scholarly journals EFFECT OF METABOLIC INHIBITORS ON NUCLEAR PORE FORMATION DURING THE HELA S3 CELL CYCLE

1973 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut M. Maul ◽  
Betty Yee Li Hsu ◽  
Thaddeus M. Borun ◽  
Gerd G. Maul
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Pore Formation ◽  
Atp Synthesis ◽  
Nuclear Size ◽  
Size Increase ◽  
Metabolic Inhibitors ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Nuclear Surface ◽  
Etching Technique ◽  
Hela S3

The effect of various antimetabolites on nuclear pore formation was studied in synchronized HeLa S3 cells. The nuclear size was determined by light microscopy and the pore number per unit area of nuclear surface by the freeze-etching technique and electron microscopy. It was found that the inhibition of DNA replication or ribosomal RNA synthesis has no effect on nuclear size increase or pore formation. However, the inhibition of ATP synthesis effectively stops nuclear pore formation. Cycloheximide blocks nuclear pore formation at the same time during G1 phase of the cell cycle when nuclear size increase is blocked by high concentrations of actinomycin D. This suggests that certain proteins or other factors leading to pore formation and nuclear size increase are transcribed and synthesized at about 3–4 h after mitosis, i.e., about 1–2 h before S phase begins.

scholarly journals TIME SEQUENCE OF NUCLEAR PORE FORMATION IN PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ-STIMULATED LYMPHOCYTES AND IN HELA CELLS DURING THE CELL CYCLE

1972 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd G. Maul ◽  
Helmut M. Maul ◽  
Joseph E. Scogna ◽  
Michael W. Lieberman ◽  
Gary S. Stein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Pore Formation ◽  
Human Lymphocytes ◽  
Time Sequence ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Nuclear Surface ◽  
Nuclear Pores

The time sequence of nuclear pore frequency changes was determined for phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human lymphocytes and for HeLa S-3 cells during the cell cycle. The number of nuclear pores/nucleus was calculated from the experimentally determined values of nuclear pores/µ2 and the nuclear surface. In the lymphocyte system the number of pores/nucleus approximately doubles during the 48 hr after PHA stimulation. The increase in pore frequency is biphasic and the first increase seems to be related to an increase in the rate of protein synthesis. The second increase in pores/nucleus appears to be correlated with the onset of DNA synthesis. In the HeLa cell system, we could also observe a biphasic change in pore formation. Nuclear pores are formed at the highest rate during the first hour after mitosis. A second increase in the rate of pore formation corresponds in time with an increase in the rate of nuclear acidic protein synthesis shortly before S phase. The total number of nuclear pores in HeLa cells doubles from ∼2000 in G1 to ∼4000 at the end of the cell cycle. The doubling of the nuclear volume and the number of nuclear pores might be correlated to the doubling of DNA content. Another correspondence with the nuclear pore number in S phase is found in the number of simultaneously replicating replication sites. This number may be fortuitous but leads to the rather speculative possibility that the nuclear pore might be the site of initiation and/or replication of DNA as well as the site of nucleocytoplasmic exchange. That is, the nuclear pore complex may have multiple functions.

scholarly journals Nuclear Pore Complex Number and Distribution throughout theSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCell Cycle by Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Electron Micrographs of Nuclear Envelopes

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2119-2132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Winey ◽  
Defne Yarar ◽  
Thomas H. Giddings ◽  
David N. Mastronarde
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Spindle Pole ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Nuclear Pore Complexes ◽  
Nuclear Surface ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Cell Cycle Stage

The number of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) in individual nuclei of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was determined by computer-aided reconstruction of entire nuclei from electron micrographs of serially sectioned cells. Nuclei of 32 haploid cells at various points in the cell cycle were modeled and found to contain between 65 and 182 NPCs. Morphological markers, such as cell shape and nuclear shape, were used to determine the cell cycle stage of the cell being examined. NPC number was correlated with cell cycle stage to reveal that the number of NPCs increases steadily, beginning in G1-phase, suggesting that NPC assembly occurs continuously throughout the cell cycle. However, the accumulation of nuclear envelope observed during the cell cycle, indicated by nuclear surface area, is not continuous at the same rate, such that the density of NPCs per unit area of nuclear envelope peaks in apparent S-phase cells. Analysis of the nuclear envelope reconstructions also revealed no preferred NPC-to-NPC distance. However, NPCs were found in large clusters over regions of the nuclear envelope. Interestingly, clusters of NPCs were most pronounced in early mitotic nuclei and were found to be associated with the spindle pole bodies, but the functional significance of this association is unknown.

