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Borah S, Dhanasekaran K, Kumar S. The LEM-ESCRT toolkit: Repair and maintenance of the nucleus. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:989217. [PMID: 36172278 PMCID: PMC9512039 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.989217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic genome is enclosed in a nuclear envelope that protects it from potentially damaging cellular activities and physically segregates transcription and translation.Transport across the NE is highly regulated and occurs primarily via the macromolecular nuclear pore complexes.Loss of nuclear compartmentalization due to defects in NPC function and NE integrity are tied to neurological and ageing disorders like Alzheimer’s, viral pathogenesis, immune disorders, and cancer progression.Recent work implicates inner-nuclear membrane proteins of the conserved LEM domain family and the ESCRT machinery in NE reformation during cell division and NE repair upon rupture in migrating cancer cells, and generating seals over defective NPCs. In this review, we discuss the recent in-roads made into defining the molecular mechanisms and biochemical networks engaged by LEM and many other integral inner nuclear membrane proteins to preserve the nuclear barrier.
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- Sapan Borah
- National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- *Correspondence: Sapan Borah, ; Karthigeyan Dhanasekaran, ; Santosh Kumar,
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- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
- *Correspondence: Sapan Borah, ; Karthigeyan Dhanasekaran, ; Santosh Kumar,
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- National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, Maharashtra, India
- *Correspondence: Sapan Borah, ; Karthigeyan Dhanasekaran, ; Santosh Kumar,
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Bell ES, Shah P, Zuela-Sopilniak N, Kim D, Varlet AA, Morival JL, McGregor AL, Isermann P, Davidson PM, Elacqua JJ, Lakins JN, Vahdat L, Weaver VM, Smolka MB, Span PN, Lammerding J. Low lamin A levels enhance confined cell migration and metastatic capacity in breast cancer. Oncogene 2022; 41:4211-4230. [PMID: 35896617 PMCID: PMC9925375 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-022-02420-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Aberrations in nuclear size and shape are commonly used to identify cancerous tissue. However, it remains unclear whether the disturbed nuclear structure directly contributes to the cancer pathology or is merely a consequence of other events occurring during tumorigenesis. Here, we show that highly invasive and proliferative breast cancer cells frequently exhibit Akt-driven lower expression of the nuclear envelope proteins lamin A/C, leading to increased nuclear deformability that permits enhanced cell migration through confined environments that mimic interstitial spaces encountered during metastasis. Importantly, increasing lamin A/C expression in highly invasive breast cancer cells reflected gene expression changes characteristic of human breast tumors with higher LMNA expression, and specifically affected pathways related to cell-ECM interactions, cell metabolism, and PI3K/Akt signaling. Further supporting an important role of lamins in breast cancer metastasis, analysis of lamin levels in human breast tumors revealed a significant association between lower lamin A levels, Akt signaling, and decreased disease-free survival. These findings suggest that downregulation of lamin A/C in breast cancer cells may influence both cellular physical properties and biochemical signaling to promote metastatic progression.
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- Emily S. Bell
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,Current address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
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- Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,Helen Diller Cancer Center, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, and Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapy & OncoImmunology laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. .,Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Zheng M, Jin G, Zhou Z. Post-Translational Modification of Lamins: Mechanisms and Functions. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:864191. [PMID: 35656549 PMCID: PMC9152177 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.864191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Lamins are the ancient type V intermediate filament proteins contributing to diverse biological functions, such as the maintenance of nuclear morphology, stabilization of chromatin architecture, regulation of cell cycle progression, regulation of spatial-temporal gene expressions, and transduction of mechano-signaling. Deregulation of lamins is associated with abnormal nuclear morphology and chromatin disorganization, leading to a variety of diseases such as laminopathy and premature aging, and might also play a role in cancer. Accumulating evidence indicates that lamins are functionally regulated by post-translational modifications (PTMs) including farnesylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, SUMOylation, methylation, ubiquitination, and O-GlcNAcylation that affect protein stabilization and the association with chromatin or associated proteins. The mechanisms by which these PTMs are modified and the relevant functionality become increasingly appreciated as understanding of these changes provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the laminopathies concerned and novel strategies for the management. In this review, we discussed a range of lamin PTMs and their roles in both physiological and pathological processes, as well as potential therapeutic strategies by targeting lamin PTMs.
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- Mingyue Zheng
- Medical Research Center, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Medical Research Center, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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He Y, Yang Z, Zhao CS, Xiao Z, Gong Y, Li YY, Chen Y, Du Y, Feng D, Altman A, Li Y. T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling promotes the assembly of RanBP2/RanGAP1-SUMO1/Ubc9 nuclear pore subcomplex via PKC-θ-mediated phosphorylation of RanGAP1. eLife 2021; 10:67123. [PMID: 34110283 PMCID: PMC8225385 DOI: 10.7554/elife.67123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is the sole and selective gateway for nuclear transport, and its dysfunction has been associated with many diseases. The metazoan NPC subcomplex RanBP2, which consists of RanBP2 (Nup358), RanGAP1-SUMO1, and Ubc9, regulates the assembly and function of the NPC. The roles of immune signaling in regulation of NPC remain poorly understood. Here, we show that in human and murine T cells, following T-cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, protein kinase C-θ (PKC-θ) directly phosphorylates RanGAP1 to facilitate RanBP2 subcomplex assembly and nuclear import and, thus, the nuclear translocation of AP-1 transcription factor. Mechanistically, TCR stimulation induces the translocation of activated PKC-θ to the NPC, where it interacts with and phosphorylates RanGAP1 on Ser504 and Ser506. RanGAP1 phosphorylation increases its binding affinity for Ubc9, thereby promoting sumoylation of RanGAP1 and, finally, assembly of the RanBP2 subcomplex. Our findings reveal an unexpected role of PKC-θ as a direct regulator of nuclear import and uncover a phosphorylation-dependent sumoylation of RanGAP1, delineating a novel link between TCR signaling and assembly of the RanBP2 NPC subcomplex.
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- Yujiao He
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, United States
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Alvarado-Kristensson M. Choreography of the centrosome. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03238. [PMID: 31989056 PMCID: PMC6970175 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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More than a century ago, the centrosome was discovered and described as “the true division organ of the cell”. Electron microscopy revealed that a centrosome is an amorphous structure or pericentriolar protein matrix that surrounds a pair of well-organized centrioles. Today, the importance of the centrosome as a microtubule-organizing center and coordinator of the mitotic spindle is questioned, because centrioles are absent in up to half of all known eukaryotic species, and various mechanisms for acentrosomal microtubule nucleation have been described. This review recapitulates the known functions of centrosome movements in cellular homeostasis and discusses knowledge gaps in this field.
