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Cell ; 155(6): 1233-43, 2013 Dec 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24315095

RESUMO

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a fundamental component of all eukaryotic cells that facilitates nucleocytoplasmic exchange of macromolecules. It is assembled from multiple copies of about 30 nucleoporins. Due to its size and complex composition, determining the structure of the NPC is an enormous challenge, and the overall architecture of the NPC scaffold remains elusive. In this study, we have used an integrated approach based on electron tomography, single-particle electron microscopy, and crosslinking mass spectrometry to determine the structure of a major scaffold motif of the human NPC, the Nup107 subcomplex, in both isolation and integrated into the NPC. We show that 32 copies of the Nup107 subcomplex assemble into two reticulated rings, one each at the cytoplasmic and nuclear face of the NPC. This arrangement may explain how changes of the diameter are realized that would accommodate transport of huge cargoes.


Assuntos
Membrana Nuclear/química , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/química , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas , Modelos Moleculares , Membrana Nuclear/metabolismo , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/ultraestrutura , Polimerização
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Nature ; 526(7571): 140-143, 2015 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26416747

RESUMO

Nuclear pore complexes are fundamental components of all eukaryotic cells that mediate nucleocytoplasmic exchange. Determining their 110-megadalton structure imposes a formidable challenge and requires in situ structural biology approaches. Of approximately 30 nucleoporins (Nups), 15 are structured and form the Y and inner-ring complexes. These two major scaffolding modules assemble in multiple copies into an eight-fold rotationally symmetric structure that fuses the inner and outer nuclear membranes to form a central channel of ~60 nm in diameter. The scaffold is decorated with transport-channel Nups that often contain phenylalanine-repeat sequences and mediate the interaction with cargo complexes. Although the architectural arrangement of parts of the Y complex has been elucidated, it is unclear how exactly it oligomerizes in situ. Here we combine cryo-electron tomography with mass spectrometry, biochemical analysis, perturbation experiments and structural modelling to generate, to our knowledge, the most comprehensive architectural model of the human nuclear pore complex to date. Our data suggest previously unknown protein interfaces across Y complexes and to inner-ring complex members. We show that the transport-channel Nup358 (also known as Ranbp2) has a previously unanticipated role in Y-complex oligomerization. Our findings blur the established boundaries between scaffold and transport-channel Nups. We conclude that, similar to coated vesicles, several copies of the same structural building block--although compositionally identical--engage in different local sets of interactions and conformations.


Assuntos
Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/química , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/ultraestrutura , Poro Nuclear/química , Poro Nuclear/ultraestrutura , Sítios de Ligação , Células HeLa , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas , Modelos Moleculares , Chaperonas Moleculares/química , Chaperonas Moleculares/metabolismo , Chaperonas Moleculares/ultraestrutura , Membrana Nuclear/metabolismo , Poro Nuclear/metabolismo , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/metabolismo , Conformação Proteica , Multimerização Proteica , Estabilidade Proteica
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Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol ; 57(1): 91-99, 2017 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28272906

RESUMO

The gain-of-function mucin 5B (MUC5B) promoter variant, rs35705950, confers the largest risk, genetic or otherwise, for the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; however, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of MUC5B expression have yet to be elucidated. Here, we identify a critical regulatory domain that contains the MUC5B promoter variant and has a highly conserved forkhead box protein A2 (FOXA2) binding motif. This region is differentially methylated in association with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, MUC5B expression, and rs35705950. In addition, we show that this locus binds FOXA2 dynamically, and that binding of FOXA2 is necessary for enhanced expression of MUC5B. In aggregate, our findings identify novel targets to regulate the expression of MUC5B.


Assuntos
Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática/genética , Mucina-5B/genética , Sequência de Bases , Sítios de Ligação , Imunoprecipitação da Cromatina , Ilhas de CpG/genética , Metilação de DNA/genética , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Fator 3-beta Nuclear de Hepatócito/metabolismo , Humanos , Pulmão/metabolismo , Pulmão/patologia , Mucina-5B/metabolismo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Ligação Proteica/genética , RNA Polimerase II/metabolismo , RNA Interferente Pequeno/metabolismo
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Mol Syst Biol ; 9: 648, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23511206

RESUMO

To understand the structure and function of large molecular machines, accurate knowledge of their stoichiometry is essential. In this study, we developed an integrated targeted proteomics and super-resolution microscopy approach to determine the absolute stoichiometry of the human nuclear pore complex (NPC), possibly the largest eukaryotic protein complex. We show that the human NPC has a previously unanticipated stoichiometry that varies across cancer cell types, tissues and in disease. Using large-scale proteomics, we provide evidence that more than one third of the known, well-defined nuclear protein complexes display a similar cell type-specific variation of their subunit stoichiometry. Our data point to compositional rearrangement as a widespread mechanism for adapting the functions of molecular machines toward cell type-specific constraints and context-dependent needs, and highlight the need of deeper investigation of such structural variants.


Assuntos
Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/análise , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/química , Poro Nuclear/química , Poro Nuclear/metabolismo , Calibragem , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Microscopia/métodos , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteômica/métodos
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Traffic ; 12(1): 28-41, 2011 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20955502

RESUMO

Reticulons are integral membrane proteins that partition into and shape the tubular endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We propose that reticulons use a membrane insertion mechanism to generate regions of high membrane curvature in the ER. A reticulon contains two short hairpin transmembrane domains (TMDs), which could generate membrane curvature by increasing the area of the cytoplasmic leaflet. Here, we test whether the short length of these hairpin TMDs is required for reticulon membrane-shaping functions in mammalian cells. We lengthened the TMDs of reticulon 4 to resemble a typical bi-pass TMD that spans both leaflets. We find that TMD mutants oligomerize like wild type (wt), however, they are not immobilized, do not partition into tubules, do not constrict tubules and no longer suppress peripheral ER cisternae. Therefore, short hairpin TMD length is required for reticulon protein partitioning and membrane-shaping functions. Another membrane protein with a short hairpin TMD is caveolin. We show that an ER-retained caveolin construct also partitions within the ER in a manner that is dependent on it containing a short hairpin TMD. These data suggest that a short hairpin TMD may be a general feature used by membrane-shaping proteins to partition into and shape regions of high membrane curvature.


Assuntos
Retículo Endoplasmático/química , Proteínas da Mielina/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Células COS , Chlorocebus aethiops , Humanos , Proteínas de Membrana , Modelos Biológicos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas da Mielina/química , Proteínas Nogo , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína
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