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Strachan J, Leidecker O, Spanos C, Le Coz C, Chapman E, Arsenijevic A, Zhang H, Zhao N, Spoel SH, Bayne EH. SUMOylation regulates Lem2 function in centromere clustering and silencing. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:jcs260868. [PMID: 37970674 PMCID: PMC10730020 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260868] [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: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
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Regulation by the small modifier SUMO is heavily dependent on spatial control of enzymes that mediate the attachment and removal of SUMO on substrate proteins. Here, we show that in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, delocalisation of the SUMO protease Ulp1 from the nuclear envelope results in centromeric defects that can be attributed to hyper-SUMOylation at the nuclear periphery. Unexpectedly, we find that although this localised hyper-SUMOylation impairs centromeric silencing, it can also enhance centromere clustering. Moreover, both effects are at least partially dependent on SUMOylation of the inner nuclear membrane protein Lem2. Lem2 has previously been implicated in diverse biological processes, including the promotion of both centromere clustering and silencing, but how these distinct activities are coordinated was unclear; our observations suggest a model whereby SUMOylation serves as a regulatory switch, modulating Lem2 interactions with competing partner proteins to balance its roles in alternative pathways. Our findings also reveal a previously unappreciated role for SUMOylation in promoting centromere clustering.
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- Joanna Strachan
- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9b, Cologne 50931, Germany
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK
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London N, Medina-Pritchard B, Spanos C, Rappsilber J, Jeyaprakash AA, Allshire RC. Direct recruitment of Mis18 to interphase spindle pole bodies promotes CENP-A chromatin assembly. Curr Biol 2023; 33:4187-4201.e6. [PMID: 37714149 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.063] [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: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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CENP-A chromatin specifies mammalian centromere identity, and its chaperone HJURP replenishes CENP-A when recruited by the Mis18 complex (Mis18C) via M18BP1/KNL2 to CENP-C at kinetochores during interphase. However, the Mis18C recruitment mechanism remains unresolved in species lacking M18BP1, such as fission yeast. Fission yeast centromeres cluster at G2 spindle pole bodies (SPBs) when CENP-ACnp1 is replenished and where Mis18C also localizes. We show that SPBs play an unexpected role in concentrating Mis18C near centromeres through the recruitment of Mis18 by direct binding to the major SPB linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) component Sad1. Mis18C recruitment by Sad1 is important for CENP-ACnp1 chromatin establishment and acts in parallel with a CENP-C-mediated Mis18C recruitment pathway to maintain centromeric CENP-ACnp1 but operates independently of Sad1-mediated centromere clustering. SPBs therefore provide a non-chromosomal scaffold for both Mis18C recruitment and centromere clustering during G2. This centromere-independent Mis18-SPB recruitment provides a mechanism that governs de novo CENP-ACnp1 chromatin assembly by the proximity of appropriate sequences to SPBs and highlights how nuclear spatial organization influences centromere identity.
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- Nitobe London
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK; Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK; Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK.
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Le TK, Hirano Y, Asakawa H, Okamoto K, Fukagawa T, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y. A ubiquitin-proteasome pathway degrades the inner nuclear membrane protein Bqt4 to maintain nuclear membrane homeostasis. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:jcs260930. [PMID: 37694715 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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Aberrant accumulation of inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins is associated with deformed nuclear morphology and mammalian diseases. However, the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of INM homeostasis remain poorly understood. In this study, we explored the degradation mechanisms of the INM protein Bqt4 in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We have previously shown that Bqt4 interacts with the transmembrane protein Bqt3 at the INM and is degraded in the absence of Bqt3. Here, we reveal that excess Bqt4, unassociated with Bqt3, is targeted for degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system localized in the nucleus and Bqt3 antagonizes this process. The degradation process involves the Doa10 E3 ligase complex at the INM. Bqt4 is a tail-anchored protein and the Cdc48 complex is required for its degradation. The C-terminal transmembrane domain of Bqt4 was necessary and sufficient for proteasome-dependent protein degradation. Accumulation of Bqt4 at the INM impaired cell viability with nuclear envelope deformation, suggesting that quantity control of Bqt4 plays an important role in nuclear membrane homeostasis.
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- Toan Khanh Le
- Nuclear Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Nuclear Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Laboratory of Chromosome Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Nuclear Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
- Laboratory of Chromosome Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Dynamics, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chromosome Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Nuclear Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Nuclear Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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Liu C, Rex R, Lung Z, Wang JS, Wu F, Kim HJ, Zhang L, Sohn LL, Dernburg AF. A cooperative network at the nuclear envelope counteracts LINC-mediated forces during oogenesis in C. elegans. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eabn5709. [PMID: 37436986 PMCID: PMC10337908 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn5709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Oogenesis involves transduction of mechanical forces from the cytoskeleton to the nuclear envelope (NE). In Caenorhabditis elegans, oocyte nuclei lacking the single lamin protein LMN-1 are vulnerable to collapse under forces mediated through LINC (linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton) complexes. Here, we use cytological analysis and in vivo imaging to investigate the balance of forces that drive this collapse and protect oocyte nuclei. We also use a mechano-node-pore sensing device to directly measure the effect of genetic mutations on oocyte nuclear stiffness. We find that nuclear collapse is not a consequence of apoptosis. It is promoted by dynein, which induces polarization of a LINC complex composed of Sad1 and UNC-84 homology 1 (SUN-1) and ZYGote defective 12 (ZYG-12). Lamins contribute to oocyte nuclear stiffness and cooperate with other inner nuclear membrane proteins to distribute LINC complexes and protect nuclei from collapse. We speculate that a similar network may protect oocyte integrity during extended oocyte arrest in mammals.
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- Chenshu Liu
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Asakawa H, Hirano Y, Shindo T, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y. Fission yeast Ish1 and Les1 interact with each other in the lumen of the nuclear envelope. Genes Cells 2022; 27:643-656. [PMID: 36043331 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nuclear envelope (NE) provides a permeable barrier that separates the eukaryotic genome from the cytoplasm. NE is a double membrane composed of inner and outer nuclear membranes. Ish1 is a stress-responsive NE protein in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Les1 is another NE protein that shares several similar domains with Ish1, but the relationship between them remains unknown. In this study, using fluorescence and electron microscopy, we found that most regions of these proteins were localized within the NE lumen. We also found that Ish1 interacted with Les1 via its C-terminal region in the NE lumen and that the NE localization of Ish1 depended on the C-terminal region of Les1. Ish1 and Les1 were co-localized at the NE in interphase cells, but when the nucleus divided at the end of mitosis (closed mitosis), they showed distinguishable localization at the midzone membrane domain. These results suggest the regulated interaction between Ish1 and Les1 in the NE lumen, although this interaction does not appear to be essential for cell survival. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Haruhiko Asakawa
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan
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- Keio University, School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan
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Kim SM, Forsburg SL. Determinants of RPA megafoci localization to the nuclear periphery in response to replication stress. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2022; 12:jkac116. [PMID: 35567482 PMCID: PMC9258583 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Upon replication stress, ssDNA, coated by the ssDNA-binding protein RPA, accumulates and generates a signal to activate the replication stress response. Severe replication stress induced by the loss of minichromosome maintenance helicase subunit Mcm4 in the temperature-sensitive Schizosaccharomyces pombe degron mutant (mcm4-dg) results in the formation of a large RPA focus that is translocated to the nuclear periphery. We show that resection and repair processes and chromatin remodeler Swr1/Ino80 are involved in the large RPA foci formation and its relocalization to nuclear periphery. This concentrated accumulation of RPA increases the recruitment of Cds1 to chromatin and results in an aberrant cell cycle that lacks MBF-mediated G1/S accumulation of Tos4. These findings reveal a distinct replication stress response mediated by localized accumulation of RPA that allows the evasion of cell cycle arrest.
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- Seong Min Kim
- Molecular & Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
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- Corresponding author: Molecular & Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA.
