RNA polymerase II CTD S2P is dispensable during embryogenesis but regulates the developmental diapause in C. elegans [ChIP-seq]
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ABSTRACT: We show that inactivating CDK-12 or expressing a full-length CTD S2A mutant in Caenorhabditis elegans results in developmental arrest at the L1 stage,which mimicks the diapause induced when hatching occurs in the absence of food. Transcriptomic analyses indicate that when CDK-12 is inhibited, only a subset of growth-related genes is not properly expressed. These genes correspond to SL2 trans-spliced mRNAs located in position 2 and over within operons. We show that CDK-12 is required for maximal occupancy of CstF (cleavage stimulatory factor) required for SL2 trans-splicing. The addition of food to developmentally arrested worms leads to an increase of both CTD S2P and SL2 trans-splicing. We propose that CTD S2P functions as a gene-specific signaling mark ensuring the nutritional control of C. elegans development.
Project description:We show that inactivating CDK-12 or expressing a full-length CTD S2A mutant in Caenorhabditis elegans results in developmental arrest at the L1 stage,which mimicks the diapause induced when hatching occurs in the absence of food. Transcriptomic analyses indicate that when CDK-12 is inhibited, only a subset of growth-related genes is not properly expressed. These genes correspond to SL2 trans-spliced mRNAs located in position 2 and over within operons. We show that CDK-12 is required for maximal occupancy of CstF (cleavage stimulatory factor) required for SL2 trans-splicing. The addition of food to developmentally arrested worms leads to an increase of both CTD S2P and SL2 trans-splicing. We propose that CTD S2P functions as a gene-specific signaling mark ensuring the nutritional control of C. elegans development.
Project description:During the exit from the developmental diapause of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a network of growth and developmental genes is activated. These genes are organized into operons, where transcriptional termination is uncoupled from mRNA 3’-end processing. Although the Pol II CTD-S2P mark deposited by CDK-12 is unnecessary during embryogenesis, it plays a critical role in the timely expression of most operonic genes by enhancing SL2 trans-splicing at position 2 and above. This process protects mRNA from degradation and prevents termination. Here, a genetic screen has identified the SSUP-72/PINN-1 module as an effective suppressor of CDK-12-induced defects. Our data show that the SSUP-72/PINN-1 module regulates intra-operon termination and affects 3’ pausing genome-wide, coordinating growth and developmental gene expression during post-embryonic development in C. elegans.
Project description:During the exit from the developmental diapause of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a network of growth and developmental genes is activated. These genes are organized into operons, where transcriptional termination is uncoupled from mRNA 3’-end processing. Although the Pol II CTD-S2P mark deposited by CDK-12 is unnecessary during embryogenesis, it plays a critical role in the timely expression of most operonic genes by enhancing SL2 trans-splicing at position 2 and above. This process protects mRNA from degradation and prevents termination. Here, a genetic screen has identified the SSUP-72/PINN-1 module as an effective suppressor of CDK-12-induced defects. Our data show that the SSUP-72/PINN-1 module regulates intra-operon termination and affects 3’ pausing genome-wide, coordinating growth and developmental gene expression during post-embryonic development in C. elegans.
Project description:During the exit from the developmental diapause of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a network of growth and developmental genes is activated. These genes are organized into operons, where transcriptional termination is uncoupled from mRNA 3’-end processing. Although the Pol II CTD-S2P mark deposited by CDK-12 is unnecessary during embryogenesis, it plays a critical role in the timely expression of most operonic genes by enhancing SL2 trans-splicing at position 2 and above. This process protects mRNA from degradation and prevents termination. Here, a genetic screen has identified the SSUP-72/PINN-1 module as an effective suppressor of CDK-12-induced defects. Our data show that the SSUP-72/PINN-1 module regulates intra-operon termination and affects 3’ pausing genome-wide, coordinating growth and developmental gene expression during post-embryonic development in C. elegans.
Project description:The primary structure and phosphorylation pattern of the tandem YSPTSPS repeats of the RNA polymerase II CTD comprise an informational code that coordinates transcription, chromatin modification, and RNA processing. To gauge the contributions of individual CTD coding M-bM-^@M-^\lettersM-bM-^@M-^] to gene expression, we analyzed the poly(A)+ transcriptomes of fission yeast mutants that lack each of the four inessential CTD phosphoacceptors: Tyr1, Ser2, Thr4, and Ser7. There was a hierarchy of CTD mutational effects with respect to the number of dysregulated protein-coding RNAs, with S2A (n=227) >> Y1F (n=71) > S7A (n=58) >> T4A (n=7). The majority of the protein-coding RNAs affected in Y1F cells were coordinately affected by S2A, suggesting that Tyr1-Ser2 constitutes a two-letter code M-bM-^@M-^\wordM-bM-^@M-^]. Y1F and S2A elicited increased expression of genes encoding proteins involved in iron uptake (Frp1, Fip1, Fio1, Str3, Str1, Sib1), without affecting the expression of the genes that repress the iron regulon, implying that Tyr1-Ser2 transduces a repressive signal. Y1F and S2A cells had increased levels of ferric reductase activity and were hypersensitive to phleomycin, indicative of elevated intracellular iron. The T4A and S7A mutations had opposing effects on the phosphate response pathway. T4A reduced the expression of two genes encoding proteins involved in phosphate acquisition (the Pho1 acid phosphatase and the phosphate transporter SPBC8E4.01c), without affecting the expression of known genes that regulate the phosphate response pathway, while S7A increased pho1+ expression. Meiotic genes were enriched among those up-regulated in S7A cells. These results highlight specific cellular gene expression programs that are responsive to distinct CTD cues. Interrogation of the S. pombe transcriptome using polyA+ strand specific RNA sequencing (Illumina HiSeq 2000) in cultures. A total of 16 samples were analysed: two biological repeates of each WT, Y1F, S2A, T4A, S7A,Y1F-S7A, S2A-S7A and T4A-S7A strains
Project description:Caenorhabditis elegans and its relatives are unique among animals, possibly even among eukaryotes, in having operons1. In these regulated multigene transcription units, a polycistronic pre-mRNA is processed to monocistronic mRNAs by 3' end formation and trans-splicing utilizing a special snRNP, the SL2 snRNP2, for downstream mRNAs1. Previously, the correlation between downstream location in an operon and SL2 trans-splicing has been strong, but anecdotal3. Although only 28 operons have been reported previously, the complete sequence of the genome reveals numerous gene clusters4. To determine how many represent operons, we probed full-genome microarrays for SL2-containing mRNAs. We found significant enrichment for about 1200 genes including most of a group of several hundred genes represented by cDNAs that contain SL2 sequence. Analysis of their genomic arrangements indicates that >90% are downstream genes, falling in 790 distinct operons. We conclude that the genome contains at least 1000 operons, 2- 8 genes in length, that contain ~15% of C. elegans genes. Most of the operons have not been reported previously, and numerous examples of co-transcription of genes encoding functionally related proteins are evident. Inspection of the operon list should reveal heretofore unknown functional relationships.
