title: Lamins: 'structure goes cycling'.
abstract: Nuclear intermediate filaments formed by A- and B-type lamins are central components of the nucleoskeleton and are required for the architecture and integrity of the nucleus. There is growing evidence that lamins are also involved in regulatory pathways controlling cell proliferation and differentiation. Lamins affect the activity of several transcription factors, such as retinoblastoma protein and c-Fos, and signalling pathways, such as the ERK1/2 (extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1/2) and Notch pathways, which are key regulators of cell-cycle progression and differentiation. During mitosis, lamins are dynamically reorganized and play active roles in spindle matrix formation and in post-mitotic nuclear reassembly. Several of the cell-cycle-regulating functions of lamins may be impaired in the diseases linked to mutations in lamins and lamin-associated proteins, including striated muscle diseases, lipodystrophies and premature aging syndromes, and contribute to the tissue-specific disease pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/3, Vienna 1030, Austria.
authors.forename: Mirta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boban
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Foisner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D023061:Gene Order; D006801:Humans; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D034882:Lamins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000378:metabolism; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D034882:Lamins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases