-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The recombinant GST-nucleophosmin/B23 and the truncated mutants were tested for phosphorylation in cell-free extracts of G(2) and M phases or by purified kinases. Our results indicated that a threonine residue at amino acids (a.a.) 185-240 was phosphorylated by cdc2 kinase during the entry of mitosis while the serine phosphorylation site at the middle acidic portion of the molecule (a. a. 83-152) was phosphorylated by casein kinase II during G(2) phase. Our results also showed that there was possibly another serine phosphorylation at site other than the middle portion of nucleophosmin/B23 (a.a. 83-152) during the entry of cells into mitosis. The demonstration of the characteristic changes in phosphorylation of nucleophosmin/B23 during the cell cycle implicates important role of nucleophosmin/B23 in the control of the fate of nucleoli and cell growth.
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- P S Jiang
- Cancer Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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Warner AK, Sloboda RD. C-terminal domain of the mitotic apparatus protein p62 targets the protein to the nucleolus during interphase. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2000; 44:68-80. [PMID: 10470020 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(199909)44:1<68::aid-cm6>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mitotic apparatuses from sea urchin embryos contain a protein (p62), previously shown to be required for mitotic progression. This protein localizes to the mitotic apparatus during cell division in urchin embryos and mammalian tissue culture cells. We show here by immunofluorescence that p62 is localized to the nucleus of mammalian cells during interphase and is highly concentrated in nucleoli. In addition, a fusion protein composed of full-length p62 and green fluorescent protein also localizes to nucleoli when expressed in COS-7 cells in culture. Analysis of the primary sequence of p62 reveals three distinct domains of the protein based on amino acid charge distribution: the acidic N-terminal domain, the basic C-terminal domain, and the central, M-domain, which contains alternating subdomains of clusters of acidic and basic residues. To identify the domain important for nucleolar localization during interphase, specific domains of p62 alone, or in combination with each other or with beta-galactosidase were fused to green fluorescent protein. Following confirmation of the fusion constructs by sequence analysis, the constructs were expressed in mammalian cells, expression was confirmed by immunoblotting, and the fusion proteins were localized via fluorescence microscopy. The data demonstrate that the C-terminal domain of p62 is both necessary and sufficient for the nuclear localization and nucleolar binding of p62 that is observed during interphase.
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- A K Warner
- Department of Biological Sciences, 6044 Gilman Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Nakajima H, Matoba K, Matsumoto Y, Hongo T, Kiritaka K, Sugino H, Nagamatsu Y, Hamaguchi Y, Ikegami S. Molecular characterization of a novel nucleolar protein in starfish oocytes which is phosphorylated before and during oocyte maturation. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:295-304. [PMID: 10632699 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.00931.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In response to 1-methyladenine, a maturation-inducing substance, starfish oocytes undergo reinitiation of meiosis with germinal vesicle breakdown through activation of p34cdc2-cyclin B, which results in the dispersal of the nucleolus. Little information has been elucidated thus far on nucleolar proteins that are phosphorylated by p34cdc2-cyclin B during meiotic maturation. Here, we describe a novel nucleolar protein of the starfish Asterina pectinifera oocyte, which is designated ANO39 and which is phosphorylated during meiotic maturation. A full-length ANO39 cDNA of 2106 base pairs encodes a polypeptide of 346 amino acids having a calculated Mr of 39 005. The amount of ANO39 is kept nearly constant during oocyte maturation and embryogenesis up to the midgastrula stage. The transcript encoding ANO39 was present in growing oocytes but not in full-grown ones, as evidenced by Northern blot hybridization. Ser145 is specifically phosphorylated when ANO39 is incubated in vitro with purified starfish p34cdc2-cyclin B. This phosphorylation site corresponds to that is phosphorylated during meiotic maturation in vivo. Immunoblot analysis using phosphoserine145-specific antibody as a probe revealed that some populations of ANO39 of the immature oocytes at the G2 stage have been already phosphorylated on Ser145 and Ser145 is maximally phosphorylated during meiotic maturation.
