title: Fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 (FGFR1) nuclear dynamics reveal a novel mechanism in transcription control.
abstract: Nuclear FGFR1 acts as a developmental gene regulator in cooperation with FGF-2, RSK1, and CREB-binding protein (CBP). FRAP analysis revealed three nuclear FGFR1 populations: i) a fast mobile, ii) a slower mobile population reflecting chromatin-bound FGFR1, and iii) an immobile FGFR1 population associated with the nuclear matrix. Factors (cAMP, CBP) that induce FGFR1-mediated gene activation shifted FGFR1 from the nuclear matrix (immobile) to chromatin (slow) and reduced the movement rate of the chromatin-bound population. Transcription inhibitors accelerated FGFR1 movement; the content of the chromatin-bound slow FGFR1 decreased, whereas the fast population increased. The transcriptional activation appears to involve conversion of the immobile matrix-bound and the fast nuclear FGFR1 into a slow chromatin-binding population through FGFR1's interaction with CBP, RSK1, and the high-molecular-weight form of FGF-2. Our findings support a general mechanism in which gene activation is governed by protein movement and collisions with other proteins and nuclear structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, and Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
authors.forename: Star M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dunham-Ems
authors.forename: Yu-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ewa K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Stachowiak
authors.forename: Haridas
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pudavar
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Claus
authors.forename: Paras N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Michal K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Stachowiak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050882:CREB-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D036681:Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015530:Nuclear Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C485184:enhanced green fluorescent protein; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D050882:CREB-Binding Protein; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1; D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa