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Garg A, Schwer B, Shuman S. Fission yeast poly(A) polymerase active site mutation Y86D alleviates the rad24Δ asp1-H397A synthetic growth defect and up-regulates mRNAs targeted by MTREC and Mmi1. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:1738-1753. [PMID: 37586723 PMCID: PMC10578478 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079722.123] [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: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
Abstract
Expression of fission yeast Pho1 acid phosphatase is repressed under phosphate-replete conditions by transcription of an upstream prt lncRNA that interferes with the pho1 mRNA promoter. lncRNA-mediated interference is alleviated by genetic perturbations that elicit precocious lncRNA 3'-processing and transcription termination, such as (i) the inositol pyrophosphate pyrophosphatase-defective asp1-H397A allele, which results in elevated levels of IP8, and (ii) absence of the 14-3-3 protein Rad24. Combining rad24Δ with asp1-H397A causes a severe synthetic growth defect. A forward genetic screen for SRA (Suppressor of Rad24 Asp1-H397A) mutations identified a novel missense mutation (Tyr86Asp) of Pla1, the essential poly(A) polymerase subunit of the fission yeast cleavage and polyadenylation factor (CPF) complex. The pla1-Y86D allele was viable but slow-growing in an otherwise wild-type background. Tyr86 is a conserved active site constituent that contacts the RNA primer 3' nt and the incoming ATP. The Y86D mutation elicits a severe catalytic defect in RNA-primed poly(A) synthesis in vitro and in binding to an RNA primer. Yet, analyses of specific mRNAs indicate that poly(A) tails in pla1-Y86D cells are not different in size than those in wild-type cells, suggesting that other RNA interactors within CPF compensate for the defects of isolated Pla1-Y86D. Transcriptome profiling of pla1-Y86D cells revealed the accumulation of multiple RNAs that are normally rapidly degraded by the nuclear exosome under the direction of the MTREC complex, with which Pla1 associates. We suggest that Pla1-Y86D is deficient in the hyperadenylation of MTREC targets that precedes their decay by the exosome.
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- Angad Garg
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Kwiatek L, Landry-Voyer AM, Latour M, Yague-Sanz C, Bachand F. PABPN1 prevents the nuclear export of an unspliced RNA with a constitutive transport element and controls human gene expression via intron retention. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:644-662. [PMID: 36754576 PMCID: PMC10158996 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079294.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Intron retention is a type of alternative splicing where one or more introns remain unspliced in a polyadenylated transcript. Although many viral systems are known to translate proteins from mRNAs with retained introns, restriction mechanisms generally prevent export and translation of incompletely spliced mRNAs. Here, we provide evidence that the human nuclear poly(A)-binding protein, PABPN1, functions in such restrictions. Using a reporter construct in which nuclear export of an incompletely spliced mRNA is enhanced by a viral constitutive transport element (CTE), we show that PABPN1 depletion results in a significant increase in export and translation from the unspliced CTE-containing transcript. Unexpectedly, we find that inactivation of poly(A)-tail exosome targeting by depletion of PAXT components had no effect on export and translation of the unspliced reporter mRNA, suggesting a mechanism largely independent of nuclear RNA decay. Interestingly, a PABPN1 mutant selectively defective in stimulating poly(A) polymerase elongation strongly enhanced the expression of the unspliced, but not of intronless, reporter transcripts. Analysis of RNA-seq data also revealed that PABPN1 controls the expression of many human genes via intron retention. Notably, PABPN1-dependent intron retention events mostly affected 3'-terminal introns and were insensitive to PAXT and NEXT deficiencies. Our findings thus disclose a role for PABPN1 in restricting nuclear export of intron-retained transcripts and reinforce the interdependence between terminal intron splicing, 3' end processing, and polyadenylation.
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- Lauren Kwiatek
- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1E 4K8
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1E 4K8
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1E 4K8
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1E 4K8
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1E 4K8
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Mattout A, Gaidatzis D, Kalck V, Gasser SM. A Nuclear RNA Degradation Pathway Helps Silence Polycomb/H3K27me3-Marked Loci in Caenorhabditis elegans. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2020; 84:141-153. [PMID: 32350050 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2019.84.040238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In fission yeast and plants, RNA-processing pathways contribute to heterochromatin silencing, complementing well-characterized pathways of transcriptional repression. However, it was unclear whether this additional level of regulation occurs in metazoans. In a genetic screen, we uncovered a pathway of silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans somatic cells, whereby the highly conserved, RNA-binding complex LSM2-8 contributes to the repression of heterochromatic reporters and endogenous genes bearing the Polycomb mark H3K27me3. Importantly, the LSM2-8 complex works cooperatively with a 5'-3' exoribonuclease, XRN-2, and disruption of the pathway leads to selective mRNA stabilization. LSM2-8 complex-mediated RNA degradation does not target nor depend on H3K9me2/me3, unlike previously described pathways of heterochromatic RNA degradation. Up-regulation of lsm-8-sensitive loci coincides with a localized drop in H3K27me3 levels in the lsm-8 mutant. Put into the context of epigenetic control of gene expression, it appears that targeted RNA degradation helps repress a subset of H3K27me3-marked genes, revealing an unappreciated layer of regulation for facultative heterochromatin in animals.
