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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2010

Inner/Outer nuclear membrane fusion in nuclear pore assembly: biochemical demonstration and molecular analysis.

Boris Fichtman, Corinne Ramos, Beth Rasala, Amnon Harel, Douglass J Forbes

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Mechanics of nuclear membranes.Journal of cell science · 2019
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  9. Ultradonut topology of the nuclear envelope.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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  12. An unresolved LINC in the nuclear envelope.Cellular and molecular bioengineering · 2016
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  14. ESCRTs breach the nuclear border.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Boris FichtmanSection of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0347, USA.
Corinne Ramos
Beth Rasala
Amnon Harel
Douglass J Forbes
University of California, San Diego · USTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · IL

Funding

FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF NATIVE AND SYNTHETIC NUCLEIR01GM033279 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FORBES, DOUGLASS JANE · 1985 to 2015
$7.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM033279NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM-33279
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are large proteinaceous channels embedded in double nuclear membranes, which carry out nucleocytoplasmic exchange. The mechanism of nuclear pore assembly involves a unique challenge, as it requires creation of a long-lived membrane-lined channel connecting the inner and outer nuclear membranes. This stabilized membrane channel has little evolutionary precedent. Here we mapped inner/outer nuclear membrane fusion in NPC assembly biochemically by using novel assembly intermediates and membrane fusion inhibitors. Incubation of a Xenopus in vitro nuclear assembly system at 14°C revealed an early pore intermediate where nucleoporin subunits POM121 and the Nup107-160 complex were organized in a punctate pattern on the inner nuclear membrane. With time, this intermediate progressed to diffusion channel formation and finally to complete nuclear pore assembly. Correct channel formation was blocked by the hemifusion inhibitor lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), but not if a complementary-shaped lipid, oleic acid (OA), was simultaneously added, as determined with a novel fluorescent dextran-quenching assay. Importantly, recruitment of the bulk of FG nucleoporins, characteristic of mature nuclear pores, was not observed before diffusion channel formation and was prevented by LPC or OA, but not by LPC+OA. These results map the crucial inner/outer nuclear membrane fusion event of NPC assembly downstream of POM121/Nup107-160 complex interaction and upstream or at the time of FG nucleoporin recruitment.

Indexed as

Membrane FusionActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsCell NucleusFluorescent Antibody TechniqueIon ChannelsLysophosphatidylcholinesNuclear EnvelopeNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsNuclear ProteinsOleic AcidTemperatureXenopusIon ChannelsLysophosphatidylcholinesNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsNuclear ProteinsOleic Acid

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PMID20926687
PMCPMC2993748
OpenAlexW2116690174

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