Lamins at a glance

Cell Science at a Glance Lamins at a glance Chin Yee Ho and Jan Lammerding* Cornell University, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Weill Hall, Room 235, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA *Author for correspondence (jan.lammerding@cornell.edu) Journal of Cell Science 125, 2087–2093 ß 2012. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd doi: 10.1242/jcs.087288 Key words: Cancer, Lamins, Mechanics, Muscle, Muscular dystrophy, Signaling familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD), Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2, mandibuloacral dysplasia and the segmental premature ageing diseases Hutchinson– Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) and atypical Werner’s progeria. Altered lamin expression has also been reported in various cancers. The molecular mechanism underlying these diverse diseases remains unclear. As such, much effort has been devoted to characterizing the physical and biochemical properties of lamins and their role in cellular function. Here, we provide an overview of the diverse functions of nuclear lamins and how defects in these functions – caused by mutations or altered expression – can contribute to human disease. Lamin structure and assembly Lamins are grouped into A-type and B-type lamins. A-type lamins are encoded by a single gene (LMNA); in mammals, alternative splicing gives rise to lamin A and lamin C and the less abundant isoforms lamin AD10 and lamin C2 (Fisher et al., 1986; Furukawa et al., 1994; Machiels et al., 1996). A-type lamins are absent in early embryonic cells, but are present in nearly all differentiated cells (Machiels et al., 1996; Röber et al., 1989). B-type lamins are encoded by the LMNB1 (lamin B1) and LMNB2 (lamin B2 and lamin B3) genes, with at least one B-type lamin expressed in all somatic cells (Biamonti et al., 1992; Furukawa and Hotta, 1993; Pollard et al., 1990). As type V intermediate filaments, lamins are comprised of three major domains, a short N-terminal head domain, a central rod domain and a long C-terminal tail that includes an immunoglobulin-like domain (Dhe-Paganon et al., 2002; Krimm et al., 2002; McKeon et al., 1986; Stuurman et al., 1998). Most lamins Journal of Cell Science Lamins, the major components of the nuclear lamina, have gained rapidly increasing interest over the past decade as lamin mutations were found to cause numerous devastating diseases. These laminopathies include Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), dilated cardiomyopathy type 1A, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B, 2087 (See poster insert) Journal of Cell Science 2088 Journal of Cell Science 125 (9) undergo several post-translational modifications that include C-terminal farnesylation, and in the case of prelamin A, enzymatic cleavage to yield mature lamin A (reviewed by Broers et al., 2006; Davies et al., 2011). Although lamins can form heterodimers in vitro, A-type and B-type lamins form distinct, albeit overlapping, lattices at the nuclear envelope (NE) (Goldberg et al., 2008; Shimi et al., 2008), and lamins A and C segregate in living cells (Kolb et al., 2011), suggesting that lamins form distinct homodimers in vivo. Dimerization of lamins is driven by coiled-coil formation of their central rod domains (Stuurman et al., 1998) (see Poster). Lamin dimers then assemble head to tail into polar polymers, which requires an overlapping interaction between the head and tail domains (Heitlinger et al., 1992; Sasse et al., 1998). These polymers then laterally assemble in an anti-parallel fashion into non-polar filaments (Ben-Harush et al., 2009). Although Caenorhabditis elegans lamins can form protein networks with approximately 10-nm-diameter fibers in vitro (Ben-Harush et al., 2009; Parry and Steinert, 1999), and similar sized filaments have been observed in Xenopus oocytes (Aebi et al., 1986), the structural organization of lamins in somatic cells remains elusive. Functions of lamins Lamins were first recognized as components of the nuclear matrix; it is now apparent that they convey a multitude of functions, ranging from structural support of the nucleus to facilitating chromatin organization, gene regulation and DNA repair (reviewed by Dechat et al., 2010a; Dittmer and Misteli, 2011). Nuclear structure and mechanics Lamins are important for the incorporation and spacing of nuclear pores (Al-Haboubi et al., 2011; Goldberg et al., 1995; Osouda et al., 2005; Smythe et al., 2000), regulation of nuclear size (Levy and Heald, 2010), and the shape and mechanical properties of the nucleus (reviewed by Zwerger et al., 2011). Cells lacking