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- Title
Novel nuclear hENT2 isoforms regulate cell cycle progression via controlling nucleoside transport and nuclear reservoir.
- Authors
Grañé-Boladeras, Natalia; Spring, Christopher; Hanna, W.; Pastor-Anglada, Marçal; Coe, Imogen
- Abstract
Nucleosides participate in many cellular processes and are the fundamental building blocks of nucleic acids. Nucleoside transporters translocate nucleosides across plasma membranes although the mechanism by which nucleos(t)ides are translocated into the nucleus during DNA replication is unknown. Here, we identify two novel functional splice variants of equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2 (ENT2), which are present at the nuclear envelope. Under proliferative conditions, these splice variants are up-regulated and recruit wild-type ENT2 to the nuclear envelope to translocate nucleosides into the nucleus for incorporation into DNA during replication. Reduced presence of hENT2 splice variants resulted in a dramatic decrease in cell proliferation and dysregulation of cell cycle due to a lower incorporation of nucleotides into DNA. Our findings support a novel model of nucleoside compartmentalisation at the nuclear envelope and translocation into the nucleus through hENT2 and its variants, which are essential for effective DNA synthesis and cell proliferation.
- Subjects
CELL cycle regulation; NUCLEOSIDE transport proteins; DNA replication; CELL proliferation; NUCLEAR membranes
- Publication
Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences, 2016, Vol 73, Issue 23, p4559
- ISSN
1420-682X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00018-016-2288-9