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Jordán-Pla A, Pérez-Ortín JE. High-Resolution Deep Sequencing of Nascent Transcription in Yeast with BioGRO-seq. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2477:57-70. [PMID: 35524111 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2257-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
RNA biogenesis in eukaryotic cells is a tightly regulated multilayered process in which a diverse set of players act in an orchestrated manner via complex molecular interactions to secure the initial flow of gene expression. Transcription from DNA to RNA is the essential first step in RNA biogenesis, and consists of three main phases: initiation, elongation, and termination. In each phase, transcription factors act on RNA polymerases to modulate their passage along the DNA template in a very precise manner, governed by molecular mechanisms, some of which are not yet fully understood. Genome-scale run-on-based methodologies have been developed with the aim of mapping the position of transcriptionally engaged RNA polymerases. Among them, the BioGRO methodology has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the transcriptional dynamics in yeast. Here we take the previously known BioGRO method further by coupling it with deep sequencing. BioGRO-seq maps elongating RNA polymerases along the genome with strand specificity and single-nucleotide resolution. BioGRO-seq profiling provides insights into the biogenesis and regulation of not just the canonical protein-coding transcriptome, but also into the often more challenging to study noncoding and unstable transcriptome.
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- Antonio Jordán-Pla
- Facultad de Biológicas, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Institut de Biotecnología i Biomedicina (Biotecmed), Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
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- Facultad de Biológicas, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Institut de Biotecnología i Biomedicina (Biotecmed), Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Begley V, de Miguel-Jiménez L, Chávez S. Transcriptional Run-on: Measuring Nascent Transcription at Specific Genomic Sites in Yeast. Bio Protoc 2021; 11:e4064. [PMID: 34263006 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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DNA transcription by RNA polymerases has always interested the scientific community as it is one of the most important processes involved in genome expression. This has led scientists to come up with different protocols allowing analysis of this process in specific locations across the genome by quantitating the amount of RNA polymerases transcribing that genomic site in a cell population. This can be achieved by either detecting the total number of polymerases in contact with that region (i.e., by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with anti-RNA polymerase antibodies) or by measuring the number of polymerases that are effectively engaged in transcription in that position. This latter strategy is followed using transcription run-on (TRO), also known as nuclear run-on (NRO), which was first developed in mammalian cells over 40 years ago and has since been adapted to many other different organisms and high-throughput methods. Here, we detail the procedure for performing TRO in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for single genomic regions to study active transcription on a single gene scale. To do so, we wash the cells in the detergent sarkosyl, which prevents new initiations at the promoter level, and then perform an in situ reaction, leading to the radiolabeling of transcripts by RNA polymerases that were already engaged in transcription at the moment of harvesting. By subsequently quantitating the signal of these transcripts, we can determine the level of active transcription in a single gene. This presents a major advantage over other forms of transcription quantitation such as RNA polymerase ChIP, since in the latter, both active and inactive polymerases are measured. By combining both ChIP and TRO, the amount of inactive or paused polymerases on a particular gene can be estimated. Graphic abstract: Transcriptional run-on scheme.
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- Victoria Begley
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. del Rocío, Seville, 41012, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. del Rocío, Seville, 41012, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. del Rocío, Seville, 41012, Spain
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Perea-García A, Miró P, Jiménez-Lorenzo R, Martínez-Pastor MT, Puig S. Sequential recruitment of the mRNA decay machinery to the iron-regulated protein Cth2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194595. [PMID: 32565401 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Post-transcriptional factors importantly contribute to the rapid and coordinated expression of the multiple genes required for the adaptation of living organisms to environmental stresses. In the model eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a conserved mRNA-binding protein, known as Cth2, modulates the metabolic response to iron deficiency. Cth2 is a tandem zinc-finger (TZF)-containing protein that co-transcriptionally binds to adenine/uracil-rich elements (ARE) present in the 3'-untranslated region of iron-related mRNAs to promote their turnover. The nuclear binding of Cth2 to mRNAs via its TZFs is indispensable for its export to the cytoplasm. Although Cth2 nucleocytoplasmic transport is essential for its regulatory function, little is known about the recruitment of the mRNA degradation machinery. Here, we investigate the sequential assembly of mRNA decay factors during Cth2 shuttling. By using an enzymatic in vivo proximity assay called M-track, we show that Cth2 associates to the RNA helicase Dhh1 and the deadenylase Pop2/Caf1 before binding to its target mRNAs. The recruitment of Dhh1 to Cth2 requires the integrity of the Ccr4-Pop2 deadenylase complex, whereas the interaction between Cth2 and Pop2 needs Ccr4 but not Dhh1. M-track assays also show that Cth2-binding to ARE-containing mRNAs is necessary for the interaction between Cth2 and the exonuclease Xrn1. The importance of these interactions is highlighted by the specific growth defect in iron-deficient conditions displayed by cells lacking Dhh1, Pop2, Ccr4 or Xrn1. These results exemplify the stepwise process of assembly of different mRNA decay factors onto an mRNA-binding protein during the mechanism of post-transcriptional regulation.
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- Ana Perea-García
- Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna (Valencia), Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna (Valencia), Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna (Valencia), Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna (Valencia), Spain.
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Dose dependent gene expression is dynamically modulated by the history, physiology and age of yeast cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2019; 1862:457-471. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2019.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Matveeva EA, Mathbout LF, Fondufe-Mittendorf YN. PARP1 is a versatile factor in the regulation of mRNA stability and decay. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3722. [PMID: 30842529 PMCID: PMC6403249 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39969-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PARP1 is an abundant nuclear protein with many pleiotropic functions involved in epigenetic and transcriptional controls. Abundance of mRNA depends on the balance between synthesis and decay of a particular transcript. PARP1 binds RNA and its depletion results in increased expression of genes involved in nonsense-mediated decay, suggesting that PARP1 might be involved in mRNA stability. This is of interest considering RNA binding proteins play key roles in post-transcriptional processes in all eukaryotes. We tested the direct impact of PARP1 and PARylation on mRNA stability and decay. By measuring the half-lives of two PARP1-mRNA targets we found that the half-lives were significantly decreased in PARP1-depleted cells. PARP1 depletion impacted both the synthesis of nascent mRNA and the stability of mature mRNAs. PARylation impacted the production of nascent mRNA and the stability of mature mRNA, albeit to a lesser extent than PARP1 KD. PARylation enhanced the impact of PARP1 depletion. These studies provide the first direct comparative role of PARP1 and PARylation in RNA stability and decay, adding a new dimension as to how PARP1 regulates gene expression. These studies present a platform to begin to tease out the influence of PARP1 at each step of RNA biogenesis and decay to fine-tune gene expression.
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- Elena A Matveeva
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Al Maather', Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Gutiérrez G, Millán-Zambrano G, Medina DA, Jordán-Pla A, Pérez-Ortín JE, Peñate X, Chávez S. Subtracting the sequence bias from partially digested MNase-seq data reveals a general contribution of TFIIS to nucleosome positioning. Epigenetics Chromatin 2017; 10:58. [PMID: 29212533 PMCID: PMC5719526 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-017-0165-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND TFIIS stimulates RNA cleavage by RNA polymerase II and promotes the resolution of backtracking events. TFIIS acts in the chromatin context, but its contribution to the chromatin landscape has not yet been investigated. Co-transcriptional chromatin alterations include subtle changes in nucleosome positioning, like those expected to be elicited by TFIIS, which are elusive to detect. The most popular method to map nucleosomes involves intensive chromatin digestion by micrococcal nuclease (MNase). Maps based on these exhaustively digested samples miss any MNase-sensitive nucleosomes caused by transcription. In contrast, partial digestion approaches preserve such nucleosomes, but introduce noise due to MNase sequence preferences. A systematic way of correcting this bias for massively parallel sequencing experiments is still missing. RESULTS To investigate the contribution of TFIIS to the chromatin landscape, we developed a refined nucleosome-mapping method in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Based on partial MNase digestion and a sequence-bias correction derived from naked DNA cleavage, the refined method efficiently mapped nucleosomes in promoter regions rich in MNase-sensitive structures. The naked DNA correction was also important for mapping gene body nucleosomes, particularly in those genes whose core promoters contain a canonical TATA element. With this improved method, we analyzed the global nucleosomal changes caused by lack of TFIIS. We detected a general increase in nucleosomal fuzziness and more restricted changes in nucleosome occupancy, which concentrated in some gene categories. The TATA-containing genes were preferentially associated with decreased occupancy in gene bodies, whereas the TATA-like genes did so with increased fuzziness. The detected chromatin alterations correlated with functional defects in nascent transcription, as revealed by genomic run-on experiments. CONCLUSIONS The combination of partial MNase digestion and naked DNA correction of the sequence bias is a precise nucleosomal mapping method that does not exclude MNase-sensitive nucleosomes. This method is useful for detecting subtle alterations in nucleosome positioning produced by lack of TFIIS. Their analysis revealed that TFIIS generally contributed to nucleosome positioning in both gene promoters and bodies. The independent effect of lack of TFIIS on nucleosome occupancy and fuzziness supports the existence of alternative chromatin dynamics during transcription elongation.
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.,Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. del Rocío, Seville, Spain.,The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. .,Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. del Rocío, Seville, Spain.
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. .,Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. del Rocío, Seville, Spain.
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van Nues R, Schweikert G, de Leau E, Selega A, Langford A, Franklin R, Iosub I, Wadsworth P, Sanguinetti G, Granneman S. Kinetic CRAC uncovers a role for Nab3 in determining gene expression profiles during stress. Nat Commun 2017; 8:12. [PMID: 28400552 PMCID: PMC5432031 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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RNA-binding proteins play a key role in shaping gene expression profiles during stress, however, little is known about the dynamic nature of these interactions and how this influences the kinetics of gene expression. To address this, we developed kinetic cross-linking and analysis of cDNAs (χCRAC), an ultraviolet cross-linking method that enabled us to quantitatively measure the dynamics of protein-RNA interactions in vivo on a minute time-scale. Here, using χCRAC we measure the global RNA-binding dynamics of the yeast transcription termination factor Nab3 in response to glucose starvation. These measurements reveal rapid changes in protein-RNA interactions within 1 min following stress imposition. Changes in Nab3 binding are largely independent of alterations in transcription rate during the early stages of stress response, indicating orthogonal transcriptional control mechanisms. We also uncover a function for Nab3 in dampening expression of stress-responsive genes. χCRAC has the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of in vivo dynamics of protein-RNA interactions.Protein RNA interactions are dynamic and regulated in response to environmental changes. Here the authors describe 'kinetic CRAC', an approach that allows time resolved analyses of protein RNA interactions with minute time point resolution and apply it to gain insight into the function of the RNA-binding protein Nab3.
