Tubulin is actively exported from the nucleus through the Exportin1/CRM1 pathway

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Microtubules of all eukaryotic cells are formed by α- and β-tubulin heterodimers. In addition to the well known cytoplasmic tubulins, a subpopulation of tubulin can occur in the nucleus. So far, the potential function of nuclear tubulin has remained elusive. In this work, we show that α- and β-tubulins of various organisms contain multiple conserved nuclear export sequences, which are potential targets of the Exportin 1/CRM1 pathway. We demonstrate exemplarily that these NES motifs are sufficient to mediate export of GFP as model cargo and that this export can be inhibited by leptomycin B, an inhibitor of the Exportin 1/CRM1 pathway. Likewise, leptomycin B causes accumulation of GFP-tagged tubulin in interphase nuclei, in both plant and animal model cells. Our analysis of nuclear tubulin content supports the hypothesis that an important function of nuclear tubulin export is the exclusion of tubulin from interphase nuclei, after being trapped by nuclear envelope reassembly during telophase.

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Schwarzerová, K., Bellinvia, E., Martinek, J., Sikorová, L., Dostál, V., Libusová, L., … Nick, P. (2019). Tubulin is actively exported from the nucleus through the Exportin1/CRM1 pathway. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42056-6

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