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Cajal bodies (CBs) are evolutionarily conserved nuclear organelles that contain many factors involved in the transcription and processing of RNA. It has been suggested that macromolecular complexes preassemble or undergo maturation within CBs before they function elsewhere in the nucleus. Most such models of CB function predict a continuous flow of molecules between CBs and the nucleoplasm, but there are few data that directly support this view. We used fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) on isolated Xenopus oocyte nuclei to measure the steady-state exchange rate between the nucleoplasm and CBs of three fluorescently tagged molecules: U7 small nuclear RNA, coilin, and TATA-binding protein (TBP). In the nucleoplasm, the apparent diffusion coefficients for the three molecules ranged from 0.26 to 0.40 microm2 s-1. However, in CBs, fluorescence recovery was markedly slower than in the nucleoplasm, and there were at least three kinetic components. The recovery rate within CBs was independent of bleach spot diameter and could not be attributed to high CB viscosity or density. We propose that binding to other molecules and possibly assembly into larger complexes are the rate-limiting steps for FRAP of U7, coilin, and TBP inside CBs.
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PMID:Steady-state dynamics of Cajal body components in the Xenopus germinal vesicle. 1259 12

RNA polymerase II (pol II) transcribes the most varied group of genes and is present in hypo- and hyperphosphorylated forms, with residues Ser(2) and Ser(5) of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit as main targets of phosphorylation. The elongating (active) form is phosphorylated on Ser(2) and can be specifically recognized with the H5 antibody. It has been found in different nuclear distributions: in discrete sites throughout the nucleoplasm, consistent with a role in transcription, and/or concentrated in "splicing speckles", a nuclear compartment mostly devoid of transcriptional activity. Here, we assess the effects of cell fixation and permeabilization on the distribution of polymerase II and correlate its distribution with the preservation of cellular ultrastructure. We show that phospho-Ser(2) polymerase II can redistribute to, or be differentially retained in, "speckles" in conditions that do not preserve cellular ultrastructure. The fixation protocols that disrupt polymerase II distribution also cause partial or total loss of TATA-binding protein, Sm antigen and PML staining in PML bodies, and have no noticeable effect in the labeling of SC35 in "splicing speckles" or coilin in Cajal bodies. When nuclear ultrastructure is preserved, phospho-Ser(2) polymerase II is found in discrete sites throughout the nucleoplasm, without visible enrichment within splicing speckles. A minor proportion of the total amount of the phospho-Ser(2) form is present in these domains.
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PMID:Fixation-induced redistribution of hyperphosphorylated RNA polymerase II in the nucleus of human cells. 1509 44

Cajal bodies (CBs) in oocytes of the house cricket Acheta domesticus are large, perfectly spherical nuclear organelles with a complex internal structure. These consist of a fibrillar coilin-containing matrix and a central cavity with a prominent fibrogranular body inside; the latter has been referred to as an "internal" interchromatin granule cluster (IGC). Within the matrix of CBs we detected transcriptional co-activators CBP/p300 and TATA-box binding protein (TBP). No RNA polymerase II was revealed in CBs of both normal and actynomycin D treated oocytes. In the nucleoplasm of A. domesticus oocytes, besides CBs, free IGCs were observed. In oocytes treated with actynomycin D, the amount of "free" IGCs in the nucleoplasm increase significantly, granular and fibrillar components of IGCs were seen segregated, and RNA polymerase II and CBP/p300 were found to be accumulated in fibrillar zones of IGCs.
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PMID:[Cajal bodies in insect oocytes. II. New data on the molecular composition of cajal bodies in oocytes of the house cricket Acheta domesticus with special reference to interactions between cajal bodies and interchromatin granule clusters]. 1743 2