1 Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
2 Departments of Developmental and Molecular Biology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Womens Health, Center for Study of Reproductive Biology and Womens Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
*Author for correspondence (e-mail: meier{at}aecom.yu.edu)
Accepted August 13, 2001
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SUMMARY |
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Key words: Endoplasmic reticulum, Nucleolar channel system, Human endometrium, Nucleolus, Nopp140
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INTRODUCTION |
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The nucleolus, the major membrane-free organelle of the nucleus, has been analyzed in depth as the site of ribosome biogenesis. We have characterized a nonribosomal, nucleolar and Cajal (coiled) body protein involved in this process, Nopp140 (Meier and Blobel, 1992; Meier and Blobel, 1994). Specifically, Nopp140 associates with small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein particles, required for ribosomal RNA modification and processing, and appears to function as a chaperone for their biogenesis and intranuclear transport (Isaac et al., 1998; Yang et al., 2000). The primary structure of Nopp140 reveals a unique amino and carboxy terminus separated by a long central repeat domain. The latter consists of ten alternating repeats of acidic serine clusters and lysine-, alanine- and proline-rich basic stretches. Most of the serines in the acidic repeats are phosphorylated by casein kinase 2, rendering Nopp140 one of the most highly phosphorylated proteins in the cell with 80 phosphates per molecule (Meier, 1996; Meier and Blobel, 1992). When expressed in bacteria (unphosphorylated) or in insect cells (phosphorylated), this repeat domain, termed NoppR, contributes to the solubility of Nopp140 owing to the high charge density (Meier, 1996) (data not shown). Exogenous expression of NoppR causes the formation of nucleoplasmic structures; we named them R-rings based on their induction by NoppR and their appearance, which is often ring-shaped by indirect immunofluorescence (Isaac et al., 1998). Endogenous Nopp140, together with all its associated nucleolar factors, is recruited to these R-rings and depleted from the remains of the nucleolus (Isaac et al., 1998).
Here we demonstrate that the R-rings consist of bona fide endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that invaginates from the inner nuclear membrane generating an intranuclear membrane network. These R-rings appear identical to the nucleolar channel system of the human endometrium, suggesting a role for Nopp140 in the uterine preparation for blastocyst attachment.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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The cells were fixed, permeabilized, and processed for double immunofluorescence as previously described (Isaac et al., 1998). The following primary antibodies were used at the dilutions indicated in parentheses: anti-Nopp140 serum (RH10 at 1:1000) (Meier, 1996); anti-HA ascites fluid (12CA5 at 1:200) (Wilson et al., 1984); anti-LAP2 ascites fluid (#34 at 1:1000; kindly provided by Sui Huang and David Spector); anti-nucleoporin p62 ascites fluid (414 at 1:5000) (Davis and Blobel, 1986); anti-lamin B serum (1:1000) (Chaudhary and Courvalin, 1993); anti-calnexin serum (1:1000) (Kim et al., 1996); anti-Sec61 (1:200) and anti-TRAM serum (1:50) (Nicchitta et al., 1995); anti-SRP receptor serum (1:200; kindly provided by Chris Nicchitta); anti-TRAP serum (formerly anti-SSRa at 1:200) (Nicchitta et al., 1991); anti-BiP serum (1:50; kindly provided by Chris Nicchitta); anti-protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) serum (1:100) (Terada et al., 1995); anti-HMG-CoA reductase serum (1:50) (Roitelman et al., 1992); anti-cytochrome P450b, c and j sera (1:100; kindly provided by Frank Gonzalez); anti-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor serum (1:50) (Moschella and Marks, 1993). Secondary antibodies were rhodamine-labeled goat anti-rabbit IgGs and fluorescein-labeled goat anti-mouse IgGs from Boehringer Mannheim Corp. (Indianapolis, IN, at 1:200). The cells were labeled with the lipophilic dye DiOC6 (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR) according to Terasaki et al. (Terasaki et al., 1984). The fluorescence was observed and the images analyzed exactly as described previously (Isaac et al., 1998).
