Nature Communications (May 2020)

Role of the nuclear membrane protein Emerin in front-rear polarity of the nucleus

  • Paulina Nastały,
  • Divya Purushothaman,
  • Stefano Marchesi,
  • Alessandro Poli,
  • Tobias Lendenmann,
  • Gururaj Rao Kidiyoor,
  • Galina V. Beznoussenko,
  • Stefania Lavore,
  • Orso Maria Romano,
  • Dimos Poulikakos,
  • Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino,
  • Alexander A. Mironov,
  • Aldo Ferrari,
  • Paolo Maiuri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15910-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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During cell migration, cells are polarized with distinct front vs. rear regions but whether and how polarity is transmitted to the nucleus is unclear. Here the authors show that frontally-biased endoplasmic reticulum and the nuclear membrane protein Emerin contribute to front-rear nuclear cell polarity.