Ribosomal protein S7 ubiquitination during ER stress in yeast is associated with selective mRNA translation and stress outcome.
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ABSTRACT: eIF2α phosphorylation-mediated translational regulation is crucial for global translation repression by various stresses, including the unfolded protein response (UPR). However, translational control during UPR has not been demonstrated in yeast. This study investigated ribosome ubiquitination-mediated translational controls during UPR. Tunicamycin-induced ER stress enhanced the levels of ubiquitination of the ribosomal proteins uS10, uS3 and eS7. Not4-mediated monoubiquitination of eS7A was required for resistance to tunicamycin, whereas E3 ligase Hel2-mediated ubiquitination of uS10 was not. Ribosome profiling showed that the monoubiquitination of eS7A was crucial for translational regulation, including the upregulation of the spliced form of HAC1 (HAC1i) mRNA and the downregulation of Histidine triad NucleoTide-binding 1 (HNT1) mRNA. Downregulation of the deubiquitinating enzyme complex Upb3-Bre5 increased the levels of ubiquitinated eS7A during UPR in an Ire1-independent manner. These findings suggest that the monoubiquitination of ribosomal protein eS7A plays a crucial role in translational controls during the ER stress response in yeast.
Project description:Ribosome ubiquitination induced by ribosome stalling is crucial for quality control pathways targeting mRNA, nascent polypeptides, and non-functional ribosomes. Besides quality control, Not4-mediated monoubiquitination of eS7A is crucial for the efficient translation of HAC1i mRNA in the unfolded protein response (UPR). In this study, we identified a novel E3 ligase, Grr1, an F-box protein component of the SCF ubiquitin ligase complex that is involved in Ubp3 degradation thereby HAC1i mRNA translation. Grr1 degrades Ubp3, a deubiquitinating enzyme of eS7A, under ER stress, thereby increasing eS7A ubiquitination, which facilitates HAC1i translation. Translation of HAC1i mRNA requires Grr1 and eS7 ubiquitination regardless of ER stress. ER stress-specific expression of Hac1 protein is ensured by the multi-step regulation of HAC1u mRNA, including localization on the ER membrane and stress-mediated splicing. Translation of HAC1i mRNA in UPR requires Grr1-mediated eS7 ubiquitination. More importantly, exon 1 of the HAC1i mRNA is crucial for translation activation by eS7 ubiquitination. Collectively, we propose that Grr1 upregulates eS7A monoubiquitination, thereby HAC1i translation and plays a crucial role in UPR.
Project description:Ribosome ubiquitination induced by ribosome stalling is crucial for quality control pathways targeting mRNA, nascent polypeptides, and non-functional ribosomes. Besides quality control, Not4-mediated monoubiquitination of eS7A is crucial for the efficient translation of HAC1i mRNA in the unfolded protein response (UPR). In this study, we identified a novel E3 ligase, Grr1, an F-box protein component of the SCF ubiquitin ligase complex that is involved in Ubp3 degradation thereby HAC1i mRNA translation. Grr1 degrades Ubp3, a deubiquitinating enzyme of eS7A, under ER stress, thereby increasing eS7A ubiquitination, which facilitates HAC1i translation. Translation of HAC1i mRNA requires Grr1 and eS7 ubiquitination regardless of ER stress. ER stress-specific expression of Hac1 protein is ensured by the multi-step regulation of HAC1u mRNA, including localization on the ER membrane and stress-mediated splicing. Translation of HAC1i mRNA in UPR requires Grr1-mediated eS7 ubiquitination. More importantly, exon 1 of the HAC1i mRNA is crucial for translation activation by eS7 ubiquitination. Collectively, we propose that Grr1 upregulates eS7A monoubiquitination, thereby HAC1i translation and plays a crucial role in UPR.
Project description:The ribosome is a translational apparatus that comprises about 80 ribosomal proteins and four rRNAs. Recent studies reported that ubiquitination of the ribosomal proteins plays a pivotal role in translational control and ribosome-associated quality control (RQC). However, little is known about the dynamics of ribosome ubiquitination under complex biological processes of multicellular organisms. To study ribosome ubiquitination during animal development, we generated a zebrafish strain that expresses a FLAG-tagged ribosomal protein Rpl36/eL36 from its endogenous locus. Combining affinity purification of ribosomes from rpl36-FLAG zebrafish embryos with immunoblotting analysis, we analyzed ribosome ubiquitination during zebrafish development. Our data showed that ubiquitination of ribosomal proteins dynamically changed as development proceeded. We further revealed that Znf598, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that triggers RQC, contributed to the ribosome ubiquitination during zebrafish development. LC-MS/MS analysis and immunoblotting analysis identified lysines 139 of ribosomal protein Rps10/eS10 as pivotal ubiquitination sites on the ribosome during development. Finally, we demonstrated that an Rps10 K139/140R mutation reduced overall ribosome ubiquitination pattern. Collectively, these results reveal dynamics and complexity of ribosome ubiquitination in zebrafish development.
