Protein Tpr is required for establishing nuclear pore-associated zones of heterochromatin exclusion

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Amassments of heterochromatin in somatic cells occur in close contact with the nuclear envelope (NE) but are gapped by channel-and cone-like zones that appear largely free of heterochromatin and associated with the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). To identify proteins involved in forming such heterochromatin exclusion zones (HEZs), we used a cell culture model in which chromatin condensation induced by poliovirus (PV) infection revealed HEZs resembling those in normal tissue cells. HEZ occurrence depended on the NPC-associated protein Tpr and its large coiled coil-forming domain. RNAi-mediated loss of Tpr allowed condensing chromatin to occur all along the NE's nuclear surface, resulting in HEZs no longer being established and NPCs covered by heterochromatin. These results assign a central function to Tpr as a determinant of perinuclear organization, with a direct role in forming a morphologically distinct nuclear sub-compartment and delimiting heterochromatin distribution. © 2010 European Molecular Biology Organization.

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Krull, S., Dörries, J., Boysen, B., Reidenbach, S., Magnius, L., Norder, H., … Cordes, V. C. (2010). Protein Tpr is required for establishing nuclear pore-associated zones of heterochromatin exclusion. EMBO Journal, 29(10), 1659–1673. https://doi.org/10.1038/emboj.2010.54

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