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- Rob van Nues
- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology (SynthSys), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.,Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology (SynthSys), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.,Institute for Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, UK
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- UVO3 Ltd, Unit 25 Stephenson Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3WJ, UK
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- UVO3 Ltd, Unit 25 Stephenson Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3WJ, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology (SynthSys), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- UVO3 Ltd, Unit 25 Stephenson Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3WJ, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology (SynthSys), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.,School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology (SynthSys), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.
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Harigaya Y, Parker R. Analysis of the association between codon optimality and mRNA stability in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:895. [PMID: 27825301 PMCID: PMC5101800 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3237-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Recent experiments have shown that codon optimality is a major determinant of mRNA stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and that this phenomenon may be conserved in Escherichia coli and some metazoans, although work in Neurospora crassa is not consistent with this model. Results We examined the association between codon optimality and mRNA stability in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Our analysis revealed the following points. First, we observe a genome-wide association between codon optimality and mRNA stability also in S. pombe, suggesting evolutionary conservation of the phenomenon. Second, in both S. pombe and S. cerevisiae, mRNA synthesis rates are also correlated at the genome-wide analysis with codon optimality, suggesting that the long-appreciated association between codon optimality and mRNA abundance is due to regulation of both mRNA synthesis and degradation. However, when we examined correlation of codon optimality and either mRNA half-lives or synthesis rates controlling for mRNA abundance, codon optimality was still positively correlated with mRNA half-lives in S. cerevisiae, but the association was no longer significant for mRNA half-lives in S. pombe or for synthesis rates in either organism. This illustrates how only the pairwise analysis of multiple correlating variables may limit these types of analyses. Finally, in S. pombe, codon optimality is associated with known DNA/RNA sequence motifs that are associated with mRNA production/stability, suggesting these two features have been under similar selective pressures for optimal gene expression. Conclusions Consistent with the emerging body of studies, this study suggests that the association between codon optimality and mRNA stability may be a broadly conserved phenomenon. It also suggests that the association can be explained at least in part by independent adaptations of codon optimality and other transcript features for elevated expression during evolution. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3237-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yuriko Harigaya
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA. .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
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Huch S, Müller M, Muppavarapu M, Gommlich J, Balagopal V, Nissan T. The decapping activator Edc3 and the Q/N-rich domain of Lsm4 function together to enhance mRNA stability and alter mRNA decay pathway dependence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biol Open 2016; 5:1388-1399. [PMID: 27543059 PMCID: PMC5087693 DOI: 10.1242/bio.020487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The rate and regulation of mRNA decay are major elements in the proper control of gene expression. Edc3 and Lsm4 are two decapping activator proteins that have previously been shown to function in the assembly of RNA granules termed P bodies. Here, we show that deletion of edc3, when combined with a removal of the glutamine/asparagine rich region of Lsm4 (edc3Δ lsm4ΔC) reduces mRNA stability and alters pathways of mRNA degradation. Multiple tested mRNAs exhibited reduced stability in the edc3Δ lsm4ΔC mutant. The destabilization was linked to an increased dependence on Ccr4-mediated deadenylation and mRNA decapping. Unlike characterized mutations in decapping factors that either are neutral or are able to stabilize mRNA, the combined edc3Δ lsm4ΔC mutant reduced mRNA stability. We characterized the growth and activity of the major mRNA decay systems and translation in double mutant and wild-type yeast. In the edc3Δ lsm4ΔC mutant, we observed alterations in the levels of specific mRNA decay factors as well as nuclear accumulation of the catalytic subunit of the decapping enzyme Dcp2. Hence, we suggest that the effects on mRNA stability in the edc3Δ lsm4ΔC mutant may originate from mRNA decay protein abundance or changes in mRNPs, or alternatively may imply a role for P bodies in mRNA stabilization. Summary: A strain mutated in two decapping activators, previously implicated in P body assembly, has reduced mRNA stability and increased dependence on decapping and Ccr4-dependent deadenylation for mRNA degradation.
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- Susanne Huch
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
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Muppavarapu M, Huch S, Nissan T. The cytoplasmic mRNA degradation factor Pat1 is required for rRNA processing. RNA Biol 2016; 13:455-65. [PMID: 26918764 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1154253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Pat1 is a key cytoplasmic mRNA degradation factor, the loss of which severely increases mRNA half-lives. Several recent studies have shown that Pat1 can enter the nucleus and can shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. As a result, many nuclear roles have been proposed for Pat1. In this study, we analyzed four previously suggested nuclear roles of Pat1 and show that Pat1 is not required for efficient pre-mRNA splicing or pre-mRNA decay in yeast. However, lack of Pat1 results in accumulation of pre-rRNA processing intermediates. Intriguingly, we identified a novel genetic relationship between Pat1 and the rRNA decay machinery, specifically the exosome and the TRAMP complex. While the pre-rRNA processing intermediates that accumulate in the pat1 deletion mutant are, at least to some extent, recognized as aberrant by the rRNA degradation machinery, it is unlikely that these accumulations are the cause of their synthetic sick relationship. Here, we show that the dysregulation of the levels of mRNAs related to ribosome biogenesis could be the cause of the accumulation of the pre-rRNA processing intermediates. Although our results support a role for Pat1 in transcription, they nevertheless suggest that the primary cause of the dysregulated mRNA levels is most likely due to Pat1's role in mRNA decapping and mRNA degradation.
