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Luqman-Fatah A, Nishimori K, Amano S, Fumoto Y, Miyoshi T. Retrotransposon life cycle and its impacts on cellular responses. RNA Biol 2024; 21:11-27. [PMID: 39396200 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2024.2409607] [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] [Revised: 08/30/2024] [Accepted: 09/16/2024] [Indexed: 10/14/2024] Open
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Approximately 45% of the human genome is comprised of transposable elements (TEs), also known as mobile genetic elements. However, their biological function remains largely unknown. Among them, retrotransposons are particularly abundant, and some of the copies are still capable of mobilization within the genome through RNA intermediates. This review focuses on the life cycle of human retrotransposons and summarizes their regulatory mechanisms and impacts on cellular processes. Retrotransposons are generally epigenetically silenced in somatic cells, but are transcriptionally reactivated under certain conditions, such as tumorigenesis, development, stress, and ageing, potentially leading to genetic instability. We explored the dual nature of retrotransposons as genomic parasites and regulatory elements, focusing on their roles in genetic diversity and innate immunity. Furthermore, we discuss how host factors regulate retrotransposon RNA and cDNA intermediates through their binding, modification, and degradation. The interplay between retrotransposons and the host machinery provides insight into the complex regulation of retrotransposons and the potential for retrotransposon dysregulation to cause aberrant responses leading to inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
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- Ahmad Luqman-Fatah
- Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Gussakovsky D, Booy EP, Brown MJF, McKenna SA. Nuclear SRP9/SRP14 heterodimer transcriptionally regulates 7SL and BC200 RNA expression. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:1185-1200. [PMID: 37156570 PMCID: PMC10351891 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079649.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The SRP9/SRP14 heterodimer is a central component of signal recognition particle (SRP) RNA (7SL) processing and Alu retrotransposition. In this study, we sought to establish the role of nuclear SRP9/SRP14 in the transcriptional regulation of 7SL and BC200 RNA. 7SL and BC200 RNA steady-state levels, rate of decay, and transcriptional activity were evaluated under SRP9/SRP14 knockdown conditions. Immunofluorescent imaging, and subcellular fractionation of MCF-7 cells, revealed a distinct nuclear localization for SRP9/SRP14. The relationship between this localization and transcriptional activity at 7SL and BC200 genes was also examined. These findings demonstrate a novel nuclear function of SRP9/SRP14 establishing that this heterodimer transcriptionally regulates 7SL and BC200 RNA expression. We describe a model in which SRP9/SRP14 cotranscriptionally regulate 7SL and BC200 RNA expression. Our model is also a plausible pathway for regulating Alu RNA transcription and is consistent with the hypothesized roles of SRP9/SRP14 transporting 7SL RNA into the nucleolus for posttranscriptional processing, and trafficking of Alu RNA for retrotransposition.
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- Daniel Gussakovsky
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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Alvarez MEV, Chivers M, Borovska I, Monger S, Giannoulatou E, Kralovicova J, Vorechovsky I. Transposon clusters as substrates for aberrant splice-site activation. RNA Biol 2020; 18:354-367. [PMID: 32965162 PMCID: PMC7951965 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1805909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Transposed elements (TEs) have dramatically shaped evolution of the exon-intron structure and significantly contributed to morbidity, but how recent TE invasions into older TEs cooperate in generating new coding sequences is poorly understood. Employing an updated repository of new exon-intron boundaries induced by pathogenic mutations, termed DBASS, here we identify novel TE clusters that facilitated exon selection. To explore the extent to which such TE exons maintain RNA secondary structure of their progenitors, we carried out structural studies with a composite exon that was derived from a long terminal repeat (LTR78) and AluJ and was activated by a C > T mutation optimizing the 5ʹ splice site. Using a combination of SHAPE, DMS and enzymatic probing, we show that the disease-causing mutation disrupted a conserved AluJ stem that evolved from helix 3.3 (or 5b) of 7SL RNA, liberating a primordial GC 5ʹ splice site from the paired conformation for interactions with the spliceosome. The mutation also reduced flexibility of conserved residues in adjacent exon-derived loops of the central Alu hairpin, revealing a cross-talk between traditional and auxilliary splicing motifs that evolved from opposite termini of 7SL RNA and were approximated by Watson-Crick base-pairing already in organisms without spliceosomal introns. We also identify existing Alu exons activated by the same RNA rearrangement. Collectively, these results provide valuable TE exon models for studying formation and kinetics of pre-mRNA building blocks required for splice-site selection and will be useful for fine-tuning auxilliary splicing motifs and exon and intron size constraints that govern aberrant splice-site activation.
