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Loss of nucleoplasmic LAP2alpha-lamin A complexes causes erythroid and epidermal progenitor hyperproliferation
Nana Naetar1, Barbara Korbei, Serguei Kozlov
1Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
Lamina-associated polypeptide (LAP) 2alpha is a chromatin-associated protein that binds A-type lamins. Mutations in both LAP2alpha and A-type lamins are linked to human diseases called laminopathies, but the molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. The A-type lamin-LAP2alpha complex interacts with and regulates retinoblastoma protein (pRb), but the significance of this interaction in vivo is unknown. Here we address the function of the A-type lamin-LAP2alpha complex with the use of LAP2alpha-deficient mice. We show that LAP2alpha loss causes relocalization of nucleoplasmic A-type lamins to the nuclear envelope and impairs pRb function. This causes inefficient cell-cycle arrest in dense fibroblast cultures and hyperproliferation of epidermal and erythroid progenitor cells in vivo, leading to tissue hyperplasia. Our results support a disease-relevant model in which LAP2alpha defines A-type lamin localization in the nucleoplasm, which in turn affects pRb-mediated regulation of progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation in highly regenerative tissues.
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