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The role of the nuclear pore complex in adenovirus DNA entry
Author(s) -
Greber Urs F.,
Suomalainen Maarit,
Stidwill Robert P.,
Boucke Karin,
Ebersold Melanie W.,
Helenius Ari
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1093/emboj/16.19.5998
Subject(s) - biology , nuclear pore , nuclear transport , nucleoporin , cell nucleus , microbiology and biotechnology , endoplasmic reticulum , nuclear protein , cytoplasm , nuclear membrane , nuclear lamina , nuclear matrix , nucleus , dna , biochemistry , chromatin , gene , transcription factor
Adenovirus targets its genome to the cell nucleus by a multistep process involving endocytosis, membrane penetration and cytoplasmic transport, and finally imports its DNA into the nucleus. Using an immunochemical and biochemical approach combined with inhibitors of nuclear import, we demonstrate that incoming viral DNA and DNA‐associated protein VII enter the nucleus via nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Depletion of calcium from nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum cisternae by ionophores or thapsigargin blocked DNA and protein VII import into the nucleus, but had no effect on virus targeting to NPCs. Calcium‐depleted cells were capable of disassembling incoming virus. In contrast, inhibitors of cytosolic O ‐linked glycoproteins of the NPC blocked virus attachment to the nuclear envelope, capsid disassembly and also nuclear import of protein VII. The data indicate that NPCs have multiple roles in adenovirus entry into cells: they contain a virus‐binding and/or dissociation activity and provide a gateway for the incoming DNA genome into the nucleus.