Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain.
Messenger ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs) are used to transport mRNAs along neuronal dendrites to their site of translation. Numerous mRNA-binding and regulatory proteins within mRNPs finely regulate the fate of bound-mRNAs. Their specific combination defines different types of mRNPs that in tur...
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| author | Marjolaine Maher-Laporte Frédéric Berthiaume Mireille Moreau Louis-André Julien Gabriel Lapointe Michael Mourez Luc DesGroseillers |
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| description | Messenger ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs) are used to transport mRNAs along neuronal dendrites to their site of translation. Numerous mRNA-binding and regulatory proteins within mRNPs finely regulate the fate of bound-mRNAs. Their specific combination defines different types of mRNPs that in turn are related to specific synaptic functions. One of these mRNA-binding proteins, Staufen2 (Stau2), was shown to transport dendritic mRNAs along microtubules. Its knockdown expression in neurons was shown to change spine morphology and synaptic functions. To further understand the molecular mechanisms by which Stau2 modulates synaptic function in neurons, it is important to identify and characterize protein co-factors that regulate the fate of Stau2-containing mRNPs. To this end, a proteomic approach was used to identify co-immunoprecipitated proteins in Staufen2-containing mRNPs isolated from embryonic rat brains. The proteomic approach identified mRNA-binding proteins (PABPC1, hnRNP H1, YB1 and hsc70), proteins of the cytoskeleton (alpha- and beta-tubulin) and RUFY3 a poorly characterized protein. While PABPC1 and YB1 associate with Stau2-containing mRNPs through RNAs, hsc70 is directly bound to Stau2 and this interaction is regulated by ATP. PABPC1 and YB1 proteins formed puncta in dendrites of embryonic rat hippocampal neurons. However, they poorly co-localized with Stau2 in the large dendritic complexes suggesting that they are rather components of Stau2-containing mRNA particles. All together, these results represent a further step in the characterization of Stau2-containing mRNPs in neurons and provide new tools to study and understand how Stau2-containing mRNPs are transported, translationally silenced during transport and/or locally expressed according to cell needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5dd6c471df614f08bdf82f5a4cdb2ed32022-12-21T17:50:44ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-06-0156e1135010.1371/journal.pone.0011350Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain.Marjolaine Maher-LaporteFrédéric BerthiaumeMireille MoreauLouis-André JulienGabriel LapointeMichael MourezLuc DesGroseillersMessenger ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs) are used to transport mRNAs along neuronal dendrites to their site of translation. Numerous mRNA-binding and regulatory proteins within mRNPs finely regulate the fate of bound-mRNAs. Their specific combination defines different types of mRNPs that in turn are related to specific synaptic functions. One of these mRNA-binding proteins, Staufen2 (Stau2), was shown to transport dendritic mRNAs along microtubules. Its knockdown expression in neurons was shown to change spine morphology and synaptic functions. To further understand the molecular mechanisms by which Stau2 modulates synaptic function in neurons, it is important to identify and characterize protein co-factors that regulate the fate of Stau2-containing mRNPs. To this end, a proteomic approach was used to identify co-immunoprecipitated proteins in Staufen2-containing mRNPs isolated from embryonic rat brains. The proteomic approach identified mRNA-binding proteins (PABPC1, hnRNP H1, YB1 and hsc70), proteins of the cytoskeleton (alpha- and beta-tubulin) and RUFY3 a poorly characterized protein. While PABPC1 and YB1 associate with Stau2-containing mRNPs through RNAs, hsc70 is directly bound to Stau2 and this interaction is regulated by ATP. PABPC1 and YB1 proteins formed puncta in dendrites of embryonic rat hippocampal neurons. However, they poorly co-localized with Stau2 in the large dendritic complexes suggesting that they are rather components of Stau2-containing mRNA particles. All together, these results represent a further step in the characterization of Stau2-containing mRNPs in neurons and provide new tools to study and understand how Stau2-containing mRNPs are transported, translationally silenced during transport and/or locally expressed according to cell needs.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2893162?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Marjolaine Maher-Laporte Frédéric Berthiaume Mireille Moreau Louis-André Julien Gabriel Lapointe Michael Mourez Luc DesGroseillers Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain. PLoS ONE |
| title | Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain. |
| title_full | Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain. |
| title_fullStr | Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain. |
| title_short | Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain. |
| title_sort | molecular composition of staufen2 containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2893162?pdf=render |
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