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- Mridula Muppavarapu
- a Department of Molecular Biology , Umeå University , SE-901 87 Umeå , Sweden
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- a Department of Molecular Biology , Umeå University , SE-901 87 Umeå , Sweden
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- a Department of Molecular Biology , Umeå University , SE-901 87 Umeå , Sweden
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Ward AK, Mellor P, Smith SE, Kendall S, Just NA, Vizeacoumar FS, Sarker S, Phillips Z, Alvi R, Saxena A, Vizeacoumar FJ, Carlsen SA, Anderson DH. Epigenetic silencing of CREB3L1 by DNA methylation is associated with high-grade metastatic breast cancers with poor prognosis and is prevalent in triple negative breast cancers. Breast Cancer Res 2016; 18:12. [PMID: 26810754 PMCID: PMC4727399 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-016-0672-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background CREB3L1 (cAMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1), a member of the unfolded protein response, has recently been identified as a metastasis suppressor in both breast and bladder cancer. Methods Quantitative real time PCR (qPCR) and immunoblotting were used to determine the impact of histone deacetylation and DNA methylation inhibitors on CREB3L1 expression in breast cancer cell lines. Breast cancer cell lines and tumor samples were analyzed similarly, and CREB3L1 gene methylation was determined using sodium bisulfite conversion and DNA sequencing. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine nuclear versus cytoplasmic CREB3L1 protein. Large breast cancer database analyses were carried out to examine relationships between CREB3L1 gene methylation and mRNA expression in addition to CREB3L1 mRNA expression and prognosis. Results This study demonstrates that the low CREB3L1 expression previously seen in highly metastatic breast cancer cell lines is caused in part by epigenetic silencing. Treatment of several highly metastatic breast cancer cell lines that had low CREB3L1 expression with DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase inhibitors induced expression of CREB3L1, both mRNA and protein. In human breast tumors, CREB3L1 mRNA expression was upregulated in low and medium-grade tumors, most frequently of the luminal and HER2 amplified subtypes. In contrast, CREB3L1 expression was repressed in high-grade tumors, and its loss was most frequently associated with triple negative breast cancers (TNBCs). Importantly, bioinformatics analyses of tumor databases support these findings, with methylation of the CREB3L1 gene associated with TNBCs, and strongly negatively correlated with CREB3L1 mRNA expression. Decreased CREB3L1 mRNA expression was associated with increased tumor grade and reduced progression-free survival. An immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that low-grade breast tumors frequently had nuclear CREB3L1 protein, in contrast to the high-grade breast tumors in which CREB3L1 was cytoplasmic, suggesting that differential localization may also regulate CREB3L1 effectiveness in metastasis suppression. Conclusions Our data further strengthens the role for CREB3L1 as a metastasis suppressor in breast cancer and demonstrates that epigenetic silencing is a major regulator of the loss of CREB3L1 expression. We also highlight that CREB3L1 expression is frequently altered in many cancer types suggesting that it could have a broader role in cancer progression and metastasis. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13058-016-0672-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Alison K Ward
- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Epidemiology and Performance Measurement, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 4-2105 8th Street, Saskatoon, SK, S7H 0T8, Canada.
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- Epidemiology and Performance Measurement, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 4-2105 8th Street, Saskatoon, SK, S7H 0T8, Canada.
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- Epidemiology and Performance Measurement, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 4-2105 8th Street, Saskatoon, SK, S7H 0T8, Canada.
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Royal University Hospital, 2841 - 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada. .,Cancer Research, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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- Cancer Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada. .,Cancer Research, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
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Jordán-Pla A, Miguel A, Serna E, Pelechano V, Pérez-Ortín JE. Biotin-Genomic Run-On (Bio-GRO): A High-Resolution Method for the Analysis of Nascent Transcription in Yeast. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1361:125-39. [PMID: 26483020 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3079-1_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Transcription is a highly complex biological process, with extensive layers of regulation, some of which remain to be fully unveiled and understood. To be able to discern the particular contributions of the several transcription steps it is crucial to understand RNA polymerase dynamics and regulation throughout the transcription cycle. Here we describe a new nonradioactive run-on based method that maps elongating RNA polymerases along the genome. In contrast with alternative methodologies for the measurement of nascent transcription, the BioGRO method is designed to minimize technical noise that arises from two of the most common sources that affect this type of strategies: contamination with mature RNA and amplification-based technical biasing. The method is strand-specific, compatible with commercial microarrays, and has been successfully applied to both yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans. BioGRO profiling provides powerful insights not only into the biogenesis and regulation of canonical gene transcription but also into the noncoding and antisense transcriptomes.
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- Antonio Jordán-Pla
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Biológicas, Universitat de València, C/Dr. Moliner 50. E46100 Burjassot, València, Spain.,Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Biológicas, Universitat de València, C/Dr. Moliner 50. E46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
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- Servicio de Análisis Multigénico, INCLIVA, Universitat de València, València, Spain
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Biológicas, Universitat de València, C/Dr. Moliner 50. E46100 Burjassot, València, Spain.
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García-Martínez J, Delgado-Ramos L, Ayala G, Pelechano V, Medina DA, Carrasco F, González R, Andrés-León E, Steinmetz L, Warringer J, Chávez S, Pérez-Ortín JE. The cellular growth rate controls overall mRNA turnover, and modulates either transcription or degradation rates of particular gene regulons. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 44:3643-58. [PMID: 26717982 PMCID: PMC4856968 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We analyzed 80 different genomic experiments, and found a positive correlation between both RNA polymerase II transcription and mRNA degradation with growth rates in yeast. Thus, in spite of the marked variation in mRNA turnover, the total mRNA concentration remained approximately constant. Some genes, however, regulated their mRNA concentration by uncoupling mRNA stability from the transcription rate. Ribosome-related genes modulated their transcription rates to increase mRNA levels under fast growth. In contrast, mitochondria-related and stress-induced genes lowered mRNA levels by reducing mRNA stability or the transcription rate, respectively. We also detected these regulations within the heterogeneity of a wild-type cell population growing in optimal conditions. The transcriptomic analysis of sorted microcolonies confirmed that the growth rate dictates alternative expression programs by modulating transcription and mRNA decay. The regulation of overall mRNA turnover keeps a constant ratio between mRNA decay and the dilution of [mRNA] caused by cellular growth. This regulation minimizes the indiscriminate transmission of mRNAs from mother to daughter cells, and favors the response capacity of the latter to physiological signals and environmental changes. We also conclude that, by uncoupling mRNA synthesis from decay, cells control the mRNA abundance of those gene regulons that characterize fast and slow growth.
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- José García-Martínez
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de València. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de Valencia. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Virgen del Rocío-CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, C/ Antonio Maura Montaner, E41013 Sevilla Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de la Reina Mercedes s/n, E41012, Spain
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- Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Facultad de Matemáticas, Universitat de València. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de Valencia. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de Valencia. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de Valencia. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de Valencia. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (CSIC, Universidad de La Rioja, Gobierno de La Rioja), Finca La Grajera LO-20 Salida 13, Autovía del Camino de Santiago, E26007 Logroño, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Virgen del Rocío-CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, C/ Antonio Maura Montaner, E41013 Sevilla
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Stanford Genome Technology Center, 3165 Porter Dr. Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9 c, 40530 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Virgen del Rocío-CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, C/ Antonio Maura Montaner, E41013 Sevilla Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de la Reina Mercedes s/n, E41012, Spain
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- ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de Valencia. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de Valencia. C/ Dr. Moliner 50. E46100, Burjassot, Spain
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Juanes JM, Miguel A, Morales LJ, Pérez-Ortín JE, Arnau V. A web application for the unspecific detection of differentially expressed DNA regions in strand-specific expression data. Bioinformatics 2015; 31:3228-30. [PMID: 26040457 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Genomic technologies allow laboratories to produce large-scale data sets, either through the use of next-generation sequencing or microarray platforms. To explore these data sets and obtain maximum value from the data, researchers view their results alongside all the known features of a given reference genome. To study transcriptional changes that occur under a given condition, researchers search for regions of the genome that are differentially expressed between different experimental conditions. In order to identify these regions several algorithms have been developed over the years, along with some bioinformatic platforms that enable their use. However, currently available applications for comparative microarray analysis exclusively focus on changes in gene expression within known transcribed regions of predicted protein-coding genes, the changes that occur in non-predictable genetic elements, such as non-coding RNAs. Here, we present a web application for the visualization of strand-specific tiling microarray or next-generation sequencing data that allows customized detection of differentially expressed regions all along the genome in an unspecific manner, that allows identification of all RNA sequences, predictable or not. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION The web application is freely accessible at http://tilingscan.uv.es/. TilingScan is implemented in PHP and JavaScript. CONTACT vicente.arnau@uv.es SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- José M Juanes
- Departamento de Informática, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología and E.R.I. Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología and
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología and E.R.I. Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Departamento de Informática, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria
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Serra-Cardona A, Canadell D, Ariño J. Coordinate responses to alkaline pH stress in budding yeast. MICROBIAL CELL 2015; 2:182-196. [PMID: 28357292 PMCID: PMC5349140 DOI: 10.15698/mic2015.06.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Alkalinization of the medium represents a stress condition for the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to which this organism responds with profound remodeling of gene expression. This is the result of the modulation of a substantial number of signaling pathways whose participation in the alkaline response has been elucidated within the last ten years. These regulatory inputs involve not only the conserved Rim101/PacC pathway, but also the calcium-activated phosphatase calcineurin, the Wsc1-Pkc1-Slt2 MAP kinase, the Snf1 and PKA kinases and oxidative stress-response pathways. The uptake of many nutrients is perturbed by alkalinization of the environment and, consequently, an impact on phosphate, iron/copper and glucose homeostatic mechanisms can also be observed. The analysis of available data highlights cases in which diverse signaling pathways are integrated in the gene promoter to shape the appropriate response pattern. Thus, the expression of different genes sharing the same signaling network can be coordinated, allowing functional coupling of their gene products.
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- Albert Serra-Cardona
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular & Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular & Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular & Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Canadell D, García-Martínez J, Alepuz P, Pérez-Ortín JE, Ariño J. Impact of high pH stress on yeast gene expression: A comprehensive analysis of mRNA turnover during stress responses. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2015; 1849:653-64. [PMID: 25900709 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Environmental alkalinisation represents a stress condition for yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to which this organism responds with extensive gene expression remodelling. We show here that alkaline pH causes an overall decrease in the transcription rate (TR) and a fast destabilisation of mRNAs, followed by a more prolonged stabilisation phase. In many cases, augmented mRNA levels occur without the TR increasing, which can be attributed to mRNA stabilisation. In contrast, the reduced amount of mRNAs is contributed by both a drop in the TR and mRNA stability. A comparative analysis with other forms of stress shows that, unlike high pH stress, heat-shock, osmotic and oxidative stresses present a common transient increase in the TR. An analysis of environmentally-responsive (ESR) genes for the four above stresses suggests that up-regulated genes are governed mostly by TR changes and complex transient bidirectional changes in mRNA stability, whereas the down-regulated ESR gene set is driven by mRNA destabilisation and a lowered TR. In all the studied forms of stress, mRNA stability plays an important role in ESR. Overall, changes in mRNA levels do not closely reflect the rapid changes in the TR and stability upon exposure to stress, which highlights the existence of compensatory mechanisms.
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- David Canadell
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València 46100, Spain; ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València 46100, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València 46100, Spain; ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València 46100, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València 46100, Spain; ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, València 46100, Spain.
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain.
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Jordán-Pla A, Gupta I, de Miguel-Jiménez L, Steinmetz LM, Chávez S, Pelechano V, Pérez-Ortín JE. Chromatin-dependent regulation of RNA polymerases II and III activity throughout the transcription cycle. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 43:787-802. [PMID: 25550430 PMCID: PMC4333398 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The particular behaviour of eukaryotic RNA polymerases along different gene regions and amongst distinct gene functional groups is not totally understood. To cast light onto the alternative active or backtracking states of RNA polymerase II, we have quantitatively mapped active RNA polymerases at a high resolution following a new biotin-based genomic run-on (BioGRO) technique. Compared with conventional profiling with chromatin immunoprecipitation, the analysis of the BioGRO profiles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae shows that RNA polymerase II has unique activity profiles at both gene ends, which are highly dependent on positioned nucleosomes. This is the first demonstration of the in vivo influence of positioned nucleosomes on transcription elongation. The particular features at the 5' end and around the polyadenylation site indicate that this polymerase undergoes extensive specific-activity regulation in the initial and final transcription elongation phases. The genes encoding for ribosomal proteins show distinctive features at both ends. BioGRO also provides the first nascentome analysis for RNA polymerase III, which indicates that transcription of tRNA genes is poorly regulated at the individual copy level. The present study provides a novel perspective of the transcription cycle that incorporates inactivation/reactivation as an important aspect of RNA polymerase dynamics.
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- Antonio Jordán-Pla
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Biológicas, Universitat de València, C/Dr. Moliner 50, E46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Virgen del Rocío-CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Virgen del Rocío-CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, and Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Facultad de Biológicas, Universitat de València, C/Dr. Moliner 50, E46100 Burjassot, Spain
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Babbarwal V, Fu J, Reese JC. The Rpb4/7 module of RNA polymerase II is required for carbon catabolite repressor protein 4-negative on TATA (Ccr4-not) complex to promote elongation. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:33125-30. [PMID: 25315781 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c114.601088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Gene expression relies on the balance between mRNA synthesis in the nucleus and decay in the cytoplasm, processes once thought to be separate. We now know that transcription and decay rates are coordinated, but the factors or molecular mechanisms are unclear. The Ccr4-Not complex regulates multiple stages of gene expression, from mRNA synthesis to protein destruction. One of its functions is to promote RNA polymerase II elongation by reactivating arrested elongation complexes. Here we explored the features of polymerase required for Ccr4-Not to promote elongation and found that the Rpb4/7 module is important for Ccr4-Not to associate with elongation complexes and stimulate elongation. Rpb4/7 has also been implicated in coordinating mRNA synthesis and decay, but its role in this process is controversial. The interplay between Ccr4-Not and Rpb4/7 described here suggests a mechanism for how the cell coordinates mRNA synthesis and decay.
