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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
The localization of the actin-monomer-binding protein profilin during the cell cycle of living Tradescantia virginiana stamen hair cells has been studied by microinjection of a fluorescently labeled analog of the protein. In contrast to previously published studies performed on chemically fixed animal cells, we do not find a specific colocalization of profilin with actin filament arrays. Our results show that, besides a general cytoplasmic distribution, profilin specifically accumulates in the nucleus in interphase and prophase cells. This nuclear localization was confirmed by means of electron microscopic immunolocalization of endogenous profilin (in Gibasis scheldiana stamen hair cells). During mitosis, as the nuclear envelope and nuclear matrix break down at the onset of prometaphase, the nuclear profilin redistributes equally into the accessible volume (cytosol) of the cell. During metaphase and anaphase no specific localization of profilin can be observed associated with the mitotic apparatus. However, during telophase, as nuclear envelopes and nuclear matrices re-form and the sister chromatids start to decondense, a subset of the microinjected profilin again localizes to the nucleus. No accumulation of profilin could be observed in the phragmoplast, where a distinct array of actin filaments exists. The function of profilin in the nucleus remains unclear.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0033-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
222
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Contractile Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Hair Cells, Auditory, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Pollen, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Profilins, pubmed-meshheading:14513314-Tradescantia
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Nuclear localization of profilin during the cell cycle in Tradescantia virginiana stamen hair cells.
pubmed:affiliation
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't