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- Maria Alvarado-Kristensson
- Molecular Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, SE-20502, Sweden
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Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Induces Phosphorylation and Reorganization of Lamin A/C through the γ134.5 Protein That Facilitates Nuclear Egress. J Virol 2016; 90:10414-10422. [PMID: 27630226 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01392-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) remodels nuclear membranes during virus egress. Although the UL31 and UL34 proteins control nucleocapsid transit in infected cells, the molecular interactions required for their function are unclear. Here we report that the γ134.5 gene product of HSV-1 facilitates nucleocapsid release to the cytoplasm through bridging the UL31/UL34 complex, cellular p32, and protein kinase C. Unlike wild-type virus, an HSV mutant devoid of γ134.5 or its amino terminus is crippled for viral growth and release. This is attributable to a defect in virus nuclear egress. In infected cells, wild-type virus recruits protein kinase C to the nuclear membrane and triggers its activation, whereas the γ134.5 mutants fail to exert such an effect. Accordingly, the γ134.5 mutants are unable to induce phosphorylation and reorganization of lamin A/C. When expressed in host cells γ134.5 targets p32 and protein kinase C. Meanwhile, it communicates with the UL31/UL34 complex through UL31. Deletion of the amino terminus from γ134.5 disrupts its activity. These results suggest that disintegration of the nuclear lamina mediated by γ134.5 promotes HSV replication. IMPORTANCE HSV nuclear egress is a key step that determines the outcome of viral infection. While the nuclear egress complex mediates capsid transit across the nuclear membrane, the regulatory components are not clearly defined in virus-infected cells. We report that the γ134.5 gene product, a virulence factor of HSV-1, facilitates nuclear egress cooperatively with cellular p32, protein kinase C, and the nuclear egress complex. This work highlights a viral mechanism that may contribute to the pathogenesis of HSV infection.
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Rosselló CA, Lindström L, Glindre J, Eklund G, Alvarado-Kristensson M. Gamma-tubulin coordinates nuclear envelope assembly around chromatin. Heliyon 2016; 2:e00166. [PMID: 27699285 PMCID: PMC5037270 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
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The cytosolic role of γ-tubulin as a microtubule organizer has been studied thoroughly, but its nuclear function is poorly understood. Here, we show that γ-tubulin is located throughout the chromatin of demembranated Xenopus laevis sperm and, as the nucleus is formed, γ-tubulin recruits lamin B3 and nuclear membranes. Immunodepletion of γ-tubulin impairs X. laevis assembly of both the lamina and the nuclear membrane. During nuclear formation in mammalian cell lines, γ-tubulin establishes a cellular protein boundary around chromatin that coordinates nuclear assembly of the daughter nuclei. Furthermore, expression of a γ-tubulin mutant that lacks the DNA-binding domain forms chromatin-empty nuclear like structures and demonstrate that a constant interplay between the chromatin-associated and the cytosolic pools of γ-tubulin is required and, when the balance between pools is impaired, aberrant nuclei are formed. We therefore propose that the nuclear protein meshwork formed by γ-tubulin around chromatin coordinates nuclear formation in eukaryotic cells.
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- Catalina Ana Rosselló
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, 20502. Sweden
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, 20502. Sweden
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, 20502. Sweden
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, 20502. Sweden
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, 20502. Sweden
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Bell ES, Lammerding J. Causes and consequences of nuclear envelope alterations in tumour progression. Eur J Cell Biol 2016; 95:449-464. [PMID: 27397692 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Morphological changes in the size and shape of the nucleus are highly prevalent in cancer, but the underlying molecular mechanisms and the functional relevance remain poorly understood. Nuclear envelope proteins, which can modulate nuclear shape and organization, have emerged as key components in a variety of signalling pathways long implicated in tumourigenesis and metastasis. The expression of nuclear envelope proteins is altered in many cancers, and changes in levels of nuclear envelope proteins lamins A and C are associated with poor prognosis in multiple human cancers. In this review we highlight the role of the nuclear envelope in different processes important for tumour initiation and cancer progression, with a focus on lamins A and C. Lamin A/C controls many cellular processes with key roles in cancer, including cell invasion, stemness, genomic stability, signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, and resistance to mechanical stress. In addition, we discuss potential mechanisms mediating the changes in lamin levels observed in many cancers. A better understanding of cause-and-effect relationships between lamin expression and tumour progression could reveal important mechanisms for coordinated regulation of oncogenic processes, and indicate therapeutic vulnerabilities that could be exploited for improved patient outcome.
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- Emily S Bell
- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering & Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
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- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering & Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States.
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The intermediate filament proteins, A- and B-type lamins, form the nuclear lamina scaffold adjacent to the inner nuclear membrane. Lamins also contribute to chromatin regulation and various signaling pathways affecting gene expression. In this review, Osmanagic-Myers et al. focus on the role of nuclear lamins in mechanosensing and also discuss how disease-linked lamin mutants may impair the response of cells to mechanical stimuli and influence the properties of the extracellular matrix. The intermediate filament proteins, A- and B-type lamins, form the nuclear lamina scaffold adjacent to the inner nuclear membrane. B-type lamins confer elasticity, while A-type lamins lend viscosity and stiffness to nuclei. Lamins also contribute to chromatin regulation and various signaling pathways affecting gene expression. The mechanical roles of lamins and their functions in gene regulation are often viewed as independent activities, but recent findings suggest a highly cross-linked and interdependent regulation of these different functions, particularly in mechanosignaling. In this newly emerging concept, lamins act as a “mechanostat” that senses forces from outside and responds to tension by reinforcing the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix. A-type lamins, emerin, and the linker of the nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex directly transmit forces from the extracellular matrix into the nucleus. These mechanical forces lead to changes in the molecular structure, modification, and assembly state of A-type lamins. This in turn activates a tension-induced “inside-out signaling” through which the nucleus feeds back to the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix to balance outside and inside forces. These functions regulate differentiation and may be impaired in lamin-linked diseases, leading to cellular phenotypes, particularly in mechanical load-bearing tissues.
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Edens LJ, Levy DL. cPKC regulates interphase nuclear size during Xenopus development. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 206:473-83. [PMID: 25135933 PMCID: PMC4137061 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201406004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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During Xenopus development, increased nuclear cPKC activity and decreased nuclear association of lamins mediate nuclear scaling. Dramatic changes in cell and nuclear size occur during development and differentiation, and aberrant nuclear size is associated with many disease states. However, the mechanisms that regulate nuclear size are largely unknown. A robust system for investigating nuclear size is early Xenopus laevis development, during which reductions in nuclear size occur without changes in DNA content. To identify cellular factors that regulate nuclear size during development, we developed a novel nuclear resizing assay wherein nuclei assembled in Xenopus egg extract become smaller in the presence of cytoplasmic interphase extract isolated from post-gastrula Xenopus embryos. We show that nuclear shrinkage depends on conventional protein kinase C (cPKC). Increased nuclear cPKC localization and activity and decreased nuclear association of lamins mediate nuclear size reductions during development, and manipulating cPKC activity in vivo during interphase alters nuclear size in the embryo. We propose a model of steady-state nuclear size regulation whereby nuclear expansion is balanced by an active cPKC-dependent mechanism that reduces nuclear size.