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- Anna Mattout
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Faculty of Science, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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LSM2-8 and XRN-2 contribute to the silencing of H3K27me3-marked genes through targeted RNA decay. Nat Cell Biol 2020; 22:579-590. [PMID: 32251399 PMCID: PMC7212045 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-020-0504-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
In fission yeast and plants, RNA-processing and degradation contribute to
heterochromatin silencing, alongside conserved pathways of transcriptional
repression. It was unknown if similar pathways exist in metazoans. Here we
describe a pathway of silencing in C. elegans somatic cells, in
which the highly conserved RNA binding complex LSM2-8 contributes selectively to
the repression of heterochromatic reporters and endogenous genes bearing the
Polycomb mark, histone H3K27me3. It acts by degrading selected transcripts
through the XRN-2 exoribonuclease. Disruption of the LSM2-8 pathway leads to
mRNA stabilization. Unlike previously described pathways of heterochromatic RNA
degradation, LSM2-8-mediated RNA degradation does not require nor deposit H3K9
methylation. Rather, loss of this pathway coincides with a localized reduction
in H3K27me3 at lsm-8-sensitive loci. Thus, we have uncovered a
mechanism of RNA degradation that selectively contributes to the silencing of a
subset of H3K27me3-marked genes, revealing a previously unrecognized layer of
post-transcriptional control in metazoan heterochromatin.
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PABPN1, a Target of p63, Modulates Keratinocyte Differentiation through Regulation of p63α mRNA Translation. J Invest Dermatol 2020; 140:2166-2177.e6. [PMID: 32243883 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
p63 is expressed from two promoters and produces two N-terminal isoforms, TAp63 and ΔNp63. Alternative splicing creates three C-terminal isoforms p63α, p63β, and p63δ, whereas alternative polyadenylation (APA) in coding sequence creates two more C-terminal isoforms p63γ and p63ε. Although several transcription factors have been identified to differentially regulate the N-terminal p63 isoforms, it is unclear how the C-terminal p63 isoforms are regulated. Thus, we determined whether PABPN1, a key regulator of APA, may differentially regulate the C-terminal p63 isoforms. We found that PABPN1 deficiency increases p63γ mRNA through APA in coding sequence. We also found that PABPN1 is necessary for p63α translation by modulating the binding of translation initiation factors eIF4E and eIF4G to p63α mRNA. Moreover, we found that the p53 family, especially p63α, regulates PABPN1 transcription, suggesting that the mutual regulation between p63 and PABPN1 forms a feedback loop. Furthermore, we found that PABPN1 deficiency inhibits keratinocyte cell growth, which can be rescued by ectopic ΔNp63α. Finally, we found that PABPN1 controls the terminal differentiation of HaCaT keratinocytes by modulating ΔNp63α expression. Taken together, our findings suggest that PABPN1 is a key regulator of the C-terminal p63 isoforms through APA in coding sequence and mRNA translation and that the p63-PABPN1 loop modulates p63 activity and the APA landscape.
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Molenaars M, Janssens GE, Williams EG, Jongejan A, Lan J, Rabot S, Joly F, Moerland PD, Schomakers BV, Lezzerini M, Liu YJ, McCormick MA, Kennedy BK, van Weeghel M, van Kampen AHC, Aebersold R, MacInnes AW, Houtkooper RH. A Conserved Mito-Cytosolic Translational Balance Links Two Longevity Pathways. Cell Metab 2020; 31:549-563.e7. [PMID: 32084377 PMCID: PMC7214782 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Slowing down translation in either the cytosol or the mitochondria is a conserved longevity mechanism. Here, we found a non-interventional natural correlation of mitochondrial and cytosolic ribosomal proteins (RPs) in mouse population genetics, suggesting a translational balance. Inhibiting mitochondrial translation in C. elegans through mrps-5 RNAi repressed cytosolic translation. Transcriptomics integrated with proteomics revealed that this inhibition specifically reduced translational efficiency of mRNAs required in growth pathways while increasing stress response mRNAs. The repression of cytosolic translation and extension of lifespan from mrps-5 RNAi were dependent on atf-5/ATF4 and independent from metabolic phenotypes. We found the translational balance to be conserved in mammalian cells upon inhibiting mitochondrial translation pharmacologically with doxycycline. Lastly, extending this in vivo, doxycycline repressed cytosolic translation in the livers of germ-free mice. These data demonstrate that inhibiting mitochondrial translation initiates an atf-5/ATF4-dependent cascade leading to coordinated repression of cytosolic translation, which could be targeted to promote longevity.
