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Delgado-Román I, Muñoz-Centeno MC. Coupling Between Cell Cycle Progression and the Nuclear RNA Polymerases System. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:691636. [PMID: 34409067 PMCID: PMC8365833 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.691636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic life is possible due to the multitude of complex and precise phenomena that take place in the cell. Essential processes like gene transcription, mRNA translation, cell growth, and proliferation, or membrane traffic, among many others, are strictly regulated to ensure functional success. Such systems or vital processes do not work and adjusts independently of each other. It is required to ensure coordination among them which requires communication, or crosstalk, between their different elements through the establishment of complex regulatory networks. Distortion of this coordination affects, not only the specific processes involved, but also the whole cell fate. However, the connection between some systems and cell fate, is not yet very well understood and opens lots of interesting questions. In this review, we focus on the coordination between the function of the three nuclear RNA polymerases and cell cycle progression. Although we mainly focus on the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae, different aspects and similarities in higher eukaryotes are also addressed. We will first focus on how the different phases of the cell cycle affect the RNA polymerases activity and then how RNA polymerases status impacts on cell cycle. A good example of how RNA polymerases functions impact on cell cycle is the ribosome biogenesis process, which needs the coordinated and balanced production of mRNAs and rRNAs synthesized by the three eukaryotic RNA polymerases. Distortions of this balance generates ribosome biogenesis alterations that can impact cell cycle progression. We also pay attention to those cases where specific cell cycle defects generate in response to repressed synthesis of ribosomal proteins or RNA polymerases assembly defects.
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- Irene Delgado-Román
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. Del Rocío, Seville, Spain.,Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Hospital Universitario V. Del Rocío, Seville, Spain.,Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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Hua Y, Song J, Peng C, Wang R, Ma Z, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Li N, Hou L. Advances in the Relationship Between Regulator of Ribosome Synthesis 1 (RRS1) and Diseases. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:620925. [PMID: 33718361 PMCID: PMC7947238 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.620925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A regulator of ribosome synthesis 1 (RRS1) was discovered in yeast and is mainly localized in the nucleolus and endoplasmic reticulum. It regulates ribosomal protein, RNA biosynthesis, and protein secretion and is closely involved in cellular senescence, cell cycle regulation, transcription, translation, oncogenic transformation etc., Mutations in the RRS1 gene are associated with the occurrence and development of Huntington’s disease and cancer, and overexpression of RRS1 promotes tumor growth and metastasis. In this review, the structure, function, and mechanisms of RRS1 in various diseases are discussed.
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- Yanan Hua
- Department of Neurobiology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Women and Children's Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Basic Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Song J, Ma Z, Hua Y, Xu J, Li N, Ju C, Hou L. Functional role of RRS1 in breast cancer cell proliferation. J Cell Mol Med 2018; 22:6304-6313. [PMID: 30320499 PMCID: PMC6237566 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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RRS1 (human regulator of ribosome synthesis 1), an essential nuclear protein involved in ribosome biogenesis, is overexpressed in some human cancers, yet its role in breast cancer remains unclear. Here, we report a functional analysis of RRS1 in breast cancer and its likely mechanism. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and RT-qPCR analyses indicated that RRS1 was commonly overexpressed in breast cancer tissues. The copy numbers of RRS1 were higher in tumours compared with those for normal tissues. And there was a significant correlation between copy number and mRNA expression. In addition, RRS1 overexpression was significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis and poor survival. RRS1 mRNA and protein levels were also significantly increased in a panel of human breast cancer cell lines. RRS1 knockdown inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in all three cell lines. Furthermore, RRS1 knockdown suppressed the tumour formation and growth of MDA-MB-231 cells in nude mice. Additionally, RRS1 knockdown activated p53 and p21 in MCF-7 cells. A marked increase in the quantity of ribosome-free RPL11 was detected by Western blot. Moreover, co-immunoprecipitation (CoIP) experiments showed that RRS1 knockdown activated p53 by facilitating the direct contact of MDM2 and RPL11/RPL5. Taken together, our results suggest that RRS1 may contribute to breast cancer proliferation through RPL11/MDM2-mediated p53 activation. Therefore, RRS1 may be a promising target for breast cancer therapy.