Project description:Sse1, yeast cytosolic Hsp110 chaperone, is a wellknown Nucleotide Exchange Factor (NEF), a protein-disaggregase and a Chaperone linked to Protein Synthesis (CLIPS). Here we demonstrate SSE1’s genetic interaction with IRE1 and HAC1, the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Unfolded Protein Response (ER-UPR) sensors. sse1Δ strain exhibits an ER-UPR signalling-dependent resistance to tunicamycin-induced ER stress. Importantly, ER-stress-responsive reorganization of translating ribosomes from polysomes to monosomes is inefficient in SSE1 deleted strain leading to uninterrupted protein translation and starkly different ER-UPR kinetics. sse1Δ exhibits faster ER-UPR induction and quicker reversal to basal state compared to wildtype (WT) cells. Interestingly, ER-stress mediated yeast cell division arrest is escaped in sse1Δ strain during long term tunicamycin stress indicating important role of this chaperone in controlling cell division during ER stress. Furthermore, sse1Δ strain shows significantly higher cell viability in comparison to WT yeast, following short-term as well as long-term tunicamycin stress. In summary, we show that cytosolic chaperone Sse1 genetically interacts with ER-UPR pathway, controls the kinetics of ER-UPR, stress-induced cell division arrest and cell viability during global ER stress by tunicamycin.
Project description:Otu2-driven deubiquitylation of ribosomal protein eS7 impacts translational efficiency. Here, authors provide the molecular basis for recognition of monoubiquitinated eS7 on 40S and give mechanistic insights into Otu2’s role in translation reset. In this context quantitative mass spectrometry analyses of OTU2 and UBP3 pulldowns were performed.
Project description:The life cycle of the ribosome is highly regulated by ubiquitination and deubiquitination events that are remarkably well conserved across the evolutionary scale. We uncover the role of the ovarian tumor (OTU)-class deubiquitinase OTUD6 in setting the level of protein translation by deubiquitination of the RPS7/eS7 subunit of the 40S ribosome in vivo in Drosophila, using endogenously tagged wild-type and mutant proteins. Coimmunoprecipitation and enrichment of monoubiquitinated proteins from catalytically inactive OTUD6 flies revealed the 40S ribosomal protein RPS7 as the major OTUD6 ribosomal substrate. OTUD6 genetically interacts with the 40S protein RACK1 and the ubiquitin E3 ligases CNOT4 and RNF10 to set alkylation stress sensitivity by regulating the level of RPS7 monoubiquitination. OTUD6 specifically interacts with RPS7 on the free 40S subunit, and not on translation initiation complexes or the 80S translating ribosome. Moreover, mRNAs are depleted of free 40S ribosomal subunits in catalytically inactive OTUD6 flies. OTUD6 bidirectionally promotes the global level of protein translation through its action on RPS7. OTUD6 protein is itself regulated by different physiological conditions and stressors to lower the level of RPS7 monoubiquitination and increase the level of protein translation. We propose that OTUD6 promotes translation initiation, the rate limiting step in protein translation, by titering the availability of 40S subunits for forming the 43S preinitiation complex.
Project description:The accumulation of unfolded proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) causes stress and induces the unfolded protein response (UPR) which is characterised in part by the transcriptional induction of genes involved in assisting protein folding. Translational responses to ER stress have been less well described and here we report on a genome-wide analysis of translational regulation in the response to the ER stress-inducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although the observed polysome profiles were similar under control and ER stress conditions microarray analysis identified transcipt-specific translational regulation. Genes with functions in ribosomal biogenesis and assembly were translationally repressed under ER stress. In contrast mRNAs for known UPR genes, including the UPR transcription factor HAC1, the ER-oxidoreductase ERO1 and the ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) gene DER1 were enriched in polysomal fractions under ER stress conditions. In addition, we show that splicing of HAC1 mRNA is required for efficient ribosomal loading and that Gcn2p is required for normal HAC1 splicing, so shedding light on the role of this protein kinase in the UPR pathway. Experiment Overall Design: Polyribosomes were extracted from S. cerevisiae cells treated with 2 mM DTT or water (control), and fractionated according to ribosome loading. Following RNA purification from these fractions, for each sub-polysomal and polysomal RNA sample, fractions from three independent extracts per treatment (DTT/control) were pooled.
