Mechanism of the stress-induced collapse of the Ran distribution.
The small GTPase Ran plays a central role in several key nuclear functions, including nucleocytoplasmic transport, cell cycle progression, and assembly of the nuclear envelope. In a previous study, we showed that cellular stress induces the nuclear accumulation of importin alpha, and that this appears to be triggered by a collapse in the Ran gradient, leading to the down-regulation of classical nuclear transport. We report here that a decrease in stress-induced ATP is associated with an increase in cytoplasmic Ran levels. A luciferin-luciferase assay showed that cellular stress decreased the intracellular levels of ATP. Treatment of the cells with ATP-depleting agents altered the distribution of Ran. Furthermore, when exogenous ATP was introduced in oxidative stress-treated cells, a normal distribution of Ran was restored. In addition, a pull-down experiment with an importin beta1 variant that binds to RanGTP showed that oxidative stress was accompanied by a decrease in intracellular RanGTP levels. These findings indicate that the decrease in ATP levels induced by cellular stress causes a decrease in RanGTP levels and a collapse of Ran distribution.[1]References
- Mechanism of the stress-induced collapse of the Ran distribution. Yasuda, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Saiwaki, T., Yoneda, Y. Exp. Cell Res. (2006) [Pubmed]
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