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- Jinlian Song
- Department of Laboratory, The Affiliated Women and Children's Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.,Department of Biochemistry, Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Qingdao University School of Pharmacy, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Cells must make careful use of the resources available to them. A key area of cellular regulation involves the biogenesis of ribosomes. Transcriptional regulation of ribosome biogenesis factor genes through alterations in histone acetylation has been well studied. This work identifies a post-transcriptional mechanism of ribosome biogenesis regulation by Puf protein control of mRNA stability. Puf proteins are eukaryotic mRNA binding proteins that play regulatory roles in mRNA degradation and translation via association with specific conserved elements in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of target mRNAs and with degradation and translation factors. We demonstrate that several ribosome biogenesis factor mRNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae containing a canonical Puf4p element in their 3' UTRs are destabilized by Puf2p, Puf4, and Puf5p, yet stabilized by Puf1p and Puf3p. In the absence of all Puf proteins, these ribosome biogenesis mRNAs are destabilized by a secondary mechanism involving the same 3' UTR element. Unlike other targets of Puf4p regulation, the decay of these transcripts is not altered by carbon source. Overexpression of Puf4p results in delayed ribosomal RNA processing and altered ribosomal subunit trafficking. These results represent a novel role for Puf proteins in yeast as regulators of ribosome biogenesis transcript stability.
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- Anthony D Fischer
- a Department of Biology , University of Missouri-St. Louis , St. Louis , MO , USA
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- a Department of Biology , University of Missouri-St. Louis , St. Louis , MO , USA
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Wang J, Li Z, Zuo C, Xie Q, Li H, Jia J, Zhen Z, Qi R, Li Z, Liu D, Sun B. Knockdown of RRS1 by lentiviral-mediated RNAi promotes apoptosis and suppresses proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Oncol Rep 2017; 38:2166-2172. [PMID: 28849112 PMCID: PMC5652961 DOI: 10.3892/or.2017.5906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In recent years it was found that the synthesis and biological activity of ribosomes are closely associated with tumor cell growth, tumorigenesis, and malignant transformation. However, the role of regulator of ribosome synthesis 1 (RRS1) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not yet been reported. In the present study, we aimed to examine the potential role of RRS1 in tumor cell growth by using a lentivirus-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) system in the HCC cell line SMMC-7721 in vitro. Compared with that of the negative control group (Lv-shCon), the mRNA and protein expression levels of RRS1 in SMMC-7721 cells transfected with Lv-shRRS1 were significantly decreased. Further experiments found that silencing of RRS1 gene expression in SMMC-7721 cells significantly suppressed cell proliferation, inhibited colony formation capacity, increased apoptosis and arrested cells in the G1 phase. These results suggest that the RRS1 gene plays a critical role in cell proliferation, colony formation, cell apoptosis and cell cycle distribution in human HCC cells, and that silencing of RRS1 by RNAi is a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of HCC, and should be further developed.
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- Jitao Wang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Xingtai People's Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Institute of Tumor Disease of Xingtai City, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, P.R. China
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- Department of Medicine, General Hospital of Jizhong Energy Xingtai Mining Group Limited Liability Company, Xingtai, Hebei 054000, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Xingtai People's Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Institute of Tumor Disease of Xingtai City, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Xingtai People's Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Institute of Tumor Disease of Xingtai City, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Xingtai People's Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Institute of Tumor Disease of Xingtai City, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Xingtai People's Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Institute of Tumor Disease of Xingtai City, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Xingtai People's Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Institute of Tumor Disease of Xingtai City, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing 100039, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing 100039, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Xingtai People's Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Institute of Tumor Disease of Xingtai City, Xingtai, Hebei 054001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing 100039, P.R. China
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Wang JL, Saha TT, Zhang Y, Zhang C, Raikhel AS. Juvenile hormone and its receptor methoprene-tolerant promote ribosomal biogenesis and vitellogenesis in the Aedes aegypti mosquito. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:10306-10315. [PMID: 28446607 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.761387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Juvenile hormone (JH) controls many biological activities in insects, including development, metamorphosis, and reproduction. In the Aedes aegypti mosquito, a vector of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and zika viruses, the metabolic tissue (the fat body, which is an analogue of the vertebrate liver) produces yolk proteins for developing oocytes. JH is important for the fat body to acquire competence for yolk protein production. However, the molecular mechanisms of how JH promotes mosquito reproduction are not completely understood. In this study we show that stimulation of the JH receptor methoprene-tolerant (Met) activates expression of genes encoding the regulator of ribosome synthesis 1 (RRS1) and six ribosomal proteins (two ribosomal large subunit proteins, two ribosomal small subunit proteins, and two mitochondrial ribosomal proteins). Moreover, RNAi-mediated depletion of RRS1 decreased biosynthesis of the ribosomal protein L32 (RpL32). Depletion of Met, RRS1, or RpL32 led to retardation of ovarian growth and reduced mosquito fecundity, which may at least in part have resulted from decreased vitellogenin protein production in the fat body. In summary, our results indicate that JH is critical for inducing the expression of ribosomal protein genes and demonstrate that RRS1 mediates the JH signal to enhance both ribosomal biogenesis and vitellogenesis.