For fluorescent in situ hybridization of endogenous U14 and transfected snR36 snoRNAs, the protocol of Samarsky et al. (Samarsky et al., 1998) was followed. To detect U14, an aminomodified DNA oligonucleotide (Samarsky et al., 1998) was synthesized and labeled with Cy3 as previously described (Kislauskis et al., 1993). Analogously, to visualize snR36, the DNA oligonucleotide 5'-T*ACGATACCGT*GAGATAAAAAT*AGCGATATCCT*CGTACTCAAAGAAGT*TC-3' was synthesized, where T* represents the aminomodified thymidine.
Electron microscopy
For ultrastructural analysis, NoppR-transfected COS-1 cells were trypsin detached, pelleted, fixed with 2.5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate buffer, postfixed with 1% osmium tetroxide followed by 1% uranyl acetate, dehydrated through a graded series of ethanol and embedded in LX112 resin (LADD Research Industries, Burlington, VT). Ultrathin sections (90 nm) were cut on a Reichert Ultracut E microtome, stained with uranyl acetate followed by lead citrate and viewed on a JEOL 1200EX transmission electron microscope at 80 kV.
For immunogold labeling, the cell pellet was fixed for 5 minutes with 4% paraformaldehyde and 0.1% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate buffer and embedded in LR White resin. Ultrathin sections were incubated with anti-HA ascites fluid (12CA5 at 1:200) (Wilson et al., 1984) or affinity-purified anti-Nopp140 rabbit IgGs (RF11 at 1 µg/ml) (Meier and Blobel, 1992) in 1% powdered milk in phosphate-buffered saline. Secondary antibodies were goat anti-mouse or anti-rabbit IgMs conjugated to 15 nm gold (EY Laboratories, San Mateo, CA).
Paraffin-embedded endometrial tissue
Tissue samples of endometrium in the secretory phase were collected from healthy women and paraffin-embedded in a previous study (Daiter et al., 1992). Sections (5 µm) were cut on a Leica RM2165 microtome, deparaffinized and rehydrated through a graded ethanol series. Antigen retrieval was performed essentially as described (Shi et al., 1991) except that the sections were boiled for 10 minutes in 0.01 M sodium citrate (pH 6.0). Subsequently, the sections were blocked with 1% powdered milk, 0.5% Tween-20 in phosphate-buffered saline, incubated with anti-calnexin rabbit serum (at 1:1000) (Kim et al., 1996) or affinity-purified anti-Nopp140 rabbit IgGs (RE10 at 0.3 µg/ml) (Meier and Blobel, 1992) and antinucleolin mouse ascites fluid (7G2 at 1:2000) (Pinol-Roma, 1999) or anti-BiP monoclonal mouse IgGs (anti-KDEL at 5 µg/ml; StressGen Biotechnologies Corp., Victoria, Canada). Secondary antibodies were as described for indirect immunofluorescence above. For ultrastructural analysis, the sections were deparaffinized, rehydrated, and fixed with 4% glutaraldehyde.
To improve the reactivity of the anti-rat Nopp140 antibodies with the human homolog, rat Nopp140 antiserum was affinity purified over a column of immobilized recombinant human Nopp140. For this purpose, the full-length human Nopp140 cDNA was generated by PCR amplification using as template the gene KIAA0035 (kindly obtained from the Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, Japan) (Nomura et al., 1994). Human Nopp140 was expressed in bacteria as described for the rat protein but in soluble form and purified from whole bacterial lysate over a hydroxylapatite (Bio-Gel HTP, Bio-Rad) column like its rat homolog (Meier, 1996). The recombinant protein was coupled to an Affi-Gel 10 agarose support (Bio-Rad) and used to affinity purify RE10h IgGs from rat Nopp140 antiserum RE10. The RE10h IgGs (at 0.4 µg/ml) were used specifically to produce the indirect immunofluorescence data in Fig. 6C.
