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ArticleGenes & development2008

The A- and B-type nuclear lamin networks: microdomains involved in chromatin organization and transcription.

Takeshi Shimi, Katrin Pfleghaar, Shin-ichiro Kojima, Chan-Gi Pack, Irina Solovei, Anne E Goldman, Stephen A Adam, Dale K Shumaker, Masataka Kinjo, Thomas Cremer and 1 more

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Article in Genes & development, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 336 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Takeshi ShimiDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Katrin Pfleghaar
Shin-ichiro Kojima
Chan-Gi Pack
Irina Solovei
Anne E Goldman
Stephen A Adam
Dale K Shumaker
Masataka Kinjo
Thomas Cremer
Robert D Goldman
Northwestern University · USLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEHokkaido University · JPHokkaido University of Science · JPPulmonary Associates · US

Funding

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS IN NORMAL AND TRANSFORMED CELLSR01CA031760 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI GOLDMAN, ROBERT D · 1985 to 2013
$4.9M
LAMIN A PROGERIA MUTATIONS AND NUCLEAR FUNCTIONR01AG023776 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI GOLDMAN, ROBERT D · 2005 to 2010
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA031760NCI NIH HHS R01CA31760NIA NIH HHS R01 AG023776
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nuclear lamins function in the regulation of replication, transcription, and epigenetic modifications of chromatin. However, the mechanisms responsible for these lamin functions are poorly understood. We demonstrate that A- and B-type lamins form separate, but interacting, stable meshworks in the lamina and have different mobilities in the nucleoplasm as determined by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). Silencing lamin B1 (LB1) expression dramatically increases the lamina meshwork size and the mobility of nucleoplasmic lamin A (LA). The changes in lamina mesh size are coupled to the formation of LA/C-rich nuclear envelope blebs deficient in LB2. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analyses of microdissected blebs, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and immunofluorescence localization of modified histones demonstrate that gene-rich euchromatin associates with the LA/C blebs. Enrichment of hyperphosphorylated RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and histone marks for active transcription suggest that blebs are transcriptionally active. However, in vivo labeling of RNA indicates that transcription is decreased, suggesting that the LA/C-rich microenvironment induces promoter proximal stalling of Pol II. We propose that different lamins are organized into separate, but interacting, microdomains and that LB1 is essential for their organization. Our evidence suggests that the organization and regulation of chromatin are influenced by interconnections between these lamin microdomains.

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Gene Expression RegulationChromatinCytoskeletal ProteinsDNA Polymerase IIGene SilencingHeLa CellsHumansLamin Type ANuclear LaminaChromatinCKAP2 protein, humanCytoskeletal ProteinsDNA Polymerase IILamin Type ALMNA protein, human

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PMID19141474
PMCPMC2607069
OpenAlexW2101083045

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