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- H Nakajima
- Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Liu WH, Hsu CY, Yung BY. Nucleophosmin/B23 regulates the susceptibility of human leukemia HL-60 cells to sodium butyrate-induced apoptosis and inhibition of telomerase activity. Int J Cancer 1999; 83:765-71. [PMID: 10597193 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19991210)83:6<765::aid-ijc12>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Stable clones of HL-60 cells in which nucleophosmin/B23 was over-expressed or down-regulated were established. The nucleophosmin/B23 protein levels in nucleophosmin/B23 over-expressed (pCR3-B23) or down-regulated (pCR3-32B) cells during BuONa/vanadate-induced apoptosis were characterized as compared with control vector-transfected (pCR3) cells. Over-expression of nucleophosmin/B23 resulted in decreased susceptibility of the cells to BuONa/vanadate-induced apoptosis. The response to inhibition of telomerase activity under BuONa/vanadate treatment also decreased in nucleophosmin/B23 over-expressed (pCR3-B23) cells. On the other hand, down-regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 made the cells more susceptible to BuONa-induced apoptosis or inhibition of telomerase activity. More precisely, by serial dilutions of each extract, the telomerase activity of the cells without drug treatment was determined and was found to be higher in nucleophosmin/B23 over-expressed (pCR3-B23) cells and lower in nucleophosmin/B23 down-regulated (pCR3-32B) cells as compared with the control vector-transfected (pCR3) cells. Our results indicate that nucleophosmin/B23 plays a functional role in the control of cellular apoptosis and immortalization.
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- W H Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Gall JG, Bellini M, Wu Z, Murphy C. Assembly of the nuclear transcription and processing machinery: Cajal bodies (coiled bodies) and transcriptosomes. Mol Biol Cell 1999; 10:4385-402. [PMID: 10588665 PMCID: PMC25765 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.12.4385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/1999] [Accepted: 09/24/1999] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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We have examined the distribution of RNA transcription and processing factors in the amphibian oocyte nucleus or germinal vesicle. RNA polymerase I (pol I), pol II, and pol III occur in the Cajal bodies (coiled bodies) along with various components required for transcription and processing of the three classes of nuclear transcripts: mRNA, rRNA, and pol III transcripts. Among these components are transcription factor IIF (TFIIF), TFIIS, splicing factors, the U7 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle, the stem-loop binding protein, SR proteins, cleavage and polyadenylation factors, small nucleolar RNAs, nucleolar proteins that are probably involved in pre-rRNA processing, and TFIIIA. Earlier studies and data presented here show that several of these components are first targeted to Cajal bodies when injected into the oocyte and only subsequently appear in the chromosomes or nucleoli, where transcription itself occurs. We suggest that pol I, pol II, and pol III transcription and processing components are preassembled in Cajal bodies before transport to the chromosomes and nucleoli. Most components of the pol II transcription and processing pathway that occur in Cajal bodies are also found in the many hundreds of B-snurposomes in the germinal vesicle. Electron microscopic images show that B-snurposomes consist primarily, if not exclusively, of 20- to 30-nm particles, which closely resemble the interchromatin granules described from sections of somatic nuclei. We suggest the name pol II transcriptosome for these particles to emphasize their content of factors involved in synthesis and processing of mRNA transcripts. We present a model in which pol I, pol II, and pol III transcriptosomes are assembled in the Cajal bodies before export to the nucleolus (pol I), to the B-snurposomes and eventually to the chromosomes (pol II), and directly to the chromosomes (pol III). The key feature of this model is the preassembly of the transcription and processing machinery into unitary particles. An analogy can be made between ribosomes and transcriptosomes, ribosomes being unitary particles involved in translation and transcriptosomes being unitary particles for transcription and processing of RNA.
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- J G Gall
- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA.
