Disruption of the RNA exosome reveals the hidden face of the malaria parasite transcriptome

Antisense transcription emerges as a key regulator of important biological processes in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. RNA-processing factors, however, remain poorly characterized in this pathogen. Here, we purified the multiprotein RNA exosome complex of malaria parasites by affinity chromatography, using HA-tagged PfRrp4 and PfDis3 as the ligands. Seven distinct core exosome subunits (PfRrp41, PfMtr3, PfRrp42, PfRrp45, PfRrp4, PfRrp40, PfCsl4) and two exoribonuclease proteins PfRrp6 and PfDis3 are identified by mass spectrometry. Western blot analysis detects Dis3 and Rrp4 predominantly in the cytoplasmic fraction during asexual blood stage development. An inducible gene knock out of the PfDis3 subunit reveals the upregulation of structural and coding RNA, but the vast majority belongs to antisense RNA. Furthermore, we detect numerous types of cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs) linked to virulence gene families including antisense RNA in the rif gene family. Our work highlights the limitations of steady-state RNA analysis to predict transcriptional activity and link the RNA surveillance machinery directly with post-transcriptional control and gene expression in malaria parasites.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

RNA biology - 15(2018), 9 vom: 01., Seite 1206-1214

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Droll, Dorothea [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Guiying [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Gangqiang [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Yanting [VerfasserIn]
Baumgarten, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yiqing [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Youli [VerfasserIn]
Scherf, Artur [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qingfeng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antisense RNA
Cryptic RNA
Dis3 knock out
EC 3.1.-
Exosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease Complex
Journal Article
Malaria
Protozoan Proteins
RNA, Antisense
RNA exosome
RNA-Binding Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 12.12.2018

Date Revised 26.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15476286.2018.1517014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM288725336