Project description:Transcriptome responsiveness was further tested by attempts to invoke the unfolded protein repsonse (UPR), a classic ER-based pathway stimulated by the presence of increased levels of unfolded polypeptides. The UPR is mediated via transcriptional responses in both yeast and metazoan cells, and can be reliably activated by addition of dithiothreitol (DTT). Using DTT at concentrations that invoke a UPR in mammalian cells, Arabidopsis, yeast and other systems, we found that, in T. brucei, DTT exposure led to rapid cell death. We analysed the transcriptome at 1 mM DTT, under conditions where cells remained viable, as assessed by motility. <br><br>part 1: 3 biological replicates of SMB cells grown under normal conditions, and 3 replicates of SMB cells treated with 1mM DTT for 1hr, as well as dye swaps were used. <br><br>part 2: 3 biological replicates of SMB cells <br>grown under normal conditions, and 3 replicates of SMB cells treated <br>with 1mM DTT for 4hr, as well as dye swaps were used.<br><br>The UPR can also be activated by addition of tunicamycin. Using tunicamycin at concentrations that invoke a UPR in mammalian cells, Arabidopsis, yeast and other systems, we found that, in T. brucei, tunicamycin exposure efficiently inhibits trypanosome N-glycosylation and that it resulted in growth arrest over a period of up to 24 hours. We analysed the transcriptome at 5 ?g/ml tunicamycin under conditions where cells remained viable, as assessed by motility.<br><br>part 3: 3 biological replicates of SMB cells grown under normal conditions, and 3 replicates of SMB cells treated with 5 ?g/ml tunicamycin for 4hr, as well as dye swaps were used.<br><br>part 4: 3 biological replicates of SMB cells grown under normal conditions, and 3 replicates of SMB cells treated with 5 ?g/ml tunicamycin for 24hr, as well as dye swaps were used.
Project description:GPT inhibitor Tunicamycin develops ER stress causing anti-angiogenic response in breast tumor microvasculature due to unfolded protein response-mediated apoptosis. cDNA microarray identified 123 and 454 differentially regulated genes with 10 genes overlapping between 3h and 32 h of Tunicamycin treatment. Alg-2 expression is inconsistent but not the Dpms. Evidences support that Tunicamycin completely destroys DPMS activity in capillary endothelial cells without affecting its protein or the mRNA levels but by knocking down the phosphorylation. DPMS’ contribution to developing upr during ER stress has therefore been evaluated because of its inherent regulatory property of GPT. FTIR spectroscopy confirmed protein denaturation. Restablishing the phosphorylation status helps the DPMS regaining its activity. As a result, ER stress is reduced reversing apoptosis and bringing more cells into cycling with normal cellular morphology. Furthermore, differential expression of DPMS in breast tumor microvasculature during Tunicamycin therapy raises its potential as a tumor prognostic marker in the clinic.
Project description:Disruptions of protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) elicit activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR), a translation- and transcription-coupled proteostatic stress response pathway. The primary translational control arm of the UPR is initiated by the PERK-dependent phosphorylation of eIF2α, leading to a large-scale reprogramming of translation and subsequent activation of an ATF4-mediated transcriptional program. It has remained challenging, however, to accurately evaluate the contribution of each component of the eIF2α/ATF4 pathway to the remodelling of transcription and translation. Here, we have used mouse embryonic fibroblasts containing either a knock-in of the non-phosphorylatable eIF2α S51A mutant or knock-out for ATF4 by ribosome profiling and mRNA-seq to define the specific contributions of eIF2α phosphoryation and ATF4 in controlling the translational and transcriptional components of the UPR. These studies show that the transcriptional and translational targets of each P-eIF2α, ATF4, and the other UPR gene expression programs overlapped extensively, leading to a core set of UPR genes whose robust expression in response to ER stress is driven by multiple mechanisms. The identification of other, more factor-specific targets illustrated the potential for functional specialization of the UPR. As the UPR progressed temporally, cells employed distinct combinations of transcriptional and translational mechanisms, initiated by different factors, to adapt to ongoing stress. These effects were accompanied by a buffering effect where changes in mRNA levels were coupled to opposing changes in ribosome loading, a property which makes cooperation between transcription and translation essential to confer robust protein expression. Translational analysis by ribosome profiling and mRNA-seq of PERK pathways mutants during the UPR. Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) lacking components of the PERK pathway (eIF2a phosphorylation and ATF4) were subjected to ER stress and analyzed by ribosome profiling.