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Wirshing AC, Petrucco CA, Lew DJ. Chemical transformation of the multibudding yeast, Aureobasidium pullulans. J Cell Biol 2024; 223:e202402114. [PMID: 38935076 PMCID: PMC11211067 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202402114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 06/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Aureobasidium pullulans is a ubiquitous polymorphic black yeast with industrial and agricultural applications. It has recently gained attention amongst cell biologists for its unconventional mode of proliferation in which multinucleate yeast cells make multiple buds within a single cell cycle. Here, we combine a chemical transformation method with genome-targeted homologous recombination to yield ∼60 transformants/μg of DNA in just 3 days. This protocol is simple, inexpensive, and requires no specialized equipment. We also describe vectors with codon-optimized green and red fluorescent proteins for A. pullulans and use these tools to explore novel cell biology. Quantitative imaging of a strain expressing cytosolic and nuclear markers showed that although the nuclear number varies considerably among cells of similar volume, total nuclear volume scales with cell volume over an impressive 70-fold size range. The protocols and tools described here expand the toolkit for A. pullulans biologists and will help researchers address the many other puzzles posed by this polyextremotolerant and morphologically plastic organism.
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- Alison C.E. Wirshing
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Ntasis VF, Guigó R. Studying relative RNA localization From nucleus to the cytosol. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.06.583744. [PMID: 38559161 PMCID: PMC10979850 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.06.583744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
The precise coordination of important biological processes, such as differentiation and development, is highly dependent on the regulation of expression of the genetic information. The flow of the genetic information is tightly regulated on multiple levels. Among them, RNA export to cytosol is an essential step for the production of proteins in eukaryotic cells. Hence, estimating the relative concentration of RNA molecules of a given transcript species in the nucleus and in the cytosol is of major significance as it contributes to the understanding of the dynamics of RNA trafficking between the nucleus and the cytosol. The most efficient way to estimate the levels of RNA species genome-wide is through RNA sequencing (RNAseq). While RNAseq can be performed separately in the nucleus and in the cytosol, because measured transcript levels are relative to the total volume of RNA in these compartments, and because this volume is usually unknown, the transcript levels in the nucleus and in the cytosol cannot be directly compared. Here we show theoretically that if, in addition to nuclear and cytosolic RNA-seq, whole cell RNA-seq is also performed, then accurate estimations of the localization of transcripts can be obtained. Based on this, we designed a method that estimates, first the fraction of the total RNA volume in the cytosol (nucleus), and then, this fraction for every transcript. We evaluate our methodology on simulated data and nuclear and cytosolic single cell data available. Finally, we use our method to investigate the cellular localization of transcripts using bulk RNAseq data from the ENCODE project.
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- Vasilis F. Ntasis
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Chen P, Mishra S, Prabha H, Sengupta S, Levy DL. Nuclear growth and import can be uncoupled. Mol Biol Cell 2024; 35:ar1. [PMID: 37903226 PMCID: PMC10881164 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e23-04-0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
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What drives nuclear growth? Studying nuclei assembled in Xenopus egg extract and focusing on importin α/β-mediated nuclear import, we show that, while import is required for nuclear growth, nuclear growth and import can be uncoupled when chromatin structure is manipulated. Nuclei treated with micrococcal nuclease to fragment DNA grew slowly despite exhibiting little to no change in import rates. Nuclei assembled around axolotl chromatin with 20-fold more DNA than Xenopus grew larger but imported more slowly. Treating nuclei with reagents known to alter histone methylation or acetylation caused nuclei to grow less while still importing to a similar extent or to grow larger without significantly increasing import. Nuclear growth but not import was increased in live sea urchin embryos treated with the DNA methylator N-nitrosodimethylamine. These data suggest that nuclear import is not the primary driving force for nuclear growth. Instead, we observed that nuclear blebs expanded preferentially at sites of high chromatin density and lamin addition, whereas small Benzonase-treated nuclei lacking DNA exhibited reduced lamin incorporation into the nuclear envelope. In summary, we report experimental conditions where nuclear import is not sufficient to drive nuclear growth, hypothesizing that this uncoupling is a result of altered chromatin structure.
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- Pan Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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Hara Y. Physical forces modulate interphase nuclear size. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2023; 85:102253. [PMID: 37801797 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2023.102253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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The eukaryotic nucleus exhibits remarkable plasticity in size, adjusting dynamically to changes in cellular conditions such as during development and differentiation, and across species. Traditionally, the supply of structural constituents to the nuclear envelope has been proposed as the principal determinant of nuclear size. However, recent experimental and theoretical analyses have provided an alternative perspective, which emphasizes the crucial role of physical forces such as osmotic pressure and chromatin repulsion forces in regulating nuclear size. These forces can be modulated by the molecular profiles that traverse the nuclear envelope and assemble in the macromolecular complex. This leads to a new paradigm wherein multiple nuclear macromolecules that are not limited to only the structural constituents of the nuclear envelope, are involved in the control of nuclear size and related functions.
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- Yuki Hara
- Evolutionary Cell Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi City, 753-8512, Japan.
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Antao NV, Lam C, Davydov A, Riggi M, Sall J, Petzold C, Liang FX, Iwasa JH, Ekiert DC, Bhabha G. 3D reconstructions of parasite development and the intracellular niche of the microsporidian pathogen Encephalitozoon intestinalis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7662. [PMID: 37996434 PMCID: PMC10667486 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43215-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Microsporidia are an early-diverging group of fungal pathogens with a wide host range. Several microsporidian species cause opportunistic infections in humans that can be fatal. As obligate intracellular parasites with highly reduced genomes, microsporidia are dependent on host metabolites for successful replication and development. Our knowledge of microsporidian intracellular development remains rudimentary, and our understanding of the intracellular niche occupied by microsporidia has relied on 2D TEM images and light microscopy. Here, we use serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) to capture 3D snapshots of the human-infecting species, Encephalitozoon intestinalis, within host cells. We track E. intestinalis development through its life cycle, which allows us to propose a model for how its infection organelle, the polar tube, is assembled de novo in developing spores. 3D reconstructions of parasite-infected cells provide insights into the physical interactions between host cell organelles and parasitophorous vacuoles, which contain the developing parasites. The host cell mitochondrial network is substantially remodeled during E. intestinalis infection, leading to mitochondrial fragmentation. SBF-SEM analysis shows changes in mitochondrial morphology in infected cells, and live-cell imaging provides insights into mitochondrial dynamics during infection. Our data provide insights into parasite development, polar tube assembly, and microsporidia-induced host mitochondria remodeling.