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Warecki B, Sullivan W. The Cell Biology of Heterochromatin. Cells 2022; 11:cells11071247. [PMID: 35406810 PMCID: PMC8997597 DOI: 10.3390/cells11071247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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A conserved feature of virtually all higher eukaryotes is that the centromeres are embedded in heterochromatin. Here we provide evidence that this tight association between pericentric heterochromatin and the centromere is essential for proper metaphase exit and progression into telophase. Analysis of chromosome rearrangements that separate pericentric heterochromatin and centromeres indicates that they must remain associated in order to balance Cohesin/DNA catenation-based binding forces and centromere-based pulling forces during the metaphase–anaphase transition. In addition, a centromere embedded in heterochromatin facilitates nuclear envelope assembly around the entire complement of segregating chromosomes. Because the nuclear envelope initially forms on pericentric heterochromatin, nuclear envelope formation proceeds from the pole, thus providing time for incorporation of lagging and trailing chromosome arms into the newly formed nucleus. Additional analysis of noncanonical mitoses provides further insights into the functional significance of the tight association between heterochromatin and centromeres.
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Varberg JM, Unruh JR, Bestul AJ, Khan AA, Jaspersen SL. Quantitative analysis of nuclear pore complex organization in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Life Sci Alliance 2022; 5:5/7/e202201423. [PMID: 35354597 PMCID: PMC8967992 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Characterization of nuclear pores in Schizosaccharomyces pombe identifies regions of heterogeneous NPC density and composition and shows that NPCs are excluded near the spindle pole body by Lem2-mediated centromere tethering. The number, distribution, and composition of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) in the nuclear envelope varies between cell types and changes during cellular differentiation and in disease. To understand how NPC density and organization are controlled, we analyzed the NPC number and distribution in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe using structured illumination microscopy. The small size of yeast nuclei, genetic features of fungi, and our robust image analysis pipeline allowed us to study NPCs in intact nuclei under multiple conditions. Our data revealed that NPC density is maintained across a wide range of nuclear sizes. Regions of reduced NPC density are observed over the nucleolus and surrounding the spindle pole body (SPB). Lem2-mediated tethering of the centromeres to the SPB is required to maintain NPC exclusion near SPBs. These findings provide a quantitative understanding of NPC number and distribution in S. pombe and show that interactions between the centromere and the nuclear envelope influences local NPC distribution.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA .,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Bestul AJ, Yu Z, Unruh JR, Jaspersen SL. Redistribution of centrosomal proteins by centromeres and Polo kinase controls partial nuclear envelope breakdown in fission yeast. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:1487-1500. [PMID: 34133218 PMCID: PMC8351742 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-05-0239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Proper mitotic progression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe requires partial nuclear envelope breakdown (NEBD) and insertion of the spindle pole body (SPB—yeast centrosome) to build the mitotic spindle. Linkage of the centromere to the SPB is vital to this process, but why that linkage is important is not well understood. Utilizing high-resolution structured illumination microscopy, we show that the conserved Sad1-UNC-84 homology-domain protein Sad1 and other SPB proteins redistribute during mitosis to form a ring complex around SPBs, which is a precursor for localized NEBD and spindle formation. Although the Polo kinase Plo1 is not necessary for Sad1 redistribution, it localizes to the SPB region connected to the centromere, and its activity is vital for redistribution of other SPB ring proteins and for complete NEBD at the SPB to allow for SPB insertion. Our results lead to a model in which centromere linkage to the SPB drives redistribution of Sad1 and Plo1 activation that in turn facilitate partial NEBD and spindle formation through building of a SPB ring structure.
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- Andrew J Bestul
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110.,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160
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Ashraf S, Tay YD, Kelly DA, Sawin KE. Microtubule-independent movement of the fission yeast nucleus. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:jcs.253021. [PMID: 33602740 PMCID: PMC8015250 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.253021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Movement of the cell nucleus typically involves the cytoskeleton and either polymerization-based pushing forces or motor-based pulling forces. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, nuclear movement and positioning are thought to depend on microtubule polymerization-based pushing forces. Here, we describe a novel, microtubule-independent, form of nuclear movement in fission yeast. Microtubule-independent nuclear movement is directed towards growing cell tips, and it is strongest when the nucleus is close to a growing cell tip, and weakest when the nucleus is far from that tip. Microtubule-independent nuclear movement requires actin cables but does not depend on actin polymerization-based pushing or myosin V-based pulling forces. The vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)-associated proteins (VAPs) Scs2 and Scs22, which are critical for endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites in fission yeast, are also required for microtubule-independent nuclear movement. We also find that in cells in which microtubule-based pushing forces are present, disruption of actin cables leads to increased fluctuations in interphase nuclear positioning and subsequent altered septation. Our results suggest two non-exclusive mechanisms for microtubule-independent nuclear movement, which may help illuminate aspects of nuclear positioning in other cells.
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High-Throughput Identification of Nuclear Envelope Protein Interactions in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Using an Arrayed Membrane Yeast-Two Hybrid Library. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:4649-4663. [PMID: 33109728 PMCID: PMC7718735 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The nuclear envelope (NE) contains a specialized set of integral membrane proteins that maintain nuclear shape and integrity and influence chromatin organization and gene expression. Advances in proteomics techniques and studies in model organisms have identified hundreds of proteins that localize to the NE. However, the function of many of these proteins at the NE remains unclear, in part due to a lack of understanding of the interactions that these proteins participate in at the NE membrane. To assist in the characterization of NE transmembrane protein interactions we developed an arrayed library of integral and peripheral membrane proteins from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe for high-throughput screening using the split-ubiquitin based membrane yeast two -hybrid system. We used this approach to characterize protein interactions for three conserved proteins that localize to the inner nuclear membrane: Cut11/Ndc1, Lem2 and Ima1/Samp1/Net5. Additionally, we determined how the interaction network for Cut11 is altered in canonical temperature-sensitive cut11-ts mutants. This library and screening approach is readily applicable to characterizing the interactomes of integral membrane proteins localizing to various subcellular compartments.
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Mori R, Oliferenko S. Cell Biology: An Open Solution for Closed Mitosis. Curr Biol 2020; 30:R942-R944. [PMID: 32810455 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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At the end of mitosis, cells must remodel their nuclear envelope to produce two identical daughter nuclei. Two new studies using Schizosaccharomyces pombe provide insight into how compartmentalized nuclear pore complex disassembly allows cells that undergo closed mitosis to achieve nuclear division.
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- Risa Mori
- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK; Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK; Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
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Nuclear Envelope Proteins Modulating the Heterochromatin Formation and Functions in Fission Yeast. Cells 2020; 9:cells9081908. [PMID: 32824370 PMCID: PMC7464478 DOI: 10.3390/cells9081908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) consists of the inner and outer nuclear membranes (INM and ONM), and the nuclear pore complex (NPC), which penetrates the double membrane. ONM continues with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). INM and NPC can interact with chromatin to regulate the genetic activities of the chromosome. Studies in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe have contributed to understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying heterochromatin formation by the RNAi-mediated and histone deacetylase machineries. Recent studies have demonstrated that NE proteins modulate heterochromatin formation and functions through interactions with heterochromatic regions, including the pericentromeric and the sub-telomeric regions. In this review, we first introduce the molecular mechanisms underlying the heterochromatin formation and functions in fission yeast, and then summarize the NE proteins that play a role in anchoring heterochromatic regions and in modulating heterochromatin formation and functions, highlighting roles for a conserved INM protein, Lem2.
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Hirano Y, Kinugasa Y, Osakada H, Shindo T, Kubota Y, Shibata S, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y. Lem2 and Lnp1 maintain the membrane boundary between the nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum. Commun Biol 2020; 3:276. [PMID: 32483293 PMCID: PMC7264229 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0999-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) continues to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Proper partitioning of NE and ER is crucial for cellular activity, but the key factors maintaining the boundary between NE and ER remain to be elucidated. Here we show that the conserved membrane proteins Lem2 and Lnp1 cooperatively play a crucial role in maintaining the NE-ER membrane boundary in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Cells lacking both Lem2 and Lnp1 caused severe growth defects associated with aberrant expansion of the NE/ER membranes, abnormal leakage of nuclear proteins, and abnormal formation of vacuolar-like structures in the nucleus. Overexpression of the ER membrane protein Apq12 rescued the growth defect associated with membrane disorder caused by the loss of Lem2 and Lnp1. Genetic analysis showed that Apq12 had overlapping functions with Lnp1. We propose that a membrane protein network with Lem2 and Lnp1 acts as a critical factor to maintain the NE-ER boundary.
