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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1999//389 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 144, Number 3, , 1999 389-401


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A Novel In Vivo Assay Reveals Inhibition of Ribosomal Nuclear Export in Ran-Cycle and Nucleoporin Mutants



Ed Hurt*, Stefan Hannus*, Birgit Schmelzl*, Denise Lau*, David Tollervey{ddagger}, and George Simos*

* Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; and {ddagger} Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 37R, United Kingdom

To identify components involved in the nuclear export of ribosomes in yeast, we developed an in vivo assay exploiting a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged version of ribosomal protein L25. After its import into the nucleolus, L25-GFP assembles with 60S ribosomal subunits that are subsequently exported into the cytoplasm. In wild-type cells, GFP-labeled ribosomes are only detected by fluorescence in the cytoplasm. However, thermosensitive rna1-1 (Ran-GAP), prp20-1 (Ran-GEF), and nucleoporin nup49 and nsp1 mutants are impaired in ribosomal export as revealed by nuclear accumulation of L25-GFP. Furthermore, overexpression of dominant-negative RanGTP (Gsp1-G21V) and the tRNA exportin Los1p inhibits ribosomal export. The pattern of subnuclear accumulation of L25-GFP observed in different mutants is not identical, suggesting that transport can be blocked at different steps. Thus, nuclear export of ribosomes requires the nuclear/cytoplasmic Ran-cycle and distinct nucleoporins. This assay can be used to identify soluble transport factors required for nuclear exit of ribosomes.

Key Words: nuclear pore complex • ribosomal export • L25 • GFP • nucleocytoplasmic transport



Abbreviations used in this paper: GFP, green fluorescent protein; NES, nuclear export signal; NLS, nuclear localization sequence; NPC, nuclear pore complex; rRNA, ribosomal RNA.

Address correspondence to Ed Hurt, Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: 49 6221 54 41 73. Fax: 49 6221 54 43 69. E-mail: cg5{at}ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de

E. Hurt was recipient of a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Schwerpunktprogramm "Funktionelle Architektur des Zellkerns").



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