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- Noelle V Antao
- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Office of Science and Research Microscopy Laboratory, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Office of Science and Research Microscopy Laboratory, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Office of Science and Research Microscopy Laboratory, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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McGillivary RM, Sood P, Hammar K, Marshall WF. The nuclear transport factor CSE1 drives macronuclear volume increase and macronuclear node coalescence in Stentor coeruleus. iScience 2023; 26:107318. [PMID: 37520736 PMCID: PMC10374459 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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Stentor coeruleus provides a unique opportunity to study how cells regulate nuclear shape because its macronucleus undergoes a rapid, dramatic, and developmentally regulated shape change. We found that the volume of the macronucleus increases during coalescence, suggesting an inflation-based mechanism. When the nuclear transport factor, CSE1, is knocked down by RNAi, the shape and volume changes of the macronucleus are attenuated, and nuclear morphology is altered. CSE1 protein undergoes a dynamic relocalization correlated with nuclear shape changes, being mainly cytoplasmic prior to nuclear coalescence, and accumulating inside the macronucleus during coalescence. At the end of regeneration, CSE1 protein levels are reduced as the macronucleus returns to its pre-coalescence volume. We propose a model in which nuclear transport via CSE1 is required to increase the volume of the macronucleus, thereby decreasing the surface-to-volume ratio and driving coalescence of the nodes into a single mass.
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- Rebecca M. McGillivary
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Central Microscopy Facility, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Bâcle J, Groizard L, Kumanski S, Moriel-Carretero M. Nuclear envelope-remodeling events as models to assess the potential role of membranes on genome stability. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:1946-1956. [PMID: 37339935 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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The nuclear envelope (NE) encloses the genetic material and functions in chromatin organization and stability. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the NE is bound to the ribosomal DNA (rDNA), highly repeated and transcribed, thus prone to genetic instability. While tethering limits instability, it simultaneously triggers notable NE remodeling. We posit here that NE remodeling may contribute to genome integrity maintenance. The NE importance in genome expression, structure, and integrity is well recognized, yet studies mostly focus on peripheral proteins and nuclear pores, not on the membrane itself. We recently characterized a NE invagination drastically obliterating the rDNA, which we propose here as a model to probe if and how membranes play an active role in genome stability preservation.
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- Janélie Bâcle
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier, France
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Antao NV, Lam C, Davydov A, Riggi M, Sall J, Petzold C, Liang FX, Iwasa J, Ekiert DC, Bhabha G. 3D reconstructions of parasite development and the intracellular niche of the microsporidian pathogen E. intestinalis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.02.547383. [PMID: 37425741 PMCID: PMC10327200 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.02.547383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
Abstract
Microsporidia are an early-diverging group of fungal pathogens that infect a wide range of hosts. Several microsporidian species infect humans, and infections can lead to fatal disease in immunocompromised individuals. As obligate intracellular parasites with highly reduced genomes, microsporidia are dependent on metabolites from their hosts for successful replication and development. Our knowledge of how microsporidian parasites develop inside the host remains rudimentary, and our understanding of the intracellular niche occupied by microsporidia has thus far relied largely on 2D TEM images and light microscopy. Here, we use serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) to capture 3D snapshots of the human-infecting microsporidian, Encephalitozoon intestinalis , within host cells. We track the development of E. intestinalis through its life cycle, which allows us to propose a model for how its infection organelle, the polar tube, is assembled de novo in each developing spore. 3D reconstructions of parasite-infected cells provide insights into the physical interactions between host cell organelles and parasitophorous vacuoles, which contain the developing parasites. The host cell mitochondrial network is substantially remodeled during E. intestinalis infection, leading to mitochondrial fragmentation. SBF-SEM analysis shows changes in mitochondrial morphology in infected cells, and live-cell imaging provides insights into mitochondrial dynamics during infection. Together, our data provide insights into parasite development, polar tube assembly, and microsporidia-induced mitochondrial remodeling in the host cell.
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Santana-Sosa S, Matos-Perdomo E, Ayra-Plasencia J, Machín F. A Yeast Mitotic Tale for the Nucleus and the Vacuoles to Embrace. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:9829. [PMID: 37372977 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24129829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The morphology of the nucleus is roughly spherical in most eukaryotic cells. However, this organelle shape needs to change as the cell travels through narrow intercellular spaces during cell migration and during cell division in organisms that undergo closed mitosis, i.e., without dismantling the nuclear envelope, such as yeast. In addition, the nuclear morphology is often modified under stress and in pathological conditions, being a hallmark of cancer and senescent cells. Thus, understanding nuclear morphological dynamics is of uttermost importance, as pathways and proteins involved in nuclear shaping can be targeted in anticancer, antiaging, and antifungal therapies. Here, we review how and why the nuclear shape changes during mitotic blocks in yeast, introducing novel data that associate these changes with both the nucleolus and the vacuole. Altogether, these findings suggest a close relationship between the nucleolar domain of the nucleus and the autophagic organelle, which we also discuss here. Encouragingly, recent evidence in tumor cell lines has linked aberrant nuclear morphology to defects in lysosomal function.
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- Silvia Santana-Sosa
- Research Unit, University Hospital Ntra Sra de Candelaria, Ctra del Rosario 145, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Ntra Sra de Candelaria, Ctra del Rosario 145, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Ntra Sra de Candelaria, Ctra del Rosario 145, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Ntra Sra de Candelaria, Ctra del Rosario 145, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa Canarias University, 35450 Santa María de Guía, Spain
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Schibler AC, Jevtic P, Pegoraro G, Levy DL, Misteli T. Identification of epigenetic modulators as determinants of nuclear size and shape. eLife 2023; 12:e80653. [PMID: 37219077 PMCID: PMC10259489 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
Abstract
The shape and size of the human cell nucleus is highly variable among cell types and tissues. Changes in nuclear morphology are associated with disease, including cancer, as well as with premature and normal aging. Despite the very fundamental nature of nuclear morphology, the cellular factors that determine nuclear shape and size are not well understood. To identify regulators of nuclear architecture in a systematic and unbiased fashion, we performed a high-throughput imaging-based siRNA screen targeting 867 nuclear proteins including chromatin-associated proteins, epigenetic regulators, and nuclear envelope components. Using multiple morphometric parameters, and eliminating cell cycle effectors, we identified a set of novel determinants of nuclear size and shape. Interestingly, most identified factors altered nuclear morphology without affecting the levels of lamin proteins, which are known prominent regulators of nuclear shape. In contrast, a major group of nuclear shape regulators were modifiers of repressive heterochromatin. Biochemical and molecular analysis uncovered a direct physical interaction of histone H3 with lamin A mediated via combinatorial histone modifications. Furthermore, disease-causing lamin A mutations that result in disruption of nuclear shape inhibited lamin A-histone H3 interactions. Oncogenic histone H3.3 mutants defective for H3K27 methylation resulted in nuclear morphology abnormalities. Altogether, our results represent a systematic exploration of cellular factors involved in determining nuclear morphology and they identify the interaction of lamin A with histone H3 as an important contributor to nuclear morphology in human cells.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of WyomingLaramieUnited States
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- High Throughput Imaging Facility (HiTIF), National Cancer Institute, NIHBethesdaUnited States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of WyomingLaramieUnited States
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- National Cancer InstituteBethesdaUnited States
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Chen P, Mishra S, Levy DL. Nuclear growth and import can be uncoupled. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.19.537556. [PMID: 37131802 PMCID: PMC10153267 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.19.537556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
What drives nuclear growth? Studying nuclei assembled in Xenopus egg extract and focusing on importin α/β-mediated nuclear import, we show that, while nuclear growth depends on nuclear import, nuclear growth and import can be uncoupled. Nuclei containing fragmented DNA grew slowly despite exhibiting normal import rates, suggesting nuclear import itself is insufficient to drive nuclear growth. Nuclei containing more DNA grew larger but imported more slowly. Altering chromatin modifications caused nuclei to grow less while still importing to the same extent or to grow larger without increasing nuclear import. Increasing heterochromatin in vivo in sea urchin embryos increased nuclear growth but not import. These data suggest that nuclear import is not the primary driving force for nuclear growth. Instead, live imaging showed that nuclear growth preferentially occurred at sites of high chromatin density and lamin addition, whereas small nuclei lacking DNA exhibited less lamin incorporation. Our hypothesized model is that lamin incorporation and nuclear growth are driven by chromatin mechanical properties, which depend on and can be tuned by nuclear import.