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- Yasuhiro Hirano
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
- Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Electron Microscope Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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- Electron Microscope Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.
- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan.
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Gallardo P, Barrales RR, Daga RR, Salas-Pino S. Nuclear Mechanics in the Fission Yeast. Cells 2019; 8:cells8101285. [PMID: 31635174 PMCID: PMC6829894 DOI: 10.3390/cells8101285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In eukaryotic cells, the organization of the genome within the nucleus requires the nuclear envelope (NE) and its associated proteins. The nucleus is subjected to mechanical forces produced by the cytoskeleton. The physical properties of the NE and the linkage of chromatin in compacted conformation at sites of cytoskeleton contacts seem to be key for withstanding nuclear mechanical stress. Mechanical perturbations of the nucleus normally occur during nuclear positioning and migration. In addition, cell contraction or expansion occurring for instance during cell migration or upon changes in osmotic conditions also result innuclear mechanical stress. Recent studies in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast) have revealed unexpected functions of cytoplasmic microtubules in nuclear architecture and chromosome behavior, and have pointed to NE-chromatin tethers as protective elements during nuclear mechanics. Here, we review and discuss how fission yeast cells can be used to understand principles underlying the dynamic interplay between genome organization and function and the effect of forces applied to the nucleus by the microtubule cytoskeleton.
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- Paola Gallardo
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucia, 41010 Seville, Spain.
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucia, 41010 Seville, Spain.
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucia, 41010 Seville, Spain.
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Junta de Andalucia, 41010 Seville, Spain.
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Zhurinsky J, Salas-Pino S, Iglesias-Romero AB, Torres-Mendez A, Knapp B, Flor-Parra I, Wang J, Bao K, Jia S, Chang F, Daga RR. Effects of the microtubule nucleator Mto1 on chromosomal movement, DNA repair, and sister chromatid cohesion in fission yeast. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:2695-2708. [PMID: 31483748 PMCID: PMC6761766 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-05-0301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Although the function of microtubules (MTs) in chromosomal segregation during mitosis is well characterized, much less is known about the role of MTs in chromosomal functions during interphase. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, dynamic cytoplasmic MT bundles move chromosomes in an oscillatory manner during interphase via linkages through the nuclear envelope (NE) at the spindle pole body (SPB) and other sites. Mto1 is a cytoplasmic factor that mediates the nucleation and attachment of cytoplasmic MTs to the nucleus. Here, we test the function of these cytoplasmic MTs and Mto1 on DNA repair and recombination during interphase. We find that mto1Δ cells exhibit defects in DNA repair and homologous recombination (HR) and abnormal DNA repair factory dynamics. In these cells, sister chromatids are not properly paired, and binding of Rad21 cohesin subunit along chromosomal arms is reduced. Our findings suggest a model in which cytoplasmic MTs and Mto1 facilitate efficient DNA repair and HR by promoting dynamic chromosomal organization and cohesion in the nucleus.
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- Jacob Zhurinsky
- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville 41013, Spain
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Salas-Pino S, Daga RR. Spatiotemporal control of spindle disassembly in fission yeast. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:3543-3551. [PMID: 31129857 PMCID: PMC11105212 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03139-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Maintenance of genomic stability during cell division is one of the most important cellular tasks, and it critically depends on the faithful replication of the genetic material and its equal partitioning into daughter cells, gametes, or spores in the case of yeasts. Defective mitotic spindle assembly and disassembly both result in changes in cellular ploidy that ultimately impinge proliferation fitness and might increase tumor malignancy. Although a great progress has been made in understanding how spindles are assembled to orchestrate chromosome segregation, much less is known about how they are disassembled once completed their function. Here, we review two recently uncovered mechanisms of spindle disassembly that operate at different stages of the fission yeast life cycle.
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- Silvia Salas-Pino
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Junta de Andalucia, Carretera de Utrera, km1, 41013, Seville, Spain.
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Junta de Andalucia, Carretera de Utrera, km1, 41013, Seville, Spain.
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Kinugasa Y, Hirano Y, Sawai M, Ohno Y, Shindo T, Asakawa H, Chikashige Y, Shibata S, Kihara A, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y. The very-long-chain fatty acid elongase Elo2 rescues lethal defects associated with loss of the nuclear barrier function in fission yeast cells. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.229021. [PMID: 30975915 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.229021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, chromosomes are confined to the nucleus, which is compartmentalized by the nuclear membranes; these are continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum membranes. Maintaining the homeostasis of these membranes is an important cellular activity performed by lipid metabolic enzymes. However, how lipid metabolic enzymes affect nuclear membrane functions remains to be elucidated. We found that the very-long-chain fatty acid elongase Elo2 is located in the nuclear membrane and prevents lethal defects associated with nuclear membrane ruptures in mutants of the nuclear membrane proteins Lem2 and Bqt4 in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Lipid composition analysis shows that t20:0/24:0 phytoceramide (a conjugate of C20:0 phytosphingosine and C24:0 fatty acid) is a major ceramide species in S. pombe The quantity of this ceramide is reduced in the absence of Lem2, and restored by increased expression of Elo2. Furthermore, loss of S. pombe Elo2 can be rescued by its human orthologs. These results suggest that the conserved very-long-chain fatty acid elongase producing the ceramide component is essential for nuclear membrane integrity and cell viability in eukaryotes.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Yasuha Kinugasa
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Electron Microscope Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- Electron Microscope Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan .,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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Iwamoto M, Fukuda Y, Osakada H, Mori C, Hiraoka Y, Haraguchi T. Identification of the evolutionarily conserved nuclear envelope proteins Lem2 and MicLem2 in Tetrahymena thermophila. Gene 2019; 721S:100006. [PMID: 32550543 PMCID: PMC7285967 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.100006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lem2 family proteins, i.e. the LAP2-Emerin-MAN1 (LEM) domain-containing nuclear envelope proteins, are well-conserved from yeasts to humans, both of which belong to the Opisthokonta supergroup. However, whether their homologs are present in other eukaryotic phylogenies remains unclear. In this study, we identified two Lem2 homolog proteins, which we named as Lem2 and MicLem2, in a ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila belonging to the SAR supergroup. Lem2 was localized to the nuclear envelope of the macronucleus (MAC) and micronucleus (MIC), while MicLem2 was exclusively localized to the nuclear envelope of the MIC. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that Lem2 in T. thermophila was localized to both the inner and outer nuclear envelopes of the MAC and MIC, while MicLem2 was mostly localized to the nuclear pores of the MIC. Molecular domain analysis using GFP-fused protein showed that the N-terminal and luminal domains, including the transmembrane segments, are responsible for nuclear envelope localization. During sexual reproduction, enrichment of Lem2 occurred in the nuclear envelopes of the MAC and MIC to be degraded, while MicLem2 was enriched in the nuclear envelope of the MIC that escaped degradation. These findings suggest the unique characteristics of Tetrahymena Lem2 proteins. Our findings provide insight into the evolutionary divergence of nuclear envelope proteins. Conserved nuclear envelope proteins Lem2 and MicLem2 are identified in Tetrahymena. Lem2 is localized to the nuclear envelope of the macronucleus and the micronucleus. MicLem2 is localized to the nuclear pore complex of the micronucleus. In sexual reproduction, Lem2 is enriched to the nuclei assigned to degradation. MicLem2 is enriched to the micronuclei that are escaped from degradation.