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Pittman RH, Andrews MT, Setzer DR. A feedback loop coupling 5 S rRNA synthesis to accumulation of a ribosomal protein. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:33198-201. [PMID: 10559190 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.47.33198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have shown that elevated expression of ribosomal protein L5 in Xenopus embryos results in the ectopic activation of 5 S rRNA genes that are normally inactive. This transcriptional stimulation mimics the effect of overexpressing transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA), the 5 S rRNA gene-specific transcription factor. The results support a model in which a network of nucleic acid-protein interactions involving 5 S rRNA, the 5 S rRNA gene, TFIIIA, and L5 mediates both feedback inhibition of 5 S rRNA synthesis and coupling of 5 S rRNA synthesis to accumulation of a ribosomal protein, L5. We propose that these mechanisms contribute to the homeostatic control of ribosome assembly.
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- R H Pittman
- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Bellini M, Gall JG. Coilin shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm in Xenopus oocytes. Mol Biol Cell 1999; 10:3425-34. [PMID: 10512877 PMCID: PMC25612 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.10.3425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/1999] [Accepted: 07/29/1999] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Coiled bodies are discrete nuclear organelles often identified by the marker protein p80-coilin. Because coilin is not detected in the cytoplasm by immunofluorescence and Western blotting, it has been considered an exclusively nuclear protein. In the Xenopus germinal vesicle (GV), most coilin actually resides in the nucleoplasm, although it is highly concentrated in 50-100 coiled bodies. When affinity-purified anti-coilin antibodies were injected into the cytoplasm of oocytes, they could be detected in coiled bodies within 2-3 h. Coiled bodies were intensely labeled after 18 h, whereas other nuclear organelles remained negative. Because the nuclear envelope does not allow passive diffusion of immunoglobulins, this observation suggests that anti-coilin antibodies are imported into the nucleus as an antigen-antibody complex with coilin. Newly synthesized coilin is not required, because cycloheximide had no effect on nuclear import and subsequent targeting of the antibodies. Additional experiments with myc-tagged coilin and myc-tagged pyruvate kinase confirmed that coilin is a shuttling protein. The shuttling of Nopp140, NO38/B23, and nucleolin was easily demonstrated by the targeting of their respective antibodies to the nucleoli, whereas anti-SC35 did not enter the germinal vesicle. We suggest that coilin, perhaps in association with Nopp140, may function as part of a transport system between the cytoplasm and the coiled bodies.
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- M Bellini
- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA
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Jarrous N, Wolenski JS, Wesolowski D, Lee C, Altman S. Localization in the nucleolus and coiled bodies of protein subunits of the ribonucleoprotein ribonuclease P. J Cell Biol 1999; 146:559-72. [PMID: 10444065 PMCID: PMC2150555 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.3.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/1999] [Accepted: 07/01/1999] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The precise location of the tRNA processing ribonucleoprotein ribonuclease P (RNase P) and the mechanism of its intranuclear distribution have not been completely delineated. We show that three protein subunits of human RNase P (Rpp), Rpp14, Rpp29 and Rpp38, are found in the nucleolus and that each can localize a reporter protein to nucleoli of cells in tissue culture. In contrast to Rpp38, which is uniformly distributed in nucleoli, Rpp14 and Rpp29 are confined to the dense fibrillar component. Rpp29 and Rpp38 possess functional, yet distinct domains required for subnucleolar localization. The subunit Rpp14 lacks such a domain and appears to be dependent on a piggyback process to reach the nucleolus. Biochemical analysis suggests that catalytically active RNase P exists in the nucleolus. We also provide evidence that Rpp29 and Rpp38 reside in coiled bodies, organelles that are implicated in the biogenesis of several other small nuclear ribonucleoproteins required for processing of precursor mRNA. Because some protein subunits of RNase P are shared by the ribosomal RNA processing ribonucleoprotein RNase MRP, these two evolutionary related holoenzymes may share common intranuclear localization and assembly pathways to coordinate the processing of tRNA and rRNA precursors.
