Project description:We measured mRNA levels of two yeast species (S.cerevisiae and S.paradoxus) and their hybrid, at four time-points (0, 20min, 40min, 60min) following transcription arrest using 1,10-Phenantroline (150ug/ml). This data was used to infer mRNA degradation rates of orthologous genes, study the divergence of mRNA degradation rates and the contribution of cis and trans mutations.
Project description:We measured mRNA levels of two yeast species (S.cerevisiae and S.paradoxus) and their hybrid, at four time-points (0, 20min, 40min, 60min) following transcription arrest using 1,10-Phenantroline (150ug/ml). This data was used to infer mRNA degradation rates of orthologous genes, study the divergence of mRNA degradation rates and the contribution of cis and trans mutations. For each of the two biological repeats and each of the four time point, poly(A) mRNAs of the two species was pooled and labeled with cy3 while hybrid poly(A) mRNA was labeled with cy5 and these were hybridized to our custom two-species microarray (Agilent) with four subarrays.
Project description:mRNA levels are determined by the balance between transcription and mRNA degradation, and while transcription has been extensively studied, very little is known regarding the regulation of mRNA degradation and its coordination with transcription. Here we examine the evolution of mRNA degradation rates between two closely related yeast species. Surprisingly, we find that around half of the evolutionary changes in mRNA degradation were coupled to transcriptional changes that exert opposite effects on mRNA levels. Analysis of mRNA degradation rates in an interspecific hybrid further suggests that opposite evolutionary changes in transcription and in mRNA degradation are mechanistically coupled and were generated by the same individual mutations. Coupled changes are associated with divergence of two complexes that were previously implicated both in transcription and in mRNA degradation (Rpb4/7 and Ccr4-Not), as well as with sequence divergence of transcription factor binding motifs. These results suggest that an opposite coupling between the regulation of transcription and that of mRNA degradation has shaped the evolution of gene regulation in yeast.
Project description:During the last decade several examples of coordination between gene transcription and mRNA degradation have been reported. mRNA imprinting by Rpb4 and 7 subunits of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and by the Ccr4-Not complex allows controlling its fate during transcription. Transcription regulation by mRNA degradation factors like Xrn1 constitutes a feedback loop that contributes to mRNA homeostasis. Mechanistic details of these phenomena are unclear. Most studies involve measurement of mRNA decay rates, usually by stressing procedures such as transcriptional shut-off or incorporation of modified nucleotides that can lead to biased results. In this work we have used the easily repressible yeast GAL1 gene to perform a genetic analysis of mRNA synthesis and degradation under physiological conditions. We combined this experimental approach with computational multi-agent modelling, testing different possibilities of Xrn1 and Ccr4-Not action in gene transcription. This double strategy brought us to conclude that Xrn1 regulates RNAPII backtracking in a Ccr4-independent manner. We validated this conclusion measuring TFIIS genome-wide recruitment to elongating RNAPII molecules. We found that xrn1∆ and ccr4∆ exhibited very different patterns of TFIIS/RNPAII which confirmed their differential role in controlling transcription elongation.
Project description:Transcription was arrested using 50 ug/ul of rifampin leaving RNA degradation as the sole vector responsible for mRNA abundance. mRNA half-lives were calculated from the decay of signal intensity from T0. Three replicates were sampled before transcription arrest, and after 5 and 10 minutes of mRNA decay for a total of 9 arrays. Five minutes of RNA degradation occurred during the processing of these samples, therefore sample times, indicated in the sample name, represent 0, five, and ten minutes of RNA degradation.
Project description:Synthesis and degradation of cellular constituents must be balanced to maintain cellular homeostasis, especially during adaptation to environmental stress. The role of autophagy in the degradation of proteins and organelles is well-characterized. However, autophagy-mediated RNA degradation in response to stress and the potential preference of specific RNAs to undergo autophagy-mediated degradation have not been examined. In this study, we demonstrate selective mRNA degradation by rapamycin-induced autophagy in yeast. Profiling of mRNAs from the vacuole reveals that subsets of mRNAs, such as those encoding amino acid biosynthesis and ribosomal proteins, are preferentially delivered to the vacuole by autophagy for degradation. We also reveal that autophagy-mediated mRNA degradation is tightly coupled with translation by ribosomes. Genome-wide ribosome profiling suggested a high correspondence between ribosome association and targeting to the vacuole. We propose that autophagy-mediated mRNA degradation is a unique and previously-unappreciated function of autophagy that affords post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of ESCs treated with a transcription inhibitor, with our without ERK activity to measure Erk-dependent changes in mRNA degradation
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE36341: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis under aerobic conditions GSE36342: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium smegmatis under aerobic conditions GSE36343: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis during cold and hypoxic stress GSE36344: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with DosR ectopically induced Refer to individual Series