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- Marte Molenaars
- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Core Facility Metabolomics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA; Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism Center of Biological Research Excellence, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA; Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Core Facility Metabolomics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland; Faculty of Science, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Larochelle M, Robert MA, Hébert JN, Liu X, Matteau D, Rodrigue S, Tian B, Jacques PÉ, Bachand F. Common mechanism of transcription termination at coding and noncoding RNA genes in fission yeast. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4364. [PMID: 30341288 PMCID: PMC6195540 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06546-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Termination of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription is a fundamental step of gene expression that is critical for determining the borders between genes. In budding yeast, termination at protein-coding genes is initiated by the cleavage/polyadenylation machinery, whereas termination of most noncoding RNA (ncRNA) genes occurs via the Nrd1-Nab3-Sen1 (NNS) pathway. Here, we find that NNS-like transcription termination is not conserved in fission yeast. Rather, genome-wide analyses show global recruitment of mRNA 3' end processing factors at the end of ncRNA genes, including snoRNAs and snRNAs, and that this recruitment coincides with high levels of Ser2 and Tyr1 phosphorylation on the RNAPII C-terminal domain. We also find that termination of mRNA and ncRNA transcription requires the conserved Ysh1/CPSF-73 and Dhp1/XRN2 nucleases, supporting widespread cleavage-dependent transcription termination in fission yeast. Our findings thus reveal that a common mode of transcription termination can produce functionally and structurally distinct types of polyadenylated and non-polyadenylated RNAs.
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- Marc Larochelle
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1E4K8, Canada
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- Départment de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1E4K8, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- Départment de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Départment de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- Départment de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada.
- Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H5N4, Canada.
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1E4K8, Canada.
- Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H5N4, Canada.
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Here we focus on the biogenesis and function of messenger RNA (mRNA) in fission yeast cells. Following a general introduction that also briefly touches on other classes of RNA, we provide an overview of methods used to analyze mRNAs throughout their life cycles.
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- Jo Ann Wise
- Center for RNA Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4906
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- Department of Biology, Functional Genomics Division, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Kühn U, Buschmann J, Wahle E. The nuclear poly(A) binding protein of mammals, but not of fission yeast, participates in mRNA polyadenylation. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 23:473-482. [PMID: 28096519 PMCID: PMC5340911 DOI: 10.1261/rna.057026.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
The nuclear poly(A) binding protein (PABPN1) has been suggested, on the basis of biochemical evidence, to play a role in mRNA polyadenylation by strongly increasing the processivity of poly(A) polymerase. While experiments in metazoans have tended to support such a role, the results were not unequivocal, and genetic data show that the S. pombe ortholog of PABPN1, Pab2, is not involved in mRNA polyadenylation. The specific model in which PABPN1 increases the rate of poly(A) tail elongation has never been examined in vivo. Here, we have used 4-thiouridine pulse-labeling to examine the lengths of newly synthesized poly(A) tails in human cells. Knockdown of PABPN1 strongly reduced the synthesis of full-length tails of ∼250 nucleotides, as predicted from biochemical data. We have also purified S. pombe Pab2 and the S. pombe poly(A) polymerase, Pla1, and examined their in vitro activities. Whereas PABPN1 strongly increases the activity of its cognate poly(A) polymerase in vitro, Pab2 was unable to stimulate Pla1 to any significant extent. Thus, in vitro and in vivo data are consistent in supporting a role of PABPN1 but not S. pombe Pab2 in the polyadenylation of mRNA precursors.
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- Uwe Kühn
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Germany
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Larochelle M, Hunyadkürti J, Bachand F. Polyadenylation site selection: linking transcription and RNA processing via a conserved carboxy-terminal domain (CTD)-interacting protein. Curr Genet 2016; 63:195-199. [PMID: 27582274 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-016-0645-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Despite the fact that the process of mRNA polyadenylation has been known for more than 40 years, a detailed understating of the mechanism underlying polyadenylation site selection is still far from complete. As 3' end processing is intimately associated with RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription, factors that can successively interact with the transcription machinery and recognize cis-acting sequences on the nascent pre-mRNA would be well suited to contribute to poly(A) site selection. Studies using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe have recently identified Seb1, a protein that shares homology with Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nrd1 and human SCAF4/8, and that is critical for poly(A) site selection. Seb1 binds to the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNAPII via a conserved CTD-interaction domain and recognizes specific sequence motifs clustered downstream of the polyadenylation site on the uncleaved pre-mRNA. In this short review, we summarize insights into Seb1-dependent poly(A) site selection and discuss some unanswered questions regarding its molecular mechanism and conservation.
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- Marc Larochelle
- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1E 4K8, Canada.
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Klein P, Oloko M, Roth F, Montel V, Malerba A, Jarmin S, Gidaro T, Popplewell L, Perie S, Lacau St Guily J, de la Grange P, Antoniou MN, Dickson G, Butler-Browne G, Bastide B, Mouly V, Trollet C. Nuclear poly(A)-binding protein aggregates misplace a pre-mRNA outside of SC35 speckle causing its abnormal splicing. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:10929-10945. [PMID: 27507886 PMCID: PMC5159528 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
A short abnormal polyalanine expansion in the polyadenylate-binding protein nuclear-1 (PABPN1) protein causes oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). Mutated PABPN1 proteins accumulate as insoluble intranuclear aggregates in muscles of OPMD patients. While the roles of PABPN1 in nuclear polyadenylation and regulation of alternative poly(A) site choice have been established, the molecular mechanisms which trigger pathological defects in OPMD and the role of aggregates remain to be determined. Using exon array, for the first time we have identified several splicing defects in OPMD. In particular, we have demonstrated a defect in the splicing regulation of the muscle-specific Troponin T3 (TNNT3) mutually exclusive exons 16 and 17 in OPMD samples compared to controls. This splicing defect is directly linked to the SC35 (SRSF2) splicing factor and to the presence of nuclear aggregates. As reported here, PABPN1 aggregates are able to trap TNNT3 pre-mRNA, driving it outside nuclear speckles, leading to an altered SC35-mediated splicing. This results in a decreased calcium sensitivity of muscle fibers, which could in turn plays a role in muscle pathology. We thus report a novel mechanism of alternative splicing deregulation that may play a role in various other diseases with nuclear inclusions or foci containing an RNA binding protein.
