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Regulated degradation of the inner nuclear membrane protein SUN2 maintains nuclear envelope architecture and function

  1. Logesvaran Krshnan
  2. Wingyan Skyla Siu
  3. Michael Van de Weijer
  4. Daniel Hayward
  5. Elena Navarro Guerrero
  6. Ulrike Gruneberg
  7. Pedro Carvalho  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81573
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  1. Logesvaran Krshnan
  2. Wingyan Skyla Siu
  3. Michael Van de Weijer
  4. Daniel Hayward
  5. Elena Navarro Guerrero
  6. Ulrike Gruneberg
  7. Pedro Carvalho
(2022)
Regulated degradation of the inner nuclear membrane protein SUN2 maintains nuclear envelope architecture and function
eLife 11:e81573.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81573
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Abstract

Nuclear architecture and functions depend on dynamic interactions between nuclear components (such as chromatin) and inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins. Mutations in INM proteins interfering with these interactions result in disease. However, mechanisms controlling the levels and turnover of INM proteins remain unknown. Here, we describe a mechanism of regulated degradation of the INM SUN domain-containing protein 2 (SUN2). We show that Casein Kinase II and the C-terminal domain Nuclear Envelope Phosphatase 1 (CTDNEP1) have opposing effects on SUN2 levels by regulating SUN2 binding to the ubiquitin ligase Skp/Cullin1/F-BoxβTrCP (SCFβTrCP). Upon binding to phosphorylated SUN2, SCFβTrCP promotes its ubiquitination. Ubiquitinated SUN2 is membrane extracted by the AAA ATPase p97 and delivered to the proteasome for degradation. Importantly, accumulation of non-degradable SUN2 results in aberrant nuclear architecture, vulnerability to DNA damage and increased lagging chromosomes in mitosis. These findings uncover a central role of proteolysis in INM protein homeostasis.

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  1. Logesvaran Krshnan

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  2. Wingyan Skyla Siu

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  3. Michael Van de Weijer

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  4. Daniel Hayward

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  5. Elena Navarro Guerrero

    Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  6. Ulrike Gruneberg

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  7. Pedro Carvalho

    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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European Research Council (817708)

  • Pedro Carvalho

Wellcome Trust (223153/Z/21/Z)

  • Pedro Carvalho

Cancer Research UK Discovery Programme (DRCNPG-Nov21\100004)

  • Ulrike Gruneberg

Medical Research Council (MR/K006703/1)

  • Ulrike Gruneberg

Edward Penley Abraham Fund (RF 280)

  • Ulrike Gruneberg

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© 2022, Krshnan et al.

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  1. Logesvaran Krshnan
  2. Wingyan Skyla Siu
  3. Michael Van de Weijer
  4. Daniel Hayward
  5. Elena Navarro Guerrero
  6. Ulrike Gruneberg
  7. Pedro Carvalho
(2022)
Regulated degradation of the inner nuclear membrane protein SUN2 maintains nuclear envelope architecture and function
eLife 11:e81573.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81573

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