Unfolded protein response transducer IRE1-mediated signaling independent of XBP1 mRNA splicing is not required for growth and development of medaka fish

  1. Tokiro Ishikawa
  2. Makoto Kashima
  3. Atsushi J Nagano
  4. Tomoko Ishikawa-Fujiwara
  5. Yasuhiro Kamei
  6. Takeshi Todo
  7. Kazutoshi Mori  Is a corresponding author
  1. Kyoto University, Japan
  2. Ryukoku University, Japan
  3. Osaka University, Japan
  4. National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan

Abstract

When activated by the accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum, metazoan IRE1, the most evolutionarily conserved unfolded protein response (UPR) transducer, initiates unconventional splicing of XBP1 mRNA. Unspliced and spliced mRNA are translated to produce pXBP1(U) and pXBP1(S), respectively. pXBP1(S) functions as a potent transcription factor, whereas pXBP1(U) targets pXBP1(S) to degradation. In addition, activated IRE1 transmits two signaling outputs independent of XBP1, namely activation of the JNK pathway, which is initiated by binding of the adaptor TRAF2 to phosphorylated IRE1, and regulated IRE1-dependent decay (RIDD) of various mRNAs in a relatively nonspecific manner. Here, we conducted comprehensive and systematic genetic analyses of the IRE1-XBP1 branch of the UPR using medaka fish and found that the defects observed in XBP1-knockout or IRE1-knockout medaka were fully rescued by constitutive expression of pXBP1(S). Thus, the JNK and RIDD pathways are not required for the normal growth and development of medaka.

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The following data sets were generated
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  1. Tokiro Ishikawa

    Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  2. Makoto Kashima

    Research Institute for Food and Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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  3. Atsushi J Nagano

    Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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  4. Tomoko Ishikawa-Fujiwara

    Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  5. Yasuhiro Kamei

    Spectrography and Bioimaging Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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  6. Takeshi Todo

    Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  7. Kazutoshi Mori

    Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Funding

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (26291040)

  • Kazutoshi Mori

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (15K18529)

  • Tokiro Ishikawa

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (17H01432)

  • Kazutoshi Mori

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (17K15116)

  • Tokiro Ishikawa

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All experiments were performed in accordance with the guidelines and regulations established by the Animal Research Committee of Kyoto University (approval number: H2819).

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© 2017, Ishikawa et al.

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  1. Tokiro Ishikawa
  2. Makoto Kashima
  3. Atsushi J Nagano
  4. Tomoko Ishikawa-Fujiwara
  5. Yasuhiro Kamei
  6. Takeshi Todo
  7. Kazutoshi Mori
(2017)
Unfolded protein response transducer IRE1-mediated signaling independent of XBP1 mRNA splicing is not required for growth and development of medaka fish
eLife 6:e26845.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26845

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