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- Pierre Klein
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Univ. Lille - URePSSS - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, équipe APMS, F-59000 Lille, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway - University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway - University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway - University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris VI, Tenon Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris VI, Tenon Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- King's College London School of Medicine, Gene Expression and Therapy Group, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway - University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Univ. Lille - URePSSS - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, équipe APMS, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Institut de Myologie, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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Wang Y, Arribas-Layton M, Chen Y, Lykke-Andersen J, Sen GL. DDX6 Orchestrates Mammalian Progenitor Function through the mRNA Degradation and Translation Pathways. Mol Cell 2015; 60:118-30. [PMID: 26412305 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In adult tissues, stem and progenitor cells must balance proliferation and differentiation to maintain homeostasis. How this is done is unclear. Here, we show that the DEAD box RNA helicase, DDX6 is necessary for maintaining adult progenitor cell function. DDX6 loss results in premature differentiation and decreased proliferation of epidermal progenitor cells. To maintain self-renewal, DDX6 associates with YBX1 to bind the stem loops found in the 3' UTRs of regulators of proliferation/self-renewal (CDK1, EZH2) and recruit them to EIF4E to facilitate their translation. To prevent premature differentiation of progenitor cells, DDX6 regulates the 5' UTR of differentiation inducing transcription factor, KLF4 and degrades its transcripts through association with mRNA degradation proteins. Our results demonstrate that progenitor function is maintained by DDX6 complexes through two distinct pathways that include the degradation of differentiation-inducing transcripts and by promoting the translation of self-renewal and proliferation mRNAs.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA.
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Legros P, Malapert A, Niinuma S, Bernard P, Vanoosthuyse V. RNA processing factors Swd2.2 and Sen1 antagonize RNA Pol III-dependent transcription and the localization of condensin at Pol III genes. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004794. [PMID: 25392932 PMCID: PMC4230746 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Condensin-mediated chromosome condensation is essential for genome stability upon cell division. Genetic studies have indicated that the association of condensin with chromatin is intimately linked to gene transcription, but what transcription-associated feature(s) direct(s) the accumulation of condensin remains unclear. Here we show in fission yeast that condensin becomes strikingly enriched at RNA Pol III-transcribed genes when Swd2.2 and Sen1, two factors involved in the transcription process, are simultaneously deleted. Sen1 is an ATP-dependent helicase whose orthologue in Saccharomyces cerevisiae contributes both to terminate transcription of some RNA Pol II transcripts and to antagonize the formation of DNA:RNA hybrids in the genome. Using two independent mapping techniques, we show that DNA:RNA hybrids form in abundance at Pol III-transcribed genes in fission yeast but we demonstrate that they are unlikely to faciliate the recruitment of condensin. Instead, we show that Sen1 forms a stable and abundant complex with RNA Pol III and that Swd2.2 and Sen1 antagonize both the interaction of RNA Pol III with chromatin and RNA Pol III-dependent transcription. When Swd2.2 and Sen1 are lacking, the increased concentration of RNA Pol III and condensin at Pol III-transcribed genes is accompanied by the accumulation of topoisomerase I and II and by local nucleosome depletion, suggesting that Pol III-transcribed genes suffer topological stress. We provide evidence that this topological stress contributes to recruit and/or stabilize condensin at Pol III-transcribed genes in the absence of Swd2.2 and Sen1. Our data challenge the idea that a processive RNA polymerase hinders the binding of condensin and suggest that transcription-associated topological stress could in some circumstances facilitate the association of condensin. Failure to condense chromosomes prior to anaphase onset can lead to genome instability. The evolutionary-conserved condensin complex drives chromosome condensation, probably by changing the topology of chromatin around its binding sites. Condensin localizes to regions of high transcription, suggesting that some transcription-associated feature(s) direct its association with chromatin. Here we considered that transcription-dependent DNA:RNA hybrids or topological stress could be involved in recruiting condensin. Our data show that condensin is indeed enriched at regions accumulating DNA:RNA hybrids but that they are not involved in its recruitment. Rather, we identify a mutant combination where increased transcription by RNA Pol III is associated locally with stronger topological stress. Strikingly the localization of condensin is dramatically enhanced at the same loci and we show that topological stress contributes to this enhanced association. Our data strengthen the idea that transcription creates the environment necessary to recruit condensin in mitosis.