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- Pan Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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Hammer SE, Polymenis M. One-carbon metabolic enzymes are regulated during cell division and make distinct contributions to the metabolome and cell cycle progression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:6983127. [PMID: 36627750 PMCID: PMC9997564 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Enzymes of one-carbon (1C) metabolism play pivotal roles in proliferating cells. They are involved in the metabolism of amino acids, nucleotides, and lipids and the supply of all cellular methylations. However, there is limited information about how these enzymes are regulated during cell division and how cell cycle kinetics are affected in several loss-of-function mutants of 1C metabolism. Here, we report that the levels of the S. cerevisiae enzymes Ade17p and Cho2p, involved in the de novo synthesis of purines and phosphatidylcholine (PC), respectively, are cell cycle-regulated. Cells lacking Ade17p, Cho2p, or Shm2p (an enzyme that supplies 1C units from serine) have distinct alterations in size homeostasis and cell cycle kinetics. Loss of Ade17p leads to a specific delay at START, when cells commit to a new round of cell division, while loss of Shm2p has broader effects, reducing growth rate. Furthermore, the inability to synthesize PC de novo in cho2Δ cells delays START and reduces the coherence of nuclear elongation late in the cell cycle. Loss of Cho2p also leads to profound metabolite changes. Besides the expected changes in the lipidome, cho2Δ cells have reduced levels of amino acids, resembling cells shifted to poorer media. These results reveal the different ways that 1C metabolism allocates resources to affect cell proliferation at multiple cell cycle transitions.
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- Staci E Hammer
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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KYOGOKU H, KITAJIMA TS. The large cytoplasmic volume of oocyte. J Reprod Dev 2023; 69:1-9. [PMID: 36436912 PMCID: PMC9939283 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2022-101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The study of the size of cells and organelles has a long history, dating back to the 1600s when cells were defined. In particular, various methods have elucidated the size of the nucleus and the mitotic spindle in several species. However, little research has been conducted on oocyte size and organelles in mammals, and many questions remain to be answered. The appropriate size is essential to cell function properly. Oocytes have a very large cytoplasm, which is more than 100 times larger than that of general somatic cells in mammals. In this review, we discuss how oocytes acquire an enormous cytoplasmic size and the adverse effects of a large cytoplasmic size on cellular functions.
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- Hirohisa KYOGOKU
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan,Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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Chen P, Levy DL. Regulation of organelle size and organization during development. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023; 133:53-64. [PMID: 35148938 PMCID: PMC9357868 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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During early embryogenesis, as cells divide in the developing embryo, the size of intracellular organelles generally decreases to scale with the decrease in overall cell size. Organelle size scaling is thought to be important to establish and maintain proper cellular function, and defective scaling may lead to impaired development and disease. However, how the cell regulates organelle size and organization are largely unanswered questions. In this review, we summarize the process of size scaling at both the cell and organelle levels and discuss recently discovered mechanisms that regulate this process during early embryogenesis. In addition, we describe how some recently developed techniques and Xenopus as an animal model can be used to investigate the underlying mechanisms of size regulation and to uncover the significance of proper organelle size scaling and organization.
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- Pan Chen
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
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Deviri D, Safran SA. Balance of osmotic pressures determines the nuclear-to-cytoplasmic volume ratio of the cell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2118301119. [PMID: 35580183 PMCID: PMC9173802 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2118301119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The volume of the cell nucleus varies across cell types and species and is commonly thought to be determined by the size of the genome and degree of chromatin compaction. However, this notion has been challenged over the years by much experimental evidence. Here, we consider the physical condition of mechanical force balance as a determining condition of the nuclear volume and use quantitative, order-of-magnitude analysis to estimate the forces from different sources of nuclear and cytoplasmic pressure. Our estimates suggest that the dominant pressure within the nucleus and cytoplasm of nonstriated muscle cells originates from the osmotic pressure of proteins and RNA molecules that are localized to the nucleus or cytoplasm by out-of-equilibrium, active nucleocytoplasmic transport rather than from chromatin or its associated ions. This motivates us to formulate a physical model for the ratio of the cell and nuclear volumes in which osmotic pressures of localized proteins determine the relative volumes. In accordance with unexplained observations that are a century old, our model predicts that the ratio of the cell and nuclear volumes is a constant, robust to a wide variety of biochemical and biophysical manipulations, and is changed only if gene expression or nucleocytoplasmic transport is modulated.
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- Dan Deviri
- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovet 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovet 76100, Israel
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Cells generate and sense mechanical forces that trigger biochemical signals to elicit cellular responses that control cell fate changes. Mechanical forces also physically distort neighboring cells and the surrounding connective tissue, which propagate mechanochemical signals over long distances to guide tissue patterning, organogenesis, and adult tissue homeostasis. As the largest and stiffest organelle, the nucleus is particularly sensitive to mechanical force and deformation. Nuclear responses to mechanical force include adaptations in chromatin architecture and transcriptional activity that trigger changes in cell state. These force-driven changes also influence the mechanical properties of chromatin and nuclei themselves to prevent aberrant alterations in nuclear shape and help maintain genome integrity. This review will discuss principles of nuclear mechanotransduction and chromatin mechanics and their role in DNA damage and cell fate regulation.