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- Nayef Jarrous
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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Yamada H, Jiang YM, Zhu HY, Inagaki-Ohara K, Nishiyama Y. Nucleolar localization of the UL3 protein of herpes simplex virus type 2. J Gen Virol 1999; 80 ( Pt 8):2157-2164. [PMID: 10466815 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-8-2157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A rabbit polyclonal antiserum was raised against a recombinant 6 x His-UL3 fusion protein expressed in Escherichia coli and used to examine the intracellular localization of the UL3 protein of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). The antiserum reacted specifically with 31 and 34 kDa proteins in HSV-2 186-infected Vero cells and with 31 and 35 kDa proteins in UL3-expressing COS-7 cells. The UL3 protein localized both in the cytoplasm and in five to ten bright fluorescent granules in the nucleus close to the nuclear membrane at 4 h post-infection (p.i.). These structures became bigger at 5 h p.i. and showed doughnut-like forms at 6 h p.i. In transfected Vero cells, the UL3 protein localized exclusively in the nucleoplasm and specifically in the nucleolus. Five deletion mutants of the UL3 protein were constructed for transfection assays and the results showed that the region containing amino acids 100-164 was important for nucleolar localization. Moreover, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-targetting experiments showed that the region containing amino acids 100-164 was able to transport non-nucleolar GFP to the nucleolus as a fusion protein.
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- Hiroshi Yamada
- Laboratory of Virology, Research Institute for Disease Mechanism and Control, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan1
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- Laboratory of Virology, Research Institute for Disease Mechanism and Control, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan1
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- Laboratory of Virology, Research Institute for Disease Mechanism and Control, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan1
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- Laboratory of Virology, Research Institute for Disease Mechanism and Control, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan1
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- Laboratory of Virology, Research Institute for Disease Mechanism and Control, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan1
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Wu HL, Hsu CY, Liu WH, Yung BY. Berberine-induced apoptosis of human leukemia HL-60 cells is associated with down-regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 and telomerase activity. Int J Cancer 1999; 81:923-9. [PMID: 10362140 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990611)81:6<923::aid-ijc14>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The steady-state level of nucleophosmin/B23 mRNA decreased during berberine-induced (25 microg/ml, 24 to 96 hr) apoptosis of human leukemia HL-60 cells. A decline in telomerase activity was also observed in HL-60 cells treated with berberine. A stable clone of nucleophosmin/B23 overexpressed in HL-60 cells was selected and found to be less responsive to berberine-induced apoptosis. About 35% to 63% of control vector-transfected cells (pCR3) exhibited morphological characteristics of apoptosis, while about 8% to 45% of nucleophosmin/B23-over-expressed cells (pCR3-B23) became apoptotic after incubation with 15 microg/ml berberine for 48 to 96 hr. DNA extracted from pCR3 cells contained more fragmented DNA than pCR3-B23 cells during treatment with 15 microg/ml berberine for 24 to 48 hr. Our results indicate that berberine-induced apoptosis is associated with down-regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 and telomerase activity. We also suggest that nucleophosmin/B23 may play an important role in the control of the cellular response to apoptosis induction.
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- H L Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Deconstructing a Disease: RAR, Its Fusion Partners, and Their Roles in the Pathogenesis of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Blood 1999. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v93.10.3167.410k44_3167_3215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 808] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Jiang PS, Yung BY. Down-regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 mRNA delays the entry of cells into mitosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 257:865-70. [PMID: 10208875 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In investigating the regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 mRNA expression at the entry of mitosis, the results of Northern gel blot analysis showed that the nucleophosmin/B23 mRNA levels significantly increased in prometaphase (nocodazole-arrested) or metaphase (colchicine-arrested) cells collected by mitotic shake-off. A higher level of nucleophosmin/B23 mRNA was detected in all the collected mitotic cells arrested by treatment with nocodazole for 10-18h as compared to that in G2 cells. An attempt was then made to determine whether the regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 mRNA plays a role in the control of entry into mitosis. Down-regulation of nucleophosmin/B23 mRNA by transfection of its antisense construct resulted in the delay of cells entering mitosis. The demonstration of the characteristic changes in the mRNA level of nucleophosmin/B23 during the entry of cells into mitosis implicates the importance of nucleophosmin/B23 in the control of the mitotic fate of nucleoli and cell growth.
