Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Abstract |
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Coiled bodies are small nuclear organelles that are highly enriched in small nuclear RNAs, and that have long been thought to be associated with the nucleolus. Here we use mutational analysis, transient transfections, and the yeast two-hybrid system to show that the nucleolar phosphoprotein Nopp140 functions as a molecular link between the two prominent nuclear organelles. Exogenous Nopp140 accumulated in the nucleolus rapidly, but only after a lag phase in coiled bodies, suggesting a pathway between the two organelles. The expression of partial Nopp140 constructs exerted dominant negative effects on the endogenous Nopp140 by chasing it and other antigens that were common to both organelles out of the nucleolus. The alternating positively and negatively charged repeat domain of Nopp140 was required for targeting to both organelles. In addition, partial Nopp140 constructs caused formation of novel structures in the nucleoplasm and, in the case of the conserved carboxy terminus, led to the dispersal of coiled bodies. As a final link, we identified the coiled body-specific protein p80 coilin in a yeast two-hybrid screen with Nopp140. The interaction of the two proteins was confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation. Taken together, Nopp140 appeared to shuttle between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies, and to chaperone the transport of other molecules.
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Introduction |
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THE nucleoplasm is highly compartmentalized despite the absence of separating membranes. The
most conspicuous compartment is the nucleolus,
where ribosomal RNA is transcribed, processed, and assembled into preribosomal particles together with ribosomal proteins. Other nuclear domains include the interchromatin granule clusters, the perichromatin fibrils, and a
host of nuclear bodies that can be distinguished on an EM
level or by immunofluorescent labeling of specific marker
proteins (for review see Brasch and Ochs, 1992; Spector,
1993
; Strouboulis and Wolffe, 1996
). Most of these subnuclear compartments are highly dynamic structures whose
size, shape, and location constantly change according to metabolic activities. In addition, several of these compartments appear functionally linked, and communicate with
each other. In particular, the nucleolus and the coiled bodies have been associated with each other by scientists for
close to 100 yr (Ramón y Cajal, 1903
; Hardin et al., 1969
;
Raska et al., 1990
).
Coiled bodies were initially identified on the light microscopic level in 1903 as accessory bodies of the nucleolus, and were later rediscovered on the EM level as coiled
bodies (Ramón y Cajal, 1903; Hardin et al., 1969
; Monneron and Bernhard, 1969
). The major insight into their
molecular composition came with the identification of the
coiled body-specific protein p80 coilin, whose function remains to be determined (Andrade et al., 1991
; Raska et al.,
1991
). Coiled bodies harbor mainly three classes of small
nuclear RNPs (snRNPs),1 which are involved in premRNA splicing, preribosomal RNA processing, and histone pre-mRNA 3'-end formation (for review see Bohmann et al., 1995a
). It has, however, been demonstrated
that none of the target RNAs of these snRNPs are present
in coiled bodies. Therefore, it appears that coiled bodies
function in the storage or the biogenesis of these snRNPs.
Not only is the latter possibility more attractive, but it is
also analogous to the function of another prominent nuclear organelle, the nucleolus, which forms large RNPs, the
ribosomes. Interestingly, there are several other connections between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies. Coiled
bodies are often located in the vicinity of nucleoli, or are
physically attached to them, seemingly emerging from or
fusing with them (Hardin et al., 1969
; Lafarga et al., 1983
;
Ferreira and Carmo-Fonseca, 1995
). In some cases, coiled
bodies are even found within nucleoli (Malatesta et al.,
1994
; Ochs et al., 1994
; Lyon et al., 1997
). Physically and
structurally, the coiled bodies are most closely associated with the dense fibrillar component of the nucleolus (Hardin et al., 1969
; Lafarga et al., 1983
). Nucleoli and coiled
bodies also share several macromolecules; in particular,
components of small nucleolar RNPs (snoRNPs) such as
fibrillarin (Reimer et al., 1987
), NAP57 (unpublished result; Meier and Blobel, 1994
), and U3 small nucleolar
RNA. In addition, topoisomerase I, ribosomal protein S6,
and Nopp140 are present in both organelles (Raska et al., 1991
; Jiménez-García et al., 1994; Meier and Blobel, 1994
). Finally, a functional interaction of coiled bodies and the
nucleolus was suggested by the negative effects of partial
p80 coilin constructs on the structure of the nucleolus (Bohmann et al., 1995b
). Despite this wealth of evidence for an
association between these two nuclear organelles, little is
known about its molecular basis.
Likely candidates providing the molecular basis for a
nucleolar-coiled body interaction are the molecules shared
by both organelles; in particular, fibrillarin, NAP57, and
Nopp140, which are all constituents of the coiled body-
related dense fibrillar component of the nucleolus. Fibrillarin
and its yeast ortholog Nop1p are essential components of
box C/D snoRNPs, which are involved in processing and
ribose methylation of ribosomal RNA (Tollervey et al.,
1993; Kiss-Lászó et al., 1996; Nicoloso et al., 1996
). NAP57
and its yeast ortholog Cbf5p are part of the box H/ACA
snoRNPs required for pseudouridylation of ribosomal
RNA (unpublished results; Ganot et al., 1997
; Lafontaine
et al., 1998
). The function of Nopp140, however, remains
to be determined, although we proposed it to be involved
in the assembly and/or transport of preribosomal subunits.
Nopp140 shuttles between the nucleolus and the cytoplasm, apparently on tracks observed by immuno EM
(Meier and Blobel, 1992
). Unlike most other nucleolar
proteins, Nopp140 lacks RNA-binding motifs or glycine/
arginine-rich stretches. It exhibits a three-domain structure, the unique and evolutionarily conserved amino and
carboxy termini, and the signature central repeat domain.