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Key Words
- BAF, barrier-to-autointegration factor
- DAPI, 4′,6‑diamidino‑2‑phenylindole
- DDW, double distilled water
- EDTA, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- ER, endoplasmic reticulum
- GA, glutaraldehyde
- HeH domain
- HeH, helix-extension-helix
- LAP2, lamina associated polypeptide 2
- LEM domain
- LEM, LAP2-Emerin-MAN1
- MAC, macronucleus
- MIC, micronucleus
- MSC domain
- MSC, Man1-Src1p-C-terminal
- Man1
- Man1-Src1p-C-terminal domain
- NE, nuclear envelope
- NLS, nuclear localization signal
- NPC, nuclear pore complex
- Nuclear dimorphism
- Nuclear envelope
- ONM and INM, outer and inner nuclear membranes
- PB, phosphate buffer
- PBS, phosphate buffered saline
- Protist
- RRM, RNA recognition motif
- TM, transmembrane
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- Masaaki Iwamoto
- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Osaki, 989-6711, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan.,Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan.,Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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Suresh S, Markossian S, Osmani AH, Osmani SA. Nup2 performs diverse interphase functions in Aspergillus nidulans. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:3144-3154. [PMID: 30355026 PMCID: PMC6340215 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-04-0223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The nuclear pore complex (NPC) protein Nup2 plays interphase nuclear transport roles and in Aspergillus nidulans also functions to bridge NPCs at mitotic chromatin for their faithful coinheritance to daughter G1 nuclei. In this study, we further investigate the interphase functions of Nup2 in A. nidulans. Although Nup2 is not required for nuclear import of all nuclear proteins after mitosis, it is required for normal G1 nuclear accumulation of the NPC nuclear basket–associated components Mad2 and Mlp1 as well as the THO complex protein Tho2. Targeting of Mlp1 to nuclei partially rescues the interphase delay seen in nup2 mutants indicating that some of the interphase defects in Nup2-deleted cells are due to Mlp1 mislocalization. Among the inner nuclear membrane proteins, Nup2 affects the localization of Ima1, orthologues of which are involved in nuclear movement. Interestingly, nup2 mutant G1 nuclei also exhibit an abnormally long period of extensive to-and-fro movement immediately after mitosis in a manner dependent on the microtubule cytoskeleton. This indicates that Nup2 is required to limit the transient postmitotic nuclear migration typical of many filamentous fungi. The findings reveal that Nup2 is a multifunctional protein that performs diverse functions during both interphase and mitosis in A. nidulans.
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- Subbulakshmi Suresh
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.,Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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Ebrahimi H, Masuda H, Jain D, Cooper JP. Distinct 'safe zones' at the nuclear envelope ensure robust replication of heterochromatic chromosome regions. eLife 2018; 7:32911. [PMID: 29722648 PMCID: PMC5933923 DOI: 10.7554/elife.32911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Chromosome replication and transcription occur within a complex nuclear milieu whose functional subdomains are beginning to be mapped out. Here we delineate distinct domains of the fission yeast nuclear envelope (NE), focusing on regions enriched for the inner NE protein, Bqt4, or the lamin interacting domain protein, Lem2. Bqt4 is relatively mobile around the NE and acts in two capacities. First, Bqt4 tethers chromosome termini and the mat locus to the NE specifically while these regions are replicating. This positioning is required for accurate heterochromatin replication. Second, Bqt4 mobilizes a subset of Lem2 molecules around the NE to promote pericentric heterochromatin maintenance. Opposing Bqt4-dependent Lem2 mobility are factors that stabilize Lem2 beneath the centrosome, where Lem2 plays a crucial role in kinetochore maintenance. Our data prompt a model in which Bqt4-rich nuclear subdomains are 'safe zones' in which collisions between transcription and replication are averted and heterochromatin is reassembled faithfully.
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- Hani Ebrahimi
- Telomere Biology Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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- Telomere Biology Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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- Telomere Biology Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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- Telomere Biology Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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Hirano Y, Kinugasa Y, Asakawa H, Chikashige Y, Obuse C, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y. Lem2 is retained at the nuclear envelope through its interaction with Bqt4 in fission yeast. Genes Cells 2018; 23:122-135. [PMID: 29292846 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins are thought to play important roles in modulating nuclear organization and function through their interactions with chromatin. However, these INM proteins share redundant functions in metazoans that pose difficulties for functional studies. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe exhibits a relatively small number of INM proteins, and molecular genetic tools are available to separate their redundant functions. In S. pombe, it has been reported that among potentially redundant INM proteins, Lem2 displays a unique genetic interaction with another INM protein, Bqt4, which is involved in anchoring telomeres to the nuclear envelope. Double mutations in the lem2 and bqt4 genes confer synthetic lethality during vegetative growth. Here, we show that Lem2 is retained at the nuclear envelope through its interaction with Bqt4, as the loss of Bqt4 results in the exclusive accumulation of Lem2 to the spindle pole body (SPB). An N-terminal nucleoplasmic region of Lem2 bears affinity to both Bqt4 and the SPB in a competitive manner. In contrast, the synthetic lethality of the lem2 bqt4 double mutant is suppressed by the C-terminal region of Lem2. These results indicate that the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of Lem2 show independent functions with respect to Bqt4.
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- Yasuhiro Hirano
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.,Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Japan
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Phosphorylation of CENP-C by Aurora B facilitates kinetochore attachment error correction in mitosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E10667-E10676. [PMID: 29180432 PMCID: PMC5740674 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1710506114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Kinetochores are large protein networks located on centromeres that mediate chromosome segregation during mitosis and maintain genomic stability. Mis12 complex (Mis12C) functions as a scaffold that targets Ndc80 and Knl1 complexes to the centromere by associating with CENP-C. Here, we provide insights into the molecular mechanism underlying the CENP-C–dependent kinetochore recruitment of Mis12C, which is negatively regulated by Aurora B-dependent CENP-C phosphorylation. Replacement of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Cnp3 with a phosphorylation-mimicking mutant, Cnp3T28E, results in defective chromosome segregation caused by improper kinetochore assembly. These findings indicate that Aurora B-dependent phosphorylation of CENP-C plays a role in interrupting the connection between the inner and outer kinetochore and is thus involved in the error correction/spindle assembly checkpoint pathway to prevent chromosome missegregation during mitosis. Kinetochores are superprotein complexes that orchestrate chromosome segregation via a dynamic interaction with spindle microtubules. A physical connection between CENP-C and the Mis12–Ndc80–Knl1 (KMN) protein network is an important pathway that is used to assemble kinetochores on CENP-A nucleosomes. Multiple outer kinetochore components are phosphorylated by Aurora B kinase to activate the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) and to ensure accurate chromosome segregation. However, it is unknown whether Aurora B can phosphorylate inner kinetochore components to facilitate proper mitotic chromosome segregation. Here, we reported the structure of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mis12–Nnf1 complex and showed that N-terminal residues 26–50 in Cnp3 (the CENP-C homolog of S. pombe) are responsible for interacting with the Mis12 complex. Interestingly, Thr28 of Cnp3 is a substrate of Ark1 (the Aurora B homolog of S. pombe), and phosphorylation impairs the interaction between the Cnp3 and Mis12 complex. The expression of a phosphorylation-mimicking Cnp3 mutant results in defective chromosome segregation due to improper kinetochore assembly. These results establish a previously uncharacterized regulatory mechanism involved in CENP-C–Mis12-facilitated kinetochore attachment error correction to ensure accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis.
