The leukocyte nuclear envelope proteome varies with cell activation and contains novel transmembrane proteins that affect genome architecture

Korfali, N. et al. (2010) The leukocyte nuclear envelope proteome varies with cell activation and contains novel transmembrane proteins that affect genome architecture. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 9(12), pp. 2571-2585. (doi: 10.1074/mcp.M110.002915)

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Abstract

A favored hypothesis to explain the pathology underlying nuclear envelopathies is that mutations in nuclear envelope proteins alter genome/chromatin organization and thus gene expression. To identify nuclear envelope proteins that play roles in genome organization, we analyzed nuclear envelopes from resting and phytohemagglutinin-activated leukocytes because leukocytes have a particularly high density of peripheral chromatin that undergoes significant reorganization upon such activation. Thus, nuclear envelopes were isolated from leukocytes in the two states and analyzed by multidimensional protein identification technology using an approach that used expected contaminating membranes as subtractive fractions. A total of 3351 proteins were identified between both nuclear envelope data sets among which were 87 putative nuclear envelope transmembrane proteins (NETs) that were not identified in a previous proteomics analysis of liver nuclear envelopes. Nuclear envelope localization was confirmed for 11 new NETs using tagged fusion proteins and antibodies on spleen cryosections. 27% of the new proteins identified were unique to one or the other of the two leukocyte states. Differences in expression between activated and resting leukocytes were confirmed for some NETs by RT-PCR, and most of these proteins appear to only be expressed in certain types of blood cells. Several known proteins identified in both data sets have functions in chromatin organization and gene regulation. To test whether the novel NETs identified might include those that also regulate chromatin, nine were run through two screens for different chromatin effects. One screen found two NETs that can recruit a specific gene locus to the nuclear periphery, and the second found a different NET that promotes chromatin condensation. The variation in the protein milieu with pharmacological activation of the same cell population and consequences for gene regulation suggest that the nuclear envelope is a complex regulatory system with significant influences on genome organization.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Wilkie, Dr Gavin
Authors: Korfali, N., Wilkie, G.S., Swanson, S.K., Srsen, V., Batrakou, D.G., Fairley, E.A.L., Malik, P., Zuleger, N., Goncharevich, A., de las Heras, J., Kelly, D.A., Kerr, A.R.W., Florens, L., and Schirmer, E.C.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity
Journal Name:Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
Publisher:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
ISSN:1535-9476
ISSN (Online):1535-9484
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2010 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
First Published:First published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 9(12):2571-2585
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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