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- Vinod Babbarwal
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 and
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 and
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Marguerat S, Lawler K, Brazma A, Bähler J. Contributions of transcription and mRNA decay to gene expression dynamics of fission yeast in response to oxidative stress. RNA Biol 2014; 11:702-14. [PMID: 25007214 PMCID: PMC4156502 DOI: 10.4161/rna.29196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The cooperation of transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels of control to shape gene regulation is only partially understood. Here we show that a combination of two simple and non-invasive genomic techniques, coupled with kinetic mathematical modeling, afford insight into the intricate dynamics of RNA regulation in response to oxidative stress in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. This study reveals a dominant role of transcriptional regulation in response to stress, but also points to the first minutes after stress induction as a critical time when the coordinated control of mRNA turnover can support the control of transcription for rapid gene regulation. In addition, we uncover specialized gene expression strategies associated with distinct functional gene groups, such as simultaneous transcriptional repression and mRNA destabilization for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, delayed mRNA destabilization with varying contribution of transcription for ribosome biogenesis genes, dominant roles of mRNA stabilization for genes functioning in protein degradation, and adjustment of both transcription and mRNA turnover during the adaptation to stress. We also show that genes regulated independently of the bZIP transcription factor Atf1p are predominantly controlled by mRNA turnover, and identify putative cis-regulatory sequences that are associated with different gene expression strategies during the stress response. This study highlights the intricate and multi-faceted interplay between transcription and RNA turnover during the dynamic regulatory response to stress.
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- Samuel Marguerat
- Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment and UCL Cancer Institute; University College London; London, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory; EMBL-EBI; Wellcome Trust Genome Campus; Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory; EMBL-EBI; Wellcome Trust Genome Campus; Hinxton, UK
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment and UCL Cancer Institute; University College London; London, UK
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Medina DA, Jordán-Pla A, Millán-Zambrano G, Chávez S, Choder M, Pérez-Ortín JE. Cytoplasmic 5'-3' exonuclease Xrn1p is also a genome-wide transcription factor in yeast. Front Genet 2014; 5:1. [PMID: 24567736 PMCID: PMC3915102 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The 5′ to 3′ exoribonuclease Xrn1 is a large protein involved in cytoplasmatic mRNA degradation as a critical component of the major decaysome. Its deletion in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is not lethal, but it has multiple physiological effects. In a previous study, our group showed that deletion of all tested components of the yeast major decaysome, including XRN1, results in a decrease in the synthetic rate and an increase in half-life of most mRNAs in a compensatory manner. Furthermore, the same study showed that the all tested decaysome components are also nuclear proteins that bind to the 5′ region of a number of genes. In the present work, we show that disruption of Xrn1 activity preferentially affects both the synthesis and decay of a distinct subpopulation of mRNAs. The most affected mRNAs are the transcripts of the highly transcribed genes, mainly those encoding ribosome biogenesis and translation factors. Previously, we proposed that synthegradases play a key role in regulating both mRNA synthesis and degradation. Evidently, Xrn1 functions as a synthegradase, whose selectivity might help coordinating the expression of the protein synthetic machinery. We propose to name the most affected genes “Xrn1 synthegradon.”
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- Daniel A Medina
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València Burjassot, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València Burjassot, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética and Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética and Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla Seville, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València Burjassot, Spain
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Sun M, Schwalb B, Pirkl N, Maier KC, Schenk A, Failmezger H, Tresch A, Cramer P. Global analysis of eukaryotic mRNA degradation reveals Xrn1-dependent buffering of transcript levels. Mol Cell 2013; 52:52-62. [PMID: 24119399 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Revised: 06/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The rates of mRNA synthesis and degradation determine cellular mRNA levels and can be monitored by comparative dynamic transcriptome analysis (cDTA) that uses nonperturbing metabolic RNA labeling. Here we present cDTA data for 46 yeast strains lacking genes involved in mRNA degradation and metabolism. In these strains, changes in mRNA degradation rates are generally compensated by changes in mRNA synthesis rates, resulting in a buffering of mRNA levels. We show that buffering of mRNA levels requires the RNA exonuclease Xrn1. The buffering is rapidly established when mRNA synthesis is impaired, but is delayed when mRNA degradation is impaired, apparently due to Xrn1-dependent transcription repressor induction. Cluster analysis of the data defines the general mRNA degradation machinery, reveals different substrate preferences for the two mRNA deadenylase complexes Ccr4-Not and Pan2-Pan3, and unveils an interwoven cellular mRNA surveillance network.
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- Mai Sun
- Gene Center Munich and Department of Biochemistry, Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPSM, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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External conditions inversely change the RNA polymerase II elongation rate and density in yeast. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2013; 1829:1248-55. [PMID: 24103494 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Elongation speed is a key parameter in RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II) activity. It affects the transcription rate, while it is conditioned by the physicochemical environment it works in at the same time. For instance, it is well-known that temperature affects the biochemical reactions rates. Therefore in free-living organisms that are able to grow at various environmental temperatures, such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, evolution should have not only shaped the structural and functional properties of this key enzyme, but should have also provided mechanisms and pathways to adapt its activity to the optimal performance required. We studied the changes in RNA pol II elongation speed caused by alternations in growth temperature in yeast to find that they strictly follow the Arrhenius equation, and that they also provoke an almost inverse proportional change in RNA pol II density within the optimal growth temperature range (26-37 °C). Moreover, we discovered that yeast cells control the transcription initiation rate by changing the total amount of available RNA pol II.