lamins A and C have fragile nuclei that are more deformable under mechanical strain and which display altered mechanotransduction signaling (Broers et al., 2004; Lammerding et al., 2004). By contrast, the absence of lamin B has only minor effects on nuclear stiffness (Lammerding et al., 2006; Osouda et al., 2005). The reasons for this distinct difference are still not fully understood. Clues come from experiments with ectopic expression of lamin A in Xenopus oocytes, which results in the formation of a thicker nuclear lamin network compared with that of B-type lamins (Schäpe et al., 2009). In mammalian somatic cells, intranuclear (A-type) lamin structures and modulation of chromatin organization by lamins (see below) could further affect nuclear stiffness. A-type lamins also bind to numerous structural proteins, including B-type lamins, emerin, NUP153, lamina-associated polypeptide 2 isoform alpha (LAP2a), nesprins, SUNdomain-containing proteins, nuclear actin and protein 4.1R (see Poster) (Al-Haboubi et al., 2011; Lattanzi et al., 2003; Markiewicz et al., 2002a; Meyer et al., 2011; Sakaki et al., 2001; Sasseville and Langelier, 1998; Simon and Wilson, 2010). Intriguingly, A-type lamins, together with emerin, 4.1R, spectrin and actin, might form a structural network at the nuclear envelope (Meyer et al., 2011), further enhancing nuclear stability. Lamins also play an important role in physically connecting the nucleus to the cytoskeleton, most likely through their interaction with SUN proteins and nesprins (reviewed by Méjat and Misteli, 2010). The protein complex formed by nesprins and SUN proteins is often referred to as the linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex (Crisp et al., 2006) and is essential for intracellular force transmission, cell migration and cell polarization (Méjat and Misteli, 2010). Loss of either type of lamin impairs nucleo-cytoskeletal coupling: cells that lack A-type lamins have defects in nuclear positioning and disturbed cytoskeletal organization, with reduced stiffness (Broers et al., 2004; Folker et al., 2011; Hale et al., 2008; Lammerding et al., 2004; Lee et al., 2007; Luxton et al., 2011); B-type lamins are required for nuclear movement in neuronal migration (Coffinier et al., 2010; Kim et al., 2011) and lamin-B1-deficient cells display sustained spontaneous nuclear rotation (Ji et al., 2007). During mitosis, the lamina disassembles in vertebrate cells, which is regulated by the cyclin B1- (CCNB1)–CDC2 complex (Heald and McKeon, 1990). After mitosis, reassembly coincides with nuclear envelope formation, where lamins, particularly lamins B1 and B2, could contribute to envelope assembly and chromosome organization (Burke and Gerace, 1986; Liu et al., 2000; Newport et al., 1990). Gene regulation Recent studies indicate that the nuclear envelope and the nucleoskeleton can serve as an important filter or modulator in cell signaling and transcriptional regulation (Simon and Wilson, 2011). Lamins interact with numerous transcription factors that affect cellular proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis (reviewed by Prokocimer et al., 2009; Wilson and Foisner, 2010). A-type lamins can modulate cell signaling through several mechanisms, for example, by sequestering transcription factors in inactive complexes, modulating post-translational modifications and degradation, and regulating transcriptional complexes (Andrés and González, 2009; Dechat et al., 2010b; Wilson and Berk, 2010; Wilson and Foisner, 2010). One illustrative example is the interaction between lamin A and the retinoblastoma protein pRb (RB1). Loss of lamins A and C results in reduced levels of pRb as a result of proteolytic degradation, leading to altered cell cycle dynamics (Johnson et al., 2004; Markiewicz et al., 2002a; Moiseeva et al., 2011; Nitta et al., 2007). Furthermore, complex formation between lamin A, LAP2a and pRb controls nucleoplasmic anchoring of pRb and modulates E2F-dependent transcription (Dorner et al., 2006; Markiewicz et al., 2002a; Naetar et al., 2008; Pekovic et al., 2007). Finally, lamin A also serves as a mutually exclusive binding partner for extracellular-signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2; MAPK3 and MAPK1, repectively) and pRb; activated ERK1/2 disrupt nuclear complexes of lamin A and pRb, and thereby promote E2F activation (Rodrı́guez et al., 2010). In addition to pRb and LAP2a, A-type lamins also interact with the transcription factors Fos (González et al., 2008), adipocyte transcription sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1) (Lloyd et al., 2002) and ERK1/2 (González et al., 2008), and possibly with melanoma