Spatial control of translation repression and polarized growth by conserved NDR kinase Orb6 and RNA-binding protein Sts5

  1. Illyce Nuñez
  2. Marbelys Rodriguez Pino
  3. David J Wiley
  4. Maitreyi E Das
  5. Chuan Chen
  6. Tetsuya Goshima
  7. Kazunori Kume
  8. Dai Hirata
  9. Takashi Toda
  10. Fulvia Verde  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, United States
  2. The University of Tennessee, United States
  3. National Research Institute of Brewing, Japan
  4. Hiroshima University, Japan
  5. The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom

Abstract

RNA-binding proteins contribute to the formation of ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules by phase transition, but regulatory mechanisms are not fully understood. Conserved fission yeast NDR (Nuclear Dbf2-Related) kinase Orb6 governs cell morphogenesis in part by spatially controlling Cdc42 GTPase. Here we describe a novel, independent function for Orb6 kinase in negatively regulating the recruitment of RNA-binding protein Sts5 into RNPs to promote polarized cell growth. We find that Orb6 kinase inhibits Sts5 recruitment into granules, its association with processing (P) bodies, and degradation of Sts5-bound mRNAs by promoting Sts5 interaction with 14-3-3 protein Rad24. Many Sts5-bound mRNAs encode essential factors for polarized cell growth, and Orb6 kinase spatially and temporally controls the extent of Sts5 granule formation. Disruption of this control system affects cell morphology and alters the pattern of polarized cell growth, revealing a role for Orb6 kinase in the spatial control of translational repression that enables normal cell morphogenesis.

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  1. Illyce Nuñez

    Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States
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  2. Marbelys Rodriguez Pino

    Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States
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  3. David J Wiley

    Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States
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  4. Maitreyi E Das

    Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States
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  5. Chuan Chen

    Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States
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  6. Tetsuya Goshima

    National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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  7. Kazunori Kume

    Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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  8. Dai Hirata

    Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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  9. Takashi Toda

    The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  10. Fulvia Verde

    Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States
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    fverde@miami.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (GM095867)

  • Marbelys Rodriguez Pino
  • David J Wiley
  • Maitreyi E Das
  • Chuan Chen
  • Fulvia Verde

National Science Foundation (745129)

  • Maitreyi E Das
  • Fulvia Verde

Cancer Research UK

  • Takashi Toda

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Reviewing Editor

  1. J Paul Taylor, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: January 8, 2016
  2. Accepted: July 28, 2016
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: July 30, 2016 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: September 5, 2016 (version 2)

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© 2016, Nuñez et al.

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  1. Illyce Nuñez
  2. Marbelys Rodriguez Pino
  3. David J Wiley
  4. Maitreyi E Das
  5. Chuan Chen
  6. Tetsuya Goshima
  7. Kazunori Kume
  8. Dai Hirata
  9. Takashi Toda
  10. Fulvia Verde
(2016)
Spatial control of translation repression and polarized growth by conserved NDR kinase Orb6 and RNA-binding protein Sts5
eLife 5:e14216.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14216

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