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- Yekaterina A Miroshnikova
- Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Wihuri Research Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00290, Finland
- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne 50931, Germany
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Wihuri Research Institute, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00290, Finland
- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne 50931, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne 50931, Germany
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Maitra N, Hammer S, Kjerfve C, Bankaitis VA, Polymenis M. Translational control of lipogenesis links protein synthesis and phosphoinositide signaling with nuclear division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2022; 220:iyab171. [PMID: 34849864 PMCID: PMC8733439 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Continuously dividing cells coordinate their growth and division. How fast cells grow in mass determines how fast they will multiply. Yet, there are few, if any, examples of a metabolic pathway that actively drives a cell cycle event instead of just being required for it. Here, we show that translational upregulation of lipogenic enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae increased the abundance of lipids and promoted nuclear elongation and division. Derepressing translation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthase also suppressed cell cycle-related phenotypes, including delayed nuclear division, associated with Sec14p phosphatidylinositol transfer protein deficiencies, and the irregular nuclear morphologies of mutants defective in phosphatidylinositol 4-OH kinase activities. Our results show that increased lipogenesis drives a critical cell cycle landmark and report a phosphoinositide signaling axis in control of nuclear division. The broad conservation of these lipid metabolic and signaling pathways raises the possibility these activities similarly govern nuclear division in other eukaryotes.
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- Nairita Maitra
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Lemière J, Real-Calderon P, Holt LJ, Fai TG, Chang F. Control of nuclear size by osmotic forces in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. eLife 2022; 11:76075. [PMID: 35856499 PMCID: PMC9410708 DOI: 10.7554/elife.76075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The size of the nucleus scales robustly with cell size so that the nuclear-to-cell volume ratio (N/C ratio) is maintained during cell growth in many cell types. The mechanism responsible for this scaling remains mysterious. Previous studies have established that the N/C ratio is not determined by DNA amount but is instead influenced by factors such as nuclear envelope mechanics and nuclear transport. Here, we developed a quantitative model for nuclear size control based upon colloid osmotic pressure and tested key predictions in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. This model posits that the N/C ratio is determined by the numbers of macromolecules in the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. Osmotic shift experiments showed that the fission yeast nucleus behaves as an ideal osmometer whose volume is primarily dictated by osmotic forces. Inhibition of nuclear export caused accumulation of macromolecules in the nucleoplasm, leading to nuclear swelling. We further demonstrated that the N/C ratio is maintained by a homeostasis mechanism based upon synthesis of macromolecules during growth. These studies demonstrate the functions of colloid osmotic pressure in intracellular organization and size control.
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- Joël Lemière
- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States,Centro Andaluz de Biología del DesarrolloSevillaSpain
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University Langone HealthNew YorkUnited States
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- Department of Mathematics and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis UniversityWalthamUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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Mauro MS, Celma G, Zimyanin V, Magaj MM, Gibson KH, Redemann S, Bahmanyar S. Ndc1 drives nuclear pore complex assembly independent of membrane biogenesis to promote nuclear formation and growth. eLife 2022; 11:75513. [PMID: 35852146 PMCID: PMC9296133 DOI: 10.7554/elife.75513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) assembles and grows from bilayer lipids produced at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). How ER membrane incorporation coordinates with assembly of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) to generate a functional NE is not well understood. Here, we use the stereotypical first division of the early C. elegans embryo to test the role of the membrane-associated nucleoporin Ndc1 in coupling NPC assembly to NE formation and growth. 3D-EM tomography of reforming and expanded NEs establishes that Ndc1 determines NPC density. Loss of ndc1 results in faster turnover of the outer scaffold nucleoporin Nup160 at the NE, providing an explanation for how Ndc1 controls NPC number. NE formation fails in the absence of both Ndc1 and the inner ring component Nup53, suggesting partially redundant roles in NPC assembly. Importantly, upregulation of membrane synthesis restored the slow rate of nuclear growth resulting from loss of ndc1 but not from loss of nup53. Thus, membrane biogenesis can be decoupled from Ndc1-mediated NPC assembly to promote nuclear growth. Together, our data suggest that Ndc1 functions in parallel with Nup53 and membrane biogenesis to control NPC density and nuclear size.
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- Michael Sean Mauro
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale UniversityNew HavenUnited States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale UniversityNew HavenUnited States
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- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, University of VirginiaCharlottesvilleUnited States,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, School of MedicineCharlottesvilleUnited States
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- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, University of VirginiaCharlottesvilleUnited States,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, School of MedicineCharlottesvilleUnited States
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Imaging: Electron Microscopy, Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of MedicineNew HavenUnited States
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- Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, University of VirginiaCharlottesvilleUnited States,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, School of MedicineCharlottesvilleUnited States,Department of Cell Biology, University of VirginiaCharlottesvilleUnited States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale UniversityNew HavenUnited States
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Cantwell H, Dey G. Nuclear size and shape control. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 130:90-97. [PMID: 34776332 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The nucleus displays a wide range of sizes and shapes in different species and cell types, yet its size scaling and many of the key structural constituents that determine its shape are highly conserved. In this review, we discuss the cellular properties and processes that contribute to nuclear size and shape control, drawing examples from across eukaryotes and highlighting conserved themes and pathways. We then outline physiological roles that have been uncovered for specific nuclear morphologies and disease pathologies associated with aberrant nuclear morphology. We argue that a comparative approach, assessing and integrating observations from different systems, will be a powerful way to help us address the open questions surrounding functional roles of nuclear size and shape in cell physiology.
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- Helena Cantwell
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstr.1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Nuclear shape and size depend on nuclear membrane availability through an unknown process. A new study of asymmetric cell division reveals that nuclear membrane is derived from the endoplasmic reticulum and that limiting nuclear membrane expansion can affect cell fate.
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- Orna Cohen-Fix
- The Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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VCP maintains nuclear size by regulating the DNA damage-associated MDC1-p53-autophagy axis in Drosophila. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4258. [PMID: 34253734 PMCID: PMC8275807 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24556-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The maintenance of constant karyoplasmic ratios suggests that nuclear size has physiological significance. Nuclear size anomalies have been linked to malignant transformation, although the mechanism remains unclear. By expressing dominant-negative TER94 mutants in Drosophila photoreceptors, here we show disruption of VCP (valosin-containing protein, human TER94 ortholog), a ubiquitin-dependent segregase, causes progressive nuclear size increase. Loss of VCP function leads to accumulations of MDC1 (mediator of DNA damage checkpoint protein 1), connecting DNA damage or associated responses to enlarged nuclei. TER94 can interact with MDC1 and decreases MDC1 levels, suggesting that MDC1 is a VCP substrate. Our evidence indicates that MDC1 accumulation stabilizes p53A, leading to TER94K2A-associated nuclear size increase. Together with a previous report that p53A disrupts autophagic flux, we propose that the stabilization of p53A in TER94K2A-expressing cells likely hinders the removal of nuclear content, resulting in aberrant nuclear size increase. Cells maintain a constant cytoplasm to nucleus volume ratio, although the role of DNA damage is not well explored. Here, the authors use Drosophila to connect TER94, the fly homolog of VCP, to disruption of DNA damage repair, leading to ubiquitinated Mu2 protein accumulation and enlarged nuclei.
