PUBLICATION
Quaking RNA-Binding Proteins Control Early Myofibril Formation by Modulating Tropomyosin
- Authors
- Bonnet, A., Lambert, G., Ernest, S., Dutrieux, F.X., Coulpier, F., Lemoine, S., Lobbardi, R., Rosa, F.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170905-7
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Developmental Cell 42(5): 527-541.e4 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Coulpier, Fanny, Ernest, Sylvain, Lambert, Guillaume, Rosa, Frederic
- Keywords
- Quaking, RNA-binding protein, embryo, muscle, myofibril, tropomyosin, zebrafish
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE71573
- MeSH Terms
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- 3' Untranslated Regions/genetics
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Embryonic Development/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Muscle Cells/cytology
- Muscle Cells/metabolism
- Muscle Development/genetics
- Myofibrils/metabolism*
- Myosins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism*
- Sarcomeres/metabolism
- Somites/embryology
- Somites/metabolism
- Tropomyosin/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 28867488 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Citation
Bonnet, A., Lambert, G., Ernest, S., Dutrieux, F.X., Coulpier, F., Lemoine, S., Lobbardi, R., Rosa, F.M. (2017) Quaking RNA-Binding Proteins Control Early Myofibril Formation by Modulating Tropomyosin. Developmental Cell. 42(5):527-541.e4.
Abstract
Skeletal muscle contraction is mediated by myofibrils, complex multi-molecular scaffolds structured into repeated units, the sarcomeres. Myofibril structure and function have been extensively studied, but the molecular processes regulating its formation within the differentiating muscle cell remain largely unknown. Here we show in zebrafish that genetic interference with the Quaking RNA-binding proteins disrupts the initial steps of myofibril assembly without affecting early muscle differentiation. Using RNA sequencing, we demonstrate that Quaking is required for accumulation of the muscle-specific tropomyosin-3 transcript, tpm3.12. Further functional analyses reveal that Tpm3.12 mediates Quaking control of myofibril formation. Moreover, we identified a Quaking-binding site in the 3' UTR of tpm3.12 transcript, which is required in vivo for tpm3.12 accumulation and myofibril formation. Our work uncovers a Quaking/Tpm3 pathway controlling de novo myofibril assembly. This unexpected developmental role for Tpm3 could be at the origin of muscle defects observed in human congenital myopathies associated with tpm3 mutation.
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Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
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