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- Jia-Lin Wang
- From the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521.,Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- From the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521.,Institute for Integrative Genomic Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- From the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521.,Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China, and
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- From the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521.,Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountain Region, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- From the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, .,Institute for Integrative Genomic Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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Wan K, Kawara H, Yamamoto T, Kume K, Yabuki Y, Goshima T, Kitamura K, Ueno M, Kanai M, Hirata D, Funato K, Mizuta K. The essential function of Rrs1 in ribosome biogenesis is conserved in budding and fission yeasts. Yeast 2015; 32:607-14. [PMID: 26122634 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The Rrs1 protein plays an essential role in the biogenesis of 60S ribosomal subunits in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Here, we examined whether the fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) homologue of Rrs1 also plays a role in ribosome biogenesis. To this end, we constructed two temperature-sensitive fission yeast strains, rrs1-D14/22G and rrs1-L51P, which had amino acid substitutions corresponding to those of the previously characterized budding yeast rrs1-84 (D22/30G) and rrs1-124 (L61P) strains, respectively. The fission yeast mutants exhibited severe defects in growth and 60S ribosomal subunit biogenesis at high temperatures. In addition, expression of the Rrs1 protein of fission yeast suppressed the growth defects of the budding yeast rrs1 mutants at high temperatures. Yeast two-hybrid analyses revealed that the interactions of Rrs1 with the Rfp2 and Ebp2 proteins were conserved in budding and fission yeasts. These results suggest that the essential function of Rrs1 in ribosome biogenesis may be conserved in budding and fission yeasts.
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- Kun Wan
- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan.,National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan.,Asahi-shuzo Sake Brewing Co. Ltd, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Kharde S, Calviño FR, Gumiero A, Wild K, Sinning I. The structure of Rpf2-Rrs1 explains its role in ribosome biogenesis. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:7083-95. [PMID: 26117542 PMCID: PMC4538828 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The assembly of eukaryotic ribosomes is a hierarchical process involving about 200 biogenesis factors and a series of remodeling steps. The 5S RNP consisting of the 5S rRNA, RpL5 and RpL11 is recruited at an early stage, but has to rearrange during maturation of the pre-60S ribosomal subunit. Rpf2 and Rrs1 have been implicated in 5S RNP biogenesis, but their precise role was unclear. Here, we present the crystal structure of the Rpf2–Rrs1 complex from Aspergillus nidulans at 1.5 Å resolution and describe it as Brix domain of Rpf2 completed by Rrs1 to form two anticodon-binding domains with functionally important tails. Fitting the X-ray structure into the cryo-EM density of a previously described pre-60S particle correlates with biochemical data. The heterodimer forms specific contacts with the 5S rRNA, RpL5 and the biogenesis factor Rsa4. The flexible protein tails of Rpf2–Rrs1 localize to the central protuberance. Two helices in the Rrs1 C-terminal tail occupy a strategic position to block the rotation of 25S rRNA and the 5S RNP. Our data provide a structural model for 5S RNP recruitment to the pre-60S particle and explain why removal of Rpf2–Rrs1 is necessary for rearrangements to drive 60S maturation.
