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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 108, Issue 3 1205-1215, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
AP Vassilev, HH Rasmussen, EI Christensen, S Nielsen and JE Celis
Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
The levels and distribution of ubiquitinated histone H2A (uH2A) have been studied in normal and transformed human cells using a monoclonal antibody (mAb E6C5) that reacts specifically with this ubiquitin conjugate as determined by two-dimensional gel western blotting and microsequencing. Immunoblotting experiments demonstrated that the levels of the protein are highly upregulated in SV40-transformed human fibroblasts (WI-38 SV40) and keratinocytes (K14) relative to their normal counterparts, a finding that was further confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence studies of formaldehyde/Triton X-100-treated cells, which showed that about 97% of the transformed cells and 26% of the normal populations reacted with the antibody to yield a fine granular nuclear staining associated with the chromatin. Transformed cells contained in addition clusters of uH2A that were quite abundant and that showed variable size, shape and distribution even within a single cell line. The clusters, which were rare in normal cells, did not colocalize with other known nuclear antigens and may correspond to novel nuclear domains where ubiquitination/deubiquitination takes place. Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry of K14 cells confirmed the existence of the clusters. Double immunofluorescence studies of K14 keratinocytes with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)/cyclin antibodies, which react with the nuclei of cells engaged in DNA replication, showed partial colocalization of PCNA/cyclin foci and large uH2A clusters in about 14% of the S-phase cells, and these corresponded mainly to late S-phase cells. Inhibition of DNA replication with hydroxyurea resulted in an overall increase in the intensity of the uH2A staining as well as in a more clear colocalization of uH2A clusters and PCNA/cyclin foci. Taken together, the results support the contention that uH2A plays a role at some stage of DNA replication.
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