A ribosome assembly stress response regulates transcription to maintain proteome homeostasis
- University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Heidelberg University, Germany
- Université Paul Sabatier, France
Abstract
Ribosome biogenesis is a complex and energy-demanding process requiring tight coordination of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and ribosomal protein (RP) production. Given the extremely high level of RP synthesis in rapidly growing cells, alteration of any step in the ribosome assembly process may impact growth by leading to proteotoxic stress. Although the transcription factor Hsf1 has emerged as a central regulator of proteostasis, how its activity is coordinated with ribosome biogenesis is unknown. Here we show that arrest of ribosome biogenesis in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae triggers rapid activation of a highly specific stress pathway that coordinately up-regulates Hsf1 target genes and down-regulates RP genes. Activation of Hsf1 target genes requires neo-synthesis of RPs, which accumulate in an insoluble fraction and presumably titrate a negative regulator of Hsf1, the Hsp70 chaperone. RP aggregation is also coincident with that of the RP gene activator Ifh1, a transcription factor that is rapidly released from RP gene promoters. Our data support a model in which the levels of newly-synthetized RPs, imported into the nucleus but not yet assembled into ribosomes, work to continuously balance Hsf1 and Ifh1 activity, thus guarding against proteotoxic stress during ribosome assembly.
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Sequencing data have been deposited in GEO under accession code GSE125226. Previously published data were used from Supplementary file 3 of Sung et al. 2016, eLife (https://elifesciences.org/articles/19105/figures#SD7-data) and Supplemental Table S3 from Sung et al. 2016, Mol Biol Cell (supp_E16-05-0290v1_mc-E16-05-0290-s06.xlsx).
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (31003A_170153)
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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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© 2019, Albert et al.
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A ribosome assembly stress response regulates transcription to maintain proteome homeostasis
eLife 8:e45002.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45002