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Membrane-bound organelles provide physical and functional compartmentalization of biological processes in eukaryotic cells. The characteristic shape and internal organization of these organelles is determined by a combination of multiple internal and external factors. The maintenance of the shape of nucleus, which houses the genetic material within a double membrane bilayer, is crucial for a seamless spatio-temporal control over nuclear and cellular functions. Dynamic morphological changes in the shape of nucleus facilitate various biological processes. Chromatin packaging, nuclear and cytosolic protein organization, and nuclear membrane lipid homeostasis are critical determinants of overall nuclear morphology. As such, a multitude of molecular players and pathways act together to regulate the nuclear shape. Here, we review the known mechanisms governing nuclear shape in various unicellular and multicellular organisms, including the non-spherical nuclei and non-lamin-related structural determinants. The review also touches upon cellular consequences of aberrant nuclear morphologies.
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- Pallavi Deolal
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Deolal P, Male G, Mishra K. The challenge of staying in shape: nuclear size matters. Curr Genet 2021; 67:605-612. [PMID: 33779777 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01176-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cellular organelles have unique morphology and the organelle size to cell size ratio is regulated. Nucleus is one of the most prominent, usually round in shape, organelle of a eukaryotic cell that occupies 8-10% of cellular volume. The shape and size of nucleus is known to undergo remodeling during processes such as cell growth, division and certain stresses. Regulation of protein and lipid distribution at the nuclear envelope is crucial for preserving the nuclear morphology and size. As size and morphology are interlinked, altering one influences the other. In this perspective, we discuss the relationship between size and shape regulation of the nucleus.
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- Pallavi Deolal
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India.
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Scotchman E, Kume K, Navarro FJ, Nurse P. Identification of mutants with increased variation in cell size at onset of mitosis in fission yeast. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:jcs251769. [PMID: 33419777 PMCID: PMC7888708 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.251769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Fission yeast cells divide at a similar cell length with little variation about the mean. This is thought to be the result of a control mechanism that senses size and corrects for any deviations by advancing or delaying onset of mitosis. Gene deletions that advance cells into mitosis at a smaller size or delay cells entering mitosis have led to the identification of genes potentially involved in this mechanism. However, the molecular basis of this control is still not understood. In this work, we have screened for genes that when deleted increase the variability in size of dividing cells. The strongest candidate identified in this screen was mga2 The mga2 deletion strain shows a greater variation in cell length at division, with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 15-24%, while the wild-type strain has a CV of 5-8%. Furthermore, unlike wild-type cells, the mga2 deletion cells are unable to correct cell size deviations within one cell cycle. We show that the mga2 gene genetically interacts with nem1 and influences the nuclear membrane and the nuclear-cytoplasmic transport of CDK regulators.
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
- Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Hiroshima University,Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
- Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Heijo H, Shimogama S, Nakano S, Miyata A, Iwao Y, Hara Y. DNA content contributes to nuclear size control in Xenopus laevis. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:2703-2717. [PMID: 32997613 PMCID: PMC7927187 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-02-0113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cells adapt to drastic changes in genome quantity during evolution and cell division by adjusting the nuclear size to exert genomic functions. However, the mechanism by which DNA content within the nucleus contributes to controlling the nuclear size remains unclear. Here, we experimentally evaluated the effects of DNA content by utilizing cell-free Xenopus egg extracts and imaging of in vivo embryos. Upon manipulation of DNA content while maintaining cytoplasmic effects constant, both plateau size and expansion speed of the nucleus correlated highly with DNA content. We also found that nuclear expansion dynamics was altered when chromatin interaction with the nuclear envelope or chromatin condensation was manipulated while maintaining DNA content constant. Furthermore, excess membrane accumulated on the nuclear surface when the DNA content was low. These results clearly demonstrate that nuclear expansion is determined not only by cytoplasmic membrane supply but also by the physical properties of chromatin, including DNA quantity and chromatin structure within the nucleus, rather than the coding sequences themselves. In controlling the dynamics of nuclear expansion, we propose that chromatin interaction with the nuclear envelope plays a role in transmitting chromatin repulsion forces to the nuclear membrane.
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- Hiroko Heijo
- Evolutionary Cell Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi City, 753-8512, Japan
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- Evolutionary Cell Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi City, 753-8512, Japan
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- Evolutionary Cell Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi City, 753-8512, Japan
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- Evolutionary Cell Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi City, 753-8512, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi City, 753-8512, Japan
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- Evolutionary Cell Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi City, 753-8512, Japan
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Male G, Deolal P, Manda NK, Yagnik S, Mazumder A, Mishra K. Nucleolar size regulates nuclear envelope shape in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs242172. [PMID: 32973112 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.242172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Nuclear shape and size are cell-type specific. Change in nuclear shape is seen during cell division, development and pathology. The nucleus of Saccharomycescerevisiae is spherical in interphase and becomes dumbbell shaped during mitotic division to facilitate the transfer of one nucleus to the daughter cell. Because yeast cells undergo closed mitosis, the nuclear envelope remains intact throughout the cell cycle. The pathways that regulate nuclear shape are not well characterized. The nucleus is organized into various subcompartments, with the nucleolus being the most prominent. We have conducted a candidate-based genetic screen for nuclear shape abnormalities in S. cerevisiae to ask whether the nucleolus influences nuclear shape. We find that increasing nucleolar volume triggers a non-isometric nuclear envelope expansion resulting in an abnormal nuclear envelope shape. We further show that the tethering of rDNA to the nuclear envelope is required for the appearance of these extensions.
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- Gurranna Male
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, 36/P, Gopanpally, Serilingampally Manda 500046l, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, 36/P, Gopanpally, Serilingampally Manda 500046l, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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Mela AP, Rico-Ramírez AM, Glass NL. Syncytia in Fungi. Cells 2020; 9:cells9102255. [PMID: 33050028 PMCID: PMC7600787 DOI: 10.3390/cells9102255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Filamentous fungi typically grow as interconnected multinucleate syncytia that can be microscopic to many hectares in size. Mechanistic details and rules that govern the formation and function of these multinucleate syncytia are largely unexplored, including details on syncytial morphology and the regulatory controls of cellular and molecular processes. Recent discoveries have revealed various adaptations that enable fungal syncytia to accomplish coordinated behaviors, including cell growth, nuclear division, secretion, communication, and adaptation of the hyphal network for mixing nuclear and cytoplasmic organelles. In this review, we highlight recent studies using advanced technologies to define rules that govern organizing principles of hyphal and colony differentiation, including various aspects of nuclear and mitochondrial cooperation versus competition. We place these findings into context with previous foundational literature and present still unanswered questions on mechanistic aspects, function, and morphological diversity of fungal syncytia across the fungal kingdom.
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- Alexander P. Mela
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (A.P.M.); (A.M.R.-R.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (A.P.M.); (A.M.R.-R.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (A.P.M.); (A.M.R.-R.)