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Aoki K, Niki H. Release of condensin from mitotic chromosomes requires the Ran-GTP gradient in the reorganized nucleus. Biol Open 2017; 6:1614-1628. [PMID: 28954740 PMCID: PMC5703609 DOI: 10.1242/bio.027193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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After mitosis, nuclear reorganization occurs together with decondensation of mitotic chromosomes and reformation of the nuclear envelope, thereby restoring the Ran-GTP gradient between the nucleus and cytoplasm. The Ran-GTP gradient is dependent on Pim1/RCC1. Interestingly, a defect in Pim1/RCC1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe causes postmitotic condensation of chromatin, namely hypercondensation, suggesting a relationship between the Ran-GTP gradient and chromosome decondensation. However, how Ran-GTP interacts with chromosome decondensation is unresolved. To examine this interaction, we used Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, which is known to undergo partial breakdown of the nuclear membrane during mitosis. We found that Pim1/RCC1 was localized on nuclear pores, but this localization failed in a temperature-sensitive mutant of Pim1/RCC1. The mutant cells exhibited hypercondensed chromatin after mitosis due to prolonged association of condensin on the chromosomes. Conceivably, a condensin-dephosphorylation defect might cause hypercondensed chromatin, since chromosomal localization of condensin is dependent on phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK). Indeed, CDK-phospho-mimic mutation of condensin alone caused untimely condensin localization, resulting in hypercondensed chromatin. Together, these results suggest that dephosphorylation of CDK sites of condensin might require the Ran-GTP gradient produced by nuclear pore-localized Pim1/RCC1. Summary: A mutant of Pim1/RCC1 caused hypercondensed chromatin after mitosis due to prolonged association of condensin on chromosomes, suggesting that dephosphorylation of CDK sites of condensin might require Ran-GTP after mitosis.
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- Keita Aoki
- Microbial Genetics Laboratory, Genetic Strains Research Center, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan .,Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Microbial Genetics Laboratory, Genetic Strains Research Center, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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Yang HJ, Iwamoto M, Hiraoka Y, Haraguchi T. Function of nuclear membrane proteins in shaping the nuclear envelope integrity during closed mitosis. J Biochem 2017; 161:471-477. [PMID: 28398483 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvx020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The nuclear envelope (NE) not only protects the genome from being directly accessed by detrimental agents but also regulates genome organization. Breaches in NE integrity threaten genome stability and impede cellular function. Nonetheless, the NE constantly remodels, and NE integrity is endangered in dividing or differentiating cells. Specifically, in unicellular eukaryotes undergoing closed mitosis, the NE expands instead of breaking down during chromosome segregation. The newly assembling nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) penetrate the existing NE in interphase. A peculiar example of NE remodelling during nuclear differentiation in Tetrahymena involves formation of the redundant NE and clustered NPCs. Even under these conditions, the NE remains intact. Many recent studies on unicellular organisms have revealed that nuclear membrane proteins, such as LEM-domain proteins, play a role in maintaining NE integrity. This review summarizes and discusses how nuclear membrane proteins participate in NE integrity.
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- Hui-Ju Yang
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Advance ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Advance ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Advance ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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Fernández-Álvarez A, Cooper JP. The functionally elusive RabI chromosome configuration directly regulates nuclear membrane remodeling at mitotic onset. Cell Cycle 2017; 16:1392-1396. [PMID: 28678660 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2017.1338986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Despite its ubiquity in interphase eukaryotic nuclei, the functional significance of the RabI configuration, in which interphase centromeres are clustered at the nuclear envelope (NE) near the centrosome and telomeres localize at the opposite end of the nucleus, has remained mysterious. In a broad variety of organisms, including Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the RabI configuration is maintained throughout mitotic interphase. The fission yeast linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex mediates this centromere association. The functional significance of centromere positioning during interphase has been recently revealed using a conditionally inactivated LINC allele that maintains LINC stability but releases interphase centromere-LINC contacts. Remarkably, this interphase release abolishes mitotic spindle formation. Here, we confirm these observations using an alternative strategy to explore the role of centromere-NE association without modifying the LINC complex. We analyze spindle dynamics in cells lacking Csi1, a stabilizer of centromere-LINC associations, and Lem2, a NE protein harboring lamin interacting domains. We recapitulate these observations and their implications for the functional significance of centromere positioning for cell cycle progression in fission yeast and most likely, a wide range of eukaryotes.
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- a Telomere Biology Section , LBMB, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda , MD , USA
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Matsuda A, Asakawa H, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y. Spatial organization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome within the nucleus. Yeast 2016; 34:55-66. [PMID: 27766670 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a useful experimental system for studying the organization of chromosomes within the cell nucleus. S. pombe has a small genome that is organized into three chromosomes. The small size of the genome and the small number of chromosomes are advantageous for cytological and genome-wide studies of chromosomes; however, the small size of the nucleus impedes microscopic observations owing to limits in spatial resolution during imaging. Recent advances in microscopy, such as super-resolution microscopy, have greatly expanded the use of S. pombe as a model organism in a wide range of studies. In addition, biochemical studies, such as chromatin immunoprecipitation and chromosome conformation capture, have provided complementary approaches. Here, we review the spatial organization of the S. pombe genome as determined by a combination of cytological and biochemical studies. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Atsushi Matsuda
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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Braun S, Barrales RR. Beyond Tethering and the LEM domain: MSCellaneous functions of the inner nuclear membrane Lem2. Nucleus 2016; 7:523-531. [PMID: 27797637 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2016.1252892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The nuclear envelope plays a pivotal role in the functional organization of chromatin. Various inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins associate with transcriptionally repressed chromatin, which is often found at the nuclear periphery. A prominent example is the conserved family of LEM (LAP2-Emerin-MAN1) domain proteins that interact with DNA-binding proteins and have been proposed to mediate tethering of chromatin to the nuclear membrane. We recently reported that the fission yeast protein Lem2, a homolog of metazoan LEM proteins, contributes to perinuclear localization and silencing of heterochromatin. 1 We demonstrate that binding and tethering of centromeric chromatin depends on the LEM domain of Lem2. Unexpectedly, this domain is dispensable for heterochromatin silencing, which is instead mediated by a different structural domain of Lem2, the MSC (MAN1-Src1 C-terminal) domain. Hence, silencing and tethering by Lem2 can be mechanistically separated. Notably, the MSC domain has multiple functions beyond heterochromatic silencing. Here we discuss the implications of these novel findings for the understanding of this conserved INM protein.
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- Sigurd Braun
- a Department of Physiological Chemistry , Biomedical Center (BMC), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich , Martinsried , Germany
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- a Department of Physiological Chemistry , Biomedical Center (BMC), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich , Martinsried , Germany.,b Present address: Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla-CSIC-Junta de Andalucía , Sevilla , Spain
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Kobayashi S, Iwamoto M, Haraguchi T. Live correlative light-electron microscopy to observe molecular dynamics in high resolution. Microscopy (Oxf) 2016; 65:296-308. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfw024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Tange Y, Chikashige Y, Takahata S, Kawakami K, Higashi M, Mori C, Kojidani T, Hirano Y, Asakawa H, Murakami Y, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y. Inner nuclear membrane protein Lem2 augments heterochromatin formation in response to nutritional conditions. Genes Cells 2016; 21:812-32. [PMID: 27334362 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Inner nuclear membrane proteins interact with chromosomes in the nucleus and are important for chromosome activity. Lem2 and Man1 are conserved members of the LEM-domain nuclear membrane protein family. Mutations of LEM-domain proteins are associated with laminopathy, but their cellular functions remain unclear. Here, we report that Lem2 maintains genome stability in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. S. pombe cells disrupted for the lem2(+) gene (lem2∆) showed slow growth and increased rate of the minichromosome loss. These phenotypes were prominent in the rich culture medium, but not in the minimum medium. Centromeric heterochromatin formation was augmented upon transfer to the rich medium in wild-type cells. This augmentation of heterochromatin formation was impaired in lem2∆ cells. Notably, lem2∆ cells occasionally exhibited spontaneous duplication of genome sequences flanked by the long-terminal repeats of retrotransposons. The resulting duplication of the lnp1(+) gene, which encodes an endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein, suppressed lem2∆ phenotypes, whereas the lem2∆ lnp1∆ double mutant showed a severe growth defect. A combination of mutations in Lem2 and Bqt4, which encodes a nuclear membrane protein that anchors telomeres to the nuclear membrane, caused synthetic lethality. These genetic interactions imply that Lem2 cooperates with the nuclear membrane protein network to regulate genome stability.