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- Lisa J Edens
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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In eukaryotic cells the nuclear genome is enclosed by the nuclear envelope (NE). In metazoans, the NE breaks down in mitosis and it has been assumed that the physical barrier separating nucleoplasm and cytoplasm remains intact during the rest of the cell cycle and cell differentiation. However, recent studies suggest that nonmitotic NE remodeling plays a critical role in development, virus infection, laminopathies, and cancer. Although the mechanisms underlying these NE restructuring events are currently being defined, one common theme is activation of protein kinase C family members in the interphase nucleus to disrupt the nuclear lamina, demonstrating the importance of the lamina in maintaining nuclear integrity.
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- Emily Hatch
- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Das P, Pramanick K, Mukherjee D, Maiti BR. In vitro induction of oocyte maturation and steroidogenesis by gonadotropins, insulin, calcitonin and growth factor in an estuarine flat head grey mullet, Mugil cephalus L. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2014; 40:105-116. [PMID: 23925891 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-013-9828-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this article, an in vitro investigation was carried out to ascertain the roles of hormones and growth factor in the inductions of oocyte maturation and steroidogenesis of the postvitellogenic follicles in an Indian estuarine grey mullet, Mugil cephalus L. Oocyte maturation was evaluated by scoring the germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) percent of the postvitellogenic follicles. All the sex [17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnane-3-one (DHP), estradiol 17β (E₂), progesterone (P), 17α-OH progesterone (17-OH-P) and testosterone] and other [bovine-insulin and salmon-calcitonin, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), luteinizing hormone (LH) or hCG+DHP] hormones and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) significantly increased GVBD% in 9 h culture. DHP had a maximum effect (75 %) compared to other effectors. Some effectors (hCG: 82.14 %, LH: 78.94 %, hCG plus DHP: 81.81 %, E₂: 80 % and IGF-I: 74.19 %) including DHP (79 %) further increased GVBD% in 15-h culture. All the hormones (except DHP) and IGF-I increased DHP, E₂ and testosterone productions by the postvitellogenic ovarian follicles in vitro. DHP and testosterone productions were increased with the increase of incubation time from 9 h through 15 h. E₂ production was not further increased beyond 12 h. DHP production was highest by hCG compared to other effectors. The hCG of all the test compounds was most effective in both the induction of GVBD% and steroid production. DHP is the most potent inducer of oocyte maturation in Indian estuarine flat head grey mullet. Involvement of estrogen in mullet oocyte maturation is indicated. hCG, like DHP, is equally potent and induces oocyte maturation via DHP production in vitro. hCG with DHP has synergistic action on oocyte maturation in mullet ovary. Interplay of several hormones (hCG, LH, and probably E₂ and testosterone) and IGF-I on oocyte maturation is suggested in the mullet.
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- Puranjan Das
- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta, 700019, India
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Simon DN, Wilson KL. Partners and post-translational modifications of nuclear lamins. Chromosoma 2013; 122:13-31. [PMID: 23475188 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0399-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Revised: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Nuclear intermediate filament networks formed by A- and B-type lamins are major components of the nucleoskeleton that are required for nuclear structure and function, with many links to human physiology. Mutations in lamins cause diverse human diseases ('laminopathies'). At least 54 partners interact with human A-type lamins directly or indirectly. The less studied human lamins B1 and B2 have 23 and seven reported partners, respectively. These interactions are likely to be regulated at least in part by lamin post-translational modifications. This review summarizes the binding partners and post-translational modifications of human lamins and discusses their known or potential implications for lamin function.
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- Dan N Simon
- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Mall M, Walter T, Gorjánácz M, Davidson IF, Nga Ly-Hartig TB, Ellenberg J, Mattaj IW. Mitotic lamin disassembly is triggered by lipid-mediated signaling. J Cell Biol 2012; 198:981-90. [PMID: 22986494 PMCID: PMC3444782 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201205103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Disassembly of the nuclear lamina is a key step during open mitosis in higher eukaryotes. The activity of several kinases, including CDK1 (cyclin-dependent kinase 1) and protein kinase C (PKC), has been shown to trigger mitotic lamin disassembly, yet their precise contributions are unclear. In this study, we develop a quantitative imaging assay to study mitotic lamin B1 disassembly in living cells. We find that CDK1 and PKC act in concert to mediate phosphorylation-dependent lamin B1 disassembly during mitosis. Using ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi), we showed that diacylglycerol (DAG)-dependent PKCs triggered rate-limiting steps of lamin disassembly. RNAi-mediated depletion or chemical inhibition of lipins, enzymes that produce DAG, delayed lamin disassembly to a similar extent as does PKC inhibition/depletion. Furthermore, the delay of lamin B1 disassembly after lipin depletion could be rescued by the addition of DAG. These findings suggest that lipins activate a PKC-dependent pathway during mitotic lamin disassembly and provide evidence for a lipid-mediated mitotic signaling event.
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- Moritz Mall
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Zheng S, Wang X, Fu J, Hu X, Xiao X, Huang L, Zhou Y, Zhong H. Desalting of phosphopeptides by tandem polypyrrole-c18 reverse phase micropipette tip (TMTipPPY-C18) based on hybrid electrostatic, Π–Π stacking and hydrophobic interactions for mass spectrometric analysis. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 724:73-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2011] [Revised: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Domart MC, Larijani B. Lipid-dependent and -independent regulation of nuclear envelope disassembly. J Chem Biol 2012; 6:3-5. [PMID: 24348875 DOI: 10.1007/s12154-012-0088-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Marie-Charlotte Domart
- Cell Biophysics Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LY UK
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- Cell Biophysics Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LY UK
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The nuclear envelope of eukaryotic cells is composed of double lipid-bilayer membranes, the membrane-connected nuclear pore complexes and an underlying nuclear lamina network. The nuclear pore complexes serve as gates for regulating the transport of macromolecules between cytoplasm and nucleus. The nuclear lamina not only provides an intact meshwork for maintaining the nuclear stiffness but also presents a natural barrier against most DNA viruses. Herpesviruses are large DNA viruses associated with multiple human and animal diseases. The complex herpesviral virion contains more than 30 viral proteins. After viral DNA replication, the newly synthesised genome is packaged into the pre-assembled intranuclear capsid. The nucleocapsid must then transverse through the nuclear envelope to the cytoplasm for the subsequent maturation process. Information regarding how nucleocapsid breaches the rigid nuclear lamina barrier and accesses the inner nuclear membrane for primary envelopment has emerged recently. From the point of view of both viral components and nuclear structure, this review summarises recent advances in the complicated protein-protein interactions and the phosphorylation regulations involved in the nuclear egress of herpesviral nucleocapsids.