scholarly journals Nuclear size, nuclear pore number and cell cycle

Nucleus ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Maeshima ◽  
Haruki Iino ◽  
Saera Hihara ◽  
Naoko Imamoto
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Size ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Pore Number

Nuclear pore formation and the cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1977 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 446-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.G. Jordan ◽  
N.J. Severs ◽  
D.H. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Pore Formation ◽  
Nuclear Pore

scholarly journals FORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEXES IN INTERPHASE

1971 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd G. Maul ◽  
Joseph W. Price ◽  
Michael W. Lieberman
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Pore Formation ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Nuclear Pore Complexes ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Etching Technique ◽  
Membrane Specialization ◽  
Freeze Etching ◽  
Pore Complexes

The possibility of nuclear pore formation in the interphase nucleus was investigated in control and phytohemagglutinin (PHA) stimulated lymphocytes by the freeze-etching technique. 48 hr after the addition of PHA, the newly formed blasts which had not as yet divided had at least twice the number of pores per nucleus as controls. This clearly demonstrates that in lymphocytes nuclear pore formation can take place during interphase. It has generally been assumed that the distribution of nuclear pore complexes in somatic animal cells is random. However, we have utilized freeze etched rat kidney cells and a computer program to evaluate pore distribution. We find a minimum pore center-to-center spacing of approximately 1300 A and multiples thereof with high frequency. This is strong evidence for a nonrandom distribution of nuclear pores. The nonrandomness may be related to an underlying chromosomal organization in interphase. Using three criteria for identifying prospective pore sites (membrane specialization, nonrandomness, and alteration of heterochromatin distribution), we have found forming pores in sectioned material from cultured human melanoma cells. While nuclear pore formation may take place in conjunction with reformation of the nuclear membrane, a mechanism also exists for their formation during interphase.

The Formation, Structure, Distribution and Frequency of Nuclear Pores

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 518-519
Author(s):  
G. G. Maul
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Pore Complex ◽  
Nuclear Membrane ◽  
Dynamic Structure ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Nuclear Pores ◽  
Filter Function ◽  
Etching Technique ◽  
Selective Filter ◽  
Membranous Part

The chromatin of eukaryotic cells is separated from the cytoplasm by a double membrane. One obvious structural specialization of the nuclear membrane is the presence of pores which have been implicated to facilitate the selective nucleocytoplasmic exchange of a variety of large molecules. Thus, the function of nuclear pores has mainly been regarded to be a passive one. Non-membranous diaphragms, radiating fibers, central rings, and other pore-associated structures were thought to play a role in the selective filter function of the nuclear pore complex. Evidence will be presented that suggests that the nuclear pore is a dynamic structure which is non-randomly distributed and can be formed during interphase, and that a close relationship exists between chromatin and the membranous part of the nuclear pore complex.Octagonality of the nuclear pore complex has been confirmed by a variety of techniques. Using the freeze-etching technique, it was possible to show that the membranous part of the pore complex has an eight-sided outline in human melanoma cells in vitro. Fibers which traverse the pore proper at its corners are continuous and indistinguishable from chromatin at the nucleoplasmic side, as seen in conventionally fixed and sectioned material. Chromatin can be seen in octagonal outline if serial sections are analyzed which are parallel but do not include nuclear membranes (Fig. 1). It is concluded that the shape of the pore rim is due to fibrous material traversing the pore, and may not have any functional significance. In many pores one can recognize a central ring with eight fibers radiating to the corners of the pore rim. Such a structural arrangement is also found to connect eight ribosomes at the nuclear membrane.

scholarly journals Nuclear matrix of HeLa S3 cells. Polypeptide composition during adenovirus infection and in phases of the cell cycle.

1977 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
L D Hodge ◽  
P Mancini ◽  
F M Davis ◽  
P Heywood
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Nuclear Matrix ◽  
Apparent Molecular Weight ◽  
Molecular Weight Range ◽  
Weight Range ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Liver Nuclei ◽  
Hela S3 ◽  
Biochemical Analyses

