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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 99, 期 8, 页码 2676-2685出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.004
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- German Research Foundation [Ku 2474/7-1]
- National Institutes of Health [MH079197]
A detailed conception of intranuclear messenger ribonucleoprotein particle (mRNP) dynamics is required for the understanding of mRNP processing and gene expression outcome. We used complementary state-of-the-art fluorescence techniques to quantify native mRNP mobility at the single particle level in living salivary gland cell nuclei. Molecular beacons and fluorescent oligonucleotides were used to specifically label BR2.1 mRNPs by an in vivo fluorescence in situ hybridization approach. We characterized two major mobility components of the BR2.1 mRNPs. These components with diffusion coefficients of 0.3 +/- 0.02 mu m(2)/s and 0.73 +/- 0.03 mu m(2)/s were observed independently of the staining method and measurement technique used. The mobility analysis of inert tracer molecules revealed that the gland cell nuclei contain large molecular nonchromatin structures, which hinder the mobility of large molecules and particles. The mRNPs are not only hindered by these mobility barriers, but in addition also interact presumably with these structures, what further reduces their mobility and effectively leads to the occurrence of the two diffusion coefficients. In addition, we provide evidence that the remarkably high mobility of the large, 50 nm-sized BR2.1 mRNPs was due to the absence of retarding chromatin.
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