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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2005

Subcellular redistribution of components of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway during lens differentiation and maturation.

Henrique Girão, Paulo Pereira, Allen Taylor, Fu Shang

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Henrique GirãoCenter of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Institute for Research in Light and Image, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Paulo Pereira
Allen Taylor
Fu Shang
Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging · USUniversity of Coimbra · PT

Funding

Ubiquitin Function In Eye LensR01EY013250 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2001 to 2012
$4.0M
Supplement to Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY013078 · NEI · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PANJWANI, NOORJAHAN · 2001 to 2005
$3.0M
Role of ubiqutin in quality control of lens proteinsR01EY011717 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SHANG, FU · 2003 to 2010
$1.8M
UBIQUITIN DEPENDENT PATHWAY AND LENS EPITHELIUMR29EY011717 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SHANG, FU · 1998 to 2002
$381k
NEI NIH HHS EY11717NEI NIH HHS EY13078NEI NIH HHS EY13250NEI NIH HHS P30 EY013078NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011717NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013250NEI NIH HHS R29 EY011717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine the subcellular distribution of components of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) in lens epithelium and differentiating fibers and to evaluate potential roles of the UPP in eliminating nuclei and other organelles during maturation of lens fibers.

methodsAdult bovine lens cryosections were stained for immunofluorescence and analyzed by confocal microscopy. The specificities of the antibodies used in this study were determined by Western blot. results Cryosections of bovine lenses show that E1 and Ubc1 were present in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus in epithelial cells, whereas Ubc3 and ubiquitin conjugates were mostly confined to the nucleus, and Ubc4/5 was preferentially localized in clusters in the vicinity of the nuclear membrane. The 19S and 20S proteasome complexes were preferentially localized in the cytoplasm. When the epithelial cells differentiated into fiber cells at the transition zone, all components of the UPP were primarily present in the nucleus, with the exception of Ubc4/5, which was associated with the nuclear membrane. conclusions The results show that during lens fiber differentiation and maturation, components of the UPP are redistributed at subcellular levels. Subcellular localization of an enzyme indicates where the reaction takes place. The primary nuclear localization of the UPP components in the differentiating fibers supports the hypothesis that the UPP may play a role in elimination of nuclei and other organelles during differentiation and maturation of lens fibers.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlotting, WesternCattleCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelEpithelial CellsFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectImmunoblottingLens, CrystallineMicroscopy, ConfocalProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitinProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitin

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PMID15790906
PMCPMC1382281
OpenAlexW2106130476

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