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- Satyavati Kharde
- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), INF 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), INF 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), INF 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), INF 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), INF 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Asano N, Kato K, Nakamura A, Komoda K, Tanaka I, Yao M. Structural and functional analysis of the Rpf2-Rrs1 complex in ribosome biogenesis. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:4746-57. [PMID: 25855814 PMCID: PMC4482071 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Proteins Rpf2 and Rrs1 are required for 60S ribosomal subunit maturation. These proteins are necessary for the recruitment of three ribosomal components (5S ribosomal RNA [rRNA], RpL5 and RpL11) to the 90S ribosome precursor and subsequent 27SB pre-rRNA processing. Here we present the crystal structure of the Aspergillus nidulans (An) Rpf2-Rrs1 core complex. The core complex contains the tightly interlocked N-terminal domains of Rpf2 and Rrs1. The Rpf2 N-terminal domain includes a Brix domain characterized by similar N- and C-terminal architecture. The long α-helix of Rrs1 joins the C-terminal half of the Brix domain as if it were part of a single molecule. The conserved proline-rich linker connecting the N- and C-terminal domains of Rrs1 wrap around the side of Rpf2 and anchor the C-terminal domain of Rrs1 to a specific site on Rpf2. In addition, gel shift analysis revealed that the Rpf2-Rrs1 complex binds directly to 5S rRNA. Further analysis of Rpf2-Rrs1 mutants demonstrated that Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rpf2 R236 (corresponds to R238 of AnRpf2) plays a significant role in this binding. Based on these studies and previous reports, we have proposed a model for ribosomal component recruitment to the 90S ribosome precursor.
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- Nozomi Asano
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Asano N, Nakamura A, Komoda K, Kato K, Tanaka I, Yao M. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of ribosome assembly factors: the Rpf2-Rrs1 complex. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS 2014; 70:1649-52. [PMID: 25484219 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x14024182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Rpf2 and Rrs1 are essential proteins for ribosome biogenesis. These proteins form a complex (the Rpf2-subcomplex) with 5S rRNA and two ribosomal proteins (L5 and L11). This complex is recruited to the ribosome precursor (the 90S pre-ribosome). This recruitment is necessary for the maturation of 25S rRNA. Genetic depletion of Rpf2 and Rrs1 results in accumulation of the 25S rRNA precursor. In this study, Rpf2 and Rrs1 from Aspergillus nidulans were co-overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized. Subsequent analysis revealed that these crystals contained the central core region of the complex consisting of both N-terminal domains. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.35 Å resolution. Preliminary analysis revealed that the crystals belonged to space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 54.1, b = 123.3, c = 133.8 Å. There are two complexes in the asymmetric unit. Structure determination using selenomethionine-labelled protein is in progress.
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- Nozomi Asano
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Roles of Ebp2 and ribosomal protein L36 in ribosome biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 2014; 61:31-41. [PMID: 25119672 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-014-0442-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ebp2 plays an essential role in biogenesis of 60S ribosomal subunits. We determined the genetic interactions between EBP2 and RPL36A/B, which encodes ribosomal protein L36a/b. RPL36A/B was a multicopy suppressor to ebp2 mutants, and the suppression was not common to defects in ribosome biogenesis resulting from other mutations of assembly factors. Disruption of RPL36A or RPL36B caused synthetic enhancement of the growth defect of the ebp2-14 allele at high temperatures. Disruption of RPL36B led to a more severe growth defect than that of RPL36A due to imbalances in the expression levels of the duplicated genes. Primer-extension analysis revealed that L36a/b is required for the processing of 27SA2, 27SA3, and 27SBL pre-rRNAs. Two-hybrid analysis indicated that Ebp2 interacts with ribosomal proteins L36a/b, L34a/b, and L8, which in mature ribosomes are located adjacent to each other in close proximity to the 3' end of 5.8S rRNA. These results suggest that Ebp2 functions cooperatively with ribosomal proteins L36, L34, and L8 in biogenesis of the 60S ribosomal subunit.
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Nα-Acetyltransferase NatA Is Involved in Ribosome Synthesis inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 77:631-8. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A Ribosome Assembly Factor Ebp2p, the Yeast Homolog of EBNA1-Binding Protein 2, Is Involved in the Secretory Response. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 72:1080-6. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Yabuki Y, Kodama Y, Katayama M, Sakamoto A, Kanemaru H, Wan K, Mizuta K. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 is involved in regulation of ribosome biogenesis in yeast. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 78:800-5. [PMID: 25035982 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.905183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Secretory defects cause transcriptional repression of both ribosomal proteins and ribosomal RNA genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Rrs1, a trans-acting factor that participates in ribosome biogenesis, is involved in the signaling pathway induced by secretory defects. Here, we found that Rrs1 interacts with two homologs of the glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3), Rim11, and Mrk1. Rrs1 possesses a repetitive consensus amino acid sequence for phosphorylation by GSK-3, and mutation of this sequence abolished the interaction of Rrs1 with Rim11 and Mrk1. Although this mutation did not affect vegetative cell growth or secretory response, disruption of all four genes encoding GSK-3 homologs, especially Mck1, diminished the transcriptional repression of ribosomal protein genes in response to secretory defects. Among the four GSK-3 kinases, Mck1 appears to be the primary mediator of this response, while the other GSK-3 kinases contribute redundantly.