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- P S Jiang
- Cancer Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Eckmann CR, Jantsch MF. The RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 is localized to the nascent ribonucleoprotein matrix on Xenopus lampbrush chromosomes but specifically associates with an atypical loop. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1999; 144:603-15. [PMID: 10037784 PMCID: PMC2132932 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.4.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Double-stranded RNA adenosine deaminase (ADAR1, dsRAD, DRADA) converts adenosines to inosines in double-stranded RNAs. Few candidate substrates for ADAR1 editing are known at this point and it is not known how substrate recognition is achieved. In some cases editing sites are defined by basepaired regions formed between intronic and exonic sequences, suggesting that the enzyme might function cotranscriptionally. We have isolated two variants of Xenopus laevis ADAR1 for which no editing substrates are currently known. We demonstrate that both variants of the enzyme are associated with transcriptionally active chromosome loops suggesting that the enzyme acts cotranscriptionally. The widespread distribution of the protein along the entire chromosome indicates that ADAR1 associates with the RNP matrix in a substrate-independent manner. Inhibition of splicing, another cotranscriptional process, does not affect the chromosomal localization of ADAR1. Furthermore, we can show that the enzyme is dramatically enriched on a special RNA-containing loop that seems transcriptionally silent. Detailed analysis of this loop suggests that it might represent a site of ADAR1 storage or a site where active RNA editing is taking place. Finally, mutational analysis of ADAR1 demonstrates that a putative Z-DNA binding domain present in ADAR1 is not required for chromosomal targeting of the protein.
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- C R Eckmann
- Department of Cytology and Genetics, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Kubota S, Copeland TD, Pomerantz RJ. Nuclear and nucleolar targeting of human ribosomal protein S25: common features shared with HIV-1 regulatory proteins. Oncogene 1999; 18:1503-14. [PMID: 10050887 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The nuclear and nucleolar targeting properties of human ribosomal protein S25 (RPS25) were analysed by the expression of epitope-tagged RPS25 cDNAs in Cos-1 cells. The tagged RPS25 was localized to the cell nucleus, with a strong predominance in the nucleolus. At the amino terminus of RPS25, two stretches of highly basic residues juxtapose. This configuration shares common features with the nucleolar targeting signals (NOS) of lentiviral RNA-binding transactivators, including human immunodeficiency viruses' (HIV) Rev proteins. Deletion and site-directed mutational analyses demonstrated that the first NOS-like stretch is dispensable for both nuclear and nucleolar localization of RPS25, and that the nuclear targeting signal is located within the second NOS-like stretch. It has also been suggested that a set of continuous basic residues and the total number of basic residues should be required for nucleolar targeting. Signal-mediated nuclear/nucleolar targeting was further characterized by the construction and expression of a variety of chimeric constructs, utilizing three different backbones with RPS25 cDNA fragments. Immunofluorescence analyses demonstrated a 17 residue peptide of RPS25 as a potential nuclear/nucleolar targeting signal. The identified peptide signal may belong to a putative subclass of NOS, characterized by compact structure, together with lentiviral RNA-binding transactivators.
