Two isoforms of the essential C. elegans Argonaute CSR-1 differentially regulate sperm and oocyte fertility through distinct small RNA classes
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Project description:CSR-1 is an essential Argonaute protein that binds to a subclass of 22G-RNAs targeting most germline-expressed genes. Here we show that the two isoforms of CSR-1 have distinct expression patterns; CSR-1B is ubiquitously expressed throughout the germline and during all stages of development while CSR-1A expression is restricted to germ cells undergoing spermatogenesis. Furthermore, CSR-1A associates preferentially with 22G-RNAs mapping to spermatogenesis-specific genes whereas CSR-1B-bound small RNAs map predominantly to oogenesis-specific genes. Interestingly, the exon unique to CSR-1A contains multiple dimethylarginine modifications, which are necessary for the preferential binding of CSR-1A to spermatogenesis-specific 22G-RNAs. Thus, we have discovered a regulatory mechanism for C. elegans Argonaute proteins that allows for specificity of small RNA binding between similar Argonaute proteins with overlapping temporal and spatial localization.
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Project description:Paternal stress can be encoded into altered epigenetic information to influence their offspring. How environment-induced perturbation in sperm epigenome is reprogrammed to protect offspring is less well understood. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, parental Argonaute and small RNA pathway defend offspring against viruses, starvation, and pathogenic bacteria. Here we report that, when challenged by universal heat-shock stress, paternal Argonaute CSR-1A potentiates recovery of spermic H3K9me3 to secure the late somatic developmental competence of offspring. CSR-1A employs its repetitive RG motif to engage with SET-25/32, putative histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methyltransferases, and helps germ cell to rescue suppressive chromatin marks H3K9me3 following stress, protecting the late development of somatic cells in the progeny. Finally, among the genes regulated by CSR-1A, we identified dim-1, at which decreased H3K9me3 persists in the progeny, and RNAi of dim-1 mitigates the somatic defects associated with csr-1a loss under stress. Thus, CSR-1A coordinates the epigenetic machinery to shield the latter stages of a progeny's development from the influences of the paternal environment. We speculate that, driven by both natural environmental stressors and the unique characteristics of spermatogenic chromatin, the emergence of multiple RG motif-featured and spermatogenesis-specific CSR-1A and small RNA serves as an adaptive strategy to safeguard against variability in the orchestration of inherited developmental programs from the paternal lineage.
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