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- Yukari Yabuki
- a Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology , Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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Gómez-Herreros F, Rodríguez-Galán O, Morillo-Huesca M, Maya D, Arista-Romero M, de la Cruz J, Chávez S, Muñoz-Centeno MC. Balanced production of ribosome components is required for proper G1/S transition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:31689-700. [PMID: 24043628 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.500488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cell cycle regulation is a very accurate process that ensures cell viability and the genomic integrity of daughter cells. A fundamental part of this regulation consists in the arrest of the cycle at particular points to ensure the completion of a previous event, to repair cellular damage, or to avoid progression in potentially risky situations. In this work, we demonstrate that a reduction in nucleotide levels or the depletion of RNA polymerase I or III subunits generates a cell cycle delay at the G1/S transition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This delay is concomitant with an imbalance between ribosomal RNAs and proteins which, among others, provokes an accumulation of free ribosomal protein L5. Consistently with a direct impact of free L5 on the G1/S transition, rrs1 mutants, which weaken the assembly of L5 and L11 on pre-60S ribosomal particles, enhance both the G1/S delay and the accumulation of free ribosomal protein L5. We propose the existence of a surveillance mechanism that couples the balanced production of yeast ribosomal components and cell cycle progression through the accumulation of free ribosomal proteins. This regulatory pathway resembles the p53-dependent nucleolar-stress checkpoint response described in human cells, which indicates that this is a general control strategy extended throughout eukaryotes.
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- Fernando Gómez-Herreros
- From the Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla and Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Horigome C, Mizuta K. Ribosome biogenesis factors working with a nuclear envelope SUN domain protein: new players in the solar system. Nucleus 2012; 3:22-8. [PMID: 22156743 DOI: 10.4161/nucl.18930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The nucleolus, the most prominent structure observed in the nucleus, is often called a “ribosome factory.” Cells spend an enormous fraction of their resources to achieve the mass-production of ribosomes required by rapid growth. On the other hand, ribosome biogenesis is also tightly controlled, and must be coordinated with other cellular processes. Ribosomal proteins and ribosome biogenesis factors are attractive candidates for this link. Recent results suggest that some of them have functions beyond ribosome biogenesis. Here we review recent progress on ribosome biogenesis factors, Ebp2 and Rrs1, in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this organism, Ebp2 and Rrs1 are found in the nucleolus and at the nuclear periphery. At the nuclear envelope, these proteins interact with a membrane-spanning SUN domain protein, Mps3, and play roles in telomere clustering and silencing along with the silent information regulator Sir4. We propose that a protein complex consisting Ebp2, Rrs1 and Mps3 is involved in a wide range of activities at the nuclear envelope.
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- Chihiro Horigome
- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
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Shimoji K, Jakovljevic J, Tsuchihashi K, Umeki Y, Wan K, Kawasaki S, Talkish J, Woolford JL, Mizuta K. Ebp2 and Brx1 function cooperatively in 60S ribosomal subunit assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:4574-88. [PMID: 22319211 PMCID: PMC3378894 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The yeast protein Ebp2 is required for early steps in production of 60S ribosomal subunits. To search for cofactors with which Ebp2 functions, or substrates on which it acts, we screened for mutants that were synthetically lethal (sl) with the ebp2-14 mutation. Four different mutant alleles of the 60S ribosomal subunit assembly factor Brx1 were found. To investigate defects of the double mutant, we constructed strains conditional for the ebp2-14 brx1- synthetic lethal phenotype. These ebp2-14 brx1 mutants were defective in processing of 27S pre-rRNA and production of 60S subunits, under conditions where each single mutant was not. Ebp2 and Brx1 exhibit a strong two-hybrid interaction, which is eliminated by some combinations of brx1 and ebp2 mutations. In one such mutant, Ebp2 and Brx1 can still associate with pre-ribosomes, but subunit maturation is perturbed. Depletion of either Ebp2 or Brx1 revealed that Brx1 requires Ebp2 for its stable association with pre-ribosomes, but Ebp2 does not depend on the presence of Brx1 to enter pre-ribosomes. These results suggest that assembly of 60S ribosomal subunits requires cooperation of Ebp2 with Brx1, together with other molecules present in pre-ribosomes, potentially including several found in assembly subcomplexes with Brx1 and Ebp2.
