Translation repression via modulation of the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein in the inflammatory response

  1. Xu Zhang
  2. Xiaoli Chen
  3. Qiuying Liu
  4. Shaojie Zhang
  5. Wenqian Hu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Mayo Clinic, United States
  2. University of Central Florida, United States

Abstract

Gene expression is precisely regulated during the inflammatory response to control infection and limit the detrimental effects of inflammation. Here, we profiled global mRNA translation dynamics in the mouse primary macrophage-mediated inflammatory response and identified hundreds of differentially translated mRNAs. These mRNAs' 3'UTRs have enriched binding motifs for several RNA-binding proteins, which implies extensive translational regulatory networks. We characterized one such protein, Zfp36, as a translation repressor. Using primary macrophages from a Zfp36-V5 epitope tagged knock-in mouse generated by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing, we found that the endogenous Zfp36 directly interacts with the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein. Importantly, this interaction is required for the translational repression of Zfp36's target mRNAs in resolving inflammation. Altogether, these results uncovered critical roles of translational regulations in controlling appropriate gene expression during the inflammatory response and revealed a new biologically relevant molecular mechanism of translational repression via modulating the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein.

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The following data sets were generated
    1. Wenqian Hu
    (2017) Gene Expression Omnibus
    Publicly available at the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (accession no: GSE99787).

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  1. Xu Zhang

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States
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  2. Xiaoli Chen

    Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States
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  3. Qiuying Liu

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States
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  4. Shaojie Zhang

    Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States
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  5. Wenqian Hu

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States
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    hu.wenqian@mayo.edu
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Funding

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

  • Wenqian Hu

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R00HL118157)

  • Wenqian Hu

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM102515)

  • Shaojie Zhang

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

Reviewing Editor

  1. Torben Heick Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All the procedures on the isolation of BMDMs from mice were performed under a protocol (A35015) approved by the Mayo Clinic animal welfare committee.

Version history

  1. Received: April 13, 2017
  2. Accepted: June 20, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: June 21, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: July 12, 2017 (version 2)

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© 2017, Zhang et al.

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  1. Xu Zhang
  2. Xiaoli Chen
  3. Qiuying Liu
  4. Shaojie Zhang
  5. Wenqian Hu
(2017)
Translation repression via modulation of the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein in the inflammatory response
eLife 6:e27786.
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