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Age-dependent deterioration of nuclear pore assembly in mitotic cells decreases transport dynamics

  1. Irina L Rempel
  2. Matthew M Crane  Is a corresponding author
  3. David J Thaller
  4. Ankur Mishra
  5. Daniel PM Jansen
  6. Georges Janssens
  7. Petra Popken
  8. Arman Akşit
  9. Matt Kaeberlein
  10. Erik van der Giessen
  11. Anton Steen
  12. Patrick R Onck
  13. C Patrick Lusk
  14. Liesbeth M Veenhoff  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Groningen, Netherlands
  2. University of Washington, United States
  3. Yale School of Medicine, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48186
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  1. Irina L Rempel
  2. Matthew M Crane
  3. David J Thaller
  4. Ankur Mishra
  5. Daniel PM Jansen
  6. Georges Janssens
  7. Petra Popken
  8. Arman Akşit
  9. Matt Kaeberlein
  10. Erik van der Giessen
  11. Anton Steen
  12. Patrick R Onck
  13. C Patrick Lusk
  14. Liesbeth M Veenhoff
(2019)
Age-dependent deterioration of nuclear pore assembly in mitotic cells decreases transport dynamics
eLife 8:e48186.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48186
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Abstract

Nuclear transport is facilitated by the Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC) and is essential for life in eukaryotes. The NPC is a long-lived and exceptionally large structure. We asked whether NPC quality control is compromised in aging mitotic cells. Our images of single yeast cells during aging, show that the abundance of several NPC components and NPC assembly factors decreases. Additionally, the single cell life histories reveal that cells that better maintain those components are longer lived. The presence of herniations at the nuclear envelope of aged cells suggests that misassembled NPCs are accumulated in aged cells. Aged cells show decreased dynamics of transcription factor shuttling and increased nuclear compartmentalisation. These functional changes are likely caused by the presence of misassembled NPCs, as we find that two NPC assembly mutants show similar transport phenotypes as aged cells. We conclude that NPC interphase assembly is a major challenge for aging mitotic cells.

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  1. Irina L Rempel

    European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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    No competing interests declared.

  2. Matthew M Crane

    Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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    nomad.crane@gmail.com
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    No competing interests declared.
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  3. David J Thaller

    Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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  4. Ankur Mishra

    Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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  5. Daniel PM Jansen

    European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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  6. Georges Janssens

    European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, , University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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  7. Petra Popken

    European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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  8. Arman Akşit

    European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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    No competing interests declared.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0001-9053-701X

  9. Matt Kaeberlein

    Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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    Matt Kaeberlein, Reviewing editor, eLife.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-1311-3421

  10. Erik van der Giessen

    Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-8369-2254

  11. Anton Steen

    European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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    No competing interests declared.

  12. Patrick R Onck

    Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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  13. C Patrick Lusk

    Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-4703-0533

  14. Liesbeth M Veenhoff

    European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
    For correspondence
    l.m.veenhoff@rug.nl
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-0158-4728

Funding

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (ALWOP.2015.053)

  • Liesbeth M Veenhoff

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (ECHO.711.013.008)

  • Liesbeth M Veenhoff

National Institutes of Health (NIH GM 105672)

  • C Patrick Lusk

National Institutes of Health (T32GM007223)

  • C Patrick Lusk

Ubbo Emmius Fund

  • Liesbeth M Veenhoff

University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen (Graduate Student Fellowship)

  • Patrick R Onck

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (SURFsara)

  • Patrick R Onck

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Karsten Weis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Version history

  1. Received: May 3, 2019
  2. Accepted: June 2, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: June 3, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: June 17, 2019 (version 2)

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© 2019, Rempel et al.

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  1. Irina L Rempel
  2. Matthew M Crane
  3. David J Thaller
  4. Ankur Mishra
  5. Daniel PM Jansen
  6. Georges Janssens
  7. Petra Popken
  8. Arman Akşit
  9. Matt Kaeberlein
  10. Erik van der Giessen
  11. Anton Steen
  12. Patrick R Onck
  13. C Patrick Lusk
  14. Liesbeth M Veenhoff
(2019)
Age-dependent deterioration of nuclear pore assembly in mitotic cells decreases transport dynamics
eLife 8:e48186.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48186

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