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- Kaori Shimoji
- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +81 824 247 923; Fax: +81 824 247 923;
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan and Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +81 824 247 923; Fax: +81 824 247 923;
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Horigome C, Okada T, Shimazu K, Gasser SM, Mizuta K. Ribosome biogenesis factors bind a nuclear envelope SUN domain protein to cluster yeast telomeres. EMBO J 2011; 30:3799-811. [PMID: 21822217 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Two interacting ribosome biogenesis factors, Ebp2 and Rrs1, associate with Mps3, an essential inner nuclear membrane protein. Both are found in foci along the nuclear periphery, like Mps3, as well as in the nucleolus. Temperature-sensitive ebp2 and rrs1 mutations that compromise ribosome biogenesis displace the mutant proteins from the nuclear rim and lead to a distorted nuclear shape. Mps3 is known to contribute to the S-phase anchoring of telomeres through its interaction with the silent information regulator Sir4 and yKu. Intriguingly, we find that both Ebp2 and Rrs1 interact with the C-terminal domain of Sir4, and that conditional inactivation of either ebp2 or rrs1 interferes with both the clustering and silencing of yeast telomeres, while telomere tethering to the nuclear periphery remains intact. Importantly, expression of an Ebp2-Mps3 fusion protein in the ebp2 mutant suppresses the defect in telomere clustering, but not its defects in growth or ribosome biogenesis. Our results suggest that the ribosome biogenesis factors Ebp2 and Rrs1 cooperate with Mps3 to mediate telomere clustering, but not telomere tethering, by binding Sir4.
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- Chihiro Horigome
- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Milligan-Myhre KC, Rooney PJ, Knoll LJ. Examination of a virulence mutant uncovers the ribosome biogenesis regulatory protein of Toxoplasma gondii. J Parasitol 2011; 97:1173-7. [PMID: 21736491 DOI: 10.1645/ge-2741.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Several insertional mutants identified in a screen for Toxoplasma gondii that were defective in establishing a chronic infection had a common site of plasmid insertion. This insertion site was determined to be 43 bp upstream of the transcription initiation site of a gene whose predicted product has homology to ribosome biogenesis regulatory protein Rrs1p, an essential protein required for ribosome biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Northern blot analysis of this locus, termed TgRRS1 , showed that in the C3 mutant, the full-length transcript is down-regulated and at least 1 new smaller transcript is present. Restoration of the intact predicted promoter and locus to TgRRS1 insertional mutant strain C3 did not restore brain cyst formation to the levels of the parent strain. Epitope-tagged TgRRS1 was found to localize to the parasite nucleolus, in an area corresponding to the granular component region. TgRRS1 can serve as a marker for the sub-nucleolar granular component region of T. gondii.
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Carnemolla A, Fossale E, Agostoni E, Michelazzi S, Calligaris R, De Maso L, Del Sal G, MacDonald ME, Persichetti F. Rrs1 is involved in endoplasmic reticulum stress response in Huntington disease. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:18167-73. [PMID: 19433866 PMCID: PMC2709382 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.018325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Revised: 05/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The induction of Rrs1 expression is one of the earliest events detected in a presymptomatic knock-in mouse model of Huntington disease (HD). Rrs1 up-regulation fulfills the HD criteria of dominance, striatal specificity, and polyglutamine dependence. Here we show that mammalian Rrs1 is localized both in the nucleolus as well as in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of neurons. This dual localization is shared with its newly identified molecular partner 3D3/lyric. We then show that both genes are induced by ER stress in neurons. Interestingly, we demonstrate that ER stress is an early event in a presymptomatic HD mouse model that persists throughout the life span of the rodent. We further show that ER stress also occurs in postmortem brains of HD patients.