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- Yoshie Tange
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate school of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan.,Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Faculty of Science, Japan Women's University, 2-8-1 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8681, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2492, Japan
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Xu YJ. Inner nuclear membrane protein Lem2 facilitates Rad3-mediated checkpoint signaling under replication stress induced by nucleotide depletion in fission yeast. Cell Signal 2016; 28:235-45. [PMID: 26746798 PMCID: PMC4753118 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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DNA replication checkpoint is a highly conserved cellular signaling pathway critical for maintaining genome integrity in eukaryotes. It is activated when DNA replication is perturbed. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, perturbed replication forks activate the sensor kinase Rad3 (ATR/Mec1), which works cooperatively with mediator Mrc1 and the 9-1-1 checkpoint clamp to phosphorylate the effector kinase Cds1 (CHK2/Rad53). Phosphorylation of Cds1 promotes autoactivation of the kinase. Activated Cds1 diffuses away from the forks and stimulates most of the checkpoint responses under replication stress. Although this signaling pathway has been well understood in fission yeast, how the signaling is initiated and thus regulated remains incompletely understood. Previous studies have shown that deletion of lem2(+) sensitizes cells to the inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase, hydroxyurea. However, the underlying mechanism is still not well understood. This study shows that in the presence of hydroxyurea, Lem2 facilitates Rad3-mediated checkpoint signaling for Cds1 activation. Without Lem2, all known Rad3-dependent phosphorylations critical for replication checkpoint signaling are seriously compromised, which likely causes the aberrant mitosis and drug sensitivity observed in this mutant. Interestingly, the mutant is not very sensitive to DNA damage and the DNA damage checkpoint remains largely intact, suggesting that the main function of Lem2 is to facilitate checkpoint signaling in response to replication stress. Since Lem2 is an inner nuclear membrane protein, these results also suggest that the replication checkpoint may be spatially regulated inside the nucleus, a previously unknown mechanism.
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- Yong-Jie Xu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton OH 45435, USA.
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Iwamoto M, Hiraoka Y, Haraguchi T. Uniquely designed nuclear structures of lower eukaryotes. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2016; 40:66-73. [PMID: 26963276 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2016.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The nuclear structures of lower eukaryotes, specifically protists, often vary from those of yeasts and metazoans. Several studies have demonstrated the unique and fascinating features of these nuclear structures, such as a histone-independent condensed chromatin in dinoflagellates and two structurally distinct nuclear pore complexes in ciliates. Despite their unique molecular/structural features, functions required for formation of their cognate molecules/structures are highly conserved. This provides important information about the structure-function relationship of the nuclear structures. In this review, we highlight characteristic nuclear structures found in lower eukaryotes, and discuss their attractiveness as potential biological systems for studying nuclear structures.
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- Masaaki Iwamoto
- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan; Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Japan; Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan.
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Loidl J, Lorenz A. DNA double-strand break formation and repair in Tetrahymena meiosis. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2016; 54:126-34. [PMID: 26899715 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The molecular details of meiotic recombination have been determined for a small number of model organisms. From these studies, a general picture has emerged that shows that most, if not all, recombination is initiated by a DNA double-strand break (DSB) that is repaired in a recombinogenic process using a homologous DNA strand as a template. However, the details of recombination vary between organisms, and it is unknown which variant is representative of evolutionarily primordial meiosis or most prevalent among eukaryotes. To answer these questions and to obtain a better understanding of the range of recombination processes among eukaryotes, it is important to study a variety of different organisms. Here, the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is introduced as a versatile meiotic model system, which has the additional bonus of having the largest phylogenetic distance to all of the eukaryotes studied to date. Studying this organism can contribute to our understanding of the conservation and diversification of meiotic recombination processes.
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- Josef Loidl
- Department of Chromosome Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
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- Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.
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Barrales RR, Forn M, Georgescu PR, Sarkadi Z, Braun S. Control of heterochromatin localization and silencing by the nuclear membrane protein Lem2. Genes Dev 2016; 30:133-48. [PMID: 26744419 PMCID: PMC4719305 DOI: 10.1101/gad.271288.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Transcriptionally silent chromatin localizes to the nuclear periphery, which provides a special microenvironment for gene repression. A variety of nuclear membrane proteins interact with repressed chromatin, yet the functional role of these interactions remains poorly understood. Here, we show that, in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the nuclear membrane protein Lem2 associates with chromatin and mediates silencing and heterochromatin localization. Unexpectedly, we found that these functions can be separated and assigned to different structural domains within Lem2, excluding a simple tethering mechanism. Chromatin association and tethering of centromeres to the periphery are mediated by the N-terminal LEM (LAP2-Emerin-MAN1) domain of Lem2, whereas telomere anchoring and heterochromatin silencing require exclusively its conserved C-terminal MSC (MAN1-Src1 C-terminal) domain. Particularly, silencing by Lem2 is epistatic with the Snf2/HDAC (histone deacetylase) repressor complex SHREC at telomeres, while its necessity can be bypassed by deleting Epe1, a JmjC protein with anti-silencing activity. Furthermore, we found that loss of Lem2 reduces heterochromatin association of SHREC, which is accompanied by increased binding of Epe1. This reveals a critical function of Lem2 in coordinating these antagonistic factors at heterochromatin. The distinct silencing and localization functions mediated by Lem2 suggest that these conserved LEM-containing proteins go beyond simple tethering to play active roles in perinuclear silencing.
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- Ramón Ramos Barrales
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany; International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Kim DI, Birendra KC, Roux KJ. Making the LINC: SUN and KASH protein interactions. Biol Chem 2015; 396:295-310. [PMID: 25720065 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2014-0267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cell nuclei are physically integrated with the cytoskeleton through the linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex, a structure that spans the nuclear envelope to link the nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton. Outer nuclear membrane KASH domain proteins and inner nuclear membrane SUN domain proteins interact to form the core of the LINC complex. In this review, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the reported protein-protein interactions for KASH and SUN domain proteins. This critical structure, directly connecting the genome with the rest of the cell, contributes to a myriad of cellular functions and, when perturbed, is associated with human disease.
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Suppression of Meiotic Recombination by CENP-B Homologs in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Genetics 2015; 201:897-904. [PMID: 26354768 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.179465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Meiotic homologous recombination (HR) is not uniform across eukaryotic genomes, creating regions of HR hot- and coldspots. Previous study reveals that the Spo11 homolog Rec12 responsible for initiation of meiotic double-strand breaks in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is not targeted to Tf2 retrotransposons. However, whether Tf2s are HR coldspots is not known. Here, we show that the rates of HR across Tf2s are similar to a genome average but substantially increase in mutants deficient for the CENP-B homologs. Abp1, which is the most prominent of the CENP-B family members and acts as the primary determinant of HR suppression at Tf2s, is required to prevent gene conversion and maintain proper recombination exchange of homologous alleles flanking Tf2s. In addition, Abp1-mediated suppression of HR at Tf2s requires all three of its domains with distinct functions in transcriptional repression and higher-order genome organization. We demonstrate that HR suppression of Tf2s can be robustly maintained despite disruption to chromatin factors essential for transcriptional repression and nuclear organization of Tf2s. Intriguingly, we uncover a surprising cooperation between the histone methyltransferase Set1 responsible for histone H3 lysine 4 methylation and the nonhomologous end joining pathway in ensuring the suppression of HR at Tf2s. Our study identifies a molecular pathway involving functional cooperation between a transcription factor with epigenetic regulators and a DNA repair pathway to regulate meiotic recombination at interspersed repeats.
