Dis3l2-Mediated Decay Is a Quality Control Pathway for Noncoding RNAs

Autor: Mehdi Pirouz, Peng Du, Marzia Munafò, Richard I. Gregory
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Cell Reports, Vol 16, Iss 7, Pp 1861-1873 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-1247
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.025
Popis: Mutations in the 3′-5′ exonuclease DIS3L2 are associated with Perlman syndrome and hypersusceptibility to Wilms tumorigenesis. Previously, we found that Dis3l2 specifically recognizes and degrades uridylated pre-let-7 microRNA. However, the widespread relevance of Dis3l2-mediated decay of uridylated substrates remains unknown. Here, we applied an unbiased RNA immunoprecipitation strategy to identify Dis3l2 targets in mouse embryonic stem cells. The disease-associated long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) Rmrp, 7SL, as well as several other Pol III-transcribed noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) were among the most highly enriched Dis3l2-bound RNAs. 3′-Uridylated Rmrp, 7SL, and small nuclear RNA (snRNA) species were highly stabilized in the cytoplasm of Dis3l2-depleted cells. Deep sequencing analysis of Rmrp 3′ ends revealed extensive oligouridylation mainly on transcripts with imprecise ends. We implicate the terminal uridylyl transferases (TUTases) Zcchc6/11 in the uridylation of these ncRNAs, and biochemical reconstitution assays demonstrate the sufficiency of TUTase-Dis3l2 for Rmrp decay. This establishes Dis3l2-mediated decay (DMD) as a quality-control pathway that eliminates aberrant ncRNAs.
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