The repeat domain contains ten acidic serine clusters alternating with exclusively basic stretches rich in lysine, alanine, and proline residues. Most of the serine residues in
the acidic clusters are phosphorylated by casein kinase 2, rendering Nopp140 one of the most highly phosphorylated proteins in the cell with up to 82 phosphates/molecule.
This negative and positive charge density may serve to
neutralize charges, on one hand on proteins associated
with Nopp140, and on the other on nuclear chromatin and
RNPs, thereby allowing smooth passage of Nopp140
and attached molecules (Meier and Blobel, 1992
; Meier and Blobel, 1994
). The very carboxy terminus of Nopp140
is phylogenetically most highly conserved, exhibiting 59%
sequence identity with its yeast homolog Srp40p (Meier,
1996
). Such a high degree of conservation suggests a conserved function for Nopp140.
Here we present evidence that Nopp140 not only moves between the nucleolus and the cytoplasm, but also between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies. Exogenous expression of the conserved carboxy terminus of Nopp140 exerts a dominant negative effect on endogenous Nopp140. It disperses coiled bodies and chases specifically those antigens out of the nucleolus that are common to coiled bodies. We demonstrate that Nopp140 not only associates with nucleolar proteins, but also interacts with p80 coilin of the coiled bodies. Taken together, these data suggest Nopp140 as a dynamic link between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies.
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Materials and Methods |
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DNA Constructs
Cloning was in general performed according to standard techniques (Maniatis et al., 1989). Unless otherwise stated, inserts with appropriate restriction sites were amplified by PCR using the hot-start technique to
avoid false priming. The constructs were confirmed by restriction analysis
or by sequencing of the newly generated linkers.
Mammalian Expression Constructs
The mammalian expression vectors either had an SV40 early (pSVK3;
Pharmacia Biotech, Inc., Piscataway, NJ) or late promoter (pSVL; Pharmacia Biotech, Inc.). Full-length Nopp140 was tagged with a double hemagglutinin (HA)-tag by cloning amplified Nopp140 into pTM27 while
dropping out SRP40, thus generating pTM37, HA-Nopp140 in pET22b
(Novagen, Inc., Madison, WI). pTM27 was constructed by subcloning a
double HA-tag and SRP40 into pET22b (Novagen, Inc.). HA-Nopp140
under the control of the SV40 late promoter (pTM40) was generated by
subcloning HA-Nopp140 from pTM37 into pSVL (Pharmacia Biotech,
Inc.). Similarly, HA-NoppCb under the control of the SV40 early promoter
(pTM38) was created by subcloning from pTM37 into pSVK3 (Pharmacia
Biotech, Inc.). To generate HA-Nopp140 under the control of the SV40
early promoter (pTM93), NoppCb was cloned from pTM37 into pTM38.
The HA-tagged Nopp140 deletion constructs were all generated initially
in pACT2 (CLONTECH Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, CA) for two-hybrid
analysis. From those vectors, the constructs were excised using Bgl II, and
were cloned into that site of pSVM that we constructed by inserting synthetic
oligonucleotides (containing a strong Kozak initiation codon followed by a
Bgl II site) into pSVL (Pharmacia Biotech, Inc.). Therefore, the following constructs were all under the control of the SV40 late promoter: HA-NoppC (pWG7), HA-Nopp
N (pWG15), HA-NoppN (pWG10), HA-NoppR
(pWG14), HA-NoppC (pWG13), HA-NoppCa (pWG17), HA-NoppCb
(pWG16), HA-Nopp
Cb (pWG21), and HA-Nopp140 (pWG12).
Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-nuclear localization signal (NLS) expression constructs were made by amplifying GFP using pGreenLanternTM
(CLONTECH Laboratories, Inc.) as template and a 3'-primer encoding the
NLS of SV40 large T antigen (Kalderon et al., 1984; Lanford and Butel,
1984
), and cloning it into pSVK3 (Pharmacia Biotech, Inc.), generating
pGFPNLS. HA-tagged Nopp140 constructs were then cloned as described
for the deletion constructs above from pACT2 (CLONTECH Laboratories, Inc.) into pGFPNLS creating GFP-NLS-HA-NoppN (pTM101),
GFP-NLS-HA-NoppC (pTM103), GFP-NLS-HA-NoppCa (pTM99), and
GFP-NLS-HA-NoppCb (pTM97).
Two-hybrid Constructs
LexA DNA binding and GAL4 activation domain (GAD) fusion proteins
were constructed by subcloning the respective amplified Nopp140 fragments into pBTM116 (Bartel et al., 1993) and pACT2 (CLONTECH Laboratories, Inc.). Thus, the following constructs were generated: LexA-Nopp140 (pSY1), GAD-Nopp140 (pTM47), GAD-Nopp
Cb (pTM67),
GAD-Nopp
C (pTM68), GAD-NoppN (pTM66), GAD-NoppR (pTM63), and GAD-NoppC (pTM73). The LexA-p80 coilin 1-186 (pYY9) was constructed by subcloning p80 coilin (amino acid 1-186) from the original two-hybrid isolate, p2HY1, into pBTM116. The other isolate was GAD-p80 coilin (amino acid 1-161), p2HY12.
Transient Transfections
Mostly COS-1 cells, but also HeLa and NIH 3T3 fibroblasts grown in
DMEM (Gibco Laboratories, Grand Island, NY) supplemented with 10%
FBS (Gibco Laboratories) were used for the transfection studies. The cells
were transiently transfected by the calcium phosphate (Chen and
Okyama, 1987) or DEAE dextran method (McCutchan and Pagano,
1968
). Both methods yielded identical results and exhibited efficiencies of
5-30% depending on the construct. The DNA constructs were purified
over QIAGEN columns (QIAGEN, Inc., Chatsworth, CA) for transfection. The length of transfection was determined by the promoter of the
transfected construct, and was usually 48 h with the SV40 late promoter
constructs unless otherwise stated. The described phenotypes were observed in at least 80% of the transfected cells unless specified.