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Allshire RC, Ekwall K. Epigenetic Regulation of Chromatin States in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2015; 7:a018770. [PMID: 26134317 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a018770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This article discusses the advances made in epigenetic research using the model organism fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. S. pombe has been used for epigenetic research since the discovery of position effect variegation (PEV). This is a phenomenon in which a transgene inserted within heterochromatin is variably expressed, but can be stably inherited in subsequent cell generations. PEV occurs at centromeres, telomeres, ribosomal DNA (rDNA) loci, and mating-type regions of S. pombe chromosomes. Heterochromatin assembly in these regions requires enzymes that modify histones and the RNA interference (RNAi) machinery. One of the key histone-modifying enzymes is the lysine methyltransferase Clr4, which methylates histone H3 on lysine 9 (H3K9), a classic hallmark of heterochromatin. The kinetochore is assembled on specialized chromatin in which histone H3 is replaced by the variant CENP-A. Studies in fission yeast have contributed to our understanding of the establishment and maintenance of CENP-A chromatin and the epigenetic activation and inactivation of centromeres.
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- Robin C Allshire
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Center for Biosciences, NOVUM, S-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden
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Maizels Y, Gerlitz G. Shaping of interphase chromosomes by the microtubule network. FEBS J 2015; 282:3500-24. [PMID: 26040675 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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It is well established that microtubule dynamics play a major role in chromosome condensation and localization during mitosis. During interphase, however, it is assumed that the metazoan nuclear envelope presents a physical barrier, which inhibits interaction between the microtubules located in the cytoplasm and the chromatin fibers located in the nucleus. In recent years, it has become apparent that microtubule dynamics alter chromatin structure and function during interphase as well. Microtubule motor proteins transport several transcription factors and exogenous DNA (such as plasmid DNA) from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. Various soluble microtubule components are able to translocate into the nucleus, where they bind various chromatin elements leading to transcriptional alterations. In addition, microtubules may apply force on the nuclear envelope, which is transmitted into the nucleus, leading to changes in chromatin structure. Thus, microtubule dynamics during interphase may affect chromatin spatial organization, as well as transcription, replication and repair.
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- Yael Maizels
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Israel
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The tethering of chromatin to the nuclear envelope supports nuclear mechanics. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7159. [PMID: 26074052 PMCID: PMC4490570 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The nuclear lamina is thought to be the primary mechanical defence of the nucleus. However, the lamina is integrated within a network of lipids, proteins and chromatin; the interdependence of this network poses a challenge to defining the individual mechanical contributions of these components. Here, we isolate the role of chromatin in nuclear mechanics by using a system lacking lamins. Using novel imaging analyses, we observe that untethering chromatin from the inner nuclear membrane results in highly deformable nuclei in vivo, particularly in response to cytoskeletal forces. Using optical tweezers, we find that isolated nuclei lacking inner nuclear membrane tethers are less stiff than wild-type nuclei and exhibit increased chromatin flow, particularly in frequency ranges that recapitulate the kinetics of cytoskeletal dynamics. We suggest that modulating chromatin flow can define both transient and long-lived changes in nuclear shape that are biologically important and may be altered in disease. The mechanical properties of the metazoan nucleus can be influenced by the nuclear lamina. Here, Schreiner et al. show that untethering chromatin from the inner nuclear membrane results in highly deformable, softer nuclei, revealing an important role for chromatin in modulating nuclear mechanics.
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Chang W, Worman HJ, Gundersen GG. Accessorizing and anchoring the LINC complex for multifunctionality. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 208:11-22. [PMID: 25559183 PMCID: PMC4284225 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201409047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex, composed of outer and inner nuclear membrane Klarsicht, ANC-1, and Syne homology (KASH) and Sad1 and UNC-84 (SUN) proteins, respectively, connects the nucleus to cytoskeletal filaments and performs diverse functions including nuclear positioning, mechanotransduction, and meiotic chromosome movements. Recent studies have shed light on the source of this diversity by identifying factors associated with the complex that endow specific functions as well as those that differentially anchor the complex within the nucleus. Additional diversity may be provided by accessory factors that reorganize the complex into higher-ordered arrays. As core components of the LINC complex are associated with several diseases, understanding the role of accessory and anchoring proteins could provide insights into pathogenic mechanisms.
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- Wakam Chang
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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Furusawa T, Rochman M, Taher L, Dimitriadis EK, Nagashima K, Anderson S, Bustin M. Chromatin decompaction by the nucleosomal binding protein HMGN5 impairs nuclear sturdiness. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6138. [PMID: 25609380 PMCID: PMC4304400 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In most metazoan nuclei, heterochromatin is located at the nuclear periphery in contact with the nuclear lamina, which provides mechanical stability to the nucleus. We show that in cultured cells, chromatin de-compaction by the nucleosome binding protein HMGN5 decreases the sturdiness, elasticity, and rigidity of the nucleus. Mice overexpressing HMGN5, either globally or only in the heart, are normal at birth but develop hypertrophic heart with large cardiomyoctyes, deformed nuclei and disrupted lamina, and die of cardiac malfunction. Chromatin de-compaction is seen in cardiomyocytes of newborn mice but misshaped nuclei with disrupted lamina are seen only in adult cardiomyocytes, suggesting that loss of heterochromatin diminishes the ability of the nucleus to withstand the mechanical forces of the contracting heart. Thus, heterochromatin enhances the ability of the nuclear lamina to maintain the sturdiness and shape of the eukaryotic nucleus; a structural role for chromatin that is distinct from its genetic functions.
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- Takashi Furusawa
- Protein Section, Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Protein Section, Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Institute for Biostatistics and Informatics in Medicine and Ageing Research, University of Rostock, Rostock 18057, Germany
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- Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science Shared Resource Program, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Electron microscopy laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., SAIC-Frederick Inc.,Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA
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- Animal Core Facility, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Protein Section, Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Bone CR, Tapley EC, Gorjánácz M, Starr DA. The Caenorhabditis elegans SUN protein UNC-84 interacts with lamin to transfer forces from the cytoplasm to the nucleoskeleton during nuclear migration. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2853-65. [PMID: 25057012 PMCID: PMC4161519 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-05-0971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The nucleoplasmic domain of the Caenorhabditis elegans SUN protein UNC-84 interacts with lamin. If this interaction is disrupted, a partial failure in nuclear migration occurs. Nuclear migration is a critical component of many cellular and developmental processes. The nuclear envelope forms a barrier between the cytoplasm, where mechanical forces are generated, and the nucleoskeleton. The LINC complex consists of KASH proteins in the outer nuclear membrane and SUN proteins in the inner nuclear membrane that bridge the nuclear envelope. How forces are transferred from the LINC complex to the nucleoskeleton is poorly understood. The Caenorhabditis elegans lamin, LMN-1, is required for nuclear migration and interacts with the nucleoplasmic domain of the SUN protein UNC-84. This interaction is weakened by the unc-84(P91S) missense mutation. These mutant nuclei have an intermediate nuclear migration defect—live imaging of nuclei or LMN-1::GFP shows that many nuclei migrate normally, others initiate migration before subsequently failing, and others fail to begin migration. At least one other component of the nucleoskeleton, the NET5/Samp1/Ima1 homologue SAMP-1, plays a role in nuclear migration. We propose a nut-and-bolt model to explain how forces are dissipated across the nuclear envelope during nuclear migration. In this model, SUN/KASH bridges serve as bolts through the nuclear envelope, and nucleoskeleton components LMN-1 and SAMP-1 act as both nuts and washers on the inside of the nucleus.
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- Courtney R Bone
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95618
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95618
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95618
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Asakawa H, Hiraoka Y, Haraguchi T. A method of correlative light and electron microscopy for yeast cells. Micron 2014; 61:53-61. [PMID: 24792447 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) is a method of imaging in which the same specimen is observed by both light microscopy and electron microscopy. Specifically, CLEM compares images obtained by light and electron microscopy and makes a correlation between them. After the advent of fluorescent proteins, CLEM was extended by combining electron microscopy with fluorescence microscopy to enable molecular-specific imaging of subcellular structures with a resolution at the nanometer level. This method is a powerful tool that is used to determine the localization of specific molecules of interest in the context of subcellular structures. Knowledge of the localization of target proteins coupled with the functions of the structures to which they are localized yields valuable information about the molecular functions of these proteins. However, this method has been mostly applied to adherent cells due to technical difficulties in immobilizing non-adherent target cells, such as yeasts, during sample preparation. We have developed a method of CLEM applicable to yeast cells. In this report, we detail this method and present its extension to Live CLEM. The Live CLEM method enabled us to link the dynamic properties of molecules of interest to cellular ultrastructures in the yeast cell. Since yeasts are premier organisms in molecular genetics, combining CLEM with yeast genetics promises to provide important new findings for understanding the molecular basis of the function of cellular structures.
