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[[Image:Diagram human cell nucleus.svg|thumb|right|300px|The '''nucleolus''' is contained within the [[cell nucleus]].]] |
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[[Image:Biological cell.svg|thumb|300px|Schematic of typical animal cell, showing subcellular components. [[Organelle]]s:<br/> |
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(1) [[nucleolus]]<br/> |
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(2) [[cell nucleus|nucleus]]<br/> |
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(3) [[ribosomes]] (little dots)<br/> |
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(4) [[vesicle (biology)|vesicle]]<br/> |
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(5) rough [[endoplasmic reticulum]] (ER)<br/> |
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(6) [[Golgi apparatus]]<br/> |
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(7) [[Cytoskeleton]]<br/> |
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(8) smooth [[endoplasmic reticulum]] (ER)<br/> |
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(9) [[mitochondrion|mitochondria]]<br/> |
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(10) [[vacuole]]<br/> |
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(11) [[cytoplasm]]<br/> |
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(12) [[lysosome]]<br/> |
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(13) [[centriole]]s within [[centrosome]]]] |
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The '''nucleolus''' (also called '''nucleole''') is a non-membrane bound structure<ref>http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/nucleus/nucleolus.html</ref> found within the [[cell nucleus|nucleus]] in which [[ribosomal RNA]] is [[transcription|transcribed]], and is composed of protein and nucleic acids. The nucleolus ultrastructure can be visualized through an [[electron microscope]] while the organization and dynamics can be studied through [[Fluorophore|fluorescent protein tagging]] and fluorescent recovery after photobleaching ([[FRAP]]). Malfunction of nucleoli can be the cause for several human diseases. |
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== History == |
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[[John Gurdon]] and [[Donald Brown]] generated the first interest in cell nucleoli in 1964, when they discovered them in the African clawed frog ''[[Xenopus laevis]]''. They found that 25% of the frog eggs had no nucleolus and that such eggs were not capable of life. Half of the eggs had one nucleolus and 25% had two. They concluded that the nucleolus had a function necessary for life. In 1966 [[Max L. Birnstiel]] and [[Hugh Wallace]] showed via hybridization experiments that nucleoli code for ribosomal DNA. |
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the nucleolus is the control centre of the entire cell |
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== Function and ribosome assembly== |
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Nucleoli are formed around specific genetic ''[[loci]]'' called '''Nucleolar Organizing Regions''' (NOR's), first described by [[Barbara McClintock]]. Because of this non-random organization, the nucleolus is defined as a 'genetically determined element' <ref>Raška, I. Shaw, P. J., Cmarko, D. (2006) New Insights into Nucleolar Architecture and Activity [http://www.jic.ac.uk/staff/peter-shaw/pdfs/raska%20intrevcytol%2006.pdf]</ref>. A NOR is composed of tandem repeats of rRNA genes, which can be found in several different chromosomes. The human genome for example, contains more than 200 clustered copies of the rRNA genes on five different chromosomes. In a typical eukaryote, a rRNA gene consists of a [[promoter]], internal and external transcribed spacers ([[ITS]]/[[ETS]]), rRNA coding sequences (18S, 5.8S, 28S) and an external non-transcribed spacer.<ref name="bruce">Bruce Alberts, et al. (2002) The Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th edition). Garland Science 331-333</ref> |
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In the ribosome biogenesis, three eukaryotic [[RNA polymerase]]s (pol I, II, III) are required which function in a coordinated manner. In an initial stage, the rRNA genes are transcribed as a single unit within the nucleolus by RNA pol I. In order for this transcription to occur, several pol I-associated factors and rDNA-specific transacting factors are required. In [[yeast]], the most important are: [[UAF]] (upstream activating factor), [[TBP]] (tata-box binding protein) and [[CF]] (core factor), which bind promoter elements and form the pre-initiation complex ([[PIC]]), which is in turn recognized by RNA pol I. In humans, a similar PIC is assembled with [[SLI]], the promoter selectivity factor (composed of TBP and TBP-associated factors, or TAFs), [[Initiation factor|IF]] (the transcription initiation factor) and [[UBF]] (upstream binding factor). |