Immunochemical Methods
For indirect immunofluorescence analysis, cells were grown on coverslips,
and were fixed and permeabilized with formaldehyde (EM Science, Gibbstown, NJ) and Triton X-100 (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA), respectively (Meier and Blobel, 1990). Antigens were detected by incubation with primary antibodies followed by secondary antibodies labeled
with fluorochromes. The following primary antibodies were used at the dilutions given in parentheses: anti-recombinant Nopp140 serum (RH10 at
1:1000; Meier, 1996
), anti-Nopp140 peptide serum (RF11 at 1:1,000; Meier
and Blobel, 1992
), anti-HA ascites fluid (12CA5 at 1:200; Wilson et al.,
1984
), anti-p80 coilin ascites fluid (5P10 at 1:10,000; from Maria Carmo-Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal), anti-p80 coilin polyclonal antiserum (204/10 at
1:500; Bohmann et al., 1995b
), anti-recombinant NAP57 rabbit serum
(RP7 at 1:200; raised against recombinant NAP57 as previously described
for Nopp140; Meier, 1996
), anti-fibrillarin monoclonal IgGs (D77 at 1 µg/ml;
Aris and Blobel, 1988
), anti-nucleolin ascites fluid (7G2 at 1:2,000; from
Serafin Pinol-Roma, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York), anti-B23/
NO38 IgG (B23 C-19 at 0.4 µg/ml; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz,
CA), anti-RNA polymerase I serum (
PolI
at 1:50; from Larry Rothblum, Geisinger Clinic/Weis Center for Research, Danville, PA), anti-UBF serum (
UBF at 1:100; from Larry Rothblum), and anti-Sm ascites
fluid (Y12 at 1:1,000; Lerner et al., 1981
). Secondary antibodies were usually rhodamine-labeled goat anti-rabbit IgG and FITC-labeled goat anti-
mouse IgG antibodies, both from Boehringer Mannheim Corp. (Indianapolis, IL), or in the case of B23/NO38 IgG, donkey anti-goat IgG (FITC)
and donkey anti-mouse IgG (Texas red), both from Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories (West Grove, PA). Immunofluorescence was observed with an IX70 inverted microscope (Olympus America Inc., Melville,
NY), collected with a PXL-cooled CCD camera (Photometrics, Tuscon,
AZ), and processed using IPLab software (Signal Analytics Corporation,
Vienna, VA). The pictures were prepared for publication as previously
described (Meier, 1996
). Fluorescence intensities were quantitated using National Institutes of Health image software.
For Western blots, entire 10-cm dishes were transfected, the cells were
scraped into ice-cold PBS, washed twice, and lysed in SDS sample buffer
by tip sonication. SDS-PAGE, transfer to nitrocellulose, and immunodetection were performed as described (Meier, 1996).
Yeast Two-Hybrid Analysis
The yeast strains used were L40 (Mata his3200 trp1-901 leu2-3, 112ade2
LYS::[lexAop]4-HIS3 URA3::[lexAop]8-lacZ) and L41 (Mat
his3
200
trp1-901 leu2-3, 112ade2 LYS::[lexAop]4-HIS3 URA3::[lexAop]8-lacZ; Hollenberg et al., 1995
). Yeast cell culture, genomic DNA preparation, and general manipulations were performed essentially as described (Ausubel et al., 1993
). To screen for Nopp140-interacting proteins, an L40
strain carrying pSY1, SYY1, was transformed with a HeLa two-hybrid library (Hannon et al., 1993
). An estimated 5 × 106 clones were screened
for growth on medium lacking histidine, and the 90 growing colonies were
tested for
-galactosidase activity using a filter assay (Breeden and
Nasmyth, 1985
). The plasmid DNA was isolated from the 27 remaining
colonies, electroporated into Escherichia coli, isolated, and retransformed
into yeast L41, which were mated with SYY1 and tested for activation of
the HIS3 and lacZ gene as described above. Of the 13 plasmids that still
transactivated the reporter genes, 6 were identified by DNA sequencing
as the amino terminus of p80 coilin. To quantitate the
-galactosidase activity, liquid assays were performed essentially as described (Guarente,
1983
). The average value of two separate experiments with three individual transformants for each set is reported. The values from individual
transformants differed <20% from the average value.
In Vitro Transcription/Translation and Immunoprecipitations
The following plasmids were used for in vitro transcription/translation in a
coupled reticulocyte lysate system (Promega Corp., Madison, WI): pYY23,
pBluescript II SK+ (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) carrying full-length p80 coilin amplified from a plasmid provided by Chung-Hsiun Herbert Wu
(Medical School, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan), and
pLAM-2, pBluescript II SK+ (Stratagene) carrying full-length human
lamin B (Pollard et al., 1990). The proteins were transcribed/translated according to the description of the manufacturer and labeled with [35S]methionine and -cysteine using ExpressTM label from DuPont-NEN (Boston,
MA). For coimmunoprecipitation experiments, recombinant Nopp140
(0.5 µg; Meier, 1996
) was added to the in vitro-translated protein and precipitated with 2 µg of anti-Nopp140 peptide IgGs in the presence or absence of a 100-fold molar excess of free peptide. Precipitations were performed as described (Meier and Blobel, 1994
), except that SDS was
omitted from all the buffers. The precipitated proteins were analyzed by
SDS-PAGE, followed by Coomassie blue stain and fluorography with EnlightningTM (DuPont-NEN).