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- Haruhiko Asakawa
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan; Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan; Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan.
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Jevtić P, Levy DL. Mechanisms of nuclear size regulation in model systems and cancer. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 773:537-69. [PMID: 24563365 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-8032-8_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Changes in nuclear size have long been used by cytopathologists as an important parameter to diagnose, stage, and prognose many cancers. Mechanisms underlying these changes and functional links between nuclear size and malignancy are largely unknown. Understanding mechanisms of nuclear size regulation and the physiological significance of proper nuclear size control will inform the interplay between altered nuclear size and oncogenesis. In this chapter we review what is known about molecular mechanisms of nuclear size control based on research in model experimental systems including yeast, Xenopus, Tetrahymena, Drosophila, plants, mice, and mammalian cell culture. We discuss how nuclear size is influenced by DNA ploidy, nuclear structural components, cytoplasmic factors and nucleocytoplasmic transport, the cytoskeleton, and the extracellular matrix. Based on these mechanistic insights, we speculate about how nuclear size might impact cell physiology and whether altered nuclear size could contribute to cancer development and progression. We end with some outstanding questions about mechanisms and functions of nuclear size regulation.
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- Predrag Jevtić
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA,
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Connecting the nucleus to the cytoskeleton for nuclear positioning and cell migration. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 773:505-20. [PMID: 24563363 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-8032-8_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The position of the nucleus in the cytoplasm is a highly regulated process and is required for multiple cellular and developmental processes. Defects on different nuclear positioning events are associated with several pathologies such as muscle and nervous system disorders. In this chapter we describe the current knowledge on the mechanism of nuclear positioning. We discuss how the nucleus connects to the cytoskeleton by nesprins and SUN proteins, how this connection is regulated by Samp1, and how this connection is required for proper nuclear positioning. Furthermore, we discuss how nesprins, SUN, and Samp1 form transmembrane actin-associated nuclear (TAN) lines, novel nuclear envelope structures involved in force transduction during nuclear movement. Finally, we describe the recent evidences suggesting a role for the connection between the nucleus and the cytoskeleton in cancer.
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Rodriguez A, Bjerling P. The links between chromatin spatial organization and biological function. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 41:1634-9. [PMID: 24256267 PMCID: PMC3836414 DOI: 10.1042/bst20130213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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During the last few years, there has been a rapid increase in our knowledge of how chromatin is organized inside the nucleus. Techniques such as FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) have proved that chromosomes organize themselves in so-called CTs (chromosome territories). In addition, newly developed 3C (chromatin conformation capture) techniques have revealed that certain chromosomal regions tend to interact with adjacent regions on either the same chromosome or adjacent chromosomes, and also that regions in close proximity are replicated simultaneously. Furthermore, transcriptionally repressed or active areas occupy different nuclear compartments. Another new technique, named DamID (DNA adenine methyltransferase identification), has strengthened the notion that transcriptionally repressed genes are often found in close association with the nuclear membrane, whereas transcriptionally active regions are found in the more central regions of the nucleus. However, in response to various stimuli, transcriptionally repressed regions are known to relocalize from the nuclear lamina to the interior of the nucleus, leading to a concomitant up-regulation of otherwise silenced genes. Taken together, these insights are of great interest for the relationship between chromosomal spatial organization and genome function. In the present article, we review recent advances in this field with a focus on mammalian cells and the eukaryotic model organism Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
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Key Words
- chromatin
- fission yeast
- heterochromatin
- nuclear organization
- transcriptional regulation
- 3c, chromosome conformation capture
- 4c, circularized chromosome conformation capture
- 5c, carbon copy chromosome conformation capture
- cenp, centromere protein
- chip, chromatin immunoprecipitation
- ct, chromosome territory
- dam, dna adenine methyltansferase
- damid, dna adenine methyltransferase identification
- fish, fluorescence in situ hybridization
- hic, genome-wide chromosome conformation capture
- inm, inner nuclear membrane
- lad, lamina-associated domain
- lem, lap2/emerin/man1
- mps, massive parallel sequencing
- nad, nucleoli-associated domain
- nm, nuclear membrane
- onm, outer nuclear membrane
- tfiiic, transcription factor iiic
- tor, time of replication
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- Alejandro Rodriguez
- *Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- *Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Smoyer CJ, Jaspersen SL. Breaking down the wall: the nuclear envelope during mitosis. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2013; 26:1-9. [PMID: 24529240 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A defining feature of eukaryotic cells is the nucleus, which houses the genome inside the nuclear envelope (NE): a double lipid bilayer that separates the nuclear and cytoplasmic materials. Although the NE is commonly viewed as a barrier that is overcome only by embedded nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that facilitate nuclear-cytoplasmic trafficking, recent work in a wide range of eukaryotes reveals that the NE is a dynamic organelle that is modified each time the cell divides to ultimately establish two functional daughter nuclei. Here, we review how studies of divergent mitotic strategies have helped elucidate common properties of NE biology that allow it to function throughout the cell cycle.
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- Christine J Smoyer
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, United States
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, United States; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States.
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The nuclear envelope not only compartmentalizes the genome but is also home to the SUN-KASH domain proteins, which play essential roles both in genome organization and in linking the nucleus to the cytoskeleton. In interphase fission yeast cells, centromeres are clustered near the nuclear periphery. A recent report demonstrates that the inner nuclear membrane SUN domain protein Sad1 and a novel protein Csi1 connect centromeres to the nuclear envelope and that centromere clustering during interphase is critical for the efficient capture of kinetochores by microtubules during mitosis.
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- Haitong Hou
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Edens LJ, White KH, Jevtic P, Li X, Levy DL. Nuclear size regulation: from single cells to development and disease. Trends Cell Biol 2012; 23:151-9. [PMID: 23277088 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2012.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Revised: 11/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cell size varies greatly among different cell types and organisms, especially during early development when cell division is rapid with little overall growth. A fundamental question is how organelle size is regulated relative to cell size. The nucleus exhibits exquisite size scaling during development and between species, and nuclear size is often altered in cancer cells. Recent studies have elucidated mechanisms of nuclear size regulation in a variety of experimental systems, opening the door to future research on how nuclear size impacts upon cell and nuclear function and subnuclear organization. In this review we discuss studies that have clarified nuclear size control mechanisms and how these results have or will contribute to our understanding of the functional significance of nuclear size.
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- Lisa J Edens
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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Hou H, Zhou Z, Wang Y, Wang J, Kallgren SP, Kurchuk T, Miller EA, Chang F, Jia S. Csi1 links centromeres to the nuclear envelope for centromere clustering. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 199:735-44. [PMID: 23166349 PMCID: PMC3514793 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201208001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Csi1 promotes centromere clustering by linking centromeres to the SUN domain protein Sad1 in the nuclear envelope. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the centromeres of each chromosome are clustered together and attached to the nuclear envelope near the site of the spindle pole body during interphase. The mechanism and functional importance of this arrangement of chromosomes are poorly understood. In this paper, we identified a novel nuclear protein, Csi1, that localized to the site of centromere attachment and interacted with both the inner nuclear envelope SUN domain protein Sad1 and centromeres. Both Csi1 and Sad1 mutants exhibited centromere clustering defects in a high percentage of cells. Csi1 mutants also displayed a high rate of chromosome loss during mitosis, significant mitotic delays, and sensitivity to perturbations in microtubule–kinetochore interactions and chromosome numbers. These studies thus define a molecular link between the centromere and nuclear envelope that is responsible for centromere clustering.
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- Haitong Hou
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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