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- S Kubota
- Center for Human Virology, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Ueki N, Kondo M, Seki N, Yano K, Oda T, Masuho Y, Muramatsu M. NOLP: identification of a novel human nucleolar protein and determination of sequence requirements for its nucleolar localization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 252:97-102. [PMID: 9813152 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study reports cDNA isolation and partial characterization of a novel human nucleolar protein isolated by "nuclear transportation trap" described previously. The cDNA encodes a putative polypeptide of 524 amino acids with a short Escherichia coli DNA helicase homologous region, an acid-rich domain, three potential base-rich nuclear localization signals (NLSs), a serine-rich domain, and a deduced coiled-coil domain. The protein has no known prominent similarities with any other protein in the protein databases. Tissue distribution analysis demonstrated a predominant expression in brain and testis. To determine the sequence requirements for nucleolar targeting, a set of deletion constructs with a fluorescent tag were transiently expressed in COS-7 cells. We revealed that a region of 30 amino acids (position 342-371), which overlaps the first and second NLS, is sufficient for nucleolar localization. Furthermore, the adjacent region of 30 amino acids (position 372-401), which contains the third NLS, is sufficient for nuclear localization. These results suggest that this novel nucleolar protein has at least two distinct domains for directing to different subnuclear destinations.
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- N Ueki
- Biological Technology Laboratory, Helix Research Institute, Inc., 1532-3 Yana, Chiba, Kisarazu-shi, 292-0812, Japan.
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Das A, Park JH, Hagen CB, Parsons M. Distinct domains of a nucleolar protein mediate protein kinase binding, interaction with nucleic acids and nucleolar localization. J Cell Sci 1998; 111 ( Pt 17):2615-23. [PMID: 9701560 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111.17.2615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Nopp44/46 is a phosphoprotein of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei that is localized to the nucleolus. Based on the primary sequence, Nopp44/46 appears to be a protein composed of distinct domains. This communication describes the relationship of these domains to the known functional interactions of the molecule and suggests that the amino-terminal region defines a novel homology region that functions in nucleolar targeting. We have previously shown that Nopp44/46 is capable of interacting with nucleic acids and associating with a protein kinase. Using in vitro transcription and translation, we now demonstrate that the nucleic acid binding function maps to the carboxy-terminal domain of the molecule, a region rich in arginine-glycine-glycine motifs. Our experiments reveal that a central region containing a high proportion of acidic residues is required for association with the protein kinase. Analysis of transfectants expressing epitope-tagged Nopp44/46 deletion constructs showed that the amino-terminal 96 amino acids allowed nuclear and nucleolar accumulation of the protein. This region of the molecule shows homology to several recently described nucleolar proteins. Deletion of a 27-amino-acid region within this domain abrogated nucleolar, but not nuclear, localization. These studies show that Nopp44/46 is composed of distinct modules, each of which plays a different role in molecular interactions. We suggest that this protein could facilitate interactions between sets of nucleolar molecules.
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- A Das
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Bouvet P, Diaz JJ, Kindbeiter K, Madjar JJ, Amalric F. Nucleolin interacts with several ribosomal proteins through its RGG domain. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:19025-9. [PMID: 9668083 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.30.19025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Nucleolin is one of the major nonribosomal proteins of the nucleolus. Through its four RNA-binding domains, nucleolin interacts specifically with pre-rRNA as soon as synthesis begins, but it is not found in mature cytoplasmic ribosomes. Nucleolin is able to shuttle between the cytoplasm and the nucleus. These data suggest that nucleolin might be involved in the nucleolar import of cytoplasmic components and in the assembly of pre-ribosomal particles. Here we show, using two-dimensional blots in a ligand blotting assay, that nucleolin interacts with 18 ribosomal proteins from rat (14 and 4 from the large and small subunit, respectively). The C-terminal domain of nucleolin (p50) interacts with 10 of these identified ribosomal proteins. In vitro binding assays show that the glycine-arginine rich domain of nucleolin (RGG domain) is sufficient for the interaction with one of these proteins. Interestingly, most of the proteins that interact with p50 belong to the core ribosomal proteins, which are resistant to extraction with high salt concentration. These findings suggest that nucleolin might be involved in the nucleolar targeting of some ribosomal proteins and in their assembly within pre-ribosomal particles.
