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LAP2alpha maintains a mobile and low assembly state of A-type lamins in the nuclear interior

  1. Nana Naetar  Is a corresponding author
  2. Konstantina Georgiou
  3. Christian Knapp
  4. Irena Bronshtein
  5. Elisabeth Zier
  6. Petra Fichtinger
  7. Thomas Dechat
  8. Yuval Garini
  9. Roland Foisner  Is a corresponding author
  1. Medical University Vienna, Austria
  2. Bar Ilan University, Israel
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Cite this article as: eLife 2021;10:e63476 doi: 10.7554/eLife.63476

Abstract

Lamins form stable filaments at the nuclear periphery in metazoans. Unlike B-type lamins, lamins A and C localize also in the nuclear interior, where they interact with lamin-associated polypeptide 2 alpha (LAP2a). Using antibody labeling, we previously observed a depletion of nucleoplasmic A-type lamins in mouse cells lacking LAP2a. Here we show that loss of LAP2a actually causes formation of larger, biochemically stable lamin A/C structures in the nuclear interior that are inaccessible to lamin A/C antibodies. While nucleoplasmic lamin A forms from newly expressed pre-lamin A during processing and from soluble mitotic lamins in a LAP2a-independent manner, binding of LAP2a to lamins A/C during interphase inhibits formation of higher order structures, keeping nucleoplasmic lamin A/C in a mobile state independent of lamin A/C S22 phosphorylation. We propose that LAP2a is essential to maintain a mobile lamin A/C pool in the nuclear interior, which is required for proper nuclear functions.

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  1. Nana Naetar

    Max Perutz Labs, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  2. Konstantina Georgiou

    Max Perutz Labs, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  3. Christian Knapp

    Max Perutz Labs, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  4. Irena Bronshtein

    Physics Department and Nanotechnology Institute, Bar Ilan University, Ramt Gan, Israel
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  5. Elisabeth Zier

    Max Perutz Labs, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  6. Petra Fichtinger

    Max Perutz Labs, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  7. Thomas Dechat

    Max Perutz Labs, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  8. Yuval Garini

    The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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  9. Roland Foisner

    Max Perutz Labs, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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    roland.foisner@meduniwien.ac.at
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Funding

Austrian Science Fund (P26492-B20,P29713-B28,P32512-B)

  • Roland Foisner

Austrian Academy of Sciences (APART 11657)

  • Nana Naetar

Israel Science Foundation (ISF grant 1219/17)

  • Irena Bronshtein
  • Yuval Garini

European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST-STSM-BM1002-8698,COST-STSM-BM1002-11436)

  • Thomas Dechat

European Molecular Biology Organization (ASTF 316-2011)

  • Thomas Dechat

S Grosskopf Grant

  • Irena Bronshtein
  • Yuval Garini

Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW DOC 25725)

  • Konstantina Georgiou

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. Megan C King, Yale School of Medicine, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: September 28, 2020
  2. Accepted: February 18, 2021
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: February 19, 2021 (version 1)

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© 2021, Naetar et al.

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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