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Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes.

ABSTRACT: Trypanosoma brucei spp. cause African human and animal trypanosomiasis, a burden on health and economy in Africa. These hemoflagellates are distinguished by a kinetoplast nucleoid containing mitochondrial DNAs of two kinds: maxicircles encoding ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and proteins and minicircles bearing guide RNAs (gRNAs) for mRNA editing. All RNAs are produced by a phage-type RNA polymerase as 3' extended precursors, which undergo exonucleolytic trimming. Most pre-mRNAs proceed through 3' adenylation, uridine insertion/deletion editing, and 3' A/U-tailing. The rRNAs and gRNAs are 3' uridylated. Historically, RNA editing has attracted major research effort, and recently essential pre- and postediting processing events have been discovered. Here, we classify the key players that transform primary transcripts into mature molecules and regulate their function and turnover.

SUBMITTER: Aphasizheva I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083771 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes.

Aphasizheva Inna I Alfonzo Juan J Carnes Jason J Cestari Igor I Cruz-Reyes Jorge J Göringer H Ulrich HU Hajduk Stephen S Lukeš Julius J Madison-Antenucci Susan S Maslov Dmitri A DA McDermott Suzanne M SM Ochsenreiter Torsten T Read Laurie K LK Salavati Reza R Schnaufer Achim A Schneider André A Simpson Larry L Stuart Kenneth K Yurchenko Vyacheslav V Zhou Z Hong ZH Zíková Alena A Zhang Liye L Zimmer Sara S Aphasizhev Ruslan R

Trends in parasitology 20200228 4

Trypanosoma brucei spp. cause African human and animal trypanosomiasis, a burden on health and economy in Africa. These hemoflagellates are distinguished by a kinetoplast nucleoid containing mitochondrial DNAs of two kinds: maxicircles encoding ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and proteins and minicircles bearing guide RNAs (gRNAs) for mRNA editing. All RNAs are produced by a phage-type RNA polymerase as 3' extended precursors, which undergo exonucleolytic trimming. Most pre-mRNAs proceed through 3' adeny ...[more]

PMID: 32191849

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Project description:BackgroundThe human mitochondrial genome is transcribed as long strands of RNA containing multiple genes, which require post-transcriptional cleavage and processing to release functional gene products that play vital roles in cellular energy production. Despite knowledge implicating mitochondrial post-transcriptional processes in pathologies such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, very little is known about the way their function varies on a human population level and what drives changes in these processes to ultimately influence disease risk. Here, we develop a method to detect and quantify mitochondrial RNA cleavage events from standard RNA sequencing data and apply this approach to human whole blood data from > 1000 samples across independent cohorts.ResultsWe detect 54 putative mitochondrial RNA cleavage sites that not only map to known gene boundaries, short RNA ends and RNA modification sites, but also occur at internal gene positions, suggesting novel mitochondrial RNA cleavage junctions. Inferred RNA cleavage rates correlate with mitochondrial-encoded gene expression across individuals, suggesting an impact on downstream processes. Furthermore, by comparing inferred cleavage rates to nuclear genetic variation and gene expression, we implicate multiple genes in modulating mitochondrial RNA cleavage (e.g. MRPP3, TBRG4 and FASTKD5), including a potentially novel role for RPS19 in influencing cleavage rates at a site near to the MTATP6-COX3 junction that we validate using shRNA knock down data.ConclusionsWe identify novel cleavage junctions associated with mitochondrial RNA processing, as well as genes newly implicated in these processes, and detect the potential impact of variation in cleavage rates on downstream phenotypes and disease processes. These results highlight the complexity of the mitochondrial transcriptome and point to novel mechanisms through which nuclear-encoded genes can potentially influence key mitochondrial processes.

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Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes.

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Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes.

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