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- P Bouvet
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Génétique du CNRS, UPR 9006, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France.
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The recent progress with respect to understanding the signals mediating the transport of proteins in both directions through the NPC, and cellular proteins interacting with these signals to effect the transport process has made possible a number of advances in terms of the use of this information in a clinical setting. In particular, our knowledge of the mechanism of regulation of the process, and of how we may exploit the cellular transport machinery itself in a therapeutic situation, especially where there may be transport pathways specific to particular viruses, has advanced considerably. In this context, this review expounds current understanding of the signals conferring targeting to the nucleus, and their practical and potential use in delivering molecules of interest to the nucleus in a clinical context. It also deals with targeting signals conferring nuclear protein export/ shuttling between nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments as well as with those conferring nuclear or cytoplasmic retention, and with the specific mechanisms regulating the activity of these signals, and in particular those regulating signal-dependent nuclear protein import. Detailed understanding of the processes of signal-mediated nuclear protein import/export and its regulation enables the considered application and optimization of approaches to target molecules of interest, such as plasmid DNA or toxic molecules, efficiently to the nucleus according to need in a clinical or research context, and enhance the expression or efficiency of their action, respectively. The use of nuclear targeting signals in this context is reviewed, and future possibilities in terms of the application of our growing understanding of nuclear transport and its regulation are discussed.
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- D A Jans
- Nuclear Signaling Laboratory, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, Australia.
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North MT, Allison LA. Nucleolar targeting of 5S RNA in Xenopus laevis oocytes: somatic-type nucleotide substitutions enhance nucleolar localization. J Cell Biochem 1998; 69:490-505. [PMID: 9620175 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19980615)69:4<490::aid-jcb10>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In Xenopus laevis oocytes, 5S RNA is stored in the cytoplasm until vitellogenesis, at which time it is imported into the nucleus and targeted to nucleoli for ribosome assembly. This article shows that throughout oogenesis there is a pool of nuclear 5S RNA which is not nucleolar-associated. This distribution reflects that of oocyte-type 5S RNA, which is the major 5S RNA species in oocytes; only small amounts of somatic-type, which differs by six nucleotides, are synthesized. Indeed, 32P-labeled oocyte-type 5S RNA showed a degree of nucleolar localization similar to endogenous 5S RNA (33%) after microinjection. In contrast, 32P-labeled somatic-type 5S RNA showed significantly enhanced localization, whereby 70% of nuclear RNA was associated with nucleoli. A chimeric RNA molecule containing only one somatic-specific nucleotide substitution also showed enhanced localization, in addition to other somatic-specific phenotypes, including enhanced nuclear import and ribosome incorporation. The distribution of 35S-labeled ribosomal protein L5 was similar to that of oocyte-type 5S RNA, even when preassembled with somatic-type 5S RNA. The distribution of a series of 5S RNA mutants was also analyzed. These mutants showed various degrees of localization, suggesting that the efficiency of nucleolar targeting can be influenced by many discrete regions of the 5S RNA molecule.
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- M T North
- Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Chang JH, Lin JY, Wu MH, Yung BY. Evidence for the ability of nucleophosmin/B23 to bind ATP. Biochem J 1998; 329 ( Pt 3):539-44. [PMID: 9445380 PMCID: PMC1219074 DOI: 10.1042/bj3290539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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By taking advantage of its ability to be retained by ATP-agarose, we have demonstrated that nucleophosmin/B23 is capable of binding ATP. The specificity of the binding was confirmed by the absence of significant binding to AMP-agarose and by its loss when nucleophosmin/B23 in nuclear extracts was preincubated with ATP. Preincubation of the nuclear extracts with other ribonucleotide triphosphates (GTP, CTP, UTP) did not compete for the binding of nucleophosmin/B23 to ATP-agarose. The purified recombinant nucleophosmin/B23 was also able to be retained by ATP-agarose. The Kd for binding of ATP to the purified recombinant nucleophosmin/B23, on the basis of retention on a nitrocellulose membrane, was 86.5+/-8.3 microM; the number of binding sites was 0.68 per nucleophosmin/B23 protein molecule. To determine the possible ATP-binding site of nucleophosmin/B23, various deletion clones including the two mutants in which the putative ATP-binding sequence had been deleted were constructed. Deletion of the portions of the molecule (residues 83-152 and 185-240) had little effect on the ATP binding. The C-terminal deleted mutant (residue 242 to the C-terminus deleted) lost most of its ability to be retained by ATP-agarose and to bind [alpha-32P]ATP on a nitrocellulose membrane. The results indicate that the C-terminal portion (residues 242-294) contains the essential ATP-binding site of nucleophosmin/B23.
