Dissection of affinity captured LINE-1 macromolecular complexes

  1. Martin S Taylor
  2. Ilya Altukhov
  3. Kelly R Molloy
  4. Paolo Mita
  5. Hua Jiang
  6. Emily M Adney
  7. Aleksandra Wudzinska
  8. Sana Badri
  9. Dmitry Ischenko
  10. George Eng
  11. Kathleen H Burns
  12. David Fenyö
  13. Brian T Chait
  14. Dmitry Alexeev
  15. Michael P Rout
  16. Jef D Boeke
  17. John LaCava  Is a corresponding author
  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Federation
  3. The Rockefeller University, United States
  4. NYU Langone Medical Center, United States
  5. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
  6. Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation

Abstract

Long Interspersed Nuclear Element-1 (LINE-1, L1) is a mobile genetic element active in human genomes. L1-encoded ORF1 and ORF2 proteins bind L1 RNAs, forming ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). These RNPs interact with diverse host proteins, some repressive and others required for the L1 lifecycle. Using differential affinity purifications, quantitative mass spectrometry, and next generation RNA sequencing, we have characterized the proteins and nucleic acids associated with distinctive, enzymatically active L1 macromolecular complexes. Among them, we describe a cytoplasmic intermediate that we hypothesize to be the canonical ORF1p/ORF2p/L1-RNA-containing RNP, and we describe a nuclear population containing ORF2p, but lacking ORF1p, which likely contains host factors participating in target-primed reverse transcription.

Data availability

The following data sets were generated
    1. LaCava J
    (2017) RNA-seq FASTAQ files
    Publicly available at ProteomeXchange (accession no: PXD008542).
    1. LaCava J
    (2017) RNAs associated with affinity captured LINE-1 ribonucleoproteins
    Publicly available at the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (accession no: GSE108270).

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  1. Martin S Taylor

    Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States
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  2. Ilya Altukhov

    Department of Molecular and Bio Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russian Federation
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  3. Kelly R Molloy

    Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  4. Paolo Mita

    Institute for Systems Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  5. Hua Jiang

    Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  6. Emily M Adney

    Institute for Systems Genetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  7. Aleksandra Wudzinska

    Institute for Systems Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  8. Sana Badri

    Department of Pathology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  9. Dmitry Ischenko

    Department of Molecular and Bio Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russian Federation
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  10. George Eng

    Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States
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  11. Kathleen H Burns

    McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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  12. David Fenyö

    Institute for Systems Genetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  13. Brian T Chait

    Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  14. Dmitry Alexeev

    Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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  15. Michael P Rout

    Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  16. Jef D Boeke

    Institute for Systems Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States
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  17. John LaCava

    Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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    jlacava@rockefeller.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (P41GM109824)

  • Michael P Rout

National Institutes of Health (P41GM103314)

  • Brian T Chait

National Institutes of Health (P50GM107632)

  • Jef D Boeke

National Institutes of Health (R01GM654321)

  • Jef D Boeke

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

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© 2018, Taylor et al.

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  1. Martin S Taylor
  2. Ilya Altukhov
  3. Kelly R Molloy
  4. Paolo Mita
  5. Hua Jiang
  6. Emily M Adney
  7. Aleksandra Wudzinska
  8. Sana Badri
  9. Dmitry Ischenko
  10. George Eng
  11. Kathleen H Burns
  12. David Fenyö
  13. Brian T Chait
  14. Dmitry Alexeev
  15. Michael P Rout
  16. Jef D Boeke
  17. John LaCava
(2018)
Dissection of affinity captured LINE-1 macromolecular complexes
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https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.30094

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