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- School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Computational Genomics Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
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- Computational Genomics Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia.,St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Wild K, Becker MM, Kempf G, Sinning I. Structure, dynamics and interactions of large SRP variants. Biol Chem 2019; 401:63-80. [DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Co-translational protein targeting to membranes relies on the signal recognition particle (SRP) system consisting of a cytosolic ribonucleoprotein complex and its membrane-associated receptor. SRP recognizes N-terminal cleavable signals or signal anchor sequences, retards translation, and delivers ribosome-nascent chain complexes (RNCs) to vacant translocation channels in the target membrane. While our mechanistic understanding is well advanced for the small bacterial systems it lags behind for the large bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic SRP variants including an Alu and an S domain. Here we describe recent advances on structural and functional insights in domain architecture, particle dynamics and interplay with RNCs and translocon and GTP-dependent regulation of co-translational protein targeting stimulated by SRP RNA.
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- Klemens Wild
- 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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The role of Alu-derived RNAs in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative conditions. Med Hypotheses 2018; 115:29-34. [PMID: 29685192 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Non-coding RNAs have emerged as essential contributors to neuroinflammation. The Alu element is the most abundant potential source of non-coding RNA in the human genome represented by over 1.1 million copies totaling ∼10% of the genome's mass. Accumulation of "Alu RNA" was observed in the brains of individuals with dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - a degenerative brain disorder. "Alu RNAs" activate inflammatory pathways and apoptosis in the non-neural cells. In particular, the "Alu RNA" cytotoxicity is suggested as a mechanism in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a compartment damaged in the process of age-related macular degeneration. In RPE cells, the deficiency of Dicer is reported to lead to an accumulation of P3Alu transcripts, subsequent activation of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway, and the formation of NLRP3 inflammasome. In turn, these events result in RPE cell death by apoptosis. Importantly, RPE cells are of neuroectodermal origin, these cells display more similarity to neurons than to other epithelial cells. Thus, it is plausible that the mechanisms of "Alu RNA" cytotoxicity in brain neurons are similar to that in RPE. We hypothesize that accumulation of polymerase III-transcribed noncoding RNA of Alu (P3Alu) may contribute to both neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other degenerative brain disorders. This hypothesis points toward a novel molecular pathway not previously considered for the treatment of AD.
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Venkatesan A, Palaniyandi K, Sharma D, Bisht D, Narayanan S. Characterization of FtsY, its interaction with Ffh, and proteomic identification of their potential substrates in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Can J Microbiol 2018; 64:243-251. [PMID: 29361248 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2017-0385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The universally conserved signal recognition particle (SRP) pathway that mediates co-translational targeting of membrane and secretory proteins is essential for eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis SRP pathway consists of 2 proteins, Ffh and FtsY, and a 4.5S RNA molecule. Although the Escherichia coli SRP pathway is well studied, understanding of the M. tuberculosis SRP pathway components is very limited. In this study, we have overexpressed and characterized the M. tuberculosis SRP receptor (SR) FtsY as a GTP binding protein. Further, we established the direct protein-protein interaction between Ffh and FtsY. The Ffh-FtsY complex formation resulted in mutual stimulation of their GTP hydrolysis activity. We also attempted to biochemically characterize the SRP components by constructing the antisense gene knockdown strains of ffh and ftsY in M. tuberculosis. Loss of ffh and ftsY resulted in a decreased in vitro growth rate of the antisense ffh strain as compared with the antisense ftsY strain. Finally, 2-D gel electrophoresis of antisense depleted ffh and ftsY strains identified differential expression of 14 proteins.
