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Impaired spliceosomal UsnRNP assembly leads to Sm mRNA down-regulation and Sm protein degradation.


ABSTRACT: Specialized assembly factors facilitate the formation of many macromolecular complexes in vivo. The formation of Sm core structures of spliceosomal U-rich small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (UsnRNPs) requires assembly factors united in protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) and survival motor neuron (SMN) complexes. We demonstrate that perturbations of this assembly machinery trigger complex cellular responses that prevent aggregation of unassembled Sm proteins. Inactivation of the SMN complex results in the initial tailback of Sm proteins on the PRMT5 complex, followed by down-regulation of their encoding mRNAs. In contrast, reduction of pICln, a PRMT5 complex subunit, leads to the retention of newly synthesized Sm proteins on ribosomes and their subsequent lysosomal degradation. Overexpression of Sm proteins under these conditions results in a surplus of Sm proteins over pICln, promoting their aggregation. Our studies identify an elaborate safeguarding system that prevents individual Sm proteins from aggregating, contributing to cellular UsnRNP homeostasis.

SUBMITTER: Prusty AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5551706 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impaired spliceosomal UsnRNP assembly leads to Sm mRNA down-regulation and Sm protein degradation.

Prusty Archana Bairavasundaram AB   Meduri Rajyalakshmi R   Prusty Bhupesh Kumar BK   Vanselow Jens J   Schlosser Andreas A   Fischer Utz U  

The Journal of cell biology 20170621 8


Specialized assembly factors facilitate the formation of many macromolecular complexes in vivo. The formation of Sm core structures of spliceosomal U-rich small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (UsnRNPs) requires assembly factors united in protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) and survival motor neuron (SMN) complexes. We demonstrate that perturbations of this assembly machinery trigger complex cellular responses that prevent aggregation of unassembled Sm proteins. Inactivation of the  ...[more]

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