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ArticleeLife2016

Nuclear pore assembly proceeds by an inside-out extrusion of the nuclear envelope.

Shotaro Otsuka, Khanh Huy Bui, Martin Schorb, M Julius Hossain, Antonio Z Politi, Birgit Koch, Mikhail Eltsov, Martin Beck, Jan Ellenberg

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

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105citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shotaro OtsukaCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3976-0843
Khanh Huy BuiStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Martin SchorbStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
M Julius HossainCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3303-5755
Antonio Z PolitiCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Birgit KochCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mikhail EltsovCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Martin BeckStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jan EllenbergCell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5909-701X
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DE

Funding

European Research Council 309271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) mediates nucleocytoplasmic transport through the nuclear envelope. How the NPC assembles into this double membrane boundary has remained enigmatic. Here, we captured temporally staged assembly intermediates by correlating live cell imaging with high-resolution electron tomography and super-resolution microscopy. Intermediates were dome-shaped evaginations of the inner nuclear membrane (INM), that grew in diameter and depth until they fused with the flat outer nuclear membrane. Live and super-resolved fluorescence microscopy revealed the molecular maturation of the intermediates, which initially contained the nuclear and cytoplasmic ring component Nup107, and only later the cytoplasmic filament component Nup358. EM particle averaging showed that the evagination base was surrounded by an 8-fold rotationally symmetric ring structure from the beginning and that a growing mushroom-shaped density was continuously associated with the deforming membrane. Quantitative structural analysis revealed that interphase NPC assembly proceeds by an asymmetric inside-out extrusion of the INM.

Indexed as

Active Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsCell NucleusHeLa CellsHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceNuclear EnvelopeNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsNuclear Pore Complex Proteinscorrelative light-electron microscopyelectron tomographyhumanlive cell imagingnuclear envelopenuclear pore complexsuper-resolution microscopy

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PMID27630123
PMCPMC5065316
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