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Published online 14 May 2001. doi:10.1083/jcb.153.4.709
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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2001//709 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 153, Number 4, , 2001 709-724

Original Article

A Link between the Synthesis of Nucleoporins and the Biogenesis of the Nuclear Envelope



Marcello Marellia, C. Patrick Luska, Honey Chana, John D. Aitchisonb, and Richard W. Wozniaka

a Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
b Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington 98105
5-14 Medical Sciences Bldg., Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada.(780) 492-0450(780) 492-1384

rick.wozniak{at}ualberta.ca

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a multicomponent structure containing a subset of proteins that bind nuclear transport factors or karyopherins and mediate their movement across the nuclear envelope. By altering the expression of a single nucleoporin gene, NUP53, we showed that the overproduction of Nup53p altered nuclear transport and had a profound effect on the structure of the nuclear membrane. Strikingly, conventional and immunoelectron microscopy analysis revealed that excess Nup53p entered the nucleus and associated with the nuclear membrane. Here, Nup53p induced the formation of intranuclear, tubular membranes that later formed flattened, double membrane lamellae structurally similar to the nuclear envelope. Like the nuclear envelope, the intranuclear double membrane lamellae enclosed a defined cisterna that was interrupted by pores but, unlike the nuclear envelope pores, they lacked NPCs. Consistent with this observation, we detected only two NPC proteins, the pore membrane proteins Pom152p and Ndc1p, in association with these membrane structures. Thus, these pores likely represent an intermediate in NPC assembly. We also demonstrated that the targeting of excess Nup53p to the NPC and its specific association with intranuclear membranes were dependent on the karyopherin Kap121p and the nucleoporin Nup170p. At the nuclear envelope, the abilities of Nup53p to associate with the membrane and drive membrane proliferation were dependent on a COOH-terminal segment containing a potential amphipathic {alpha}-helix. The implications of these results with regards to the biogenesis of the nuclear envelope are discussed.

Key Words: nuclear pore complex • nucleoporins • nuclear membrane • nuclear transport • karyopherin

© 2001 The Rockefeller University Press

Abbreviations used in this paper: GFP, green fluorescent protein; kap, karyopherin; NE, nuclear envelope; NLS, nuclear localization signal; NPC, nuclear pore complex; nup; nucleoporin; SM, synthetic media.


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