Electron tomography reveals changes in spatial distribution of UBTF1 and UBTF2 isoforms within nucleolar components during rRNA synthesis inhibition
| Autor: | Marc Thiry, Christine Terryn, Pavel Tchelidze, Dominique Ploton, Nathalie Lalun, Hervé Kaplan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Gene isoform
0303 health sciences Electron Microscope Tomography Chemistry 030302 biochemistry & molecular biology Ribosomal RNA Cell biology Cell Line 03 medical and health sciences Electron tomography Microscopy Fluorescence Structural Biology RNA splicing RNA polymerase I Humans Protein Isoforms Mitosis Gene Transcription factor Pol1 Transcription Initiation Complex Proteins 030304 developmental biology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of structural biology. 208(2) |
| ISSN: | 1095-8657 |
| Popis: | Upstream binding transcription factor (UBTF) is a co-regulator of RNA polymerase I by constituting an initiation complex on rRNA genes. UBTF plays a role in rDNA bending and its maintenance in "open" state. It exists as two splicing variants, UBTF1 and UBTF2, which cannot be discerned with antibodies raised against UBTF. We investigated the ultrastructural localization of each variant in cells synthesizing GFP-tagged UBTF1 or UBTF2 by using anti-GFP antibodies and pre-embedding nanogold strategy. Detailed 3D distribution of UBTF1 and 2 was also studied by electron tomography. In control cells, the two isoforms are very abundant within fibrillar centers, but their repartition strongly differs. Electron tomography shows that UBTF1 is disposed as fibrils that are folded in coils whereas UBTF2 is localized homogenously, preferentially at their cortical area. As UBTF is a useful marker to trace rDNA genes, we used these data to improve our previous model of 3D organization of active transcribing rDNA gene within fibrillar centers. Finally, when rRNA synthesis is inhibited during actinomycin D treatment or entry in mitosis, UBTF1 and UBTF2 show a similar distribution along extended 3D loop-like structures. Altogether these data suggest new roles for UBTF1 and UBTF2 isoforms in the organization of active and inactive rDNA genes. |
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