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Genome-wide mapping of uncapped and cleaved transcripts reveals a role for the nuclear messenger RNA cap-binding complex in plant co-translational RNA decay

ABSTRACT: RNA turnover is necessary for controlling proper mRNA levels post-transcriptionally. In general, RNA degradation is via exoribonucleases that degrade RNA either from the 5’ end to the 3’ end, such as XRN4, or in the opposite direction by the multi-subunit exosome complex. Here, we use genome-wide mapping of uncapped and cleaved transcripts to reveal the global landscape of co-translational mRNA decay in the Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptome. We found that this process leaves a clear three nucleotide periodicity in open reading frames. This pattern of co-translational degradation is especially evident near the ends of open reading frames, where we observe accumulation of cleavage events focused 16 to 17 nucleotides upstream of the stop codon because of ribosomal pausing during translation termination. Following treatment of Arabidopsis plants with the translation inhibitor cycloheximide, cleavage events accumulate 13 to 14 nucleotides upstream of the start codon where initiating ribosomes have been stalled with these sequences in their P site. Further analysis in xrn4 mutant plants indicates that co-translational RNA decay is XRN4-dependent. Additionally, studies in plants lacking CAP-BINDING PROTEIN80/ABA HYPERSENSITIVE1, the largest subunit of the nuclear mRNA cap-binding complex, reveal a role for this protein in co-translational decay. In total, our results demonstrate the global prevalence and features of co-translational RNA decay in a plant transcriptome.

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

PROVIDER: GSE71913 | GEO | 2016/09/30

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA292441

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:One of the major players controlling RNA decay is the cytoplasmic 5’ to 3’ exoribonuclease, which is conserved among eukaryotic organisms. In Arabidopsis, the 5’ to 3’ exoribonuclease XRN4 is involved in disease resistance, the response to ethylene, RNAi and miRNA-mediated RNA decay. Curiously, XRN4 appears to display selectivity among its substrates because certain 3’ cleavage products formed by miRNA-mediated decay, such as from ARF10 mRNA, accumulate in the xrn4 mutant, whereas others, such as from AGO1, do not. To examine the nature of this selectivity, transcripts that differentially accumulate in xrn4 were identified by combining PARE and Affymetrix arrays. Certain functional categories, such as stamen-associated proteins and hydrolases, were over-represented among transcripts decreased in xrn4, whereas transcripts encoding nuclear-encoded chloroplast-targeted proteins and nucleic acid-binding proteins were over-represented in transcripts increased in xrn4. To ascertain if RNA sequence influences the apparent XRN4 selectivity, a series of chimeric constructs were generated where the miRNA-complementary sites and different portions of the surrounding sequences from AGO1 and ARF10 were interchanged. Analysis of the resulting transgenic plants revealed that the presence of a 150 nucleotide sequence downstream of the ARF10 miRNA-complementary site conferred strong accumulation of the 3’ cleavage products in xrn4. In addition, sequence analysis of differentially accumulating transcripts led to the identification of 27 hexamer motifs that were over-represented in transcripts or miRNA-cleavage products accumulating in xrn4. Taken together, the data indicate that specific mRNA sequences, like those in ARF10, and mRNAs from select functional categories are attractive targets for XRN4-mediated decay. Mixed-stage inflorescences from Col-0 and xrn4-5 plants were harvested. Total RNA was extracted and hybridized to the ATH1 array to determine genes differentially expressed in xrn4-5 compared to Col-0. 2 replicates each.

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Genome-wide mapping of uncapped and cleaved transcripts reveals a role for the nuclear messenger RNA cap-binding complex in plant co-translational RNA decay

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