Nuclear structures surrounding internal lamin invaginations

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A- and C-type lamins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the maintenance of nuclear shape and most likely nuclear architecture. Here, we propose that pronounced invaginations of A/C-type lamins into the nuclear interior represent channels for the transport of regulatory molecules to and from nuclear and nucleolar regions. Using fluorescent protein technology and immunofluorescence, we show that A-type lamin channels interact with several nuclear components, including fibrillarin- and UBF-positive regions of nucleoli, foci of heterochromatin protein 1 β, polycomb group bodies, and genomic regions associated with DNA repair. Similar associations were observed between A/C-type lamin channels and nuclear pores, lamin-associated protein LAP2α, and promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies. Interestingly, regions with high levels of A/C-type lamins had low levels of B-type lamins, and vice versa. These characteristics were observed in primary and immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblasts as well as human and mouse embryonic stem cell colonies exhibiting stem cell-specific lamin positivity. Our findings indicate that internal channels formed by nuclear lamins likely contribute to normal cellular processes through association with various nuclear and nucleolar structures.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:115

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Journal of cellular biochemistry - 115(2014), 3 vom: 23. März, Seite 476-87

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Legartová, Soňa [VerfasserIn]
Stixová, Lenka [VerfasserIn]
Laur, Oskar [VerfasserIn]
Kozubek, Stanislav [VerfasserIn]
Sehnalová, Petra [VerfasserIn]
Bártová, Eva [VerfasserIn]

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CHROMATIN
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
DNA REPAIR
DNA-Binding Proteins
ES CELLS
Fibrillarin
HP1 PROTEIN
Journal Article
LAMINS
Lamin C
Lamin Type A
Lamin Type B
Lamina-associated polypeptide 2
Membrane Proteins
NUCLEAR PORES
PML BODIES
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Date Completed 20.10.2014

Date Revised 04.03.2014

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jcb.24681

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM231677111