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Results |
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Nopp140 Targeting to the Nucleolus and the Coiled Bodies
To study nucleolar and coiled body targeting of Nopp140, we amino-terminally tagged Nopp140 constructs with the HA epitope, and transfected them into COS-1 cells. As observed by indirect immunofluorescence, full-length HA-Nopp140, expressed from the SV40 early promoter, accumulated in nucleoli 6-12 h after transfection (Fig. 1, compare a with a'). Its pattern was indistinguishable from that of endogenous Nopp140 (see Fig. 4 a'). Unlike the endogenous Nopp140, however, it did not concentrate in coiled bodies identified by the coiled body marker protein p80 coilin (Fig. 1, compare a with a''). Only 12 h later was transfected HA-Nopp140 observed in coiled bodies (see Fig. 1 b). This lag phase of coiled body accumulation was independent of cell type and promoter used to express Nopp140 because it was also observed in Hela and NIH 3T3 cells, and with both the SV40 early and late promoter (data not shown). In the case of the SV40 late promoter, HA-Nopp140 expression was delayed to 24 h after transfection, and its coiled body localization was only detected consistently after 48 h.
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The phenotype of sequential accumulation in the two nuclear organelles could be explained by a difference in fluorescence intensities of Nopp140 in those two locations. To investigate this possibility, we quantitated the fluorescence in nucleoli and coiled bodies of untransfected cells stained with two different anti-Nopp140 antibodies. The maximal fluorescence intensities of coiled bodies corresponded closely to those of nucleoli, and in many cases even exceeded them (data not shown). Therefore, there existed a true temporal lag phase between accumulation of exogenously expressed Nopp140 in the nucleolus and in coiled bodies. Such a lag phase could also occur if the cells needed to go through mitosis, during which coiled bodies disassemble before Nopp140 can accumulate in the coiled bodies. This, however, is unlikely since we never observed transfected cells in mitosis, and since the transfected cells were usually not arranged side by side in a typical postmitotic pattern. In summary, these data demonstrate that newly synthesized Nopp140 first targets to the nucleoli and only subsequently to the coiled bodies, indicating that the way to the coiled bodies leads through the nucleolus.
Targeting and Effects of Partial Nopp140 Constructs
Separate signals in Nopp140 with different affinities for the nucleolus and the coiled bodies could account for its differential localization to the nucleolus and the coiled bodies. To investigate this possibility, truncated constructs were HA-tagged, and their distribution was analyzed by indirect immunofluorescence after transient transfection (Fig. 2). The constructs were based on the three-domain structure of Nopp140, the short evolutionary conserved amino (NoppN) and carboxy termini (NoppC), and the major central repeat domain (NoppR, Fig. 3). The results from all transfection studies are summarized in Fig. 3. All constructs containing the entire repeat domain localized at least initially to the nucleolus (Fig. 2, a and b), and eventually to coiled bodies (Fig. 2 c, Fig. 5, A and C, open arrows). The repeat domain alone was detectable in the nucleolus only at early time points after transfection (not shown), and became excluded from it after 48 h (Fig. 2 C). Neither the carboxy terminus (Fig. 2 D) nor the amino terminus alone (see below and Fig. 4) accumulated in the nucleolus or the coiled bodies. Therefore, the repeat domain was required for both the nucleolar and the coiled body accumulation of Nopp140.
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Surprisingly, partial constructs of Nopp140 containing
the repeat domain caused formation of phase-dense structures in the nucleoplasm (Fig. 2, A-C, solid arrows). According to their appearance by indirect immunofluorescence (Fig. 2, b' and c'), we termed these structures
R-rings for NoppR-induced rings. In the case of the HA-NoppC construct (Fig. 2 a), the R-rings were often small,
and at an initial state of their formation when compared with those induced by HA-Nopp
N (Fig. 2 b) and HA-NoppR (Fig. 2 c). This phenotype of HA-Nopp
C was
likely caused by the lower nuclear concentration of this
construct because of its considerable accumulation in the
cytoplasm (Fig. 2 a). In addition to the generation of
R-rings, the NoppR-containing constructs affected the localization of endogenous Nopp140. Thus, Nopp140 was recruited to the R-rings (Fig. 2, a'-c'), and was eventually
excluded from the nucleolus (Fig. 2 c'). A different dominant negative effect on the endogenous Nopp140 was observed by exogenous expression of the carboxy terminus of
Nopp140 alone. HA-NoppC chased endogenous Nopp140
out of the nucleolus and into nucleoplasmic granules of
~0.5 µm in diameter (Fig. 2 d'). This effect appeared to
occur in trans since HA-NoppC did not accumulate in the
nucleolus, but concentrated in the nucleoplasm (Fig. 2 d).
Apparently, the dominant negative effects of NoppR and
NoppC adversely affected cell viability since at later time points after transfection, the number of transfected cells
declined.
To ascertain that these effects were indeed caused by the
intact constructs and not proteolytic fragments thereof,
cells transfected with the respective constructs were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting (Fig. 2 E). The
exogenously expressed constructs could not be detected
with anti-HA antibodies, although they were recognized well by those antibodies in indirect immunofluorescence
experiments. This was most likely a matter of sensitivity
since the same antibodies detected HA-tagged Srp40p on
Western blots when uniformly expressed in yeast (Meier,
1996). Therefore, we used anti-Nopp140 antibodies that
detected the endogenous and the transfected proteins simultaneously (Fig. 2 E). All constructs migrated as a single homogeneous band at their predicted positions, indicating that none of the proteins was subject to degradation
(Fig. 2 E). In addition, the relative mobility of the various
Nopp140 constructs containing NoppR indicated that
these exogenous constructs were fully and homogeneously
phosphorylated to their exceptional high degree (Meier
and Blobel, 1992
; Meier, 1996
). Given the transfection efficiency and the amount of exogenous protein compared
with that of endogenous Nopp140, all of the constructs were overexpressed at least 10-fold. However, this value
may be an overestimate since the antibodies did not recognize the COS cell Nopp140 as well as they did the rat constructs. Since these antibodies, raised against recombinant
Nopp140, failed to react with the carboxy terminus of
Nopp140 (data not shown and Meier, 1996
), the HA-NoppC
construct alone was not recognized (Fig. 2 E, lane 6).
