Nucleoporin TPR is an integral component of the TREX-2 mRNA export pathway

Autor: Carlos Echeverria, Prasanna Bhat, Alexandra Smith, Hangnoh Lee, Ross Kaufhold, Vasilisa Aksenova, Beatriz M. A. Fontoura, James R. Iben, Mary Dasso, Ka Chun Yau, Shane Chen, Alexei Arnaoutov, Caroline Esnault
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Nature Communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18266-2
Popis: Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are important for cellular functions beyond nucleocytoplasmic trafficking, including genome organization and gene expression. This multi-faceted nature and the slow turnover of NPC components complicates investigations of how individual nucleoporins act in these diverse processes. To address this question, we apply an Auxin-Induced Degron (AID) system to distinguish roles of basket nucleoporins NUP153, NUP50 and TPR. Acute depletion of TPR causes rapid and pronounced changes in transcriptomic profiles. These changes are dissimilar to shifts observed after loss of NUP153 or NUP50, but closely related to changes caused by depletion of mRNA export receptor NXF1 or the GANP subunit of the TRanscription-EXport-2 (TREX-2) mRNA export complex. Moreover, TPR depletion disrupts association of TREX-2 subunits (GANP, PCID2, ENY2) to NPCs and results in abnormal RNA transcription and export. Our findings demonstrate a unique and pivotal role of TPR in gene expression through TREX-2- and/or NXF1-dependent mRNA turnover.
mRNAs export from the nucleus is thought to be regulated in part by three nucleoporins that comprise the nuclear basket, but whether and how distinct basket nucleoporins interact with the RNA export machinery is unclear. Here, the authors use rapid auxin-mediated degradation of basket nucleoporins Nup153, Nup50, and Tpr, and see that Tpr interacts with the TREX-2 mRNA export complex.
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