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- Title
Identification and characterization of nucleoplasmin 3 as a histone-binding protein in embryonic stem cells.
- Authors
Motoi, Natsuki; Suzuki, Ken-ichi; Hirota, Ryuichi; Johnson, Penny; Oofusa, Ken; Kikuchi, Yutaka; Yoshizato, Katsutoshi
- Abstract
Embryonic stem (ES) cells are thought to have unique chromatin structures responsible for their capacity for self-renewal and pluripotency. To examine this possibility, we sought nuclear proteins in mouse ES cells that specifically bind to histones using a pull-down assay with synthetic peptides of histone H3 and H4 tail domain as baits. Nuclear proteins preferentially bound to the latter. We identified 45 proteins associated with the histone H4 tail and grouped them into four categories: 10 chromatin remodeling proteins, five histone chaperones, two histone modification-related proteins, and 28 other proteins. mRNA expression levels of 20 proteins selected from these 45 proteins were compared between undifferentiated and retinoic acid (RA)-induced differentiated ES cells. All of the genes were similarly expressed in both states of ES cells, except nucleoplasmin 3 (NPM3) that was expressed at a higher level in the undifferentiated cells. NPM3 proteins were localized in the nucleoli and nuclei of the cells and expression was decreased during RA-induced differentiation. When transfected with NPM3 gene, ES cells significantly increased their proliferation compared with control cells. The present study strongly suggests that NPM3 is a chromatin remodeling protein responsible for the unique chromatin structure and replicative capacity of ES cells.
- Subjects
EMBRYONIC stem cells; HISTONES; CARRIER proteins; LABORATORY mice; CHROMATIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEM cells; CHROMOSOMES; TRETINOIN
- Publication
Development, Growth & Differentiation, 2008, Vol 50, Issue 5, p307
- ISSN
0012-1592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-169X.2008.01034.x