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Nuclear and cytoplasmic poly(A) binding proteins (PABPs) favor distinct transcripts and isoforms.

Angela L Nicholson-Shaw, Eric R Kofman, Gene W Yeo, Amy E Pasquinelli

Nucleic acids research · 2022 · Vol. 50 (8) · pp. 4685-4702

Abstract

The poly(A)-tail appended to the 3'-end of most eukaryotic transcripts plays a key role in their stability, nuclear transport, and translation. These roles are largely mediated by Poly(A) Binding Proteins (PABPs) that coat poly(A)-tails and interact with various proteins involved in the biogenesis and function of RNA. While it is well-established that the nuclear PABP (PABPN) binds newly synthesized poly(A)-tails and is replaced by the cytoplasmic PABP (PABPC) on transcripts exported to the cytoplasm, the distribution of transcripts for different genes or isoforms of the same gene on these PABPs has not been investigated on a genome-wide scale. Here, we analyzed the identity, splicing status, poly(A)-tail size, and translation status of RNAs co-immunoprecipitated with endogenous PABPN or PABPC in human cells. At steady state, many protein-coding and non-coding RNAs exhibit strong bias for association with PABPN or PABPC. While PABPN-enriched transcripts more often were incompletely spliced and harbored longer poly(A)-tails and PABPC-enriched RNAs had longer half-lives and higher translation efficiency, there are curious outliers. Overall, our study reveals the landscape of RNAs bound by PABPN and PABPC, providing new details that support and advance the current understanding of the roles these proteins play in poly(A)-tail synthesis, maintenance, and function.

Linked datasets 3

GSE195493 GSE · via ncbi_elink
GEO ↗

Cytoplasmic and nuclear fractionation from HEK293T cells

Homo sapiens

10 data files
FileTypeSize
Cyto_frac_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
Cyto_frac_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
Nuclear_frac_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
Nuclear_frac_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.8 GB
SRR17771270_GSM5839352 RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
SRR17771271_GSM5839351 RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
SRR17771272_GSM5839350 RIP-Seq 1.8 GB
SRR17771272.lite RIP-Seq 1.8 GB
SRR17771273_GSM5839349 RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
SRR17771273.lite RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
GSE195494 GSE · via ncbi_elink
GEO ↗

Ribo-STAMP reveals translation status of RNAs bound by PABPN and PABPC

Homo sapiens

34 data files
FileTypeSize
Input_CntrlSTAMP_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
Input_CntrlSTAMP_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
Input_CntrlSTAMP_Rep3_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
Input_RPS2STAMP_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
Input_RPS2STAMP_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
Input_RPS2STAMP_Rep3_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
IP_PABPC_CntrlSTAMP_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
IP_PABPC_CntrlSTAMP_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.1 GB
IP_PABPC_RPS2STAMP_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.6 GB
IP_PABPC_RPS2STAMP_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
IP_PABPC_RPS2STAMP_Rep3_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
IP_PABPN_CntrlSTAMP_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
IP_PABPN_CntrlSTAMP_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.1 GB
IP_PABPN_CntrlSTAMP_Rep3_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.8 GB
IP_PABPN_RPS2STAMP_Rep1_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
IP_PABPN_RPS2STAMP_Rep2_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
IP_PABPN_RPS2STAMP_Rep3_R1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 2.7 GB
SRR17771528_GSM5839369 RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
SRR17771529_GSM5839368 RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
SRR17771530_GSM5839367 RIP-Seq 1.6 GB
SRR17771531_GSM5839366 RIP-Seq 2.7 GB
SRR17771532_GSM5839364 RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
SRR17771533_GSM5839363 RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
SRR17771534_GSM5839362 RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
SRR17771535_GSM5839365 RIP-Seq 2.0 GB
SRR17771536_GSM5839361 RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
SRR17771537_GSM5839360 RIP-Seq 2.1 GB
SRR17771538_GSM5839359 RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
SRR17771539_GSM5839358 RIP-Seq 1.8 GB
SRR17771540_GSM5839357 RIP-Seq 2.1 GB
SRR17771541_GSM5839356 RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
SRR17771542_GSM5839355 RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
SRR17771543_GSM5839354 RIP-Seq 2.2 GB
SRR17771544_GSM5839353 RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
GSE195495 GSE · via ncbi_elink
GEO ↗

Identification of different transcripts that favor the nuclear or cytoplasmic Poly(A) Binding Proteins (PABPs) through RNA immunoprecipitation

Homo sapiens

18 data files
FileTypeSize
RIP_PABPC_Rep1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
RIP_PABPC_Rep2.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.3 GB
RIP_PABPC_Rep3.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.5 GB
RIP_PABPN_Rep1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.5 GB
RIP_PABPN_Rep2.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
RIP_PABPN_Rep3.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.6 GB
SRR17771363_GSM5839378 RIP-Seq 1.5 GB
SRR17771364_GSM5839377 RIP-Seq 1.3 GB
SRR17771365_GSM5839376 RIP-Seq 1.9 GB
SRR17771366_GSM5839375 RIP-Seq 1.6 GB
SRR17771367_GSM5839374 RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
SRR17771368_GSM5839373 RIP-Seq 1.5 GB
SRR17771369_GSM5839372 RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
SRR17771370_GSM5839371 RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
SRR17771371_GSM5839370 RIP-Seq 1.8 GB
TotalInput_Rep1.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.8 GB
TotalInput_Rep2.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.7 GB
TotalInput_Rep3.fastq.gz RIP-Seq 1.7 GB

Potentially related datasets 3

These accessions were text-mined from the PMC full text. They may be referenced for comparison, cited from other studies, or otherwise mentioned without being primary data for this paper.

Accession Source Title
GSE195493 GSE · GEO GEO ↗ Cytoplasmic and nuclear fractionation from HEK293T cells
GSE195495 GSE · GEO GEO ↗ Identification of different transcripts that favor the nuclear or cytoplasmic Poly(A) Binding Proteins (PABPs) through RNA immunoprecipitation
GSE195494 GSE · GEO GEO ↗ Ribo-STAMP reveals translation status of RNAs bound by PABPN and PABPC

Analysis pipelines 3

Pipeline Assay Steps Dataset
GSE195493 Data Processing geo_data_processing — 5 GSE195493
GSE195494 Data Processing geo_data_processing — 5 GSE195494
GSE195495 Data Processing geo_data_processing — 12 GSE195495
Funding 5 grants
Grant Funder
S10 OD026929 NIH HHS (United States)
R01 HG011864 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
T32 GM007240 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
T32 GM008806 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
R35 GM127012 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)