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- Pénélope Legros
- CNRS, Université Lyon 01, UMR5239, LBMC; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- CNRS, Université Lyon 01, UMR5239, LBMC; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- CNRS, Université Lyon 01, UMR5239, LBMC; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- CNRS, Université Lyon 01, UMR5239, LBMC; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- CNRS, Université Lyon 01, UMR5239, LBMC; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.
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Goebels C, Thonn A, Gonzalez-Hilarion S, Rolland O, Moyrand F, Beilharz TH, Janbon G. Introns regulate gene expression in Cryptococcus neoformans in a Pab2p dependent pathway. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003686. [PMID: 23966870 PMCID: PMC3744415 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Most Cryptococccus neoformans genes are interrupted by introns, and alternative splicing occurs very often. In this study, we examined the influence of introns on C. neoformans gene expression. For most tested genes, elimination of introns greatly reduces mRNA accumulation. Strikingly, the number and the position of introns modulate the gene expression level in a cumulative manner. A screen for mutant strains able to express functionally an intronless allele revealed that the nuclear poly(A) binding protein Pab2 modulates intron-dependent regulation of gene expression in C. neoformans. PAB2 deletion partially restored accumulation of intronless mRNA. In addition, our results demonstrated that the essential nucleases Rrp44p and Xrn2p are implicated in the degradation of mRNA transcribed from an intronless allele in C. neoformans. Double mutant constructions and over-expression experiments suggested that Pab2p and Xrn2p could act in the same pathway whereas Rrp44p appears to act independently. Finally, deletion of the RRP6 or the CID14 gene, encoding the nuclear exosome nuclease and the TRAMP complex associated poly(A) polymerase, respectively, has no effect on intronless allele expression. Cryptococcus neoformans is a major human pathogen responsible for deadly infection in immunocompromised patients. The analysis of its genome previously revealed that most of its genes are interrupted by introns. Here, we demonstrate that introns modulate gene expression in a cumulative manner. We also demonstrate that introns can play a positive or a negative role in this process. We identify a nuclear poly(A) binding protein (Pab2p) as implicated in the intron-dependent control of gene expression in C. neoformans. We also demonstrate that the essential nucleases Rrp44p and Xrn2p are implicated in two independent pathways controlling the intron-dependent regulation of gene expression in C. neoformans. Xrn2p regulation seems to depend on Pab2p whereas Rrp44p acts independently. In contrast, the other exosome nuclease Rrp6p and the TRAMP associated poly(A) polymerase Cid14p do not appear to be implicated in this regulation. Our results provide new insights into the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes and more specifically into the biology and virulence of C. neoformans.
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- Carolin Goebels
- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Aspergillus, Département Parasitologie et Mycologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Aspergillus, Département Parasitologie et Mycologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Aspergillus, Département Parasitologie et Mycologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Aspergillus, Département Parasitologie et Mycologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Aspergillus, Département Parasitologie et Mycologie, Paris, France
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- Monash University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clayton, Australia
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Aspergillus, Département Parasitologie et Mycologie, Paris, France
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Banerjee A, Apponi LH, Pavlath GK, Corbett AH. PABPN1: molecular function and muscle disease. FEBS J 2013; 280:4230-50. [PMID: 23601051 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Revised: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The polyadenosine RNA binding protein polyadenylate-binding nuclear protein 1 (PABPN1) plays key roles in post-transcriptional processing of RNA. Although PABPN1 is ubiquitously expressed and presumably contributes to control of gene expression in all tissues, mutation of the PABPN1 gene causes the disease oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), in which a limited set of skeletal muscles are affected. A major goal in the field of OPMD research is to understand why mutation of a ubiquitously expressed gene leads to a muscle-specific disease. PABPN1 plays a well-documented role in controlling the poly(A) tail length of RNA transcripts but new functions are emerging through studies that exploit a variety of unbiased screens as well as model organisms. This review addresses (a) the molecular function of PABPN1 incorporating recent findings that reveal novel cellular functions for PABPN1 and (b) the approaches that are being used to understand the molecular defects that stem from expression of mutant PABPN1. The long-term goal in this field of research is to understand the key molecular functions of PABPN1 in muscle as well as the mechanisms that underlie the pathological consequences of mutant PABPN1. Armed with this information, researchers can seek to develop therapeutic approaches to enhance the quality of life for patients afflicted with OPMD.
