Journal of Cell Science, Vol 104, Issue 2 327-337, Copyright © 1993 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Localization of the RNA polymerase I transcription factor hUBF during the cell cycle

P Roussel, C Andre, C Masson, G Geraud and D Hernandez-Verdun
Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France.

Autoantibodies directed against nucleoli that recognized a doublet of 97-94 kDa in HeLa nuclear protein extracts were identified. The two polypeptides bound equal amounts of antibody, and each was recognized by antibodies affinity purified using the other polypeptide. These antigens were localized in the secondary constriction of PtK1 cells, i.e. the nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) where ribosomal genes accumulate. They were observed in human cells in the same sites as the NOR-silver-stained proteins. The molecular mass of the antigens, their characteristics in Western blotting and their localization in nucleoli and NORs during mitosis are consistent with them being RNA polymerase I transcriptional factor, UBF. This identification was confirmed on Western blotted proteins by their identical labelling patterns, using these autoantibodies and an anti-mUBF antibody that had been previously described. We obtained definitive evidence that these autoantibodies recognize UBF by the strong positive labelling of purified hUBF (1 to 4 ng). During interphase, these autoantibodies directed against UBF labelled in a folded filament pattern as small beads that may correspond to individual transcriptional units. In electron microscopy, the antibodies were observed in the dense fibrillar component (DFC) of the nucleoli and at the periphery of the fibrillar centers (FCs). At the end of G2 phase, transcription inactivation was concomitant with the gathering of UBF at mitotic NORs. UBF was not equally distributed between NORs in human cells: some NORs scored negative (2 to 4) and the intensity of labelling of positive NORs (6 to 8) differed. In confocal microscopy, 3-dimensional analysis of mitosis indicated that UBF remained associated with NORs during all mitotic stages and that there was equal partition of UBF between the daughter cells. The relationship between proteins associated with the NORs and ribosomal gene transcription is discussed.

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