A novel SUN1-ALLAN complex coordinates segregation of the bipartite MTOC across the nuclear envelope during rapid closed mitosis in Plasmodium
Published: April 10, 2025
Mitosis
in
eukaryotes
involves
reorganisation
of
the
nuclear
envelope
(NE)
and
microtubule-organising
centres
(MTOCs).
During
male
gametogenesis
Plasmodium,
causative
agent
malaria,
mitosis
is
exceptionally
rapid
highly
divergent.
Within
8
min,
haploid
gametocyte
genome
undergoes
three
replication
cycles
(1N
to
8N),
while
maintaining
an
intact
NE.
Axonemes
assemble
cytoplasm
connect
a
bipartite
MTOC-containing
pole
(NP)
cytoplasmic
basal
body,
producing
eight
flagellated
gametes.
The
mechanisms
coordinating
NE
remodelling,
MTOC
dynamics,
flagellum
assembly
remain
poorly
understood.
We
identify
SUN1-ALLAN
complex
as
novel
mediator
remodelling
coordination
during
Plasmodium
berghei
gametogenesis.
SUN1,
conserved
protein,
localises
dynamic
loops
focal
points
at
nucleoplasmic
face
spindle
poles.
ALLAN,
divergent
allantoicase,
has
location
like
that
these
proteins
form
unique
complex,
detected
by
live-cell
imaging,
ultrastructural
expansion
microscopy,
interactomics.
Deletion
either
SUN1
or
ALLAN
genes
disrupts
organisation,
leading
body
mis-segregation,
defective
assembly,
impaired
microtubule-kinetochore
attachment,
but
axoneme
formation
remains
intact.
Ultrastructural
analysis
revealed
miscoordination,
aberrant
gametes
lacking
material.
These
defects
block
development
mosquito
parasite
transmission,
highlighting
essential
functions
this
complex.
Language: Английский
In situ architecture of the nuclear pore complex of the higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 24, 2025
Abstract
The
nucleus
is
delimited
by
the
nuclear
envelope
(NE),
where
pore
complexes
(NPCs)
are
embedded.
While
this
complex
has
been
well
studied
in
vertebrates,
yeast,
and,
more
recently,
algae,
situ
structural
data
of
higher
plants
still
missing.
Here,
we
show
that
many
individual
nucleoporins
Arabidopsis
thaliana
and
human
present
high
similarity.
We
report
a
first
plant
NPC
structure,
derived
from
A.
root
protoplasts
using
cryo
electron
tomography,
subtomogram
averaging
homology-based
integrative
modeling.
model
based
on
predicted
models
NUPs
identified
mass
spectrometry.
scaffold
exhibits
differences
diameter
height
to
C.
reinhardtii,
while
sharing
some
features
with
H.
sapiens
NPCs.
Notably,
observed
contains
NUP155
connectors
like
NPC,
which
may
explain
difference
when
compared
reinhardtii
NPC.
Language: Английский
A novel SUN1-ALLAN complex coordinates segregation of the bipartite MTOC across the nuclear envelope during rapid closed mitosis in Plasmodium
Published: April 10, 2025
Mitosis
in
eukaryotes
involves
reorganization
of
the
nuclear
envelope
(NE)
and
microtubule-organizing
centres
(MTOCs).
During
male
gametogenesis
Plasmodium,
causative
agent
malaria,
mitosis
is
exceptionally
rapid
highly
divergent.
Within
8
min,
haploid
gametocyte
genome
undergoes
three
replication
cycles
(1N
to
8N),
while
maintaining
an
intact
NE.
Axonemes
assemble
cytoplasm
connect
a
bipartite
MTOC-containing
pole
(NP)
cytoplasmic
basal
body,
producing
eight
flagellated
gametes.
The
mechanisms
coordinating
NE
remodelling,
MTOC
dynamics,
flagellum
assembly
remain
poorly
understood.We
identify
SUN1-ALLAN
complex
as
novel
mediator
remodelling
coordination
during
Plasmodium
gametogenesis.
SUN1,
conserved
protein,
localizes
dynamic
loops
focal
points
at
nucleoplasmic
face
spindle
poles.
ALLAN,
divergent
allantoicase,
has
location
like
that
these
proteins
form
unique
complex,
detected
by
live-cell
imaging,
ultrastructural
expansion
microscopy,
interactomics.
Deletion
either
SUN1
or
ALLAN
genes
disrupts
organization,
leading
body
mis-segregation,
defective
assembly,
impaired
microtubule-kinetochore
attachment,
but
axoneme
formation
remains
intact.
Ultrastructural
analysis
revealed
miscoordination,
aberrant
gametes
lacking
material.
These
defects
block
development
mosquito
parasite
transmission,
highlighting
essential
functions
this
complex.
Language: Английский
Function of nuclear envelope proteins in plant growth and development
Olivia S Hazelwood,
No information about this author
Norman B. Best,
No information about this author
M. Arif Ashraf
No information about this author
et al.