nuclear protein 18 (MEL18) (Zhong et al., 2005) and germ-cell-less (GCL), a repressor protein that forms stable complexes with emerin and lamin A (Holaska et al., 2003). The recent identification of a direct interaction between A-type lamins and muscle enriched A-type-lamin-interacting protein (MLIP) further indicates that many of the tissue-specific functions of lamins might arise from the interaction of lamins with Journal of Cell Science 125 (9) other muscle-specific proteins (Ahmady et al., 2011). A more complete review of the multiple binding partners of A-type lamins has been published (Wilson and Foisner, 2010). Less is known about the interaction partners of B-type lamins. B-type lamins are important in the regulation of OCT1dependent genes and can modulate reactive oxygen species (Malhas et al., 2009). Furthermore, lamins might also control transcriptional activity by modulating chromatin structure and organization at the nuclear periphery, for example, in laminaassociated domains (LADs), which are transcriptionally repressed regions at the nuclear envelope, as discussed below (reviewed by Mekhail and Moazed, 2010). Journal of Cell Science Chromatin organization and DNA transcription Lamins can interact with chromatin either directly or through histones and other laminassociated proteins, such as lamin B receptor (LBR), heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), BAF, emerin, inner nuclear membrane protein MAN1, and several LAP2 isoforms (reviewed by Maraldi et al., 2010; Wilson and Foisner, 2010). These interactions can occur at the nuclear periphery and in the nuclear interior. Tethering of peripheral chromatin to the nuclear lamina is visible in mammalian cells by electron microscopy (Belmont et al., 1993) and can be demonstrated biochemically (Guelen et al., 2008). The resulting changes in chromatin organization can modulate gene expression, for example, by altering their accessibility to transcription factors (Bank and Gruenbaum, 2011; Shevelyov and Nurminsky, 2012; Verstraeten et al., 2007). Consequently, LADs represent repressive chromatin environments with low gene-expression levels (Guelen et al., 2008). Recently, lamins, together with emerin, nuclear actin and myosin have been proposed to form intranuclear complexes that are responsible for moving chromosome segments or genes to transcription sites (Chuang et al., 2006; Dundr et al., 2007; Mehta et al., 2008). Lossof-function experiments in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster reveal perturbations in chromatin organization that correlate with developmental abnormalities (Bao et al., 2007; Liu et al., 2000; Margalit et al., 2005; Mattout et al., 2011; Parnaik, 2008). Expression of B-type lamin coincides with early development programming in Xenopus (Chmielewska et al., 2011; Ralle et al., 1999) and is crucial for organogenesis, but, surprisingly, is dispensable for embryonic stem cell differentiation (Kim et al., 2011). A-type lamins, which are usually absent during embryonic development, are upregulated during the differentiation program (Constantinescu et al., 2006; Röber et al., 1989). DNA replication and repair Lamins in the nuclear interior could also provide docking platforms for replications factors. Disruption of the nuclear lamina causes mislocalization of elongation factors, such as proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) (Shumaker et al., 2008) and the replication factor complex (RFC) (Spann et al., 1997). In addition to affecting chromosomal organization and expression, lamin mutations can result in genomic instability by compromising DNA repair through long-range non-homologous endjoining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR), and by affecting telomere structure and function (di Masi et al., 2008; Gonzalez-Suarez et al., 2009a; Gonzalez-Suarez et al., 2009b; Redwood et al., 2011). For example, lamin depletion prevents accumulation of p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) at double-stranded DNA breaks (Redwood et al., 2011). DNA repair proteins such as breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1) and RAD51 are transcriptionally downregulated by pRband E2F4-mediated pathways (Liu et al., 2005; Manju et al., 2006; Musich and Zou, 2009; Redwood et al., 2011). Detailed reviews of lamins and DNA repair have been published (Gonzalez-Suarez et al., 2009a; Warren and Shanahan, 2011). 