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Lamin B receptor-mediated chromatin tethering to the nuclear envelope is detrimental to the Xenopus blastula.
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Journal of Biochemistry . Mar2021, Vol. 169 Issue 3, p313-326. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- In the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, chromatin is tethered to the nuclear envelope (NE), wherein inner nuclear membrane proteins (INMPs) play major roles. However, in Xenopus blastula, chromatin tethering to the NE depends on nuclear filamentous actin that develops in a blastula-specific manner. To investigate whether chromatin tethering operates in the blastula through INMPs, we experimentally introduced INMPs into Xenopus egg extracts that recapitulate nuclear formation in fertilized eggs. When expressed in extracts in which polymerization of actin is inhibited, only lamin B receptor (LBR), among the five INMPs tested, tethered chromatin to the NE, depending on its N2 and N3 domains responsible for chromatin-protein binding. N2–3-deleted LBR did not tether chromatin, although it was localized in the nuclei. We subsequently found that the LBR level was very low in the Xenopus blastula but was elevated after the blastula stage. When the LBR level was precociously elevated in the blastula by injecting LBR mRNA, it induced alterations in nuclear lamina architecture and nuclear morphology and caused DNA damage and abnormal mitotic spindles, depending on the N2–3 domains. These results suggest that LBR-mediated chromatin tethering is circumvented in the Xenopus blastula, as it is detrimental to embryonic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BLASTULA
*NUCLEAR membranes
*CHROMATIN
*XENOPUS
*NUCLEAR proteins
*CELL nuclei
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021924X
- Volume :
- 169
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Biochemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149925147
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvaa123