| 2002 |
Imp9a and Imp9b (mouse orthologs of human IPO9) mediate nuclear import of ribosomal proteins rpS7 and rpL18a, and act as cytoplasmic chaperones by covering their exposed basic domains to prevent aggregation with cytoplasmic polyanions such as RNA. |
In vitro nuclear import assay, chaperone/aggregation prevention assays |
The EMBO journal |
High |
11823430
|
| 2009 |
IPO9 mediates nuclear import of Sox2 and SRY transcription factors via their HMG box domain, acting in parallel with Exp4 and the Imp-beta/7 heterodimer; import signals overlap with conserved residues critical for DNA binding. |
In vitro nuclear import assay, co-immunoprecipitation, RNAi knockdown |
The Journal of cell biology |
Medium |
19349578
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| 2009 |
IPO9 mediates nuclear import of the homeodomain protein Arx via its NLS2 (within the DNA-binding homeodomain); binding to IPO9 is RanGTP-sensitive and NLS2 can be co-precipitated with IPO9. |
In vitro nuclear import assay, co-immunoprecipitation, RNAi knockdown, domain deletion analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
19494118
|
| 2013 |
IPO9 participates in stimulation-induced nuclear translocation of JNK and p38 MAPKs by forming heterotrimeric complexes (Imp3/Imp9/MAPK); JNK1/2 and p38α/β bind Imp9 upon stimulated post-translational modification of Imp9; IPO9 escorts MAPKs into the nucleus while Imp3 remains at the nuclear envelope. Knockdown of IPO9 inhibits MAPK nuclear translocation and downstream transcription factor phosphorylation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, proximity ligation assay, gel filtration, immunostaining, RNAi knockdown |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
24216760
|
| 2013 |
IPO9 binds the 5'UTR stem-loop structure 1 of IFN-ε mRNA; IPO9 overexpression decreases and IPO9 silencing increases basal IFN-ε mRNA expression, defining a negative posttranscriptional regulatory role for IPO9. This effect extends to other mRNAs capable of forming similar loop structures (e.g., HIF-1α). |
RNA affinity pulldown (agarose-bound RNA with HeLa cell extracts), overexpression, RNAi knockdown, luciferase reporter assay |
Journal of immunology |
Medium |
23851686
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| 2016 |
IPO9 binds histone H3 and H4 tails at two separate elements: the segment at residues 11-27 and an isoleucine-lysine NLS (IK-NLS) motif at residues 35-40 of the H3 tail; acetylation of H3 Lys14 substantially decreases binding to IPO9 and several other importins. |
Quantitative binding assays (fluorescence anisotropy/ITC), mutagenic analysis of histone tail deletion mutants |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
27528606
|
| 2019 |
Crystal structure of IPO9 bound to the H2A-H2B dimer reveals that IPO9 wraps around the globular core region of H2A-H2B forming an extensive interface; the NLS-like sequences in H2A-H2B tails play a minor role. IPO9 precludes H2A-H2B interactions with DNA and H3-H4 (acting as a chaperone/sequestrant). RanGTP does not dissociate IPO9•H2A-H2B but assembles a stable RanGTP•IPO9•H2A-H2B ternary complex that can facilitate H2A-H2B dissociation by DNA and nucleosome assembly. |
X-ray crystallography, quantitative binding assays, nucleosome assembly assay, deletion mutagenesis |
eLife |
High |
30855230
|
| 2019 |
IPO9 mediates nuclear import of NUAK1 (a serine/threonine AMPK-family kinase) via a bipartite NLS at the N-terminal domain; knockdown of IPO9 (or IPO7) inhibits NUAK1 nuclear import. Oxidative stress induces NUAK1 cytoplasmic accumulation, indicating that oxidative stress affects IPO9-mediated nuclear transport. |
Mass spectrometry (interactome), co-immunoprecipitation, RNAi knockdown, subcellular fractionation, importazole inhibition |
Journal of cellular biochemistry |
Medium |
31090959
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| 2019 |
IPO9 (validated by silencing) is required for optimal replication of yellow fever virus (YFV) and West Nile virus (WNV) in human cells, identifying it as a host dependency factor for flavivirus replication. |
Genome-wide gain-of-function cDNA screen, RNAi knockdown validation, virological assays |
Viruses |
Medium |
30650657
|
| 2021 |
Drosophila Importin-9 (Ipo9/Ranbp9, ortholog) is required for chromosome condensation and segregation during meiosis, protamine exchange during spermatogenesis, and nuclear localization of proteasome components; Ipo9 physically interacts with proteasome proteins. Loss of Ipo9 causes female and male sterility. |
Genetic knockout (Ipo9KO), immunofluorescence, FISH, co-immunoprecipitation |
Journal of cell science |
Medium |
33632744
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| 2022 |