2089 2003; Fidziańska et al., 1998; Markiewicz et al., 2002b; Mounkes et al., 2005; Nikolova et al., 2004); cells lacking lamins A and C have decreased nuclear stiffness and increased nuclear fragility (Broers et al., 2004; Lammerding et al., 2004), and Lmna–/– mice develop severe muscular dystrophy and dilated cardiomyopathy (Sullivan et al., 1999). Nonetheless, a clear correlation between structural defects and associated phenotype in LMNA mutations has not been established yet. In contrast to lamin-deficient cells, cells from patients with Hutchinson– Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) develop increasingly stiffer nuclei (Dahl et al., 2006; Verstraeten et al., 2008), possibly as a result of accumulation of progerin at the nuclear envelope. Interestingly, HGPS cells and cells lacking A-type lamins are more susceptible to mechanically induced cell death (Lammerding et al., 2004; Verstraeten et al., 2008), providing a possible mechanism for the progressive loss of vascular smooth muscle cells in blood vessels and the arteriosclerotic disease in HGPS (Capell et al., 2007; Dahl et al., 2010; Gerhard-Herman et al., 2012 Merideth et al., 2008; Stehbens et al., 2001) and muscle loss in EDMD. In addition to affecting nuclear stability, loss of A-type lamins and mutations linked to EDMD can also disrupt nucleo-cytoskeletal coupling, resulting in the loss of synaptic nuclei from neuromuscular junctions (Méjat et al., 2009), impaired nuclear movement and positioning (Folker et al., 2011) and disturbed cytoskeletal organization (reviewed by Méjat and Misteli, 2010). The gene regulation hypothesis Lamins and disease Over 400 distinct mutations have been identified in the LMNA gene so far, causing a wide range of human diseases and making LMNA the most mutated gene known to date (Worman et al., 2009). Different hypotheses have been proposed to explain the often tissue-specific aspects of the laminopathies. The structural hypothesis The ‘structural hypothesis’ suggests that LMNA mutations render the nucleus more fragile, causing cell death and progressive disease in mechanically stressed tissues such as muscle (Zwerger et al., 2011). This idea is supported by findings that skeletal muscle from patients with Emery– Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) and mouse models of the disease contain fragmented nuclei (Arimura et al., 2005; Fidziańska and Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, Nuclear damage alone is insufficient to explain the diverse phenotypes found in many of the laminopathies, such as redistribution of adipose tissue in FPLD. The ‘gene-regulation hypothesis’ postulates that perturbed interaction with tissuespecific transcription factors underlies the development of different disease phenotypes (reviewed by Simon and Wilson, 2011; Worman et al., 2009). In accordance with the gene regulation hypothesis, laminopathies often exhibit misregulation of common signaling pathways, such as mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-b), Wnt–b-catenin and Notch pathways, which are central in directing proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation of the organism (reviewed by Andrés and González, 2009; Hampoelz and Lecuit, 2011; Simon and Wilson, 2011; Wilson and Berk, 2010). Cells harboring LMNA Journal of Cell Science 2090 Journal of Cell Science 125 (9) mutations associated with EDMD or having reduced levels of lamins, have upregulated MAPK signaling (Muchir et al., 2007; Muchir et al., 2010); similarly increased activation of ERK1/2, and Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling has been observed in hearts of two mouse models for EDMD (Muchir et al., 2007a; Muchir et al., 2007b). Of note, cells and mice lacking A-type lamins have impaired activation of mechanosensitive genes such as Egr1 and Iex1 (Cupesi et al., 2010; Lammerding et al., 2004), potentially linking the structural and gene regulation hypotheses. Furthermore, many laminopathies are also associated with striking loss of heterochromatin, as seen in HGPS, X-linked EDMD (caused by mutations in the gene encoding emerin), autosomal dominant EDMD, familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) and mandibuloacral dysplasia patients, and in cells lacking Atype lamins (Dechat et al., 2007; Parnaik, 2008). Changes in chromatin organization could further modulate (tissue-specific) gene expression (Mattout et al., 2011) and increase susceptibility to DNA damage or impair DNA repair as discussed above. Stem cell dysfunction in laminopathies A third, related hypothesis proposes that LMNA mutations can cause depletion and impaired differentiation of adult stem cells (Pekovic and Hutchison, 2008). Whereas neither A-type nor B-type lamins are essential for embryonic stem cell differentiation (Kim et al., 2011; Sullivan et al., 1999), LMNA mutations might impact self-renewal and/or multipotency of adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) (Gotzmann and Foisner, 2006; Scaffidi and Misteli, 2008). This idea is supported by findings of epidermal stem cell depletion in an HGPS mouse model (Rosengardten et al., 2011) and reports of altered Notch and Wnt signaling in human and mouse MSCs expressing progerin, and mouse models of HGPS (Espada et al., 2008; Hernandez et al., 2010; Meshorer and Gruenbaum, 2008; Scaffidi and Misteli, 2008). Thus, increased turnover and abnormal differentiation of adult stem cells, coupled with possibly increased mechanical sensitivity, could result in MSC death and inefficient repair of damaged tissue in HGPS and other laminopathies (reviewed by Halaschek-Wiener and Brooks-Wilson, 2007; Meshorer and Gruenbaum, 2008; Prokocimer et al., 2009). Lamins in cancer Cancer cells are often characterized by abnormally shaped nuclei, resembling those of lamin-deficient cells (Dey, 2009; Friedl et al., 2011). Recently, changes in lamin expression have been reported in a variety of cancers, frequently correlating with tumorigenic potential and malignant transformation (reviewed by Foster et al., 2010; Chow et al., 2012). For example, expression of A-type lamins is upregulated in skin and ovarian cancers, whereas lamin A or lamin C expression is downregulated in leukemias, lymphomas, breast cancer, colon cancer, gastric carcinoma and ovarian carcinoma (Alaiya et al., 1997; Belt et al., 2011; Capo-chichi et al., 2011; Stadelmann et al., 1990; Wang et al., 2003; Wang et al., 2009; Willis et al., 2008a; Willis et al., 2008b; Wu et al., 2009). For Btype lamins, upregulation has been linked to tumor differentiation in prostate cancer and hepatocarcinoma (Leman and Getzenberg, 2002; Sun et al., 2010). The variable results between different cancers indicate that specific cancers or cancer stages might rely on different functions of lamins. For example, reduced levels of A-type lamins are predicted to result in more malleable nuclei, which could facilitate extravasation and invasion of malignant cells through narrow constrictions (Friedl et al., 2011). At the same time, higher lamin levels could support the increased mechanical stress within solid tumors. In addition to these mechanical considerations, changes in lamin expression could modulate cell proliferation, differentiation, epithelial-tomesenchymal transition and migration, each of which constitutes an important step in cancer progression (Foster et al., 2010; Chow et al., 2012). Conclusions and Perspectives The broad spectrum of diseases caused by mutations or altered expression of lamins indicate that these nuclear envelope proteins are involved in numerous fundamental cellular functions. In addition to providing structural support to the nucleus and contributing to the physical coupling between the nuclear interior and the cytoskeleton, lamins are important modulators of transcriptional regulation. They can fulfil this role by modulating chromatin structure and organization, for example, by repressing gene expression in lamina-associated domains. In addition, they can directly interact with various transcription factors such as Fos and pRb, controlling their intranuclear localization, stability and binding to other proteins or promoter elements. Consequently, mutations that interfere with some or all of these functions can result in devastating human diseases. Although many new insights into the diverse functions of lamins have emerged over the past two decades, more research is necessary to uncover the molecular mechanism(s) by which lamins act as crucial regulators in diverse cellular processes. Insights gained from these studies will provide new clues into new therapeutic approaches for these laminopathies and will also yield a more complete picture of the many physiological functions of lamins. Acknowledgements We apologize to all authors whose work could not be cited due to space constraints. Funding This work was supported by National Institutes of Health awards [grant numbers R01 NS059348 and R01 HL082792]; the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Idea Award [grant number BC102152]; and an award from the Progeria Research Foundation. A high-resolution version of the poster is available for downloading in the online version of this article at jcs.biologists.org. Individual poster panels are available as JPEG files at http://jcs.biologists.org/lookup/suppl/ doi:10.1242/jcs.087288/-/DC1. References Aebi, U., Cohn, J., Buhle, L. and Gerace, L. (1986). The nuclear lamina is a meshwork of intermediate-type filaments. Nature 323, 560-564. Ahmady, E., Deeke, S. 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