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- Chung-Pei Lee
- Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Imai F, Yoshizawa A, Fujimori-Tonou N, Kawakami K, Masai I. The ubiquitin proteasome system is required for cell proliferation of the lens epithelium and for differentiation of lens fiber cells in zebrafish. Development 2010; 137:3257-68. [PMID: 20724448 DOI: 10.1242/dev.053124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the developing vertebrate lens, epithelial cells differentiate into fiber cells, which are elongated and flat in shape and form a multilayered lens fiber core. In this study, we identified the zebrafish volvox (vov) mutant, which shows defects in lens fiber differentiation. In the vov mutant, lens epithelial cells fail to proliferate properly. Furthermore, differentiating lens fiber cells do not fully elongate, and the shape and position of lens fiber nuclei are affected. We found that the vov mutant gene encodes Psmd6, the subunit of the 26S proteasome. The proteasome regulates diverse cellular functions by degrading polyubiquitylated proteins. Polyubiquitylated proteins accumulate in the vov mutant. Furthermore, polyubiquitylation is active in nuclei of differentiating lens fiber cells, suggesting roles of the proteasome in lens fiber differentiation. We found that an E3 ubiquitin ligase anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is involved in lens defects in the vov mutant. These data suggest that the ubiquitin proteasome system is required for cell proliferation of lens epithelium and for the differentiation of lens fiber cells in zebrafish.
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- Fumiyasu Imai
- Developmental Neurobiology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Onna, Okinawa, Japan
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Arnault E, Doussau M, Pesty A, Lefèvre B, Courtot AM. Review: Lamin A/C, caspase-6, and chromatin configuration during meiosis resumption in the mouse oocyte. Reprod Sci 2010; 17:102-15. [PMID: 20130288 DOI: 10.1177/1933719109354364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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After in vitro maturation (IVM), isolation of the healthiest oocytes is essential for successful in vitro fertilization. As germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes resume meiosis through healthy or apoptotic pathways without discernable morphological criteria, we checked for an apoptotic element acting at the nucleus level. We hypothesized that caspase-6 with its corresponding substrate, lamin A/C, could be a potential target candidate, because caspase-6 is the only functional caspase for lamin A/C. We used immunohistochemistry methods, Western blots, and a specific caspase-6 inhibitor to determine the presence of lamin A/C and caspase-6 during oogenesis and in isolated oocytes. Our results demonstrated that these proteins were always present and that their distributions were related to oocyte maturity, determined by chromatin configuration and oocyte diameter. Caspase-6 inhibition slowed meiosis resumption suggesting the involvement of caspase-6 in the oocyte apoptotic pathway. Lamin A/C and caspase-6 could be valuable tools in the knowledge of oocyte in vitro destiny.
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- Emilie Arnault
- UMR INSERM U566, CEA, DSV/IRCM/LGAG, Paris-7 University, Paris-11 University, F-92260, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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Gorjánácz M, Mattaj IW. Lipin is required for efficient breakdown of the nuclear envelope in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:1963-9. [PMID: 19494125 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.044750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) is a double lipid bilayer that separates nucleus and cytoplasm. In metazoa, NE breakdown (NEBD) occurs during prophase and NE reformation around segregated chromatids occurs at anaphase-telophase. We identified Caenorhabditis elegans Lipin homologue (called Lpin-1) as an essential factor with roles in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) organization and NEBD. RNAi-mediated downregulation of Lpin-1 had no effect on timely entry into mitosis or on the early steps of NEBD, but Lpin-1 was required for disassembly of the nuclear lamina during late NEBD. This Lpin-1 requirement appears to be separable from the effect of Lpin-1 on the peripheral ER.
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- Mátyás Gorjánácz
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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Orchestrating nuclear envelope disassembly and reassembly during mitosis. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2009; 10:178-91. [PMID: 19234477 DOI: 10.1038/nrm2641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cell division in eukaryotes requires extensive architectural changes of the nuclear envelope (NE) to ensure that segregated DNA is finally enclosed in a single cell nucleus in each daughter cell. Higher eukaryotic cells have evolved 'open' mitosis, the most extreme mechanism to solve the problem of nuclear division, in which the NE is initially completely disassembled and then reassembled in coordination with DNA segregation. Recent progress in the field has now started to uncover mechanistic and molecular details that underlie the changes in NE reorganization during open mitosis. These studies reveal a tight interplay between NE components and the mitotic machinery.
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Establishment of human papillomavirus infection requires cell cycle progression. PLoS Pathog 2009; 5:e1000318. [PMID: 19247434 PMCID: PMC2642596 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Accepted: 01/30/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are DNA viruses associated with major human cancers. As such there is a strong interest in developing new means, such as vaccines and microbicides, to prevent HPV infections. Developing the latter requires a better understanding of the infectious life cycle of HPVs. The HPV infectious life cycle is closely linked to the differentiation state of the stratified epithelium it infects, with progeny virus only made in the terminally differentiating suprabasal compartment. It has long been recognized that HPV must first establish its infection within the basal layer of stratified epithelium, but why this is the case has not been understood. In part this restriction might reflect specificity of expression of entry receptors. However, this hypothesis could not fully explain the differentiation restriction of HPV infection, since many cell types can be infected with HPVs in monolayer cell culture. Here, we used chemical biology approaches to reveal that cell cycle progression through mitosis is critical for HPV infection. Using infectious HPV16 particles containing the intact viral genome, G1-synchronized human keratinocytes as hosts, and early viral gene expression as a readout for infection, we learned that the recipient cell must enter M phase (mitosis) for HPV infection to take place. Late M phase inhibitors had no effect on infection, whereas G1, S, G2, and early M phase cell cycle inhibitors efficiently prevented infection. We conclude that host cells need to pass through early prophase for successful onset of transcription of the HPV encapsidated genes. These findings provide one reason why HPVs initially establish infections in the basal compartment of stratified epithelia. Only this compartment of the epithelium contains cells progressing through the cell cycle, and therefore it is only in these cells that HPVs can establish their infection. By defining a major condition for cell susceptibility to HPV infection, these results also have potentially important implications for HPV control. Human papillomaviruses (HPV), which comprise more than 100 genotypes, are the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection and are associated with multiple human cancers including all cervical cancers, many other anogenital cancers, and 25% of head and neck cancers. The HPV life cycle is closely linked to epithelial differentiation of skin keratinocytes, with initial infection occurring only in the undifferentiated proliferating basal compartment of the epithelium and progeny virus production only in the terminally differentiated suprabasal compartment. So far, little is known about how host cells restrict the HPV life cycle to specific stages of skin cell development. Here, by identifying small molecule inhibitors of HPV infection, we discovered that cell cycle progression through mitosis is critical for the establishment of HPV infection. In addition, our further chemical genetic dissection of this process showed that early steps of mitosis are required for HPV infection and early gene expression. Our findings provide one reason why HPV only infects undifferentiated proliferating cells and provide new leads for the development of preventive and therapeutic strategies against HPV infection.