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- Arunkumar Venkatesan
- a Department of Immunology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Mayor Sathiyamoorthy Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031, India
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- a Department of Immunology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Mayor Sathiyamoorthy Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031, India
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- b Department of Biochemistry, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & other Mycobacterial Diseases, Dr. Matsuki Miyazaki Road, Tajganj, Agra 282004, India
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- b Department of Biochemistry, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & other Mycobacterial Diseases, Dr. Matsuki Miyazaki Road, Tajganj, Agra 282004, India
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- a Department of Immunology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Mayor Sathiyamoorthy Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031, India
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Ahl V, Keller H, Schmidt S, Weichenrieder O. Retrotransposition and Crystal Structure of an Alu RNP in the Ribosome-Stalling Conformation. Mol Cell 2015; 60:715-727. [PMID: 26585389 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The Alu element is the most successful human genomic parasite affecting development and causing disease. It originated as a retrotransposon during early primate evolution of the gene encoding the signal recognition particle (SRP) RNA. We defined a minimal Alu RNA sufficient for effective retrotransposition and determined a high-resolution structure of its complex with the SRP9/14 proteins. The RNA adopts a compact, closed conformation that matches the envelope of the SRP Alu domain in the ribosomal translation elongation factor-binding site. Conserved structural elements in SRP RNAs support an ancient function of the closed conformation that predates SRP9/14. Structure-based mutagenesis shows that retrotransposition requires the closed conformation of the Alu ribonucleoprotein particle and is consistent with the recognition of stalled ribosomes. We propose that ribosome stalling is a common cause for the cis-preference of the mammalian L1 retrotransposon and for the efficiency of the Alu RNA in hijacking nascent L1 reverse transcriptase.
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- Valentina Ahl
- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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More than one third of the cellular proteome is destined for incorporation into cell membranes or export from the cell. In all domains of life, the signal recognition particle (SRP) delivers these proteins to the membrane and protein traffic falls apart without SRP logistics. With the aid of a topogenic transport signal, SRP retrieves its cargo right at the ribosome, from where they are sorted to the translocation channel. Mammalian SRP is a ribonucleoprotein complex consisting of an SRP RNA of 300 nucleotides and 6 proteins bound to it. Assembly occurs in a hierarchical manner mainly in the nucleolus and only SRP54, which recognizes the signal sequence and regulates the targeting process, is added as the last component in the cytosol. Here we present an update on recent insights in the structure, function and dynamics of SRP RNA in SRP assembly with focus on the S domain, and present SRP as an example for the complex biogenesis of a rather small ribonucleoprotein particle.
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- Klemens Wild
- a Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) ; Heidelberg , Germany
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Translational arrest by a prokaryotic signal recognition particle is mediated by RNA interactions. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015; 22:767-73. [PMID: 26344568 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) recognizes signal sequences of nascent polypeptides and targets ribosome-nascent chain complexes to membrane translocation sites. In eukaryotes, translating ribosomes are slowed down by the Alu domain of SRP to allow efficient targeting. In prokaryotes, however, little is known about the structure and function of Alu domain-containing SRPs. Here, we report a complete molecular model of SRP from the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis, based on cryo-EM. The SRP comprises two subunits, 6S RNA and SRP54 or Ffh, and it facilitates elongation slowdown similarly to its eukaryotic counterpart. However, protein contacts with the small ribosomal subunit observed for the mammalian Alu domain are substituted in bacteria by RNA-RNA interactions of 6S RNA with the α-sarcin-ricin loop and helices H43 and H44 of 23S rRNA. Our findings provide a structural basis for cotranslational targeting and RNA-driven elongation arrest in prokaryotes.
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Bousset L, Mary C, Brooks MA, Scherrer A, Strub K, Cusack S. Crystal structure of a signal recognition particle Alu domain in the elongation arrest conformation. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 20:1955-1962. [PMID: 25336584 PMCID: PMC4238359 DOI: 10.1261/rna.047209.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) is a conserved ribonucleoprotein particle that targets membrane and secreted proteins to translocation channels in membranes. In eukaryotes, the Alu domain, which comprises the 5' and 3' extremities of the SRP RNA bound to the SRP9/14 heterodimer, is thought to interact with the ribosome to pause translation elongation during membrane docking. We present the 3.2 Å resolution crystal structure of a chimeric Alu domain, comprising Alu RNA from the archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii bound to the human Alu binding proteins SRP9/14. The structure reveals how intricate tertiary interactions stabilize the RNA 5' domain structure and how an extra, archaeal-specific, terminal stem helps constrain the Alu RNA into the active closed conformation. In this conformation, highly conserved noncanonical base pairs allow unusually tight side-by-side packing of 5' and 3' RNA stems within the SRP9/14 RNA binding surface. The biological relevance of this structure is confirmed by showing that a reconstituted full-length chimeric archaeal-human SRP is competent to elicit elongation arrest in vitro. The structure will be useful in refining our understanding of how the SRP Alu domain interacts with the ribosome.