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Pérez-Ortín JE, Medina DA, Chávez S, Moreno J. What do you mean by transcription rate?: the conceptual difference between nascent transcription rate and mRNA synthesis rate is essential for the proper understanding of transcriptomic analyses. Bioessays 2013; 35:1056-62. [PMID: 24105897 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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mRNA synthesis in all organisms is performed by RNA polymerases, which work as nanomachines on DNA templates. The rate at which their product is made is an important parameter in gene expression. Transcription rate encompasses two related, yet different, concepts: the nascent transcription rate, which measures the in situ mRNA production by RNA polymerase, and the rate of synthesis of mature mRNA, which measures the contribution of transcription to the mRNA concentration. Both parameters are useful for molecular biologists, but they are not interchangeable and they are expressed in different units. It is important to distinguish when and where each one should be used. We propose that for functional genomics the use of nascent transcription rates should be restricted to the evaluation of the transcriptional process itself, whereas mature mRNA synthesis rates should be employed to address the transcriptional input to mRNA concentration balance leading to variation of gene expression.
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- José E Pérez-Ortín
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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Haimovich G, Medina DA, Causse SZ, Garber M, Millán-Zambrano G, Barkai O, Chávez S, Pérez-Ortín JE, Darzacq X, Choder M. Gene expression is circular: factors for mRNA degradation also foster mRNA synthesis. Cell 2013; 153:1000-11. [PMID: 23706738 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2011] [Revised: 01/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Maintaining proper mRNA levels is a key aspect in the regulation of gene expression. The balance between mRNA synthesis and decay determines these levels. We demonstrate that most yeast mRNAs are degraded by the cytoplasmic 5'-to-3' pathway (the "decaysome"), as proposed previously. Unexpectedly, the level of these mRNAs is highly robust to perturbations in this major pathway because defects in various decaysome components lead to transcription downregulation. Moreover, these components shuttle between the cytoplasm and the nucleus, in a manner dependent on proper mRNA degradation. In the nucleus, they associate with chromatin-preferentially ∼30 bp upstream of transcription start-sites-and directly stimulate transcription initiation and elongation. The nuclear role of the decaysome in transcription is linked to its cytoplasmic role in mRNA decay; linkage, in turn, seems to depend on proper shuttling of its components. The gene expression process is therefore circular, whereby the hitherto first and last stages are interconnected.
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- Gal Haimovich
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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Schwanhäusser B, Wolf J, Selbach M, Busse D. Synthesis and degradation jointly determine the responsiveness of the cellular proteome. Bioessays 2013; 35:597-601. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine; Berlin; Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine; Berlin; Germany
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Simone LE, Keene JD. Mechanisms coordinating ELAV/Hu mRNA regulons. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2013; 23:35-43. [PMID: 23312841 PMCID: PMC3617084 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2012.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) function as platforms that can determine the fate of each mRNA individually and in aggregate. Multiple mRNAs that encode proteins that are functionally related often interact with RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that coordinate their expression in time and space as RNA regulons within the ribonucleoprotein (RNP) infrastructure we term the ribonome. Recent ribonomic methods have emerged that can determine which mRNAs are bound and regulated by RBPs and ncRNAs, some of which act in combination to determine global outcomes. ELAV/Hu proteins bind to AU-rich elements (ARE) in mRNAs and regulate their stability from splicing to translation, and the ubiquitous HuR protein has been implicated in cancerous cell growth. Recent work is focused on mechanistic models of how ELAV/Hu proteins increase mRNA stability and translation by repressing microRNAs (miRs) and the RNA induced silencing complex (RISC) via ARE-based ribonucleosomes that may affect global functions of mRNA regulons.
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- Laura E. Simone
- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710
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Reese JC. The control of elongation by the yeast Ccr4-not complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2013; 1829:127-33. [PMID: 22975735 PMCID: PMC3545033 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The Ccr4-Not complex is a highly conserved nine-subunit protein complex that has been implicated in virtually all aspects of gene control, including transcription, mRNA decay and quality control, RNA export, translational repression and protein ubiquitylation. Understanding its mechanisms of action has been difficult due to the size of the complex and the fact that it regulates mRNAs and proteins at many levels in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Recently, biochemical and genetic studies on the yeast Ccr4-Not complex have revealed insights into its role in promoting elongation by RNA polymerase II. This review will describe what is known about the Ccr4-Not complex in regulating transcription elongation and its possible collaboration with other factors traveling with RNAPII across genes. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: RNA polymerase II Transcript Elongation.
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- Joseph C Reese
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Galán A, Rodríguez-Navarro S. Sus1/ENY2: a multitasking protein in eukaryotic gene expression. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2012; 47:556-68. [PMID: 23057668 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2012.730498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The purpose of this review is to provide a complete overview on the functions of the transcription/export factor Sus1. Sus1 is a tiny conserved factor in sequence and functions through the eukaryotic kingdom. Although it was discovered recently, research done to address the role of Sus1/ENY2 has provided in deep description of different mechanisms influencing gene expression. Initially found to interact with the transcription and mRNA export machinery in yeast, it is now clear that it has a broad role in mRNA biogenesis. Sus1 is necessary for histone H2B deubiquitination, mRNA export and gene gating. Moreover, interesting observations also suggest a link with the cytoplasmatic mRNP fate. Although the role of Sus1 in human cells is largely unknown, preliminary results suggest interesting links to pathological states that range from rare diseases to diabetes. We will describe what is known about Sus1/ENY2 in yeast and other eukaryotes and discuss some exciting open questions to be solved in the future.
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- Amparo Galán
- Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, CIPF. Gene Expression coupled to RNA Transport Laboratory, Eduardo Primo Yúfera, Valencia, Spain
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