ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2015
Nesprins anchor kinesin-1 motors to the nucleus to drive nuclear distribution in muscle cells.
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- Nuclear SUN2 coordinates endothelial cell-matrix interactions to regulate blood vessel homeostasis and barrier function.Angiogenesis · 2026Article
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- SV40 exploits the Nesprin-2-SUN1-KPNA4 axis for stepwise targeting and entry into the host nucleus to promote infection.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Nuclear SUN2 coordinates endothelial cell-matrix interactions to regulate blood vessel homeostasis and barrier function.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The cytoskeleton contributes to abnormal genome-lamina interactions in LMNA-deficient cardiomyocytes.The Journal of cell biology · 2026Article
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- Cargo Recognition of Nesprin-2 by the Dynein Adapter Bicaudal D2 for a Nuclear Positioning Pathway That Is Important for Brain Development.Biochemistry · 2026Article
- Motor-Assisted Co-Migration of Intracellular Organelles and Microtubules as a Mechanism for Directed Cargo Transport.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Rules of the road: how to turn off kinesin motors.The Biochemical journal · 2026Review
- Elevated SUN1 promotes migratory cell polarity defects through mechanically coupling microtubules to the nuclear lamina.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Interplay between microtubule interactome, myonuclei mechanotransduction, and positioning in myopathies.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2025Review
- Microtubule forces drive nuclear damage in LMNA cardiomyopathy.Nature cardiovascular research · 2025Article
- KASH proteins transform from passive tethers to dynamic conductors of motor-driven nuclear dynamics.Current opinion in cell biology · 2025Review
- The Extremely Low Mechanical Force Generated by Nano-Pulling Induces Global Changes in the Microtubule Network, Nuclear Morphology, and Chromatin Transcription in Neurons.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Microtubules and mechanosensing: key players in endothelial responses to mechanical stimuli.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025Review
- The mechanism of nesprin-2 accumulation at the nucleus front during confined cell migration.Biophysical journal · 2025Article
- High-intensity interval training alleviates STZ-induced muscle atrophy by restoration of nuclear positioning defects in C57BL/6 male mice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
During skeletal muscle development, nuclei move dynamically through myotubes in a microtubule-dependent manner, driven by the microtubule motor protein kinesin-1. Loss of kinesin-1 leads to improperly positioned nuclei in culture and in vivo. Two models have been proposed to explain how kinesin-1 functions to move nuclei in myotubes. In the cargo model, kinesin-1 acts directly from the surface of the nucleus, whereas in an alternative model, kinesin-1 moves nuclei indirectly by sliding anti-parallel microtubules. Here, we test the hypothesis that an ensemble of Kif5B motors acts from the nuclear envelope to distribute nuclei throughout the length of syncytial myotubes. First, using an inducible dimerization system, we show that controlled recruitment of truncated, constitutively active kinesin-1 motors to the nuclear envelope is sufficient to prevent the nuclear aggregation resulting from depletion of endogenous kinesin-1. Second, we identify a conserved kinesin light chain (KLC)-binding motif in the nuclear envelope proteins nesprin-1 and nesprin-2, and show that recruitment of the motor complex to the nucleus via this LEWD motif is essential for nuclear distribution. Together, our findings demonstrate that the nucleus is a kinesin-1 cargo in myotubes and that nesprins function as nuclear cargo adaptors. The importance of achieving and maintaining proper nuclear position is not restricted to muscle fibers, suggesting that the nesprin-dependent recruitment of kinesin-1 to the nuclear envelope through the interaction of a conserved LEWD motif with kinesin light chain might be a general mechanism for cell-type-specific nuclear positioning during development.
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