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- J H Chang
- Cancer Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Zirwes RF, Schmidt-Zachmann MS, Franke WW. Identification of a small, very acidic constitutive nucleolar protein (NO29) as a member of the nucleoplasmin family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:11387-92. [PMID: 9326619 PMCID: PMC23475 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.21.11387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We report the discovery and molecular characterization of a small and very acidic nucleolar protein of an SDS/PAGE mobility corresponding to Mr 29,000 (NO29). The cDNA-deduced sequence of the Xenopus laevis protein defines a polypeptide of a calculated molecular mass of 20,121 and a pI of 3.75, with an extended acidic region near its C terminus, and is related to the major nucleolar protein, NO38, and the histone-binding protein, nucleoplasmin. This member of the nucleoplasmin family of proteins was immunolocalized to nucleoli in Xenopus oocytes and diverse somatic cells. Protein NO29 is associated with nuclear particles from Xenopus oocytes, partly complexed with protein NO38, and occurs in preribosomes but not in mature ribosomes. The location and the enormously high content of negatively charged amino acids lead to the hypothesis that NO29 might be involved in the nuclear and nucleolar accumulation of ribosomal proteins and the coordinated assembly of pre-ribosomal particles.
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- R F Zirwes
- Division of Cell Biology, German Cancer Research Center, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Szebeni A, Mehrotra B, Baumann A, Adam SA, Wingfield PT, Olson MO. Nucleolar protein B23 stimulates nuclear import of the HIV-1 Rev protein and NLS-conjugated albumin. Biochemistry 1997; 36:3941-9. [PMID: 9092824 DOI: 10.1021/bi9627931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Nucleolar phosphoprotein B23 is a putative ribosome assembly factor with a relatively high affinity for peptides containing sequences of nuclear localization signals (NLSs) of the SV40 T-antigen type [Szebeni, A., Herrera, J. E., & Olson, O. J. (1995) Biochemistry 34, 8037-8042]. The effects of protein B23 on nuclear import were determined by an in vitro assay [Dean, D. A., & Kasamatsu, H. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 4910-4916] using NLS peptide-conjugated bovine serum albumin (NLS-BSA) or the HIV-1 Rev protein as substrates for import into isolated rat liver nuclei. The import was ATP-dependent and inhibited by wheat germ agglutinin or by an antibody against p97, a component of the nuclear import system. The rate of import of either substrate was increased if protein B23 was added to the incubation medium. Similar enhancements of import were seen with both isoforms (B23.1 and B23.2). The stimulatory effect on Rev protein import was saturable with maximum stimulation (2-3-fold) at a molar ratio of protein B23:Rev of approximately 1:1. Phosphorylation of protein B23.1 by casein kinase II produced an additional doubling of the import rate. This effect was not seen if protein B23.1 was phosphorylated with a cdc2 type protein kinase. Mutant forms of protein B23.1 in which the nuclear localization signal was either deleted or altered did not stimulate import of the substrates. These results suggest that protein B23 plays a role as an accessory factor in the nuclear import of the NLS-containing proteins and that phosphorylation at sites in the highly acidic segments of the protein enhances the stimulatory effect.
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- A Szebeni
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA
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