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- Ayan Banerjee
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Mallet PL, Bachand F. A Proline-Tyrosine Nuclear Localization Signal (PY-NLS) Is Required for the Nuclear Import of Fission Yeast PAB2, but Not of Human PABPN1. Traffic 2013; 14:282-94. [DOI: 10.1111/tra.12036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Pierre-Luc Mallet
- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry; Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke; QC; Canada
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- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry; Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke; QC; Canada
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Larochelle M, Lemay JF, Bachand F. The THO complex cooperates with the nuclear RNA surveillance machinery to control small nucleolar RNA expression. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:10240-53. [PMID: 22965128 PMCID: PMC3488260 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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THO is a multi-protein complex that promotes coupling between transcription and mRNA processing. In contrast to its role in mRNA biogenesis, we show here that the fission yeast THO complex negatively controls the expression of non-coding small nucleolar (sno) RNAs. Accordingly, the deletion of genes encoding subunits of the evolutionarily conserved THO complex results in increased levels of mature snoRNAs. We also show physical and functional connections between THO and components of the TRAMP polyadenylation complex, whose loss of function also results in snoRNA accumulation. Consistent with a role in snoRNA expression, we demonstrate that THO and TRAMP complexes are recruited to snoRNA genes, and that a functional THO complex is required to maintain TRAMP occupancy at sites of snoRNA transcription. Our findings suggest that THO promotes exosome-mediated degradation of snoRNA precursors by ensuring the presence of the TRAMP complex at snoRNA genes. This study unveils an unexpected role for THO in the control of snoRNA expression and provides a new link between transcription and nuclear RNA decay.
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- Marc Larochelle
- Department of Biochemistry, RNA Group, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4
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Tristetraprolin inhibits poly(A)-tail synthesis in nuclear mRNA that contains AU-rich elements by interacting with poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41313. [PMID: 22844456 PMCID: PMC3406032 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Tristetraprolin binds mRNA AU-rich elements and thereby facilitates the destabilization of mature mRNA in the cytosol. Methodology/Principal Findings To understand how tristetraprolin mechanistically functions, we biopanned with a phage-display library for proteins that interact with tristetraprolin and retrieved, among others, a fragment of poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1, which assists in the 3'-polyadenylation of mRNA by binding to immature poly(A) tails and thereby increases the activity of poly(A) polymerase, which is directly responsible for polyadenylation. The tristetraprolin/poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 interaction was characterized using tristetraprolin and poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 deletion mutants in pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation assays. Tristetraprolin interacted with the carboxyl-terminal region of poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 via its tandem zinc finger domain and another region. Although tristetraprolin and poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 are located in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus, they interacted in vivo in only the nucleus. In vitro, tristetraprolin bound both poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 and poly(A) polymerase and thereby inhibited polyadenylation of AU-rich element–containing mRNAs encoding tumor necrosis factor α, GM-CSF, and interleukin-10. A tandem zinc finger domain–deleted tristetraprolin mutant was a less effective inhibitor. Expression of a tristetraprolin mutant restricted to the nucleus resulted in downregulation of an AU-rich element–containing tumor necrosis factor α/luciferase mRNA construct. Conclusion/Significance In addition to its known cytosolic mRNA–degrading function, tristetraprolin inhibits poly(A) tail synthesis by interacting with poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 in the nucleus to regulate expression of AU-rich element–containing mRNA.
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Lemieux C, Marguerat S, Lafontaine J, Barbezier N, Bähler J, Bachand F. A Pre-mRNA degradation pathway that selectively targets intron-containing genes requires the nuclear poly(A)-binding protein. Mol Cell 2011; 44:108-19. [PMID: 21981922 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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General discard pathways eliminate unprocessed and irregular pre-mRNAs to control the quality of gene expression. In contrast to such general pre-mRNA decay, we describe here a nuclear pre-mRNA degradation pathway that controls the expression of select intron-containing genes. We show that the fission yeast nuclear poly(A)-binding protein, Pab2, and the nuclear exosome subunit, Rrp6, are the main factors involved in this polyadenylation-dependent pre-mRNA degradation pathway. Transcriptome analysis and intron swapping experiments revealed that inefficient splicing is important to dictate susceptibility to Pab2-dependent pre-mRNA decay. We also show that negative splicing regulation can promote the poor splicing efficiency required for this pre-mRNA decay pathway, and in doing so, we identified a mechanism of cross-regulation between paralogous ribosomal proteins through nuclear pre-mRNA decay. Our findings unveil a layer of regulation in the nucleus in which the turnover of specific pre-mRNAs, besides the turnover of mature mRNAs, is used to control gene expression.
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- Caroline Lemieux
- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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Duncan CDS, Mata J. Widespread cotranslational formation of protein complexes. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1002398. [PMID: 22144913 PMCID: PMC3228823 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Most cellular processes are conducted by multi-protein complexes. However, little is known about how these complexes are assembled. In particular, it is not known if they are formed while one or more members of the complexes are being translated (cotranslational assembly). We took a genomic approach to address this question, by systematically identifying mRNAs associated with specific proteins. In a sample of 31 proteins from Schizosaccharomyces pombe that did not contain RNA–binding domains, we found that ∼38% copurify with mRNAs that encode interacting proteins. For example, the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc2p associates with the rum1 and cdc18 mRNAs, which encode, respectively, an inhibitor of Cdc2p kinase activity and an essential regulator of DNA replication. Both proteins interact with Cdc2p and are key cell cycle regulators. We obtained analogous results with proteins with different structures and cellular functions (kinesins, protein kinases, transcription factors, proteasome components, etc.). We showed that copurification of a bait protein and of specific mRNAs was dependent on the presence of the proteins encoded by the interacting mRNAs and on polysomal integrity. These results indicate that these observed associations reflect the cotranslational interaction between the bait and the nascent proteins encoded by the interacting mRNAs. Therefore, we show that the cotranslational formation of protein–protein interactions is a widespread phenomenon. Most proteins do not function in isolation. Instead, they associate with other proteins to form complexes. Little is known about the assembly of protein complexes within cells. One possibility is that proteins are completely synthesised before they bind to each other. An alternative is that proteins attach to each other as they are being translated in the ribosome (called cotranslational assembly). To investigate if cells use cotranslational assembly to form complexes, we identified mRNAs associated with specific proteins. The expectation is that if protein A binds to protein B as protein B is being translated, A will associate indirectly to the mRNA encoding B. Indeed, we found that for ∼40% of proteins (out of a sample of over 30) this was the case. Proteins associated with a small number of mRNAs, most of which encoded known or predicted interacting proteins. We found examples of this phenomenon in proteins with different functions and structures, indicating that cotranslational assembly is widespread. Cotranslational assembly might be required for certain proteins to associate, or it might be important in cases where the early formation of a protein complex is beneficial, such as when a protein is toxic or unstable unless bound to a partner.
