2024
A-tisket, a-tasket, what a beautiful nuclear basket
Lusk C, King M. A-tisket, a-tasket, what a beautiful nuclear basket. Cell 2024, 187: 5225-5227. PMID: 39303690, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.030.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Changing the guard—nuclear pore complex quality control
Veldsink A, Gallardo P, Lusk C, Veenhoff L. Changing the guard—nuclear pore complex quality control. FEBS Letters 2023, 597: 2739-2749. PMID: 37715940, DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusNuclear EnvelopeNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsThe capsid lattice engages a bipartite NUP153 motif to mediate nuclear entry of HIV-1 cores
Shen Q, Kumari S, Xu C, Jang S, Shi J, Burdick R, Levintov L, Xiong Q, Wu C, Devarkar S, Tian T, Tripler T, Hu Y, Yuan S, Temple J, Feng Q, Lusk C, Aiken C, Engelman A, Perilla J, Pathak V, Lin C, Xiong Y. The capsid lattice engages a bipartite NUP153 motif to mediate nuclear entry of HIV-1 cores. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2202815120. PMID: 36943880, PMCID: PMC10068764, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2202815120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusCapsidCapsid ProteinsHIV InfectionsHIV SeropositivityHIV-1HumansNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsConceptsHIV-1 capsidC-terminal tail regionTriple arginine motifNuclear pore complexPhenylalanine-glycine motifsBipartite motifNuclear importPore complexNuclear poresNuclear entryNup153Capsid latticeInteraction moduleProtein latticeCA assemblyCA hexamersIntact capsidsNucleoporinsHIV-1 coreMotifCapsidTail regionIntact formInfection studiesMechanistic evidenceModeling HIV-1 nuclear entry with nucleoporin-gated DNA-origami channels
Shen Q, Feng Q, Wu C, Xiong Q, Tian T, Yuan S, Shi J, Bedwell G, Yang R, Aiken C, Engelman A, Lusk C, Lin C, Xiong Y. Modeling HIV-1 nuclear entry with nucleoporin-gated DNA-origami channels. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2023, 30: 425-435. PMID: 36807645, PMCID: PMC10121901, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-00925-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusCapsid ProteinsCell LineDNAHIV-1HumansNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsConceptsNuclear pore complexHIV-1 nuclear entryNuclear entryNuclear importNPC central channelPore complexHost nucleusCapsid dockingVirus genomeAffinity gradientNup153Central channelMechanistic insightsMolecular interactionsCapsidNucleoporinsNup358Nup62GenomeNucleusVirusDockingVirus-1 infectionImportComplexes
2022
Kap-β2/Transportin mediates β-catenin nuclear transport in Wnt signaling
Hwang WY, Kostiuk V, González DP, Lusk CP, Khokha M. Kap-β2/Transportin mediates β-catenin nuclear transport in Wnt signaling. ELife 2022, 11: e70495. PMID: 36300792, PMCID: PMC9665845, DOI: 10.7554/elife.70495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsBeta CateninHumansKaryopherinsNuclear Localization SignalsTranscription FactorsWnt Signaling PathwayConceptsNuclear transport receptorsΒ-catenin nuclear transportNuclear transportΒ-cateninExcessive WntΒ-catenin nuclear importHeterologous model systemsΒ-catenin accumulatesPrimary embryonic axisNuclear transport machineryRan-dependent mannerNuclear localization signalTCF/LEF reporterPY-NLSNuclear importLocalization signalTransport machineryTransport receptorsResponsive genesEmbryonic developmentEmbryonic axisWnt signalingKey effectorsDirect bindingHuman diseases
2019
An ESCRT-LEM protein surveillance system is poised to directly monitor the nuclear envelope and nuclear transport system
Thaller DJ, Allegretti M, Borah S, Ronchi P, Beck M, Lusk CP. An ESCRT-LEM protein surveillance system is poised to directly monitor the nuclear envelope and nuclear transport system. ELife 2019, 8: e45284. PMID: 30942170, PMCID: PMC6461442, DOI: 10.7554/elife.45284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear pore complexNPC assemblyNuclear membraneNuclear envelope barrierNuclear envelope herniationsNuclear envelope integrityNuclear transport systemXPO1/CRM1Membrane deliveryPore complexEnvelope integrityNuclear transportYeast modelNuclear poresChm7Nuclear envelopeFenestrated sheetHeh1Membrane disruptionMechanical membrane disruptionSelective barrierDisease mechanismsMembrane sealingTransport systemMembrane
2014
Surveillance of Nuclear Pore Complex Assembly by ESCRT-III/Vps4
Webster BM, Colombi P, Jäger J, Lusk CP. Surveillance of Nuclear Pore Complex Assembly by ESCRT-III/Vps4. Cell 2014, 159: 388-401. PMID: 25303532, PMCID: PMC4194032, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear pore complexNPC assemblyNuclear compartmentalizationIntegral inner nuclear membrane proteinsESCRT-III/Vps4Functional nuclear pore complexesNuclear pore complex assemblyInner nuclear membrane proteinPore complex assemblyNuclear membrane proteinsAAA ATPase Vps4LEM familyPore complexAssembly intermediatesMembrane proteinsLoss of compartmentalizationComplex assemblyNuclear envelopeComplex compartmentVps4CompartmentalizationCell functionContinuum of mechanismsAssemblySnf7