Steinberg, G;
Schuster, M;
Theisen, U;
Kilaru, S;
Forge, A;
Martin-Urdiroz, M;
(2012)
Motor-driven motility of fungal nuclear pores organizes chromosomes and fosters nucleocytoplasmic transport.
Journal of Cell Biology
, 198
(3)
343 - 355.
10.1083/jcb.201201087.
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Abstract
Exchange between the nucleus and the cytoplasm is controlled by nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). In animals, NPCs are anchored by the nuclear lamina, which ensures their even distribution and proper organization of chromosomes. Fungi do not possess a lamina and how they arrange their chromosomes and NPCs is unknown. Here, we show that motor-driven motility of NPCs organizes the fungal nucleus. In Ustilago maydis, Aspergillus nidulans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae fluorescently labeled NPCs showed ATP-dependent movements at ~1.0 µm/s. In S. cerevisiae and U. maydis, NPC motility prevented NPCs from clustering. In budding yeast, NPC motility required F-actin, whereas in U. maydis, microtubules, kinesin-1, and dynein drove pore movements. In the latter, pore clustering resulted in chromatin organization defects and led to a significant reduction in both import and export of GFP reporter proteins. This suggests that fungi constantly rearrange their NPCs and corresponding chromosomes to ensure efficient nuclear transport and thereby overcome the need for a structural lamina.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Motor-driven motility of fungal nuclear pores organizes chromosomes and fosters nucleocytoplasmic transport |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1083/jcb.201201087 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201201087 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). PMCID: PMC3413351 |
| Keywords: | Actins, Active transport, Cell nucleus, Adenosine triphosphate, Aspergillus nidulans, Chromatin, Chromosomes, Fluorescent dyes, Fungi, Genes, Reporter, Green fluorescent Proteins, Kinesin, Light, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Microtubules, Nuclear lamina, Nuclear pore, Photochemistry, Plasmids, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ustilago |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1362653 |
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