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Correspondence:
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Excessive rDNA Transcription Drives the Disruption in Nuclear Homeostasis during Entry into Senescence in Budding Yeast. Cell Rep 2020; 28:408-422.e4. [PMID: 31291577 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Budding yeast cells undergo a limited number of divisions before they enter senescence and die. Despite recent mechanistic advances, whether and how molecular events are temporally and causally linked during the transition to senescence remain elusive. Here, using real-time observation of the accumulation of extrachromosomal rDNA circles (ERCs) in single cells, we provide evidence that ERCs build up rapidly with exponential kinetics well before any physiological decline. We then show that ERCs fuel a massive increase in ribosomal RNA (rRNA) levels in the nucleolus, which do not mature into functional ribosomes. This breakdown in nucleolar coordination is followed by a loss of nuclear homeostasis, thus defining a chronology of causally related events leading to cell death. A computational analysis supports a model in which a series of age-independent processes lead to an age-dependent increase in cell mortality, hence explaining the emergence of aging in budding yeast.
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Mukherjee RN, Sallé J, Dmitrieff S, Nelson KM, Oakey J, Minc N, Levy DL. The Perinuclear ER Scales Nuclear Size Independently of Cell Size in Early Embryos. Dev Cell 2020; 54:395-409.e7. [PMID: 32473090 PMCID: PMC7423768 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Nuclear size plays pivotal roles in gene expression, embryo development, and disease. A central hypothesis in organisms ranging from yeast to vertebrates is that nuclear size scales to cell size. This implies that nuclei may reach steady-state sizes set by limiting cytoplasmic pools of size-regulating components. By monitoring nuclear dynamics in early sea urchin embryos, we found that nuclei undergo substantial growth in each interphase, reaching a maximal size prior to mitosis that declined steadily over the course of development. Manipulations of cytoplasmic volume through multiple chemical and physical means ruled out cell size as a major determinant of nuclear size and growth. Rather, our data suggest that the perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum, accumulated through dynein activity, serves as a limiting membrane pool that sets nuclear surface growth rate. Partitioning of this local pool at each cell division modulates nuclear growth kinetics and dictates size scaling throughout early development.
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- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, F-75006, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, F-75006, Paris, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, F-75006, Paris, France.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
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The size of the intracellular structure that encloses genomic DNA - known as the nucleus in eukaryotes and nucleoid in prokaryotes - is believed to scale according to cell size and genomic content inside them across the tree of life. However, an actual scaling relationship remains largely unexplored across eukaryotic species. Here, I collected a large dataset of nuclear and cell volumes in diverse species across different phyla, including some prokaryotes, from the published literature and assessed the scaling relationship. Although entire inter-species data showed that nuclear volume correlates with cell volume, the quantitative scaling property exhibited differences among prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes and multicellular eukaryotes. Additionally, the nuclear volume correlates with genomic content inside the nucleus of multicellular eukaryotes but not of prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes. In this Hypothesis, I, thus, propose that the basic concept of nuclear-size scaling is conserved across eukaryotes; however, structural and mechanical properties of nuclear membranes and chromatin can result in different scaling relationships of nuclear volume to cell volume and genomic content among species. In particular, eukaryote-specific properties of the nuclear membrane may contribute to the extreme flexibility of nuclear size with regard to DNA density inside the nucleus.
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- Yuki Hara
- Evolutionary Cell Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi city 753-8512, Japan
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Gray WT, Govers SK, Xiang Y, Parry BR, Campos M, Kim S, Jacobs-Wagner C. Nucleoid Size Scaling and Intracellular Organization of Translation across Bacteria. Cell 2020; 177:1632-1648.e20. [PMID: 31150626 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The scaling of organelles with cell size is thought to be exclusive to eukaryotes. Here, we demonstrate that similar scaling relationships hold for the bacterial nucleoid. Despite the absence of a nuclear membrane, nucleoid size strongly correlates with cell size, independent of changes in DNA amount and across various nutrient conditions. This correlation is observed in diverse bacteria, revealing a near-constant ratio between nucleoid and cell size for a given species. As in eukaryotes, the nucleocytoplasmic ratio in bacteria varies greatly among species. This spectrum of nucleocytoplasmic ratios is independent of genome size, and instead it appears linked to the average population cell size. Bacteria with different nucleocytoplasmic ratios have a cytoplasm with different biophysical properties, impacting ribosome mobility and localization. Together, our findings identify new organizational principles and biophysical features of bacterial cells, implicating the nucleocytoplasmic ratio and cell size as determinants of the intracellular organization of translation.
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- William T Gray
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Wesley CC, Mishra S, Levy DL. Organelle size scaling over embryonic development. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2020; 9:e376. [PMID: 32003549 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cell division without growth results in progressive cell size reductions during early embryonic development. How do the sizes of intracellular structures and organelles scale with cell size and what are the functional implications of such scaling relationships? Model organisms, in particular Caenorhabditis elegans worms, Drosophila melanogaster flies, Xenopus laevis frogs, and Mus musculus mice, have provided insights into developmental size scaling of the nucleus, mitotic spindle, and chromosomes. Nuclear size is regulated by nucleocytoplasmic transport, nuclear envelope proteins, and the cytoskeleton. Regulators of microtubule dynamics and chromatin compaction modulate spindle and mitotic chromosome size scaling, respectively. Developmental scaling relationships for membrane-bound organelles, like the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, mitochondria, and lysosomes, have been less studied, although new imaging approaches promise to rectify this deficiency. While models that invoke limiting components and dynamic regulation of assembly and disassembly can account for some size scaling relationships in early embryos, it will be exciting to investigate the contribution of newer concepts in cell biology such as phase separation and interorganellar contacts. With a growing understanding of the underlying mechanisms of organelle size scaling, future studies promise to uncover the significance of proper scaling for cell function and embryonic development, as well as how aberrant scaling contributes to disease. This article is categorized under: Establishment of Spatial and Temporal Patterns > Regulation of Size, Proportion, and Timing Early Embryonic Development > Fertilization to Gastrulation Comparative Development and Evolution > Model Systems.
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- Chase C Wesley
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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Kume K. Control of cellular organization and its coordination with the cell cycle. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2020; 84:869-875. [PMID: 31987003 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2020.1717926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cells organize themselves to maintain proper shape, structure, and size during growth and division for their cellular functions. However, how these cellular organizations coordinate with the cell cycle is not well understood. This review focuses on cell morphogenesis and size of the membrane-bound nucleus in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Growth polarity, an important factor for cell morphogenesis, in rod-shaped fission yeast is restricted to the cell tips and dynamically changes depending on the cell cycle stage. Furthermore, nuclear size in fission yeast is proportional to the cell size, resulting in a constant ratio between nuclear volume and cellular volume (N/C ratio). This review summarizes the signaling pathway(s) involved in growth polarity control and key factors involved in N/C ratio control and provides their roles in coordination between cell organization and the cell cycle.