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- Luc Bousset
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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The Alu domain of the signal recognition particle (SRP) arrests protein biosynthesis by competition with elongation factor binding on the ribosome. The mammalian Alu domain is a protein-RNA complex, while prokaryotic Alu domains are protein-free with significant extensions of the RNA. Here we report the crystal structure of the complete Alu domain of Bacillus subtilis SRP RNA at 2.5 Å resolution. The bacterial Alu RNA reveals a compact fold, which is stabilized by prokaryote-specific extensions and interactions. In this 'closed' conformation, the 5' and 3' regions are clamped together by the additional helix 1, the connecting 3-way junction and a novel minor groove interaction, which we term the 'minor-saddle motif' (MSM). The 5' region includes an extended loop-loop pseudoknot made of five consecutive Watson-Crick base pairs. Homology modeling with the human Alu domain in context of the ribosome shows that an additional lobe in the pseudoknot approaches the large subunit, while the absence of protein results in the detachment from the small subunit. Our findings provide the structural basis for purely RNA-driven elongation arrest in prokaryotes, and give insights into the structural adaption of SRP RNA during evolution.
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- Georg Kempf
- 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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Berger A, Ivanova E, Gareau C, Scherrer A, Mazroui R, Strub K. Direct binding of the Alu binding protein dimer SRP9/14 to 40S ribosomal subunits promotes stress granule formation and is regulated by Alu RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:11203-17. [PMID: 25200073 PMCID: PMC4176187 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Stress granules (SGs) are formed in response to stress, contain mRNAs, 40S ribosomal subunits, initiation factors, RNA-binding and signaling proteins, and promote cell survival. Our study describes a novel function of the protein heterodimer SRP9/14 and Alu RNA in SG formation and disassembly. In human cells, SRP9/14 exists assembled into SRP, bound to Alu RNA and as a free protein. SRP9/14, but not SRP, localizes to SGs following arsenite or hippuristanol treatment. Depletion of the protein decreases SG size and the number of SG-positive cells. Localization and function of SRP9/14 in SGs depend primarily on its ability to bind directly to the 40S subunit. Binding of SRP9/14 to 40S and Alu RNA is mutually exclusive indicating that the protein alone is bound to 40S in SGs and that Alu RNA might competitively regulate 40S binding. Indeed, by changing the effective Alu RNA concentration in the cell or by expressing an Alu RNA binding-defective protein we were able to influence SG formation and disassembly. Our findings suggest a model in which SRP9/14 binding to 40S promotes SG formation whereas the increase in cytoplasmic Alu RNA following stress promotes disassembly of SGs by disengaging SRP9/14 from 40S.
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- A Berger
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie Université Laval, 4 Québec G1V0A6, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Département de biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie Université Laval, 4 Québec G1V0A6, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Leung E, Schneider C, Yan F, Mohi-El-Din H, Kudla G, Tuck A, Wlotzka W, Doronina VA, Bartley R, Watkins NJ, Tollervey D, Brown JD. Integrity of SRP RNA is ensured by La and the nuclear RNA quality control machinery. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10698-710. [PMID: 25159613 PMCID: PMC4176351 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The RNA component of signal recognition particle (SRP) is transcribed by RNA polymerase III, and most steps in SRP biogenesis occur in the nucleolus. Here, we examine processing and quality control of the yeast SRP RNA (scR1). In common with other pol III transcripts, scR1 terminates in a U-tract, and mature scR1 retains a U4–5 sequence at its 3′ end. In cells lacking the exonuclease Rex1, scR1 terminates in a longer U5–6 tail that presumably represents the primary transcript. The 3′ U-tract of scR1 is protected from aberrant processing by the La homologue, Lhp1 and overexpressed Lhp1 apparently competes with both the RNA surveillance system and SRP assembly factors. Unexpectedly, the TRAMP and exosome nuclear RNA surveillance complexes are also implicated in protecting the 3′ end of scR1, which accumulates in the nucleolus of cells lacking the activities of these complexes. Misassembled scR1 has a primary degradation pathway in which Rrp6 acts early, followed by TRAMP-stimulated exonuclease degradation by the exosome. We conclude that the RNA surveillance machinery has key roles in both SRP biogenesis and quality control of the RNA, potentially facilitating the decision between these alternative fates.