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- Alisia Carnemolla
- From the Sector of Neurobiology, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Beirut 2-4, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- the Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- From the Sector of Neurobiology, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Beirut 2-4, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- From the Sector of Neurobiology, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Beirut 2-4, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- From the Sector of Neurobiology, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Beirut 2-4, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- From the Sector of Neurobiology, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Beirut 2-4, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- the Laboratorio Nazionale CIB, Area Science Park Padriciano, 34149 Trieste, Italy, and
- the Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Universitá degli Studi di Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- the Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- From the Sector of Neurobiology, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Beirut 2-4, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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Gambe AE, Matsunaga S, Takata H, Ono-Maniwa R, Baba A, Uchiyama S, Fukui K. A nucleolar protein RRS1 contributes to chromosome congression. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:1951-6. [PMID: 19465021 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report here the functional analysis of human Regulator of Ribosome Synthesis 1 (RRS1) protein during mitosis. We demonstrate that RRS1 localizes in the nucleolus during interphase and is distributed at the chromosome periphery during mitosis. RNA interference experiments revealed that RRS1-depleted cells show abnormalities in chromosome alignment and spindle organization, which result in mitotic delay. RRS1 knockdown also perturbs the centromeric localization of Shugoshin 1 and results in premature separation of sister chromatids. Our results suggest that a nucleolar protein RRS1 contributes to chromosome congression.
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- Arni E Gambe
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Chakraborty A, Uechi T, Higa S, Torihara H, Kenmochi N. Loss of ribosomal protein L11 affects zebrafish embryonic development through a p53-dependent apoptotic response. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4152. [PMID: 19129914 PMCID: PMC2612748 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ribosome is responsible for protein synthesis in all organisms and ribosomal proteins (RPs) play important roles in the formation of a functional ribosome. L11 was recently shown to regulate p53 activity through a direct binding with MDM2 and abrogating the MDM2-induced p53 degradation in response to ribosomal stress. However, the studies were performed in cell lines and the significance of this tumor suppressor function of L11 has yet to be explored in animal models. To investigate the effects of the deletion of L11 and its physiological relevance to p53 activity, we knocked down the rpl11 gene in zebrafish and analyzed the p53 response. Contrary to the cell line-based results, our data indicate that an L11 deficiency in a model organism activates the p53 pathway. The L11-deficient embryos (morphants) displayed developmental abnormalities primarily in the brain, leading to embryonic lethality within 6-7 days post fertilization. Extensive apoptosis was observed in the head region of the morphants, thus correlating the morphological defects with apparent cell death. A decrease in total abundance of genes involved in neural patterning of the brain was observed in the morphants, suggesting a reduction in neural progenitor cells. Upregulation of the genes involved in the p53 pathway were observed in the morphants. Simultaneous knockdown of the p53 gene rescued the developmental defects and apoptosis in the morphants. These results suggest that ribosomal dysfunction due to the loss of L11 activates a p53-dependent checkpoint response to prevent improper embryonic development.
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- Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Tang L, Sahasranaman A, Jakovljevic J, Schleifman E, Woolford JL. Interactions among Ytm1, Erb1, and Nop7 required for assembly of the Nop7-subcomplex in yeast preribosomes. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:2844-56. [PMID: 18448671 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-12-1281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, more than 180 assembly factors associate with preribosomes to enable folding of pre-rRNA, recruitment of ribosomal proteins, and processing of pre-rRNAs to produce mature ribosomes. To examine the molecular architecture of preribosomes and to connect this structure to functions of each assembly factor, assembly subcomplexes have been purified from preribosomal particles. The Nop7-subcomplex contains three assembly factors: Nop7, Erb1, and Ytm1, each of which is necessary for conversion of 27SA(3) pre-rRNA to 27SB(S) pre-rRNA. However, interactions among these three proteins and mechanisms of their recruitment and function in pre-rRNPs are poorly understood. Here we show that Ytm1, Erb1, and Nop7 assemble into preribosomes in an interdependent manner. We identified which domains within Ytm1, Erb1, and Nop7 are necessary for their interaction with each other and are sufficient for recruitment of each protein into preribosomes. Dominant negative effects on growth and ribosome biogenesis caused by overexpressing truncated Ytm1, Erb1, or Nop7 constructs, and recessive phenotypes of the truncated proteins revealed not only interaction domains but also other domains potentially important for each protein to function in ribosome biogenesis. Our data suggest a model for the architecture of the Nop7-subcomplex and provide potential functions of domains of each protein.
