Preferential accumulation of muscle type acylphosphatase in the nucleus during differentiation.
In a previous paper we observed a direct involvement of acylphosphatase in differentiation, associated with enhanced levels of the enzyme in the cell. We have here investigated the subcellular localization of the two known acylphosphatase isoforms during this process. We show that in C2C12 myoblast cells, muscle type acylphosphatase accumulates in the nucleus during differentiation. The same pattern of accumulation is observed also in K562 erythroleukemia cells, although at a lower extent: this fact indicates that this phenomenon is not restricted to muscular cells but rather it could be of general importance in the differentiative process. The common type acylphosphatase, showing an 8-fold increase in the cytoplasm during differentiation, does not accumulate in the nucleus, suggesting distinct roles of the two isoenzymes in this process.
Raugei
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Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Universitá, Firenze, Italy. raugei@cesitl.unifi.it
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Chiarugi
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Solito
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D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D016590:Aphidicolin / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006427:Hemin / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097024:Acylphosphatase
D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D016590:Aphidicolin; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D006427:Hemin; D000097024:Acylphosphatase