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Mol. Biol. Cell 10.1091/mbc.E04-02-0100

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Submitted on February 4, 2004
Revised on March 4, 2004
Accepted on March 8, 2004

Tissue-specific Expression and Dynamic Organization of SR Splicing Factors in Arabidopsis

Yuda Fang1, Stephen Hearn1, and David L. Spector1*

1 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

* Corresponding author. E-mail address: spector{at}cshl.edu.

The organization of the premRNA splicing machinery has been extensively studied in mammalian and yeast cells and far less is known in living plant cells and different cell types of an intact organism. Here we report on the expression, organization and dynamics of premRNA splicing factors (SR33, SR1/atSRp34 and atSRp30) under control of their endogenous promoters in Arabidopsis. Distinct tissue-specific expression patterns were observed, and differences in the distribution of these proteins within nuclei of different cell types were identified. These factors localized in a cell type-dependent speckled pattern as well as being diffusely distributed throughout the nucleoplasm. Electron microscopic analysis has revealed that these speckles correspond to interchromatin granule clusters. Time-lapse microscopy revealed that speckles move within a constrained nuclear space and their organization is altered during the cell cycle. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis revealed a rapid exchange rate of splicing factors in nuclear speckles. The dynamic organization of plant speckles is closely related to the transcriptional activity of the cells. The organization and dynamic behavior of speckles in Arabidopsis cell nuclei provides significant insight into understanding the functional compartmentalization of the nucleus and its relationship to chromatin organization within various cell types of a single organism.






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