Rvb1/Rvb2 proteins couple transcription and translation during glucose starvation
- University of California, San Diego, United States
- Scripps Research Institute, United States
- University of California San Diego, United States
Abstract
During times of unpredictable stress, organisms must adapt their gene expression to maximize survival. Along with changes in transcription, one conserved means of gene regulation during conditions that quickly represses translation is the formation of cytoplasmic phase-separated mRNP granules such as P-bodies and stress granules. Previously, we identified that distinct steps in gene expression can be coupled during glucose starvation as promoter sequences in the nucleus are able to direct the subcellular localization and translatability of mRNAs in the cytosol. Here, we report that Rvb1 and Rvb2, conserved ATPase proteins implicated as protein assembly chaperones and chromatin remodelers, were enriched at the promoters and mRNAs of genes involved in alternative glucose metabolism pathways that we previously found to be transcriptionally upregulated but translationally downregulated during glucose starvation in yeast. Engineered Rvb1/Rvb2-binding on mRNAs was sufficient to sequester mRNAs into mRNP granules and repress their translation. Additionally, this Rvb-tethering to the mRNA drove further transcriptional upregulation of the target genes. Further we found that depletion of Rvb2 caused decreased alternative glucose metabolism gene mRNA induction, but upregulation of protein synthesis during glucose starvation. Overall, our results point to Rvb1/Rvb2 coupling transcription, mRNA granular localization, and translatability of mRNAs during glucose starvation. This Rvb-mediated rapid gene regulation could potentially serve as an efficient recovery plan for cells after stress removal.
Data availability
ChIP-sequencing reads were deposited at GEO. The raw files and analyzed ChIP-seq enrichment data generated in this study is available at GEO: GSE184473. Ribosome profiling sequencing reads are deposited at GEO: GSE200491. CoTrIP plasmids can be obtained through Addgene - 178303, 178304, 178306. Further information and requests for resources and reagents should be directed to and will be fulfilled by the corresponding contact, B.M.Z. (zid@ucsd.edu).
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ChIP-seq facilitates the quantitative analysis of Rvb proteins' enrichment on the genome during stressNCBI Gene Expression Omnibus, GSE184473.
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM128798)
- Brian M Zid
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P41GM103533)
- James J Moresco
- John R Yates III
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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© 2022, Chen et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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Rvb1/Rvb2 proteins couple transcription and translation during glucose starvation
eLife 11:e76965.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.76965