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- Kazunori Kume
- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Cantwell H, Nurse P. A homeostatic mechanism rapidly corrects aberrant nucleocytoplasmic ratios maintaining nuclear size in fission yeast. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.235911. [PMID: 31649142 PMCID: PMC6899009 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.235911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Nuclear size scales with cell size across a wide range of cell types. The mechanism by which this scaling is maintained in growing cells remains unclear. Here, we investigate the mechanism of nuclear size homeostasis in the simple eukaryote fission yeast, by monitoring the recovery of aberrant nuclear volume to cell volume (N/C) ratios following perturbation. We demonstrate that both high and low N/C ratios correct rapidly, maintaining nuclear size homeostasis. We assess the kinetics of nuclear and cellular growth and of N/C ratio correction, and demonstrate that nuclear and cellular growth rates are not directly coupled. We propose that the mechanism underlying nuclear size homeostasis involves multiple limiting factors implicated in processes including nucleocytoplasmic transport, lipid biogenesis and RNA processing. We speculate that these link cellular size increases to changes in nuclear contents, which in turn lead to changes in nuclear membrane surface area. Our study reveals that there is rapid nuclear size homeostasis in cells, informing understanding of nuclear size control and size homeostasis of other membrane-bound organelles. Summary: Nuclear size homeostasis is achieved by a rapid correction mechanism modulating nuclear growth rate in growing fission yeast cells.
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- Helena Cantwell
- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.,Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Plácido J, Bustamante-López S, Meissner KE, Kelly DE, Kelly SL. NanoRefinery of carbonaceous nanomaterials: Complementing dairy manure gasification and their applications in cellular imaging and heavy metal sensing. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 689:10-20. [PMID: 31260895 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This article describes an efficient method, combining chemical oxidation and acetone extraction, to produce carbonaceous nanomaterials from dairy manure biochar. The optical and mechanical properties are similar to methods previously reported carbonaceous nanomaterials from biomass. Our novel process cuts the processing time in half and drastically reduces the energy input required. The acetone extraction produced 10 fractions with dairy manure biochar-derived carbonaceous nanomaterials (DMB-CNs). The fraction with the carbonaceous nanomaterials, DMB-CN-E1, with highest fluorescence was selected for in-depth characterisation and for initial testing across a range of applications. DMB-CN-E1 was characterised using atomic force microscope, electrophoresis, and spectrophotometric methods. DMB-CN-E1 exhibited a lateral dimension between 11 and 28 nm, a negative charge, and excitation/emission maxima at 337/410 nm, respectively. The bioimaging potential of DMB-CN-E1 evidenced different locations and different interactions with the cellular models evaluated. DMB-CN-E1 was quenched by several heavy metal ions showing a future application of these materials in heavy metal ion detection and/or removal. The demonstrated capabilities in bioimaging and environmental sensing create the opportunity for generating added-value nanomaterials (NanoRefinery) from dairy manure biochar gasification and, thus, increasing the economic viability of gasification plants.
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- J Plácido
- Institute of Life Science (ILS 1), Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK.
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- Institute of Life Science (ILS 1), Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK; Department of Physics, Centre for NanoHealth, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK
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- Department of Physics, Centre for NanoHealth, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK
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- Institute of Life Science (ILS 1), Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK
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- Institute of Life Science (ILS 1), Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK.
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Correlation between nuclear and cell size, the nucleocytoplasmic ratio, is a cellular phenomenon that has been reported throughout eukaryotes for more than a century but the mechanisms that achieve it are not well understood. Here, we review work that has shed light on the cellular processes involved in nuclear size control. These studies have implicated nucleocytoplasmic transport, LINC complexes, RNA processing, regulation of nuclear envelope expansion and partitioning of importin α in nuclear size control, moving us closer to a mechanistic understanding of this phenomenon.
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Jevtić P, Schibler AC, Wesley CC, Pegoraro G, Misteli T, Levy DL. The nucleoporin ELYS regulates nuclear size by controlling NPC number and nuclear import capacity. EMBO Rep 2019; 20:embr.201847283. [PMID: 31085625 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201847283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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How intracellular organelles acquire their characteristic sizes is a fundamental question in cell biology. Given stereotypical changes in nuclear size in cancer, it is important to understand the mechanisms that control nuclear size in human cells. Using a high-throughput imaging RNAi screen, we identify and mechanistically characterize ELYS, a nucleoporin required for post-mitotic nuclear pore complex (NPC) assembly, as a determinant of nuclear size in mammalian cells. ELYS knockdown results in small nuclei, reduced nuclear lamin B2 localization, lower NPC density, and decreased nuclear import. Increasing nuclear import by importin α overexpression rescues nuclear size and lamin B2 import, while inhibiting importin α/β-mediated nuclear import decreases nuclear size. Conversely, ELYS overexpression increases nuclear size, enriches nuclear lamin B2 at the nuclear periphery, and elevates NPC density and nuclear import. Consistent with these observations, knockdown or inhibition of exportin 1 increases nuclear size. Thus, we identify ELYS as a novel positive effector of mammalian nuclear size and propose that nuclear size is sensitive to NPC density and nuclear import capacity.
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- Predrag Jevtić
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- High Throughput Imaging Facility (HiTIF), National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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Nuclear membrane protein Lem2 regulates nuclear size through membrane flow. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1871. [PMID: 31015410 PMCID: PMC6478680 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09623-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The size of the membrane-bound nucleus scales with cell size in a wide range of cell types but the mechanisms determining overall nuclear size remain largely unknown. Here we investigate the role of fission yeast inner nuclear membrane proteins in determining nuclear size, and propose that the Lap2-Emerin-Man1 domain protein Lem2 acts as a barrier to membrane flow between the nucleus and other parts of the cellular membrane system. Lem2 deletion increases membrane flow into and out of the nuclear envelope in response to changes in membrane synthesis and nucleocytoplasmic transport, altering nuclear size. The endoplasmic reticulum protein Lnp1 acts as a secondary barrier to membrane flow, functionally compensating for lack of Lem2. We propose that this is part of the mechanism that maintains nuclear size proportional to cellular membrane content and thus to cell size. Similar regulatory principles may apply to other organelles in the eukaryotic subcellular membrane network.
