Laminopathy-inducing lamin A mutants can induce redistribution of lamin binding proteins into nuclear aggregates
Laminopathy-inducing lamin A mutants can induce redistribution of lamin binding proteins into nuclear aggregates
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DOI:
10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.10.011
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发表时间:
2005-01-15
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3.7
通讯作者:
Jans, DA
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作者:
Hübner, S;Eam, JE;Jans, DA
Lamins, members of the family of intermediate filaments, form a supportive nucleoskeletal structure underlying the nuclearenvelope and can also form intranuclear structures. Mutations within the A-type lamin gene cause a variety of degenerative diseases which are collectively referred to as laminopathies. At the molecular level, laminopathies have been shown to be linked to a discontinuous localization pattern of A-type lamins, with some laminopathies containing nuclear lamin A aggregates. Since nuclear aggregate formation could lead to the mislocalization of proteins interacting with A-type lamins, we set out to examine the effects of FLAG-lamin A N195K and R386K protein aggregate formation on the subnuclear distribution of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) and the sterol responsive element binding protein 1a (SREBPla) after coexpression as GH-fusion proteins in HeLa cells. We observed strong recruitment of both proteins into nuclear aggregates. Nuclear aggregate recruitment of the NPC component nucleoporin NUP 153 was also observed and found to be dependent on the N-terminus. That these effects were specific was implied by the fact that a number of other coexpressed karyophilic GFP-fusion proteins, Such as the nucleoporin NUP98 and kanadaptin, did not coaggregate with FLAG-lamin A N195K or R386K. Immunoflourescence analysis further indicated that the precursor form of lamin A, pre-lamin A, Could be found in intranuclear aggregates. Our results imply that redistribution into lamin A-/pre-laniin A-containing aggregates of proteins such as pRb and SREBPIa could represent a key aspect underlying the molecular pathogenesis of certain laminopathies. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.