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Role of novel nuclear envelope proteins involved in nuclear positioning during cell migration
| Resumo: | Centrosome reorientation is defined as the positioning of the centrosome in a region between the nucleus and the leading edge and is important for cell polarization and directional cell migration. Cdc42 is the key regulator on this process and two main pathways are involved in centrosome reorientation; on one side, centrosome centration by a mechanism dependent of Par complex and dynein/dynactin, and for other side, a rearward nuclear movement dependent on Cdc42-effector MRCK and actin-myosin retrograde flow. Recently, the LINC complex was found to be involved in the rearward nuclear movement pathway. This complex spans the nuclear envelope and involves a SUN domain-containing protein which interacts with a KASH domain-containing protein, localized in the inner and in the outer nuclear membrane, respectively. SUN proteins bind to lamins and KASH proteins to actin filaments; in this way, the LINC complex makes the connection between actin retrograde flow and the nucleus. In fibroblasts, Sun2 and Nesprin-2 co-localize with dorsal actin cables on TAN lines; actin dorsal cables move back by actin retrograde flow and the nucleus moves with them. Other proteins can be involved in the nuclear movement. In a siRNA screen for nuclear envelope proteins, a putative role for Tmem201 in nuclear movement was identified. In S.pombe, Tmem201 homolog connects the heterochromatin with the LINC complex. A connection with LINC complex in mammalians was never reported so far. Tmem201is a nuclear envelope protein and is localized in TAN lines in fibroblasts. The TMEM201depletion by RNA interference inhibited centrosome reorientation. Tmem201 is involved in nuclear movement, probably by the stabilization of the LINC complex in the nuclear membrane. However, Tmem201 might also be involved in centrosome positioning and could act as a key regulator of both pathways. |
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| Autores principais: | Pinto, Joana Borrego, 1986- |
| Assunto: | Biologia molecular Biologia celular Fibroblastos Migração celular Centrossoma Núcleo celular Teses de mestrado - 2010 |
| Ano: | 2010 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Centrosome reorientation is defined as the positioning of the centrosome in a region between the nucleus and the leading edge and is important for cell polarization and directional cell migration. Cdc42 is the key regulator on this process and two main pathways are involved in centrosome reorientation; on one side, centrosome centration by a mechanism dependent of Par complex and dynein/dynactin, and for other side, a rearward nuclear movement dependent on Cdc42-effector MRCK and actin-myosin retrograde flow. Recently, the LINC complex was found to be involved in the rearward nuclear movement pathway. This complex spans the nuclear envelope and involves a SUN domain-containing protein which interacts with a KASH domain-containing protein, localized in the inner and in the outer nuclear membrane, respectively. SUN proteins bind to lamins and KASH proteins to actin filaments; in this way, the LINC complex makes the connection between actin retrograde flow and the nucleus. In fibroblasts, Sun2 and Nesprin-2 co-localize with dorsal actin cables on TAN lines; actin dorsal cables move back by actin retrograde flow and the nucleus moves with them. Other proteins can be involved in the nuclear movement. In a siRNA screen for nuclear envelope proteins, a putative role for Tmem201 in nuclear movement was identified. In S.pombe, Tmem201 homolog connects the heterochromatin with the LINC complex. A connection with LINC complex in mammalians was never reported so far. Tmem201is a nuclear envelope protein and is localized in TAN lines in fibroblasts. The TMEM201depletion by RNA interference inhibited centrosome reorientation. Tmem201 is involved in nuclear movement, probably by the stabilization of the LINC complex in the nuclear membrane. However, Tmem201 might also be involved in centrosome positioning and could act as a key regulator of both pathways. |
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