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Anderson DJ, Hetzer MW. The life cycle of the metazoan nuclear envelope. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2008; 20:386-92. [PMID: 18495454 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2008.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 03/24/2008] [Accepted: 03/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The nuclear envelope is a double-layered membrane that encloses the nuclear genome and transcriptional machinery. In dividing cells of metazoa, the nucleus completely disassembles during mitosis, creating the need to re-establish the nuclear compartment at the end of each cell division. Given the crucial role of the nuclear envelope in gene regulation and cellular organization, it is not surprising that its biogenesis and organization have become active research areas. We will review recent insights into nuclear membrane dynamics during the cell cycle.
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- Daniel J Anderson
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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A photoactivatable phosphorylation sensor used in conjunction with isoform specific inhibitors of protein kinase C enables the enzyme's activity to be monitored inside cells at specific time points during mitosis. PKCbeta was found to be active before, but not after, nuclear envelope breakdown.
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- Timothy M Dore
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2556, USA.
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Mühlhäusser P, Kutay U. An in vitro nuclear disassembly system reveals a role for the RanGTPase system and microtubule-dependent steps in nuclear envelope breakdown. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 178:595-610. [PMID: 17698605 PMCID: PMC2064467 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200703002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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During prophase, vertebrate cells disassemble their nuclear envelope (NE) in the process of NE breakdown (NEBD). We have established an in vitro assay that uses mitotic Xenopus laevis egg extracts and semipermeabilized somatic cells bearing a green fluorescent protein–tagged NE marker to study the molecular requirements underlying the dynamic changes of the NE during NEBD by live microscopy. We applied our in vitro system to analyze the role of the Ran guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) system in NEBD. Our study shows that high levels of RanGTP affect the dynamics of late steps of NEBD in vitro. Also, inhibition of RanGTP production by RanT24N blocks the dynamic rupture of nuclei, suggesting that the local generation of RanGTP around chromatin may serve as a spatial cue in NEBD. Furthermore, the microtubule-depolymerizing drug nocodazole interferes with late steps of nuclear disassembly in vitro. High resolution live cell imaging reveals that microtubules are involved in the completion of NEBD in vivo by facilitating the efficient removal of membranes from chromatin.
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Mou F, Forest T, Baines JD. US3 of herpes simplex virus type 1 encodes a promiscuous protein kinase that phosphorylates and alters localization of lamin A/C in infected cells. J Virol 2007; 81:6459-70. [PMID: 17428859 PMCID: PMC1900093 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00380-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) US3 gene encodes a serine/threonine kinase that, when inactivated, causes capsids to aggregate aberrantly between the inner and outer nuclear membranes (INM and ONM, respectively) within evaginations/extensions of the perinuclear space. In both Hep2 cells and an engineered cell line derived from Hep2 cells expressing lamin A/C fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP-lamin A/C), lamin A/C localized mostly in a reticular pattern with small regions of the INM devoid of eGFP-lamin A/C when they were either mock infected or infected with wild-type HSV-1(F). Cells infected with HSV-1(F) also contained some larger diffuse regions lacking lamin A/C. Proteins UL31 and UL34, markers of potential envelopment sites at the INM and perinuclear virions, localized within the regions devoid of lamin A/C and also in regions containing lamin A/C. Similar to previous observations with Vero cells (S. L. Bjerke and R. J. Roller, Virology 347:261-276, 2006), the proteins UL34 and UL31 localized exclusively in very discrete regions of the nuclear lamina lacking lamin A/C in the absence of US3 kinase activity. To determine how US3 alters lamin A/C distribution, US3 was purified and shown to phosphorylate lamin A/C at multiple sites in vitro, despite the presence of only one putative US3 kinase consensus site in the lamin A/C sequence. US3 kinase activity was also sufficient to invoke partial solubilization of lamin A/C from permeabilized Hep2 cell nuclei in an ATP-dependent manner. Two-dimensional electrophoretic analyses of lamin A/C revealed that lamin A/C is phosphorylated in HSV-infected cells, and the full spectrum of phosphorylation requires US3 kinase activity. These data suggest that US3 kinase activity regulates HSV-1 capsid nuclear egress at least in part by phosphorylation of lamin A/C.
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- Fan Mou
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, C5143 Veterinary Education Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Isaji M, Iwata H, Harayama H, Miyake M. The localization of LAP2 beta during pronuclear formation in bovine oocytes after fertilization or activation. ZYGOTE 2007; 14:157-67. [PMID: 16719951 DOI: 10.1017/s0967199406003613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We have shown that the assembly of lamin-associated polypeptide (LAP) 2beta was detected surrounding the chromatin mass around the time of extrusion of the second polar body (PB) in some fertilized oocytes, but not in most activated oocytes, by using A23187 and cycloheximide (CaA + CH). Here, we immunohistologically analysed the correlation between LAP2beta assembly and chromatin condensation in fertilized and activated oocytes during the second meiosis. In bovine cumulus cells, the onset of LAP2beta assembly was observed around anaphase chromosomes with strongly phosphorylated histone H3. No LAP2beta assembled around the chromosomes in the first and second polar bodies and the alternative oocyte chromatin (oCh) if histone H3 was phosphorylated. Only histone H3 of oCh was completely dephosphorylated during the telophase II/G1 transition (Tel II/G1), and then LAP2beta assembled around only the oCh without phosphorylated histone H3. In the oocytes activated by CaA + CH, LAP2beta did not assemble around the condensed oCh during the Tel II/G1 transition, although their histone H3 dephosphorylation occurred rather rapidly compared with that of the fertilized oocytes. The patterns of histone H3 dephosphorylation and LAP2beta assembly in oocytes activated by CaA alone showed greater similarity to those in fertilized oocytes than to those in oocytes activated by CaA + CH. These results show that LAP2beta assembles around only oCh after complete dephosphorylation of histone H3 after fertilization and activation using CaA alone, and that the timing of histone H3 dephosphorylation and LAP2beta assembly in these oocytes is different from that of somatic cells. The results also indicate that CH treatment inhibits LAP2beta assembly around oCh but not histone H3 dephosphorylation.