A Nuclear Export Signal in the Amino Terminus of Nopp140
Expression of the amino terminus of Nopp140 alone could
not be detected by indirect immunofluorescence with anti-HA
antibodies (not shown), indicating a susceptibility of the
59-amino acid peptide to proteolysis. To stabilize the
short construct, we added an amino terminal fusion protein consisting of GFP linked to the nuclear localization
signal (NLS) of SV40 large T antigen (see Fig. 3; Kalderon
et al., 1984; Lanford and Butel, 1984
). The nuclear localization signal was added because no NLS appeared to be
present in the sequence of NoppN (Meier and Blobel,
1992
). This construct was expressed and localized to the nucleoplasm as well as the cytoplasm, but failed to concentrate
in nucleoli or coiled bodies (Fig. 4 a). Unlike exogenous
HA-NoppR and HA-NoppC, expression of GFP-NLS-HA-
NoppN left the endogenous Nopp140 unaffected (Fig. 4
a'). When compared with the localization of the GFP-NLS
tag alone (Fig. 4 b), GFP-NLS-HA-NoppN caused a nucleolar exclusion, indicating that NoppN was not involved
in nucleolar targeting or retention. In addition, GFP-NLS-HA-NoppN (Fig. 4 a), unlike GFP-NLS alone (Fig. 4 b),
accumulated partially in the cytoplasm independently of
its level of expression. This NoppN-induced shift of the
steady-state distribution from exclusively nuclear to partial cytoplasmic may be caused by its putative leucine-rich
nuclear export signal, 14LYPLVLGFLR23, which is similar
to that of the HIV Rev protein (Fischer et al., 1995
). In
agreement with this idea, HA-Nopp
C, which lacked the
NLS-rich NoppC domain (Meier and Blobel, 1992
), exhibited partial cytoplasmic distribution (Fig. 2 a and Fig. 3)
and in some instances accumulated at the nuclear envelope (unpublished results). While our results suggest that
the nuclear export signal in NoppN is indeed functional,
the presence of a cytoplasmic retention sequence cannot
be excluded.
R-Rings
The R-rings ranged in size from 0.5-5 µm, but measured
on average 2 µm in diameter. Their number varied between 1 and 10 per cell, but most cells contained 2-5. Occasionally, R-rings even formed within nucleoli (Fig. 2 B).
To determine whether the R-rings recruited additional
proteins aside from endogenous Nopp140, indirect immunofluorescence on HA-NoppR (Fig. 5, A and B) and
HA-NoppN (Fig. 5 C) was performed. The R-rings also
attracted or redirected fibrillarin, NAP57, the RNA polymerase I transcription factor UBF, and in part RNA polymerase I itself (Fig. 5 A and not shown). However, nucleolin and B23/NO38 remained completely nucleolar in
transfected cells (Fig. 5 B and not shown). Surprisingly,
the nucleolus remained intact on a light microscopic level
despite the absence of these major nonribosomal nucleolar proteins, indicating that they are not essential for the
phase-dense makeup of the nucleolus. Since the NoppR
containing partial constructs of Nopp140 also accumulated
in the coiled bodies, we tested for the presence of coiled-body antigens in the R-rings of cells transfected with NoppR-containing constructs. The coiled body marker
protein, p80 coilin, was recruited to some of the R-rings
(Fig. 5 C, solid arrows) but also remained in the coiled
bodies (Fig. 5 C, open arrows). It is therefore possible that
only p80 coilin synthesized de novo in the cytoplasm, but
not originating from coiled bodies, was recruited to the
R-rings. Other coiled-body proteins, the Sm antigens,
were not recruited to the R-rings (data not shown). Sm antigens are core proteins of spliceosomal snRNPs, and concentrate in coiled bodies aside from their distribution
throughout the nucleoplasm. On some occasions, R-rings
were even observed in the cytoplasm (Fig. 5 c'), particularly when they were induced by expression of the partially cytoplasmic HA-Nopp
C (not shown). In summary,
the NoppR-induced R-rings recruited a subset of nucleolar antigens and depleted the nucleolus of most of these
proteins while leaving its structure seemingly unaffected.
In addition, p80 coilin targeted to R-rings without being
depleted from coiled bodies.
Dominant Negative Effects of NoppC
As mentioned above, exogenously expressed HA-NoppC targeted to the nucleus without accumulation in the nucleolus (Fig. 2 d). In HA-NoppC-transfected cells, endogenous Nopp140 was chased out of the nucleolus into nucleoplasmic granular structures that could not be discerned on the light microscopic level (Fig. 2 d' and Fig. 6, b' and b''). These data demonstrated a clear dominant negative effect of HA-NoppC on endogenous Nopp140. To test for the specificity of this effect, we investigated the localization of other nucleolar antigens in HA-NoppC-transfected cells (Fig. 6). The transfected cells were identified by labeling of the transfected HA-NoppC (Fig. 6, a', c', and d', arrow), or by the characteristic nucleoplasmic distribution of endogenous Nopp140 (Fig. 6 b', arrows). Only NAP57 and fibrillarin were chased out of the nucleolus by HA-NoppC (Fig. 6, a and b), but not nucleolin or UBF (Fig. 6, c and d). In addition, the nucleolar localization of B23/NO38 and RNA polymerase I remained unaffected by expression of HA-NoppC (not shown). While mislocalized fibrillarin colocalized precisely with the mislocalized endogenous Nopp140 (Fig. 6 B; compare b with b'), NAP57 accumulated in a distinct pattern in the nucleoplasm of HA-NoppC-transfected cells (Fig. 6 a, arrow and not shown). Despite the loss of these antigens from the nucleolus in transfected cells, the nucleolar appearance in phase contrast remained unaffected (Figs. 6 and 7, phase contrast). This result indicated that these proteins are not essential for maintaining the structural integrity of the nucleolus. In conclusion, HA-NoppC exerted a dominant negative effect on endogenous Nopp140, and affected the localization of a few select nucleolar proteins.
