Self-demixing of mRNA copies buffers mRNA:mRNA and mRNA:regulator stoichiometries

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Cellular homeostasis requires the robust control of biomolecule concentrations, but how do millions of mRNAs coordinate their stoichiometries in the face of dynamic translational changes? Here, we identified a two-tiered mechanism controlling mRNA:mRNA and mRNA:protein stoichiometries where mRNAs super-assemble into condensates with buffering capacity and sorting selectivity through phase-transition mechanisms. Using C. elegans oogenesis arrest as a model, we investigated the transcriptome cytosolic reorganization through the sequencing of RNA super-assemblies coupled with single mRNA imaging. Tightly repressed mRNAs self-assembled into same-sequence nanoclusters that further co-assembled into multiphase condensates. mRNA self-sorting was concentration dependent, providing a self-buffering mechanism that is selective to sequence identity and controls mRNA:mRNA stoichiometries. The cooperative sharing of limiting translation repressors between clustered mRNAs prevented the disruption of mRNA:repressor stoichiometries in the cytosol. Robust control of mRNA:mRNA and mRNA:protein stoichiometries emerges from mRNA self-demixing and cooperative super-assembly into multiphase multiscale condensates with dynamic storage capacity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:186

Enthalten in:

Cell - 186(2023), 20 vom: 28. Sept., Seite 4310-4324.e23

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cardona, Andrés H [VerfasserIn]
Ecsedi, Szilvia [VerfasserIn]
Khier, Mokrane [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Bahri, Alia [VerfasserIn]
Ouertani, Amira [VerfasserIn]
Valero, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Labrosse, Margaux [VerfasserIn]
Rouquet, Sami [VerfasserIn]
Robert, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]
Loubat, Agnès [VerfasserIn]
Adekunle, Danielle [VerfasserIn]
Hubstenberger, Arnaud [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Buffering
Homeostasis
Journal Article
MRNA nanoclusters
MRNA translation
Multiscale condensates
Oocyte
Phase separations and transitions
Proteins
Quiescence
RNA, Messenger
RNA condensates
RNA stoichiometry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sorting
Transcriptomics

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Date Completed 24.10.2023

Date Revised 07.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.018

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362011699