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- Mamiko Isaji
- Department of Bioresource and Agrobiosciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Yamaguchi A, Katsu Y, Matsuyama M, Yoshikuni M, Nagahama Y. Phosphorylation of the p34(cdc2) target site on goldfish germinal vesicle lamin B3 before oocyte maturation. Eur J Cell Biol 2006; 85:501-17. [PMID: 16600424 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2005] [Revised: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 02/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The nuclear membranes surrounding fish and frog oocyte germinal vesicles (GVs) are supported by the lamina, an internal, mesh-like structure that consists of the protein lamin B3. The mechanisms by which lamin B3 is transported into GVs and is assembled to form the nuclear lamina are not well understood. In this study, we developed a heterogeneous microinjection system in which wild-type or mutated goldfish GV lamin B3 (GFLB3) was expressed in Escherichia coli, biotinylated, and microinjected into Xenopus oocytes. The localization of the biotinylated GFLB3 was visualized by fluorescence confocal microscopy. The results of these experiments indicated that the N-terminal domain plays important roles in both nuclear transport and assembly of lamin B3 to form the nuclear lamina. The N-terminal domain includes a major consensus phosphoacceptor site for the p34(cdc2) kinase at amino acid residue Ser-28. To investigate nuclear lamin phosphorylation, we generated a monoclonal antibody (C7B8D) against Ser-28-phosphorylated GFLB3. Two-dimensional (2-D) electrophoresis of GV protein revealed two major spots of lamin B3 with different isoelectric points (5.9 and 6.1). The C7B8D antibody recognized the pI-5.9 spot but not the pI-6.1 spot. The former spot disappeared when the native lamina was incubated with lambda phage protein phosphatase (lambda-PP), indicating that a portion of the lamin protein was already phosphorylated in the goldfish GV-stage oocytes. GFLB3 that had been microinjected into Xenopus oocytes was also phosphorylated in Xenopus GV lamina, as judged by Western blotting with C7B8D. Thus, lamin phosphorylation appears to occur prior to oocyte maturation in vivo in both these species. Taken together, our results suggest that the balance between phosphorylation by interphase lamin kinases and dephosphorylation by phosphatases regulates the conformational changes in the lamin B3 N-terminal head domain that in turn regulates the continual in vivo rearrangement and remodeling of the oocyte lamina.
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- Akihiko Yamaguchi
- Laboratory of Marine Biology, Department of Animal and Marine Bioresource Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
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Basu D, Navneet AK, Dasgupta S, Bhattacharya S. Cdc2-Cyclin B–Induced G2 to M Transition in Perch Oocyte Is Dependent on Cdc251. Biol Reprod 2004; 71:894-900. [PMID: 15151934 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The G2 to M phase transition in perch oocytes is regulated by maturation promoting factor (MPF), a complex of Cdc2 and cyclin B. In Anabas testudineus, a fresh water perch, 17 alpha,20 beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, the maturation inducing hormone (MIH), induced complete germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) of oocytes at 21 h. An unusual cyclin, p30 cyclin B, has been identified in oocyte extract using both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. Surprisingly, Cdc2 could not be identified, although a Northern blot with Cdc2 cDNA demonstrated expression of the gene. Purification of MPF through an immunoaffinity column followed by SDS-PAGE showed three proteins, Cdc2, cyclin B, and a 20 kDa fragment, indicating earlier failure in immunodetection may be due to the interference by this fragment. In uninduced oocytes, p30 cyclin B was present, and its expression was increased by MIH. MIH increased p30 cyclin B accumulation at 3 h, a high level which was maintained between 9 and 21 h, but an effective increase in GVBD and H1 kinase activation could only be observed between 15 and 21 h. This delay in active MPF formation was found to be related to the activation of Cdc25, phosphorylation of which was detected at 12 h, and a substantial increase occurred during 15-18 h. Sodium orthovanadate, a tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, inhibited H1 kinase activity and GVBD, suggesting the requirement of Cdc25 activity in MPF activation. Our results show occurrence of pre-MPF in uninduced oocytes and its conversion to active MPF requires dephosphorylation by Cdc25, the existence of which has not yet been shown in fish.
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- Dipanjan Basu
- Department of Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 731 235, India
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Gruenbaum Y, Goldman RD, Meyuhas R, Mills E, Margalit A, Fridkin A, Dayani Y, Prokocimer M, Enosh A. The nuclear lamina and its functions in the nucleus. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2004; 226:1-62. [PMID: 12921235 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(03)01001-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The nuclear lamina is a structure near the inner nuclear membrane and the peripheral chromatin. It is composed of lamins, which are also present in the nuclear interior, and lamin-associated proteins. The increasing number of proteins that interact with lamins and the compound interactions between these proteins and chromatin-associated proteins make the nuclear lamina a highly complex but also a very exciting structure. The nuclear lamina is an essential component of metazoan cells. It is involved in most nuclear activities including DNA replication, RNA transcription, nuclear and chromatin organization, cell cycle regulation, cell development and differentiation, nuclear migration, and apoptosis. Specific mutations in nuclear lamina genes cause a wide range of heritable human diseases. These diseases include Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, limb girdle muscular dystrophy, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with conduction system disease, familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD), autosomal recessive axonal neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder type 2, CMT2), mandibuloacral dysplasia (MAD), Hutchison Gilford Progeria syndrome (HGS), Greenberg Skeletal Dysplasia, and Pelger-Huet anomaly (PHA). Genetic analyses in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, and mice show new insights into the functions of the nuclear lamina, and recent structural analyses have begun to unravel the molecular structure and assembly of lamins and their associated proteins.
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- Yosef Gruenbaum
- Department of Genetics, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Chen CA, Yeh RH, Yan X, Lawrence DS. Biosensors of protein kinase action: from in vitro assays to living cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2004; 1697:39-51. [PMID: 15023349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2003.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2003] [Accepted: 11/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Protein kinases, and the signal transduction pathways in which they participate, are now recognized to be medicinally attractive targets of opportunity. Inhibitors of the protein kinase family not only hold great promise as therapeutic agents, but are also of profound utility in the characterization of signaling pathways. The direct visualization of protein kinase activity in living cells provides a genuine assessment of the efficacy and selectivity of these inhibitors in a physiological setting. In addition, the ability to visualize the activity of a protein kinase in real time furnishes a direct measurement of the activation of specific signaling pathways in response to extracellular stimuli. We have developed two series of fluorescent substrates for protein kinase C (PKC) using a strategy that positions the reporter-group directly on the residue undergoing phosphorylation. The first series of PKC substrates is based, in part, on the Ca(+2) indicators developed by Tsien and his collaborators during the 1980s. In this case, phosphorylation of the substrate creates a divalent metal ion binding site. Upon metal ion coordination, a fluorescence change transpires via a mechanism analogous to that described for the Ca(+2) indicators. The second series of PKC sensors was identified via the preparation and subsequent screen of a library of fluorescently-labeled PKC peptide substrates. The lead derivative displays a phosphorylation-induced fluorescence change that allows the visualization of real-time PKC activity in both cell lysates and living cells. Furthermore, immunodepletion experiments demonstrate that the fluorescently-tagged peptide is selectively, if not exclusively, phosphorylated by the conventional PKCs. Both of the protein kinase biosensor strategies take advantage of the ease with which peptides can be modified to create libraries of structurally altered analogs. However, the inherent synthetic mutability of peptides is not just limited to library construction. For example, it may ultimately be possible to simultaneously monitor multiple protein kinases by affixing fluorophores with distinct photophysical properties to appropriately designed active site-directed peptides.