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- Eileen Leung
- RNA Biology Group and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- RNA Biology Group and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- RNA Biology Group and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- RNA Biology Group and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- RNA Biology Group and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- RNA Biology Group and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- RNA Biology Group and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Fazza AC, Sabino FC, de Setta N, Bordin NA, da Silva EHT, Carareto CMA. Estimating genomic instability mediated by Alu retroelements in breast cancer. Genet Mol Biol 2009; 32:25-31. [PMID: 21637642 PMCID: PMC3032955 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572009005000018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2008] [Accepted: 08/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Alu-PCR is a relatively simple technique that can be used to investigate genomic instability in cancer. This technique allows identification of the loss, gain or amplification of gene sequences based on the analysis of segments between two Alu elements coupled with quantitative and qualitative analyses of the profiles obtained from tumor samples, surgical margins and blood. In this work, we used Alu-PCR to identify gene alterations in ten patients with invasive ductal breast cancer. Several deletions and insertions were identified, indicating genomic instability in the tumor and adjacent normal tissue. Although not associated with specific genes, the alterations, which involved chromosomal bands 1p36.23, 1q41, 11q14.3, 13q14.2, occurred in areas of well-known genomic instability in breast and other types of cancer. These results indicate the potential usefulness of Alu-PCR in identifying altered gene sequences in breast cancer. However, caution is required in its application since the Alu primer can produce non-specific amplification.
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- Ana Cristina Fazza
- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Faculdade de Medicina, São José do Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio De Mesquita Filho, São José Rio Preto, SPBrazil
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Bennett EA, Keller H, Mills RE, Schmidt S, Moran JV, Weichenrieder O, Devine SE. Active Alu retrotransposons in the human genome. Genes Dev 2008; 18:1875-83. [PMID: 18836035 PMCID: PMC2593586 DOI: 10.1101/gr.081737.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Alu retrotransposons evolved from 7SL RNA approximately 65 million years ago and underwent several rounds of massive expansion in primate genomes. Consequently, the human genome currently harbors 1.1 million Alu copies. Some of these copies remain actively mobile and continue to produce both genetic variation and diseases by "jumping" to new genomic locations. However, it is unclear how many active Alu copies exist in the human genome and which Alu subfamilies harbor such copies. Here, we present a comprehensive functional analysis of Alu copies across the human genome. We cloned Alu copies from a variety of genomic locations and tested these copies in a plasmid-based mobilization assay. We show that functionally intact core Alu elements are highly abundant and far outnumber all other active transposons in humans. A range of Alu lineages were found to harbor such copies, including all modern AluY subfamilies and most AluS subfamilies. We also identified two major determinants of Alu activity: (1) The primary sequence of a given Alu copy, and (2) the ability of the encoded RNA to interact with SRP9/14 to form RNA/protein (RNP) complexes. We conclude that Alu elements pose the largest transposon-based mutagenic threat to the human genome. On the basis of our data, we have begun to identify Alu copies that are likely to produce genetic variation and diseases in humans.
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- E. Andrew Bennett
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Center for Bioinformatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Center for Bioinformatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Center for Bioinformatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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van Nues RW, Brown JD. Distant Segments of Saccharomyces cerevisiae scR1 RNA Promote Assembly and Function of the Signal Recognition Particle. J Mol Biol 2007; 368:677-90. [PMID: 17368481 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The conserved signal recognition particle targets ribosomes synthesizing presecretory proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Key to the activity of SRP is its ability to bind the ribosome at distant locations, the signal sequence exit and elongation factor-binding sites. These contacts are made by the S and Alu domains of SRP, respectively. We tested earlier secondary structure predictions of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SRP RNA, scR1, and provide and test a consensus structure. The structure contains four non-conserved insertions, helices 9-12, into the core SRP RNA fold, and an extended helix 7. Using a series of scR1 mutants lacking part or all of these structural elements, we find that they are important for the RNA in both function and assembly of the RNP. About 20% of the RNA, corresponding to the outer regions of these helices, is dispensable for function. Further, we examined the role of several features within the S-domain section of the core, helix 5, and find that its length and flexibility are important for proper SRP function and become essential in the absence of helix 10, 11 and/or 7 regions. Overall, the genetic data indicate that regions of scR1 distant in both primary sequence and secondary structure have interrelated roles in the function of the complex, and possibly mediate communication between Alu and S domains during targeting.