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These nucleolar proteinsNopp140, NAP57, and fibrillarin
colocalized to both the nucleolus and the coiled
bodies, while all the other antigens tested were exclusively
nucleolar. For this reason, we investigated the effect of exogenous HA-NoppC on coiled bodies. Coiled bodies appeared disassembled in HA-NoppC
transfected cells as
judged by the dispersed distribution of p80 coilin throughout the nucleoplasm (Fig. 7 A, arrow). To verify that the
coiled bodies were indeed dispersed, and that not only p80
coilin was chased out of them, we tested for the localization of other proteins present in coiled bodies. The Sm antigens of the spliceosomal snRNPs are usually concentrated in coiled bodies (Fig. 7 b, open arrows) aside from
their patchy distribution throughout the nucleoplasm. In
HA-NoppC-transfected cells, however, Sm antigens were
found only in the nucleoplasm, but were not concentrated
in dots, indicating a true dispersal of coiled bodies (Fig. 7
b). Therefore, exogenous HA-NoppC not only exerted a
dominant negative effect on endogenous Nopp140, but
also on coiled bodies.
To determine whether these dominant negative effects
of HA-NoppC could be attributed to a specific region
within NoppC, cells were transfected with the amino terminal, NoppCa, or the carboxy terminal half, NoppCb, of
NoppC. NoppCb corresponded to the most highly conserved part of Nopp140, and shares 59% identity to its yeast homolog, Srp40p, while NoppCa is only conserved in
metazoan homologs of Nopp140 (see Fig. 3 and Meier,
1996). Similar to our observations with HA-NoppN alone
(see above), the short HA-tagged NoppCa and NoppCb
could not be detected in transfected cells. Interestingly,
identical negative results were obtained when we attempted to express the conserved carboxy terminus of
Srp40p by itself in yeast (unpublished results). To stabilize
the constructs, therefore, fusion proteins were generated
with GFP-NLS as in the case of HA-NoppN. These constructs could readily be observed in transfected cells (not
shown), and the results are summarized in Fig. 3. Surprisingly, both the GFP-NLS-HA-NoppCa and -NoppCb chased endogenous Nopp140 out of the nucleolus and dispersed coiled bodies in a manner analogous to that of
NoppC. These effects, however, were only observed in approximately half of the transfected cells, apparently
caused by interference of the relatively large GFP-NLS-HA-tag, which accounted for >80% of the size of the
NoppC constructs. This reasoning was confirmed when addition of a GFP-NLS-tag to our original HA-NoppC construct caused a similar reduction in the efficiency of its effects on endogenous Nopp140 and on coiled bodies (Fig. 3).
In summary, therefore, NoppCa and NoppCb both contributed to the dominant negative effect of the entire NoppC.
This finding was in good agreement with the results obtained with NoppCb, the full-length Nopp140 construct
lacking just NoppCb, which behaved exactly like the full-length Nopp140. Thus, HA-Nopp
Cb localized to the
nucleolus, but only after a lag phase to coiled bodies, and
had no effects on endogenous Nopp140 or the coiled bodies (Fig. 3 and not shown). Therefore, NoppCa without NoppCb was able to provide enough functionality to the
remainder of Nopp140 for its proper targeting. For full
functionality, however, the highly conserved NoppCb appeared to be required as demonstrated by the dominant
negative effect of GFP-NLS-HA-NoppCb alone (Fig. 3).
The Amino Terminus of p80 Coilin Interacts with Nopp140
In an independent approach, we used the yeast two-hybrid
system (Fields and Song, 1989) to screen an HeLa cDNA
library for Nopp140-interacting clones. Using full-length
Nopp140 as bait, we identified two independent isolates of
p80 coilin, one twice and the other four times. One isolate
corresponded to the GAL4 activation domain fused to the
first 161 amino acids, and the other the first 186 amino acids of the 576 amino acid-long p80 coilin, respectively
(Fig. 8 A). Activation of reporter genes occurred whether
the amino terminus of p80 coilin was fused to the GAL4
activation domain or the DNA-binding domain of LexA, indicating a true interaction with Nopp140 (Fig. 8 A). On
the contrary, neither Nopp140 nor the amino terminal p80
coilin constructs exhibited any interaction with another
nuclear protein, lamin B, or the GAL4 activation domain
alone (Fig. 8 A). Further two-hybrid analysis to map the
p80 coilin-binding site on Nopp140 revealed that the interaction was virtually lost as soon as Nopp140 was truncated of one or several of its domains, as defined in Fig. 3
(Fig. 8 A). This finding suggested that full-length Nopp140 was required, at least when fused to the GAL4 activation
domain, to stabilize its tertiary structure, allowing binding
of the amino terminus of p80 coilin. In the context of these
findings, the amino terminus of p80 coilin failed to interact
with NoppC, which exhibited the dominant negative effects on Nopp140 and the coiled bodies. Finally, it is interesting to note that the Nopp140-interacting amino terminus of p80 coilin contained the sequence that was required for its targeting to sphere organelles, the coiled body
equivalent in amphibian oocytes (Wu et al., 1994
).