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- Chien-An Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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I discuss advances in the cell cycle in the 21 years since cyclin was discovered. The surprising redundancy amongst the classical cyclins (A, B, and E) and cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdk1 and Cdk2) show that the important differences between these proteins are when and where they are expressed rather than the proteins they phosphorylate. Although the broad principles of the cell cycle oscillator are widely accepted, we are surprisingly ignorant of its detailed mechanism. This is especially true of the anaphase promoting complex (APC), the machine that triggers chromosome segregation and the exit of mitosis by targeting securin and mitotic cyclins for destruction. I discuss how a cyclin/Cdk-based engine could have evolved to assume control of the cell cycle from other, older protein kinases.
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- Andrew W Murray
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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- Brian Burke
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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Yeh RH, Yan X, Cammer M, Bresnick AR, Lawrence DS. Real time visualization of protein kinase activity in living cells. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:11527-32. [PMID: 11790790 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111300200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A library of fluorescently labeled protein kinase C (PKC) peptide substrates was prepared to identify a phosphorylation-induced reporter of protein kinase activity. The lead PKC substrate displays a 2.5-fold change in fluorescence intensity upon phosphorylation. PKC activity is readily sampled in cell lysates containing the activated PKCs. Immunodepletion of conventional PKCs from the cell lysate eliminates the fluorescence response, suggesting that this peptide substrate is selectively phosphorylated by PKCalpha, beta, and gamma. Finally, living cells microinjected with the peptide substrate exhibit a 2-fold increase in fluorescence intensity upon exposure to a PKC activator. These results suggest that peptide-based protein kinase biosensors may be useful in monitoring the temporal and spatial dynamics of PKC activity in living cells.
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- Ren-Hwa Yeh
- Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461-1602, USA
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Takano M, Takeuchi M, Ito H, Furukawa K, Sugimoto K, Omata S, Horigome T. The binding of lamin B receptor to chromatin is regulated by phosphorylation in the RS region. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:943-53. [PMID: 11846796 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02730.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Binding of lamin B receptor (LBR) to chromatin was studied by means of an in vitro assay system involving recombinant fragments of human LBR and Xenopus sperm chromatin. Glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-fused proteins including LBR fragments containing the N-terminal region (residues 1-53) and arginine-serine repeat-containing region (residues 54-89) bound to chromatin. The binding of GST-fusion proteins incorporating the N-terminal and arginine-serine repeat-containing regions to chromatin was suppressed by mild trypsinization of the chromatin and by pretreatment with a DNA solution. A new cell-free system for analyzing the cell cycle-dependent binding of a protein to chromatin was developed from recombinant proteins, a Xenopus egg cytosol fraction and sperm chromatin. The system was applied to analyse the binding of LBR to chromatin. It was shown that the binding of LBR fragments to chromatin was stimulated by phosphorylation in the arginine-serine repeat-containing region by a protein kinase(s) in a synthetic phase egg cytosol. However, the binding of LBR fragments was suppressed by phosphorylation at different residues in the same region by a kinase(s) in a mitotic phase cytosol. These results suggested that the cell cycle-dependent binding of LBR to chromatin is regulated by phosphorylation in the arginine-serine repeat-containing region by multiple kinases.
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- Makoto Takano
- Course of Biosphere Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Japan
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Kim SW, Lee ZW, Lee C, Im KS, Ha KS. The role of tissue transglutaminase in the germinal vesicle breakdown of mouse oocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 286:229-34. [PMID: 11500025 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have investigated the novel function of tissue transglutaminase (tTG) in the germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) of mouse oocyte. tTG was identified in ooplasm and germinal vesicle by immunostaining with less amount in germinal vesicle. Spontaneous maturation of the oocytes elevated in situ activity of tTG by over 2.5-fold at 3 h, which was determined by a confocal microscopic assay. However, incubation with monodansylcadaverine (MDC), a tTG inhibitor, blocked the activation of tTG. The possible role of tTG in GVBD was investigated by the use of two tTG inhibitors, MDC and cystamine. MDC largely inhibited the GVBD by a concentration-dependent manner. GV-stage oocytes were matured to the GVBD stage by 78% at 3 h in the normal culture condition. However, in the oocytes incubated with MDC for 3 h, the GVBD rates were 43 and 11% by 50 and 100 microM, respectively. MDC also blocked the entry of 70 kDa RITC-dextran from the ooplasm to the compartment of germinal vesicle, indicating a possible inhibition of nuclear pore disassembly by MDC. The role of tTG in GVBD was further investigated by microinjection with cystamine. The control oocytes, injected with DPBS, showed about 80% of GVBD at 3 h. But the oocytes injected with cystamine showed 15% of GVBD at 3 h and a little higher rate at 6 h. In addition, the inhibition of GVBD maturation by MDC was reversible by washing. These results suggested that tTG was involved in the early event of mouse oocyte maturation.
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- S W Kim
- Biomolecule Research Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, Taejon, 305-333, Korea
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Terasaki M, Campagnola P, Rolls MM, Stein PA, Ellenberg J, Hinkle B, Slepchenko B. A new model for nuclear envelope breakdown. Mol Biol Cell 2001; 12:503-10. [PMID: 11179431 PMCID: PMC30959 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.2.503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2000] [Revised: 11/29/2000] [Accepted: 12/01/2000] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Nuclear envelope breakdown was investigated during meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes. Fluorescent 70-kDa dextran entry, as monitored by confocal microscopy, consists of two phases, a slow uniform increase and then a massive wave. From quantitative analysis of the first phase of dextran entry, and from imaging of green fluorescent protein chimeras, we conclude that nuclear pore disassembly begins several minutes before nuclear envelope breakdown. The best fit for the second phase of entry is with a spreading disruption of the membrane permeability barrier determined by three-dimensional computer simulations of diffusion. We propose a new model for the mechanism of nuclear envelope breakdown in which disassembly of the nuclear pores leads to a fenestration of the nuclear envelope double membrane.
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- M Terasaki
- Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, 06032, USA.
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Otto H, Dreger M, Bengtsson L, Hucho F. Identification of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins associated with the nuclear envelope. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:420-8. [PMID: 11168378 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2001.01901.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The nuclear envelope separates the nucleoplasm from the rest of the cell. Throughout the cell cycle, its structural integrity is controlled by reversible protein phosphorylation. Whereas its phosphorylation-dependent disassembly during mitosis is well characterized, little is known about phosphorylation events at this structure during interphase. The few characterized examples cover protein phosphorylation at serine and threonine residues, but not tyrosine phosphorylation at the nuclear envelope. Here, we demonstrate that tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation occur at the nuclear envelope of intact Neuro2a mouse neuroblastoma cells. Tyrosine kinase and phosphatase activities remain associated with purified nuclear envelopes. A similar pattern of tyrosine-phosphorylated nuclear envelope proteins suggests that the same tyrosine kinases act at the nuclear envelope of intact cells and at the purified nuclear envelope. We have also identified eight tyrosine-phosphorylated nuclear envelope proteins by 2D BAC/SDS/PAGE, immunoblotting with phosphotyrosine-specific antibodies, tryptic in-gel digestion, and MS analysis of tryptic peptides. These proteins are the lamina proteins lamin A, lamin B1, and lamin B2, the inner nuclear membrane protein LAP2beta, the heat shock protein hsc70, and the DNA/RNA-binding proteins PSF, hypothetical 16-kDa protein, and NonO, which copurify with the nuclear envelope.
