Reversible large-body formation from nuclear bodies upon amino acid(s) starvation in T24 cells

Experimental Cell Research
H Kamei

Abstract

AP435 dot, a nuclear dot-like structure that is recognized by a monoclonal antibody AP435 MAb and that seems to correlate with perinuclear intermediate filaments, was identified as a nuclear body by double immunofluorescent staining with AP435 MAb and the nuclear-body-specific antibody alphaSp100 or mAb 5E10. In T24 cells, nuclear bodies usually appear as small entities with an apparent diameter ranging from 0.2 to 0.7 microm, and several to 20 or more of them are present per nucleus. After long culture without a change in the medium, however, nuclear bodies disappeared while one or more large doughnut-shaped bodies appeared, which had apparent outer diameters of 0.7-1.8 microm. When the medium was changed or medium components were added, large bodies disappeared and many nuclear bodies of normal size reappeared within several hours. Large-body formation was not related to the arrest of DNA synthesis, as revealed by double labeling with AP435 MAb and anti-cyclin antibody. Among the medium components, only an amino acid mixture induced the change from large bodies to nuclear bodies. Large-body formation was also observed in long-cultured HeLa cells. These results suggest that nuclear bodies reversibly aggregate or reorganized to...Continue Reading

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