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- Lan Tang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Zhang J, Harnpicharnchai P, Jakovljevic J, Tang L, Guo Y, Oeffinger M, Rout MP, Hiley SL, Hughes T, Woolford JL. Assembly factors Rpf2 and Rrs1 recruit 5S rRNA and ribosomal proteins rpL5 and rpL11 into nascent ribosomes. Genes Dev 2007; 21:2580-92. [PMID: 17938242 PMCID: PMC2000323 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1569307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2007] [Accepted: 08/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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More than 170 proteins are necessary for assembly of ribosomes in eukaryotes. However, cofactors that function with each of these proteins, substrates on which they act, and the precise functions of assembly factors--e.g., recruiting other molecules into preribosomes or triggering structural rearrangements of pre-rRNPs--remain mostly unknown. Here we investigated the recruitment of two ribosomal proteins and 5S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) into nascent ribosomes. We identified a ribonucleoprotein neighborhood in preribosomes that contains two yeast ribosome assembly factors, Rpf2 and Rrs1, two ribosomal proteins, rpL5 and rpL11, and 5S rRNA. Interactions between each of these four proteins have been confirmed by binding assays in vitro. These molecules assemble into 90S preribosomal particles containing 35S rRNA precursor (pre-rRNA). Rpf2 and Rrs1 are required for recruiting rpL5, rpL11, and 5S rRNA into preribosomes. In the absence of association of these molecules with pre-rRNPs, processing of 27SB pre-rRNA is blocked. Consequently, the abortive 66S pre-rRNPs are prematurely released from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm, and cannot be exported to the cytoplasm.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- GTP Phosphohydrolases
- Genes, Fungal
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Biological
- Models, Molecular
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Fungal/chemistry
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomal Protein L10
- Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism
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- Jingyu Zhang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Urbinati CR, Gonsalvez GB, Aris JP, Long RM. Loc1p is required for efficient assembly and nuclear export of the 60S ribosomal subunit. Mol Genet Genomics 2006; 276:369-77. [PMID: 16871394 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0151-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 07/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Loc1p is an exclusively nuclear dsRNA-binding protein that affects the asymmetric sorting of ASH1 mRNA to daughter cells in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In addition to the role in cytoplasmic RNA localization, Loc1p is a constituent of pre-60S ribosomes. Cells devoid of Loc1p display a defect in the synthesis of 60S ribosomal subunits, resulting in "half-mer" polyribosomes. Previously, we reported that Loc1p is located throughout the entire nucleus; however, upon closer inspection we discovered that Loc1p is enriched in the nucleolus consistent with a role in 60S ribosome biogenesis. Given that Loc1p is an RNA-binding protein and presumably functions in the assembly of 60S ribosomal subunits, we investigated if Loc1p has a role in rRNA processing and nuclear export of 60S subunits. Analysis of pre-rRNA processing revealed that loc1Delta cells exhibit gross defects in 25S rRNA synthesis, specifically a delay in processing at sites A0, A1 and A2 in 35S pre-rRNA. Furthermore, loc1Delta cells exhibit nuclear export defects for 60S ribosomal subunits, again, consistent with a role for Loc1p in the assembly of 60S ribosomal subunits. It is attractive to hypothesize that the two phenotypes associated with loc1Delta cells, namely altered ASH1 mRNA localization and ribosome biogenesis, are not mutually exclusive, but that ribosome biogenesis directly impacts mRNA localization.
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- Carl R Urbinati
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Nariai M, Tanaka T, Okada T, Shirai C, Horigome C, Mizuta K. Synergistic defect in 60S ribosomal subunit assembly caused by a mutation of Rrs1p, a ribosomal protein L11-binding protein, and 3'-extension of 5S rRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:4553-62. [PMID: 16100378 PMCID: PMC1185577 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rrs1p, a ribosomal protein L11-binding protein, has an essential role in biogenesis of 60S ribosomal subunits. We obtained conditionally synthetic lethal allele with the rrs1-5 mutation and determined that the mutation is in REX1, which encodes an exonuclease. The highly conserved leucine at 305 was substituted with tryptophan in rex1-1. The rex1-1 allele resulted in 3′-extended 5S rRNA. Polysome analysis revealed that rex1-1 and rrs1-5 caused a synergistic defect in the assembly of 60S ribosomal subunits. In vivo and in vitro binding assays indicate that Rrs1p interacts with the ribosomal protein L5–5S rRNA complex. The rrs1-5 mutation weakens the interaction between Rrs1p with both L5 and L11. These data suggest that the assembly of L5–5S rRNA on 60S ribosomal subunits coordinates with assembly of L11 via Rrs1p.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +81 82 424 7923; Fax: +81 82 424 7923;
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2004; 21:1233-40. [PMID: 15580707 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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