Current Opinion in Plant Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
85, P. 102738 - 102738
Published: May 16, 2025
Language: Английский
A novel SUN1-ALLAN complex coordinates segregation of the bipartite MTOC across the nuclear envelope during rapid closed mitosis in Plasmodium berghei
eLife,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: May 20, 2025
Mitosis
in
eukaryotes
involves
reorganisation
of
the
nuclear
envelope
(NE)
and
microtubule-organising
centres
(MTOCs).
During
male
gametogenesis
Plasmodium
,
causative
agent
malaria,
mitosis
is
exceptionally
rapid
highly
divergent.
Within
8
min,
haploid
gametocyte
genome
undergoes
three
replication
cycles
(1N
to
8N),
while
maintaining
an
intact
NE.
Axonemes
assemble
cytoplasm
connect
a
bipartite
MTOC-containing
pole
(NP)
cytoplasmic
basal
body,
producing
eight
flagellated
gametes.
The
mechanisms
coordinating
NE
remodelling,
MTOC
dynamics,
flagellum
assembly
remain
poorly
understood.
We
identify
SUN1-ALLAN
complex
as
novel
mediator
remodelling
coordination
during
berghei
gametogenesis.
SUN1,
conserved
protein,
localises
dynamic
loops
focal
points
at
nucleoplasmic
face
spindle
poles.
ALLAN,
divergent
allantoicase,
has
location
like
that
these
proteins
form
unique
complex,
detected
by
live-cell
imaging,
ultrastructural
expansion
microscopy,
interactomics.
Deletion
either
SUN1
or
ALLAN
genes
disrupts
organisation,
leading
body
mis-segregation,
defective
assembly,
impaired
microtubule-kinetochore
attachment,
but
axoneme
formation
remains
intact.
Ultrastructural
analysis
revealed
miscoordination,
aberrant
gametes
lacking
material.
These
defects
block
development
mosquito
parasite
transmission,
highlighting
essential
functions
this
complex.
Language: Английский
A novel SUN1-ALLAN complex coordinates segregation of the bipartite MTOC across the nuclear envelope during rapid closed mitosis in Plasmodium
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 5, 2024
Mitosis
in
eukaryotes
involves
reorganization
of
the
nuclear
envelope
(NE)
and
microtubule-organizing
centres
(MTOCs).
During
male
gametogenesis
Plasmodium,
causative
agent
malaria,
mitosis
is
exceptionally
rapid
highly
divergent.
Within
8
min,
haploid
gametocyte
genome
undergoes
three
replication
cycles
(1N
to
8N),
while
maintaining
an
intact
NE.
Axonemes
assemble
cytoplasm
connect
a
bipartite
MTOC-containing
pole
(NP)
cytoplasmic
basal
body,
producing
eight
flagellated
gametes.
The
mechanisms
coordinating
NE
remodelling,
MTOC
dynamics,
flagellum
assembly
remain
poorly
understood.
We
identify
SUN1-ALLAN
complex
as
novel
mediator
remodelling
coordination
during
Plasmodium
gametogenesis.
SUN1,
conserved
protein,
localizes
dynamic
loops
focal
points
at
nucleoplasmic
face
spindle
poles.
ALLAN,
divergent
allantoicase,
has
location
like
that
these
proteins
form
unique
complex,
detected
by
live-cell
imaging,
ultrastructural
expansion
microscopy,
interactomics.
Deletion
either
SUN1
or
ALLAN
genes
disrupts
organization,
leading
body
mis-segregation,
defective
assembly,
impaired
microtubule-kinetochore
attachment,
but
axoneme
formation
remains
intact.
Ultrastructural
analysis
revealed
miscoordination,
aberrant
gametes
lacking
material.
These
defects
block
development
mosquito
parasite
transmission,
highlighting
essential
functions
this
complex.
Language: Английский
Nuclear pores beyond macromolecule channels
Nature Plants,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(6), P. 842 - 843
Published: May 21, 2024
Language: Английский
Nuclear Structure, Size Regulation, and Role in Cell Migration
Yuhao Li,
No information about this author
Shanghao Ge,
No information about this author
Jiayi Liu
No information about this author
et al.
Cells,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(24), P. 2130 - 2130
Published: Dec. 23, 2024
The
nucleus
serves
as
a
pivotal
regulatory
and
control
hub
in
the
cell,
governing
numerous
aspects
of
cellular
functions,
including
DNA
replication,
transcription,
RNA
processing.
Therefore,
any
deviations
nuclear
morphology,
structure,
or
organization
can
strongly
affect
activities.
In
this
review,
we
provide
an
updated
perspective
on
structure
function
components,
focusing
linker
nucleoskeleton
cytoskeleton
complex,
envelope,
lamina,
chromatin.
Additionally,
size
should
be
considered
fundamental
parameter
for
state.
Its
regulation
is
tightly
linked
to
environmental
changes,
development,
various
diseases,
cancer.
Hence,
also
concise
overview
different
mechanisms
by
which
determined,
emerging
role
mechanical
sensor,
implications
altered
morphology
physiology
diseased
cells.
Language: Английский