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To further establish the interaction of Nopp140 and p80
coilin, we added bacterially expressed Nopp140 to in
vitro-transcribed/translated p80 coilin, and coprecipitated
the proteins with anti-Nopp140 peptide antibodies (Fig. 8,
B and C). Indeed, in vitro-transcribed/translated p80 coilin (Fig. 8 B, lane 1) coprecipitated with Nopp140 (Fig. 8
B, lane 2). However, when precipitation of Nopp140 was
prevented by the presence of competing peptide, only
minute amounts of p80 coilin were detected in the precipitate (Fig. 8 B, lane 3). Coprecipitation of p80 coilin was
specific because in vitro-translated lamin B failed to coprecipitate with Nopp140 in a separate experiment (Fig. 8
B, inset). To confirm that the same amount of IgGs was precipitated under both conditions, the gel was stained
with Coomassie blue (Fig. 8 C). As previously observed
(Meier and Blobel, 1992; Meier, 1996
) and as judged by its
mobility shift from 100 to 140 kD, recombinant Nopp140
became fully phosphorylated in the reticulocyte lysate
(Fig. 8 C, lane 2). The coprecipitating band of ~ 42 kD (Fig. 8 C, lane 2) was therefore most likely the
chain of
casein kinase 2, which associates with Nopp140 (Li et al.,
1997
). Taken together with the in vivo colocalization of
Nopp140 and p80 coilin and the dominant negative effects
of NoppC on p80 coilin, these data suggest a physiologically meaningful interaction between the amino terminus
of p80 coilin and full-length Nopp140.
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Discussion |
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Ever since their discovery in 1903 as accessory bodies of
the nucleolus (Ramón y Cajal, 1903), coiled bodies were
thought to have a connection to the nucleolus. Here we
provide several lines of evidence that Nopp140 serves as
the functional link between these two nuclear organelles.
First, Nopp140 is a resident protein of both the nucleolus
and the coiled bodies (Meier and Blobel, 1990
; Meier and
Blobel, 1994
). Second, the temporal lag phase between its
accumulation in the nucleolus and the coiled bodies suggests that the pathway to the coiled bodies leads through
the nucleolus. Third, the dominant negative effect of
NoppC selectively disturbs the localization of antigens
common to both organelles, and causes dispersal of coiled
bodies. Fourth, Nopp140 not only interacts with nucleolar
antigens (Meier and Blobel, 1994
; Li et al., 1997
), but also
with the coiled body-specific p80 coilin. Thus, the highly
phosphorylated Nopp140 with its alternating negatively and positively charged stretches might serve as chaperone
for the transport of components between the nucleolus
and the coiled bodies.
The observed lag phase between the accumulation of Nopp140 in the nucleolus and the coiled bodies can be interpreted in several ways. Nopp140 could be independently targeted to the coiled bodies and the nucleolus owing to separate signals of different strength. This is unlikely since the same domain of Nopp140, NoppR, is sufficient and required for its targeting to both nuclear organelles. It is possible that the turnover rates of Nopp140 differ between nucleoli and coiled bodies. This possibility is diffused, however, by our findings that NoppC chases Nopp140 out of the nucleolus and disperses coiled bodies simultaneously. Therefore, Nopp140 targets the coiled bodies through the nucleolus. Alternatively, in a kinetic argument, it may rapidly travel through the coiled bodies to the nucleolus, and only become visible in coiled bodies as a backlog once all the sites in the nucleolus are saturated. Either model suggests a pathway for Nopp140 between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies.
Effects induced by exogenous protein expression have to be interpreted with caution, particularly if the protein is overexpressed. It is important to differentiate between specific and nonspecific consequences of the transiently expressed protein. In the case of NoppC, the effects are limited to proteins and structures that we have demonstrated to be specifically associated with endogenous Nopp140. Therefore, NoppC expression exerts a specific dominant negative effect on endogenous Nopp140. The consequences of the exogenous expression of NoppR, however, are less specific, and can be explained by a combination of mechanisms (see below).
Dominant negative effects are usually caused by competitive binding of an inactivated protein, either to its
functional partner or to an essential cellular factor. Although there is some evidence that Nopp140 can oligomerize (Meier, 1996; Chen and Yeh, 1997
), extensive two-hybrid analysis indicated a complete lack of interaction between two full-length Nopp140s or between full-length
Nopp140 and its individual domains (data not shown).
Therefore, the dominant negative effects of the highly
conserved carboxy terminus of Nopp140 (NoppC) are
likely due to its binding to a nuclear factor. This factor is
neither NAP57 (not shown) nor p80 coilin because NoppC alone does not interact with either protein in the yeast
two-hybrid system. Since NoppC itself does not accumulate in the nucleolus or in the coiled bodies (Fig. 2 d), it apparently binds to that factor in the nucleoplasm. There it
may interfere specifically with Nopp140 movement between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies, or more generally with nucleoplasmic Nopp140 shuttling. The mislocalization of specifically those antigens common to both the
nucleolus and the coiled bodies and the dispersal of the
latter are therefore secondary effects. They are caused by
the derailment of endogenous Nopp140 by the overexpressed NoppC. This invokes a picture of dynamic interaction between the nucleolus, the coiled bodies, and the nucleoplasm. Thus, Nopp140 binds to NAP57 and fibrillarin, and ushers them constantly through the nucleoplasm to or
from the nucleolus and the coiled bodies. Once in the nucleoplasm, these proteins are unable to reenter their organelles because their usher, Nopp140, has lost its guidance. In this context it is intriguing to speculate that the
nucleoplasmic factor to which Nopp140 binds with its conserved carboxy terminus might be part of the tracks along
which we observed Nopp140 previously (Meier and Blobel, 1992
).
