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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
We report the existence of lipophilic structures (LS's) associated with demembranated sperm nuclei which together act as a pronuclear envelope organizing center. These structures can be visualized as objects which stain with lipophilic dyes but are resistant to solubilization in 0.1% of the non-ionic detergent Triton X (TX)-100. The structures, located at the acrosomal and centriolar poles of the sea urchin sperm nucleus, initiate ATP-dependent membrane vesicle binding in a fertilized egg extract. The lipophilic material in LS's is incorporated into the nuclear envelope during GTP-induced membrane fusion. Removal of the LS's from sperm nuclei with 1% TX-100 abolishes membrane vesicle binding to the nuclei. LS's recovered from supernatants of extracted nuclei can be reconstituted to their original locations on the stripped nuclei. Rebinding of isolated LS's occurs preferentially at the acrosomal pole. Such reconstituted nuclei direct membrane vesicle binding only to the acrosomal pole region and result in incomplete nuclear envelope assembly following membrane fusion. Binding of LS's and subsequently membrane vesicles to both nuclear poles allows complete nuclear envelope formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Lipophilic organizing structures of sperm nuclei target membrane vesicle binding and are incorporated into the nuclear envelope.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Amherst College, Massachusetts 01002, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't