The nuclear pore complex: three-dimensional surface structure revealed by field emission, in-lens scanning electron microscopy, with underlying structure uncovered by proteolysis.

Abstract:

:The structure of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) has been previously studied by many different electron microscopic techniques. Recently, scanning electron microscopes have been developed that can visualise biologically relevant structural detail at the same level of resolution as transmission electron microscopes and have been used to study NPC structure. We have used such an instrument to visualise directly the structure of both cytoplasmic and nucleoplasmic surfaces of the NPC of manually isolated amphibian oocyte nuclear envelopes that have been spread, fixed, critical point dried and coated with a thin fine-grained film of chromium or tantalum. We present images that directly show features of the NPC that are visible at each surface, including coaxial rings, cytoplasmic particles, plug/spoke complexes and the nucleoplasmic basket or fishtrap. Some cytoplasmic particles are rod-shaped or possibly "T"-shaped, can be quite long structures extending into the cytoplasm and may be joined to the coaxial ring at a position between each subunit. Both coaxial rings, which are proud of the membranes, can be exposed by light proteolytic digestion, revealing eight equal subunits each of which may be bipartite. We have determined that the nucleoplasmic filaments that make up the baskets are attached to the outer periphery of the coaxial ring at a position between each of its subunits. These filaments extend into the nucleoplasm and insert at the distal end to the smaller basket ring. The space left between adjacent basket filaments would exclude particles bigger than about 25 nm, which is consistent with the exclusion limit previously found for NPC-transported molecules.

journal_name

J Cell Sci

journal_title

Journal of cell science

authors

Goldberg MW,Allen TD

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-09-01 00:00:00

pages

261-74

eissn

0021-9533

issn

1477-9137

journal_volume

106 ( Pt 1)

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