Nuclear deformations,from signaling to perturbation and damage |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China;2. Biomedical Engineering Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China;1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MaRS Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;2. Canada Research Chairs Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada |
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Abstract: | During cell growth and motility in crowded tissues or interstitial spaces, cells must integrate multiple physical and biochemical environmental inputs. After a number of recent studies, the view of the nucleus as a passive object that cells have to drag along has become obsolete, placing the nucleus as a central player in sensing some of these inputs. In the present review, we will focus on changes in nuclear shape caused by external and internal forces. Depending on their magnitude, nuclear deformations can generate signaling events that modulate cell behavior and fate, or be a source of perturbations or even damage, having detrimental effects on cellular functions. On very large deformations, nuclear envelope rupture events become frequent, leading to uncontrolled nucleocytoplasmic mixing and DNA damage. We will also discuss the consequences of repeated compromised nuclear integrity, which can trigger DNA surveillance mechanisms, with critical consequences to cell fate and tissue homeostasis. |
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