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Conserved lamin A protein expression in differentiated cells in the earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae
Author(s) -
Kalidas Ramamoorthy M.,
Raja Subramanian Elaiya,
Mydeen Sheik Abdul Kader Nagoor Meeran,
Samuel Selvan Christyraj Johnson Retnaraj,
Durairaj Selvan Christyraj Jackson,
Nino Gopi D.,
Palanichelvam Karuppaiah,
Vaithi Arumugaswami,
Sudhakar Sivasubramaniam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1002/cbin.10479
Subject(s) - lamin , earthworm , biology , nuclear lamina , microbiology and biotechnology , nuclear protein , nucleus , genetics , gene , paleontology , transcription factor
Lamin A is an intermediate filament protein found in most of the differentiated vertebrate cells but absent in stem cells. It shapes the skeletal frame structure beneath the inner nuclear membrane of the cell nucleus. As there are few studies of the expression of lamin A in invertebrates, in the present work, we have analyzed the sequence, immunochemical conservation and expression pattern of lamin A protein in the earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae , a model organism for tissue regeneration. The expression of lamin A has been confirmed in E. eugeniae by immunoblot. Its localization in the nuclear membrane has been observed by immunohistochemistry using two different rabbit anti‐sera raised against human lamin A peptides, which are located at the C‐terminus of the lamin A protein. These two antibodies detected 70 kDa lamin A protein in mice and a single 65 kDa protein in the earthworm. The Oct‐4 positive undifferentiated blastemal tissues of regenerating earthworm do not express lamin A, while the Oct‐4 negative differentiated cells express lamin A. This pattern was also confirmed in the earthworm prostate gland. The present study is the first evidence for the immunochemical identification of lamin A and Oct‐4 in the earthworm. Along with the partial sequence obtained from the earthworm genome, the present results suggest that lamin A protein and its expression pattern is conserved from the earthworm to humans.