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- Caia D. S. Duncan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Vazquez-Pianzola P, Urlaub H, Suter B. Pabp binds to the osk 3'UTR and specifically contributes to osk mRNA stability and oocyte accumulation. Dev Biol 2011; 357:404-18. [PMID: 21782810 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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RNA localization is tightly coordinated with RNA stability and translation control. Bicaudal-D (Bic-D), Egalitarian (Egl), microtubules and their motors are part of a Drosophila transport machinery that localizes mRNAs to specific cellular regions during oogenesis and embryogenesis. We identified the Poly(A)-binding protein (Pabp) as a protein that forms an RNA-dependent complex with Bic-D in embryos and ovaries. pabp also interacts genetically with Bic-D and, similar to Bic-D, pabp is essential in the germline for oocyte growth and accumulation of osk mRNA in the oocyte. In the absence of pabp, reduced stability of osk mRNA and possibly also defects in osk mRNA transport prevent normal oocyte localization of osk mRNA. pabp also interacts genetically with osk and lack of one copy of pabp(+) causes osk to become haploinsufficient. Moreover, pointing to a poly(A)-independent role, Pabp binds to A-rich sequences (ARS) in the osk 3'UTR and these turned out to be required in vivo for osk function during early oogenesis. This effect of pabp on osk mRNA is specific for this RNA and other tested mRNAs localizing to the oocyte are less and more indirectly affected by the lack of pabp.
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Red1 promotes the elimination of meiosis-specific mRNAs in vegetatively growing fission yeast. EMBO J 2011; 30:1027-39. [PMID: 21317872 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Meiosis-specific mRNAs are transcribed in vegetative fission yeast, and these meiotic mRNAs are selectively removed from mitotic cells to suppress meiosis. This RNA elimination system requires degradation signal sequences called determinant of selective removal (DSR), an RNA-binding protein Mmi1, polyadenylation factors, and the nuclear exosome. However, the detailed mechanism by which meiotic mRNAs are selectively degraded in mitosis but not meiosis is not understood fully. Here we report that Red1, a novel protein, is essential for elimination of meiotic mRNAs from mitotic cells. A red1 deletion results in the accumulation of a large number of meiotic mRNAs in mitotic cells. Red1 interacts with Mmi1, Pla1, the canonical poly(A) polymerase, and Rrp6, a subunit of the nuclear exosome, and promotes the destabilization of DSR-containing mRNAs. Moreover, Red1 forms nuclear bodies in mitotic cells, and these foci are disassembled during meiosis. These results demonstrate that Red1 is involved in DSR-directed RNA decay to prevent ectopic expression of meiotic mRNAs in vegetative cells.
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Germain H, Qu N, Cheng YT, Lee E, Huang Y, Dong OX, Gannon P, Huang S, Ding P, Li Y, Sack F, Zhang Y, Li X. MOS11: a new component in the mRNA export pathway. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1001250. [PMID: 21203492 PMCID: PMC3009657 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking is emerging as an important aspect of plant immunity. The three related pathways affecting plant immunity include Nuclear Localization Signal (NLS)-mediated nuclear protein import, Nuclear Export Signal (NES)-dependent nuclear protein export, and mRNA export relying on MOS3, a nucleoporin belonging to the Nup107-160 complex. Here we report the characterization, identification, and detailed analysis of Arabidopsis modifier of snc1, 11 (mos11). Mutations in MOS11 can partially suppress the dwarfism and enhanced disease resistance phenotypes of snc1, which carries a gain-of-function mutation in a TIR-NB-LRR type Resistance gene. MOS11 encodes a conserved eukaryotic protein with homology to the human RNA binding protein CIP29. Further functional analysis shows that MOS11 localizes to the nucleus and that the mos11 mutants accumulate more poly(A) mRNAs in the nucleus, likely resulting from reduced mRNA export activity. Epistasis analysis between mos3-1 and mos11-1 revealed that MOS11 probably functions in the same mRNA export pathway as MOS3, in a partially overlapping fashion, before the mRNA molecules pass through the nuclear pores. Taken together, MOS11 is identified as a new protein contributing to the transfer of mature mRNA from the nucleus to the cytosol.
