LAP2alpha maintains a mobile and low assembly state of A-type lamins in the nuclear interior
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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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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© 2021, Naetar et al.
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