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Recombinant major vault protein is targeted to neuritic tips of PC12 cells

  • The major vault protein (MVP) is the predominant constituent of ubiquitous, evolutionarily conserved large cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein particles of unknown function. Vaults are multimeric protein complexes with several copies of an untranslated RNA. Double labeling employing laser-assisted confocal microscopy and indirect immunofluorescence demonstrates partial colocalization of vaults with cytoskeletal elements in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and nerve growth factor (NGF)-treated neuronlike PC12 cells. Transfection of CHO and PC12 cells with a cDNA encoding the rat major vault protein containing a vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein epitope tag demonstrates that the recombinant protein is sorted into vault particles and targeted like endogenous MVPs. In neuritic extensions of differentiated PC12 cells, there is an almost complete overlap of the distribution of microtubules and vaults. A pronounced colocalization of vaults with filamentous actin can be seen in the tips of neurites. Moreover, in NGF-treated PC12 cells the location of vaults partially coincides with vesicular markers. Within the terminal tips of neurites vaults are located near secretory organelles. Our observations suggest that the vault particles are transported along cytoskeletal-based cellular tracks.

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Author:Christine Herrmann, Elaheh Golkaramnay, Elisabeth Inman, Leonard Rome, Walter Volknandt
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-458272
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.144.6.1163
ISSN:1540-8140
ISSN:0021-9525
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10087261
Parent Title (English):The journal of cell biology
Publisher:Rockefeller Univ. Press
Place of publication:New York, NY
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:1999
Date of first Publication:1999/03/22
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2018/03/08
Tag:PC12; major vault protein; protein targeting; transport; vaults
Volume:144
Issue:6
Page Number:10
First Page:1163
Last Page:1172
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HeBIS-PPN:432103163
Institutes:Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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