A subnuclear fraction has been isolated from HeLa S3 nuclei after treatment with high salt buffer, deoxyribonuclease, and dithiothreitol. This fraction retains the approximate size and shape of nuclei and resembles the nuclear matrix recently isolated from rat liver nuclei. Ultrastructural and biochemical analyses indicate that this structure consists of nonmembranous elements as well as some membranous elements. Its chemical composition is 87% protein, 12% phospholipid, 1% DNA, and 0.1% RNA by weight. The protein constituents are resolved in SDS-polyacrylamide slab gels into 30-35 distinguishable bands in the apparent molecular weight range of 14,000 - 200,000 with major peptides at 14,000 - 18,000 and 45,000 - 75,000. Analysis of newly synthesized polypeptides by cylindrical gel electrophoresis reveals another cluster in the 90,000-130,000 molecular weight range. Infection with adenovirus results in an altered polypeptide profile. Additional polypeptides with apparent molecular weights of 21,000, 23,000, and 92,000 become major components by 22 h after infection. Concomitantly, some peptides in the 45,000-75,000 mol wt range become less prominent. In synchronized cells the relative staining capacity of the six bands in the 45,000-75,000 mol wt range changes during the cell cycle. Synthesis of at least some matrix polypeptides occures in all phases of the cell cycle, although there is decreased synthesis in late S/G2. In the absence of protein synthesis after cell division, at least some polypeptides in the 45,000-75,000 mol wt range survive nuclear dispersal and subsequent reformation during mitosis. The possible significance of this subnuclear structure with regard to structure-function relationships within the nucleus during virus replication and during the life cycle of the cell is discussed.

scholarly journals Monoclonal antibodies identify a group of nuclear pore complex glycoproteins.

1987 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 1143-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Snow ◽  
A Senior ◽  
L Gerace
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibodies ◽  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Nuclear Pore Complex ◽  
Peptide Mapping ◽  
Polyclonal Antibodies ◽  
Integral Membrane Protein ◽  
Nucleocytoplasmic Transport ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Nuclear Surface ◽  
Punctate Pattern

Using monoclonal antibodies we identified a group of eight polypeptides of rat liver nuclear envelopes that have common epitopes. Most or all of these proteins are structurally distinct, as shown by tryptic peptide mapping and analysis with polyclonal antibodies. While these polypeptides are relatively tightly bound to nuclear membranes, only one is an integral membrane protein. The eight antigens cofractionate with the nuclear pore complex under various conditions of ionic strength and detergent. It can be seen by immunofluorescence microscopy that the monoclonal antibodies reacting with these antigens stain the nuclear surface of interphase cells in a finely punctate pattern. When the nuclear envelope is disassembled and subsequently reformed during mitosis, the proteins are reversibly dispersed throughout the cytoplasm in the form of minute foci. By EM immunogold localization on isolated nuclear envelopes, the monoclonal antibodies label exclusively the nuclear pore complex, at both its nucleoplasmic and cytoplasmic margins. Considered together, our biochemical and localization data indicate that the eight nuclear envelope polypeptides are pore complex components. As shown in the accompanying paper (Holt, G. D., C. M. Snow, A. Senior, R. S. Haltiwanger, L. Gerace, and G. W. Hart, J. Cell Biol., 104:1157-1164) these eight polypeptides contain a novel form of glycosylation, O-linked N-acetylglucosamine. The relative abundance and disposition of these O-linked glycoproteins in the pore complex are consistent with their having a role in nucleocytoplasmic transport.

scholarly journals A Novel Class of RanGTP Binding Proteins

1997 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Görlich ◽  
Marylena Dabrowski ◽  
F. Ralf Bischoff ◽  
Ulrike Kutay ◽  
Peer Bork ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Import ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Nuclear Pore ◽  
Sequence Motif ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Direct Function ◽  
Entire Class ◽  
Dependent Transport

The importin-α/β complex and the GTPase Ran mediate nuclear import of proteins with a classical nuclear localization signal. Although Ran has been implicated also in a variety of other processes, such as cell cycle progression, a direct function of Ran has so far only been demonstrated for importin-mediated nuclear import. We have now identified an entire class of ∼20 potential Ran targets that share a sequence motif related to the Ran-binding site of importin-β. We have confirmed specific RanGTP binding for some of them, namely for two novel factors, RanBP7 and RanBP8, for CAS, Pse1p, and Msn5p, and for the cell cycle regulator Cse1p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have studied RanBP7 in more detail. Similar to importin-β, it prevents the activation of Ran's GTPase by RanGAP1 and inhibits nucleotide exchange on RanGTP. RanBP7 binds directly to nuclear pore complexes where it competes for binding sites with importin-β, transportin, and apparently also with the mediators of mRNA and U snRNA export. Furthermore, we provide evidence for a Ran-dependent transport cycle of RanBP7 and demonstrate that RanBP7 can cross the nuclear envelope rapidly and in both directions. On the basis of these results, we propose that RanBP7 might represent a nuclear transport factor that carries an as yet unknown cargo, which could apply as well for this entire class of related RanGTP-binding proteins.

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