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ArticleNature chemistry2024

RNA modulates hnRNPA1A amyloid formation mediated by biomolecular condensates.

Chiara Morelli, Lenka Faltova, Umberto Capasso Palmiero, Katarzyna Makasewicz, Marcell Papp, Raphaël P B Jacquat, Dorothea Pinotsi, Paolo Arosio

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chiara MorelliDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5632-888X
Lenka FaltovaDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Umberto Capasso PalmieroDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Katarzyna MakasewiczDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Marcell PappDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Raphaël P B JacquatDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8661-9722
Dorothea PinotsiScientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Paolo ArosioDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland. paolo.arosio@chem.ethz.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-2740-1205
ETH Zurich · CH

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 101002094
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several RNA binding proteins involved in membraneless organelles can form pathological amyloids associated with neurodegenerative diseases, but the mechanisms of how this aggregation is modulated remain elusive. Here we investigate how heterotypic protein-RNA interactions modulate the condensation and the liquid to amyloid transition of hnRNPA1A, a protein involved in amyothropic lateral sclerosis. In the absence of RNA, formation of condensates promotes hnRNPA1A aggregation and fibrils are localized at the interface of the condensates. Addition of RNA modulates the soluble to amyloid transition of hnRNPA1A according to different pathways depending on RNA/protein stoichiometry. At low RNA concentrations, RNA promotes both condensation and amyloid formation, and the catalytic effect of RNA adds to the role of the interface between the dense and dilute phases. At higher RNA concentrations, condensation is suppressed according to re-entrant phase behaviour but formation of hnRNPA1A amyloids is observed over longer incubation times. Our findings show how heterotypic nucleic acid-protein interactions affect the kinetics and molecular pathways of amyloid formation.

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AmyloidHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1RNABiomolecular CondensatesHumansKineticsAmyloidHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1hnRNPA1 protein, humanRNA

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PMID38472406
PMCPMC11230912
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