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- Rob W van Nues
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Alu elements are the most abundant repetitive elements in the human genome; they emerged 65 million years ago from a 5' to 3' fusion of the 7SL RNA gene and amplified throughout the human genome by retrotransposition to reach the present number of more than one million copies. Over the last years, several lines of evidence demonstrated that these elements modulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in at least three independent manners. They have been shown to be involved in alternative splicing, RNA editing and translation regulation. These findings highlight how the genome adapted to these repetitive elements by assigning them important functions in regulation of gene expression. Alu elements should therefore be considered as a large reservoir of potential regulatory functions that have been actively participating in primate evolution.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +41 22 379 67 24; Fax: +41 22 379 64 42;
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Alu elements are the most abundant repetitive elements in the human genome; they emerged from the signal recognition particle RNA gene and are composed of two related but distinct monomers (left and right arms). Alu RNAs transcribed from these elements are present at low levels at normal cell growth but various stress conditions increase their abundance. Alu RNAs are known to bind the cognate proteins SRP9/14. We purified synthetic Alu RNP, composed of Alu RNA in complex with SRP9/14, and investigated the effects of Alu RNPs and naked Alu RNA on protein translation. We found that the dimeric Alu RNP and the monomeric left and right Alu RNPs have a general dose-dependent inhibitory effect on protein translation. In the absence of SRP9/14, Alu RNA has a stimulatory effect on all reporter mRNAs. The unstable structure of sRight RNA suggests that the differential activities of Alu RNP and Alu RNA may be explained by conformational changes in the RNA. We demonstrate that Alu RNPs and Alu RNAs do not stably associate with ribosomes during translation and, based on the analysis of polysome profiles and synchronized translation, we show that Alu RNP and Alu RNA regulate translation at the level of initiation.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +41 22 379 67 24; Fax: +41 22 379 64 42;
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Holmes KL, Culver GM. Analysis of Conformational Changes in 16S rRNA During the Course of 30S Subunit Assembly. J Mol Biol 2005; 354:340-57. [PMID: 16246364 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2005] [Revised: 09/16/2005] [Accepted: 09/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ribosome biogenesis involves an integrated series of binding events coupled with conformational changes that ultimately result in the formation of a functional macromolecular complex. In vitro, Escherichia coli 30 S subunit assembly occurs in a cooperative manner with the ordered addition of 20 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) with 16 S rRNA. The assembly pathway for 30 S subunits has been dissected in vitro into three steps, where specific r-proteins associate with 16 S rRNA early in 30 S subunit assembly, followed by a mid-assembly conformational rearrangement of the complex that then enables the remaining r-proteins to associate in the final step. Although the three steps of 30 S subunit assembly have been known for some time, few details have been elucidated about changes that occur as a result of these three specific stages. Here, we present a detailed analysis of the concerted early and late stages of small ribosomal subunit assembly. Conformational changes, roles for base-pairing and r-proteins at specific stages of assembly, and a polar nature to the assembly process have been revealed. This work has allowed a more comprehensive and global view of E.coli 30 S ribosomal subunit assembly to be obtained.
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- Kristi L Holmes
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Kulski JK, Dunn DS. Polymorphic Alu insertions within the Major Histocompatibility Complex class I genomic region: a brief review. Cytogenet Genome Res 2005; 110:193-202. [PMID: 16093672 DOI: 10.1159/000084952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Accepted: 10/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Most polymorphic Alu insertions (POALINs) belong to a subgroup of the Alu multicopy retrotransposon family of short interspersed nucleotide elements (SINEs) that are categorized as AluYb8 and AluYa5. The number of AluYb8/AluYa5 members (approximately 4,492 copies) is significantly less than the approximately one million fixed Alu copies per human genome. We have studied the presence of POALINs within the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I region on the short arm of chromosome 6 (6p21.3) because this region has a high gene density, many genes with immune system functions, large sequence variations and diversity, duplications and redundancy, and a strong association with more than 100 different diseases. Since little is known about POALINs within the MHC genomic region, we undertook to identify some of the members of the AluYb8/AluYa5 subfamily and to study their frequency of distribution and genetic characteristics in different populations. As a result of our comparative genomic analyses, we identified the insertion sites for five POALINs distributed within the MHC class I region. This brief review outlines the locations of the insertions and sequence features of the five MHC POALINs, their single site and haplotype frequencies in different geographic populations, and their association with different HLA class I genes and disease. We show that the MHC POALINs have a potential value as lineage and linkage markers for the study of human population genetics, disease associations, genomic diversity and evolution.