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RESULTS |
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R-rings consist of intranuclear stacks of membrane cisternae
To investigate the morphology of the R-rings, we studied thin sections of HA-NoppR-transfected cells by transmission electron microscopy. The nuclei of these cells contained various numbers of multilamellar membranous structures, apparently the R-rings (Fig. 2A, arrows). As expected from our indirect immunofluorescence analysis, these structures often associated with nucleoli and the nuclear envelope or formed apparently independent structures in the nucleoplasm (Fig. 2A, arrows). Higher magnification of an R-ring revealed the two dark lines characteristic for a lipid bilayer (Fig. 2B, arrowhead) and identified these structures as stacks of membrane cisternae (Fig. 2B). Their lumen, like that of the ER and the nuclear envelope, exhibited a constant distance between the two membranes (Fig. 2B, white dots). Each cisternae was separated from the next by a layer of electron dense material of even thickness of approximately 30 nm (Fig. 2B). The number of layers varied from a few to over 30. The stacks were often arranged in concentric spheres that formed structures like onion leaves rather than concentric tubes. This was especially evident in serial sections (Fig. 2C-E), which revealed the opposing surfaces (C and E) of an R-ring (D). The membrane sheets frequently fused into a multitude of tubules that resulted in a honeycomb-type pattern in cross-sections (Fig. 2F). It should be noted that the morphology of the R-rings varied dramatically from cell to cell and that we only depict a small sample (compare Fig. 2A,F and Fig. 3A).
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The membrane stacks exerted various effects on their immediate surroundings. If they occurred in the nucleoplasm, the outermost membrane was surrounded by a halo or coat-like regular structure about 100 nm away, which blended in another 100 nm or so into the nucleoplasm (Fig. 2B, arrow and Fig. 2D). The intranucleolar membrane stacks, however, integrated seamlessly into the nucleoli (Fig. 2A). The nucleolus itself lost its characteristic tripartite appearance and formed an amorphous mass consisting mainly of granular component (Fig. 2A). This was in agreement with the loss of all the factors from the fibrillar parts of the nucleolus, including the snoRNAs, but the retention of nucleolin and B23/NO38 of the granular component (Table 1) (Isaac et al., 1998). Because preribosomes appear to make up the bulk of the granular component of the nucleolus, the retention of nucleolin and B23/NO38 was consistent with their documented association with these particles (Hügle et al., 1985; Pinol-Roma, 1999).
NoppR-transfected cells frequently exhibited invaginations of specifically the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope. For example, where the inner and outer nuclear membranes were separated during sectioning, transfected NoppR was observed lining the inner membrane including a bud (Fig. 2G, arrow). Additionally, invaginations were frequently noted attaching to the inner membrane but leaving the outer membrane unperturbed (Fig. 2H, arrow). These buds and invaginations likely represented R-rings at early stages of development, as they were not observed in untransfected cells. Therefore, these data are consistent with our findings that R-rings are specifically derived from the inner nuclear membrane (see Discussion) (Fig. 7). Nevertheless, multilamellar R-rings were rarely observed connected to the nuclear envelope, suggesting that they may become detached with increase in size and that they might twist off from the nuclear envelope as documented for the NCS (More and McSeveney, 1980). In summary, exogenous expression of the Nopp140 repeat domain caused the induction of intranuclear stacks of membrane cisternae.
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R-rings are distinct from the nuclear envelope and consist of ER
Because both the R-rings and the NCS appear to be structurally derived from the inner nuclear membrane, we investigated whether they were nuclear envelope related. Employing indirect immunofluorescence in NoppR-transfected cells, we probed for the presence in R-rings of an integral membrane protein of the inner nuclear membrane, the lamin associated protein, LAP2 (Foisner and Gerace, 1993; Furukawa et al., 1995). Surprisingly, LAP2 failed to accumulate in the R-rings (Fig. 4a) identified by double immunofluorescence for the transfected HA-NoppR (Fig. 4a-d) and by phase contrast imaging (Fig. 4a"-d"). Only on rare occasions, minimal amounts of LAP2 were detected in R-rings (Fig. 4a, arrow). Additionally, the R-rings were devoid of nuclear pore complexes or nuclear lamina as documented by the absence of the respective marker proteins, p62 (Fig. 4b) (Davis and Blobel, 1986) and lamin B (Fig. 4c) (Gerace and Blobel, 1980). Antibodies to these proteins stained the nuclear envelope but never the R-rings (Fig. 4b,c). The unaffected localization of the lamina in NoppR-transfected cells explained the absence of LAP2 in the R-rings because LAP2 remained tethered to the lamina in the nuclear envelope (Ellenberg et al., 1997; Foisner and Gerace, 1993; Furukawa et al., 1995). Finally, no nuclear pore complexes were detected in any of the electron micrographs of the R-rings and the NCS (Fig. 2; Fig. 3) (Terzakis, 1965). Taken together, these data demonstrated that the R-rings are distinct from the nuclear envelope.
