Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Cytoplasmic forces functionally reorganize nuclear condensates in oocytes

  • Adel Al Jord,
  • Gaëlle Letort,
  • Soline Chanet,
  • Feng-Ching Tsai,
  • Christophe Antoniewski,
  • Adrien Eichmuller,
  • Christelle Da Silva,
  • Jean-René Huynh,
  • Nir S. Gov,
  • Raphaël Voituriez,
  • Marie-Émilie Terret,
  • Marie-Hélène Verlhac

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32675-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Cytoskeletal activity generates mechanical forces known to agitate and displace membrane-bound organelles in the cytoplasm. In oocytes, Al Jord et al. discover that these cytoplasmic forces functionally remodel nuclear RNA-processing condensates across scales for developmental success.