IPO9 (together with cofilin-1/CFL1) co-mediates nuclear transfer of G-actin; knockdown of IPO9 prevents dynamic strain-mediated nuclear transfer of both actin and β-catenin in mesenchymal stem cells, indicating that β-catenin nuclear entry depends on actin transport via IPO9. |
RNAi knockdown of IPO9, nuclear fractionation, fluorescence imaging, mechanical strain application |
Stem cells |
Medium |
35278073
|
| 2022 |
Silencing IPO9 or CFL1 (components of the nuclear actin import complex) prevents cAMP-induced nuclear actin monomer increase and rescues RelA/p65 levels and NF-κB reporter activity, placing IPO9-mediated nuclear actin import upstream of proteasomal degradation of RelA/p65 in the cAMP anti-inflammatory pathway. |
RNAi knockdown, NF-κB reporter assay, western blotting, proteasome inhibitor experiment |
Cells |
Medium |
35563720
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| 2023 |
HDX-MS analysis of the RanGTP•IPO9•H2A-H2B ternary complex shows that RanGTP releases H2A-H2B contacts at IPO9 HEAT repeats 4-5 but not 18-19, exposing DNA- and histone-binding surfaces of H2A-H2B to facilitate nucleosome assembly. RanGTP has weaker affinity for IPO9 when H2A-H2B is bound, ensuring release only at high nuclear RanGTP concentrations near chromatin. |
Hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS), quantitative binding assays, in vitro nucleosome assembly |
Structure |
High |
37379840
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| 2025 |
IPO9 directly binds monomeric actin with mid-nanomolar affinity; contrary to the established model, cofilin competitively inhibits (rather than promotes) IPO9-actin complex formation. Profilin similarly competes with IPO9 for actin binding at the barbed face. RanGTP binds monomeric actin but a tripartite IPO9-actin-RanGTP complex does not form. IPO9 modestly decreases the rate of actin filament assembly and exhibits minimal binding to actin filaments. |
In vitro binding assays (competitive), actin polymerization kinetics assay, quantitative affinity measurements |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
41478570
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| 2025 |
IPO9 knockdown markedly reduces nuclear F-actin assembly during ferroptosis in HT-1080 cells, establishing that IPO9-dependent nuclear import of G-actin is required for nuclear F-actin formation during ferroptotic cell death. |
RNAi knockdown, phalloidin staining, live imaging with nuclear actin chromobody (nAC-TagGFP2) |
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology |
Medium |
41450740
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| 2026 |
Cryo-EM structure of IPO9 bound to the ETS domain transcription factor EHF reveals that IPO9 wraps around the winged-helix fold (ETS domain) and engages structural features throughout; the DNA-binding helix of the ETS domain is critical for importin recognition and NLS activity. IPO9 uses distinct interaction hotspots compared to its H2A-H2B binding surfaces, demonstrating combinatorial use of binding surfaces for structurally diverse cargos. ETS domains constitute a structure-encoded (globular) NLS class recognized by IPO9 with nanomolar affinity. |
Cryo-electron microscopy, biochemical binding assays, mutagenesis, cellular NLS activity assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
42066049
|
| 2026 |
AKIRIN2 acts as a multivalent scaffold that simultaneously binds the 20S proteasome and IPO9 (as well as KPNA2/KPNB1), recruiting an importin cluster to mediate nuclear import of the proteasome. In the nucleus, RanGTP triggers IPO9 dissociation to release the proteasome. Identified by saturation mutagenesis screens, cryo-EM, and biochemical reconstitution. |
Protein-wide saturation mutagenesis, cryo-EM, biochemical reconstitution, co-immunoprecipitation |
Nature communications |
High |
41639071
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| 2026 |
Systematic cytoplasmic IP-MS identifies 79 bona fide IPO9-bound cargos (including H2A-H2B, TFIIB, actin, proteasome subunits, and 20 previously validated cargos); IPO9 does not use classical NLS motifs nor any linear peptide motif for cargo recognition. Oxidative footprinting shows both the inner cavity and unstructured loops (H8, H18-19) of IPO9 are protected by bound cargo. Loop perturbation IP-MS shows H8 and H18-19 loops mediate selective cargo recognition; H7, H8, H18-19 loops restrict binding of a secondary set of potential cargos. RanGTP sensitivity for cargo release varies by orders of magnitude across the cargo cohort. |
Cytoplasmic immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry, oxidative protein footprinting, systematic loop-perturbation IP-MS |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
42182196
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