Project description:Caenorhabditis elegans and its relatives are unique among animals, possibly even among eukaryotes, in having operons. In these regulated multigene transcription units, a polycistronic pre-mRNA is processed to monocistronic mRNAs by 3' end formation and trans-splicing utilizing a special snRNP, the SL2 snRNP, for downstream mRNAs1. Previously, the correlation between downstream location in an operon and SL2 trans-splicing has been strong, but anecdotal. Although only 28 operons have been reported previously, the complete sequence of the genome reveals numerous gene clusters. To determine how many represent operons, we probed full-genome microarrays for SL2-containing mRNAs. We found significant enrichment for about 1200 genes including most of a group of several hundred genes represented by cDNAs that contain SL2 sequence. Analysis of their genomic arrangements indicates that >90% are downstream genes, falling in 790 distinct operons. We conclude that the genome contains at least 1000 operons, 2- 8 genes in length, that contain ~15% of C. elegans genes. Most of the operons have not been reported previously, and numerous examples of co-transcription of genes encoding functionally related proteins are evident. Inspection of the operon list should reveal heretofore unknown functional relationships. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Keywords: Logical Set
Project description:Caenorhabditis elegans and its relatives are unique among animals, possibly even among eukaryotes, in having operons. In these regulated multigene transcription units, a polycistronic pre-mRNA is processed to monocistronic mRNAs by 3' end formation and trans-splicing utilizing a special snRNP, the SL2 snRNP, for downstream mRNAs1. Previously, the correlation between downstream location in an operon and SL2 trans-splicing has been strong, but anecdotal. Although only 28 operons have been reported previously, the complete sequence of the genome reveals numerous gene clusters. To determine how many represent operons, we probed full-genome microarrays for SL2-containing mRNAs. We found significant enrichment for about 1200 genes including most of a group of several hundred genes represented by cDNAs that contain SL2 sequence. Analysis of their genomic arrangements indicates that >90% are downstream genes, falling in 790 distinct operons. We conclude that the genome contains at least 1000 operons, 2- 8 genes in length, that contain ~15% of C. elegans genes. Most of the operons have not been reported previously, and numerous examples of co-transcription of genes encoding functionally related proteins are evident. Inspection of the operon list should reveal heretofore unknown functional relationships. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Keywords: Logical Set Computed
Project description:The primary structure and phosphorylation pattern of the tandem YSPTSPS repeats of the RNA polymerase II CTD comprise an informational code that coordinates transcription, chromatin modification, and RNA processing. To gauge the contributions of individual CTD coding “letters” to gene expression, we analyzed the poly(A)+ transcriptomes of fission yeast mutants that lack each of the four inessential CTD phosphoacceptors: Tyr1, Ser2, Thr4, and Ser7. There was a hierarchy of CTD mutational effects with respect to the number of dysregulated protein-coding RNAs, with S2A (n=227) >> Y1F (n=71) > S7A (n=58) >> T4A (n=7). The majority of the protein-coding RNAs affected in Y1F cells were coordinately affected by S2A, suggesting that Tyr1-Ser2 constitutes a two-letter code “word”. Y1F and S2A elicited increased expression of genes encoding proteins involved in iron uptake (Frp1, Fip1, Fio1, Str3, Str1, Sib1), without affecting the expression of the genes that repress the iron regulon, implying that Tyr1-Ser2 transduces a repressive signal. Y1F and S2A cells had increased levels of ferric reductase activity and were hypersensitive to phleomycin, indicative of elevated intracellular iron. The T4A and S7A mutations had opposing effects on the phosphate response pathway. T4A reduced the expression of two genes encoding proteins involved in phosphate acquisition (the Pho1 acid phosphatase and the phosphate transporter SPBC8E4.01c), without affecting the expression of known genes that regulate the phosphate response pathway, while S7A increased pho1+ expression. Meiotic genes were enriched among those up-regulated in S7A cells. These results highlight specific cellular gene expression programs that are responsive to distinct CTD cues.
Project description:We report calibrated transcriptome of rpb1-CTD-S2A and WT of S. pombe cells. Phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) C-terminal domain on heptad Y1S2P3T4S5P6S7 coordinates key events during transcription and when its deregulation leads to defects in transcription and RNA processing. Here we report that alanine substitution of all Ser2 in CTD result in increased antisense transcription.