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Transcription of the ribosomal gene yields a long precursor molecule (45S pre-rRNA) which still contains the ITS and ETS. Further processing, which involves [[methylation]] and [[endonuclease|endo]]/[[exonuclease]] activity is therefore needed to generate the 18S rRNA, 5.8S and 28S rRNA molecules. In eukaryotes, the RNA modifying enzymes are brought to their respective [[recognition site]]s through interaction with guide RNA's which bind these specific sequences. These guide RNA's belong to the class of small nucleolar RNA's ([[snoRNA]]'s) which are complexed with proteins and exist as small-nucr-[[ribonucleoprotein]] (RNP) particles ([[snoRNP]]'s). Once rRNA is processed, the rRNA molecules are ready to be assembled into ribosomes. However, an additional RNA molecule, the 5S rRNA, is necessary for this biogenesis. In yeast, the 5S rDNA sequence is localized in the external non-transcribed spacer and is transcribed in the nucleolus by RNA pol III. In higher [[eukaryote]]s and plants, the situation is more complex, for the 5S rDNA sequence lies outside the NOR and is transcribed in the [[nucleoplasm]] after which it finds its way into the nucleolus to participate in the ribosome assembly. This assembly not only involves the rRNA, but ribosomal proteins as well. The genes encoding these r-proteins are transcribed by pol II in the nucleoplasm by a 'conventional' pathway of protein synthesis (transcription, pre-mRNA processing, nuclear export of mature mRNA and translation on cytoplasmic ribosomes). The mature r-proteins are then 'imported' into the nucleolus. Association and maturation of rRNA's and r-proteins result in the formation of the 40S and 60S subunits of the ribosome. These are exported through the nuclear pore complexes to the cytoplasm where they remain free or will become associated with the [[endoplasmic reticulum]].<ref name="bruce"/><ref name="geoffrey">Geoffrey M. Cooper, Robert E. Hausman. The Cell, A Molecular Approach (4th edition). Sinauer Associates 371-379</ref> |
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A continuous link between the nucleoplasm and the inner parts of the nucleolus exists through a network of nucleolar channels. In this way, macromolecules with a molecular weight up to 2000 [[kDa]] are easily distributed throughout the nucleolus. |
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== The nucleolar vacuole == |
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A structure identified within the nucleolus is referred to as a nucleolar vacuole. There are multiple nucleolar vacuoles in the nucleolus, but it remains unclear whether they serve some functional/structural purpose or not. Although the tripartite organization (FC, DFC, GC) of the nucleolus is commonly accepted, it has been proposed that this particular organization is only observed in higher eukaryotes and that it evolved from a bipartite organization with the transition from anamniotes to [[amniote]]s. Reflecting the substantial increase in the rDNA [[intergenic region]], an original fibrillar component would have separated into the FC and the DFC<ref>7. Thiry, M., Lafontaine, L. J. (2005) Birth of a nucleolus: the evolution of nucleolar compartments. TRENDS in Cell Biology 15 [http://www.lafontainelab.com/Suppl_data/Thiry_2005/S3.pdf]</ref>. |
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==Nucleolar dominance== |
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'''Nucleolar dominance''' has also been shown for rRNA genes. In some organisms, particularly plants, when two nuclei are combined into a single cell during hybridization the developing organism can 'choose' one set of rRNA genes for transcription. The rRNA genes of the other parent are suppressed and not generally transcribed, though reactivation of the suppressed rRNA genes may occasionally occur. This selective preference of transcription of rRNA genes is termed nucleolar dominance. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Transcription (genetics)]] |
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* [[Cancer]] |
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* [[RNA]] |
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* [[Paraspeckle]] |
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==References== |
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3. Hernandez-Verdun, D. (2006) Nucleolus: from structure to dynamics . Histochem Cell Biol 125: 127-137 [http://www.springerlink.com/content/75n545v0g3186830/]<br /> |
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4. Hernandez-Verdun, D. (2006) The nucleolus: a model for the organisation of nuclear functions. Histochem Cell Biol 126: 135-148 [http://www.springerlink.com/content/c736340865k02233/]<br /> |
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5. Olson, M. O. J., Dundr, M., (2005) The moving parts of the Nucleolus. Histochem Cell Biol 123: 203-216 [http://www.springerlink.com/content/ru19e9p8lk0mq5nw/]<br /> |
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8. Olson, Mark O.J. (2004). ''The Nucleolus'' Georgetown, Texas : Landes Bioscience / Eurekah.Com. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. New York. ISBN 0-306-47873-0<br /> |
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9. Khadzhiolov, Asen A. (1985). ''The nucleolus and ribosome biogenesis'' Wien : Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-211-81790-5<br /> |
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10. Thiry, Marc & Guy Goessens (1996). ''The nucleolus during the cell cycle'' Hong Kong : Springer ; Austin, Tex. : R.G. Landes Company. New York. ISBN 3-540-61352-8 |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/workshop/EM/EMNucleolus.html Nucleolus under electron microscope II at uni-mainz.de] |
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* [http://npd.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/compartments/nucleolus.html Recent concerns about nucleolus at hgu.mrc.ac.uk] |
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* {{MeshName|Cell+Nucleolus}} |
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* {{BUHistology|20104loa}} |
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[[Category:Nuclear substructures]] |
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