Project description:We report that solid-like condensates Amyloid-bodies are hubs of stress-resistant local nuclear translation in cells responding to high temperature. RNA-seq. analysis of purified Amyloid-bodies confirms that HSF1-transcribed mRNAs accumulate in these solid-like condensates during stress.
Project description:Transplantation is a clinically relevant approach for brain repair, but much remains to be understood about influences of the disease environment in the host on transplant connectivity. To explore the influence of ageing and amyloid pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD) we examined graft connectivity using monosynaptic Rabies virus tracing in APP/PS1 mice and in 16-18 month-old wild type mice. Neurons differentiated within 4 weeks and integrated well into the host visual cortex receiving input from the regions appropriate for visual cortex. Surprisingly, however, we found a prominent several-fold increase in local visual cortex input connectivity in both amyloid-loaded and aged environment. State-of-the-art deep proteome analysis using mass spectrometry provides first insights into the composition of environments promoting or not local exuberant input connectivity. These data therefore highlight the key role of the host pathology in shaping the input connectome calling for caution in extrapolating from one to another pathological condition.
Project description:How biomolecules condense to organize subcellular processes is of fundamental significance. Nitrogen-starved Escherichia coli form a single condensate, which we termed Bacterial Stress Body (BSB). Its formation is triggered by long polyphosphate chains, which scaffold the RNA chaperone Hfq into high molecular weight complexes with distinct sequence-specific RNA and DNA binding properties. We show that polyP is crucial for the stabilization of select RNAs, the sequestration of translation- and RNA metabolism-associated proteins that likely stall protein synthesis, and the specific nucleoid-associated localization of BSBs. Together, these functions ensure bacterial survival and recovery from N-starvation. Mammalian polyphosphate associates with P-bodies but not stress granules suggesting that polyphosphate’s interaction with select RNA binding proteins contributed to the evolution of functionally and compositionally distinct condensates in higher organisms.
Project description:How biomolecules condense to organize subcellular processes is of fundamental significance. Nitrogen-starved Escherichia coli form a single condensate, which we termed Bacterial Stress Body (BSB). Its formation is triggered by long polyphosphate chains, which scaffold the RNA chaperone Hfq into high molecular weight complexes with distinct sequence-specific RNA and DNA binding properties. We show that polyP is crucial for the stabilization of select RNAs, the sequestration of translation- and RNA metabolism-associated proteins that likely stall protein synthesis, and the specific nucleoid-associated localization of BSBs. Together, these functions ensure bacterial survival and recovery from N-starvation. Mammalian polyphosphate associates with P-bodies but not stress granules suggesting that polyphosphate’s interaction with select RNA binding proteins contributed to the evolution of functionally and compositionally distinct condensates in higher organisms.
Project description:How biomolecules condense to organize subcellular processes is of fundamental significance. Nitrogen-starved Escherichia coli form a single condensate, which we termed Bacterial Stress Body (BSB). Its formation is triggered by long polyphosphate chains, which scaffold the RNA chaperone Hfq into high molecular weight complexes with distinct sequence-specific RNA and DNA binding properties. We show that polyP is crucial for the stabilization of select RNAs, the sequestration of translation- and RNA metabolism-associated proteins that likely stall protein synthesis, and the specific nucleoid-associated localization of BSBs. Together, these functions ensure bacterial survival and recovery from N-starvation. Mammalian polyphosphate associates with P-bodies but not stress granules suggesting that polyphosphate’s interaction with select RNA binding proteins contributed to the evolution of functionally and compositionally distinct condensates in higher organisms.
Project description:Mycbacterium tuberculosis was exposed to cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) in 7H9 dextrose culture media. The transcriptional response to cigarette smoke condensate was compared to that of exposure to the CSC diluent, DMSO..
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series:; GSE14383: Effects of chronic exposure of human bronchial epithelial cells to low doses of cigarette smoke condensate; GSE14385: Response of bronchial epithelial cells to low doses of cigarette smoke condensate and subsequent demethylation agent Experiment Overall Design: Refer to individual Series
Project description:TRIM33 is a chromatin reader required for mesendoderm differentiation upon activation of Nodal signaling. But, its role in mESCs is still elusive. Here, we found that TRIM33 co-localizes with promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies (PML NBs) specifically in mESCs to mediate Nodal signaling-directed transcription of Lefty1/2. We showed that TRIM33 puncta formation in mESCs depends on PML and specific assembly of PML NBs. Moreover, TRIM33 and PML co-regulate Lefty1/2 expression in mESCs. In addition, both PML and mESCs-specific PML NBs are required for TRIM33 recruitment at Lefty1/2 loci. Remarkably, PML NBs directly associate with the Lefty1/2 loci in mESCs. Finally, a TurboID proximity labeling experiment confirmed that TRIM33 is highly enriched in the mESCs-specific PML NBs. Thus, our study provides the mechanistic insight about TRIM33 condensate in regulating Nodal signaling-directed transcription in mESCs, it also reveals that PML NBs recruit distinct sets of client proteins in cell context dependent manner.