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Ubiquilin 2 modulates ALS/FTD-linked FUS-RNA complex dynamics and stress granule formation.


ABSTRACT: The ubiquitin-like protein ubiquilin 2 (UBQLN2) has been genetically and pathologically linked to the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but its normal cellular functions are not well understood. In a search for UBQLN2-interacting proteins, we found an enrichment of stress granule (SG) components, including ALS/FTD-linked heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein fused in sarcoma (FUS). Through the use of an optimized SG detection method, we observed UBQLN2 and its interactors at SGs. A low complexity, Sti1-like repeat region in UBQLN2 was sufficient for its localization to SGs. Functionally, UBQLN2 negatively regulated SG formation. UBQLN2 increased the dynamics of FUS-RNA interaction and promoted the fluidity of FUS-RNA complexes at a single-molecule level. This solubilizing effect corresponded to a dispersal of FUS liquid droplets in vitro and a suppression of FUS SG formation in cells. ALS-linked mutations in UBQLN2 reduced its association with FUS and impaired its function in regulating FUS-RNA complex dynamics and SG formation. These results reveal a previously unrecognized role for UBQLN2 in regulating the early stages of liquid-liquid phase separation by directly modulating the fluidity of protein-RNA complexes and the dynamics of SG formation.

SUBMITTER: Alexander EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6298105 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ubiquilin 2 modulates ALS/FTD-linked FUS-RNA complex dynamics and stress granule formation.

Alexander Elizabeth J EJ   Ghanbari Niaki Amirhossein A   Zhang Tao T   Sarkar Jaya J   Liu Yang Y   Nirujogi Raja Sekhar RS   Pandey Akhilesh A   Myong Sua S   Wang Jiou J  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20181115 49


The ubiquitin-like protein ubiquilin 2 (UBQLN2) has been genetically and pathologically linked to the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but its normal cellular functions are not well understood. In a search for UBQLN2-interacting proteins, we found an enrichment of stress granule (SG) components, including ALS/FTD-linked heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein fused in sarcoma (FUS). Through the use of an optimized SG detection method, we o  ...[more]

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