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- J K Kulski
- Centre for Bioinformatics and Biological Computing, School of Information Technology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
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Sommerville J, Brumwell CL, Politz JCR, Pederson T. Signal recognition particle assembly in relation to the function of amplified nucleoli ofXenopusoocytes. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:1299-307. [PMID: 15741230 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) is a ribonucleoprotein machine that controls the translation and intracellular sorting of membrane and secreted proteins. The SRP contains a core RNA subunit with which six proteins are assembled. Recent work in both yeast and mammalian cells has identified the nucleolus as a possible initial site of SRP assembly. In the present study, SRP RNA and protein components were identified in the extrachromosomal, amplified nucleoli of Xenopus laevis oocytes. Fluorescent SRP RNA microinjected into the oocyte nucleus became specifically localized in the nucleoli, and endogenous SRP RNA was also detected in oocyte nucleoli by RNA in situ hybridization. An initial step in the assembly of SRP involves the binding of the SRP19 protein to SRP RNA. When green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged SRP19 protein was injected into the oocyte cytoplasm it was imported into the nucleus and became concentrated in the amplified nucleoli. After visiting the amplified nucleoli, GFP-tagged SRP19 protein was detected in the cytoplasm in a ribonucleoprotein complex, having a sedimentation coefficient characteristic of the SRP. These results suggest that the amplified nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes produce maternal stores not only of ribosomes, the classical product of nucleoli, but also of SRP, presumably as a global developmental strategy for stockpiling translational machinery for early embryogenesis.
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- John Sommerville
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, KY16 9TS, UK.
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Co-translational targeting of secretory and membrane proteins to the translocation machinery is mediated by the signal recognition particle (SRP) and its membrane-bound receptor (SR) in all three domains of life. Although the overall composition of the SRP system differs, the central ribonucleoprotein core and the general mechanism of GTP-dependent targeting are highly conserved. Recently, structural studies have contributed significantly to our understanding of the molecular organization of SRP. SRP appears as a structurally flexible particle modulated and regulated by its interactions with the ribosome-nascent chain complex, the translocon and the SR. The SRP core (SRP54 with its cognate RNA binding site) plays a central role in these interactions and communicates the different binding states by long-range interdomain communication. Based on recent structures of SRP54, a model for signal peptide binding stimulating the GTP affinity during the first step of the SRP cycle is presented. The model is placed in the context of the recent structures of mammalian SRP bound to a ribosome-nascent chain complex and of a subcomplex of SRP-SR.
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- Klemens Wild
- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) directs integral membrane and secretory proteins to the cellular protein translocation machinery during translation. The SRP is an evolutionarily conserved RNA-protein complex whose activities are regulated by GTP hydrolysis. Recent structural investigations of SRP functional domains and interactions provide new insights into the mechanisms of SRP activity in all cells, leading toward a comprehensive understanding of protein trafficking by this elegant pathway.
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- Jennifer A Doudna
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94705, USA.
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Huck L, Scherrer A, Terzi L, Johnson AE, Bernstein HD, Cusack S, Weichenrieder O, Strub K. Conserved tertiary base pairing ensures proper RNA folding and efficient assembly of the signal recognition particle Alu domain. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:4915-24. [PMID: 15383645 PMCID: PMC519120 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Proper folding of the RNA is an essential step in the assembly of functional ribonucleoprotein complexes. We examined the role of conserved base pairs formed between two distant loops in the Alu portion of the mammalian signal recognition particle RNA (SRP RNA) in SRP assembly and functions. Mutations disrupting base pairing interfere with folding of the Alu portion of the SRP RNA as monitored by probing the RNA structure and the binding of the protein SRP9/14. Complementary mutations rescue the defect establishing a role of the tertiary loop-loop interaction in RNA folding. The same mutations in the Alu domain have no major effect on binding of proteins to the S domain suggesting that the S domain can fold independently. Once assembled into a complete SRP, even particles that contain mutant RNA are active in arresting nascent chain elongation and translocation into microsomes, and, therefore, tertiary base pairing does not appear to be essential for these activities. Our results suggest a model in which the loop-loop interaction and binding of the protein SRP9/14 play an important role in the early steps of SRP RNA folding and assembly.