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Cantwell H, Nurse P. A systematic genetic screen identifies essential factors involved in nuclear size control. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1007929. [PMID: 30759079 PMCID: PMC6391033 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Nuclear size correlates with cell size, but the mechanism by which this scaling is achieved is not known. Here we screen fission yeast gene deletion mutants to identify essential factors involved in this process. Our screen has identified 25 essential factors that alter nuclear size, and our analysis has implicated RNA processing and LINC complexes in nuclear size control. This study has revealed lower and more extreme higher nuclear size phenotypes and has identified global cellular processes and specific structural nuclear components important for nuclear size control. As cells grow and divide, the size of the nucleus is generally maintained as a fixed proportion of cell size. The mechanism by which this nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio is maintained is unclear. Previous studies have suggested that essential gene products may be important for nuclear size control. Therefore, we have exploited the genetic tractability of fission yeast to carry out a systematic genetic screen of deleted essential genes to identify those with aberrant nuclear size phenotypes. Our study has revealed 25 novel genes that influence nuclear size and our bioinformatic analyses have implicated both RNA processing and protein complexes connecting nuclear chromatin to the cytoskeleton in nuclear size control. Our work sheds light on the biological processes that contribute to nuclear size control in fission yeast contributing to our mechanistic understanding of nuclear scaling, a biological phenomenon that is conserved through evolution.
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- Helena Cantwell
- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
- Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, United States of America
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Walters AD, Amoateng K, Wang R, Chen JH, McDermott G, Larabell CA, Gadal O, Cohen-Fix O. Nuclear envelope expansion in budding yeast is independent of cell growth and does not determine nuclear volume. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 30:131-145. [PMID: 30379612 PMCID: PMC6337908 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-04-0204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Most cells exhibit a constant ratio between nuclear and cell volume. The mechanism dictating this constant ratio and the nuclear component(s) that scale with cell size are not known. To address this, we examined the consequences to the size and shape of the budding yeast nucleus when cell expansion is inhibited by down-regulating components of the secretory pathway. We find that under conditions where cell size increase is restrained, the nucleus becomes bilobed, with the bulk of the DNA in one lobe and the nucleolus in the other. The formation of bilobed nuclei is dependent on fatty acid and phospholipid synthesis, suggesting that it is associated with nuclear membrane expansion. Bilobed nuclei appeared predominantly after spindle pole body separation, suggesting that nuclear envelope expansion follows cell-cycle cues rather than cell size. Importantly, cells with bilobed nuclei had the same nuclear:cell volume ratio as cells with round nuclei. Therefore, the bilobed nucleus could be a consequence of continued NE expansion as cells traverse the cell cycle without an accompanying increase in nuclear volume due to the inhibition of cell growth. Our data suggest that nuclear volume is not determined by nuclear envelope availability but by one or more nucleoplasmic factors.
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- Alison D Walters
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31000 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31000 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Robinson DO, Coate JE, Singh A, Hong L, Bush M, Doyle JJ, Roeder AHK. Ploidy and Size at Multiple Scales in the Arabidopsis Sepal. THE PLANT CELL 2018; 30:2308-2329. [PMID: 30143539 PMCID: PMC6241276 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Ploidy and size phenomena are observed to be correlated across several biological scales, from subcellular to organismal. Two kinds of ploidy change can affect plants. Whole-genome multiplication increases ploidy in whole plants and is broadly associated with increases in cell and organism size. Endoreduplication increases ploidy in individual cells. Ploidy increase is strongly correlated with increased cell size and nuclear volume. Here, we investigate scaling relationships between ploidy and size by simultaneously quantifying nuclear size, cell size, and organ size in sepals from an isogenic series of diploid, tetraploid, and octoploid Arabidopsis thaliana plants, each of which contains an internal endopolyploidy series. We find that pavement cell size and transcriptome size increase linearly with whole-organism ploidy, but organ area increases more modestly due to a compensatory decrease in cell number. We observe that cell size and nuclear size are maintained at a constant ratio; the value of this constant is similar in diploid and tetraploid plants and slightly lower in octoploid plants. However, cell size is maintained in a mutant with reduced nuclear size, indicating that cell size is scaled to cell ploidy rather than to nuclear size. These results shed light on how size is regulated in plants and how cells and organisms of differing sizes are generated by ploidy change.
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- Dana O Robinson
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Molenaar C, Weeks KL. Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling: The ins and outs of quantitative imaging. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2018; 45:1087-1094. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 04/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Alterations in Cell Motility, Proliferation, and Metabolism in Novel Models of Acquired Temozolomide Resistant Glioblastoma. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7222. [PMID: 29740146 PMCID: PMC5940876 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25588-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive and incurable tumor of the brain with limited treatment options. Current first-line standard of care is the DNA alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ), but this treatment strategy adds only ~4 months to median survival due to the rapid development of resistance. While some mechanisms of TMZ resistance have been identified, they are not fully understood. There are few effective strategies to manage therapy resistant GBM, and we lack diverse preclinical models of acquired TMZ resistance in which to test therapeutic strategies on TMZ resistant GBM. In this study, we create and characterize two new GBM cell lines resistant to TMZ in vitro, based on the 8MGBA and 42MGBA cell lines. Analysis of the TMZ resistant (TMZres) variants in conjunction with their parental, sensitive cell lines shows that acquisition of TMZ resistance is accompanied by broad phenotypic changes, including increased proliferation, migration, chromosomal aberrations, and secretion of cytosolic lipids. Importantly, each TMZ resistant model captures a different facet of the “go” (8MGBA-TMZres) or “grow” (42MGBA-TMZres) hypothesis of GBM behavior. These in vitro model systems will be important additions to the available tools for investigators seeking to define molecular mechanisms of acquired TMZ resistance.
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Buxboim A, Irianto J, Swift J, Athirasala A, Shin JW, Rehfeldt F, Discher DE. Coordinated increase of nuclear tension and lamin-A with matrix stiffness outcompetes lamin-B receptor that favors soft tissue phenotypes. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:3333-3348. [PMID: 28931598 PMCID: PMC5687034 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-06-0393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Matrix stiffness that is sensed by a cell or measured by a purely physical probe reflects the intrinsic elasticity of the matrix and also how thick or thin the matrix is. Here, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their nuclei spread in response to thickness-corrected matrix microelasticity, with increases in nuclear tension and nuclear stiffness resulting from increases in myosin-II and lamin-A,C. Linearity between the widely varying projected area of a cell and its nucleus across many matrices, timescales, and myosin-II activity levels indicates a constant ratio of nucleus-to-cell volume, despite MSCs' lineage plasticity. Nuclear envelope fluctuations are suppressed on the stiffest matrices, and fluctuation spectra reveal a high nuclear tension that matches trends from traction force microscopy and from increased lamin-A,C. Transcriptomes of many diverse tissues and MSCs further show that lamin-A,C's increase with tissue or matrix stiffness anti-correlates with lamin-B receptor (LBR), which contributes to lipid/sterol biosynthesis. Adipogenesis (a soft lineage) indeed increases LBR:lamin-A,C protein stoichiometry in MSCs versus osteogenesis (stiff). The two factors compete for lamin-B in response to matrix elasticity, knockdown, myosin-II inhibition, and even constricted migration that disrupts and segregates lamins in situ. Matrix stiffness-driven contractility thus tenses the nucleus to favor lamin-A,C accumulation and suppress soft tissue phenotypes.
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- Amnon Buxboim
- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department/Graduate Group of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department/Graduate Group of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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