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DISCUSSION |
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The induction of ER proliferation by the overexpression of integral membrane proteins has been well documented. Thus, the overexpression of HMG-CoA reductase, IP3 receptor, cytochrome P450, cytochrome b5, lamin B receptor, 180 kDa ribosome receptor and aldehyde dehydrogenase, among others, leads to the accumulation of various forms of tightly packed ER stacks in the cytoplasm (Chin et al., 1982; Schunck et al., 1991; Smith and Blobel, 1994; Takei et al., 1994; Vergères et al., 1993; Wanker et al., 1995; Wright et al., 1988; Yamamoto et al., 1996). These membranes usually originate from the outer nuclear membrane and often remain associated with it. However, no soluble protein before has caused such an effect on membrane proliferation and, particularly, not within the nucleus. The most closely related case is the overexpression of the nuclear pore complex protein Nup153, which causes the formation of intranuclear membrane arrays (Bastos et al., 1996). However, the Nup153 induced structures are clearly distinct from R-rings because they contain lamins and nuclear pore complexes and because they are mostly apposed to the nuclear envelope. Therefore, they may be more closely related to tubular invaginations of the nuclear envelope (Fricker et al., 1997). Similarly, membrane induction caused by the overexpression of Nup53 in yeast suggests a role for this nucleoporin in nuclear envelope biogenesis unrelated to R-rings (Marelli et al., 2001).
How can ER cisternae form in the nucleoplasm? Other than de novo, there are only two possible models for the biogenesis of the R-rings. They are schematically represented in Fig. 7. In model A, the R-rings could result from the invagination of the entire nuclear envelope, i.e. the inner and outer membranes (Fig. 7A). In model B, the invagination of only the inner membrane could form the R-rings (Fig. 7B). In both cases, the invaginations are directly triggered and eventually accompanied by the transfected Nopp140 and all the nucleolar factors that are recruited to that location (see below) (Table 1), forming an electron dense Nopp140 matrix (Fig. 7, gray sprinkled layer). Therefore, the two models can easily be distinguished by the repeat unit of ER cisternae and Nopp140 matrix in close-ups of R-ring cross-sections (Fig. 7, boxed section). In model A, two layers of Nopp140 matrices would be separated by two apposed ER cisternae that may additionally be separated by a layer of cytoplasm (Fig. 7A). In model B, every single ER cisternae is separated by a layer of Nopp140 matrix (Fig. 7B). On the basis of these two models, the high magnification of a section through an R-ring demonstrates that they must originate exclusively from the inner nuclear membrane (compare Fig. 2B with Fig. 7B). This is further supported by the direct visualization of the budding of putative R-rings from the inner membrane in NoppR-transfected cells (Fig. 2G,H). Additionally, model A is unlikely because it predicts the presence of nuclear pore complexes and lamina as seen in other examples of nuclear envelope invaginations (Fricker et al., 1997). R-rings, however, are clearly devoid of pore complexes and lamina (Fig. 4b,c). Moreover, it is well documented that the NCS, which we show here to be equivalent to R-rings, originates specifically from the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope (Armstrong et al., 1973; More and McSeveney, 1980; Terzakis, 1965). Finally, in a recent study, intranuclear membrane cisternae in Schwann cells, likely induced by the overexpression of HMG-CoA reductase, also appear as invaginations of the inner nuclear membrane (Berciano et al., 2000). Therefore, the R-rings/NCS form a contiguous membrane network with the inner nuclear membrane and, through the pore membrane domain, with the outer nuclear membrane and with the smooth and rough ER (Fig. 7B).