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- H Otto
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie-Biochemie, Berlin, Germany
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Lee KK, Gruenbaum Y, Spann P, Liu J, Wilson KL. C. elegans nuclear envelope proteins emerin, MAN1, lamin, and nucleoporins reveal unique timing of nuclear envelope breakdown during mitosis. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:3089-99. [PMID: 10982402 PMCID: PMC14977 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.9.3089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Emerin, MAN1, and LAP2 are integral membrane proteins of the vertebrate nuclear envelope. They share a 43-residue N-terminal motif termed the LEM domain. We found three putative LEM domain genes in Caenorhabditis elegans, designated emr-1, lem-2, and lem-3. We analyzed emr-l, which encodes Ce-emerin, and lem-2, which encodes Ce-MAN1. Ce-emerin and Ce-MAN1 migrate on SDS-PAGE as 17- and 52-kDa proteins, respectively. Based on their biochemical extraction properties and immunolocalization, both Ce-emerin and Ce-MAN1 are integral membrane proteins localized at the nuclear envelope. We used antibodies against Ce-MAN1, Ce-emerin, nucleoporins, and Ce-lamin to determine the timing of nuclear envelope breakdown during mitosis in C. elegans. The C. elegans nuclear envelope disassembles very late compared with vertebrates and Drosophila. The nuclear membranes remained intact everywhere except near spindle poles during metaphase and early anaphase, fully disassembling only during mid-late anaphase. Disassembly of pore complexes, and to a lesser extent the lamina, depended on embryo age: pore complexes were absent during metaphase in >30-cell embryos but existed until anaphase in 2- to 24-cell embryos. Intranuclear mRNA splicing factors disassembled after prophase. The timing of nuclear disassembly in C. elegans is novel and may reflect its evolutionary position between unicellular and more complex eukaryotes.
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- K K Lee
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Speliotes EK, Uren A, Vaux D, Horvitz HR. The survivin-like C. elegans BIR-1 protein acts with the Aurora-like kinase AIR-2 to affect chromosomes and the spindle midzone. Mol Cell 2000; 6:211-23. [PMID: 10983970 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)00023-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Baculoviral IAP repeat proteins (BIRPs) may affect cell death, cell division, and tumorigenesis. The C. elegans BIRP BIR-1 was localized to chromosomes and to the spindle midzone. Embryos and fertilized oocytes lacking BIR-1 had defects in chromosome behavior, spindle midzone formation, and cytokinesis. We observed indistinguishable defects in fertilized oocytes and embryos lacking the Aurora-like kinase AIR-2. AIR-2 was not present on chromosomes in the absence of BIR-1. Histone H3 phosphorylation and HCP-1 staining, which marks kinetochores, were reduced in the absence of either BIR-1 or AIR-2. We propose that BIR-1 localizes AIR-2 to chromosomes and perhaps to the spindle midzone, where AIR-2 phosphorylates proteins that affect chromosome behavior and spindle midzone organization. The human BIRP survivin, which is upregulated in tumors, could partially substitute for BIR-1 in C. elegans. Deregulation of bir-1 promotes changes in ploidy, suggesting that similar deregulation of mammalian BIRPs may contribute to tumorigenesis.
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- E K Speliotes
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Colanzi A, Deerinck TJ, Ellisman MH, Malhotra V. A specific activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MEK1) is required for Golgi fragmentation during mitosis. J Cell Biol 2000; 149:331-9. [PMID: 10769026 PMCID: PMC2175149 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.2.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/1999] [Accepted: 02/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Incubation of permeabilized cells with mitotic extracts results in extensive fragmentation of the pericentriolarly organized stacks of cisternae. The fragmented Golgi membranes are subsequently dispersed from the pericentriolar region. We have shown previously that this process requires the cytosolic protein mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MEK1). Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1 and ERK2, the known downstream targets of MEK1, are not required for this fragmentation (Acharya et al. 1998). We now provide evidence that MEK1 is specifically phosphorylated during mitosis. The mitotically phosphorylated MEK1, upon partial proteolysis with trypsin, generates a different peptide population compared with interphase MEK1. MEK1 cleaved with the lethal factor of the anthrax toxin can still be activated by its upstream mitotic kinases, and this form is fully active in the Golgi fragmentation process. We believe that the mitotic phosphorylation induces a change in the conformation of MEK1 and that this form of MEK1 recognizes Golgi membranes as a target compartment. Immunoelectron microscopy analysis reveals that treatment of permeabilized normal rat kidney (NRK) cells with mitotic extracts, treated with or without lethal factor, converts stacks of pericentriolar Golgi membranes into smaller fragments composed predominantly of tubuloreticular elements. These fragments are similar in distribution, morphology, and size to the fragments observed in the prometaphase/metaphase stage of the cell cycle in vivo.
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- Antonino Colanzi
- Department of Biology, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0347
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0347
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- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0347
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- Department of Biology, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0347
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Collas P, Le Guellec K, Taskén K. The A-kinase-anchoring protein AKAP95 is a multivalent protein with a key role in chromatin condensation at mitosis. J Cell Biol 1999; 147:1167-80. [PMID: 10601332 PMCID: PMC2168084 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.6.1167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Protein kinase A (PKA) and the nuclear A-kinase-anchoring protein AKAP95 have previously been shown to localize in separate compartments in interphase but associate at mitosis. We demonstrate here a role for the mitotic AKAP95-PKA complex. In HeLa cells, AKAP95 is associated with the nuclear matrix in interphase and redistributes mostly into a chromatin fraction at mitosis. In a cytosolic extract derived from mitotic cells, AKAP95 recruits the RIIalpha regulatory subunit of PKA onto chromatin. Intranuclear immunoblocking of AKAP95 inhibits chromosome condensation at mitosis and in mitotic extract in a PKA-independent manner. Immunodepletion of AKAP95 from the extract or immunoblocking of AKAP95 at metaphase induces premature chromatin decondensation. Condensation is restored in vitro by a recombinant AKAP95 fragment comprising the 306-carboxy-terminal amino acids of the protein. Maintenance of condensed chromatin requires PKA binding to chromatin-associated AKAP95 and cAMP signaling through PKA. Chromatin-associated AKAP95 interacts with Eg7, the human homologue of Xenopus pEg7, a component of the 13S condensin complex. Moreover, immunoblocking nuclear AKAP95 inhibits the recruitment of Eg7 to chromatin in vitro. We propose that AKAP95 is a multivalent molecule that in addition to anchoring a cAMP/PKA-signaling complex onto chromosomes, plays a role in regulating chromosome structure at mitosis.
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- P Collas
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway.
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