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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Nucleolin is a RNA- and protein-binding multifunctional protein. Mainly characterized as a nucleolar protein, nucleolin is continuously expressed on the surface of different types of cells along with its intracellular pool within the nucleus and cytoplasm. By confocal and electron microscopy using specific antibodies against nucleolin, we show that cytoplasmic nucleolin is found in small vesicles that appear to translocate nucleolin to the cell surface. Translocation of nucleolin is markedly reduced at low temperature or in serum-free medium, whereas conventional inhibitors of intracellular glycoprotein transport have no effect. Thus, translocation of nucleolin is the consequence of an active transport by a pathway which is independent of the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi complex. The cell-surface-expressed nucleolin becomes clustered at the external side of the plasma membrane when cross-linked by the nucleolin-specific monoclonal antibody mAb D3. This clustering, occurring at 20 degrees C and in a well-organized pattern, is dependent on the existence of an intact actin cytoskeleton. At 37 degrees C, mAb D3 becomes internalized, thus illustrating that surface nucleolin can mediate intracellular import of specific ligands. Our results point out that nucleolin should also be considered a component of the cell surface where it could be functional as a cell surface receptor for various ligands reported before.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
261
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
312-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Sequence Homology, pubmed-meshheading:11112338-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The cell-surface-expressed nucleolin is associated with the actin cytoskeleton.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité de Virologie et Immunologie Cellulaire, URA 1930 CNRS, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. arahovan@pasteur.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't