Unlike the inner nuclear membrane and the smooth and rough ER, however, the R-rings/NCS are not endowed with a specific subset of transmembrane proteins but rather with a mixture of smooth and rough ER proteins (Table 1). Consequently, integral membrane proteins synthesized in the ER or the outer nuclear membrane can laterally diffuse through the pore membrane domain and the inner membrane into the R-rings/NCS. Thus, all the integral membrane proteins of the outer nuclear membrane and the ER have free access to the inner nuclear membrane as originally observed for viral glycoproteins (Bergmann and Singer, 1983; Torrisi and Bonatti, 1985; Torrisi et al., 1987). Furthermore, all these ER proteins can laterally diffuse into the R-rings, whereas the inner nuclear membrane proteins are retained in their proper location by multimerization or by binding to the nuclear lamina and/or chromatin (Smith and Blobel, 1993; Soullam and Worman, 1993; Soullam and Worman, 1995). This observation is consistent with a diffusion/retention mechanism for targeting of inner membrane proteins (Ellenberg et al., 1997) and with our results of the R-rings lacking lamins and the lamina-associated LAP2 (Fig. 2a,c).
How does a soluble protein induce ER proliferation? Is this effect direct or indirect? In the latter case, one could imagine that Nopp140 stimulates transcription of an integral membrane protein, which could lead to membrane proliferation as outlined above. Although Nopp140 can exhibit transcriptional activation activity in certain systems (Miau et al., 1997), this scenario fails to explain why these membranes are formed in the nucleus. By contrast, the embedding of the R-rings in a matrix, to which the transfected Nopp140 localizes exclusively, strongly favors a direct involvement of Nopp140 in R-ring formation. This is further supported by the direct localization of the transfected NoppR to a bud of the inner nuclear membrane (Fig. 2G, arrow) that likely represents an emerging R-ring. Therefore, we propose a direct and physical role for Nopp140 in R-ring/NCS biogenesis similar to that of coat proteins in vesicle formation (Scales et al., 2000). For example, the lysine-rich regions of the repeat domain could directly interact with the negatively charged head groups of the phospholipids as in the case of myosin (Areas et al., 1998; Doberstein and Pollard, 1992; Reizes et al., 1994). Alternatively, or in addition, the highly phosphorylated acidic serine stretches could form a similar interaction via divalent cations, such as calcium, as documented for the interaction of dextran sulfate with phospholipid bilayers (Huster and Arnold, 1998; Huster et al., 1999). The latter model is attractive because Nopp140 indeed binds calcium in a phosphorylation-dependent manner (U.T.M., unpublished) and because of the presence of calcium channels in the R-rings (Fig. 5I). The physical interaction of Nopp140 with the inner nuclear membrane may also provide the molecular mechanism underlying nuclear envelope attachment of nucleoli observed in most cells (Bourgeois and Hubert, 1988).
The protein composition of specific membranes is usually a testimony of their function, i.e. the rough ER in protein synthesis, the smooth ER in enzymatic activities and the inner nuclear membrane in nuclear structure and organization. No such specialization of the R-rings/NCS can be determined because of their complex composition of both smooth and rough ER proteins. We speculate that the R-rings/NCS lack a mechanism to specifically retain transmembrane proteins so that all accumulate nonselectively. Nevertheless, it is likely that only one or few of these proteins directly pertain to the function of the R-rings/NCS. This could occur in two ways; first, by a direct function of that particular protein/enzyme in the intranuclear membranes or second, by siphoning the protein/enzyme into the R-rings thereby depleting its function from the ER. Our model system of R-ring/NCS induction will now help to dissect which of these proteins is important in this context.
A possible role for the NCS may be derived from the following facts. The peak of NCS induction, six days postovulation, correlates exactly with the time of blastocyst attachment to the endometrium. Moreover, only 5% of all the epithelial cells contain NCSs and these cells are clustered throughout the endometrium (More and McSeveney, 1980; Ryder et al., 1995). Therefore, it is tempting to speculate that the blastocyst for its endometrial attachment selects these clusters of epithelial cells containing NCSs. Thus, there may be a specific signaling event required between the epithelial NCS and the trophoblast of the blastocyst to ensure proper attachment. Our model R-ring/NCS tissue culture cell system will allow us to test if these cells exhibit specific secretory functions or a specific response to extracellular stimuli. Ultimately, these studies will contribute to our understanding of how these intranuclear membranes may be crucial for blastocyst attachment.
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