Vimentin molecular linkages with nesprin-3 enhance nuclear deformation by cell geometric constraints
Swoger, M.; Tri Ho Thanh, M.; Byfield, F. J.; Dam, V. B.; Williamson, J.; Frank, B.; Hehnly, H.; Conway, D.; Patteson, A. E.
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The nucleus is the organelle of the cell responsible for controlling protein expression, which has a direct effect on cellular biological functions. Here we show that the cytoskeletal protein vimentin plays an important role in increasing cell-generated forces transmitted to the cell nucleus, resulting in increased nuclear deformations in strongly polarized cells. Using micropatterned substrates to geometrically control cell shape in wild-type and vimentin-null cells, we show vimentin increases polarization and deformation of the cell nucleus. Loss of nesprin-3, which physically couples vimentin to the nuclear envelope, phenotypically copies the loss of vimentin, suggesting vimentin transmits forces to the cell nucleus through direct molecular linkages. Use of a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor that binds to the nuclear envelope through lamin-A/C suggests vimentin increases the tension on the nuclear envelope. Our results indicate that nuclear shape and deformation can be modified by the vimentin cytoskeleton and its specific crosslinks to the cell nucleus.
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