The β4 integrin interactor p27(BBP/eIF6) is an essential nuclear matrix protein involved in 60S ribosomal subunit assembly

Francesca Sanvito, Simonetta Piatti, Antonello Villa, Mario Bossi, Giovanna Lucchini, Pier Carlo Marchisio, Stefano Biffo

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Abstract

p27(BBP/eIF6) is an evolutionarily conserved protein that was originally identified as p27(BBP), an interactor of the cytoplasmic domain of integrin β4 and, independently, as the putative translation initiation factor eIF6. To establish the in vivo function of p27(BBP/eIF6), its topographical distribution was investigated in mammalian cells and the effects of disrupting the corresponding gene was studied in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In epithelial cells containing β4 integrin, p27(BBP/eIF6) is present in the cytoplasm and enriched at hemidesmosomes with a pattern similar to that of β4 integrin. Surprisingly, in the absence and in the presence of the β4 integrin subunit, p27(BBP/eIF6) is in the nucleolus and associated with the nuclear matrix. Deletion of the IIH S. cerevisiae gene, encoding the yeast p27(BBP/eIF6) homologue, is lethal, and depletion of the corresponding gene product is associated with a dramatic decrease of the level of free ribosomal 60S subunit. Furthermore, human p27(BBP/eIF6) can rescue the lethal effect of the iihΔ yeast mutation. The data obtained in vivo suggest an evolutionarily conserved function of p27(BBP/eIF6) in ribosome biogenesis or assembly rather than in translation. A further function related to the β4 integrin subunit may have evolved specifically in higher eukaryotic cells.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)823-837
Numero di pagine15
RivistaJournal of Cell Biology
Volume144
Numero di pubblicazione5
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 8 mar 1999
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