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- Hugo Germain
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Canada
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (XL); (YZ)
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- * E-mail: (XL); (YZ)
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St-André O, Lemieux C, Perreault A, Lackner DH, Bähler J, Bachand F. Negative regulation of meiotic gene expression by the nuclear poly(a)-binding protein in fission yeast. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:27859-68. [PMID: 20622014 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.150748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Meiosis is a cellular differentiation process in which hundreds of genes are temporally induced. Because the expression of meiotic genes during mitosis is detrimental to proliferation, meiotic genes must be negatively regulated in the mitotic cell cycle. Yet, little is known about mechanisms used by mitotic cells to repress meiosis-specific genes. Here we show that the poly(A)-binding protein Pab2, the fission yeast homolog of mammalian PABPN1, controls the expression of several meiotic transcripts during mitotic division. Our results from chromatin immunoprecipitation and promoter-swapping experiments indicate that Pab2 controls meiotic genes post-transcriptionally. Consistently, we show that the nuclear exosome complex cooperates with Pab2 in the negative regulation of meiotic genes. We also found that Pab2 plays a role in the RNA decay pathway orchestrated by Mmi1, a previously described factor that functions in the post-transcriptional elimination of meiotic transcripts. Our results support a model in which Mmi1 selectively targets meiotic transcripts for degradation via Pab2 and the exosome. Our findings have therefore uncovered a mode of gene regulation whereby a poly(A)-binding protein promotes RNA degradation in the nucleus to prevent untimely expression.
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- Olivier St-André
- RNA Group, Université de Sherbrooke, Department of Biochemistry, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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Trollet C, Anvar SY, Venema A, Hargreaves IP, Foster K, Vignaud A, Ferry A, Negroni E, Hourde C, Baraibar MA, 't Hoen PAC, Davies JE, Rubinsztein DC, Heales SJ, Mouly V, van der Maarel SM, Butler-Browne G, Raz V, Dickson G. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of a mouse model of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy reveals severe muscular atrophy restricted to fast glycolytic fibres. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 19:2191-207. [PMID: 20207626 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is an adult-onset disorder characterized by ptosis, dysphagia and proximal limb weakness. Autosomal-dominant OPMD is caused by a short (GCG)(8-13) expansions within the first exon of the poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 gene (PABPN1), leading to an expanded polyalanine tract in the mutated protein. Expanded PABPN1 forms insoluble aggregates in the nuclei of skeletal muscle fibres. In order to gain insight into the different physiological processes affected in OPMD muscles, we have used a transgenic mouse model of OPMD (A17.1) and performed transcriptomic studies combined with a detailed phenotypic characterization of this model at three time points. The transcriptomic analysis revealed a massive gene deregulation in the A17.1 mice, among which we identified a significant deregulation of pathways associated with muscle atrophy. Using a mathematical model for progression, we have identified that one-third of the progressive genes were also associated with muscle atrophy. Functional and histological analysis of the skeletal muscle of this mouse model confirmed a severe and progressive muscular atrophy associated with a reduction in muscle strength. Moreover, muscle atrophy in the A17.1 mice was restricted to fast glycolytic fibres, containing a large number of intranuclear inclusions (INIs). The soleus muscle and, in particular, oxidative fibres were spared, even though they contained INIs albeit to a lesser degree. These results demonstrate a fibre-type specificity of muscle atrophy in this OPMD model. This study improves our understanding of the biological pathways modified in OPMD to identify potential biomarkers and new therapeutic targets.
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Recent work from Lemay et al. (2010) in this issue of Molecular Cell reveals a role for a nuclear poly(A)-binding protein in promoting degradation of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) by the nuclear exosome.
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- Domenico Libri
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France.
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Lemay JF, D'Amours A, Lemieux C, Lackner DH, St-Sauveur VG, Bähler J, Bachand F. The nuclear poly(A)-binding protein interacts with the exosome to promote synthesis of noncoding small nucleolar RNAs. Mol Cell 2010; 37:34-45. [PMID: 20129053 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Revised: 08/11/2009] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Poly(A)-binding proteins (PABPs) are important to eukaryotic gene expression. In the nucleus, the PABP PABPN1 is thought to function in polyadenylation of pre-mRNAs. Deletion of fission yeast pab2, the homolog of mammalian PABPN1, results in transcripts with markedly longer poly(A) tails, but the nature of the hyperadenylated transcripts and the mechanism that leads to RNA hyperadenylation remain unclear. Here we report that Pab2 functions in the synthesis of noncoding RNAs, contrary to the notion that PABPs function exclusively on protein-coding mRNAs. Accordingly, the absence of Pab2 leads to the accumulation of polyadenylated small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs). Our findings suggest that Pab2 promotes poly(A) tail trimming from pre-snoRNAs by recruiting the nuclear exosome. This work unveils a function for the nuclear PABP in snoRNA synthesis and provides insights into exosome recruitment to polyadenylated RNAs.
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- Jean-François Lemay
- RNA Group, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC JIH 5N4, Canada
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