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A molecular network of conserved factors keeps ribosomes dormant in the egg

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  • Friederike Leesch

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC)
    Doctoral School of the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna)

  • Laura Lorenzo-Orts

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Carina Pribitzer

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Irina Grishkovskaya

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Josef Roehsner

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC)
    Doctoral School of the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna)

  • Anastasia Chugunova

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Manuel Matzinger

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Elisabeth Roitinger

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Katarina Belačić

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC)
    Doctoral School of the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna)

  • Susanne Kandolf

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Tzi-Yang Lin

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC)
    Doctoral School of the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna)

  • Karl Mechtler

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Anton Meinhart

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • David Haselbach

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

  • Andrea Pauli

    (Vienna BioCenter (VBC))

Abstract

Ribosomes are produced in large quantities during oogenesis and are stored in the egg. However, the egg and early embryo are translationally repressed1–4. Here, using mass spectrometry and cryo-electron microscopy analyses of ribosomes isolated from zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Xenopus laevis eggs and embryos, we provide molecular evidence that ribosomes transition from a dormant state to an active state during the first hours of embryogenesis. Dormant ribosomes are associated with four conserved factors that form two modules, consisting of Habp4–eEF2 and death associated protein 1b (Dap1b) or Dap in complex with eIF5a. Both modules occupy functionally important sites and act together to stabilize ribosomes and repress translation. Dap1b (also known as Dapl1 in mammals) is a newly discovered translational inhibitor that stably inserts into the polypeptide exit tunnel. Addition of recombinant zebrafish Dap1b protein is sufficient to block translation and reconstitute the dormant egg ribosome state in a mammalian translation extract in vitro. Thus, a developmentally programmed, conserved ribosome state has a key role in ribosome storage and translational repression in the egg.

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  • Friederike Leesch & Laura Lorenzo-Orts & Carina Pribitzer & Irina Grishkovskaya & Josef Roehsner & Anastasia Chugunova & Manuel Matzinger & Elisabeth Roitinger & Katarina Belačić & Susanne Kandolf & T, 2023. "A molecular network of conserved factors keeps ribosomes dormant in the egg," Nature, Nature, vol. 613(7945), pages 712-720, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:613:y:2023:i:7945:d:10.1038_s41586-022-05623-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05623-y
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    1. Jailson Brito Querido & Masaaki Sokabe & Irene Díaz-López & Yuliya Gordiyenko & Philipp Zuber & Yifei Du & Lucas Albacete-Albacete & V. Ramakrishnan & Christopher S. Fraser, 2024. "Human tumor suppressor protein Pdcd4 binds at the mRNA entry channel in the 40S small ribosomal subunit," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Olivier Gemin & Maciej Gluc & Higor Rosa & Michael Purdy & Moritz Niemann & Yelena Peskova & Simone Mattei & Ahmad Jomaa, 2024. "Ribosomes hibernate on mitochondria during cellular stress," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.

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