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Received June 2, 2006
Returned for revision October 13, 2006
Accepted November 1, 2006

Insights into Nuclear Organization in Plants as Revealed by the Dynamic Distribution of Arabidopsis SR Splicing Factors

Vinciane Tillemans 1, Isabelle Leponce 1, Glwadys Rausin 1, Laurence Dispa 1, and Patrick Motte 2*

1 Laboratory of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Institute of Botany, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
2 Laboratory of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Institute of Botany, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; Center for Assistance in Technology of Microscopy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: patrick.motte{at}ulg.ac.be.

Serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins are splicing regulators that share a modular structure consisting of one or two N-terminal RNA recognition motif domains and a C-terminal RS-rich domain. We investigated the dynamic localization of the Arabidopsis thaliana SR protein RSZp22, which, as we showed previously, distributes in predominant speckle-like structures and in the nucleolus. To determine the role of RSZp22 diverse domains in its nucleolar distribution, we investigated the subnuclear localization of domain-deleted mutant proteins. Our results suggest that the nucleolar localization of RSZp22 does not depend on a single targeting signal but likely involves different domains/motifs. Photobleaching experiments demonstrated the unrestricted dynamics of RSZp22 between nuclear compartments. Selective inhibitor experiments of ongoing cellular phosphorylation influenced the rates of exchange of RSZp22 between the different nuclear territories, indicating that SR protein mobility is dependent on the phosphorylation state of the cell. Furthermore, based on a leptomycin B- and fluorescence loss in photobleaching-based sensitive assay, we suggest that RSZp22 is a nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein. Finally, with electron microscopy, we confirmed that RSp31, a plant-specific SR protein, is dynamically distributed in nucleolar cap-like structures upon phosphorylation inhibition. Our findings emphasize the high mobility of Arabidopsis SR splicing factors and provide insights into the dynamic relationships between the different nuclear compartments.




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