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ArticleProtein & cell2011

A genome-wide RNAi screen identifies genes regulating the formation of P bodies in C. elegans and their functions in NMD and RNAi.

Yinyan Sun, Peiguo Yang, Yuxia Zhang, Xin Bao, Jun Li, Wenru Hou, Xiangyu Yao, Jinghua Han, Hong Zhang

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Yinyan SunNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.
Peiguo Yang
Yuxia Zhang
Xin Bao
Jun Li
Wenru Hou
Xiangyu Yao
Jinghua Han
Hong Zhang
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing · CNBeijing Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytoplasmic processing bodies, termed P bodies, are involved in diverse post-transcriptional processes including mRNA decay, nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD), RNAi, miRNA-mediated translational repression and storage of translationally silenced mRNAs. Regulation of the formation of P bodies in the context of multicellular organisms is poorly understood. Here we describe a systematic RNAi screen in C. elegans that identified 224 genes with diverse cellular functions whose inactivations result in a dramatic increase in the number of P bodies. 83 of these genes form a complex functional interaction network regulating NMD. We demonstrate that NMD interfaces with many cellular processes including translation, ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation, intracellular trafficking and cytoskeleton structure.We also uncover an extensive link between translation and RNAi, with different steps in protein synthesis appearing to have distinct effects on RNAi efficiency. Moreover, the intracellular vesicular trafficking network plays an important role in the regulation of RNAi. A subset of genes enhancing P body formation also regulate the formation of stress granules in C. elegans. Our study offers insights into the cellular mechanisms that regulate the formation of P bodies and also provides a framework for system-level understanding of NMD and RNAi in the context of the development of multicellular organisms.

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Cytoplasmic StructuresGene Expression RegulationGenes, HelminthRNA InterferenceAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCaenorhabditis elegansGenome, HelminthMicroRNAsNonsense Mediated mRNA DecayReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, HelminthMicroRNAsRNA, Helminth

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PMID22180091
PMCPMC4875186
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