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- Laurent Huck
- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
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Alavian CN, Politz JCR, Lewandowski LB, Powers CM, Pederson T. Nuclear export of signal recognition particle RNA in mammalian cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 313:351-5. [PMID: 14684167 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In mammalian cells the signal recognition particle (SRP) consists of a approximately 300 nucleotide RNA and six proteins. Although the molecular structure and functional cycle of the SRP are both very well understood, far less is known about how the SRP is first assembled in the cell. Recent work has suggested that SRP assembly begins in the nucleoli. When NRK (rat fibroblast) cells were treated with leptomycin B (LMB), a specific inhibitor of the CRM1 nuclear export receptor, the level of SRP RNA increased in the nucleoli, as did the level of nucleolar 28S ribosomal RNA. Moreover, when a hamster cell line carrying a temperature-sensitive mutation in the guanine nucleotide exchange factor of the GTPase Ran (Ran-GEF) was shifted to the non-permissive temperature, the nucleolar level of SRP RNA increased. These results indicate that the steady-state concentration of SRP RNA in the nucleolus is sensitive to perturbations in nuclear import/export pathways.
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- Christina N Alavian
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Program in Cell Dynamics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Koch HG, Moser M, Müller M. Signal recognition particle-dependent protein targeting, universal to all kingdoms of life. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 146:55-94. [PMID: 12605305 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-002-0002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) and its membrane-bound receptor represent a ubiquitous protein-targeting device utilized by organisms as different as bacteria and humans, archaea and plants. The unifying concept of SRP-dependent protein targeting is that SRP binds to signal sequences of newly synthesized proteins as they emerge from the ribosome. In eukaryotes this interaction arrests or retards translation elongation until SRP targets the ribosome-nascent chain complexes via the SRP receptor to the translocation channel. Such channels are present in the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotic cells, the thylakoids of chloroplasts, or the plasma membrane of prokaryotes. The minimal functional unit of SRP consists of a signal sequence-recognizing protein and a small RNA. The as yet most complex version is the mammalian SRP whose RNA, together with six proteinaceous subunits, undergo an intricate assembly process. The preferential substrates of SRP possess especially hydrophobic signal sequences. Interactions between SRP and its receptor, the ribosome, the signal sequence, and the target membrane are regulated by GTP hydrolysis. SRP-dependent protein targeting in bacteria and chloroplasts slightly deviate from the canonical mechanism found in eukaryotes. Pro- and eukaryotic cells harbour regulatory mechanisms to prevent a malfunction of the SRP pathway.
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- H-G Koch
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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Furmaga WB, Ryan JL, Coleman WB, Cole SR, Tsongalis GJ. Alu profiling of primary and metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer. Exp Mol Pathol 2003; 74:224-9. [PMID: 12782008 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4800(03)00016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The metastatic potential of nonsmall cell carcinoma of lung (NSCLC), is currently recognized post factum, when lymph nodes or distant organs are already involved. Our ability to determine which tumors have acquired metastatic potential could help direct therapy to be more aggressive or less aggressive based upon this information. Evaluation of microsatellite instability via detection of LOH at specific loci may be useful in identifying specific markers and/or genes associated with this process. We examined Alu insertional elements as a potential marker of genetic changes associated with the metastatic potential of NSCLC. We analyzed archived, paraffin embedded tissue from 20 proven cases of NSCLC. DNA was extracted from 10 micron paraffin sections and amplified using an Alu PCR protocol. This technique does not examine specific loci but rather results in a banding profile of cellular genomic DNA. Informative allelic banding patterns, noted as differences between primary and metastatic lesions from the same patient, were observed in five of six cases (83%) with intrapulmonary metastases and in only nine of 14 (64%) cases with extrapulmonary metastases. Multiple genomic changes were detected in metastatic tumor cells as compared to normal lung tissue or primary lung tumor tissue. It appears that Alu profiling may be useful in the detection of metastatic vs primary lesions, and this technique may offer a method for identifying novel genes responsible for tumor progression and metastases.
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- Wieslaw B Furmaga
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 06102, USA
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Wild K, Weichenrieder O, Strub K, Sinning I, Cusack S. Towards the structure of the mammalian signal recognition particle. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2002; 12:72-81. [PMID: 11839493 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-440x(02)00292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) is a ubiquitous ribonucleoprotein particle involved in the co-translational targeting of proteins to membranes. Crystal structures are now available for three protein-RNA subcomplexes from the SRP, which give insights into fundamental aspects of protein-RNA recognition, the assembly of stable ribonucleoprotein particles and the mechanism of action of the SRP.
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- Klemens Wild
- Biochemie-Zentrum (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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