We proposed Nopp140 to function as a chaperone by
accompanying preribosomes through the nucleoplasm
(Meier and Blobel, 1992). Interestingly, both fibrillarin
(Lischwe et al., 1985
) and NAP57 (unpublished results)
are components of small nucleolar RNPs. Therefore,
Nopp140 may serve generally as a chaperone for RNPs. The dynamic picture of the nucleolus and the coiled bodies, with snoRNPs constantly coming and going, is very
reminiscent of interchromatin granule clusters that harbor
spliceosomal snRNPs (for review see Spector, 1993
). In
that case, splicing factors move back and forth from the interchromatin granules to the sites of active transcription and splicing in the perichromatin fibrils (Misteli et al.,
1997
). The dynamic aspect of snRNP accumulation in
coiled bodies is further underlined by the dependence of
their accumulation on ongoing transcription and translation, and on cellular growth temperature (Carmo-Fonseca
et al., 1993
; Lafarga et al., 1994
; Rebelo et al., 1996
).
The fatal effects of NoppC on coiled bodies can be explained by two mechanisms. The presence of p80 coilin, or
that of NAP57 and fibrillarin is required to maintain the
structural integrity of the coiled bodies. Since we showed
Nopp140 to interact with p80 coilin, NoppC may affect the
localization of p80 coilin in a mechanism similar to that
proposed for NAP57 and fibrillarin; i.e., by derailing
Nopp140 as soon as it leaves the coiled bodies. This derailment, however, would require p80 coilin to constantly move in and out of the coiled bodies, indicating that its
coiled body localization simply reflects a steady-state equilibrium. Thus, p80 coilin itself may go to or through the
nucleolus, thereby explaining the observed effects on the
nucleolus by exogenous expression of partial p80 coilin
constructs (Bohmann et al., 1995b). Interestingly, in those
experiments Nopp140, unlike endogenous p80 coilin, always colocalized with the structures induced by the partial
p80 coilin constructs. Hence, these effects may have been
mediated through Nopp140. The second interpretation implies NAP57 and fibrillarin to be required for the integrity
of the coiled bodies. Is it therefore possible that the
NAP57 and fibrillarin containing snoRNPs are not only involved in the modification of ribosomal RNA, but are also
involved in the modification of spliceosomal snRNAs?
Consequently, do the coiled bodies indeed function in the
modification of snRNAs as proposed previously (Bohmann et al., 1995a)?
The effects of the NoppR domain appear more pleiotropic and less specific than those of the NoppC domain. This
may be explained by a combination of mechanisms. First,
NoppR may act similarly to NoppC in that it interferes
with the binding of endogenous Nopp140 to a nuclear factor. Second, the unusual high-charge density on NoppR
may cause nonspecific aggregation of proteins leading to
the formation of R-rings. Third, overexpression of NoppR
may affect many diverse nuclear processes simply by sequestering the majority of the nuclear casein kinase 2. Such a commitment by casein kinase 2 would be required
to fully phosphorylate NoppR with approximately 80 phosphates (Meier and Blobel, 1992; Meier, 1996
). Overexpression of full-length Nopp140 may exhibit a less severe effect on casein kinase 2 because it retains its full
complement of functional domains. However, even full-length Nopp140, when overexpressed at very high levels
and for a long time, will eventually lead to the dispersal of
endogenous Nopp140 from the nucleolus (not shown). It is
further noteworthy that the NoppR effect is dominant
over NoppC because any construct containing NoppR exhibits the NoppR and not the NoppC phenotype (Fig. 3).
This fact may be due to the nucleolar and coiled body targeting capacity of NoppR, which is absent from NoppC.
The most dramatic phenotype of exogenously expressed
NoppR is the generation of R-rings. The circular staining
of the R-rings can be explained in two ways. On one hand,
these rings may consist of large dense aggregates of the
highly charged NoppR and the sequestered antigens,
thereby preventing the antibodies from penetrating into
the interior. On the other hand, the circular architecture could point to a specific nuclear structure that needs to be
evaluated on the EM level. Interestingly, R-rings look
very similar to nuclear structures that were also induced
by exogenous expression of proteins. First, expression of
mutant ataxin-1, the protein mutated in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, forms similar structures (Matilla et al., 1997; Skinner et al., 1997
). Thus, R-rings could provide a model
for the nuclear structures observed in the neurons of patients with that neurodegenerative disease. Second, the
R-rings appear very similar to the pseudo-coiled bodies induced by exogenous expression of an amino terminal construct of p80 coilin (Bohmann et al., 1995b
). Pseudo-coiled
bodies and R-rings may be formed by the same mechanism since we demonstrated that the amino terminus of p80 coilin interacts with Nopp140. However, several characteristics identify these two nuclear structures as distinct
entities. Unlike R-rings, pseudo-coiled bodies fail to recruit RNA polymerase I, endogenous coilin, or at later
stages, fibrillarin. In addition, R-rings can grow to close to
ten times the size of pseudo-coiled bodies. Finally, both
organelles appear to be devoid of snRNPs, but R-rings accumulate cotransfected small nucleolar RNAs, both box
C/D and H/ACA snoRNAs (unpublished results).
Our transient transfection studies provide a vivid picture of the dynamic interaction between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies. The generation of cells stably transfected with our constructs under an inducible promoter will now allow us to assess the function of Nopp140 and the coiled bodies biochemically.
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Footnotes |
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Received for publication 12 May 1998 and in revised form 4 June 1998.
Address all correspondence to Thomas Meier, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461. Tel.: 718-430-3294; Fax: 718-430-8996; E-mail: meier{at}aecom.yu.eduWe thank the following people for their generous gifts of antibodies and reagents: John Aris, Maria Carmo-Fonseca, Angus Lamond, Serafin Pinol-Roma, Larry Rothblum, Joan Steitz, and Chung-Hsiun Herbert Wu. We are grateful to Wayne Grant for constructing some of the plasmids, and to the Analytical Imaging Facility of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for use of their equipment. We thank Susan Smith for critical reading of the manuscript.
This work was supported by National Institute of Health Grant GM50725.
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Abbreviations used in this paper |
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GFP, green fluorescent protein; HA, hemagglutinin; NLS, nuclear localization signal; snoRNP, small nucleolar RNP; snRNP, small nuclear RNP.
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