Link to bioRxiv paper:
http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.01.31.526419v1?rss=1

Authors: Bragulat-Teixidor, H., Ishihara, K., Szucs, G. M., Otsuka, S.

Abstract:
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is physically connected to the cell nucleus via junctions with the nuclear envelope (NE). These ER-NE junctions are essential for supplying the NE with lipids and transmembrane proteins that are synthesized in the ER. Despite the important role of ER-NE junctions, their biogenesis, architecture and maintenance across the cell cycle has remained elusive. In this study, by combining live cell imaging with quantitative three-dimensional electron microscopy, we systematically elucidated the ultrastructure of ER-NE junctions in mammalian cells. We discovered that ER-NE junctions exhibit a constricted hourglass shape that is different from the junctions within the ER. When ER-NE junctions are newly built during NE assembly at mitotic exit, their morphology resembles ER-ER junctions, but they become constricted starting in telophase. Altogether, our findings imply novel mechanisms that remodel ER-NE junctions and have functional implications for the lipid and protein traffic that are crucial for nuclear function.

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