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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

ALS-associated FUS mutation reshapes the RNA and protein composition of stress granules.

Davide Mariani, Adriano Setti, Francesco Castagnetti, Erika Vitiello, Lorenzo Stufera Mecarelli, Gaia Di Timoteo, Andrea Giuliani, Angelo D'Angelo, Tiziana Santini, Eleonora Perego and 5 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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15 authors.

Davide MarianiCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0903-5632
Adriano SettiDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Francesco CastagnettiCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8681-634X
Erika VitielloCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5383-1295
Lorenzo Stufera MecarelliCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.
Gaia Di TimoteoDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Andrea GiulianiDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Angelo D'AngeloDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Tiziana SantiniDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies "C. Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Eleonora PeregoCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.
Sabrina ZapponeCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.
Nara LiessiAnalytical Chemistry Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy.
Andrea ArmirottiAnalytical Chemistry Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy.
Giuseppe VicidominiCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.
Irene BozzoniCenter for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16153, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3485-8537

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG 2019 Id. 23053ERC ERC-2019-SyG 855923-ASTRAIstituto Italiano di TecnologiaNextGenerationEU CN00000041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress granules (SG) are part of a cellular protection mechanism where untranslated messenger RNAs and RNA-binding proteins are stored upon conditions of cellular stress. Compositional variations due to qualitative or quantitative protein changes can disrupt their functionality and alter their structure. This is the case of different forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) where a causative link has been proposed between the cytoplasmic de-localization of mutant proteins, such as FUS (Fused in Sarcoma), and the formation of cytotoxic inclusions. Here, we describe the SG transcriptome in neuroblastoma cells and define several features for RNA recruitment in these condensates. We demonstrate that SG dynamics and RNA content are strongly modified by the incorporation of mutant FUS, switching to a more unstructured, AU-rich SG transcriptome. Moreover, we show that mutant FUS, together with its protein interactors and their target RNAs, are responsible for the reshaping of the mutant SG transcriptome with alterations that can be linked to neurodegeneration. Our data describe the molecular differences between physiological and pathological SG in ALS-FUS conditions, showing how FUS mutations impact the RNA and protein composition of these condensates.

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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisMutationRNA-Binding Protein FUSStress GranulesCell Line, TumorCytoplasmic GranulesHumansRNARNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerTranscriptomeFUS protein, humanRNARNA-Binding Protein FUSRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID39494508
PMCPMC11602144

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